Preservation Arts

Simple Baby Card

Happy Monday everyone! I thought I’d share a card today that I made a month ago to congratulate my cousin on her 5th child (finally a baby girl! YAY!) This card is super quick and simple, since I made it at the last minute just before shipping her a few hand-me-down sleepers.

To create this, I simply rounded the corners of the card and the patterned paper, wrapped embroidery floss around the card, and stamped and die-cut the title. I used one of the newer Spellbinders labels, which I’ve really been in love with lately. The details really pop when a little ink is added to the embossed areas.

Here’s hoping everyone has a great Monday!

Supplies:

Teal Cardstock

Butterfly Patterned Paper: Making Memories

Fancy Tags: Spellbinders

Embroidery Floss

Dimensional Adhesive

Stamp: Hero Arts

Ink: Clearsnap

A Thanks Card

I am so grateful for all of the people that have helped us over the past six months. My mother-in-law was instrumental in helping me get the entire interior of the new house primed and painted, including doors and trim. I couldn’t have survived the house finishing touches and the moving process without my mother there to help with kids. My stepfather especially was an amazing whirlwind of action in the final week of construction and when we moved. He accomplished all those little things that would’ve have waited months to get done without an extra pair of working hands around.

I haven’t fully shown my gratitude toward these people, but I’m working on it. Here’s a card I made for my mother-in-law to get myself started. I love the SEI paper from a couple of years ago and the brand new Spellbinders Ribbon Tag die with an oval nestability. The stamp is from Hero Arts. Thanks for stopping by!

Copic Butterfly Make and Take

I’m really excited to be doing a demonstration this weekend for The Big Art Event at David M. Mangelsen’s store in Omaha, Nebraska. I’ll be teaching a make and take as well as demonstrating a variety of techniques with Copic Markers. If you live within driving distance of Omaha, you should totally stop by for this fun event. There’s also a web coupon available at the store’s website, so make sure to bring it with you.

Here’s a photo of the cute little make and take that I put together for the event. What I love about this is that believe it or not, this is actually a hybrid card. The butterfly is a digital stamp (or brush) created by Obsidian Dawn. I printed the image onto Neenah paper using a laserjet printer. (Inkjet will bleed when used with Copics, but laser printers work better than almost any other ink. It’s awesome! To create the set of cards, I just chose three markers in the same color value and blended them into the wings. Such a fun simple card. To complete it, I colored a piece of white ribbon to coordinate with each colored butterfly. With copic markers, there’s no need to worry about finding the right color, just buy white ribbon and you’re good to go!

Yet another pendant card: rockstar thanks

Can you tell I really love the pendant dies. You know, I wasn’t sure I would. I thought at first that they might be a little too ornate for my tastes, but it took me about 10 seconds of playing with them to change my mind. These dies are really fun and amazing, and as you can tell from this card, I love mixing them up.

This card features some copic airbrusing and some basic inking.  I’ve come to think of the bold color combinations paired with black and bling as a “rock star” look, and I just love it.

Supplies:

Labels 1, Kaleidoscope, Lattice, Eyelet Pendant, Circle dies: Spellbinders; cardstock; patterned paper: Doodlebug Designs; gemstones, stamp

Adjusting Slowly

I have been massively absent for almost three weeks now, and I can’t believe how time has flown! We’ve finished building our new home, moved in and are slowly readjusting to our day to day life. I’m looking forward to a week from today when my son Isaac starts 1st grade. I’m not one of those weepy moms that has a hard time with the separation. I give him a big hug, a pat on the back and do an internal jump for joy that we’ve reached the point in his development where he doesn’t need me all day long. I’ll miss him, but not too much.

Here’s a card that was used in the Spellbinders catalog supplement for CHA-Summer this past month. After doing the reveal for the Kaleidoscope die, it has continued to wow me on several projects. I love cutting the pendant center with felt, as shown here.

Supplies:

White Acrylic Paint; Copic Marker: Cadmium Red; Spellbinders Impressability: Butterfly; Spellbinders Die Templates: Kaleidoscope Pendant, Ribbon Tag Trio 2; Stamp: Hero Arts; Pearls: Creative Impressions; Felt; Cardstock: The Paper Company, Neenah

Another Kaleidoscope Pendant Card and Free Downloadable Kit

I am so thrilled to have been a part of the Spellbinders Blog Frenzy. I’ve been overwhelmed by the kind comments several of you have made. I’m so glad that many of you appreciated the tutorial. I can’t wait to make more for you.

As promised, I’ve put together a digital kit containing the embellished shapes from my scrapbook page as well as five free digital papers. For tips on printing out digital paper and using it in your papercrafting, check this post from a few weeks ago.

Click here for the rest of this post and to download the free kit!

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Pendants Blog Frenzy

Spellbinders Introduces:
Shapeabilities Pendants Blog Frenzy
June 22 through June 29th, available for ordering June 30, 2009

Commenting on this post is welcome but does not enter you into the contest. This contest is sponsored directly by Spellbinders Paper Arts. Please read the post to find directions for entering. If you have any questions, please e-mail PenContestQuestions@Spellbinders.us.

Welcome to the 8th (and last!) day of Spellbinders Pendants Blog Frenzy!

Spellbinders is celebrating the introduction of Pendants die templates, a new die line that will inspire your creative mind.  You have the opportunity to win the Pendant and Borderabilities dies I’m introducing today by entering the contest at the end of this post.  Be sure to read all the rules before entering! You still have until June 29th, 11:59 pm EST to enter Linda Duke’s blog contest at: http://www.lindaduke.typepad.com and until July 1st, 8:30 am EST to enter mine.

Edit: due to issues with my blog and Internet Explorer, the contest deadline for Day 8 has been extended until July 1st, 8:30am EST. I am very sorry for the inconvenience this issue caused. I believe the problem is now fixed. Thanks for your patience!

To see previous reveals, feel free to visit the following:

June 22, 2009 -  Beccca Feeken     http://www.amazingpapergrace.com/

June 23, 2009  – Debbie Olson     http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com/

June 24, 2009  – Michelle Wooderson     http://michellewooderson.blogspot.com/

June 25, 3009  – Keri Lee Sereika    http://pinklemonade.typepad.com/my_weblog/

June 26, 2009 –– Sherry Cheever     http://sherrycheever.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

June 27, 2009  – Heidi Blankenship     http://embellished-dreams.blogspot.com/

June 28, 2009 -– Linda Duke     http://www.lindaduke.typepad.com/

Click here to view the rest of this post, see the new dies, and enter the contest!

Simple Circles: 1st Day of Preschool & the new Eyelet Pendant from Spellbinders

Sometimes all you need is a few well-placed circles. It’s the shape I always come back to when struggling to put a design together. This page is a great example of how circles can pull it all together. The best thing about this is that the design is quick and simple.

I used the Spellbinders nested circles to cut the photo and the border around it. It’s such a great configuration that after creating the page, I used the same general concept to create a card, although I kept the design even simpler.

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Father’s Day Card #3: Wonderful Father

Here’s the third in my series of three Father’s Day cards. All three were designed to be quick and easy, while still showing the dads how much they are appreciated.

For this card, I used watch faces and a circle cut from Cosmo Cricket paper, Heidi Swapp arrows, and the Label 1 die template. I have always really liked the Spellbinders Watch Face die, and I was sad when it got retired. I also have really liked the Heidi Swapp journaling arrows. I have used them on several other projects, including this scrapbook page.

This card was fairly easy to put together, but I love how the arrow and the watch hand give the feeling of motion to the card. It definitely gives it that extra punch.

I hope you all have a Happy Father’s Day!