Thinking "Shabby Chic" of You

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I have a confession to make about the paper I used on this card...
I LOVED the paper the minute I laid eyes on it.  My enabler/friend, Joy, over at Purtty Paperz, had gotten it when it first came out and I was seeing all the BEAUTIFUL stuff she was making with it.  I couldn't help but run out and buy it.  So after I got it home, I put it in my paper tub...and there it sat.  I'd look at it lovingly every time I got ready to start a new project...and there it sat.  It's only paper for crying out loud, but it intimidated the heck out of me.  I've never understood how paper or embellishments or techniques can scare the beejeezus out of a grown woman. 

Admittedly, I don't have kids (not human ones, anyway) but I've worked in a restaurant, two shoe stores (phew, stinky feet), and sat through hours and hours of graphic testimony about impaled abdomens and ripped off extremities, with photos no less; and I turn into a lip-quivering wimp at the thought of using pretty paper.  HUH?!?  This insanity must stop!

I used the pretty paper!  Yay, Me!  I used the pretty paper!  (Doing my happy dance!)  It's silly, I know; but we all have our hang-ups and "saving" pretty stuff for later is mine.  I don't anymore, but I used to only wear a favorite perfume on special occasions.  I finally realized that every day that I woke up was a special occasion:)

Thank you sharing in "Therapy Time" with me.  Without further adieu, here is my card...

 



I'm so totally pleased with the way it came out.  It looks even better in person.  I'm still honing my photography skills and they're getting better all the time.  I didn't do anything really special on this card except that all the flowers, except the large rose, started out white.  I sprayed, inked, & spritzed until they came out the right colors.  It hardly ever shows in the photo, but they all have a bit of glimmer to them.  I also fussy cut the doily shape from pattern paper.  I NEVER fussy cut.  It makes my hands/wrists hurt, but I had to make an exception because there was no other doily in the world that was going to be the right size, shape, or color;) 

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:
C Is For Challenge:  Lots of Layers {a total of 7 plus the seam binding}
Creative Stamp Friends:  Use a Stamp/Vintage
Shabby Tea Room:  #182 - Sweet Summertime/Photo Inspiration
Flutterby Wednesdays:  #251 Anything goes w/ butterfly or fairy
Stampotique Designer's Challenge:  #115 Lots of Layers  (7 plus the seam binding)
4 Krafty Girlz:  #1 Anything Goes

Enabler's List:
Ivory card base, 5x7
Pattern Paper:  Pink Paisley/Butterfly Garden
Flowers:  Tiny ivory roses, Prima;  small rose from Yolie at Link Up For Pink; Medium rose, Recollections; Large rose, Recollections/Boutique Fleur
Wooden Butterfly:  Studio Calico
Pearls:  Recollections
Stamps:  Fancy Tags/Justrite Stamps;  French Foliage/Stampin Up
Inks:  Juniper/CTMH; Sahara Sand & Crumb Cake, SU
Distress Stains:  Spun Sugar & Picket Fence (for butterfly)
Seam Binding:  Pool Party/SU
Glimmer Mist:  Frost/Tattered Angels
Sassy Shimmer Spritz:  (my homemade version)  Crème Brulee w/ sparkle gold, Wedding Gown, & La Vie En Rose
Sketch:  Kelly Holifield, Papersecrets

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Until next time, Scrap Sassy!

A Vintage Dress Form

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So glad you chose to spend a few minutes of your day with me.  I posted a similar card the other day, but this one is my favorite of the two.  I just adore the dress form die from Stampin Up.  I "dressed" her up with a string of pearls and a linen thread belt.  It was a fun card.  I've been in a totally vintage, shabby chic mood lately and my mojo has been obliging.

