Three Notebooks
Posted: December 26, 2008 Filed under: Ageless Adornment, Designer Paper, Notebooks, Polka dots & Paisley 5 Comments
Supplies:
Stamps: Polka Dots & Paisley
Inks: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Le Jardin Designer paper, Almost Artichoke
Also: Apricot grosgrain ribbon, Mead notebook from Staples
Every Boxing Day we go and hang out with some friends of ours at their Open House. We enjoy meeting up with their extended family again and just having a relaxing time with them. They have three girls ranging in age from ten to eighteen so I thought notebooks would be an appropriate gift. The youngest is getting the pink one, she is a pretty in pink girl!
Supplies:
Cardstock: Berry Bliss Designer paper
Also: White, Chocolate and Light Pink grosgrain ribbon, Mead notebook from Staples
I carefully took off the covers as I had seen LeAnne do here then decorated each notebook with designer paper and ribbon. I left a narrow border on each notebook which dictated the colours of paper I used. After stamping the sentiments I distressed the edges and dragged them across the stamp pad. All the ribbon is stuck on with sticky strip. I repunched the holes with a single circle punch and then reassembled the notebooks.
Supplies:
Stamps: Ageless Adornment
Inks: Ruby Red
Cardstock: Garden Green, d.p. from an old slab I got at Michaels years ago
Also: Mead notebook from Staples
Two more boxes
Posted: December 18, 2007 Filed under: Designer Paper, Festive Favourites, My Kid's cards, Polka dots & Paisley 4 Comments
After I had made the box I in the last post my girls made some of their own. My younger daughter A11 used the snowman stamp from Festive Favourites and coloured with Stamping Markers, then used bold ribbons to decorate her white box.
L13, my older daughter used some Cerise designer paper with real red cardstock to make a small box which she filled with red and white candy canes and peppermints. Her tag and box motif were done with stamps from Polka dots and Paisley.
Celery quilt
Posted: August 23, 2007 Filed under: Garden silhouettes, Polka dots & Paisley 2 Comments
I made this card using the Certainly Celery pack from the new single colour sets of Designer paper from Stampin’ Up. The frustrating thing about this paper is that in most cards you can’t see the two beautiful sides. This quilt inspired design is my answer to that problem. I cut one square into strips and then proceeded to glue them down but of course it was near impossible to get them perfectly square so I squared them off like a quilter would after they were glued.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Polka dots And Paisley
Inks: Certainly Celery, Versamark
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Whisper white, Celery Designer paper
Also: Celery grosgrain ribbon, White e.p.
Pastel Paisley
Posted: August 19, 2007 Filed under: Polka dots & Paisley Leave a comment
This card was inspired by one of Laurie’s beautiful cards . I like the way the paisley pops when embossed with white e.p.
Supplies:
Stamps: Polka dots & Paisley, Hugs & Wishes
Inks: Versamark, Pretty in Pink, Apricot Appeal, Wild Wasabi
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Apricot Appeal, Wild Wasabi, White
Also: Pink and Moss Gingham ribbon, Hodgepodge hardware
More Paisley
Posted: August 10, 2007 Filed under: Polka dots & Paisley Leave a comment
As I mentioned yesterday I am enjoying using the Polka dots and Paisley set. The paisley stamp works well as a background stamp or as the feature stamp.
Supplies:
Stamps: Polka dots & Paisley, Hugs & Wishes
Inks: Wild Wasabi, Bravo Burgandy stamp pads and markers
Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, Bravo Burgandy, White
Also: Burgandy grosgrain ribbon, natural hemp twine
July Stampers’ Club cards
Posted: August 8, 2007 Filed under: Artfully Asian, Polka dots & Paisley Leave a comment
The first month for Stampers’ club was also the night of my Open House for the new catalogue. These are the cards that everyone made. I am really enjoying using the Polka Dots & Paisley set, the paisley and dot stamps are great to make pretty but not floral cards.
Supplies:
Stamps: Polka Dots & Paisley, Hugs and Wishes
Inks: Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi, White, Mellow Moss
Also: Moss gingham ribbon, Circle punches
The mini thank you card was a fun way to use the watercolour pencils and I was pleased with the colour combination given that Taken with Teal is not a big favourite of mine.
Supplies:
Stamps: Artfully Asian
Ink: Basic Black
Cardstock: Taken with Teal, Rose Red, Soft Sky.
Also: Blender Pens, Watercolour pencils (Faber Castell)
Heather Telford 