Fabric on a Card

For Our Creative Corner this week, we are to use fabric & do some kind of stitching on our creation



Background Paper - Canvas Corp Tan & Ivory Mini Dot Reverse

Embossed with Lifestyles Crafts Bloom folder

Topped with CloseToMyHeart Lagoon Ink

Cardstock - CloseToMyHeart Lagoon Cardstock

Fabric - Riley Black Verona

Buttons - CloseToMyHeart Colonial White Collection

Brown Cardstock - CloseToMyHeart Chocolate

Cream Cardstock - CloseToMyHeart Colonial White



Stamps - Stampers Best Sewing Kit

Stamp Ink - CloseToMyHeart Lagoon & Tim Holtz Antique Linen

Ribbon - CloseToMyHeart Daisy White Organdy

Ribbon colored with Tim Holtz Color Wash Stream

Distressed using Prima Marketing Tool (which I LOVE)

A Vintage Love

Operation Write Home's Midweek Throwdown is Love & Hugs which I combined with a stamp that I got  free with my order from Stampers Best!  how awesome is that?!

Printed Papers - CloseToMyHeart Heritage

Image Stamp - Stampers Best Evening Walk

Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa

Sentiment Stamp - CTMH Art Philosophy

Embossed Using Versa Mark & Stampin Up Winter White

Heart Punch - Creative Memories

Grunge Stars & Stripes

today I worked on & off (seemed like mostly off to me because of work, aka my real job, driving me crazy) but I still have time tonight to finish up with today's challenge posted over on Operation Write Home, I know I've done this challenge the last time they put this one up too :-)

all cardstock - Tim Holtz/Core'dinations  Distress Colleciton

Stamp - Stampers Best Grunge Stars & Stripes

Ink - Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire & Barn Door

Sentiment Stamp - VivaLasVegas

Twine - The Twinery

OWH Bonus Sketch 19

 so I started off working on this sketch with one idea in mind but it looked weird so I changed gears & ended up making twice the cards I'd planned on making so I wasn't being wasteful

I received the printed paper & embossing folder TODAY!

Printed Paper - Fancy Pants Summer Soul 6x6 Paper Pad

Cardstock - CloseToMyHeart & Stampin Up


Twine - The Twinery

Flower Sticker - Making Memories Great Escape


Stamp - Scrapmaster's Paradise Bold Sentiments I

Same paper as the first set

Embossing Folder - Lifestyles Crafts

Stamp - Stampers Best Airship

Ribbon - Misc

Sentiment Ink - CloseToMyHeart Lagoon

New Stamp time

whoop whoop!  Just got this in the mail TODAY from Stamper's Best along with a few friends you'll see soon enough!  I used Retro Sketches #40 with it & cranked out 9 of these this morning :-)



Printed Papers - Chatter Box Sunny Day, Happy Day Blossoms & Love Birds

Stamp - Stamper's Best International Thank You

Ink - CloseToMyHeart Sunset

Ribbon - Making Memories

Button - misc

These are all destined for Operation Write Home :-)

Roses & Thank You

Today I worked on & off on Operation Write Home's Challenge #149. I started early this morning before church, then a bit after church, then again tonight after dinner & I've finally finished!  I made eleven of the various styles ;-)

Papers - CloseToMyHeart (super old & not labeled any more)


Brown Distress Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink Frayed Burlap


Stamp - Basic Grey Granola


Stamp Ink & Red Distress Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink Festive Berries


Ribbon - Making Memories Celery

Rose Die Cut - Cricut Quarter Note Cartridge


Leaves - Cricut  CTMH Art Philosophy Cartidge


Green Distress Ink - Tim Holtz Forest Moss

oh Santa!

Irena at Our Creative Corner has a fun challenge for us!  "Free image from this page - http://olddesignshop.com/2011/12/free-vintage-santa-greeting-card/  "Please do work in vintage style. Santa Claus must be! It should add something red (button, ribbon, brad)." Now you know, go check out that site & you will find freebies along with digis you can purchase... great stuff!  Personally I got a bunch of freebies to use :-)  Which means more than one item has been created for you to see!

For my tag base on all of these I used a mat board (like you mat photos in a frame).

Here's my first Santa, he is obviously going back to the North Pole to get to work on the gifts!

First I used my ATG to attach the digi to the mat, then I applied a coat of TH Distress Crackle Paint in Antique Linen but hated the colors with the digi, my 14-yo suggested painting the mat with silver paint, after it dried I applied a coat of TH Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

Snowflake brads - Making Memories

Pale Blue Ribbon - clearance isle at Jo-Ann's

My Second Santa was probably the funnest because I love using dingle balls (yes I know that isn't their right name but that's what I call em)

I simply used the ATG to attach the digi to the black mat.

Using very thin Redline tape I attached the lime green dingle ball trim from Crate Paper's Peppermint Collection, just above that I added the smaller kelley green dingle ball trim from Making Memories Noel.  I topped the trims off with red glittered wire wrapped around the base ontop of the trims & at Santa's feet.  The remainder of the wire I thread thru the large eyelet & twisted, kinda like smoke from a chimney!

I finished this tag off with Gold Christmas Trim from Hobby Lobby.

My last Santa a couple of my sister DT members used this image so I didn't want to post it on Our Creative Corner's blog.

Again attached my digi to the base using an ATG.

I coated the black mat with Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze in Flirty, immediately covered the TA with Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint in Rock Candy, set it aside to dry while making the last tag that does NOT qualify for the challenge because I didn't use Santa.

I warpped wide lace from Making Memories Noel, topped that with the narrow lace from the same collection.

Added this beautiful brad from CloseToMyHeart Mistletoe Accents.

Next I created the Stick Pin using Stampin Up's Pretties Kit, I colored the red Pearls using Tim Holtz Adirondack Alchohol Ink in Watermelon, topped it all off with a bit of seem binding.

Last thing was to add a bit of cream sparkly wire edged ribbon thru the eyelet.

Isn't she a cutie?  now you see why I felt the need to use her!

I covered the entire mat using TH Distress Crackle Paint in Antique Linen, then waited for it to completely dry.

Using the ATG I added the image onto the Crackle Paint.

I ran thin Redline tape along the bottom of the tag then added this beautiful brown velvet trim from Making Memories Noel. Next I inserted the sentiment which was cut from the back of the packaging from the trim.

Poinsettia Brads are from CloseToMyHeart Mistletoe Accents.

Topped the whole thing off with this sparkly edge red ribbon fed thru a brass eyelet.