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Women of Life {Project 11} - LAST ONE

I am SO excited.....we made it! TONIGHT is the night! Are you all ready?! The release party will be held at the Papertrey Ink forum beginning at 8pm EST. I hope to see you all there! If you have any questions about 'Women of Life' I will be there with bells on to answer them!

For my last project I used an 8 X 8 wooden frame that I picked up at my local craft store for $1 (gosh, I love it when alterable items are so cheap).

I cut a piece of patterned paper to 8 X 8 and turned it over so the back was showing. I placed my frame upside down on the back of the paper and traced with a pencil around the center.

After tracing I used my xacto knife and cut around where I had traced.

This is what it will look like after you have done that. I glued the paper to my frame (you could also use mod podge if you wanted) and then used my Basic Grey sanding tool kit to sand down the edges around the outside and inside.

I finished it off by adding flowers from 'Women of Life' that I embossed with black embossing powder. I layered those over Bazzill shimmery flowers and added a few little red flowers from Fancy Pants. I added rhinestones all the way around the frame opening.

The poem I printed off reads:

'A friend is one who strengthens you with prayers, blesses you with love and encourages you with hope'

Have a GREAT day everyone! I will see you all tonight for the BIG release!!

Stamps: Women of Life from Papertrey Ink

Cardstock: Stampers Select from Papertrey Ink

Ink: Boudoir Blush Palette Ink

Accessories: black flowers from Bazzill, tiny red flowers from Fancy Pants, Rhinestones from The Paper Studio, brads from The Paper Studio

Women of Life {Project 10}

The card I created for today isn't your usual card. I wanted to try something a little different. 

First, I cut a strip of Stampers Select to 5 X 2.5" and stamped my stems all the way across in Certainly Celery. Instead of using the flowers for this card I put my focus all on the flower  centers. I stamped them across in Toile Pink Palette Ink and Pixie Pink from SU! After stamping those I went over them with embossing ink and then sprinkled holographic embossing powder over them and heat set. Next, I trimmed a piece of green cardstock to 2.75 X 10". I scored and folded it in half and placed my stamped image on the front of it.

I then stamped 'Daughter' in Basic Black and punched it out using my large oval punch from SU! I placed the punched out word onto a scrap piece of green cardstock and trimmed around with my scalloped edge scissors.

When trimming with scalloped scissors I always make a little cut into the side of the image I'm cutting around.

Doing so always allows for an easier starting point and if the scallops don't perfectly align when you make your final way around then you can disguise the 'mess up' with a brad, button, flower etc.

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

Adhere 'Daughter' to the front of you flowers.

You will next need to trim a piece of white cardstock to 5 X 5" and a piece of patterned paper to 5 X 5". Adhere the patterned paper over the white. Since this is the base of your card it makes it studier by adding the thicker cardstock under the pp.

After I created my base I added a strip of Blush Blossom measuring 3 X 5" and adhered it across the center. I then attached my folded green 'card' in the center of that. I used my black Zig pen to create little black dots around each flower!

That's it! What do you think?!

Have a great day! Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Women of Life from Papertrey Ink

Cardstock: Stampers Select from Papertrey, Certainly Celery from SU!

Patterned Paper: Nana's Nursery from DCWV

Ink: Certainly Celery, Pixie Pink & Basic Black from SU!, Toile Pink Palette Ink

Accessories: Embossing ink & powder from Ranger, Zig pen

Tools: SU! large oval punch, Fiskars scalloped scissors

Women of Life {Project 9}

I'm sorry for the late post this morning ladies! I've been busy, busy! Are you all EXCITED for the 15th? Have you seen Nichole's blog this morning? Kelsey Forester was the Papertrey Apprentice winner and helped to create a FABULOUS inspirational set. I love it and will definitely be adding it to my cart on the 15th!! Beautiful job Kelsey & Nichole!!

Now onto my next project! The color combo I used this time around was Creamy Caramel and Bordering Blue....no rose or green! Imagine that! lol

I started with a basic 4.25 X 5.5" card. I cut a piece of Stampers Select white cardstock to 4 X 4". I then cut a piece of Creamy Caramel to 3.75" X 3.75" and stamped the middle sized flower from 'Women of Life' in New Canvas Palette ink. I trimmed each corner using my ticket corner punch from SU! and then adhered it to my white cardstock. I attached a brad to each corner. I then cut a 2.5 X 1" strip of Stampers Select again and stamped my greeting and recipient in Bordering Blue. I matted that onto a strip of Bordering Blue cardstock and adhered it to the front of my card. I stamped one large and one medium flower in Bordering Blue and cut them out. I layered them over one another and then used a flower from Bazzill under those and adhered them to the front. I added a brown button from Foofala for my final touch!

