Spring Colours with Paper Pumpkin!

Have you been thinking about Paper Pumpkin? Why not order the Try It Kit and see what it's all about!

This week Steph's got some nice spring colours at Sunday Stamps for us to play with, and I used the Paper Pumpkin Try It Kit to make my project.

For the coloured flowers, I used the smallest oval from the framelits collection and traced around the inside to outline the area that I wanted to use. Then, I trimmed around the pieces that I wanted to stick out from the oval (the leaves) with a craft knife. 

When I placed the oval framelit back on, I lifted the leaves over top of the framelit so that when it was run through the Big Shot, it would not cut those sections. It creates a really fun effect! 

Here's our challenge colours for the week:

And this is what the suggested project is from the Paper Pumpkin kit - super cute! Check out My Paper Pumpkin page for more details.

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

2 out of 3 ain't bad!

It's time for another Friday Mashup, and Holly' got a triple challenge for you this week - The sketch, butterflies and your brayer! 

Unfortunately, I don't own a brayer, so I focused on the sketch and the butterflies. I wanted to add something a little extra to this card since I couldn't do that brayer part.

I layered a piece of Fan Fair DSP on another piece of vellum, which I had (tried to) distress. Just as an FYI , distressing vellum is a lot harder than you might think! Once these pieces were on my card base, I cut out an oval with the new Oval Framelits and then layered a Window Sheet behind it. On the inside of the card, I layered another piece of Vellum and heat embossed the oh-so-awesome flowers from Elements of Style in Pool Party. 

The sentiment is from Apothecary Art, and is Pool Party heat embossing on Vullem. The butterflies are punched out using the Elegant Butterfly punch and then embossed with the Polka Dot embossing folder. They are layered on another sheet of the Fan Fair DSP. 

Check out this week's challenge:

1. Make a project using the "Sketch".

2. Or Make a project using "Butterflies & Your Brayer".

3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project with "your Brayer using the Sketch and add some Butterflies".

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

Paper Lantern technique for the Chinese New Year!

I hope you guys are too tired from this past work-week, because Heidi's going to make you think about this one :) She's got such a fabulous Friday Mashup challenge for us this week!

We're celebrating Chinese New Year with a great technique - Paper Lantern.

Now, I'll admit, I don't have a crimper, so I improvised a bit with this one:

For the paper lantern technique part, I scored a piece of vellum every 1/4". Then I flipped it over, and starting at the 1/8" mark, I scored at every 1/4" again (in the spaces left by the first scoring). I 'faux-crimped'! haha

And yes, this card will look familiar to some of you. This is very similar to a card I submitted to the Artisan Design Team competition last year.

The fron features gold embossing, the paper lantern (the vellum is backed by a piece of Whisper White), and an embossed sentiment. The red card base itself is cut a bit narrow and there is a standard base of vellum underneath (it's very hard to see that from the photo). It is held together with some Linen Thread weaved through the top/hinge.

Here's the challenge:

1. Make a project with a "Chinese New Year (Year of the Snake) Theme".
2. Or Make a project using the "Paper Lantern Technique".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project for the "Chinese New Year featuring the Paper Lantern Technique".

If you've never done the Paper Lantern technique, have a look at Heidi's tutorial!

Be sure to head on over to The Friday Mashup and check out what the rest of the design team has created - there are so many beautiful creations this week (as always)! Look forward to seeing you play along :)

-Tara
xox

Monthly Card Class cards from July 10th

Stopping in for a quick post today to show you the cards we made last night at my Monthly Card Class. If you're in the Ottawa area, why don't you join us next month on August 14th? :)

Stamps: Elements of Style, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Colours: Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Paper: Comfort Cafe DSP

Tools: Blossom Punch, Boho Blossoms

Embellishments: Pearls

Stamps: For the Birds, Petite Pairs

Colours: Real Red, Summer Starfruit, Basic Black, Whisper White

Paper: Real Red DSP

Tools: 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Argyle embossing folder, Big Shot

Embellishments: Linen Thread

Stamps: Reasons to Smile, Bring on the Cake

Colours: Basic Gray, Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White

Tools: Adorning Accents edgelits die, Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Embellishments: Summer Starfruit stitched sating ribbon

**I CASEd this card, but can't find the original source

if this is your design, please let me know so that I can give proper credit!**