Patterned Papered Dreams

Joy's Life Design Team Thursday (in Chevron Chic!)

HI there! Welcome to Joy's Life Design Team Thursday. My card for today showcases the Wild Life Puns stamp set, which you can find here. Isn't it perfect for little guys and summer?

I paired it with the latest release from Maile Belles at PTI: Background Basics Chevron Stripes and a Hero Arts fishie. For the card, I stamped different chevron stripes in a gradient blue scheme, trimmed them out and overlapped on the front of the card. The fishie was paper pieced from Cosmo Cricket and Echo Park papers. I love how the sentiment from Wild Life Puns stamps ties everything because that little fish looks so lonely in the big blue sea! ;)

I'm also entering this card in the Moxie Fab World Chevron Chic Challenge. All the details are here. Give it a try and check out the rest of the creations because there are lots of amazing ones!

And of course, don't forget to visit the rest of the Joy's Life DT lovely creations for this week here.

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: Joy's Life Wild Life Puns, PTI, Hero Arts; Ink: Memento; Paper: Cosmo Cricket (Salt Air), Echo Park; Other: googly eye, Uniball Signo white gel pen.

The one with the sketch, the polka dots and a baby pram

Hello and happy Sunday! There's so much stuff in this post that I thought I'd better add a long title too ;) I rarely combine sketches but in this case it was absolutely perfect: The Lilypad is hosting a challenge sponsored by Lawn Fawn with a sketch by Lucy who is expecting her first baby (congrats, Lucy!!!). And the Lawnscaping challenge is all about polka dots. So I had to do this:

Here's the sketch, by the way:

I used the Plus One set from LF, October Afternoon paper and a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: Lawn fawn; Ink: Tsukineko, Distress; Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Modern Homemaker; Embossing folder: Cuttlebug; Dies: PTI; Corner chomper.

Bliss

It's Friday! Yay! Today is also a very special day. Tomorrow is my birthday aaaand hubby's too. We usually take our birthday day off from work, but as tomorrow is Saturday, we decided to take Friday off and we will have lunch in a super fancy restaurant awarded with two Michelin stars. Bliss :)

I made this card for the Paper Crafts Color Inspiration challenge #5. It's a gorgeous color combo I would have never thought of, and I love, love how these tones go together! I went simple with this card but I wanted to add something special. See that button? It's a vintage finding that I've been hoarding for like two years. Two years!! I even took a closer pic so you can see it. It may well be from the forties, and it has that pretty shiny faceted areas!

Thanks for visiting and have the best weekend ever!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: Papertrey Ink; Ink: Versafine (black), Memento (Pink); Felt: Papertrey Ink; Other: Super duper pretty vintage button.

 

 

Joy's Life Design Team Thursday

Hi and welcome to Joy's Life Design Team Thursday! I have some summer yummyness ready for you today (and yes, I totally made up that word!). Meet Yummy Puns stamp set here. Lots of punny sentiments for all the gourmet stampers out there ;)

For this card I made my own custom ice cream. I started with kraft cardstock, embossed it with a Sizzix folder, cut it and sponged some distress ink. For the top (sorry, not sure how you call that in English!) I die cut an oval from patterned paper, trimmed it and made the scalloped border with my trusty decorative scissors. Add some baker's twine and voilá! A summer ice cream ready for the birthday boy or girl :D

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check the rest of the DT creations here.

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazill, Canson; Patterned paper: DCWV; Stamps: Joy's Life Yummy Puns; Ink: Tsukineko (black), Tea Dye Distress Ink; Embossing folder: Sizzix; Die: Oval Nestabilities; Twine: The Twinery.

Rejection is cool

Hey there! Here's one of the cards I submitted for the latest Paper Crafts Magazine submissions call (november/december issue). This was made for the easy peasy lemon sequeezy card category. Punch circle, tie ribbon, pierce, stamp. Done.

Super Dr. Amber is hosting the Christmas edition of the Reject Blog Hop and there goes this card. Join in the fun and link yours!

Thanks for visiting and have a fab Sunday!

