back to the drawing board

this weekend is the operation write home memorial day bloghop. you can  start at the beginning of the hop by clicking on the image above.

and here is the missing you card i put together for this weekend's bloghop. i put to use some new stamps created by stephanie ackerman for purple onion designs.

and now be sure to head on over to the next stop on the bloghop.

magdalena - axes designs

 

supplies
cardstock: [kraft] bazzill basics
patterned paper: [scraps] sassafras & scenic route
other paper: [green tissue paper]
stamps: [home sweet home set & sentiment/a little bird told me set]] purple onion designs
ink: [jet black archival ink] ranger
accent: [brad] queen & company
other: [machine stitching]
size: 4" x 5"

 

today i'm participating in the papertrey ink may blog hop challenge - the challenge this month is to create a project that incorporates our favorite take on flowers.

this one was super quick to make - all elements of the card, except for the wooden flower, were stamped directly onto the card base.

supplies
cardstock: [white] neenah paper
stamps: [everyday button bits & framed sets] papertrey ink
ink: [basil & steel blue fresh ink] impress rubber stamps, [vintage photo distress ink] ranger, [black tuxedo memento ink] tsukineko
accents: [vanilla twine] a muse studio, [flower button/portriat collection] crate paper
size: 4" square

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"