Thanks so much for visiting!! See you back tomorrow.

Women of Life {Project 8}

We're almost there! Only 4 more days to go and then you will be able to purchase this set 'Women of Life' all for yourself from Papertrey Ink. I CAN'T WAIT to see what you all create with it!!

Here is another simple gift idea that would make a great housewarming gift, welcome the neighborhood gift or a birthday gift for your loved one. You will need plain white thin dish towels for this project. I bought mine in a pack of 4 for just under $4.

I stamped my stems using Chartreuse Palette Hybrid ink and the flowers using Boudoir Blush (one of my VERY favorite Palette ink colors). These inks are permanent and will stay bright even after having washed the towels over and over.  All I did for the tag is punch out a scalloped circle using Marvy's Mega Scalloped Circle Punch. I stamped my large flower using Boudoir Blush again and Sunflower for the center. The swirly leaves are stamped in Chartreuse. I stamped 'Aunt' across the middle of the flower and then tied ribbon to hang it around my candle. How easy was that?! Now that I look at it I wish I would have done it in a different color. It's not til after the fact do I realize that Boudoir Blush is a color I have been using over and over again. Tomorrow's color....BLUE!

Thanks for visiting!!

Stamps: Women of Life from Papertrey Ink

Ink: Boudoir Blush Palette Ink, Chartreuse Palette Ink, Sunflower Palette Ink, Basic Black from SU!

Cardstock: Stampers Select from Papertrey Ink

Accessories: Ribbon from Making Memories, Marvy Mega Scalloped Circle Punch

Women of Life {Project 7}

Clean and simple! That's what I see when I look at this card and that's exactly what I wanted to portray. Don't get me wrong....I SO love to create cards with fine, intricate details but sometimes I think we all want to create something that is quick and easy and less detailed. This would be another easy mass production.

Here are the steps I took to create it!

First, I made a 5 X 5" card out of Stampers Select white cardstock. I used the largest Nestabilities Square Die and ran it through my machine to emboss it. I then used a smaller square die and cut and embossed another piece of cardstock. (If you are not familiar with these dies and their compatability with your machine check out this information.)

After creating my embossed square I stamped my flower stems in Chocolate Chip and my flowers in Real Red. The centers for the flowers I created by embossing a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock with clear embossing powder. I punched the circles out and adhered them to my flowers. I used dimensional adhesive and mounted my smaller square in the center of the larger. That was it! Nothing too fancy....just clean and simple! You could add more embellishments to this just by adding a length of ribbon or some glitter in the flower centers!!

Thanks so much for visiting!! Hope to see you all back tomorrow!

Stamps: Women of Life from Papertrey Ink

Ink: Chocolate Chip & Real Red from SU!

Cardstock: Stampers Select from Papertrey Ink, Chocolate Chip from SU!

Accessories: clear embossing powder from Ranger

Women of Life {Project 6}

I realized as I was taking pictures of my latest project that I have used some shade of green in all but one of them. I guess you all know what my favorite color to work with is! *grin* Tomorrow, I PROMISE to use colors other than green.

For this project you will need a composition book. These are fun to alter and they are cheap....something we all look for when we are papercrafting. I picked this one up for under $1.

The front of this book measures 6.75 X 9.75". You will need a piece of patterned paper measuring the same.

After trimming your paper you will need to round the two corners on the right side. I used my corner rounder punch from SU! to do this. You could also just trim around the corners after adhering it to the front of your book with a pair of scissors or xacto knife.

For the front of your book you will need a piece of 6.75 X 3" cardstock. I use Stampers Select from Papertrey (the BEST IMO). I used Chartreuse Palette ink to stamp my stems. You will need to stamp these twice.

I then stamped my second largest flower in Rose Red, as shown.

Stamp your smallest flower on the other stems in Bravo Burgundy.

I then stamped the 4 larger flowers again with Rose Red on a separate sheet of cardstock. I stamped the centers with Chartreuse Palette ink and then cut the flowers out and adhered them. 

Next, I punched 12- 1/2" black circles out using my EK Success circle punch. I adhered them all and then used my white Souffle pen to dot the centers of each one.

I layered this on a piece of 6.75 X 3.25" Rose Red cardstock and attached it to the front of my book.

Can you see the dimension the flowers have? After adhering them to the cardstock I just gently bent each petal. Just adds that extra little 'oomph'! I'm all about adding dimension!!

Now onto the matching card.

