New Etsy Venture

Last month, I started a paper crafting class and discovered how much I love being able to put projects together for others. It's so rewarding to watch my friends light up when they've created something new! And then, a light bulb came on and I decided to take it one step further.

I'm trialing this idea... and I hope others are as excited about it as I am! I've put together my first Card Crafting Kit, available for purchase on Etsy! I love mixing and matching patterns and embellishments and came up with a kit that has everything you would need to make a set of coordinating cards. Using the supplies from the kit, you can add stamped images, sentiments, and even stitching to the cards to make them your own. This kit is pretty full... so even though it is designed to create 4 cards, it could easily be stretched to make several more.

You can find my fist Card Crafting Kit HERE.

(You can see a sample of a card made with some of these kit contents in my previous post.)

Here is an example of the kit's contents:


Kit Contains:
- 4 Kraft card bases (2 top folding/2 side folding)
- 4 Vintage cream envelopes
- 8 pieces of cardstock, perfect for layering (in "Blush", "vintage Cream" & "Milk Chocolate")
- 4 pieces of patterned paper
- Twine (in cream, chocolate, & kraft)
- 5 pieces of ribbon
- Journaling tags
- Embossed Die Cuts
- Ledger Chipboard Buttons
- Buttons
- Cream flowers
- Die cut doves
- Die cut butterflies (in a floral print & dark brown corduroy)
- Tag die cuts (perfect for sentiments or gift tags)
- Eyelets & Brads

I'm planning on creating future kits of various styles. I'd love to hear what you think! Thanks for checking it out! :)

Vintage Sympathy Card

I was shopping at Hobby Lobby last night and they just so happened to have all of their stamps on sale. I seem to have trouble finding the right words to say when I send sympathy cards -- so when I saw this stamp, I popped it into my cart immediately. :) I thought it was a beautiful way to send comfort.


These are some new Jenni Bowlin papers & I love their warm, shabby-vintage feel (I think I just made that word up). I inked everything (from the papers to the ribbon) with Distress Ink to 'antique' it a bit.


I had this little heart Ghost Shape sitting on my craft table, just waiting to find a good home. And... the little dove punch out in combination just brought my sentiment to life.


Thanks for coming to visit! Have a good one! :)

Supplies:
Rubber Stamp: (Comfort of god's Love) Stampabilities
Ink: (Dark Brown chalk ink) Clearsnap; (Antique Linen Distress Ink) Ranger
Cardstock: (Kraft, Suede Brown Medium, Blush Red Medium) Prism; (Eggshell) Memory Box
Printed Paper: ("Saloon" & "By the Yard") Jenni Bowlin
Accessories: (brown twine) May Arts; (lace) Making Memories; (Sweet Blush dotted satin) Papertrey Ink; (Heart Ghost Shape) Heidi Swapp; (Dove punch) Martha Stewart Crafts; (Nestabilities Labels Four die) Spellbinders; sewing machine & ivory thread

The Jiffy Girls are at it Again!

Good morning! :) Today's card is for this month's Jiffy Girls' challenge! This month, Alli picked one of my favorite images from Unity's "A Pocket Full of..." set (July's Kit of the Month). I just LOVE the folk feel of this bird! Mmmm! And... miss Carole sent us some Graphic 45 paper that just so happened to match PERFECTLY with this image! I can't wait to see how the other girls put the two together!



The sentiment is from the same Unity kit. I love how a simple saying can have so much style! And... I was pretty excited when I found out my circle punch fit perfectly over the letter "I"! I just added a few rhinestones to accentuate all of the circles found in the paper, bird, and sentiment.

Make sure to check out what the other girls came up with!

• Alli

• Michele

• Lori

• & Kim

Supplies:
Stamps: bird, sentiment ("A Pocket Full of...") Unity Stamp Co. Ink: (Fresh Snow) Papertrey Ink; (Tuxedo Black Memento) Tsukineko Cardstock: (Stamper's Select White, True Black, New Leaf) Papertrey Ink; (Intense Yellow) Prism Patterned Paper: ("Hot Tomato", Times Nouveau Collection) Graphic 45 Accessories: (White Twill) Martha Stewart Crafts; (markers) Copic; (colored pencils) Prismacolor; (Labels Four Nestabilities dies) Spellbinders; (circle punch) EK Success; (black rhinestones) Mark Richards Tools: sewing machine

Christmas Sherbet

Since my youngest actually took a nap today, I was able to whip up another Christmas card for the Moxie Fab World's Stamping Challenge (part of their week of challenges to celebrate the new Holiday Cards publication).

