Christmas In July with The Stamping Boutique

Wow... what a weekend!  Did you enjoy the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps blog tour?  I really liked the way it was set up this time, it seemed quicker and easier to navigate.  I'd like to thank everyone who stopped by for a look and all the comments left for me!
Would you believe I had 446 visitors?!!  Amazing!

I have a blog candy winner to announce today!  
Congratulations Deloris you are the winner!!
Thanks for participating, your package is on it's way!

I'm excited and challenged to try working on Christmas in July a little this month.  I've posted my first Christmas card today using a digi stamp by The Stamping Boutique.  I thought these snow men were so cute when I saw them I had to make them mine.  If you feel the same way you can find them here.  They are colored with Copic markers, the sentiment below them is from a  set by Papertrey Ink called Signature Christmas that just seemed perfect for them.  I kept the color scheme as simple as possible trying the white on white technique again.  That's a difficult one for me you know!  The sketch is Karen's Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps sketch 24 from yesterday.  I turned it on it's side because I printed my snowmen too big...

More fun challenges:
Fussy & Fancy - Christmas In July
Bee Crafty - 3D With a Digital Image
Pile It On - My Favorite Things (Copic markers!)
Paper Sundaes - White Plus One 
Sentimental Sunday's - Celebrations

  Winter Wonderland - Punch It Out
Craftalicious Challenges - Cute
Incy Wincy Designs - Punches 
Shabby Tea Room - Let's Make an Impression 
Lexi's Creations - Layers, 3D 
The Corrosive Challenge - Christmas Time
ABC Christmas Challenge - N for Noel
Christmas Cards All Year Round - Anything Goes

Operation Write Home Blog Tour Day 2

Happy Saturday, I hope you're enjoying this 4th of July holiday weekend!

It's day two of the Operation Write Home Blog Tour for me.  If you didn't know anything about it click the link in the name and it will take you there.  I decided to do a second post for the blog tour because I saw a challenge for an any hero card I wanted to participate in on the OWH Hero blog.  I put a link in the blog name for you in case you'd like to check it out, there's a prize involved!  

 One Stitch at a time - Stars & Stripes
Creative Craft Challenge -  "stamp it up"
Aly's Sunday Challenge - Red, White & Blue
Frosted Designs - Red, White & Blue, Stars & Stripes

Edited to add:  Be sure to go check out the In Style Stamps blog, we've got blog candy for the Operation Write Home blog tour!  

Happy 4th of July American Girl

Happy 4th of July weekend!  

We have a lot to celebrate at our house this week - my husband and my birthdays and our wedding anniversary are all wrapped up together this week.  

My first card for today is a stamp called American Girl by Dream Impressions that my friend Sheri let me borrow.  Since I have several cards to share today I'm going to try NOT to talk too much!

My next cards are a digi stamp set that Sandy at Operation Write Home made and you can find the set here.

I had so much fun coloring these!  I merged the two images in my Publisher program and printed them a little bigger than I planned and colored them anyway.  I found a great new color combination for the pup using E43, W1 & W0 Copic markers.  My color combination matches Kraft card stock perfectly and the sketch I used is Karen's sketch #22 at OWH Stars & Stamps.

Another wonderful image of Ciara using the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #71.

And a couple more images  from Sandy's set that I colored and cut out for this fun card.

One more thing I need your help with...  I won 1300 yards of ribbon in January at the CHA consumer show and want to share some of it with you as blog candy!  Here's a photo of the ribbon I'm going to stuff in a small flat rate Priority Mail box and ship to the lucky winner.

 

 To win the ribbon please leave me a comment and I'll draw a winner on Monday, July 5th!

Have a happy and safe 4th of July weekend!

More fun challenges:

Raise The Bar - Colors of Your Flag

Paper Cutz - 4th of July

No Time To Stamp - Star Light Star Bright
Stamp Something - The Colors of Your Flag
Craftalicious Challenges - Cute
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes Birthday
Rosie D's - Summer Birthday's
Spoon Full of Sugar - Animal Crackers
Stamp With Fun - Birthday

Edited to add:  Be sure to go check out the In Style Stamps blog, there's a blog candy giveaway!

In Style Stamps Sketch Challenge #11

It's sketch challenge day at In Style Stamps! 

Today the winner of sketch challenge #10 is announced and a new sketch challenge is issued for July!
Here's how it works,
In Style Stamps draws a random entry to pick a winner,  it doesn't matter if your project uses In Style Stamps images or not.

