creating with mists, paint and dimensional paste...

Today at the Pink Paislee blog, my assignment was "mixed media" - when I think of mixed media, I think of paint, mists, dimensional paint and creating fun backgrounds! :)

I worked with Pink Paislee's Mistable Mask and the Vintage Vogue line of Ephemera, Chipboard Pops, Paper Rosettes and Spool Buttons.

Love their new wood chip alphabet!

I call this layout, "Any Given Day". Any given day, Kati is always dressing up and ready for pose for me!

I also tried Dimensional Paint/paste with the same stencil by Pink Paislee and will show you how to create these neat backgrounds!

Check out the HOW-TO at Pink Paislee's blog!

(With Appreciation is a stamp by Papertrey Ink called Mixed Messages.)

Love Lives Here for the Holidays...

Melissa Phillips is back at it again and she created the MOST adorable stamp set for the holidays at Papertrey Ink! From stockings to mittens to trees and angels, this set has everything you need for a homespun Christmas. The pine bough image is perfect for creating backgrounds or hanging ornaments from!

Speaking of homespun, I was inspired to make a little gift set including a  homemade picture frame made of wooden spools/twine/clothespins,  a set of gift tags and some cards with this stamp set and dies. :) I have LOTS to show you today.

First, I'll tell you a bit about the wooden spool picture frame in case you'd like to replicate this as a gift!

I started with a popsicle stick for the base of the frame (5 3/4" x 3/4" in size). I also gathered 41 wooden spools that are 1" x 3/4". On half of the wooden spools, I wrapped Papertrey Ink twine around them and hot glued the ends on the back of the spools. The spools are then hot glued onto the popsicle stick in a pattern - twine spool, plain spool, twine spool, plain spool, etc. I was able to fit 8 spools across the popsicle stick. Keep hot gluing the spools to each other until you reach 4 stacks high. On the 5th stack, I staggered the height of the spools, so my clothespins would be at different heights. This way, different sizes of photos would work in the clips. Makes it look a little more unique too! Continue hot gluing spools until you get the height of the frame you'd like. (My frame is about 7" high x 6" wide finished.)

Finish by hot gluing clothes pins to the frame for hanging photos -- or little stitched banners like I've made here!

Of course, you can brush some white paint over the spools for a shabby look if you wish.

Now, I'll show you some gift tags I made...

I used Spring Moss ink with the stamped boughs, then added a few boughs of a darker green over the top, Ripe Avocado ink, to add more depth. A loop of Melissa Frances tinsel is stitched to each tag for hanging on a gift.

Notice the different sayings and cute ornaments in the set....

On this tag, I've used the mittens...

This one's just slightly different in how I decorate the little mittens and I added a darker holly and berries to the tag...

 Love Lives Here Gift set:

Stamps: Love Lives Here: Holiday

Ink: Pure Poppy, Lavender Moon, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, brown by Ranger, pink by Jenni Bowlin

Paper: white and kraft cardstock

Dies: Love Lives Here: Holiday

Other: wooden spools 1" x 3/4", clothespins from craft supply, Melissa Frances tinsel, Papertrey Ink twine (brown), Twinery twine (red), snowflakes are by Target (Holiday Table Scatter).

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Another card here, I wanted to try a little mitten wreath... this would work with the stockings too, or stars. Pretty much any Christmas icon! To make this wreath, start by stamping 4 mittens in the lightest color first, then 4 mittens with the medium ink color and lastly the darkest ink color on top with 3 mittens. Finish with a few hearts, a wreath in the center (from Tag-its #8) and the sentiment in black.

Deck the Halls card:

Stamps: Love Lives Here: Holiday, Tag-its #8 (frame inside wreath)

Ink: Lavender Moon, Pure Poppy, Raspberry Fizz - all by PTI, Chewing Gum by Jenni Bowlin, brown by Ranger

Paper: kraft and white cardstock

Dies: Love Lives Here: Holiday

Other: none.

