Show & Tell - Embrace life card

This was the first project I did at stamp camp at is was super easy and fast. I also got to play around with a blender pen which I’d been wanting to try for a while. The coloring of the image was done by dabbing a blender pen into the lid of an ink pad, there was a pool of ink in the lid. This can be done by smooshing the lids together or you can take a re-inker and put a few drops on a plastic tray. It was really cool and I like the watercolor-type effect of the coloring method.

Stampin Up products used

• Embrace life stamp & rough texture jumbo wheel
• Chocolate chip, apricot appeal & shimmery white cardstocks
• Basic brown, always artichoke, apricot appeal classic ink pads
• Chocolate chip jumbo ink cartridge
• Always artichoke marker
• Chocolate poly twill ribbon
• Spritzer tool
• White bead {Pretties kit}
• Word window punch
• Blender pen

Show & Tell - Priceless card

I love all things pink and brown and this card is another of my favorites we made at stamp camp. The hat pin is a cool idea for a quick little gift and a neat embellishment to add to a card. I Love it!!

Products used

• Priceless & Boho background stamps
• Berry bliss paper
• Chocolate chip, pretty in pink & purely pomegranate cardstocks
• Close to cocoa, purely pomegranate & whisper white ink pads
• Boho flower punch
• Scallop punch
• Pretties kit {Hat pin & beads}
• Cutter kit
• Sponges
• Chocolate chip ribbon

Show & Tell - Double pocket gift bag

Here’s another project from Stamp Camp. This is a really unique gift bag. There are two separate pockets inside. This would be really cute to put a card in one pocket and a gift in the other pocket. I’m so glad we got to tryout so many different papers from Stampin Up. This Bali Breeze paper is really pretty. Here’s a great tutorial at Split Coast Stampers on how to make one.

Stampin Up products used

• Sweet serendipity stamp
• Bali breeze paper
• Shimmery white cardstock
• Taken with teal & old olive markers
• sticky strip tape
• Beads duo {green}
• Styled silver hodgepodge hardware set
• Paper piercer
• Label punch
• Crop-a-dile
• Jumbo pewter eyelets
• Tidy tray
• Soft sky ribbon

Show & Tell - Elephant gift bag

Here’s another project from stamp camp. This super cute gift bag was surprisingly easy to make. It was made from a white paper lunch bag. I’m a big fan of lunch bag paper crafting and will be making more of these!

Stampin Up products used

• Have a heart stamp set
• Spring fling paper
• Basic gray, certainly celery, pretty in pink & whisper white cardstocks
• Basic black classic ink pad
• Pretty in pink & certainly celery markers
• Pink pastel chalk
• Pretty in pink ribbon
• Horizontal slot punch
• Slit punch {used to make the scallop on the pink cardstock}
• Build-a-brad
• Versamarker
• 1/2″ circle punch
• Slot punch
• Soft subtles colored brads

Show & Tell - Flower card

I attended my first stamp camp on Sunday and it was so fun! The stamp camp was a local event held in Sammamish Washington at my Stampin Up demonstrator’s house. I made twelve projects in 5 hours. All the products used were from Stampin Up. I’ll try and post a project or two per day. I love this flower card, probably one of my favorite cards we did. The colors are great!

Stampin Up products used

• Summer picnic paper
• Real Red, bashful blue & old olive cardstocks
• Real red & bashful blue classic ink pads
• Build-a-brad
• Real red striped ribbon
• Die cut blooms
• Bold brights, earth elements, soft subtles brads
• Pretties kit white flower

Cool ribbon storage

I was visiting Donna Downey’s blog and check out this way cool wire mannequin she is using to store her ribbon…I love it! You can check out more pics of her work area here.

I found a similar {maybe the same} wire mannequin for sale on Amazon…spendy, but cool!

Show & Tell - happy album

I’ve been wanting to make one of these word albums for a while. I recently joined a scrap club and this was the project for March. I love how the album came out. I made this for Nika’s 1st birthday that is coming up soon. This was fun to make and a lot easier than I thought it would be. Papers are SEI and ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Friday Freebie - kits & quick pages

Happy Friday my crafty friends! Here’s some fabulous kits & quick pages for you to play with from Ellie Lash Designs.

Download the {Sweet enough} mini kit, great colors and I love the butterfly and flower embellishments!

Here’s a cute quick page, I’m loving lady bugs right now.

If you still have some Valentines layouts to do, be sure to get the {Love Actually} kit. Yummy browns and pinks…lots of fabulous papers.

Grab this quick page, so pretty and perfect for spring!

For more Ellie Lash Designs, stop by her online store. There’s a really beautiful new kit called {Luke} that has wonderful spring colors. I love the flourishes and goodies in this kit. Perfect for Spring, Easter, or even baby pages.

Have a wonderful weekend! XOOXO

Martha’s Easter workshop

Easter is just around the corner {March 23rd}. Martha Stewart Living is hosting an Easter workshop this month. Each week they feature a category with lots of great projects and tutorials.

• Week 1 - decorating & invitations
• Week 2 - eggs & baskets
• Week 3 - spring displays
• Week 4 - menus & tables

Here’s a sampling of the paper crafting projects featured so far.

• Egg themed stationary - I love this one! Use your scrap ribbon, fabric and paper to make adorable cards.
• Bunny garland - Add letters to the bunnies to spell out Easter. Download this rabbit template {2 bunnies to choose from} and use for scrapbook layouts and cards too.
• Basket fill - We all have the scraps to do this and look how pretty it is! Recycled wrapping paper is perfect for this. Hmm…I’m sure there is also a clever way to use strips like this on a layout or card too. Quilling maybe??

Be sure to check MarthaStewart.com next week to see the rest of the Easter Workshop projects.

Show & Tell - paper bag albums

I posted these paper bag album photos in the Fisk-A-Teers gallery today and there was a lot of inquiries. Here’s some more pictures and details on how to make these fun albums.

For these albums I used 3 lunch sack paper bags, purchased from the grocery store. I lined up the bags so 2 of the bags had the open end out {giving me 3 pockets once the album is folded}. Next I picked out my papers and measured the paper to be the same size as the paper bag length-wise. The paper was adhered with a tape runner. Once all the bags had paper I folded them in half and scored to make the album. Next I used a heavy duty hole punch to make the holes in all the bags. Ribbon was used to tie them together. For the pockets, I used a punch to create tabs. Those were adhered with a stapler, eyelets or glue. Tucked inside the pockets is a cardstock tag. To finish off the album I used a corner rounder on the edges. This is an easy project, great for beginners. This was the very first project I attempted when I began paper crafting. There a several great online tutorials on how to create these albums. Check out this one from the Scrapbook-Crazy site.

Products used

• Paper {My Minds Eye}
• Cardstock for tabs and tags {DCWV}
• Ribbon {Really Reasonable Ribbon}
• Tab Punch {McGill}
• Lunch sack paper bags {purchased from the grocery store}
• Adhesive {Scrapbook Adhesives}