If  the person who's name is drawn to win DID use an In Style Stamps image, they will win 4 digi images.
If the person DID NOT use an In Style Stamps image, they'll win 2 digi images.

These will always be the prizes - for all challenges and the blog hop at In Style Stamps!

I was thinking of posting the sketch here but you really should go over to the In Style Stamps blog to see what the other fabulous design team ladies have made using the sketch and their new images.  

The month of July is preview month for new holiday images at the In Style Stamps store.

On to my card - I used Basic Grey Ambrosia paper and colored my Harvest Vegies digi stamp with Copic markers to match the papers.  My sentiment is computer generated.   I used black for an accent color and card body.  I also used the Spellbinders circle, scalloped circle and Labels 2 dies.  After putting it all together I added six black half pearls by Want2Scrap and I dotted W0, W1 & W3 markers under my pumpkins and squash for a shadow.  I beginning to really like that technique! 

Have a fun and safe 4th of July weekend!  

Don't forget about Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps blog tour that starts today at 4:00 pm MST and will be on going all weekend!

Operation Write Home Tasty Challenge

Hello, can you believe it's July 1st already?!!
If I step outside today I'll get a dose of that reality, we're supposed to have a high of 118 here. 

My card today is for the "Tasty" challenge over at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps,  

I think I've been waiting all month for this one!  

Karen and Tammy had discussed this challenge and had it in motion when I came in as part of the OWH Stars & Stamps administrative team for the midweek throwdown.  I've taken over Karen's job doing the midweek throwdown and I've been under her wing for several weeks now and I'm about to have to fly on my own soon, but all of the wonderful card makers she's worked with have befriended me too.  

On to the card making!  My image is by Di's Digi downloads and I colored him with Copic markers using my newest favorite technique dotting on the backgrounds.  My sketch is from looking on the challenge blogs where I saw the most beautiful card and used bits and pieces of that layout for this one.  I printed God Bless America on the computer for my sentiment because 4th of July is coming and I just couldn't get it out of my mind.  The stars are a Spellbinders die with Dew Drops enhanced with R27, the kraft panel has been put through the Cuttlebug with a new 5 X 7 embossing folder I can't remember the name of and the ribbon is from Michael's. 

I know you've been seeing a lot of red, white, blue and kraft out of me lately and promise I'll try to cut back...  I ran out of W0 so you're in luck until I order a refill...   

Quite honestly I want to do some Christmas in July stamping and In Style Stamps is previewing their holiday images this month and I have some of them to share with you!  I also have a couple holiday stamps from The Stamping Boutique that are available now and are they ever cute!   I don't have anything for the holidays from La La Land Crafts yet but I do have some really cute images of theirs to share with you as well.

More challenge entries:
Pixie Dust Studio - Red, White & Blue 
The Creative Cottage - Summer Surprise 
Hand Full of Stamps - Life's a Picnic 
MelJen's - Red, White & Blue 
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes With a Celebration 
Colour Q - Red, White & Blue 
For Fun Challenges - Independence Day

Sherman from La La Land Crafts

Hello and welcome, my card is for the La La Land Crafts Something New challenge today! 

My something new is a paper pack by Basic Grey called Max & Whiskers, the digi stamp from La La Land Crafts and a new technique I learned.  This cute pups name is Sherman and you can find him here.

Sherman is colored with Copic markers, I finally got brave enough to run the Eclipse masking sheet through my laser printer so the background is air brushed.   I used additional stamps from Stampin' Up! Canine Capers for the bones and paw print, the "for you" and stitched ribbon are by Papertrey Ink.

My second card is almost an exact duplicate other than I changed Sherman's color and used the dotted background technique with my Copic markers.  

I hope you'll stop by La La Land Crafts to see all the fabulous design team creations and play along in the challenge today!

There's also a fun challenge at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps today!

From Your Secret Pal

 

I made my card today with a specific person in mind, my Secret Sister!   

It's really fun to have a Secret Sister and I know I have to be careful not to give myself away. Luckily we're both pretty new at our church so she doesn't know anything about me or what I love to do!   

This cute digi image is by Kenny K's!  They're starting a new challenge blog and were looking for design team members and I was just a moment too late to apply.  It's a good thing though, I'm on three wonderful design teams and I'm on the admin. team for  Operation Write Home so I have plenty of fun stuff going to keep me busy!    