 



I'll be entering this card into a few challenges.  And they are:

 

It's All About The Vintage #51 - use metal (stickpins)

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

Card Mania Challenge #28 - Ribbon

 

Enabler's List:

Pattern Paper - K & Co. (background), Paper Studio (dressform)

Cardstock:  Ivory card base; Crumb Cake, SU

Seam Binding - Really Reasonable Ribbon

Digi - Shoregirl's Creations

Stickpins:  made by me

Linen thread:  SU

Pearls:  from stash

Inks:  Chocolate Chip & Crumb Cake/SU

Die:  Dress form by SU/Sizzix

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Until next time, Scrap Sassy!

 

Thinking Pink

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I'm on a mission to let everyone know about the spectacular,  awesome, fantabulous LINK UP FOR PINK October Event!  It starts October 1st and goes through the 14th.  There will be lots of cards and projects and lots of pink too!  And did I mention prizes!?!  Please help us support Breast Cancer Awareness, be there for those who are fighting the battle, celebrate those who are cancer-free, and honor those we've lost.

I decided to play with a technique I hadn't done in a while, embossing resist.  All the embossing stuff and the alcohol inks are so convenient in the new scraproom, I'm re-trying lots of old techniques that I kind of forgot about.  For my first card, I decided to make it feminine with some pretty pink pearly pins...say that three times fast:)

 

 

And here I am again with more leftovers.  Wish the stuff in my fridge looked this appetizing;)  For this card, I decided on some sweet, little roses in two different pinks and a ribbon with both organza and satin in it.

 

 

 

For the embossing resist technique, all I did was heat emboss the ribbon flourish design on white cardstock with clear embossing powder.  After it had cooled, I used a stamp from the Strength & Hope stamp set to make the wording background.  The next step is to take a sponge, a dauber, a stipple brush - whatever you choose - and add ink on top of the embossed image and like magic, it appears.  I just think this technique is just too cool and I hope you do too!

 

Enablers List:

FOR BOTH CARDS:

Cardstock:  Pale pink, Recollections; Regal Rose, Stampin Up; White, Close to my Heart.

Stamps:  Breast Cancer, Pink By Design;  Strength & Hope, Stampin Up (retired).

Inks:  Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink , SU;  Versamark.

Clear Detail Embossing Powder, CTMH.

 

PINK WITH PINS CARD:

Pattern Paper:  My Mind's Eye, Breeze.

Ribbon:  Pink Satin from Michaels.

Other Ink:  Grey Flannel, CTMH (retired)

 

PINK WITH ROSES CARD:

Roses:  Recollections

Pattern Paper:  Carta Bella, Paris Girl.

Ribbon:  Michaels

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I look forward to seeing you over at Link Up For Pink!



Happy Birthday with Toile

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I made a beautiful baby boy card recently (which I'll be able to share soon), and I still had all this lovely (and old) Anna Griffin toile paper on my scrap desk.  I decided to make a similar card and use up some of these gorgeous scraps as well as some embies that I didn't use on the baby card. 

 

I don't know if any of you do this when you create, but I pick my papers and then go around my scraproom like a crazy lady digging through jars of flowers, rooting through drawers and baskets, and generally making a huge pile on my desk of all the items I "collected" and then I start on my project...with like no room at all to work;)   And putting all the stuff I use away is a booger, so a lot of times, I end up making a few "matching" cards.  I like doing that after I finish a layout especially, because I usually only have enough scraps left for a few cards anyway and it makes cleaning up easier. 

 

Okay, enough about me.  Here's the card I created with my "leftovers."

 

 

 

I was going for a very shabby chic look, so I distressed ALL the edges with ink and even used my handy-dandy Prima distressing tool.  I have tried several distressing tools in the past, but this one by far is my fave.  And yep, it looks just like my Grandma Julie's foot file that used to sit on the shelf in her bathroom.  Same color too;)

 

I used it at a Prima class that I took while at CKC-Nashville a few years ago and loved it!  I ordered one as soon as I got back home!