I think Unity's 'Bright & Merry Winter Wishes' is such a beautiful & versatile set! I used paper from Basic Grey's June Bug collection for all of my layers & sanded the edges to distress. (LOVE this line!)

Here's a close-up of my ornament in all it's glory. :) I added a little floss to 'hang' it from & layered everything with Pop Dots to give it added dimension. After coloring bits of the ornament with my Copic markers, I glammed it up a little with a few Kaiser rhinestones & added details with a white gel pen & clear glitter pen.

This layout is based off of this week's SFYTT.

Thanks for taking a look! Have a great weekend! :)

Christmas Cutie!

Have you been following the Paper Crafts blog this week? They're debuting their newest publication, 'Holiday Cards', & they've posted TONS of inspiration - along with great daily challenges! When I saw the 'Fun & Cute' Challenge, I knew I had to give it a whirl!

I just discovered this adorable Etsy shop called 'Digi Stamp Characters' (Thanks Michele!) full of THE cutest digital images! So... I snatched this one up quickly! Who could resist a face like this?!? ;)

I paper pieced her houndstooth jacket and added a tiny stamp from Papertrey ink for the sentiment. (Her sleeve is popped up with a dimensional to make it a little more realistic.) The little cutie was colored with Copics & her skirt just had to be denim! I'm really getting a lot of use out of this one pair of worn out jeans! Who knew one pair of little boys' jeans could go so far? Love that stuff!

Hip Hop Winner & a New Nesting Doll project

I have a couple of things to share with you today! First up... the winner of my Unity Blog Candy is:

Kelly Braund said...

So cute! I'd love to know where you got your sticky back canvas, I've been searching and haven't found any, thanks!

August 27, 2009 8:08 PM

Please e-mail me for deets! (julie_stamps@hotmail.com)

And... to answer your question, I like to shop at Ellen Hutson's store. :)

Recently, I had a request from an Etsy customer for some custom Matryoshka doll invites for her daughter's 1st birthday. This was such a fun project & it made me wish I had a little girl of my own to give a 'nesting doll' themed party! :)

I used some of my Hero Arts doll images along with some BG June Bug paper. The sentiment is by Kim Hughes. I masked the doll's belly & stamped a strawberry image inside (from Papertrey Ink's Vintage Picnic set).

And... here is the inside, along with the coordinating envelope. Fun stuff!

I had a few supplies left over, so I decided to make another card for my stash. This time, I used a little Basic Grey bling for her belly & changed up the sentiment a bit. I just LOVE these colors together!


Here's a close up of my nesting doll in all her glory:


Thanks for visiting!!! :)

Ever Have One of Those Days???

Happy Hip Hop Thursday! Changes are coming to Unity & I can't wait to find out more! :) But... for now, I'm enjoying this last blog hop showcasing some Sneak Peeks of September's Kit of the Month! And let me tell you... you're going to LOVE this kit! (doing the happy dance, clapping my hands). I always love the day when the new kits are revealed! Just when I think I have a favorite, a new kit comes out and I love it even more. (My husband should feel privileged b/c I've stuck with him for over 10 years & not replaced him yet.)

One of my favorite images in September's kit is this crazy rag doll. LOL! And the sentiment is perfect! You know how there are those stamps that you like... but can't really see yourself utilizing? Well... I'm pretty positive that I know several people who could use a card like this. ;)

I scanned the image and printed it out on Claudine Hellmuth's Sticky Back Canvas. (I've found that this technique gives a much clearer impression! And... printer ink works perfectly with Copics!) Her eyes are coated with Matte glaze Accents by Ranger. The paper is by Sassafras... and yes - that is yet another piece of denim from my son's old jeans that I used to mat my main image onto. :)

Would you like to see more? Then Hop on over to one of THE sweetest girls in cyberspace!

***Jennifer***