Stacy's Paper Crafts

Harvest of Blessings

 

I reluctantly packed away my Fall leaves, but not before creating another card! I used another beautiful Gelli printed paper and a stitched rectangle die to create a mat for my card. I wish my photography skills were better because these photos just do not capture the gorgeousness of the gold shimmer in this print. I used Liqutex Iridescent Bright Gold Heavy Body paint, which is semi-opaque and played very nicely with the shades of brown that I used.

 

I stamped the sentiment on a kraft cardstock die cut, added some foam tape to the center, and adhered it to the card front. I die cut the leaf a few times and adhered them together to give it some dimension, and then adhered it to the card front.

Enjoy your weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I have a quick card to share with you today! This super duper clean & simple card features another Gelli printed paper, leaf die cut, sentiment sticker, and a tiny staple. I love the blotchy big leaves in the background on this card. I was going to add another layer to this Gelli print, but I decided that I really liked it as is. This blue shade almost has a summer or Spring vibe to it, but paired with the kraft card base and the Gelli printed leaf I think it works for a Fall card.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope that your day is filled with lot's of love, good food, and restful naps!

Autumn's Splendor

 

 

I can't believe we're in the last days of November, this month just flew right by me! Although I love Christmas and I'm looking forward to creating ornaments and gingerbread related goodies, I need a few more weeks of Fall! I spent the last few days creating some Fall cards using some Gelli printed papers. This is one of my favorites! I used a few shades of blue, teal, brown, and gold acrylic paints. The thing I love about Gelli printing is that each print is kind of a surprise! The thing I hate about Gelli Printing is not being able to duplicate a beloved print! LOL I need to remember to scan them before I cut into them.

 

There are some talented Gelli print artists who can get close! They create some beautiful and what I call "intentional prints," meaning they actually have a method and a plan when they are printing. Most of my prints are random happy surprises.

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

WCMD Card Kit inspiration

I'm back today to share a card that I created using the stencil and some other supplies in the kit. I wanted to offer a jar of Perfect Pearls with the kit but I wasn't able to find it sold individually so I substituted it with Lindy's Bayou Boogie Gold Magicals and it's THE PERFECT alternative! Although I think the Perfect Pearls might be slightly more vibrant. I mixed a small amount of water with the pigment to create a paste and then splattered it over the stenciled pattern and I'm in LOVE! That little touch of gold is perfect!

I blended a heavy application of Stampin' up' Cajun Craze over the stencil on a sheet of Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I then removed the stencil and applied the same ink with a much lighter hand over the entire surface of the cardstock. I used a scalloped edge rectangle die to cut down the panel, and adhered several layers of cardstock to the back in place of foam tape to give it a little dimension. I often use cardstock instead of foam tape because foam tape is sometimes too thick for the look that I'm going for. I know that there are some thinner foam tapes on the market but using cardstock is often more convenient for me.

I used the sheer orange ribbon included in the kit to create a bow, and wrapped it around the panel. I adhered a panel of Cajun Craze cardstock that I embossed using SU's Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder to the card front. I then adhered the stenciled background panel at an angle on to the card front. The sentiment was stamped on vellum, heat embossed using gold embossing powder, and adhered to a white oval die cut. I framed the sentiment using Cajun Craze cardstock. I think this is my favorite burnt orange! I adhered the sentiment to the card front, threaded a button using Scrappers Floss and adhered it to the center of the bow.

As always, you can click on the photos for a close up view.

It's not too late to enter to win this card kit WCMD Card Kit Giveaway

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Red Rubber Designs' Joyful Notes & Every Leaf

Paper: Neenah Solar White Smooth Cardstock, SU Cajun Craze Cardstock, Vellum

Inks: SU Cajun Craze Ink, Versamark Ink

Other: Lindy's Bayou Boogie Gold Magicals, Lindy's Stamp Gang Gimme Five Gold Embossing Powder, SU Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, orange sheer ribbon,  Brown Button, & White Scrappers Floss

 

Every Leaf

Happy Wednesday Everyone! I have a card to share with you today featuring Red Rubber Designs' Every Leaf and Trendy Greetings stamp sets, and Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals. I am in LOVE with these magical pigment powders!

I started off by spritzing my craft mat with water and sprinkling some magical powders on top. I smooshed, swished, and swirled a piece of 65lb. weight white cardstock into the pigment, drying each layer in between until I was happy with the color application. I used the brown shades from the Sweet Treats set and from the Autumn Leaves set I used Cattail Copper Brown and Ponderosa Pines Olive. I also used Sandra Dee Sepia from the Go Greased Lightnin' set and Heidi Swapp's Gold Color Shine spray. I'm not sure if they even sell it anymore but if you can find some Color Shine sprays grab them, they are really nice!

After my paper was dry I stamped my leaves using Ground Espresso Archival ink and then fussy cut them out. Although watercolor mediums work best on watercolor or mixed media paper, I like using this lighter weight cardstock if I'm going to be fussy cutting stamped images.  The Magicals and sprays gave the paper a nice texture, and even with slightly shaking hands I was able to get some pretty smooth cut edges.

 

 

I used both Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso Distress inks along the edges of my leaves, and on the embossed cardstock to highlight the leafy pattern. The embossed cardstock is from the Fall Embossed Cardstock Stack from Michaels. I was able to get it on clearance in store last year for $3.33! I used an edge distresser along the edges of the embossed panel, applied some distress ink and then adhered it to my card base.