I used the Spellbinders Nestabilities square dies again. After running it through my machine I stamped my stem and flowers using the same colors as on the composition book. I stamped two separate flowers like before and adhered them to the front of my square.

To finish this I cut and embossed a larger square with the Nestablities again. This time using Rose red. I embellished the flowers on the card the same as on the book. I tied black twill ribbon after attaching the Rose Red square and then attached my flowers over that.

For the greeting I stamped 'Sister' in Rose Red and 'Happy Birthday' in Basic Black onto Stampers Select again. I then used a Making Memories metal tag to finish it off. This card measures 4 X 9".

I want to express my gratitude towards ALL of you wonderful ladies for continuing to support me and my work! I read your comments everyday (more than once *wink*) and you all just lift my spirits and make me feel so good! So thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!! ((BIG HUGS))

Thanks for visiting! I'll see you all tomorrow!

Stamps: Women of Life from Papertrey Ink

Ink: Chartreuse Palette Ink, Rose Red, Bravo Burgundy & Basic Black from SU!

Cardstock: Stampers Select from Papertrey Ink, Rose Red & Basic Black from SU!

Patterned Paper: Scenic Route

Accessories: Nestabilities square dies, Making Memories metal tag, Souffle pen, black twill

Tools: Corner Rounder punch from SU!, 1/2" circle punch from EK Success

Women of Life {Project 5}

How about a few tags today?! I always love to create these and use them on gift bags.....adds so much more to gift giving! These are so simple to create and would be an easy mass production if you needed a whole bunch!

To create them I started with 4 - 2 X 4 pieces of Stampers Select cardstock. I stamped my greeting 'IT'S YOUR DAY' vertically on each one using basic black ink. I then stamped my large flower in Pixie Pink above the greeting. Using the large flower center I stamped the middle of each flower using Certainly Celery ink. Using my 1/2" circle punch I created the centers of my flower by punching out circles with black paper.

After a few little finishing touches they were complete. I added tiny white dots to the centers of each flower by using my white gel pen. I used my ticket corner punch from SU! on each corner and then adhered each stamped image onto a piece of Certainly Celery cardstock measuring 2.25 X 4.25" using dimensional adhesive. Lastly, I added the brads and ribbon!

This is how I created the bow for each tag....

Start with about a 2" length of ribbon. Turn one end over as shown and glue down.

Turn the opposite side over the other and glue down.

Take another length of ribbon and glue one end to the middle of the first one.

While holding both pieces in your hand wrap the second length of ribbon around the first and glue down. Cut off any that is overlaying.

And there you have it! I make these bows quite a lot. They are so simple and I love the look when added to a project!

Stamps: Women of Life from Papertrey Ink

Cardstock: Stampers Select from Papertrey Ink, Certainly Celery from SU!

Ink: Certainly Celery, Pixie Pink & Basic Black from SU!

Accessories: brads from The Paper Studio, ribbon from Offray

Tools: 1/2" circle punch from EK Success, ticket corner punch from SU!

Women of Life {Project 4}

Are you all ready for another project? I am SO loving this set the more and more I use it. It seems like the minute I finish one card I have another great idea for the next. I'm just so excited about the whole thing! And I hope you all will be too!

For todays project I wanted to highlight one of the BEST things about this set. The flower centers!! Usually when you think of a floral set you think of making the flower itself stand out but we can't forget about the centers. I'm always thinking of new ways to bring those to life as well. You'll see what I mean as we get towards the end!

 

Here we go...

1. You will need a piece of 4 X 2" cardstock. Stamp your greeting and flower... centering it as best you can.

2. For the center of the large flower I used a Page Pebble by Making Memories. They both measure 3/4" so it's a perfect fit. They are self-adhesive so I just attached it to a piece of mellow moss cardstock and trimmed around it. You could also stamp the center of your flower and then attach the pebble directly over it. The choice is yours.

And this is what the result will be after attaching your pebble! Fun, aren't they!?

3. Next you'll need to mat your stamped image onto another piece of cardstock measuring 4 X 2.25".

4. I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 3.5 X 8.25" and my patterned paper to 3.25 X 8". I matted those together and then used dimensional adhesive and adhered it to the front of my mellow moss card. The card itself measures 4 X 9". Then place your stamped image across the front.

5. I stamped two additional smaller flowers onto white cardstock and punched two mellow moss circles out using my 1/2" punch. I adhered those and then applied Crystal Effects over those to give them that same glossy dimensional look that the larger flower has.

This is the final result! I adhered the two smaller flowers using dimensional adhesive and added a couple of swirls to the top of the larger flower. I added a length of sheer ribbon around the little votive candle holder and then created another large flower like the one on the card and attached it to the front!

