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!

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

Copic Markers on Chipboard: Faux Suede

Today I wanted to share a recent Spellbinders DT submission. This card has a couple of notable techniques in it, including air brushed Impressabilities, and the simple, but fun, method of filling a nestability shape with buttons, beads, and other findings. My favorite part of this card though is the chipboard shape. It was a scrap I had laying in my stash and the last thing I added on, just to pull the whole thing together. I used my copic markers to color directly onto the chipboard and I love the faux suede look that resulted.

A Simple Thank You Card

I made this cute card last night using a Hero Arts “thanks” sentiment and background stamp, the Copic Airbrush System, an Impressability, and of course, Spellbinders Dies linked below. I really love how the Copic ABS works with the Impressabilities. It’s such an elegant technique.

The yellow polka dot paper is a printed version of a digital paper I designed myself, and I don’t mind sharing it here: Download Yellow Polka Dot Paper. This particular digital freebie is ok for any kind of use, just give credit to Jennifer Davis/Preservation Arts where possible. To download, RIGHT CLICK either the link or the image below and click “save link as” to save the jpg onto your own computer. Enjoy!

• Classic Circles
• Ribbon Tag Trio
• Impressabilities Flowers

A Simple Card

I made this with my mother a long time ago and thought it was just super cute when I ran across it again.