Guest Designing for A New Card Kit Club!

Have you heard the news?  Jillibean Soup has a new Kit Club just for card makers!!!  I'm so excited because I get to be a guest designer for their first kit.

This kit is seriously awesome!  (You can find out more about September's kit contents HERE.)  I've made 8 cards with the kit so far & still have enough to make at least double that.  It comes with brand new Jillibean paper, card bases, stickers, & TONS of great embellishments!  Here are a few cards that I've made using only the supplies from the kit:

I'll have more to share soon!  If you're like me & love making cards, make sure to check out the Jillibean Soup Card Kitchen!  :)

Cabbage Rose Crafting Kit

Here is another kit I put together for my Etsy shop - the Cabbage Rose Crafting Kit.

This kit is packed with all things pretty and feminine!

Included in this kit:

- Hand dyed cabbage rose ribbon
- 1 yard of light pink wrinkle ribbon
- 3 additional designer ribbon samples
- small & large paper doilies
- 3 pieces of fabric paper (4" x 6")
- 11 pieces of double-sided patterned paper
- buttons, flowers, die-cuts, stick pins
- full sheet of stickers
- + more!

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 If you're a Dear Lizzy fan like I am, you'll love this collection!  There are several pieces from her new Enchanted line as well as gorgeous fabric papers.

You'll get a full yard of baby pink wrinkle ribbon & a sampling of my hand-dyed cabbage rose trim... along with several other designer trims.

Christmas Notions Crafting Kit

One of my favorite things about this craft is mixing and matching different supplies to create something fresh and new.  It's kind of like putting together a really great outfit... only in paper form.  :)


I love the sewing trend that's become so hot in the scrapbooking market!  Everywhere you look, you'll find stitching & buttons.... sewing patterns.... dress forms.... and everything in between!  I thought I would bring together several trendy products (both fresh & new AND vintage) to create a one-of-a-kind kit that's perfect for dressing up your holiday projects.  I used a traditional Christmas color palette, but the products are completely universal & could be used for any time of the year.  Here is a card I made from bits & pieces from my Christmas Notions Kit:

This kit is newly listed in my Etsy shop & comes PACKED with everything you need to make a wide assortment of cards, gifts, or layouts.  Some of the papers included are from The Girls' Paperie Tinsel & Twig collection and October Afternoon's Modern Homemaker & Thrift Shop lines.  Here is a list of the nearly 70 items included in this kit:


Kit Contents:
- 12 pieces of trendy patterned paper (The Girls' Paperie, October Afternoon, & more!)
- Maya Road decorative edge kraft envelope
- ribbon card (green tulle, red polka dot ribbon, Merry Christmas satin ribbon, black gingham, & green bakers twine)
- large cream tag
- 3 large tags made from vintage pattern pieces
- 1 small tag with baker's twine
- die cut dress forms (2 each made of red felt, cork, & patterned paper)
- 2 Jillibean Soup journaling circles
- Wild Card
- ticket
- "Please Return By" tag
- scissor & measuring tape die cuts
- 2 glittered flowers
- 3 red flowers
- 2 gingham flowers
- 6 buttons
- bingo token
- 3 handmade medallion/scrunched floral embellishments
- embroidered floral brad
- Maya Road chipboard sewing pieces
- 3 sentiment die cuts
- 3 chipboard flourishes
- 1 large sheet from a vintage sewing pattern

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The papers are cut to both 5-1/4 x 4" and 6" x 4".  (The smaller papers mat perfectly with a standard A2 card base.)

I wrapped a long piece of green tulle around a cream parcel tag & then topped it with several other coordinating ribbons & baker's twine.  The tag doubles as a ribbon card & can be decorated to create a great gift tag, bookmark, or embellishment.

The chipboard flourishes and sewing shapes can be misted, painted, inked, or paper pieced!

Here is a closeup of one of the vintage sewing pattern medallions that I handmade.  I love these vintage bingo markers too!  The kit includes two medallions and one puffy scrunchy flower.

Some of my favorite pieces in this kit are the die cut dress forms.  There are 2 made from adhesive-backed cork... 2 from red felt... and 2 from sewing pattern paper.  The decorative-edged kraft envie is pretty fun too!


The kit is packaged in a large glassine bag, wrapped in a large piece of vintage sewing pattern.  (I used part of my sewing pattern for the background of my card.)


I'm brainstorming several other kit ideas - so let me know if you're looking for anything in particular!  :)

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! :)