I used my Cosmo Cricket DeLovely paper pad and Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz card stock, it's a  nice match!   She's colored with Copic markers and I had a really old Secret Pal stamp that fit into a Spellbinders Circle Nestie die that I matted with one of their pinking dies.  The two flowers are from an EK Success punch and I added Dew Drops for the centers after I enhanced them with a Copic marker.

I hope she likes it!

My card is entered into these challenges:

Stampin' Sister's In Christ - Challenge 45 Stripes

I Did It Creations - 3 D

Simon Says Challenge - Friends

The Corrosive Challenge - Flowers

Bee Crafty - Pink & Girly
Pollycraft - Pinkalicious
The Shabby Tea Room - Popsicles & Pinwheels inspiration  

Cards for Operation Write Home

It felt weird not to do any blog posts this weekend, but after two on Friday and being up to date on my design team assignments I thought I'd take some time and make a few cards for Operation Write Home!

Each of my cards today use Sandy's Ciara digi stamp, my new Basic Grey Max & Whiskers paper pad and Copic markers.  I'm not as good as I used to be at mass production but I was able to get 7 similar cards made.

The sketch I used is Mojo Monday 143 and the love you and miss you sentiments are part of this fun set!

and one more...

This last card was one of the images that was too big for the card sketch so I made a round card and experimented with the background.  I used my Copic markers to randomly add dots for the background. 

I'd also like to enter my cards into the following challenges:

Penny's Challenges - Use a dog on your card

Aud Sentiments - Love somewhere in your sentiment

Charisma Cardz - For The Boys

Shirley's 2 Girls - Anything New

Paper Cutz - Circles, stars or squares

Sew Many Cards - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Let's Go Digital
Sentimental Sunday's - Encouragement & Support
The Crazy Challenge - Make it in an hour
Freshly Brewed - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes

In Style Stamps Blog Hop

Hello,  It's blog hop day for In Style Stamps!
If you arrived here from Cyndi's blog you're right on track, 
if not you might want to start at the beginning at Robin's.

Our theme today is Patriotic and outdoors.

For my card I used the BBQ digi stamp from In Style Stamps, it's colored with Copic markers and I gave it a cobblestone patio floor with a little grass to sit on.  I used patriotic ribbon on the side panel of Kraft card stock and punched stars and added Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects for some shine! 

I'll keep you hopping!  The next stop in our blog hop is the very talented Genevieve!

More fun challenges:
Stampin' Bee's - Summer Fun
Charisma Cards - For The Boys
Delightful Sketches - It's All About Summer
Hand Full of Stamps - Joys of Summer

Blog Hopping with The Stamping Boutique

Welcome to my stop on The Stamping Boutique blog hop!  

If you were unaware of the blog hop going on today and would like to start at the beginning here's a link to Kym's blog Nana's Keepsake's.

For my card I used Cynthia the fairy mending wings and the single spool of thread digi stamps.  When I first saw the spool of thread at The Stamping Boutique store I knew just how I'd like to use it!   

I started by copying and pasting the spool of thread all over the page in my Publisher program after I'd made it just the size I wanted it.  As I pasted the spools I tilted them this way and that to make them more random and printed my page.  Next I colored them at random using the colors I'll be using in my focal image.

I colored my Cynthia image with Copic markers, applied Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds to her wings then matted her on black card stock.  I used a sketch from Cute Card Thursday by Claudia Rosa , the store bought patterned paper is Basic Grey Kioshi, I added a couple of black buttons from my stash to balance everything and it needed something else so I added the sentiment, "Hope you're on the mend soon" from my computer.  I probably shouldn't tell you this... but my computer generated sentiment is a scrap of Kioshi paper that's attached over the first paper.  I know, I'm a cheater!!  

You'd better be on your way to the very talented  Maria's blog now for your next stop in the blog hop, enjoy!

More challenges she's in:
ABC Cards - Favorite 5
1) Favorite color - purple
2) Favorite embellishment - glitter

3) Favorite sentiment - computer generated
4) Favorite card shape and or/size - square
5) Favorite tool - my computer
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Flutter By Wednesday - Fluttery Creations
Crafty Creations Challenge - Shine

Courting Emma by The Stamping Boutique

This is my final card using The Stamping Boutique images I chose for my June design team projects.  He's called Courting Emma and I thought he was just darling.  He made me think of when my husband proposed to me not so long ago.  

