Welcome to my little piece of blog-land. Grab a cup of coffee/tea, and scroll through my posts. I have been busy crafting and posting what I have created. I was browsing a local paper store, and stumbled upon this beautifully neutral pattern paper by Heidi Swap: Vintage Chic. A beautiful collection of pattern papers in cream, black, grey, teal, and pink. Amazing. Now, if you scroll down a few posts, you will see that I have crafted two notebooks, a gift tote, and a few cards. But, I am not done crafting with these beautiful pattern papers, yet! {smile}
While surfing the web, I stopped by one of my favorite eastern European challenge sites: Scrap Magic. Their current challenge is kraft & pearls, it is part of their 'contrast' challenge. They also have a beautiful inspiration board. And if you need a little more creative eye candy, please check out what the design team have created. You will be pleasantly surprised {smile}.
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This challenge and my 'new' Vintage Chic pattern paper, are perfect together!
I also stopped by the Christmas Card Challenge. I wanted to see what their new challenge is. Their current challenge is Anything Goes. Easy to work with {smile}.
and here is what i created:
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Recipe: I used kraft card stock by Paper Trey Ink, for the card base. I used mint macaroon card stock by Stampin' Up! for the matt. I used 3 different pattern papers from the Vintage Chic collection by Heidi Swap: kraft & cream stripes, grey polka dots on cream, and ledger print on cream paper. I sponged all the edges with crumb cake classic ink, by Stampin' Up!. It's a soft kraft color ink.
I adhered the kraft & cream stripe paper onto the mint macaroon card stock, and sewn a simple border stitch on the main panel.
I used my Tasteful Trim die to create the large scallop panel with the grey polka dot on cream pattern paper. I wrapped a piece of mint macaroon taffeta ribbon around the large scallop die cut piece.
I used one of my digital bingo cards and matted it on mint macaroon card stock. I tucked it just under the large scallop piece.
I used a mini banner punch by Stampin' Up! to create my trio of banners. I sponged all the edges with crumb cake classic ink. I used a scrap piece of mint macaroon card stock to matt each banner piece. I adhered them to the main panel, and then used my stapler to secure them to the card front. (*I love mixing different textures: paper, fabric, metal, pearls/rhinestones, etc.) I tied my bow upside down. I like how the bow sat, upside down, better then right side up.
I stamped my sentiment in baked brown sugar classic ink by Stampin' Up!, onto white card stock. I wanted a soft, creamy, kraft color, and love how this color looked. I used mint macaroon as my matt. I used foam tape to 'lift' the sentiment block off the card front.
I used one of my Prima: Coffee Break fabric blossoms, to add a feminine touch to the card. I just love the lace and pearl center. So delicate and pretty.
For my final touch, I added some kraft-colored, flat-back pearls, and some mint-colored, flat-back jewels in two clusters of three. (**Kraft and Mint are the two main colors, and so I repeated these colors whenever I could.)
Thank You, for visiting my blog. I hope you have found some inspiration. And I hope you have the opportunity to play along with either of these challenges. I know that they would love to see what you have created {smile}.