 

Do you ever buy stuff just because all your friends are buying it and think it's great?  I'm so guilty of that!  I used a few of those things on this card that I just HAD TO HAVE.  One is chipboard.  I must have two white cubes from Michaels filled to overflowing with chipboard of every imaginable size, shape, color, texture.  The one I used here was from a package I received in a goodie bag at a weekend retreat in February.  Another one of those "Had to Have" items was Tim Holtz Distressing Stains.  I used them both on the chipboard piece and as well as the newsprint pattern paper to "shab them up a bit."  I also used the sanding tool and the metal brush on the chipboard to uncover portions of the pattern embossed on it.  I love the burlap flowers!  Those are new to my stash and this is the first time I've used them.

 

I'll be entering this card in several challenges...

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #235 - In Distress

Sweet Stamps #132 - Birthday

Use It Tuesdays #62, Trends  {I LOVE this challenge because you must use "hoarded" supplies...and I have a lot!}

Whimsical Designs - Something Old/Something New Challenge {Anna Griffin Paper/Burlap Flowers}

A.R.T. Card Challenge #12 - Ribbons & Pearls

Crafty Ribbons #59 - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Seize The Birthday - Anything Goes as long as it's birthday

 

Enabler's List:

Cardstock:  Bazzill, ivory

Pattern Papers:  Plain Blue and Blue Toile, Anna Griffin;  Newsprint, Paper Studio.

Chipboard:  Michael's Dollar Bin

Burlap Flowers:  Paper Studio

Stamps:  French Foliage & Elementary Elegance, Stampin Up

Ribbon Rose:  Stampin Up, cut from trim

Pleated Ribbon:  Hobby Lobby

Seam Binding:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Large Pearl:  from stash

Mini Pearls:  Close to my Heart

Inks:  Heavenly Blue, CTMH (retired);  Crumb Cake & Marina Mist, SU

Tim Holtz Distress Stains:  Antique Linen, Picket Fence, & Weathered Wood

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Until next time, Scrap Sassy!

 

 

 

 





You're Sew Sweet

Welcome to the Studio!

Since the move, things are FINALLY settling down and life is resuming a normal pace.  There's still a lot to unpack, but it's too early to put out the Christmas decorations, so I figure I have a breather until after Halloween at least;)  My mojo was in full swing yesterday and I made it a point to craft the day away.  I made a pendant for a Halloween necklace and while that was drying I made two cards.  I wanted to share one of my creations with you today.  It's "sew" shabby chic!

 

 

I downloaded the sewing machine freebie from a blog I follow, Shoregirl's Creations.  She's always got such cool ideas and projects, not to mention recipes too.  The card was pretty simple to make, just some inking around the edges and that's about it.  The trickiest part was getting the thread onto the mini spools...mini glue dots did the trick!

 

I'm entering this card in a few challenges too!  And those are:

Can You Digi It #43 - Very Vintage

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

A.R.T. Card Challenge #12 - Ribbons & Pearls

 

Enabler's List:

Cardstock:  Colonial White & Ruby/Close To My Heart

Pattern Paper:  K & Co. {And boy, this was some OLD stash that got unearthed in the move}

Flower:  Colorbok  {It's sewing pattern print.  I found these at Joann's}

Spools:  Maya Road

Red Thread:  from stash

Linen Thread:  Stampin Up

Burlap Border:  Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby

Seam Binding:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Pearl:  CTMH

Inks:  Chocolate Chip & Crumb Cake/SU

Digi:  Shoregirl's Creations freebie

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Until next time, Scrap Sassy!

We All Need Hope

Welcome to the Studio!

It's been ages since I've been able to create and I'm excited to say that I've finally had the opportunity...and just in time for Link Up For Pink Challenge 16!  The scraproom kind of became a makeshift holding tank for two trailer loads of stuff in the last few weeks of "THE MOVE," which I'm happy to say in finally OVER!  After adding some shelving and lots of organizing, the scraproom is finally usable.  Mom still can't find everything.  I'll be starting on the drawer and basket labeling next;)

Our sponsor for this challenge is Sherri Baldy.  I just love, love, love her awesome images.  Here is my card using Image 707 from her shop.