He's colored with Copic markers and the papers I've used are new to me.  The patterned paper and card stock are made by Memory Box.  The patterned paper is called Spearmint and the card stock is colored on one side and white on the other.  I think I like that!  As you know I make cards for Operation Write Home for our troops, I always put a white sheet of card stock on the inside of my cards and if I use Memory Box card stock I won't need to do that anymore.  

The layout for this card has become a favorite of mine, it's nice for when I have those long narrow images, scraps possibly  and I can improvise with my layers of patterned papers.   The ribbon is satin that was included with my order of papers.  

I did something a little different with the background for this image, I dotted some of the markers I used in the main image on to try to give the illusion of a night sky or dusk, falling snow, etc.  I really wanted to go back over it with my blender pen but I left it alone.  The long it stays that way the more I like it!

Speaking of The Stamping Boutique,  they are sponsoring our Midweek Throwdown challenge over at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps blog this week!   The Stamping Boutique has provided free digi images for us to use in today's challenge and they're also providing the prize!  

Click the OWH link above and go check it out!

Make A Wish!

Have you noticed the new design team badge in my side bar?  

I'm a guest designer for La La Land Crafts for a few months, how fun!  La La Land Crafts has a challenge blog and issues a new challenge each Wednesday, this week it's White on White with a focal image that can be a color of your choice.  Whew!  I've never done a white card challenge before and let me tell you it was a challenge!  I loved it!! 

The fairy is a digi stamp from La La Land Crafts called Fairy Rosie, the sentiment is by Papertrey Ink.  I colored Rosie with Copic markers, applied Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects to her wings and wand then sprinkled Stampin' Up! Dazzling Diamonds glitter on them.  

I set her aside to dry for awhile before cutting her out

I used two different embossing folders for the triangle shaped pieces of my card, Sizzix large dots and Cuttlebug Swiss Dots.  The Spellbinder's Oval and Scalloped Oval are popped with foam tape as is the Spellbinder's tag.  Oh, that wonderful ribbon is from Ribbons & Bows Oh My. 

Be sure to go visit La La Land Crafts challenge blog and play along with this weeks challenge, 

there are prizes involved! 

There's another challenge I'm involved with today I have to mention too!  

Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps has a challenge today and there are prizes involved there too!

More challenges Rosie is entered into:
ABC Challenge - X is for Xtra dimension
Crafty Creations - We want to see you shine
The Three Muses - Eyes
Your Next Stamp - Patterned Printed Ribbon
MelJens - Fiber Ribbon Lace
Whoopsie Daisy - Ribbons & Bows
Fussy & Fancy - Monochromatic & Wings

La La's goin' to the beach -

I feel a little behind today!

   We've been out and about the last few days, we left for church on Father's Day and didn't return home until after 5:00 p.m.  We went from church to lunch out and then to the movies with my husband's sister's family.  

Monday my kids grandma picked them up at noontime to spend several days out at their ranch in Wickenburg so  my husband Rick and I headed for Havasu to Lowe's to order some much needed new windows for our house, went out for lunch, stopped by my friend Linda's store "The Sugar Shack" and returned home by about 6:00 p.m.  Whew, I'm ready for a day at home with my stamping goodies!  

I do have to go out and get some groceries at some point today, darn it!  

Sometimes I wish that kind of stuff just magically appeared.

When I checked the mail yesterday I found a nice little package from La La Land Crafts, design team goodies!  I cut out my new stamps, (I must say these are really nice quality thick red rubber stamps), stamped this cute La La image and colored her.  I masked her off and sponged some Palette Sea Scape blue around her and matted her on a Spellbinders Labels 10 die I picked up at Linda's store.  I didn't have a sketch to follow so I just winged it and made up my own.  The pink is Papertrey Ink Hibiscus Burst put through the Cuttlebug with a Sizzix large dots embossing folder and the turquoise panel is from the Astro Brights collection of card stock.  I finished it off with 5/8" organdy ribbon folded in half and another Spellbinders die from the Fancy Tags collection.  Oh, that back ground stamp on the turquoise is an old Stampin' Up! Friend definition stamp.

I almost forgot!  I won over at Kah-Wink-E-Dink for my Father's Day card!!

I'd like to enter my card into a few challenges today too!

