Vintage Tray

I have 6 old trays from a garage sale.  They have the cutest flower trim around them & looked like that would frame some pretty scrapbook paper nicely!  So I gave it a try on one.

The paper line is October Afternoon's Sidewalk line.  I cut the alphabet strip out, used a giant scallop punch on the red/white stripes & sponge inked the outer edge.  The flower was handmade with circle layers that I crinkled up.  The leaves were sent through the paper crimper.

The photo is on there loose, with magnet back buttons to hold it to the metal tray!  I love this snapshot of my little guy Marshal when he was little in the pumpkin patch.

Easy Copic

I think Copic markers are tricky. One EASY way to use them is to skip the fancy shading & simply color in a word making each letter different. 

 I say: LET THE PRETTY PAPER DO ALL THE WORK! 

The hollow letters of this Itty Bitty Simple Party stamp word was just right!

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Elmo

I love making kid cards, they are by far the most fun.  The card below uses a unity border stamp.  Just a few rows of bubbles make the red paper way more interesting.  Everyone loves Elmo.  He's a clear choice for any birthday!

Nothing fancy, but still festive.  That yellow checker make it way too cute.

Fun With Freebies

I did some cards using a recent Unity stamp prize.

 The little smarty is so cute & fun to color!  Don't you think this would be a fitting graduation card? 

Here is another card with a fun color combo!  I added a few dashes of color to the stamped border.

Have a great weekend.  



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Love 2 Sew

I made a unique sewing room sign using a vintage toy ironing board.  I kept the original aged fabric & added CTMH brand scrapbook paper, border flowers, & Cricut letters. 

Flower Stamp

Wow.... I love the colors in Echo Park's So Happy Together paper! It seemed so fitting for a sweet, flowery girl card.  It qualifies for Two Peas In A Bucket's Friday Card challenge which requires stamping a flower.

I cut the patterned paper edges for a honeycomb border.  The green fabric tape holds on the sentiment, which is Ippity's Just Wanted To Say.  The fab flower is stamped with You + Me = Bliss.  A few leaves were punched with a Martha Stewart tool.

Glitter is super messy.  So I've recently decided that just a little goes a long ways.  Any card with glitter seems to sell quick from my craft booth.  It does look super pretty. 

I used my Copic markers to color a bit of pink & yellow on the flower.

Bikes

I broke out my new box of My Mind's Eye preprinted cards.  The idea of stamping a "his" & "hers" bikes seemed fitting for the Unity "I DO" Challenge.  I like it so well, I might have to make a few more like this!

Wedding cards seem hard and even boring, so this was a fun tweak on the theme!  The stamp set is You + Me = Bliss.  It's on sale right now at Two Peas In a Bucket.  I'm using this stamp set again tomorrow in a challenge over at Two Peas, so stop back here!

The heart is a metallic brad.  I also 3D pop dotted the sentiment.  Decorative scissors gave me scallop border edges.