Stacy's Paper Crafts

Happy Turkey Day!

I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week, it seems like it's early this year doesn't it? I was really tempted to sit down and make some Christmas cards and some winter home decor pieces today, but it just didn't feel right . I felt like I needed to create at least one more Fall/Autumn/Thanksgiving card or project.

The sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week worked very well with my little turkey :)

I used some stamps for part of the sentiment and Alpha stickers from Simple Stories new Snap Collection for the "turkey" portion. They are the perfect size for card fronts! I must get more :)

 

Alcohol Inks

I've been missing out! I would describe my crafty style as mostly clean and simple. I love the vintage look & the "mixed media" look but my brain just doesn't know how to create it! LOL On purpose anyway that is.

Stephanie Ackerman of Homegrown Hospitality does some amazing things with distress inks & stains, and I am just so inspired by her work that I decided to reach outside of my comfort zone and try something different.

Alcohol inks aren't a new craft medium, they are just new to me. I used a 50% off coupon and purchased a trio of brown inks by Ranger, grabbed some glossy cardstock and just played. It was so much fun!

After fooling around with the ink for awhile I decided to create a fall-ish card.

Once I was happy with the alcohol inked background, I stamped a leaf stamp randomly over it using black archival ink. I can't wait to get some brighter colors! If you've never used alcohol inks before, Tim Holtz has a great video tutorial showing different ways to use the ink. Thanks for looking, don't forget to click the photos for a closer view.

Celebrate Autumn

Wow, I can't believe that it's been more than a month since I last updated my blog. Thanks for your sweet e-mails regarding  my absence. I'm here, just a little preoccupied by some things but I'm still crafting.

My mojo was MIA for so long and now it's back. Yay! I've been watching YouTube videos featuring mixed media art... so fun! I'm really a "clean & simple" kind of crafter but I'm so intrigued by the layering, gluing, and "go with the flow" vibe that seems to go along with mixed media art.  I think I may just have to give it a try. My walls could definitely use some art so hopefully I'll be able to pull it off! 

I've been working on Christmas cards too but I decided to take a break from them to create another fall card. I found this fall text patterned paper at Hobby Lobby, they have some cute patterned papers I haven't seen at my other local craft stores. I paper pieced the pumpkin and added some texture to it using an embossing folder & some inking. 

Thanks for stopping by :)

 

Eat Ham!

Happy Monday! Hope you had a wonderful weekend and WCMD. This is one of the cards I created this weekend. I wanted to get a head start on my Thanksgiving cards so I pulled out my Copics & BIC markers to color this funny little turkey. Love his little sign, you could easily customize it by doing a little masking and replace ham with beef, tofu, pie, ect. :)   

This one features an oldie but goodie from TAC. I bought this set 5 or 6yrs ago and it's one that I can never seem to part with.  It just seems to weather the trends. Anyhoo, thanks for looking  :)

Happy Fall

Well I thought fall was here. It's been somewhat chilly and rainy all week, but today it's humid and warm again. I won't complain too much though because the sun is shining. It's been MIA most of the week. I need my sunshine! LOL This weather has been so crazy these last few months, I'm definitely looking forward to cooler drier weather :) 

Supplies Paper: Basic Grey PP, Bazzill & PTI CS, Stamps: TAC, Other: Button, scrappers floss, PTI double-ended banner die, Circle Nesties, pop dots, & Palette Burnt Umber Ink. 

Thanks for looking, hope you're having a great weekend!

Little Notes

Hi everyone! Last week I received a custom order for business card sized notes. When I make mini cards I usually make 3x3 inch cards but this is a fun size to work with! 

This is one of the ones I created, it measures 3x2 inches. I also made envelopes for them also using some BG patterned paper.  I think this size is a little more versatile compared to the 3x3 mini's that I normally make. I will definitely be making a lot more of these! Thanks for looking!

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink, Purple Onion Designs, & The Angel Company

Paper: Basic Grey patterned paper, Bazzill & Papertrey Ink CS

Ink: Palette & Versamagic

Other: Scrappers floss & mini button

It's definitely fall here in Maryland!

 

Seems like it kinda popped up out of nowhere, but I'm enjoying the cooler weather! Over the weekend there were several challenges going on around in the blog-o-sphere for World Card Making Day. My friend Pam has a stamping site called StampHaven and they are hosting some fun challenges all week long. 

One of the challenges was to create a card using a hand cut leaf. This is my take on it. After cutting the leaf, I spritzed it with a little water then ran it through my crimper and a Cuttlebug embossing folder to give it some texture. Then I crumbled it up and inked the edges. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampendous
Paper: Basic Grey Patterned paper, TAC cardstock
Other: Crimper, Cuttlebug embossing folder, button, scrappers floss, & ink
 

Thanks for looking!

Happy World Card Making Day!

