A PPA Sketch and Good Cheer

Its time for a sketch challenge at the PPA and I decided to play with The Paper Players and their Recipe Challenge: dsp, something punched, and a sentiment. As soon as I saw this sketch, I knew I had a different 'type' of card in mind. It's not your usual open and shut card, but a little message tucked into a 'pocket'. Loved the idea in my head, but not quite sure I love my design yet ;) Its growin on me LOL







* Started with a 4-1/4 x 11 piece of Bravo Burgundy cardstock. Folded it in half. Using my Dauber and Expresso Ink, I distressed the edges of the card

* Next, score and fold a 'flap' at 1". Gave my flap a decorative edge with the Eyelet Border Punch. And some Crochet Ribbon Trim for that vintage look AND I couldn't pass up some Basic Pearl pretties. Purdy lil flap

* Add an insert to your pocket - I used a piece of Very Vanilla 3-3/4 x 5-1/4 and a piece of Deck the Halls DSP to dress up what peeks out of the 'pocket' TIP: Place your insert between the pocket and then adhere top two corners of pocket together with a glue dot/dimensional. You want to make sure you have enough room to slide in and out your insert.

* Finishing off the front... inked up the Santa image (love this image!) from Good Cheer in Bravo Burgundy and stamped onto Very Vanilla.

* Attempted the cracked glass technique with 4 layers of clear embossing powder and it didn't quite crack so good - any suggestions what I did wrong (maybe I can't use embossing powder???), but I went with it.

* Do stress the distressing when going for that antique or vintage feel. Distressed what I could over some cracks and along the edges with my Dauber and Expresso Ink. Matted it onto a piece of Crumb Cake and, yup, distress those edges!!

* Grabbed my Paper Snips and cut out some holly leaves from a scrap of dsp for the final element of this sketch.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a little dose of me! Hope you enjoyed my card for todays challenge. I'd love to know what ya think, so please leave me a comment and let me know, K? Any questions, I am always just a click away!

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Pun Fun and my little secret to scrunchin'

An oldie, but goodie. Pun Fun is such a cute and versatile set, yet I so often overlook it. I recently had a reason to play with it and combined it with lots of new elements and I love how it turned out. Many of you know the fabulously talented Ann Schach and she just welcomed not 1, but 2 pups into her home. This card was intended for lil Muffy before I knew of her brother. Anywho...



* I started with an Old Olive 5-1/4 x 5-1/4 square base

* Don't let Jolly Holidays DSP trick you, you can definitely make this fun paper last beyond the festive season. Layered my base with the large polka dots. Lets not leave out the other side of the paper!- a little flip of the corner reveals the striped side and adds just a little fun

* Added some Rose Red 'scallops' (click here to view this great trick using the Fancy Flower Punch from Mary Fish)

* Hid the seam with my scrunchie Rose Red ribbon (sorry retired) and embellished with a large, fun Very Vanilla Big Designer Button, from the Holiday Mini. Tip: Using a few scrap threads from my scrunched up ribbon, I threaded them through the button for a perfect match

RUFFLED RIBBON:
Fray the edge of your ribbon and find a thread fiber that goes the length of the ribbon (not the 'fray') and gently pull and tug fiber which will kreate your ruffle. Keep pulling and scrunchin'. Ruffles can be tighter or loser depending on how much you scrunch. Give it a try, have fun scrunchin'
This can be done with Satin Ribbon as well. View it here


* With my Aquapainter, I colored in my little hippo, from Pun Fun. Stamped in Basic Black onto Shimmer White and colored in with Pink Pirouette and Pretty in Pink. Tip: When watercoloring without Watercolor Paper, I chose to use Shimmer White vs Whisper White. Seems to 'hold' the water better without the paper warping or piling from too much water saturation.

* Mounted the little hippo on Old Olive and then Rose Red with a little detailing from the Scallop Edge Border Punch

* Inked up my balloons in Basic Black, from Crazy for Cupcakes, on some scraps of Shimmer White and colored them in with my Aquapainter using Rose Red and Pretty in Pink for one and Certainly Celery and Old Olive for the other. Then simply snipped them out with Paper Snips and applied layers of dimensionals to the back to give them different depths. Tied some silver cording bows and adhered to the base of each balloon with a glue dot. The little details... cute ;)

* A few Basic Rhinestones bedazzle in the corners and I'm happy to send this one off

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Bring on the Bling

Bring on the Bling with the PPA!! Todays challenge was clean and simple and to accesorize with some bling, a lil pizazz. I chose Snow Swirled, still current but older set and a new hostess set, Peaceful Season, in the Holiday Mini, some new accesories and a very simple design. Matted my swirled tree image with a simple embossed/scored 'frame', jazzed it up with Silver Embossing Powder and a few Basic Pearls to add a tad more pizazz and I think it turned out to be a very pretty card. Hope you like it too!! Leave me a comment and let me know :) Love it when ya do

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Todays Challenges
PPA - Bring on the Bling
The Little Red Wagon - Something Old, Something New

No Ordinary Envie

More fun from my last class to show you. Continued vintage style since we were using the fabulous Deck the Halls DSP in the Holiday Mini. This is a pretty way to turn an ordinary envelope into a little gift, maybe add some 3x3 cards w/ envies, some holiday cash ;) or check or maybe even a few gift tags. Let me share how...

* Took a Small Open Ended Envelope (107286) and sealed it. Fold it in half and then unfold. Using my paper trimmer, I cut away about 1/8" along the long side. Now you will have 2 'pockets' along the top to place your goods in. HINT: a few 3x3's without a lot of embellishments will fit perfectly on one side, envies on the other.

* Now it is time to decorate your envie. To stay vintagey, I had to alter the very stark white envelope: dauber and distressing. Inked up the dauber with Soft Suede and distressed around all edges. See, not so stark.