Supplies: Cardstock: Basill; Patterned Paper: Crate Paper; Stamp: Hero Arts; Ink: Memento; Twine: May Arts.

Joy's Life Design Team Thursday

Hola hola! Welcome to the newest Joy's Life Design Team Thursday! Today I have a tomato-ish card for you that uses the Yummy Puns stamp set. This stamps are super fun and perfect not only for cards but for little treats too! You can see them all here. I have a few fun projects in mind with this set, but today let's get to the card :)

I have been hoarding this Cosmo Cricket chipboard tomato for almost a year! But when I saw the "Let's ketchup" sentiment in the set I knew it was perfect for this little red guy. I started with a white base were I stamped the text in green. Then I cut some patterned paper to size, traced and cut a square window and adhered the pannel to the front of the card. Next thing was cutting a scalloped border and stamping the sentiment with chalk ink. The card is finished with 3 metallic accents that I painted green with a Copic Marker.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check on the rest of the Design Team gorgeous creations! You'll find them all here.

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: Joy's Life Yummy Puns, Papertrey Ink Text Style; Ink: Colorbox Chalk (Chestnut Roan), Distress Ink (Antique Linen), Memento (Pear Tart); Patterned Paper and Chipboard: Cosmo Cricket; Other: Metallic accents, Copic marker.

 

 

Hello, you!

And happy monday (again, if there's such a thing!). Here's a card with one of my new fave stamp sets, PTI Modern Basics by Maile Belles. One of the most versatile sets I've ever seen! And I have yet to explore the posibilities, this is the first time I've inked it.

I made this card for a shiny new challenge blog called CAS-ual Fridays. Their DT is simply amazing! This week's challenge was to incorporate text into a project and so did I. A text flower no less ;) You can find all the details for this challenge here.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: PTI; Ink: Versafine (black), Colorbox chalk (fuchsia), Memento (green); Other: PTI button, black/white baker's twine, turquoise pen.

Make a wish

Hi there, happy Sunday and also Happy Mother's Day to all american moms out there :) It's your day, so make a wish!

I followed Tiff's TG018 sketch for my card. I love her Sunday sketches, they're super creative and always make me thing outside the box! So thanks Tiff for sharing them. I used a couple of my PTI newest goodies (thanks Yuki for being the best proxy shopper ever!), the circles die and the sentiment. I love heat embossing white on kraft :)

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of the weekend! I'm still working on cards for submissions. There's glitter ALL over the place. Fun!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson, Bazill; Stamps: PTI; Ink: Versamark; Dies: (butterfly, border) PTI; Twine: The Twinery; Button: PTI

Another Make it Monday

... and another awesome technique!! Check PTI's technique video here, the results are just amazing! And a little tip: I struggled a bit to find the best ink to stamp on vellum. I've found that Ranger's Archival works great and it dries in seconds if you zap it with a heat gun.

 

I'm entering this card in this month's Paper Crafts Magazine gallery challenge too.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! I'll be working like crazy in submission calls :)

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: PTI (Delightful Dahlia); Ink: Archival; Impression plate: PTI; Die: (butterfly) PTI; Rhinestones: Zva; Other: Vellum.

 

Joy's Life Design Team Thursday

Hello and welcome to another Joy's Life DT THursday! This week it's everything about mothers :) In Spain we celebrated last Sunday,  but in America they celebrate this week's. So here's to the mother's in our life!

I used a sentiment from Joy's Life You're so Punny stamp set. You can find it here, it's super versatile! And what about a  little trick? Even if you don't have a specific mother sentiment, letter stickers (or your own pretty handwriting!) will customize every project. An alpha stamp set can help too, but for this card I went for the stickers. Also, I wanted to add some texture to the "wall" where the frame is supposed to be hanging, so I embossed my cardstock with a Cuttlebug folder. Some yummy baker's twine finishes up the card.

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to check the rest of the fabulous DT creations here!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: Joy's Life (sentiment), Unity (frame); Ink: Versafine; Stickers: Cosmo Cricket; Other: Cuttlebug embossing folder, The Twinery twine, Zva rhinestones.