Make It Monday #100: How to Package Cards with Oversized Embellishments

 

 

 

 

Make It Monday #100: How to Package Cards with Oversized Embellishments
This was a super fun challenge! Its been a while since I've made a card and it was hard to get
back into the grove.
The items used to make the card are Papertrey Ink and October afternoon paper: Farm Girl.
 

What!? Its November!?

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween! Ours was superb! I must say however I am ecstatic it is over! Halloween is the busiest time in my shop. I start on it in the early summer. So as you can image I am SO over it. I'm late with my Christmas holiday items as usual but I will start listing them very soon! This year besides my Banners, cards, and tags I have lots of handmade supplies perfect for card making, scrapbooking, and gift embellishing. I am only offering a limited quantity this year. I really want to have time to enjoy the season and my family. I will leave you with a few peeks

Black And Cream

I think black and cream is my favorite color combination. Second would be aqua and pink. Black and cream reminds me of ancient book pages, aged newspapers, and antique handwritten letters. All of those make my heart beat faster. I'm (very slowly) redoing my bedroom to black and cream. I'm thinking burlap, swirly black vintage frames, and chippy black furniture. I want to take a huge blank canvas and cover it in antique book covers. I think it would look fabulous hanging over my bed. I made these two cards today. The photos aren’t great because we are in the middle of a dust storm and the light is strange. Got to love west Texas weather! Oh and almost ALL the supplies for the cards was Papertrey Ink.

Sew Very Vintage

I adore vintage buttons and new buttons too! Here are some past post I have made about buttons #1, #2. I collect vintage and antique button cards. I'm making my own vintage style button cards now! They make gorgeous focal points for cards.

Supplies

Paper: PTI-aqua mist, vintage cream; Cosmo Cricket-Material Girl

Ink: Distress ink-Burlap, Paper; Versafine-vintage sepia

Stamps: PTI- Button Boutique

Other: PTI-Button dies 

Part of my collection of vintage buttons

Glittery Pretties and A Sick Little Monkey

Photo Courtesy of Cerri
There is a easy and fun tutorial over at Joli Paquet by Cerri you need to go see! So cute!
My little monkey has been sick. His asthma flared up for the first time in a few years and it took a few days and the doctor trying different medicines to get his breathing back to normal. There is nothing more stressful or scary than having your child tell you he can't breath! But, after lots of tlc he is doing great. He told me " Mom thanks for EVERYTHING." so sweet! At night I couldn't sleep because I went to check on him like every five minutes to make sure he was breathing. I'm just a LITTLE over protective. I took the time to make some yummy pink goodness. I'm offering this set in my shop. I think its very shabby chic! If it doesn't sell I'm perfectly fine with that. I think it would look marvelous in my studio.

Holidays With Joli Paquet

Its time for the Holiday Joli Paquet again! I'm so excited. We have all been working hard to bring you great tutorials and sweet kits for this year. We are also doing a Vintage Stocking Swap. Want to know how to join? Send an email to cerri @ thelittlepinkstudio.com by Sunday the 14th answering some questions. More info here. Tomorrow I will be doing a tutorial on how to make faux Mercury glass ornaments so be sure to come back! You won't believe how easy it is.

Autumn Blessings Flip Book

This is the project I am doing for High Cotton Art Camp. I will be adding even more pictures soon!

Autumn Blessings Flip Book

Autumn is my favorite time of year. I love to slow down and count my blessings when the leaves start to turn glorious colors, families come together to bake and cook, and the garden offers its bounty. Come count your blessings with me and make this Autumn flip book and holder. The book has many layers of new and vintage ribbons, papers, gems, glitter, and embellishments. It will have places for you to journal what your thankful for, record your favorite fall memories, and add autumn pictures. You will also make a Plexiglas holder that can adorn your home year around. The holder will have antique mother of pearl buttons, real silver glitter, and vintage lace. In the class you will learn many techniques you need for that vintage distressed look. All the supplies are include. You can however, bring Fall stamps (rubber or acrylic), photos, and any little collected treasures you might want to add. So come on over and creatively put your blessings to paper to remember what your thankful for.