I didn't think I'd have a chance to update my blog today. I hope you all were able to  enjoy a day full of card making! I made a few but I only have one to share tonight. I should have photographed my cards when the sun was still up. I used Clean & Simple Sketch 110 for inspiration for this one...

 

  

The sentiment is from a retired TAC stamp set, and the patterned paper is from Basic Grey's Eerie collection. Thanks for looking! 

 

Twinkling H2O's...

 

Have you seen Jennifer Mcquire's Twinkling H2O's video  I was so inspired by it, and the fact that I hadn't touched my H2O's in a very long while that I sat down to play with them tonight. Several years ago I read on a message board that the original company manufacturing H2O's were either discontinuing the product and or going out of business. It sounds like Creative Imaginations picked them up... I'm so happy to discover this. It's a fun product! If you aren't sure what H2O's are, they are shimmery watercolor cakes. Here's a close up of one of the leaves on my card...

 

Hope you're having a great weekend!

One more...

I couldn't help myself! LOL All images TAC, patterned paper by My Minds Eye that's been in my stash for a long while. 

 

Now that I created a few Thanksgiving cards I won't feel guilty about moving on to some Christmas card designs. I'll have a few cards to share with you tomorrow. 

Supplies:
Stamps: TAC: More Abundance & Celebrate the Seasons
Paper: MME patterned paper, Brown & white cardstock
Other:  Palette Burnt Umber ink, Copic markers, 
brown sheer dotted ribbon.

Happy Thanksgiving

I soooo love this stamp set by PTI. It's been on my wish list for a long time. I used SU's Pumpkin Pie & Really Rust inks to give the flower an earthy fall feel. Hope you're having a great day! 

Supplies:

Stamps:    TAC & PTI
Paper: Basic Grey PP, TAC US white CS, SU Pumpkin Pie & Really Rust CS
Other: SU Pumpkin Pie & Really Rust ink pads, Palette Jardin Moss ink pad
     edge distresser, & 3 gold mini brads

Give Thanks

I usually send very few Thanksgiving cards but I try to make one or two each year. TAC is having a sale on their paper collections so I ordered Rustic Chic. This collections has been around for awhile but I've never ordered it. After seeing some awesome creations using it I decided to finally order some. 

I really bought it to create a layout of my son wearing one of his cowboy hats his father picked up for him in Texas while there on a business trip. But I thought this paper would also make some great fall cards too! 

Supplies:

Stamps: TAC's Delicious Autumn
Paper: Rustic Chic patterned paper, brown & white cardstock
Other: Palette Noir & Burnt Umber ink pads, Prismacolor colored pencils,
baby oil, brown ribbon 7 button, & white scrappers floss

Thanks for looking! Have a great Monday :)

I missed out...

on all the World Card Making Day celebrations :(

I hope you all had a crafty day yesterday. I did however get a chance to create a card today...

 
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Fall has reared it's head here in Maryland. I really love this time of year! I pulled out a retired TAC set called Pressed Petals to create this card. I stamped the card base using Versamark ink and chose a few "fall-ish" colors for the main image. I added stitching along the top of the focal image to add some texture, and tied some ribbon around the card base.

Supplies:
Stamps: The Angel Company: Pressed Petals
Paper: Orange, white, & brown cardstock
Other: Brown & white sheer dotted ribbon, white thread, & Palette Ink pads

November's Angel Art Challenge #2: Thanksgiving

Can you believe it's the end of November already?? This month went by sooo fast!! But that's ok because that just means it's time for another Angel Art Challenge. This months theme is Thanksgiving so we all created Thanksgiving or Thank you themed creations.

Here's mine... yes I used orange again! LOL I just can't keep my hands off of it. The ducky & pumpkin is from TAC's Pick of the Patch stamp set. I colored it using Copic markers. The sentiment comes from two of the GWP stamp sets. I normally stamp my sentiments using one color but I thought I'd do something different and I was really surprised by the difference it made. The patterned paper is from one of K&Co's halloween paper lines and the ribbon is by American Crafts.

Please check out my Angel sisters creations by clicking on their names below. If you have difficulty opening a link try using a different web browser.

Seleise
Melisa
Bridgett
Deb
Maria
Laurie
Jany

I hope that we all will take a few moments to give thanks for all our blessings this week and enjoy being with our loved ones! 

Card Makeovers

In 2005 I was a member of Homegrown Scrapbook's design team... I miss it :( Anyway, I was sorting through some of the projects I created and came across these mini cards... 

 

   

During that time mini cards were new to me and I made a lot of them but I put very few to use. Needless to say I had quite a few 3x3, 2x4, and other small sized cards just sitting in a card box so I spent a few hours yesterday adhering the mini cards to card fronts to create standard sized cards. Hence... card make overs :) Pretty smart huh? LOL