Vintage Valentines...

I recently got together with one of my girlfriends, and we made some vintage Valentine's with our new Crate Paper Fourteen collection. Here are just a couple that we came up with.  We added glitter, baker's twine, doilies, and key charms to jazz up the already sweet paper.

These will be perfect to send to my nieces.  I am making matching necklaces for them, too.  I stocked up on Ephiphany supplies when they were 40% off at Archiver's.  I do not buy their special punches, because I have so many punches at home that work.  I just plop the epoxy shape on top of whatever I punch out, and use glossy accents to attach it to the metal charm. Easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

RIBBIT!

Hello!  Today I have a couple of cards I made using the new froggy2love set from The Stamps Of Life.  I used patterned paper from Crate Paper's Random collection.  The frog is paper pieced and I used a beaded circle nestie to frame my frog.  I love the little fly you can stamp with the frog! Too cute!

On the card above, I used some Copic markers to color the frog.  Patterned papers are same as above.  I added a loopy bow made with baker's twine from The Twinery and a paper rose from Prima.  The word bubble is from the TSOL talk2me set.

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Emily

Wee Memories Challenge-Inspired by Pinterest

Hello! Today I have a card for you using papers and die cut chipboard elements from Crate Paper's Restoration collection.  I also added some vintage crocheted lace I picked up on my last trip to the antique mall and some baker's twine from The Twinery.   The sentiment is from Flourishes Tag Lines set.  I sponged some distress ink over all of the papers (antique linen and walnut stain).

Yellow is not a color I reach for too often, but I just love yellow and blue together.  So bright and cheerful.
This is for the Wee Memories Challenge-to be inspired by a Pinterest image.  I chose the image below:

Super fun! I don't know if I would be daring enough to do the yellow and blue in my house, but love it on my card!
Thanks for stopping by today!

Emily

Happy Birthday To My Sweet Boy Will.....

I can't believe my oldest boy is 10 today!!!! He came into our lives 5 weeks early.  He just couldn't wait to meet us and see the world!  This is reflective of his personality today.  He is full of energy, eager to see and learn new things and has great compassion for others.
I remember when I brought him home from the hospital he was such a little peanut.  He weighed just under 5 pounds, but they let me bring him  home anyway because I was a nurse.  I had to feed him with a little medicine cup because he didn't have a sucking reflex yet.
Today he is TALL and skinny and all boy!  We will celebrate the day with a party at Laser Web and play laser tag with family and friends.  When he was little, I always made him the fancy Wilton cakes with all of the little icing stars.  For the past couple of years he has just wanted a regular cake, but this year he asked if I could make two cakes...one in the shape of a football and one in the shape of a baseball.  ABSOLUTELY!
I see him starting to change so much.  He is not a little boy and wants to do "big boy" things, but still finds comfort in some of the "little boy" stuff too.
Below you will find the card I made him for his 10th birthday.  After I made it, I thought maybe it was too babyish for a 10 year old.  Now I am thinking it is just right.  I probably won't be able to make him a card like this ever again.  He will be in Middle School next year, and I am sure this card wouldn't fly.  Not "cool" enough, but for now it is just right for my boy.

I used the new release, cars2drive from The Stamps Of Life for this card, along with some Crate Paper, burlap string, and a vintage button.

This card is for this week's Wee Memories challenge-something adorable.  I think this fits as adorable for a boy, don't you?

Thanks for stopping by today,

Emily

H{ippity} Hop: A Girly, Girl card!

Hello! Happy H{ippity} Hop!  Today I have a girly girl card, using papers from Crate Paper's Emma's Shoppe collection.  I also layered some doilies and a bloomer.  I weaved some pink burlap string through my circle border punch and added a vintage button on top.  It's a busy card, but I like how it turned out!
I used the "i love you " sentiment from the ippity set, What you doin'.  One of my favorites!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

The Stamps Of Life April Release: Houses4us!

Hello!  This is my second post of the day so scroll down for more!  Today is the first of April, so that means a brand new release from The Stamps Of Life!  I am in love with this set.  The house images are so perfect for paper piecing.  I used patterned papers from My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose Hattie collection.  I used distress inks in Walnut Stain and Old Paper on all of the papers to give it a primitive look.  I stamped my sentiment using a masking technique so that I could get each individual word and then cut them out.  I added a vintage button with a burlap bow to the bottom corner.
Here is another card using stamps from this set:

I used paper from Crate Paper's Emma collection to piece this house.  I also stamped the picket fence several times on white cardstock and then cut and pieced it together to fit across the card.  I used the birds and swirls cuttlebug folder for the background and added some burlap string and a button to the bottom.

