Just Us Girls #20 Technique challenge....split negative tags

It's saturday and time for a challenge with Just Us Girls!  This time we are showcasing the Split Negative technique.

For detailed instructions, check out this fab tutorial on SCS and then give it a try for a truly unique result.

I chose an element from the Simply Stationery set from Paperty Ink to stamp on creme and chocolate papers.  After adhering the halves together, I detail cut around the image for my tag centerpiece.  This was adhered to the painted and glittered chipboard heart from Want 2 Scrap with foam pop dots.  This glorious chipboard is very sturdy and can take paint without losing it's precisely cut edges.  The chipboard is adhered with liquid glue to the embossed creme cardstock.  A bit of ribbon ties this tag to an organdy gift sack with a candle inside.  The perfect little gifty for a friend or as a shower favor. 

Here are a handful ready to go for a special gathering of friends this weekend!  Yay for girlfriend time!  Speaking of great gals, how about the Just Us Girls DT?  Look for more inspiration on their blogs:

Guest Designer, Iwona Palamountain

Kristin Bueter

Pam Imholz

Maria Levine

Tracey Cuccia

Lisa Kind

Mona Pendleton

Alicia Weiman

Ok friends, have a great and creative weekend!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

My Time to Inspire 05 Challenge - {Bee} Happy

Hey friends! What's the word? What's the BUZZ all about? Well I can think of at least one thing....and that is folks are buzzing about the change to the My Time to Create challenges with Lauren Meader and crew. Lauren will be highlighting favorite challenge projects each week starting with last saturday's challenge! Hooray! Watch for the very first announcement of the My Time To Shine top 5 on Lauren's blog!!! Could be YOU! Or one of your crafty friends...check out the links for last week's challenge on this post from Lauren.

So, are you up for another challenge? This week it's an inspiration challenge so you can use the image to inspire you, may be it inspires you with colors, or maybe layout, or??? you make the call. Be sure and post your project online somewhere and link us up with the Mr Linky that will be on Lauren's blog. Can't wait to see who's in the My Time to Shine Top 5!

the challenge:

my project:

So a little on what inspired me...I liked how the clothesline was full of brightly colored fabrics of all types of patterns, all lined up in a row. And even though each apron was it's own entity, there seemed to be a connecting fabric and/or color as you move your eye down the clothesline. I decided to let the neat clothesline lead me to neat rows of stamped cardstock and the connector be the bees from the Papertrey honey bees stamp set. I let Lauren's choice of highlighted colors be my guide in what color I would stamp each strip with.

I also snuck in two other Papertrey sets: Simply Stationary and Polka dot basics. Here is a closeup of the honey bee within one of the stationary decorative circles. Oh! And stitching since the aprons on the clothesline look handmade.

And finally, some buttons, because who is not loving buttons these days?? I am honestly quite happy to see the button back in vogue in papercrafting. There are just so many ways a button can be the perfect something don't you think??

Ready for MORE inspiration? Check out the My Time design team offerings this week. They are always up to something amazing!

Lauren
Alicia
MacKenzie
Maria
Kendra
Kristen
Tracey
Jen
Odette
Tamara

Thank you so much for buzzing by! Your visits truly make my day :)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies:

Paper: Papertrey Ink

Stamps: Papertrey Ink

Ink: SU!

Buttons: Papertrey Ink and Foofala

Other: Scrapper's floss, sewing machine and pinking sheers

Raspberry Suite challenge #13....my {cherry} best

Whew! Made it for Dawn's color challenge. Just in the nick of time! I didn't want to miss this week's challenge because I thought the colors were the PERFECT opportunity for me to join in on the cherry craze out there right now! Yep! It was time :)

the challenge:

my project:

I think I have a new obsession! Cherries, vintage material yo-yos and these fab colors together! Yum! The cherry stamp is from My Cute Stamps (Sweet Chocolate set) and the backgrounds are made with Papertrey (Simply Stationary and Polka dot basics). Quick, simple and cute at a small 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 size.

Thanks for coming by!

Supplies:

Stamps: My Cute Stamps and Papertrey Ink

Paper: Georgia Pacific

Punch: SU

Ink: SU!

Other: vintage material, buttons and paper piercer

My Timeless Template Challenge #1

Happy Monday everyone! It was back to school around here for my oldest so while my preschooler and I are hiding in the house from the unseasonably hot weather we are having, I made a little something for Lauren's first Timeless Template Challenge. I combined the Lolli-pop along template and the Rounded Wrap up template in order to make a box large enough to hold a set of handmade cards. Go to Papertrey Ink to check out those templates. The other part of the challenge was to let a bath product somehow inspire your project. I chose this one from Bath and Body works.I liked the understated white, cream and caramel colors here. A very elegant combo I thought and a nice diversion from my usual super bright color combos.

So here we have it...my Rounded wrap up/lolli-pop along box with 6 cards and envelopes. I have a couple people in mind who might like this gift :) I cut a window in the front of the box and replaced that section with acetate so the card could serve as box decoration.

A simple ribbon ties this box closed and a little punched and layered tag lets the receiver know it's a handmade gift. I love this little stamp from Papertrey Ink's Simply Stationary set.

