Spread Your Wings

It's me again! I've got another fab card I made for you using amazing products from Crafter's Companion...

For the background, I've used the Stamp-It Australia Travel Script with black ink. I then used multiple blue Distress Inks over it to soften it and give it a worn feel. I just went over it with multiple colors with a sponge until I felt it looked just right.

The wings are from Sheena's A Little Bit Sketchy-Divine Inspiration. For the wings, I colored them in using just a few Spectrum Noirs to give the feathers of the wings depth. I then fussy cut them out and adhered them to the distressed panel with pop dots for dimension. I let the wing tips hang slightly off the edge of the card for interest.

I used 3 pearls in the center to finish this off.

I love that it can be used for a variety of reasons, which is why I chose to not use a sentiment. It could be a graduation card for a boy, sympathy card, Father's Day, and more!

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Faerie Poppets Release

Hey there! I've got a sweet card for you tonite using the new release from Crafter's Companion called Faerie Poppets by Christine Haworth. This one is Baby Rosebud.

I diecut her out of a scalloped circle. I then stamped another wing and popped that up with a pop dot and curled the edge to give it dimension. I colored her in using my Spectrum Noir markers choosing soft looking colors.

I chose a rose colored cardstock for the background behind Baby Rosebud and used an embossing folder I had with small flowers on it. It embossed pretty deep on the paper I used, but I love the look of it! Rounded the corners to soften that up a bit as well.

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Swanky Birthday

Hey there! I've got a little swankier card for you today that I just LOVE. The beautiful lady is from the new set from Crafter's Companion, Frou Frou-Martini Girl. Now I know she's not holding martini's, but that's the great thing about the set! There are multiple things you can add to her tray. I went a little outside the box and used a tiny metal adhesive backed plate I've had F-O-R-E-V-E-R. It fit perfectly.

I colored her in using my Spectrum Noirs of course. These markers are just amazing. I loooove them. Really, grab some!

I popped her up on some vintage-esque patterned paper I had that I thought fit perfectly with her. Using distress inks around the edges give it a real vintage feel to the paper. One of my fav techniques. I included a close up below.

I hope you go visit Crafter's Companion and check out all the gorgeous Frou Frou sets and more today!

Take Time to Smell the Flowers

Happy Friday! I've got a cute little card for you using some Crafter's Companion stamps.

Since spring is supposedly on it's way (yes, in Chicago we're not feeling springy just yet), this is perfect to lighten the dreary skies we've been seeing this week. She's an adorable little fairy taking time to smell the flowers. The stamp is from the Angelica and Friends-Mariella. I colored her in using my Spectrum Noir markers.

Hope you enjoyed this cheery card. Have a wonderful weekend. Be sure to stop by and see all the amazing new sets from Crafter's Companion!

Friends are Flowers

I love this little dog image! He's from the Mulberry Wood EZMount-Friend set. I love that you can color him all different ways to create a doggie to your liking!!

He's so cute and sweet with his bundle of flowers. I colored in with my Spectrum Noirs and cut around him leaving just a little border around him and glued him on with pop dots. I cut a cute little notched banner out of some patterned paper. I took the sentiment and used some distress inks and just cut around it and used pop dots to give it dimension. The background on top of the light sage base of the card is actually a journaling card I had in my stash! I loved being able to use my scraps and stash items :)

Hope you loved it! What a sweet and simple card to send a special friend.

Check out this Mulberry Woods set and all the other adorable sets available at Crafter's Companion!

There for Me

I've got a pretty and simple card today to show you that I created using the Stamp-It Australia Birds & Butterflies from Crafter's Companion for the large block of butterflies. I colored them in with my Spectrum Noirs and then added some distress ink over it with sponges to make it softer. I then used a distress tool around the edges to roughen them up.

The sentiment is from the Crisalis Classics, The Rehearsal set. I used my scalloped circle punch and then used inks to gently soften the white paper to make it coordinate with the butterfly piece.

I also used a piece of teal scrap stock in the center on the bottom to give it a little hint of color that mimics the color in the teal butterfly on the left. I then used a larger piece of kraft that I used some spray mist on for fun. I used a jute string around it and topped off with a magenta button to match the color of the top butterfly.

I hope you enjoyed the card! :) Head on over to the store to check out these and other great stamp sets today!!

