Market Street Stamps card challenge

Market Street Stamps teamed up with CAS-ual Fridays for a double challenge this week, using kraft and twine and a Market Street stamp.   Unfortunately, I don't own any Market Street stamps, but they kindly provided a free digi stamp so everyone could join in the challenge.  (You can join their Ning group and get the free digi stamp here).


For my card, I printed the digi stamp on white cardstock and colored it with Copic markers, then I cut a tiny slit around the inside rim so I could tuck the tiny "marshmallows" in the cup.  I used denim twine from The Twinery and laced it through the holes around the edge of the Cricut diecut.  The sentiment was printed on the computer and then inked around the edges.

CAS-usal Friday's 12/23 challenge

This week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays was to create a card using kraft and twine.  With the holidays and being sick, I haven't done any crafting for a few weeks so my crafty mojo is pretty rusty, but after a few false starts I came up with this country "thank you" card.   The flowers are from the Walk In My Garden Cricut cartridge.  The bakers twine is "buttercream" from The Twinery.

Cardabilities DT !

I was lucky enough to be selected for the new Cardabilities design team - I'm so excited to have the chance to work with Karan's fabulous sketches!  You can check out the Cardabilities sketch blog here.

Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 3

Every year I ooh and ahh over Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas, but this year I finally decided to join in the fun and make a few tags.   I started with his tag from Day 3, so I'm a little out of order, but oh well.

I didn't have the exact supplies used on Tim Holtz's tag, so I used another of his Christmas stamp sets, turning one vertically and one horizontally across the bottom.  The images were stamped in black on a kraft tag, then I sponged some Distress Inks in various spots to add a little color.   The holly leaves and pine branches were cut with my Cricut (Joys of the Season and Winter Woodlands) and then I added some mica flakes for a little vintage sparkle.

A quick and easy holiday photo wall hanging!

As part of our holiday celebration at Practical Scrappers, I want to share a quick, easy and inexpensive project. 

This Christmas photo wall hanging is very easy to make. I used Christmas photos from last year, but you could certainly use current photos, or it would be fun to use photos covering several years, to see how your kids or family have changed.

Start by cutting three pieces of chipboard to 5x7. You could use cereal boxes, the back of notepads, or even substitute two pieces of heavyweight cardstock adhered together. Cut some coordinating holiday papers to 5x7 and adhere to the front of each cardstock piece. (You can cover the back also if you like.) I also cut a piece of chipboard 1.75" x 7", covered it with patterned paper, and rounded the corners. This was my top border piece. You could do this at the top and bottom, or you could completely leave this part off.

Lay your paper covered chipboard pieces in the order you want them to appear on your project. On your first panel, Measure about 1/2" in from the edges and 1/4" from the top and make a light pencil mark. Punch a hole at each mark. You can thread ribbon, cording or twine through these two holes to making a hanger for your photo panels. On my example, I used light green baker's twine.

At the bottom of your first panel, measure 1/4" up from the bottom and 1/2" in from the left and make a pencil mark. Measure 1/2" over from that mark and make a second mark. Punch a hole at each mark. Do the same thing on the right side of your top panel. Mark holes in the same way at the top and bottom of your second panel and at the top only of the third panel. Use ribbon, cording or twine to sew an "x" through the holes at the bottom of panel one/top of panel two and bottom of panel two/top of panel three. Just tie your twine or ribbon in a small knot at the back and tape it down to the ends don't work there way through the holes.

Now that your panels are all attached, you can add photos and embellishments as desired. (I like to punch the holes and attach the panels together first, so I can make sure my embellishments and photos don't end up with holes punched through them.)

For my Christmas wall hanging, I used papers and diecuts/journaling boxes from Bella Blvd., and added pen stitching, baker's twine, gems and pearls, and a border punched strip to the bottom edge. The beard on the Santa diecut was made by adhering ivory Flower Soft and I added a tiny white pompom to the tip of his hat.
 
I hope you enjoyed this project and are inspired to make one of your own!

iCopic challenge - vintage distressing

This week's challenge @ iCopic was to create a card with a vintage, distressed style.  Normally I use my Copic markers to bring some color to my stamped images, so it was a little different to try for a muted color scheme on this card.  

I stamped the nativity scene with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, and then sponged around the edges with Antique Linen distress ink.  The image was colored with Copic E00 & E51 for skin tones, Y00 for the halos, B91 and B95 for the blues and E33 for Joseph's robe.  The straw was colored with E43 and then I added a few strokes of Y15.  I also used E43 to color the tiny white pearls to get a more champagne color.  It's hard to see in the picture, but the red cardstock was stamped with a crackle background stamp, and then inked around the edges with Aged Mahogany and Gathered Twigs distress inks.  I also used Gathered Twigs distress ink around the edges of the kraft card base.