* Layered a piece of Deck the Halls DSP to the front and back. Distressed the edges again

* This NEW Decorative Label punch is awesome! Popped that out in Cherry Cobbler and distressed the edges with Soft Suede ink.

* Using the Tags Til Christmas set, in the Holiday Mini, I inked up the 'square' shaped sentiment in Old Olive.

* Dare to be different - I chose to pop out that 'square' sentiment with my Large Oval punch instead of matching it up with a square punch. That stark white needed some daubbing again and a little something extra. Enter, Color Spritzer. Perfect spritz of Soft Suede adds more to the vintage feel.

* Popped the Large Oval sentiment up onto a dimensional and onto my Decorative Cherry Chobbler Label. An Itty Bitty Shapes Old Olive flower was punched out and bedazzled with a little Basic Pearl jewel.

* The little punched ensemble was placed on dimensionals and placed in the center.

* Victoria Crochet Trim is 'threaded' beneath the label and wrapped around the back to be tied for a pretty little closure.

The inside:
* With my Color Spritzer still hooked up to Soft Suede Marker, I decided to spritz away on the interior.

* Direct to stamp technique, so cool! - with my Old Olive and Cherry Chobbler Markers, I isolated the words and directly 'colored' on the rubber, huffed the stamp to remoisten and stamped to the inside. Words come from the Tags Til Christmas set too.

* The holly leaf from Good Cheer was stamped in Old Olive and then colored in my berries with Cherry Cobbler.


Tags from the Tags Til Christmas set were kreated and later tucked into the little pockets of the envie. A little gift idea perhaps?! Here are a few of my sample tags.


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Northern Flurry Greetings

Simple and schnazzy ;) I was asked to kreate simple, which I think I accomplished but I had to add a little 'umphf' ;), but even with some umphf, I still think it will qualify as simple. You tell me?!
* Started with a base of Shimmer White Cardstock
* Ran through the Big Shot with the Northern Flurry Embossing folder from the Holiday Mini
* With my always faithful Daubers ready to rumble, I inked one with VersaMark and swept it across the embossed snowflake images and sprinkled Heat and Stick powder. With my Heat Tool, heated the powder until melted to kreate a sticky surface
* Then layered some gorgeous White Chunky Essentials Glitter. Wishing you could see how pretty this is in person! TIP: After I apply chunky glitter, I turn the card face down and press on the backside to get any excess off or to 'secure' the 'crystals' to the sticky surface
* Finished, yup, finished off the card with the sentiment from the Hostess Lev 2 set Peaceful Season. Stamped in Encore Silver ink, hurry this may still be available on the Clearance Rack for ONLINE orders, and heat set with Clear Embossing Powder.

Easy Peasy card - under 15 minutes to kreate! Seriously it took more time trying to capture a good angle for this photo LOL (not easy to photograph white and shimmer). I do hope you like it! I'd love to know your thoughts if ya take a moment to leave me a comment! Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit

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Deck the Halls duo

So my class the other night... after lovin their oooooo so spooky treats... we jumped right into Christmas mode. I love doing vintage, so of course I had to have the new Deck the Halls DSP in the Holiday Mini AND had to have the Big Designer Buttons AND had to have the new fabulous Designer Fabric in Deck the Halls AND... well, I just about want it all, but I'm being good (sorta)! Anywho, let me show you one of the projects we kreated...

* Ran a piece of Crumb Cake and the holly pattern, from Deck the Halls dsp, through the Big Shot with the Matchbox Bigz XL Die. Assembled: quick and cute

* Cut a piece of the Always Artichoke Deck the Halls Designer Fabric and frayed the edges. Simply pull fibers away to kreate this soft vintagey look.

* Using a Cherry Cobbler Big Designer Button, I threaded my fabric through 2 diagonal holes. Knotted and snipped.

* Stamped my Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment in Cherry Cobbler onto Crumb Cake, distressed the edges with a Dauber and Soft Suede ink and further distressed the edges with my finger nail.

If that isn't so cute?! A little 3x3 card to match makes for thee perfect ensemble.
* 3x3 Crumb Cake cardbase distressed with Soft Suede ink and spritzed using the Color Spritzer with Soft Suede ink for a little more of a vintage feel

* The scrap piece of fabric from the little box came in handy for this little card. Ruffled up makes a cute embellishment, doesn't it?

* Inked up my Christmas Classic tree with a Always Artichoke and Choc Chip Marker and stamped onto Whisper White. A bit o bling bedazzles for the topper

* Punched out with the new Extra Large Decorative Label punch and matted with Cherry Cobbler.

Hope you liked the Deck the Halls duo, both projects decked out in dsp and fabric
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Oooo Spooky...

Yah right! This is about as spooky as I get for Halloween :) And these little minitures (all of 5 inches high), I have to say, are rather spooky in a very cute way ;) You can see some other Too Cute to Spook goodies HERE with another Frankie, spiders and mummy oh my.

I kreated these fun snack size Hershey pull treat favors for the ladies in my class tonight - I hope to get a little 'gasp' out of a few of them- hehe! For those of you new to pull treats - kreate a 'cover' for your treat and then by pulling on the ribbon at the top of the 'cover', your treat will appear (see 'Casper' in photo). Cute right? Click HERE for a Pull Treat tutorial (altered directions for different types of candy are given at the bottom of tutorial) Beside the tutorial, I won't go into detail with these gems cause you can spook em up anyway ya want! Of course if you'd like complete details, let me know!
Click the word Halloween next to Labels at the bottom of this post if you want to see other Halloween kreations from the past.

Thanks, as always, for stopping in for that little dose of me! Hope you enjoyed these ooooo so spooky treats. Any questions, I am always a click away and happy to help!

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