you can achieve the watercolor look too....

Pink Paislee has a new line out hitting stores called Color Wash. No getting messy, all the work is done for you with the pretty watercolor designs...I love that! Today I am filling in on the blog for my dear friend Leslie (who just had emergency surgery). Sending her best wishes for a quick recovery!

We are working on cards all this week in honor of World Card Making Day this Saturday. So I dug into my Color Wash line - 6x6" paper pad, tags, stamps, vellum banners, etc. and made three different cards/tags for my post over at Pink Paislee.

I love how the "Wish" tag turned out above and used the Color Wash stamps on the top of the tag to add a bit of color. These tags already have the words cut out of them, so if you don't have a cutting machine, they are great to have on hand. The "negative cut out trend" is so hot right now! The 3 pieces are clipped together at the top with a Maggie Holmes gold clothespin.

Stop over to Pink Paislee to read more. I'll be back tomorrow with more card inspiration in honor of World Card Making Day. Both Pink Paislee and Studio Calico have some fun planned for this crafty day. :)

apple prints and wonderful words: thank you...

Here are a couple more new stamp sets that came out in August by Papertrey Ink, and I just adore them! Apple Prints and Wonderful Words: Thank You.

Made a little card set with these goodies and some Crate Paper patterned paper.

On the apple card, I die cut the apple from several sheets of notebook paper (with one cut since they are so thin!), stamped the apple and stem, then stitched down the center. The reason I used more than one sheet of notebook paper is because the paper is so thin, and I wanted to have a thicker look to the apple.)

The patterned paper piece pulls out, so you can write something on the back or attach a gift card. The paper came that way - I didn't use mist on these to get the little droplets- I simply cut out the paper from the sheet and inserted it into a folded doily, then added the apple over the top.

On the next card, the tree is cut from Mighty Oak, then I used the Apple Prints dies to cut a bunch of patterned paper apples. Who says apples have to be red and green, right?! I love the clean look with the white, yet it's layered with lots of texture, interest and patterns!

The doilies are from the craft store, you can find them in the baking section, and they are very inexpensive. I don't know what it is about doilies, but I'm infatuated with them. They make such cute cards. I snipped the "Thank You" apart here because it was too long to fit across the bottom of my card, and I wanted to be able to see the whole sentiment. Use the products they way they suit you! Snip them apart if you need to. ;)

Hope these get you in the mood to craft. Have a sweet day. xo
Danielle

All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Thank You card set:
STAMPS: Wonderful Words: Thank You, Apple Prints
INK: Pure Poppy, Spring Moss, Aqua Mist
PAPER: Aqua Mist and white cardstock, patterned paper by Crate Paper, notebook paper
DIES: Wonderful Words: Thank You, Apple Prints
OTHER: twine by Papertrey Ink, pearls by Melissa Frances, doilies, star chipboard by Pink Paislee

Studio Calico sneak peeks...

Wahooo! It's time for some card kit sneak peeks. Would you like to see what I've been up to? I had a super creative crafty night last night (unusual for me lately!) and made 9 cards in one night- ALL with the main card kit only for July, Valley High!

I will definitely say that this is by FAR my favorite card kit I've ever received from Studio Calico! You'll probably see in my pics how much I loved creating with this kit, and the fact that I was inspired to make so many cards was awesome. Really loved the colors and more of the "girlyness" of the kit. If I get time, I might make a few more. :) Here I used part of the "hello" stamp in the kit.

More stamps from the kit on the next card! I love how you can layer these flowers. I used a "stamping off" technique to get the different lights and darks of the sentiment for a simple one layer card.

Here I stamped onto some of the patterned paper in the kit to make the aqua flowers, and I really like how they turned out. I did a little bit of sewing on my ribbon and then pulled the string to ruffle it. I wrapped the ribbon around the front of my card and then folded it over twice and stapled it on the left side.

The Valley High card kits will be available soon at Studio Calico!

Today my little girl turns 8! Can't believe it, wishing she could stay small and innocent forever! Love, love her so much. She's the kindest, gentlest person I've ever met, and I'm so lucky she was born into our family. We're off to take her to a movie and out for ice cream today - have a creative day, friends!

