back to the drawing board

i just finished flipping through my digital copy of the may/june issue of paper crafts magazine and figured it was about time i share one of my projects from the march/april issue. this card uses the sketch on page 28 - well the mirror image of the sketch.

this week paper crafts magazine is promoting their new special issue - practical solutions for paper crafters. so today seems like a good day to share this card. it appears in the 'don't throw it away!' section of the magazine. my 'don't throw it away!' item is the grid background which came from the packaging of a stamp set by maya road. and if you are wondering - the sentiment stamp is from a lawn fawn stamp set. complete supply list can be found on page 126 of the magazine. and if you are unable find a copy in your local bookstore then you can buy it online here.

moxie fab world

another special by paper crafts magazine was recently released - stamp it! 3 ways. i was lucky enough to have been assigned 3 stamp sets to work with - and my favorite of the 3 cards i made was featured on the moxie fab world blog a few weeks back.

moxie fab world blog

last week the paper crafts magazine blogs were promoting the new special issue cool tools - so i grabbed a couple of screen shots of my cards from the moxie fab world blog. i was asked to make 3 cards for the issue and 1 of them even made it on to the cover - it's the card with the flower. if you didn't make it to the moxie fab world blog last week be sure to check it out - there are a bunch of tool specific challenges going on right now.

a couple of cards recently published in paper crafts magazine. the happy holidays card appears in the special issue 365 cards & the merry christmas card appears in the november/december issue.

here is today's card that went up over at the jane's doodles blog. to make the trees i turned a triangle banner upside down. the design idea was borrowed from a card i had published in the paper crafts magazine special issue holiday cards & more earlier this year - if you have the issue it's on p19.



supplies
cardstock: [white] neenah paper
patterned paper: [peppermint sticks/good cheer collection] october afternoon
stamps: [lime pigment ink] colorbox, [tree/party time set, sentiment/vintage christmas set] jane's doodles
ink: [midnight black, red magic & turuoise versamagic] tsukineko
accents: [star rhinestone] darice, [black staples]
fiber: [dark gray embroidery floss] dmc

this card is from a few months back - it was published in the holiday cards and more special issue which came out way back in september i think. and another project i had in the issue - a christmas tree puzzle - appeared on the moxie fab blog a while back. you can see it here. and finally, see that christmas tree on the cover - that's mine too and my first cover for paper crafts magazine.

supplies
cardstock: [white] neenah
tape: [green washi tape] kamoi kakoshi
accents: [button, twig]
fiber: [white thread] ikea, [baker's twine]
felt: [red] heather bailey designs
steel die: [star] spellbinders

my first holiday card of the season - a card i recently made for the purple onion designs blog. and speaking of - there are a few things happening over there:

• holiday sale - 25% off all stamps with code HOL2011
• new stamps from stephanie ackerman
• new stamps from heidi grace kress

supplies
cardstock: [kraft] bazzill basics, [white] neenah
paper: [scrap]
stamps: [christmas trees doodle frame set] purple onion designs
ink: [rich cocoa] tsukineko
markers: [r83, r85, yg00, yg61, yg67, g82, e87, w3] copic
fiber: [black thread] ikea
tool: [corner chomper] we r memory keepers

a simple patchwork pillow i was able to finish up just before thanksgiving. i think it's my favorite quilting project so far - although there aren't really that many to choose from yet. 


supplies
pillow front: [daisy bouquet brown] kei, [stone barbershop, mist town square, stop sign preppy plaid/hometown by sweetwater] moda
pillow back: [muslin]
die: [square 3 1/2"] accuquilt

here's another card i made with one of the new stamp sets from purple onion designs. the pumpkins were stamped on a page from an old book then i used spray inks and a paint brush add some to color. and that frame was stamped onto a piece of denim from some old jeans.


supplies
cardstock: [vanilla] american crafts
other paper: [page from old book]
stamps: [pumpkin framed doodle set] purple onion designs
ink: [jet black stayzon] tsukineko
spray ink: [applejack, barnwood, calico cream & pumpkin spice mister hueys spray mists] studio calico
fabric: [denim]
tool: [corner chomper] we r memory keepers

and one more card i made last month for purple onion designs. you can't tell in the photo - but i wanted the heart to look like it was the opening to the inside of the bird house - so i used an exacto knife cut out the heart from the yellow paper and the adhered the orange paper behind the opening.