Stamp Something - Something Summer
Caard Varks - Embossing

Crafty Ann's - Embossing
Kah-Wink-E-Dink - Kick off summer! 
Totally Gorjuss - Sugar & Spice 
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Nice & Girly 
Speedy The Cat's Friends - Challenge 8 Embossing 
Rosie D's - Blue with the option of FISH
Wednesday's Stamper - I Love... La La Land Crafts stamps! 
Hand Full of Stamps - Nothing Like a Little h20 
Tuesday Throwdown - Dry Embossing

Oh Inky... get out of there!

I thought I'd start my blog post with this photo of Inky in my home made light box.  I had it all set up on my kitchen table and had gone to get the cards I was going to photograph.  

This is what I found when I came back.  It has tissue paper on the sides and top so it's pretty delicate,

I talked her out with an open can of tuna. 

This was a really fun image to color with Copic markers, she's a digi stamp made by Dew Drop Craftz.  The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket called DeLovely, I pulled the colors from the paper for the colors in my focal image.  The card stock colors are both Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz & Black.  I used a Stampin' Up! border punch and the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder as well as Spellbinder's Oval and Scalloped Oval dies.  I even had a sketch I was trying to follow but my card looks nothing like it! 

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day!  

I hope all the Dad's out there are having a wonderful day.  

My Dad has been gone for a couple of years now but we still have Dad's in our lives to make cards for.

Here are my two younger kids making their Father's Day cards.  Those little cards were sealed up in the envelopes so quick I didn't get a chance to take a picture of them.  

The kids might have been too fast for me but I have a photo of the card I made for my husband.

When I first saw this image from Mo's Digital Pencil I knew I had to have it, he's called The Big Guy and he looks like my Grandad, W.I. Hunnicutt.  My Grandad was a large man and always wore overalls like these and an engineers hat, he loved to garden too.  

I hope one day she makes some of the "big guys" that look like my husband because he's the opposite of this image.  He's tall (like 6' 5") and thin and he loves gardening too.  He's grown us some of the most delicious tomatoes this year and sun flowers taller than him!   I made sure to write him a note inside telling him how much he's loved and appreciated.

I have one more thing to tell you about today!  

In Style Stamps is having a design team call, you can check it out here on their blog!

Happy Father's Day!


Challenges for my "big guy":
Tanda Stamps - For The Big Guy
Kah-Wink-E-Dink - Father's Day
Creative Inspirations - One For The Boys
Incy Wincy - One For The Guys
Double Dutch - Dad's Treat
Ann's Creative Nook - It's A Man's World

The Stamping Boutique Sponsoring Card Patterns Challenge

I couldn't think of a really good title for my post today but I can explain what it means... 

The Stamping Boutique is the prize sponsor for the Card Patterns challenge blog this week!  You'll have to follow my link to find out what the prize is though!  

I made today's card for the Card Patterns challenge using The Stamping Boutiques digi stamp Doll Baby, isn't she adorable?!  She's colored with Copic markers and the colors came out completely different than I'd planned.  But that's okay I leafed through the Basic Grey Urban Prarie paper pad and found just the right sheet of designer paper.  

The sketch was simple and quick, I copied it almost exactly and I'm happy with how it turned out.  The flowers are punched from card stock, popped with foam tape and black half pearls added.  It's kind of delicate with the flowers popped but I can hand deliver it when it's time to give it to that special someone. 

I found another challenge to enter my card in at Crazy 4 Challenges, they'd like to see our Paper Flowers, I've got those!

Thanks for visiting - Happy Saturday!

Destination Paradise Mermaid

This cute little mermaid is a digi stamp by Dew Drop Craftz. 

This was such a fun card to make!  I used a Papertake Weekly sketch, colored her with Copic markers and added bling to her tail using Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds.  I also added SU Crystal Effects to the puddle of water she's in.  

It was the perfect sketch to show her off, clean and simple.  The patterned paper is from that pack of Me & My Big Ideas I've been using lately, everything is matted in Basic Black and the body of the card is Stampin' Up! Taken With Teal.

Fun Challenges she's entered in:
Stamp Something - Something Summer 
Charisma Cardz - All About Bling 
Hand Full Of Stamps - Nothing Like A Little h2o 
Spoon Full Of Sugar - Enjoying The Sunshine 
Tuesday Throwdown - Celebrate Summer 
Quirky Crafts - Summer

June Challenge at The Stamping Boutique!

Hi!  Have you heard about the month long challenge at The Stamping Boutique?!  I've  copied and pasted right from  their blog post below, check it out!