I decided to paper piece this little cutie.  I wanted the denim look and I'm so not that talented with Copics.  I did the rest of her with watercolor pencils and a blending pen.  I followed an old sketch I found buried on my iPad from My Mind's Eye and it just so happens the pattern paper is MME as well.  The cardstock and the bracket label is Stampin Up.  "Denim Hope" is printed on watercolor paper. The denim paper and the burlap border is from The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby.  {I finally went shopping at "The Lob" for the first time in months.  They have a ton of cool, new items...like burlap borders and flowers!}  The button and floss is from my stash.  The "Hope" stamp is from Justrite Stamps.  The frilly ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  The awareness ribbon punch is from EK Success.  The pink rose is Recollections/Michaels hit with a little of my own Sassy Shimmer Spritz in La Vie En Rose.  The itty, bitty rhinestones are from CTMH.

Now for the fun stuff...
Be sure to enter Challenge 16.  The rules are simple...make it pink!  There will be two winners and each will receive five digis...Woo Hoo!  If I won, I don't know how I'd possibly be able to pick out only five favorites.  The winners will have their work cut out for them.  I look forward to seeing all your beautiful creations!

Buttons and Butterflies

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Whew, it's been a rough few months.  I haven't had hardly any time to craft.  I've been packing and purging not only my scrap stash but everything else in the house too.  You can't imagine just how many Christmas ornaments you can acquire in four short years:)

So to update everyone, I am partially moved (and my mom too) to the sprawling metropolis of Picayune, Mississippi.  It's country living at its finest.  The guy who lives across to street brings fresh chicken eggs once a week.  I've never had eggs that fresh!  From coop to kitchen in under an hour.  We have a brand, spankin' new scraproom built by my Dear Old Dad.  It's awesome!  Just a huge 10x20 open space with lots of outlets for all my scrappy gadgets, some uber lighting, and lots of windows.  There's even a tin roof so I can hear the rain pitter-patter.

The cube wall with all our paper is put together (mostly), the dies and diecutting machines are ready and raring to go.  I even found my paper trimmer - Yay, Me!  So I FINALLY got a few moments to crank out some cards after months of not really being able to.  By no means is everything unpacked, but at least I can find some of my stuff;)  The picture below is the cube wall...

I thought a good way to get the creative juices flowing again was to start with a few challenges.  Here is my newest creation...

It's based upon Sweet Sunday Sketch #188.  The sketch is pictured below.  I also got a bit of inspiration from a challenge blog I just discovered, 613 Avenue Create.  Their current challenge, #27,  is a "create your own" challenge.  I created my own with a Choose 3 option of pattern paper, solid paper, and a sentiment.  It was a lot of fun and really made me put my creative thinking cap on.  I also used a bunch of buttons so I could join in the fun at Catered Crop with their Button Up challenge.

For this card, I used:
Ivory 5x6.5 card base, from chain craft store
Pattern Paper:  denim (Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby); Flowers and pink (Crate Paper/Random collection)
Chipboard:  Butterfly (Michaels)
Stamps:  Happy Birthday (Heidi Swapp); Flourish (Justrite Stamps)
Buttons:  yellow are from CTMH, pink from stash
Linen thread:  Stampin Up
Jute Cord:  from stash
Inks:  Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Rose Red and Crumb Cake (Stampin Up); Colonial White (CTMH/retired)
Dies:  Spellbinders scalloped border

Here are a few more pictures of my new scraproom.  I'm just so excited to have a pretty place to craft!

The "Timmy Table" aka home of the Vagabond.

 

New stamp storage.  It spins and holds tons of stamps

and even has room for a lot of bottles of Prima flowers!

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Until next time, Scrap Sassy!