supplies
cardstock: [teal orange peel texture, guacamole just the edge] bazzill basics, [white] neenah paper
paper: [scraps]
stamp: [the bird house set, sentiment/home sweet home set, numbers/vintage pastmark date set] purple onion designs
ink: [black tuxedo memento ink] tsukineo
accents: [button, hemp cord]
punch: [corner chomper] we r memory keepers

i found this tonite - a video featuring one of my projects.

the moxie fabs column in the may/june issue of paper crafts magazine is all about the chevron stripe. searching through my pile of supplies i didn't have much that would fit the project requirements - so i pulled out my trusty silhouette. to create the chevron striped presents was a 2 step process...

1. with silhouette cut chevron stripe pattern from colored cardstock and presents from a contrasting color cardstock.
2. adhere chevron stripes to presents and trim excess cardstock from the edges. die-cut bows and adhere to chevron striped presents.

and if you feel like playing around with some chevron stripes be sure to check out the chevron chic challenge over on the moxie fab world blog. of the projects currently linked up for the challenge here are a few of my favorites...

• lindsay - merci card
• alicia - i love you more! card
• jessica - have fun! card
  

supplies
cardstock, digital die-cut files, sentiment stamp, ink and machine stitchig. for more details please see page 25 of the may/june paper crafts magazine.
size: 4" x 4.75"

my very first project published was a mini-album way back in january of 2006. and now 5 1/2 years later my first cover - that was a bit of a wait :)

a couple of cards that were recently published in paper crafts magazine - these images are scans from the magazines since i kept forgetting to photograph these during the daylight hours. the card on the left is in the march/april issue and the card on the right is in the stamp it! techniques special issue.

i'm back. but not with anything i've worked on recently. all of these cards here are part of the new a muse | studio catalog which debuted last week. i made them way back in november and have been keeping this secret ever since then. i borrowed all of these photos from the catalog which you can take a look at over at the new a muse | studio website. the owl holding the flower - he's my favorite out of the whole batch that i made.

my card that appears in the jan/feb issue of paper crafts magazine went up on the moxie fab world blog today - so i figured it was time to post it here as well. this one was a bit of a challenge for me - aside from printing out digital stamps or sentiments, this was my first go at using a digital element in a project. to create the cameo background i used a cameo font then distressed the edges with the brush tool in photoshop. if you are interested in directions for the entire card or supplies they can be found on p25 in the moxie fabs column. also, the current challenge on the moxie fab world blog is the appearance of cameos - you have all the way until valentine's day to enter the challenge.

finally getting around to posting a card of mine that ended up in color inspiration for card makers. lots of totally awesome cards in this issue. i only had time to make a few cards for the call and luckily 2 of them were chosen. this one here with the hero arts doggie stamp is my fave.

happy 2011!! i figured this stamp would be a good one to start off the new year with since it features something for just about everyone. just received this stamp for christmas from my little sister - thanks kaitlyn!! and the paper is an old one that i found while packing/cleaning. i used the same collection on last year's happy new year card which you can see here.

supplies
cardstock: neenah [classic solar white]
paper: anna griffin
stamp: hero arts [international skyline]
ink & embossing: ranger [black soot/tim holtz distress ink & embossing powder]
accent: advantus [tim holtz tiny attacher]

  

i have yet to see this special issue from scrapbook trends - but all 6 of these cards were supposed to make it into the issue. let's see - the gingerbread man and the two cards in the bottom row were design team projects for pod, the two christmas tree cards in the middle were made for hero arts challenges, and the snowman was a moxie fab world challenge. speaking of - i haven't participted in any of those in quite a while. definitely need to start that back up.

 

  

cardstock: bazzill basics [kraft & cinder], neenah [classic solar white]; paper: sassafras & scenic route; stamp: purple onion designs [3 stockings, sentiment/a little bird set]; ink: tsukineko [tuxedo black/memento]; accents: a muse [cranberry/pretty pearls], [20 gauge copper wire], [machine stitching]; tools: fiskars [threading water/border punch], we r memory keepers [corner chomper/crop-o-dile].