And there you have it! There is just one of the ways you can embellish that flower center!

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope to see you back tomorrow!

Stamps: Women of Life from Papertrey Ink

Ink: Boudoir Blush Pallette Ink, Mellow Moss from SU!

Cardstock: Stampers Select from Papertrey Ink, Mellow Moss from SU!, coral from Bazzill

Patterned Paper: Nana's Nursery from DCWV

Accessories: Page Pebbles & brads from Making Memories, Crystal Effects from SU!, ribbon from Offray

Tools: 1/2" circle punch from EK Success

 

Women of Life {Project 3}

Boy, by the time the 15th comes around you all will have seen quite a few projects using this new stamp set 'Women of Life'. Some of you have e-mailed and asked when it will be available and and where. You will be able to purchase it at Papertrey Ink beginning the 15th of this month. Only 10 more days to go!!

For todays project I thought we'd mix things up a bit and create a little patterned paper. This is so easy to do and so much fun.....your color options are endless and so are the patterns you could create....from big and bold to soft and dainty!

I chose to start with a 3.5 X 3.5" piece of Brocade Blue cardstock. I stamped the large flower with New Canvas Palette ink until my cardstock was covered. (I have no method when it comes to stamping patterned paper. I really just eyeball it and it usually turns out just right.) After stamping the flowers I stamped each center using one of the flower centers included in this set. I pulled out my white Souffle ink pen and dotted around each flower, the centers and those tiny dots in each petal (I LOVE those....you could embellish those will just about anything). After finishing that I used a Nestabilities Square Die to emboss it.

I used a Nestabilities Square Die again to create an embossed square for my greeting. I used my SU! slit punch to create a place for my ribbon to go through. I stamped my greeting (which are both included in this set) and then assembled my card.

Thank you ALL for visiting!! I'll be posting another glittery, sparkly project tomorrow!! Be sure to stop by!

Stamps: Women of Life from Papertrey Ink

Cardstock: Certainly Celery & Brocade Blue from SU!, Stampers Select from Papertrey Ink

Ink: New Canvas Palette Ink, Brocade Blue from SU!

Accessories: Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies, Souffle Ink Pen, rhinestone pin (unknown), ribbon from Offray

Tools: Slit punch from SU!

Women of Life {Project 2}

You ladies are all simply WONDERFUL! I have sat and read all the comments on my blog and the ones left on Nichole's blog and all I can say is WOW! The support and warm welcome you have given me is so appreciated!!  I can never say thank you enough. I look forward to sharing this adventure with you all!!

Are you ready for project 2 using 'Women of Life'? I wanted to do something a little different to show that not only can a stamp set be used just for cards but also as home decor. I started with your basic white wooden frame. The front I covered with paper from Making Memories Chelsea collection. For the inside of the frame I stamped the flower stems onto Stampers Select White Cardstock. If you notice the stems on this project are a bit longer than the ones on my last one. AHA...you say!! All I did to create that is placed a scrap piece of paper on either side of the stem I wanted to make longer that way only that one stem would stamp and the others would stamp onto the scrap. ( I should have taken a picture for you all....if anyone needs a visual just let me know and I'll post one.)

After the stems were stamped I moved onto the flowers. I stamped the two smaller flowers and then used my ticket punch from SU! on each corner. I then adhered it to a strip of Bazzill cardstock and then that on top of another piece of the Making Memories patterned paper. I added a tiny rhinestone to each corner and then placed that behind the glass along with a photo of my beautiful daughter!

I cut three flowers out and placed them on the outside of the glass for a different, more 3D look. For the centers I used Liquid Applique and heat set it so it would 'puff' out. I stamped 'Daughter' onto stampers select and then used one of the circle stamps from the Borders and Corners set and made a border around. I then placed it inside a Making Memories Circle Rim Tag. That was then placed in the center of a Mega Scalloped Circle I punched out. I added a tiny rhinestone in each scallop and added a strip of ric rac for a final touch! You could create this using a photo of any of the women in your life!

I have another project to share with you tomorrow so be sure to stop by!

Stamps: Women of Life & Borders & Corners (circle) from Papertrey Ink

Cardstock: Stampers Select from Papertrey Ink, coral from Bazzill

Patterned Paper: Making Memories Chelsea's Place

Ink: Boudoir Blush & Toile Pink Palette ink, Old Olive from SU!

Tools: SU! ticket corner punch, Marvy Mega Scalloped Circle Punch, Making Memories Tag Rim

Accessories: rhinestones from The Paper Studio, Stickles from Ranger, Liquid Applique from Marvy Uchida, ric rac