I used a die to create the tag and glittered hole enforcer and adhered the leaves on top of it using foam tape. I then stamped the sentiment using Ground Espresso Archival ink and adhered the tag to my card front. You can find a supply list below, thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Red Rubber Designs: Every Leaf & Trendy Greetings

Paper: Fall Embossed Cardstock & White, Cream, & Gold Glitter cardstock

Inks: Vintage Photo & Ground Espresso Archival Inks, Vintage Photo & Ground Espresso Distress Ink

Embellishments: Tag, Twine & Button

Other: Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals: Sweet Treats, Autumn Leaves, Go Greased Lightnin' Foam Tape, Mono Multi Adhesive

August 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit

I've been receiving Stampin' Up Paper Pumpkin kits for several months now and I have to say I am really enjoying them. I've looked at them in previous years but I just didn't find them to be inspiring to be completely honest. But Stampin' up has really stepped up their game and the kits seem to be getting better and better each month.

I like the project ideas that they provide in their kits, but I can almost never follow the directions. I always seem to want to make a tweak here and there and by the time I'm done with my project I've created something entirely different! LOL That's one of the reasons why I'm reluctant to take an "in person" card making class. I think I offended the instructor at the last one I took because I didn't follow the directions.

Anyway these are a couple of the Alternative projects that I created mostly using the contents from the kit. I stamped the sentiments using Merry Merlot ink, and pulled some teal cardstock from my stash that is a close match to Pretty Peacock to layer on the bag and the card front.

I used Kraft cardstock to create my card base and cut a stitched circle die cut from white cardstock to frame the patterned vellum piece. I used my favorite vellum adhesive, the *Plus Permanent Vellum Glue Tape runner. This adhesive is amazing and doesn't show through the vellum when adhering it to a non vellumed surface. I haven't tried using it to make vellum envelopes or pockets, but I think if it does show, it wouldn't be as obvious as it would be if you used a different adhesive. You can click on the photos for an enlarged view. Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Supplies:

August 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit

Kraft, White, & Teal cardstock

Stampin' Up Merry Merlot Ink pad

*Plus Permanent Vellum Glue Tape

*Amazon affiliate link used, at no extra cost to you

Paper Pumpkins

I've been making paper pumpkins since September, they are so fun to create! The orange, teal, and white geometric pumpkins are from SVGCuts. For the teal and white pumpkins, I removed the cut lines to create a solid pumpkin. It was a little tricky assembling it, but I love how they turned out! I used Bazzill Smoothie cardstock for all of the pumpkins. Click the photos for a closeup view. 

I didn't have any teal cardstock, so I used white, and then painted the pieces using Dylusions Vibrant Turquoise Paint before assembling it. After doing so I decided that it would have easier to just paint it after I assembled it. I like the texture the paint provides, it almost feels like plastic. 

This orange pumpkin is also an SVGCuts file, from the Harvest Sunset Kit. I told you in my last post, I'm obsessed! This was actually the first SVGCuts file that I purchased. I always layer up my pieces when creating 3D designs, but I didn't need to with this one. The extra layers made it a little wonky looking but I'm keeping it LOL! I inked the pieces of this pumpkin using Ranger Archival ink in the colors Monarch Orange and Coffee before assembling it. That little pumpkin is a Lori Whitlock design called 3D Pumpkin Box Short that I reduced in size. I can't recall how much, but he's tiny :) It was a little cumbersome to assemble but he's so cute! 

The gold geometric pumpkin is covered with gold glitter & Mod Podge. I haven't used Mod Podge in a long time, but it's my new best friend to use with glitter! It really seals it in, so there is very little if any glitter fall out as long as you give it a few coats. I think the easiest way to do this is to apply a coat of Mod Podge, sprinkle on your glitter then allow it to dry. Repeat these steps and allow it to dry between layers until you achieve your desired coverage. Let your project dry completely and then add a coat or two of only the Mod Podge to seal the glitter.

By the way, in case you didn't know SVGCuts offers tons of FREE cut files! Check 'em out  SVG Free Cut Files

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Thanksgiving... I'll be here before we know it.

Isn't that turkey fun? It's from a sheet of patterned paper from Authentique's Thankful Collection. I die cut circles from a 4in. x 5.25in. sheet of kraft cardstock, stamped the sentiment using Jumbo Java Versamagic chalk ink on the lower right hand corner. I  used the same ink with an inking tool to highlight and distress the edges.

I then used some circle dies to cut the images from the patterned paper and adhered them to the brown cardstock base, and layered the kraft panel on top using foam tape.

I added a die cut leaf, button, and a rhinestone to embellish the card. Thanks so much for looking, hope your week is off to a great start! 

 

CAS(E) this Sketch!

Hi again,

I created a quick card for this week's CAS(E) this sketch challenge. I used some patterned paper that I had left over from another card I made this week, along with some die cut leaves using Lawn Fawns Stitches Leaves dies. LOVE.THESE.DIES. I would love it even more if Lawn Fawn designed an enlarged version of these leaf dies. I would never need another leaf die again! LOL

Here's my card. I've been creating a lof of fall themed projects, how could you not with these detailed leaves?

I have a feeling you'll be seeing a lot of these little leaves. Thanks so much for looking!

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 :)

 

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 stamp set. 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, it's called Give Thanks.

Anyhoo, thanks for looking  :)

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!

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

   

 

Give Thanks

 

 

 

Yay it's Friday! I thought I'd share a card I created using TAC's Penelope paper & Ribbon collection. The sentiment is from TAC's Give Thanks stamp set... one of the very first stamps sets I ever bought! I sometimes get caught up in buying what's trendy but this is one of those classic sets that is nice to have on hand even after the trends have passed.

Hope your weekend is off to a great start!!

 

Supplies:

Paper: Penelope Paper collection from The Angel Company

Stamps: Give Thanks

Embellishments: Penelope ribbon & antique copper eyelets from The Angel Company

Ink: Palette Burnt Umber