Holiday Tags...

We are in the midst of the Papertrey Ink countdown once again to give you a peek into the new products that are coming out on the 15th of this month! This new stamp set is called 2012 Holiday Tags. I chose to work with the "joy explosion" stamp!

To make a quick set of tags, I used the Doily Details dies as the tag bases. The tinsel is made by Melissa Frances, great for hanging the tags. (The doilies work awesome as tags, since they have little holes built in for hanging!)

On the pink/red tags, I first stamped with the new Framed Out #9 circle in Sweet Blush ink, then the JOY explosion stamp over the top with Pure Poppy ink, and a sentiment from 2012 Holiday Tags in True Black. Before it dried, I sprinkled clear embossing powder over all of it. It really brought out the beautiful color in the inks!

The second set of tags were made with the 2012 Holiday Tags stamps also using Limeade Ice ink and Hawaiian Shores ink. I stamped the wreath in Limeade Ice and then the JOY over the top with Hawaiian Shores and embossed them just like I did with the others with clear embossing powder.

You can stamp the to/from on the backs of the tags! (Or you could also hang them on a tree for ornaments, that would be adorable.)

Joy tags:
STAMPS: 2012 Holiday  Tags, Framed Out #9
INK: Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, Limeade Ice, Hawaiian Shores, True Black
PAPER: white cardstock
DIES: Doily Details
OTHER: Tinsel by Melissa Frances.
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Here is a card made with the JOY explosion stamp also!

I used a sentiment from the new Beautiful Blessings: Holiday stamp set in black and trimmed 2 slices in my card with a craft knife for the ribbon to slide through. I used Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist and Hawaiian Shores inks.

Joy of the Lord card:
STAMPS: 2012 Holiday Tags, Beautiful Blessings: Holiday
INK: Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, True Black
PAPER: white cardstock, Candy Cane Prints
DIES: none
OTHER: crystal -unknown, ribbon - Morex, craft knife.
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Visit the other gals to see what stamp they used from this fun tag set!
Ashley Cannon Newell 

Betsy Veldman
Cristina Kowalczyk

Dawn McVey

Erin Lincoln

Jessica Witty  

Maile Belles

Melissa Phillips

Nichole Heady

I am really, really loving My Mind's Eye products lately. I just ordered some of their new things - take a peek here at Two Peas...their new lines really hit it out of the park for me this time! What do you think?

Speaking of My Mind's Eye, I found a layout that I made a long time ago that I forgot to share made with their doily stamps - I think maybe they were from the Stella Rose collection.....

I stamped them randomly on the page and then added journaling to each - one thing I love about Taylor in each little stamped image! She won't let me take many pictures of her anymore, so I grabbed this photo from last Valentine's Day. I want her to know how much I love her and her fun attributes!

The ink pads here are by Jenni Bowlin - Chewing Gum (pink), Lemon Drops (yellow) and Cough Syrup (red).

I just finished some projects for a guest spot next month and can't wait to share them - love how they turned out! I'll be back soon. Have a great day! xo

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bright and fun...

Who couldn't use some cheering up today?

Thought I'd get away from holiday projects and share a fun birthday card. I'd love to give a shout out too, to my very good friend Shonna who just had a birthday! Love ya!!

I used Papertrey Ink's new Flower Fusion #9 to stamp the flowers in the background (wouldn't they be fun as fireworks for the 4th of July as well?).
I added 2 circles punched out of Pink Paislee's Hometown Summer paper, then made my own doily banner by folding circles over the twine. I added some paper doilies over the text paper circles. Notice the sheet music.. goes well with the sentiment! Wishing you ALL a happy day too!

Happy Birthday to You card:

Stamps: Flower Fusion #9 by Papertrey Ink
Ink: Hawaiian Shores, True Black by PTI
Paper: Aqua Mist cardstock by PTI, vintage book paper,
Hometown Summer by Pink Paislee (red)
Dies/punches: circle punch
Other: SEI burlap ribbon, Twinery twine, Melissa Frances pearls, 

doilies from baking section in craft supply store.