We will randomly select one winner each month to win 5 FREE images of their choice.  Also the person that links up the most will win 5 FREE images of their choice.  We will also be selecting our Guest Designers from these contests too.  What are you waiting for, you know you want to win those FREE images and you can't win if you don't enter!  I put a link to that blog post in their name above, click it and the link will take you there.

How cool is that?!

My card today is a Stamping Boutique image called Teen Whimsy, isn't she cute?!  I had so much fun coloring her and making my card I made three of them.  With each card I stepped it up just a little.  The card pictured above is the last one I made.  I air brushed the background and tried my hand at adding clouds.  

This next card I air brushed the background but hadn't thought of clouds yet.  I used a sketch that Karen made for Operation Write Home a few months ago, love it!  The top panels on both of these cards started out as Neenah Solar white card stock, I embossed them with Cuttlebug embossing folders then air brushed them with the Copic marker colors I used in the girls tops.  The 3 gems are also air brushed to match!

This was my first card and I sponged the background.  I'm not sure if you can tell but on each of the card bodies I used the Stampin' Up! Just Jeans background stamp to repeat the "jeans" pattern.  

Two of my three cards are for Operation Write Home and go into my "OWH box".  I have set a goal for myself to send one box a month to Operation Write Home for our troops.  These cards also qualify for the Operation Write Home Midweek Stash Challenge - Bring Out Your Bling!

More Challenges:
Charisma Cardz - All About Bling
La La Land Crafts - Embossing 
Kaboodle Doodles - Anything Goes With A Dash of Purple

Over the Hump Day Blog Candy Giveaway at In Style Stamps

I have another card for you made with In Style Stamps, it's for their Over The Hump Day Blog Candy Give Away that starts at 12:00 PM PST today!  You have to go over to the In Style Stamps blog at noon and check it out along with all the samples from our awesome design team! 

I used Jessica for my graduation card, she's a digi stamp that I printed and colored with Copic markers.  My old high school colors are purple and gold, I wanted to try my hand at feather blending those colors and I'm pretty happy with the results.  I gave her a cobble stone path to stand on with a little grass behind it.  I also used Cool Gray 2 for the background then sprayed a scrap of washcloth with Copic blender solution and dabbed it on the cool gray background.  

The layout for my card is Card Positioning Systems sketch 170A, using Stampin' Up! Summer Sun and Eggplant Envy card stocks, their scalloped punch and an EK Success small flower punch and some rhinestones for the flower centers that I touched up with my Copic marker for just the right color of purple.  I also ran the top portion of my card through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder and used my Scor-Bug on the Eggplant Envy panel.  The sentiment is by Papertrey Ink.  

Don't forget to go enter to win the blog candy at In Style Stamps!

Tuesday Taggers Guest Designer Today!!

I get to be a guest designer today at Tuesday Taggers!  I won their May 18th challenge and they asked if I"d like to be their guest designer for June 15th, you bet!   I was asked to make a vintage bookmark.

I absolutely love the vintage look and feel, I don't use it very often on my cards anymore so this was fun!  I stamped a Neenah Solar white scrap of card stock with the Stampin' Up! Victorian Lace background stamp in Palette Cognac ink then stamped the Stampin' Up! French Script background stamp over it in Memento Cocoa ink.   Next I stamped the Photo Print by Stampington & Co. onto another scrap of Papertrey Ink Premium White cardstock with Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip Craft Ink.  My new craft ink pad was dry so the clear embossing powder doesn't have the shine I was going for after heating it but vintage stuff is usually matte finish anyway.  I then stamped over that with the Stampin' Up! Linen background stamp in Palette Cognac stamped off once. 

The old family photos I have are matted and framed often in ovals so I chose a Spellbinder's Oval Nesties die to cut out the center of my rectangle that I'd rounded the corners on.  The inside of that oval was used for the top of the tag, I trimmed off part of it and attached it, punched a hole in it and added May Arts dotted organdy and a little piece of tea dyed gingham.  The finishing touch was four Want2Scrap half pearls and a bow made from the May Arts dotted organdy.  My kids were working at the table with me and didn't mind holding two of my Copic markers to tie the bow around.  

I hope you enjoyed my bookmark, now head on over to Tuesday Taggers and join the fun!

More Challenges:
City Crafter Challenge - Venice, beyond gondola 
Papertake Weekly - Ice cream flavors 
There She Goes - Worn, Torn & Distressed 
Lexi's Creations - Something Old
Mark's Finest Papers - Make You Own Background Paper
Andrea's Stampin' Moments - Simply Sponged