A Little of This and That

The cards were very easy to make and the inspiration came from Pinterest.  The lace stamp is from a clear set (2011) by Pink Paislee, "Butterfly garden.  Hero Arts inks  Pale Tomato, Soft blossom and Tide Pool, favorites of mine.  The sentiment and butterfly are also from Hero Arts. These boxes were made using a Sizzix large die by Eileen Hull called "flower pocket".  Stamped the inside of the boxes and covered them using  Pink Paislees clear set stamp  collection called "butterfly garden, 2011.  Filled with tea packets and box of mints or  tea packets and beautiful packaged soap. I love the way they came out.  A perfect Mother's Day gift or for any other occasion.

A few cards made using a cute pattern papers from Crate Paper 6 x 6 paper pad called "Style Board".  A very simple and quick card layout. I pulled out several sheets of paper from the paper pad and looked through my ribbon box and sticker/embellishment stash to see what would go well with the papers. These cute little bird in a bird cage stickers?  An oldie by Jolee's Boutique called "Vintage Bird Cages" #50-20363.   "Many thanks" sentiment is a sticker and not a stamp.  I have had this cute birthday die cut for a long while and I was happy to have finally used it. "Free Spirit" is a chipboard piece by an old K&Company called "Dear Olivia". Fussy cut out flowers from the collection  I also used some Tim Holtz idea-ology stickers from the "quotations" packet.

Using up the leftover scraps of this beautiful papers from Graphic 45, "On the Boardwalk". I wanted to use up every little bit of it. I cut out panels of paper and began to adhere my pieces of paper to make some fun collages (used a glue stick).  I used a rectangle die to cut out the panels and adhered them to card bases.

My card entry for TAKE TEN magazine "we challenge you".  The challenge is following a basic card layout but also making sure that the card can be recreated  in 10 minuets or less. I love Stampington & Company publications.  They have beautiful magazines full of inspiration and challenges for all kinds of creative individuals.   You can find most of their publications at  Barnes & Noble, Jo-ann's,  Micheal's and other craft stores.  My favorite publications are:  Take Ten Stampers' Sampler Willow & Sage Sommerset Life Art Journaling  The "we challenge you" is just one of several challenges found in every issue of Take Ten magazine. They also sell beautiful crafting supplies on their website too.   Stampington & Company

 Playing with some older Graphic 45 papers.  Using some other craft supplies from my stash to embellish the cards.  I had fun making theses.