Patterned Papered Dreams

A Birthday tag

Hi! I'm back from Summer CHA! Wow, what a fantastic experience! I'm working on a post to share a bit about the trip (and my crafty shopping there, ha!), but in the mean I have a tag that I made before leaving for Las Vegas.

I usually go for white as my base, but this time I ventured the colored cardstock path and decided to put to good use all the embossing colors I've been hoarding buying for years :)

 

And here's the result. Lots of embossing one color at a time, and a sentiment stamped on vellum. I was inspired by the work of the talented Jessica Witty and I am linking this little tag to the Tags & Wraps Challenge at the Moxie Fab World.

Thanks for visiting!

Birthday tag: Cardstock and vellum/Canson; Stamps: PTI; Ink/Versamark; Embossing powder/assorted by American Crafts and Ranger; Die: (tag) PTI; Ribbon/Carta; White gel pen.

Mr & Mrs

Hi there! Lately I've hadn't a lot of time to play along with challenges, but when I saw the gorgeous inspiration piece for the Runway Inspired Challenge #40 I just had to create something. Lots of white space and popr of gold, silver, black and red. Love!

 

So my inspiration came from that, the colors and the white space. I heat embossed the flowers in silver, and colored them with an Inktense Pencil. The small leaves were colored with the tiniest dauber and a gold inkpad, and the bigger leaves were embossed in gold.

 

That's it! Thanks for visiting!

Mr & Mrs card: Cardstock/Canson; Stamps/Hero Arts; Ink: black/Versafine, gold/Brilliance, Versamark; Embossing powder/Ranger; Other: Inktense pencils.

CFC110: Count me in

 Hello and happy Friday! This week at CAS-ual Fridays we're going crazy for numbers. I'm terrible at maths, so the only numbers that make me happy are those that can be used on cards (oh, an the ones on my paycheck too, ha!). I hope you'll join us with a clean and simple project that includes numbers. Oh, and this challenge is a two weeker because of Summer CHA. I'll be there!!! Please, say hi if you spot me around completely lost and overwhelmed ;)

 

 

There's a great prize up for grabs from our sponsor, which is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps! Details here.

 

I started my card stamping a colorful background with an image from this set. Second,  I stamped a sentiment from this one on a strip of vellum and heat embossed it in silver. I felt my silver embossing powder was feeling lonely with all this gold embossing craze. By the way, the ones I use are Ranger's Ultra Fine Detail powders in silver and gold, and they are amazing!

A few enamel dots finish the card. I wish I had yellow dots in the right shade, but the yellow dots I had were too bright -think banana!-

 

 A close up of the shiny embossing.

 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope to see some of you in Las Vegas :)

Silver High 5 card: Cardstock/Canson; Stamps/CFS; Ink: Yellow, grey, aqua/Hero Arts, fuchsia/PTI, Versamark; Embossing powder/Ranger; Enamel dots/My Mind's Eye.

 

 

CFC109: Polka Dots

Hey everyone! I hope you are having a fantastic Summer! If you can make a little time for crafting in the busy pool and beach schedule, we'd love you to join us for a new CAS-ual Fridays Challenge :) This week the deet is to create a clean and simple project with some kind of polka dots on it.

 

 

Simon Says Stamp is the sponsor for this week and they have generously offered a great prize for the winner. Find about it here.

I stamped the polka dot pattern from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Only You set and layered a sentiment strip die cut with the Cameo. I was going to leave the polka dots peeking behind the sentiment, but I had a piece of gold cardstock on my desk and decided to put it to good use.

What do you think? Would you have left it as is, with the polka dots, or do you like the gold better?

 

 

And here's the gold cardstock in all it's shiny glory

 

 

Hey Friend: Cardstock/Canson; Stamp/CFS; Ink: Viridian/Ranger Archival. Right now I can't remember the name of the font I used to die cut the sentiment. If you're interested, drop me an email and I can check it :)

CFC108: Material Girl

Hi and welcome to a new CAS-ual Fridays Challenge! This week we're having fun with all things material, from fabric to felt, tulle or canvas. Wether you're a seamstress or not, I'm sure you'll have fun combining paper and the material of your choice in a clean and simple project. No sewing required ;)

 

Ellen Hutson is sponsoring us this week, don't miss the awesome prize she is offering for the winner! Details here.

No card this time. I made two fabric tags by adhering the gingham fabric to cardstock and then die cutting and stamping the tags. I found that cute fabric on a Bolivian market a few weeks ago and got them in a few bright colors. Score!

 

Thanks for visiting and happy weekend!

Fabric baby tags: Cardstock/Canson; Stamps: Avery Elle, PTI; Ink: brown/Archival, Sky Blue, Island, Sugar, Fuchsia/Impress, kraft/PTI; Dies: tag/Hero Arts, carriage/PTI; Twine/The Twinery; Other: gingham fabric.