A Card and some Storage Space

A pretty little spring card that I CASE'd from Michelle Wooderson.  I loved the layout, so I used it to make my own version.

Supplies:

Paper:  Rustic White Cardstock (Papertrey Ink), background paper, Soiree (Pink Paislee), polkadot paper, Mitten Wheather (Cosmo Cricket)

Stamps:  Button Boutique, Friendship Jar (sentiment), (Papertrey Ink)

Inks:  Sorbet (CTMH), Enchanted Evening (Papertrey Ink)

Dies:  Button card (Papertrey Ink)

Embellishments:  Fabric, Buttons and trim from stash


I also wanted to share a new storage unit that I purchased for my studio.  I am so happy to be able to better organize my stuff.

This is meant to be used to store CD's and DVD's, but since some of my stamp sets are in CD cases, it works awesome.

I can store all my Spellbinders dies since I transfer them to CD cases when I purchase them.

All of my Papertrey Ink dies, which I just leave in the little zip-lock bags they come in, plus the small stamp sets.

My Papertrey Ink stamps, which come with a CD case for storage.  (I did read however that PTI is going to start using DVD size storage for their stamps.)

Stampin' Up! stamps that come with a DVD case for storage fit in here great as well.

Though I have to put them on their side, all of my Unity Stamps will fit too.

Sadly, most all of my stamp sets are CTMH and they just won't fit, so I either will have to transfer them all to CD cases or just store them how I am currently doing it.

I can also put a lot of little odds and ends into these drawers.  I love being able to store so much stuff, and I still have plenty of empty drawers I can use in the future.

 Random paper items such as tags and envelopes.

 Lots of brads and lots of bling.

The one downside to getting my storage unit is that I had to move my vintage Costco cart out of my studio to make room.  I really loved using it to store my Big Shot and large dies, but I was able to find another use for it.

Thinking of You

I have another card to share today with a mini tutorial.  I wanted something bright and primary, so I chose to use Cosmo Cricket Odds And Ends paper collection.  I picked out a few patterns that I liked and that followed with the 3 basic colors I wanted to use.

I started by making a rough layout of my card.  I used a Papertrey Ink die to cut out the scalloped edge and the green frame was cut from the Cosmo Cricket paper.

 

Next, I rummaged through my embellies to find a few things that I would like to add.  I originally had planned on using wrinkle ribbon, but I couldn't find a color that worked well with the color scheme I wanted, so I decided to make my own.

I used an 18" long piece of crochet trim from Melissa Frances and using embroidery floss, I threaded it through one edge of the trim.

Once threaded, I held both ends of the embroidery floss while scrunching up the trim towards the center.

 

Once I had the shape I wanted, I tied the embroidery floss in a tight knot and cut the long ends.

I used a pretty red mulberry flower as the center of my crochet rosette and found some vintage green lace that I thought would look nice.  I opted to leave out the blue ticking stripe pattern paper from my final design because I wanted to showcase the floral patterned paper a bit more.  For the sentiment, I used Printer's Type letters from Hero Arts and cut out each word, then attached them with foam tape.

It's Been Awhile

I finally got a card made.  Thank goodness for small miracles.  After several months of using my office as a catch-all room, I finally spent the last week getting all the clutter put away and my workdesk cleared off so that I could get caught up on projects.

My wonderful Grandmother had major surgery last week and is finally home now to begin healing, so it was a priority for me to get a card made for her.  I put a lot of work into it because I wanted it to be extra special and something she could keep as a memento.

I used a lot of fabric on this tag and card, which was all leftover from a quilt I made many years back.  I really love all the lavenders and purples in it.

The card itself is nestled inside a glassine bag.

I used a card I made earlier this year as my template to copy from.  You can click here to see it.  I just used different paper and changed to card size.

I added a little stamped image and sentiment inside of the card to match.  Isn't the tea-bag image too cute?

Supplies:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink White cardstock, Cosmo Cricket "Mitten Weather"

Inks:  Enchanted Evening (Papertrey Ink), Versamark and Zing embossing powder

Stamps:  Tea For Two, Tea For Two Additions and Fillable Frames #5 all from Papertrey Ink

Dies:  Tea For Two, Teacup and Fillable Frames #5 all from Papertrey Ink

Embellishments:  Spring Iris wrinkle ribbon from my Etsy shop, Melissa Frances white crochet trim, brads were made using fabric and the imaginisce brad maker, green carnival tickets

Odds & Ends:  Large white tag cut with Cricut, purple parcel tag, large glassine bag, fabric scraps

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