Disney Journals

Here are some disney journals I had made for my boys and myself for our trip to Disneyland. I am a bit late in posting this, but I guess better late than never. Both boys were very excited to have their own little journals for notes and their diary.

They were all a lot of fun to make and very easy! For the Tinker Bell, I had bought a journal with the flower already cut out and just traced that out and cut. Easy peesie!

Here's the recipe:

Stamps: Close to My Heart

Paper: Miscellaneous designer paper - K & Co.

Ink: Black

Other: Dollar Store Journals

Thanks for stopping by!

~Pat

Miss You

I was asked to make a card for a gal at the office who is leaving to travel in Europe. Her favourite colour is purple and I wanted to incorporate her colour into the card. As we have approximately 20 people in the office, I needed to make a fair size card - this is a 5-1/2" x 5-1/2" square.

I used the Summer Seaside stamp set and stamped the girl in black ink onto white cs. I then water coloured her dress using Almost Amethyst and drew in little flowers using the Rose Red marker.

I coloured in the flowers and the ground using markers, and added the ocean so as to portray the girl looking over the ocean.

For the clouds as I did not have a cloud stencil, I used my scallop punch and punched a scallop circle and placed the circle randomly in the sky and sponged. Keep moving the scallop die cut around until you have achieved the look you want.

I die cute the rectangle scallop using my nestibilities and mounted with antique brass brads.

For the main card, I stamped the French Flair bg stamp with Almost Amethyst onto the cs. I cut a strip of the Rose Red and mounted that onto Chocolate Chip.

As I did not have a "Miss You" stamp, I used the "Missing You" from Fancy Expressive Phrases using my my Chocolate Chip marker to colour in only what I wanted. It took a few tries to get it lined up, but finally got it to work!

I mounted my girl with pop dots. Using my glitter glue, I added some sparkle to the ocean so as to make it look like the sun is shining down on it.

Lastly, I punched out 2 flowers and mounted with the antique brass. I added the dots around the card and on the Rose Red strip.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Summer by the Sea; Fancy Expressive Phrases

Paper: Almost Amethyst, Chocolate Chip, WW, Rose Red, So Saffron

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Almost Amethyst, Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue

Other: Glitter Glue; Antique Brass Brads

Hope you had a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

~Pat

Buckle Card

This is a buckle card that I had made a while back but am now just getting around to uploading it. I used an old favourite and unfortunately retired stamp set In Full Bloom.

I stamped each of the flowers and the leaves individually with versamark and then using my pastels and a q-tip, I went over the outlines of the flowers and leaves - this technique is called popping pastels. It gives you a vibrant look on the outlines, yet a softer look when colouring the rest of your image. I then cut each flower out and arranged it overlapping each other.

I layed the green gable onto the front of the card and hand drew my stitching lines as I did with the So Saffron onto the inside of the card.

I will post a tutorial on the buckle card when I have a bit of time.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful Monday!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: In Full Bloom

Inks: Versamark, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Chocolate Chip; Green Gable; So Safforn; ww

Other: Pastels

~ Pat

Friend Card

Here is a simple card I made using the one of my favorite stamp sets, Garden Whimsy.

I stamped the tulip by tapping the flower part on purely pomegranate and the stem part using old olive, give it a huff and stamp on the white cs.

Then using the mat pack, prick some decorative holes in the top left corner and stamp your sentiment beside the tulip. Mount it onto a piece of purely pomegranate cs and then tied the purely pomegranate satin ribbon in a knot securing the ends in the back.

I popped the front panel onto pop ups and mounted onto my main cs.

Doesn't that make a very elegant and easy card to duplicate?

Thanks for stopping by!

Here's the Recipe:

Stamps: Garden Whimsy, Warm Words (retired)

Paper: Purely Pomegranate, whisper white

Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Black, Old Olive

Other: Purely Pomegranate Satin Ribbon, Crafter's Tool Kit

~ Pat

Welcome Little One Cards

Here are two other cards using the Nursery Necessities.

I always like to create the same cards using different colour palettes. The main colour focal point is using Groovy Guava and the other is using Wild Wasabi cs.

All I did here was stamp the images onto white cs scrap and cut out, mount with foam tap. For the scalloped squares, I used a punch.

I used my corner round punch to make the scalloped edge.

Thanks for looking!

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Nursery Necessities
Paper: Groovy Guava cs; Wild Wasabi cs; Bashful Blue; River Rock, white
Ink: Groovy Guava, Pure Pomegrantie; Wild Wasabi
Other: Striped Groovy Guava ribbon; Striped Wild Wasabi ribbon, button

~Pat

Rock A Bye Baby

What better way than to start of spring by making a baby card. This card was made with the Nursery Necessities Stamp set. I love the versatility of this stamp set as you can change the colours as you wish.

For the ocean, I tore the paper. To make the foams on the waves, I used my glue stick to fun it along the torn side and sprinkled with dazzling diamonds. Then mounted it onto the bashful blue cardstock. Using the star and white craft paper, I stamped stars all over the top.

I stamped the sailboat onto pieces of scrap ds papaer and cut out, mounted them with foam dots and added the button for a bit of dimension.

I then stamped the moon with Yo-yo yellow onto a white scrap cs, cut out and moutned with foam dots. And don't forget your sentiment on the bottom left corner.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Sunday evening!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Nursery Necessities

Paper: Bashful Blue, Almost Amethyst, DS scrap paper; scrap white cs;

Ink: White Kraft Ink, Yo-yo Yellow, Versamark

Other: Button, glue stick, Dazzling Diamonds

~Pat