Make sure you check out this fabulous set!  I will have a couple more cards in the days to come with this one.  You can purchase this set even if you are not a club member!  Check here for all of the deets

Snowday...

Hello!  Sorry for the late post.  Blogger wouldn't let me post any photos!!!  Today I made a card with a stamp from Unity's November KOTM.  The paper is from Crate Paper's Snow Day collection.  The silver heart charm is from my stash and the red baker's twine is Jillibean Soup.  You can buy all of these fab products at Paper Maniac!

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends!

Emily

North Woods Stamps on SALE at Paper Maniac!

Stamps:  North Woods-Chickakees on Pine Oval

Paper:  Sage Shadow (SU), watercolor paper, brown DP Crate Paper Restoration collection

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Hand dyed seam binding, twigs, chalks for watercoloring

Hello! This week at Paper Maniac all North Woods stamps are 25% off!! I have always loved watching the chickadees in winter, so this one had to be mine!  This stamp is actually quite large and measures 4" x 4.75". 

I hadn't used my watercolor paper or chalks in a long time, so that is the medium I used to color this image.  I went back and added some sparkle to the snow with a Sakura stardust pen, but you can't really see it in this photo.  Make sure you check out all of the fabulous projects this week by the DT with North Woods stamps!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Double Challenge Card!

Stamps:  The Stamps Of Life-Monogram2build

Ink:  Soft Suede, Distress Inks in old paper and Walnut Stain

Paper:  Crate Paper Restoration collection, Very Vanilla CS

Accessories:  Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, Prima yellow roses, vintage button

Hello!  Here is a card I made for two challenges.  The first is the embellish challenge.  For this challenge you are to make a vintage themed card using the colors rust, yellow and green.

The next challenge is the challenge over at Oh, Alice.  For this challenge the game of chess is the inspiration.  I decided my rust, checked paper would qualify since I own no Alice or chess type images or paper.  This week, Paper Maniac is sponsoring the Oh, Alice challenge!  If you play along, you could win a $20 GC to the PM store!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Paper Maniac Goodies!

Paper:  Neenah CS; Echo Park Merry Christmas collection

Accessories:  Kaiser rhinestones

Hello!  I have a couple of cards for you that are quick and easy!  The first one has NO STAMPING!  I utilized the fab paper and journal boxes in the Echo Park Merry Christmas collection.  I love me some Echo park! LOL!  I just added some rhinestones along the bottom panel, but the paper speaks for itself!

Paper:  kraft CS; Neenah CS; Crate Paper Restoration  collection

Ink:  Old Paper Distress ink

Accessories:  Kaiser Rhinestones; Nestabilites Labels 15; Crafty Secrets Creative Scraps-Altered Fairies

This second card uses a vintage image and sentiment from the Creative Scraps Altered Fairies collection.  I used my distress ink to sponge my nestie shape and glued the angel girl in the middle.  I love that this sheet of images comes with matching sentiments that you can cut out. 

If you are in need of ribbon make sure you stock up!  Paper Maniac is having a 25% off sale on all ribbon.  The best part is that you can buy almost all of the ribbon by the yard!  Get as little or as much as you need!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Paper Maniac and Suzi Blu by Unity!

Stamps:  Love Yourself-Unity Suzi Blu

Paper:  Kraft CS, Neenah Classic Crest CS, Crate Paper Restoration collection

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  hand dyed seam binding, vintage button, Copic Markers, Creative Inspirations paint in sea foam

Hello!  Today I made a card with a Suzi Blue stamp by Unity.  I actually painted her dress with Creative inspirations paint in sea foam.  This was my first time using it and I will definitely be adding more colors to my collection.  A little goes a long way and it has this fabulous shimmer that unfortunately, I could not capture with my camera!  Paper Maniac has them in several colors!  I just used a tiny paint brush and voila!  It dries pretty fast too, which is a bonus since I am NOT PATIENT! LOL!

Paper Maniac has just restocked all of the UNITY stamps AGAIN!  They are flying off the shelves like hot cakes and also the new BASIC GREY is here!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

embellish magazine challenge....

Hello!  I made the card below for the current challenge over at the embellish magazine site!  LOVE these colors!  Part of the challenge was to create dimension on our card.  I created dimension by using a chipboard square covered with baja breeze CS.  I then adhered my bird image to that.  The bird was punched out of a sheet of DP.  All DP used on my card is from Crate Paper.  I added some stitched, felt circle embellishments which also add dimension to the card.  If you would like to participate in this challenge you have until midnight tonight!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily