Stacy's Paper Crafts

CFK Project: Hot Cocoa

I have one last project to share that I created using my Jan. CFK using some of the coco & marshmallow mug ephemera pieces from the Mrs. Claus' Bakery Kit that I included. They are really stunning in person, if you click on the photos you can get a better view. All of the distressing was added by the artist, Kristin Cronin-Barrow. I applied a little Speckled Egg distress ink to mute the white edges around the mugs and over the sentiment label to tie them into the background panel, but all the little details were already in place.

 

They were created as a part of a digital scrapbooking kit, so some of it's "wow-ness" is lost when printed as a flat piece but I still like them. In hindsight, the next time I use elements like this I'll print them several times so that I can fussy cut the elements to layer with foam tape to give it some dimension.

 

I used a snowflake embossing folder to emboss the background panel. I added some splashes of white gouache, and applied some speckled egg distress ink around the panel and over the embossed snowflakes after it dried. The mugs were adhered using foam tape. I think I'm going to recreate this card so I can do a side by side comparison. Do you use digital kits to create handmade cards? I'd love to hear any tips you have on how to incorporate them in hybrid projects.

 

Hey...

 

 

I had to go and make this card for my son LOL. I found some DYMO tape in my stash that matched my patterned paper perfectly so I ran it through my embossing label maker to create the "Hey..." for the front of the card. My Silhouette software was opened so I used it to create a perfectly centered sentiment for the inside of the card.

 

 

The font I used is called Impact Label Reversed, which can be found at Dafont. If you don't have an embossing label maker you can use a font called Impact Label, also available at Dafont.com The reverse is a nice masculine font, it's kinda clean with a little bit of grunge. I stamped a teeny tiny heart above the sentiment, and signed the card simply "Love, Mom." A perfectly sweet mush-less Valentine's Day card.

 

My son gave me the tiniest smirky/smile so I think he liked it :) LOL

 

CFK Project: Envelope Art

 

I created this envelope to tuck into a package of happy mail for my crafty friend Chris. She's a CTMH consultant so I wanted to customize it using some CTMH stamps. I don't have very many images, but I do have several CTMH alphabet stamps so I used a few of them. Unfortunately for you they're all retired, but you may be able to find them second hand on Ebay or Etsy. The fonts I used, top to bottom are Paige's Hand, Keyboard Uppercase, and Typography.

 

I used some foam tape to pop up the "Happy Mail for Chris" panels, but if I were mailing it as is, I would have just adhered it flat, or tucked the envelope it into a clear envelope before mailing it.

 

I love that faux postage! That is from a Concord & 9th stamp set called Snail Mail, it's a cute one. I also added a few splashes of white gouache to the patterned paper. Thanks so much for stopping by!

CFK Project: Handmade Christmas Ornaments 6x8 Layout

My layout shares some of the handmade ornaments that I create this past Christmas. At the start of the pandemic I purchased a new printer, an older model Epson Eco Tank printer. It makes printing photos and digital papers at home so easy, and the ink lasts forever! The only cons I've found so far is that I can not print on vellum, or cardstock that is heavier than 80lb. I miss being able to have those capabilities, but it's a trade-off I'll live with because the ink for my super old Canon printer was so ridiculously expensive to print colored documents.

Anyway, my layout is very simple, I used foam tape to pop up some of the photos, added a few gems, pearls, some thickers & stickers, and a little tag for journaling. I really like this 6x8 sized DYI album. I still need to work out how to best photograph double page spreads in pre-assembled albums.

Thanks for looking!

CFK Project: Treat Bag & Card Set

Hi Everyone! My last Counterfeit Kit Challenge project share is all about friendship & Valentine's Day! I used my silhouette to cut the pieces for my little bag using Papertrey Ink Sweet Blush cardstock.

It felt a little plain to me so I embossed the bag pieces before assembling it using my Spellbinders' Hand Drawn Scallops Embossing folder, and then adhered the bow to the front. I created the handles using some Papertrey Ink Sweet Blush ribbon, and filled the bag with some of my favorite treats... dark chocolate caramel, dark chocolate raspberry, and Jolly Rancher lolly pops! 

I had several "cookies" left over from my Christmas Thank You card making session, so I used a couple of them for the focal point for my card. That sentiment is from Altenew's Mini Delight Bold Bloom stamp set, which fit that little heart perfectly! Thanks for stopping by, hope that you all had a sweet Valentine's Day!

CFK Project: Happy Birthday Sweet Friend

January is usually my "birthday card" month so I'm surprised that this was the only one that I created. I got distracted by adorable snowmen & Valentine's Day makes. The flower on this card is actually a "flat" element, part of a digital scrapbooking kit. I cut two of them, reducing one of them so that I could pop it up using foam tape to layer it on top of the larger one. It's pretty, but I really want to recreate it using handmade flowers. The snowflake stamen is so pretty!

 

 

I added a red flatback pearl to tie in the red berries on the patterned paper and the red cardstock base. The sentiment is from a My Favorite Things stamp set called Sugar Coated Sentiments. The sentiments in this set are all perfect for this time of year! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Masculine Valentine's Day Inspiration

Valentine's Day is next week and I wanted to share a masculine Valentine's Day project with you all! Several years ago I created some Gelli printed papers using a heart stencil that I LOVED! The blueish teal print was my favorite of the bunch. The thought of cutting it up and actually using it was too much for me! If you're a paper lover you understand the agony of having only one sheet left of your favorite pattered paper. Gelli printed papers make this dilemma especially challenging because each print is unique. I've never been able to recreate a Gelli print with any precision, so I did the next best thing... I scanned the print!

 

I played around with it in Photoshop, (using my preschool level knowledge of PS LOL) altering the color and scale of the print, so fun! I love the original, but this print in green is really nice too!  I kept the scale the same, and printed the pattern in both blue and green, and created pillow boxes filled with candy for my two guys.  I used curling ribbon to wrap the box, and then added little tags, and die cut stars with mini brads.

 

This simple packaging says "Happy Valentine's Day, I got you some chocolate."  That really should be a sentiment for a card LOL, I'm going to have to go whip up a few! I know that It's sometimes challenging to create handmade masculine cards for the guys in our lives, I always try to share ideas to make this task easier. I hope this non-traditional color palette inspires you to create some non-lovey-dovey Valentine's Day cards for someone in your life!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

CFK Project: Snow Glad We're Friends

 

Hi Everyone, I'm back today with a friendship themed snowman card. I colored this snowman using shades of pinks & reds using Copic Markers and Prismacolor Colored Pencils. I also used Nuvo Drops to highlight the circles on the frame. The pretty patterned paper from my kit has a winter theme, but I think the pops of red almost gives it a "Valentiney" feel. The sentiment strip needed a little something so I adhered a tiny heart clay shape next to it.

 

I also used a light pink Copic to highlight the sentiment, the subtle color makes such a difference! Although the lighting kind of washed it out in the close up photo, it's captured more accurately in the full sized image of the card. You can click on the photos to enlarge them for a better view.

 

Thanks so much for looking! 

CFK Project: A Snowman Note Card

Hope you all had a great weekend! It was chilly but sunny here on Saturday which gave me a chance to photograph more of my "January Counterfeit Kit Challenge" makes. I'll be sharing those with you all this week. Today's card features an adorable snowman from a stamp set called Snowman Blocks from Red Rubber Designs. I colored his little scarf and buttons in shades of blue-ish greens using Copics & Polychromos colored pencils. I added some Nuvo drops to highlight the circles on the frame around the snowman, I love the dimension it adds!

I added some white splatters to the Kraft card base using white gouache, and then inked the edges using PTI Kraft Ink. I like to keep some cards on hand that don't have a sentiment for those occasions when I need a card last minute but don't have time to create one. I will usually just add a sentiment related to the occasion, or will leave it blank and will just write my message to the recipient on the inside of the card. Thanks for visiting today, stop by tomorrow to see this little guy's ensemble in pink :)