A FUN CHRISTMAS TREE W/RINEA & CONCORD & 9TH

 Hi everyone! I'm back sharing another fun design team project for

I started by cutting all of the greens from cardstock using a fun die set from Concord & 9th. Once I had them cut I started adding them to the stick provided.

Once I had them all together I started cutting out my garland, ornaments, and star using Ruby/Gold foiled paper, silver/silver starstruck foiled paper. 

I then started decorating my tree by wrapping the garland. 

What I like best about this foiled paper is if you want you could twist the garland to show both the ruby and gold. I wanted to keep it more traditional. 

I then started adding the ornaments. Since I cut one panel from each color I still have quite a few left over for a future project. 

Here is a closer look at the ornaments once they are added. 

I love the shine this adds! For the star I cut two from the Silver/Gold glossy foiled paper and glued them together at the top of the stick.

Supplies:

Rinea:Ruby/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper, Silver/Gold Glossy foiled paper, Silver/Silver Starstruck foiled paper

Concord & 9th: In the Classroom-take a bough encore dies

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

Book Lovers...

Hi everyone! Welcome to challenge #433 at

Today's challenge is to use stencils on your project. 

For my card today I chose to do embossing paste with ink refills to create my stenciled background. 

I put some embossing paste onto a acrylic block and added two drops of ink refill and mixed them together. I did this for all three colors.

I then spread it onto the stencil in sections and blended them together just a little to give a seamless effect.

I set the panel aside to dry naturally (took about an hour). You can dry with a heat tool right away if you'd like but the paste will puff up (also a neat technique).  I started coloring my images while it dried. 

For the blue panel I took my ink pad and did direct to paper to get a matching "cardstock". I love this because you don't need tons of cardstock. All you need is an ink pad and some white cardstock and you have colored cardstock at your fingertips. 

Now it's your turn! Create a project using a stencil and upload to the blog.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

Love #114

Good morning everyone! I was looking for a fun challenge to do and I came across Inky Paws Challenge. I've never done any of their challenges before so, I thought, why not? This was a fun card to create and such an quick and easy sketch to follow. You can make a ton of the same card using this (birthday, Christmas, invitations) or a collection of the same but not quite the same cards. 

I decided to use some of the fun Valentine items I've recently purchased from Concord & 9th. I am in love with their turnabout stamps and now that I have the misti they are coming out so much better!  I have a few but have never been able to get them just right. Hasn't stopped me from using them but it's nice to have them 

Here is the sketch that I used for my card.

Here is my finished card. I used Catherine Pooler inks to create the pink background cardstock and to make the darker pink Love word. This is one of my favorite techniques as I can always match my cardstock to inked images. 

Here is a close up of the love die cut image. I die cut it three times and then layered them on top of each other to give it a bit of dimension.  I added some sequins to give a bit of bling and the card was finished.  I can't wait to make some more using this sketch!!

Supplies:

INK: Catherine Pooler- it's a girl, be mine, coral cabana and party dress

SS: Concord & 9th- XOXO turnabout, Sew In Love die

CS: heavy white 

ACCESS: CTMH-silver ribbon, Catherine Pooler-inspiration point sequin mix

Happy Birthday StampNation!!

This month over at StampNation we are celebrating it's 9th birthday! I have been apart of SN for about 4 years and have loved every minute. The inspiration from all the ladies, the wonderful challenges and the celebrations are so much fun.

I made two birthday cards using Concord & 9th"s Top It Off stamp/dies.  This is such a fun set and has so many different possibilities! I can't wait to get crafting a bit more with this set.  This is what I came up with today

I used my new misti to help me align my images a bit better and am very happy with how it turned out. I loved using the different colors to create the tiers.  I love both but I think the blue and yellow cake is my favorite. It looks more like a wedding cake to me.  

Additional products used:

ink: Catherine Pooler- sauna, stone blue, lemongrass, sangria, daydream, midnight

Cs: heavy white

ss: Concord & 9th- top it off stamp/dies, Catherine Pooler-I eat cake

Coffee and Friends

Good morning!! I've been enjoying playing with some new items this past week and I have to say that this Coffee Blend stamp and die set from Concord & 9th is one of my favorite new finds!!

I used a color challenge from over at Stampnation and created this card.  I had so much fun using my ink pads to create matching background paper for the front as well as the inside.  I can't wait for my friend to get it and show her how much she's been helping me over the last few weeks!!

I almost forgot to take a picture of this card!! I had the envelope all addressed, stamped and sealed. I had to make a decision to either not get the pic or lose the stamp. I decided to lose the stamp lol!!

I used it's a girl and green tea Catherine pooler inks to create the colored cardstock. I love how doing this gives me an  exact match to my cards!! Her inks make it so easy to do this!!

Supplies:

SS: coffee blend turnabout-Concord & 9th

DIES: coffee blend dies-Concornd & 9th

CS: white cardstock - hobby lobby

INK: it's a girl, green tea, rockin' red, spruce, over coffee, eucalyptus, mint to be and midnight ink-Catherine Pooler Designs

ACC: red twine-The Stamps Of Life

Unicorn Birthday Wishes

I love this stamp set by Concord & 9th.  Unicorns are one of my most favorite things in the world (yup, I know they don't really exist, or do they)?  When ever I see a new set I have to really think about it before I buy it because I have a lot already lo.

I am still working on birthday cards so I'm loving the sentiment that comes in this set as well.  This is the last card for the Stamp Nation 8th Birthday Bash sketch.  I've been loving playing along and am so sad it's coming to an end!

I had a hard time getting the purple background piece to stick to the glitter paper. Anyone else have this issue? I had to add glue dots as well as my regular adhesive to get it to stick.  Probably why I don't use it to often. 

Make My Heart

So much stamping going on today.  Makes my heart happy to be crafting away and getting things done. 

I did challenge #298 over at Stampnation.  I love being apart of this online community.  So much inspiration and the ladies are amazing. 

This challenge was to case a card the design team did.  These are the cards we had to choose from

My card is based off the hexagon card.  I got some great new products from Concord and 9th and couldn't wait to use them!  I like that even though it came out for Valentine's Day it can be used for almost anything. 

Supplies:

Concord and 9th Heart Smile stamp set

White cardstock

Nuvo mica mist violet lustre

Nuvo glitter drops yellow bird

Echo Park you and me scattered heart stencil

gold washi tape

Catherine Pooler inks-midnight, garden party, sweet sixteen, it's a girl, it's a boy