Stacy's Paper Crafts

PTI Blog Hop

Happy Friday! I hope you all had a great week! It's been pretty rainy here all week but the sun is shining today! I Hope that it sticks around this weekend!

Today Papertrey Ink is hosting it's monthly blog hop.

I ♥ ♥ ♥ the colors and patterns in the inspiration photo this month! When I saw the stacked bowls and the scalloped edges I knew I just had to use a layered flower for the focal image of my card. 

I used Spring Moss cardstock, one of my favorite shades of green. Here's a close up photo. I used my nestabilities dies to cut the flower die cuts and then spritzed them with water, and scrunched each piece before layering them using foam tape. 

It's just after 1 P.M. here and there are already over 100 entries submitted for the blog hop. Don't forget to stop by Nichole's blog to check them out. Thanks for stopping by today! 

Celebrate Dad

 

 

Hope you all had a great week! We're having a lazy/cleaning day today. Finishing up the laundry and some other little chores leisurely. Wait can you use "leisurely" and chores in the same sentence??!! LOL Well let's just say I'm not in a rush to get them done, but I'm working on them.

Anyhoo just wanted to share a card I whipped up for this weeks' Cas-ual Friday Challenge. I used alphabet die cuts propped up using foam tape for the focal image. The cheveron mat is from Simple Stories' Awesome Collection, love those little tags! The stamped sentiments are from PTI's Say It with Style stamp set. I used my old school TAC Crackle Background stamp to add some texture to the card base, added some ink to the edges, and attached a couple of mini brad to finish the card. 

This close up photo is a better picture of the actual colors. Photographing lighter colors with my little point and shoot can be tricky sometimes. By the way, Red Rubber Designs is a new company that is selling stamps and products that were available through The Angel Company which closed awhile back. So if you're a TAC fan and missed out on purchasing some stamps on your wish list you might be able to find them there. 

Thanks for looking! :)

 

 

Many Thanks

Finally... a card to share :)

Supplies: Paper: PTI cardstock, Basic Grey patterned paper, Die Cuts: PTI & Nestabilities, Stamps: Word Salad by Paper Smooches, & Cheveron Backdrops background from Lawn Fawn, Other: thread, Momento Ink, eyelet, glitter

 

Hope your week is off to a great start! 

 

Spring is in the air...

I'm still here... can't believe I haven't updated my blog in over a month. March started out great with crafty projects and then I got side tracked with Spring cleaning and Spring Break. I'm still trying to understand why it is that things become messier when I begin my Spring cleaning. It's a disaster in my house! LOL I really need to get rid of the junk we just really aren't using. 

This week I've been busy with yard work. I really have a greater respect for landscapers... this clay soil we have is ROUGH! I just can't seem to be able to keep my shrubs alive. This year I'm planting some different ones, I hope that the summer heat won't be too brutal on them. 

Anyway, hopefully I'll be able to finish up the rest of my Spring Cleaning this weekend so that I can spend some time in my craft room.... it misses me :)  

CPS 256 & Art Journaling

Happy Sunday!

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend... minus DLS time! While I appreciate the extra sunlight, I'm a little off today with the time shift, but I'm hoping to have a productive day somehow! LOL 

It probably didn't help that I stayed up really late last night playing in my craft room :) I decided to work on a card for this week's CPS Sketch Challenge.

I used some paper from the Awesome collection by Simple Stories... which is pretty darn awesome! :) Love the earthy tones and fun patterns in this collection. 

I also rotated the sketch to create this masculine birthday card. The sentiment is from PTI's Modern Basics stamp set. I used a lot of pop dots, ink, and edge distressing to add some texture to this card. I think I may have to stock up on a couple more sheets of this lovely paper! 

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Last week I finally put the bones of an art journal together using an old composition notebook. It's something I've been wanting to do for awhile now. I love the freedom that art journaling allows! Here's a great tutorial that I used... Art Journal Tutorial. I've got all the pages Gesso'ed... is that a real word? LOL This week I'm going to add some paint and texture and then figure out what to do with it next. 

Do you Art Journal? Who inspires you? Do you have a favorite tip or trick I could borrow from you?

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

I think it might be safe to say...

Winter is over. It was a little disappointing to not get enough snow to have a good snowball fight or go sledding... maybe next year we'll get pounded! LOL 

So now that Winter is pretty much over and done with I can think about Spring! It's one of my favorite seasons. I created this springy thank you card using PTI stamps, cardstock, ink, some ribbon, button, & scrappers floss. I love the pop of color against the white card base. Thanks for looking! 

 

 

5th Grade

Next year my son will be a "Middle Schooler." I don't feel old enough to have a child who's old enough to go to middle school! LOL I'm pretty excited for him though... and a little bit nervous too. Middle School is so different from elementary school. I think he'll do fine with the transition, but I still worry. I suppose we never really truly stop worrying about our children, even after they are all grown up.  Anyway I've been working on finishing his elementary school scrapbook album. I still have a lot to but I'm getting there. 

