Stamp Challenge

Hello my blog land friends!  I hope you are having a wonderful week!   My mom is coming for a short visit and arrives later today!  We'll see if I can persuade her to join in on this week's challenge over at the Papercraft Star.  This week we challenge you to use a stamp on your project.  Easy as can be.  I think we can all do this right!?I  I have to admit it wasn't until I started on this card that I realized I've been using digital images so much I found it a bit difficult to use a stamp.  For my card I used paper from Prima's new Lyric line. I just layered different papers from the paper pack.  I stamped a lacy boarder in Memento's Rich Cocoa.  I then stamped the "Delightful" in Memento tuxedo black onto a journal tag and matted it on some certainly celery card stock.  The last image I stamped it the clock with bee which I punched out using a SU circle punch.  A bow and a little lace and my card is done.  For more inspiration be sure to check out the rest of our very talented design team.  Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the week!

Anitra

First Friday Tutorial

Hello everyone today is the first Friday of the month and we have another tutorial up for you over at the Papercraft Star!  This month's tutorial is on making your own tattered flowers from fabric.  Stop by Papercraft Star to take a look!  Remember there is still time to enter this week's challenge too.  Show us how you are inspired by gardens and or seeds.  Big shout out to my friend Sylvia from Sylvia's Stamping Corner this week because I now she loves her garden and grows everything from veggies to beautiful flowers.  Post your garden/seed inspired projects over at PCS and you could be the next Papercraft Star!

Hugs,
Anitra

Farm Fresh

Hello everyone.  Are you ready for a fun challenge over at the Papercraft Star?  This week we challenge you to be inspired by seed and or the garden.  We have a beautiful inspiration photo to use if you choose as well as further inspiration from your wonderful design team members.  For my project I created 3 pockets.  I made these a while back for a swap I was in over at Your Paper Pantry and thought they were perfect for this challenge.

Using patterned papers from different paper lines.  The words are from a patterned papers from Crate Paper, that I fussy cut and matted in coordinating card stock and popped up with dimensional foam tape.  The images are from a digital collage sheet purchased from an Etsy store called Iralamija.  Inside the the pockets are an assortment of tags I created.  I have a video on this project which I show each pocket in more detail.  I hope you have a chance to join us this week!  

Hugs,

Anitra

Easter Greetings

Hello everyone.  Wednesday once again and this week the Papercraft Star brings an Easter Challenge for you this week.  I've been making tags like crazy!  I just love vintage images.  My first tag I used a vintage image I purchased as a mixed media package long ago.  I added bits of prima trim and bling along with a handmade felt flower and ribbon flowers purchased from the Michaels $1.50 bins.

For my next tag I used a digital image from Iralamija, an Etsy store.  Another handmade flower in the corner with some velvet ribbon and lace from my stash.  Super cute and easy.

On this tag I used another image from Iralamija.  I cut it using some Spellbinders dies and added some more prima trim and bling.  I wrapped some tulle and made a pearl cluster using head pins and pearls from some broken jewlery.

On my last tag I cut the digital image using a Spellbinders die and hand cut a mat using sky blue cardstock.  I tied a simple ribbon along with some lace and adhered a ribbon flower to the top.  

I do hope you give this one a try.  I look forward to seeing what you create.

For more fabulous inspiration check out what our other design team members came up with!  

Anitra

Birds Challenge

Hello!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful week.  It's Wednesday again an this week over at the Papercraft Star we have another challenge for you.  This week the design team has created some beautiful cards to inspire you.  This week we challenge you to use a bird in your projects.  For my card I went with a vintage distressed look.  I used an image from Heartwarming Vintage scraps from Crafty Secrets.  The patterned papers were random bits and pieces from Prima, K&Co, and Graphic 45.  A bit of lace is tucked under the seam binding and I used some burlap threads to further embellish the bow.  As always we have an inspiration photo to use if you choose.  I look forward to seeing what you come up with.  Who know maybe you could be the next Papercraft Star!

Anitra

Green, Green, Green

Hello my blog land friends!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far.  My kiddies are on spring break from school this week, so it has been a mad house at home.  Big thank you to everyone who commented on the "Stick Pin Tutorial".  I do hope you This week over at the Papercraft Star our challenges is to use the color green in your card.  We have a wonderful inspiration photo for you to use if you choose.

 For me the color green and me are NOT friends.  I don't really care for this color and always have found it hard to use it either in quilts, or my papercrafts.  Here's what I came up with.

I started with a buttercream card base and added papers from Graphic 45.  I took inspiration from the photo and used a fairy image in a green setting.  I added a bit of stickles to the fairy wings and butterfly wings.  I had a few little pieces of scrap papers and matted them to some artichoke cardstock.  A few flowers in the corner and that finishes my card.  I hope you get a chance to play along this week.  For more inspiration please visit the other design team members.  

Kitchen card

Hello sunny Wednesday.  I hope everyone is having a good week!  We have a super fun challenge this week over at the Papercraft Star.  This week we challenge you to use your kitchen colors to inspire you.  Unfortunately I don't really have kitchen colors.  I'm in the process of repainting so I'm not sure what color the kitchen will end up being.  I used the theme I went with when we first moved in, which was cherries.  Back then I found it difficult to find anything with cherries on it.  I had to make my own curtains and my mom hand embroidered tea towels for me.  For my card I started with a real red cardstock.  I matted some designer patterned paper from SU (retired).  I then used this vintage scrap image from Crafty Secret Heartwarming Vintage images.  I matted this vintage style image with some Kiwi Kiss cardstock and added a simple grosgrain ribbon.  I do hope you join us this week and be sure to take a peek at what our design team has come up with to further inspire you!

Hugs,
Anitra