Handmade envelope: Vintage homemade

 

This envelope was created for yesterday's handmade card.  Heidi Swapp's Color Magic paper is an amazing product. I love the subtleties I can achieve with inks.

 

I was looking to make it appear vintagey and dimensional. I love Amy Tangerine's thickers and the little stitch marks on them. 

 

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Handmade envelope: Gracias envelope to Kathi

 

I wanted to share this envelope which I created to accompany yesterday's Yoshi card. Heidi Swapp's Color Magic paper is so much fun to work with that I strongly recommend it. You can customize it to any project. I used chalk inks and distress inks, as I have yet to purchase any mists. 

 

It has been forever since I worked with buttons but I had a blast adding these to my envelope label. The black and white twine was tuxedo black by the Twinery (recent purchase on yardsellr), I love the richness of the color!

 

...and the final product is one I am immensely proud of to say the least. I trust Kathi will love it as much as I did creating it!

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Pug card:Yoshi's gift to his Poppa

 

Like with Mother's Day last month, Yoshi was very particular about getting a very special card for his Poppa. He wanted me to include his paw prints and his daddy's love for tennis. The creativity in the rest of the card he left up to me. I love using wood patterned paper and chipboard embellishments. I must admit the photo I used was his daddy's favorite. The final product passed the Yoshi test! Yay another satisfied customer.

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Card: Get well soon, Kathi!

 The final card includes a talented cast of characters (highlighted below). Kathi is a member of our family and Yoshi's breeder. Ever since we met her we have felt a tight bond that goes beyond her knowledge of all things pug-related.

Whenever we have any question or worry regarding Yoshi, she is always a phone call/email/text message away. 

Yoshi guided the creation of this card, from   beginning to end that is why he placed his "paw of approval" on it.

The cast of characters are Peggy Pug, Dr Pugliese and Chef Pugsley. The name are all  Pug-ish to go with the theme. I drew and colored each pug. It brought my confidence in my drawing skills back.

 

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Altered project: Distressed tea canister

My favorite drink is 4C Green Tea and recently I began buying these tall canisters instead of the single packets. I liked the plastic canister so much I decided to take the labels off and try to customize it with alcohol inks and paper.

I added alcohol inks with the Tim Holtz distressing tool (red pepper, eggplant, moss) and once dry i streaked it with the felt pad itself. It felt a little like finger painting and it went on perfectly smooth.

A few scraps of patterned paper and sticker letters...

I added an epoxy sticker to the lid and VOILA!

Patterned Paper: Stampin Up DS Berry Bliss

Letters: American Crafts thickers, American Crafts LAX

Sticker: Marah Johnson epoxy

Challenge: Color Me Daisy Brown and Blue

This is my submission to a Color Me Daisy challenge. The guidelines were to use a BROWN and BLUE color combination. I used my photos (30 years apart).

Cardstock: Stampin Up Very Vanilla

Patterned paper: Creative Imaginations Floral, SU Designer Series Notebook

Flowers: Prima

Letters: American Crafts Thickers Rootbeer Float and American Crafts LAX Remarks

Rubons: K&Co Wild Saffron

Inks: Versamagic Jumbo Java

Challenge: Crossroads

I love doing interesting challenges and this is one I found on Stacy Julian's Blog. The basics were Nature photo + Highlight Color + Inspiration. This photo was taken on my trip to Fort Worth when my cousins (Jenna, Sabrina, Mic) took me to the STOCKYARDS. The sun was setting and it was bringing out the gleam in all the metal around the train tracks. I chose metallic tones as my highlight color. The inspiration was that aside from the physical crossroads I was at an emotional one that had brought me closer to long lost cousins. I thoroughly enjoyed this challenge. Thanks Stacy!

Cardstock: Stampin Up Apricot Appeal

Patterned Paper: SU Designer Series Berry Bliss, SU Designer Series Au Chocolat

Letters: American Crafts Rootbeer Float Thickers (White)

Inks:Tim Holtz Distress

Pens:Krylon Copper leafing, Zig Painty Gold

Embellishments: Tim Holtz Grungeboard Elements (Flourishes), Bo Bunny swirl, American Crafts thickers chipboard accents, Doodlebug jewel

Chipboard: SU On Board Accents

Altered project: Canvas Motivational Plaque

This little plaque was a request from my brother after he saw my last canvas project. He wanted something he could look at that would motivate him on some of his difficult days. I picked a few quotes and he chose his top 3 quotes. Of course being a mega sports fan one of those quotes had to be by Vince Lombardi. The medium used is a transparency attached with 1/8" tacky tape to a 5x7 canvas panel. I added some Crop-A-Dile eyelets and threaded some ribbon to make it easier to tack to his cubicle wall. The swirly embellishment is a American Crafts Thickers chipboard shape sticker. It was a quick project!

A new paintable paper CREATION!

The Paintables Prima paper I used for this layout is so FUN to work with PLUS I had the perfect inspiration (the photos of my cousin Jenna). She is an inspiration not just because she's my cousin but she is such a devoted mother, loving wife, encouraging sister, caring daughter, and amazingly talented photographer. I did not tell I was creating this layout, but I hope she will like it.