I finally pulled out some of the Jillibean Soup Bakers Twine that I won last year sometime. I just can't ever seem to get it to tie correctly and then get it to lay flat the way I want it. I put a glue dot behind the knot and that seems to have helped, hopefully it'll stay put. I also went old school on this layout and used some 7 Gypsies gaffer tape,  some Making Memories alpha rub-ons, and added a dymo sticker label too. So that's one layout down.... 5000000 more to go :) Thanks for looking! 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Speaking of love... I love that patterned paper! It's from Simple Stories Destinations collection. I love how versatile it is. I really didn't intend to use it this way but I love how nicely it works with the Valentine's theme. I hope that you get a chance to squeeze somebody you love today :)

 

Butterflies and leaves

Hi All! It's Monday... again! Hopefully your week is off to a great start! Today I want to share a card I made for today's PTI Anniversary celebration challenge. Butterflies and Leaves is the theme for today's challenge.  I randomly stamped one of the stamps from Text Style II using versamark ink on the Spring Rain card base. I used wire to create the antennae for the butterfly die  cut and propped it up using foam dots. I found these tiny pearl dots, I can't recall where, probably ACMoore or Joanns, but I placed them around the leaves. One my neighbors has a holly looking shrub that has these little bitty red berries blooming. Our weather has been so strange here lately, I don't think they usually bloom at this time of year! They are confused! LOL But that's where I got the inspiration to use the tiny pearls. Thanks for looking! 

PTI products used:

Stamps- Butteryfly Dreams, Text Style II, Turning a New Leaf, & Flower Fusion #9

Other Products- Butterfly Die, wire,  tiny pearls, Stampers Select White cardstock, Spring Rain cardstock & Ink, & Momento black & Versamark Ink

Yellow is so difficult to photograph!

I suppose it doesn't help that it's been overcast and cloudy these last few days. I had to doctor up the lighting for this card a LOT.

This is one of  the other cards I created for PTI's digi image challenge the other day. I added some glossy accents to the bee after coloring it with Copic markers. 

This is the card I created for today's challenge featuring Hearts

PTI Products used:  Polka Dot Basics II, Text Style II, Houndstooth Background, Wonderfully Whimsical, Spring Moss & White Cardstock, Medium scallop die, & Fillable Frames #9 die. Other products used: Cuttlebug Heart die, scrappers floss, & mini button.

 Hope you're having a great weekend! 

PTI 5th Anniversary Challenge Day 2

Did you see the sneak peeks on Nichole's blog today? That coffee cup with hearts  is too cute, I can't wait to see the rest of the images/sentiments in that set! 

Today's Anniversary challenge involves using digi images also available on Nichole's blog. Here's one of the images I used. 

I paired this image block with a kraft cardstock base and a piece of spring moss cardstock stamped with PTI's Houndstooth background stamp using spring moss ink. Then I added a little rhinestone to the center. 

I created another card, but I can't seem to get a good photo of it, I may try again later today. If not I'll be back tomorrow. Thanks for looking :)

Happy 5th Anniversary PTI!

I've been a fan of Papertrey Ink since the beginning. I love the classic & timeless style of their stamp designs. When they first started out many of the existing stamp companies really didn't offer anything similar to what PTI was manufacturing.

While it appears that some of those same stamp companies are inspired by what the PTI ink team does, PTI still manages to remain true to their own style, and continues to inspire and wow me with each new release. 

ALL of the designers are really amazing and have unique design styles, but I have to say that Maile is my favorite :) I love her designs... they are clean but with a little something extra, love that! I created a card inspired by this one that she created...

Here's mine...

Modern Basics is one of my absolute favorite PTI stamp sets! I paired it with sentiments from PTI's Say It With Style & Flower Fusion #1 stamp sets. Thanks for looking! 

A Valentine for Him

 

Hi, hope you all had a great weekend! Today is my "Monday," DS had a teachers workday yesterday. I didn't craft this weekend but I did clear off the table today to make the a few Valentine's so I can get them in the mail early... meaning on time before Valentine's Day! LOL

 

This one has a more masculine feel, I really like how the grey patterned hears turned out. I stamped the images and layered them behind the white panel that I adhered using pop dots to give it some dimension. Easy peasy :)

Are you getting excited over all the CHA sneak peeks?  Here's a great website where you can check out a lot of the sneak peeks in one place...

CHA 2012 Sneak Peeks

I'm really looking forward to the new Unity Stamps Christy Thomlinson designed...

CT Unity Stamps I  and  CT Unity Stamps II

I'm still browsing the sneak peeks but those stamps and the album kit Simple Stories is introducing are definitely on my wish list!  Documented how fun is this??!

What's on your wish list?

Happy 2012!

Happy New Year! I'm back :) Yep, and I'm feeling totally inspired to create! I did not set any "New Years resolutions for 2012" but there are so many things I'd like to do in 2012. On the creative front, I want to scrap more, sew more, and play with paint! Painting is definitely something new for me and out of my comfort zone but mixed media & canvas art looks like so much fun! You'll definitely be seeing some of that on my blog this year.

I started cleaning my scrap room and got distracted LOL I decided to use up some paper scraps to create a few Valentine's Day cards. This is one of them. Not only did I use some paper scraps, but I also dug out my old DYMO label maker to create the sentiment, and used a chipboard heart that I've had in my stash for a LONG time. I created a little window after adhering the patterned paper strips across the card base and then added some inking around the edges.

Thanks for looking! 

Happy Holidays to you all!

Hi Everyone, hope you're well!

I've decided to take a break from blogging until after Christmas. There's just too much to do. After been sick with the flu, bronchitis, and a sinus infection for 8+ weeks I'm just behind on a lot of things. So I'm going to enjoy my holiday stress free, catch up on what I can catch up with, and forget the rest! LOL 

Wishing you all a happy & healthy holiday! See you in 2012 :)