The card is a standard A2 size with a white cardstock base, cream embossed cardstock next and white cardstock again cut and embossed in an oval. The gorgeous butterfly is from my FAVORITE butterfly stamp set ever , Wonderful Wings, from SU! ...they retired it a few years back and I was shocked. Maybe they'll bring it out of the vault one of these days so it can be available again ;)

The butterfly was detail cut from the white cardstock and adhered over the white oval sticking down only the body and antennae. The wings were bumped up with foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by...have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

My Timeless Templates by Lauren Meader for Papertrey Ink (adapted Lolli-pop along and Rounded Wrap-up) Cardstock: Georgia Pacific, Stamps: SU! (butterfly) and Papertrey Ink (sentiment), Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities oval, Punch: Martha Stewert (lace border), CM (circle), and SU! (scallop circle), Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug swiss dots, Ink: SU! Creamy Caramel and Other: ribbon

My Time Sketch #30 and #31 and DT call

Happy Saturday everyone! And why celebrate such a wonderful day? It's the My Time saturday sketch with the super talented Lauren Meader! Check her sketch and her blog out...you'll love it! She is also calling for a few new members for her challenge DT. This is my entry and I hope you will make something to submit too! Check it out: Lauren's Challenge DT call post

Today I incorporated sketch 30 and 31 to make a card box and coordinating note card set with one of Lauren Timeless Templates found over at Papertrey Ink. Check out the Captured Card Case, perfect for those A2 size note cards and other goodies. She has a couple of free downloads to try as well so you can see just how easy her templates are.

For the box I stamped tone on tone yellow ink on PTI lemon cardstock and the Friends til the End flower set. Rectangles with the scallop and straight nestabilities were next white white cardstock and PTI bitty dots paper. Next came more white cs edged with the fiskars threading water punch and topped with more lemon cs, this time stamped and embossed n white with a bud image from the friends til the end set. This pairing was popped up on foam tape.

Check out the yummy detail the white embossing gives! The final embellishments were made with buttons sewn on and more bitty dot paper and white cardstock. The butterfly stamp is a cutie and was stamped two times to enable the second layer to show "movement".

Projects should be finished off all around, top to bottom in my little opinion so I stamped more flowers on the craft cs bottom, embossed white dots on the lemon cs and a tiny strip of bitty dots to edge the sides. Yay!

To make the inside interesting, more tone on tone stamping and a cute little punched embellishment designating this as "handmade".

Using the #31 sketch, I made a coordinating card with mostly the same supplies and adding in the adorable butterfly punches from Martha Stewart.

That's it for today gals! This was my first try with the Captured Card Case and I am LOVING it! This will definitely be used over and over for gifts! Thanks Lauren for the inspiration today :)

Supplies:

Captured Card Case

Template: My Timeless Templates by Lauren Meader for Papertrey Ink

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Lemon Tart, Kraft and stampers select white

Printed paper: Papertrey Ink bitty dots

Ink: SU! White pigment, Summer Sun, basic brown and Pumpkin Pie

Embossing Powder: Inkxpressions

Stamps: Stamp Craft (butterfly)Papertrey Ink (Friends til the End, Simply Stationary and Polka Dot Basics)

Dies: Spellbinders nestabilities long rectangle and scallop

Punches: CM corner rounder and circle, Fiskars threading water, SU! Scallop circle

Other: satin ribbon, orange buttons, dmc white floss

Card

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Lemon Tart, Kraft and stampers select white
Printed paper: Papertrey Ink bitty dots
Ink: SU! Summer Sun and Pumpkin Pie

Stamps: Stamp Craft (butterfly)Papertrey Ink (Friends til the End)

Punches: CM corner rounder, Fiskars threading water, Martha Stewart butterfly

Other: satin ribbon, orange buttons, dmc white floss

My oh my what a wonderful day!

WOW! Am I ever excited to share this stationary set!?? Thank you to Papertrey Ink and Nicole Heady for awarding me a Guest Star Stamper spot this month. Such an honor!!

This stationary set was created with my daughter's elementary teacher in mind. She once told me that she actually keeps bees and I just knew the Honey bee set from Papertrey would be perfect for her.

The new Simply Stationary stamp set has several different borders to nestle images or initials in for custom stationary and lots of great single detail images in which to finish off your designs.

This acrylic stationary box is actually a repurposed packaging box that the Papertrey stamp sets are shipped in. I loved being able to reuse this great box. It easily fit 6 notecards and 6 envelopes inside.

The below shot is my pile of supplies I had cut and ready to go using Cricut for the circles and the scallop circles. I used the swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the white cardstock and a Martha Stewert scallop punch for the black scallops. The next step was to stamp everything and then adhere it all together. Designing the layout takes the most time but, once that is done, assembling is a snap! I will definitely recreate this layout in the future.
Thanks so much for stopping by and looking :)

Supplies

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Lemon Tart, SU! basic black and unknown white

Stamps: Papertrey Ink HOney Bees and Simply Stationary

Ribbon: Papertrey Ink

Ink: SU! Barely Banana and Stazon Black

Embossing folder: Cuttlebug swiss dots

Cricut cartridges: Mini Monogram cartridge

Punch: Martha Stewert

Dawn's Favorite color challenge from PTI

EDITED: I feel like the luckiest girl! THank you Papertrey Ink and Dawn for the amazing Damask set and for all the opportunities to enter and win during your anniversary celebration! You gals are amazing!!!

I was inspired by Dawn McVey's pink and orange card for this challenge. While those colors are not much of a departure from my usual style...I did venture out to try a more shabby approach to these bright colors. I aspire to be better at shabby and vintage and I was happy with the way this card combined a little of me and hopefully a little shabby too! What do you think? I started with Sizzix diecut flowers from a vintage book I have for just this purpose. The pages are nice and thin and make nice fluffy flower layers. I stamped them with Only Orange, Pink Passion and Creamy Caramel SU! inks. The stamp sets are from PTI...polka dot basics and simply stationary. The little bee and the "happy" are from PTI Honey bee set and the "birthday" is from SU! I inked and layered the die cut flowers and topped them off with a button. The leaves are white cs and then stamped with the simply stationary detail stamp and then inked as well. The flower stem was first paper pierced and then sewn with hot pink twistel. The scallop edge punch is from SU!

Thanks for looking!