Falling Feathers Card

Welcome back! Today I have a pretty and simple birthday card that I created using the new Sheena's A Little Bit Sketchy Falling Feathers set. This set features a variety of feather sizes. I adore the fonts in the sentiment, too. I'm a designer, so I'm a font-y. :)

I colored my feather with soft turquoises fading to olive greens using my Spectrum Noirs. I wanted something soft looking. I then fussy cut around it and used pop dots to glue it down to the patterend chevron paper for dimension. 

The sentiment was cut out into a strip and I made the one end into a banner. The other end was scored and folded over and secured with mini staples to give a little texture to. 

Very simple, yet stunning! 

Please be sure to check out all the new release sets at the Crafter's Companion store!!

Party Paws Release...

I've got a really cute little animal to share with you today. Meet Bamboo from Party Paws! Today he's relaxing in a bubble bath...how cute is he?? Another adorable little animal from Crafter's Companion.

I embossed the blue cardstock to mimic bubbles in the tub. I colored the image in with my Spectrum Noirs which I love to use these all the time. Seriously. Amazing. Then I punched out the sentiment with a simple circle punch and added Stickles around the circle and stuck it underneath the cutout of Bamboo.

I hope you liked it and you'll check out the rest of our design team's creations. Snag your set today!! You'll love all the images of Bamboo :)

Thinking of You Makes Me :)

Welcome and Happy Friday! I've got a really pretty spring feeling card that I made with the Sheena A Little Bit Sketchy that Crafter's Companion has. Let me say, it's a super fun set!!!!

I colored the flowers in with my Spectrum Noirs and cut around them leaving a slight white border. I also colored the leaves with the Spectrum Noirs as well and really, it's so easy to add beautiful shading to make them look realistic. I just love these markers.

I pulled some paper I had in my stash for the yellow (to match the yellow in the flower's center) and then the springy green floral print paper. I didn't have a huge piece of that, so to add some texture, I cut the paper into strips and glued them, slightly overlapping, to the yellow stock. 

I cut out the leaves with a Nestabilities die I have and lightly inked the edges with distress ink. Adds a little warmth and dimension.

The sentiment is from the new release, Crisalis. I love the classic fonts used in this series. Just beautiful. I cut that out with a round punch and glued to a piece of olive green corrugated paper I had in my stash. It's the beauty of working at a printing company and getting the discontinued paper swatch books!! LOVE. 

I snuck that under the popped up image. The kraft bird is from a package of pieces I bought at Micheal's in their cheapy bins. I just used some distress ink and spray mists to give it a little life. 

I hope you are inspired and be sure to check out all the products I mentioned on Crafter's Companion website HERE!

With Sympathy-Magnolias

I'm back again with another colorful card. I believe sympathy cards should be soft and warm to look at, which I think I've achieved. I used the magnolia blossom from the Sheena A Little Bit Floral-Magnolia Blossom release from Crafter's Companion.  I colored it in and blended away with my Spectrum Noirs of course. The "with sympathy" sentiment is from the Sheena A Little Bit Floral-Floral Corners.

Here is the whole card which I just used pop dots to add dimension over the patterned paper which I had in my stash. I thought it was a perfect fit for this sympathy card. And the paper diecut behind the sentiment was another stash item of mine; white flocked paper. Very subtle for texture, but elegant.

Hope you enjoyed my card and will check out Crafter's Companion for all these wonderful products!!

Valentine Trash to Treasure Project

Happy Valentine's Day! Hoping everyone is having a great night so far. I enjoyed seeing the little Valentine's my oldest brought home from school. I've got an adorable container that I made for him to keep them in.

I took an ordinary oatmeal container, ripped off the label and wiped out the inside (since it's just cardboard) and went to town.

I just measured cardstock and glued it to the outside, and since it wasn't quite large enough, I used a strip of alternate paper to cover that up in the front which adds interest to the fab pocket.

For the pocket, I used the SP and Company pocket stamp from Vintage October: All Zipped Up. I used denim paper I found on clearance at Micheal's. I should have bought a LOT more of this... :) Stuck on a puffy heart after adhering to the container and how cute is that?!

I made a little "card" to stick in the pocket and cut out the XO letters with letter dies using my amazing Cuttlebug. There's a whole joke with that one...anyway! And I used pop dots on that for some dimension.

Then I used a circle die that fit the container's top and cut out a circle out of cardstock, glued on and stuck one more X and O on it and it's done!

TRASH TO TREASURE for my little Valentine's Valentines. I hope I inspired you to not toss packaging and use it for something really fun and simple to create with supplies you have on hand.