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And one more simple card on kraft... 

The white border sticker is a Basic Grey sticker, button is the new Autumn Rose buttons by Papertrey Ink and I misted the seam binding ribbon myself to get the color you see here.

Sending You Christmas Joy & Cheer card:

 Stamps: Love Lives Here Holiday by PTI, Stylish Sentiments: Holiday by PTI

Ink: Fresh Snow, Dark Chocolate, True Black by PTI

Paper: Kraft cardstock by PTI

Dies: Love Lives Here Holiday by PTI

Other: sticker - Basic Grey, button - NEW Autumn Rose buttons by PTI, seam binding, white snowflake - Target "Holiday Table Scatter".

Phew! That is one LONG blog post! If I forgot anything, or if you have any questions, please let me know. Now please visit the other Papertrey Ink gals for more inspiration using these stamps and dies (which will be available on the 15th of September):

Betsy Veldman  

Dawn McVey  

Erin Lincoln  

Heather Nichols  

Jessica Witty  

Lisa Johnson  

Maile Belles

Melissa Phillips
Michelle Wooderson
Nichole Heady

Candy Cane Christmas...

Today I get to share with you some sneaks of a new stamp set and matching die set coming out soon by Papertrey Ink called Candy Cane Christmas!

Check out the super cute peppermint candy stamps. I used Pure Poppy ink for the red and then filled in the center with a smaller stamp with Raspberry Fizz ink. 

One of the little candies was punched out, then wrapped with cellophane!

Oh, did you see the rose colored cardstock? That is a new color called Autumn Rose.

Sweetest Christmas peppermint candy card:

Stamps: Candy Cane Christmas

Ink: Pure Poppy, Raspberry Fizz, True Black

Paper: Autumn Rose cardstock, white cardstock, kraft cardstock - all by PTI

Dies: Candy Cane Christmas

Other: Photo Finish Strips (kraft strip)

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Next, we have a shaped card.
I used a new die with this called Mega Mat Stack 2.

I folded the cardstock to create a card base, then laid the die on top letting it hang off the left end just slightly, so as not to cut the left side of the card. (Step1.) Then I ran it through my Cuttlebug to cut the shape. (Step2.) This created a fold on the left side and gave me a shaped card using the die! 

I used the smaller die that matches the large one called Layerz Mat Stack Die 2 with the blue cardstock and Hawaiian  Shores ink. I stamped the circle, sentiment and small candy shapes next. I die cut the candy canes as well with the Candy Cane Christmas dies!

Sweetest Christmas candy cane card:

Stamps: Candy Cane Christmas

Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy, True Black

Paper: kraft, Aqua Mist, white, Autumn Rose cardstock

Dies: Candy Cane Christmas, Mega Mat Stack 2, Layerz Mat Stack 2

Other: Twinery twine, Melissa Frances pearls.

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Here I used the little mug die and the candy cane and stick dies from Candy Cane Christmas!

The mug die is very cool - it actually has a slit on the top that you slide the candy into.

I stamped the red on the background paper first, then added the twine, then the die cut mug and candies over the top, and last the stamped "steam" was added. Texture is created without a lot of bulk!

Here is the cute little candy cane die...

...and the little mug die.

Sweetest Christmas coffee mug card:

Stamps: Candy Cane Christmas

Ink: Pure Poppy, Raspberry Fizz, True Black, Lavender Moon - all by PTI, and light pink by Jenni Bowlin called Chewing Gum

Paper: Autumn Rose cardstock by PTI, text patterned paper - Butterfly Garden by Pink Paislee, white cardstock

Dies: Candy Cane Christmas

Other: Twinery twine, corner rounder.

These would be fun to make for Christmas - just get an assembling line going-- cut, cut, cut...then stamp, stamp, stamp! Be sure to check out this set and all of the other new sets at Papertrey Ink on the 15th.