Merry and Bright

Yep- Holiday Button Bits again... :) Told ya I love it!

Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Button Bits, Signature Christmas (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); New Leaf, Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: Spring Rain, Stamper's Select, Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink); Eskimo Kisses (Basic Grey)
Other: Nestabilities; buttons (Papertrey Ink); Scalloped border punch (SU!)

Run, run as fast as you can!

You can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!! That's what this little image reminds me of...a favourite childhood story that I now love telling to my children. Yep- Holiday Button Bits is right up there on my list of favourite Papertrey Ink stamp sets.
A detail- I used a strip of Scor Tape across the middle of the card and sprinkled clear glitter on it to break up that vast expanse of paper...I actually don't like the result and wish I would have thought of something else... :(

Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Button Bits, Tree Trimming Trio (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Chai (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Sweet Blush, Spring Rain, Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink); Eskimo Kisses (Basic Grey)
Other: Scalloped border punch (SU!); Nestabilities; Spring Rain buttons (Papertrey Ink); Scor Tape; glitter (Pink Paisley)

Let there be...peace on earth!

I found myself wanting to create something a little more traditional for a Christmas card today. I just love all those quirky, cute, and 'off' colour Christmas cards (think pink and frosty blue), but I found myself longing for something rich, red and religious- hahaha. These gorgeous stamps can be found at Cornish Heritage Farms here and here.

Supplies:
Stamps: Christmas Expressions, We Three Kings (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Chai (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink); Jolly by Golly collection (Cosmo Cricket)
Other: Scalloped Border punch (SU!); sheer ribbon (misc.)

Simple Elegant Wedding

This card on SCS gave me the inspiration for my own version...alright, not so much inspiration as a direct CASE, but oh well. I used various Cuttlebug folders, with a Kaisercraft gem for added "bling." Lovely for a wedding card! I hope everyone else is having as sunshiny weekend as we are here in South Western Ontario!!


Supplies:
Cardstock: Stamper's Select, Soft Stone (Papertrey Ink)
Other: Cuttlebug embossing folders (Provocraft); gem (Kaisercraft)

Teacher's Apple notebook

Another notebook to show you...this one uses Papertrey Ink's Teacher's Apple set. I have a lot of teacher friends so this will be a good Christmas gift for all of them!

You can see this post for an example of another notebook I did, and also the link to the tutorial on SCS.

Supplies:
Stamps: Teacher's Apple (PTI)
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Pure Poppy, Chamomile (PTI); Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Cardstock: Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select (PTI); Cherry Hill collection (October Afternoon)
Other: Ripe Avocado ribbon (PTI)

To the perfect couple...

Wedding season for us is over (for now anyway) so it seems. I'm at the age where almost all my good friends are recently married, or about to be married, so these wedding cards come in handy!! Now I'll just have to stock up on BABY cards :)


I love these Wedding Centres stamps by CHF. They are just *perfect* for the inside sentiment in your wedding card, and sometimes like on this card- good for the outside too!

Supplies:

Stamps: Wedding Centres (Cornish Heritage Farms)

Ink: Mushroom (Adirondack); Chamomile (Papertrey Ink)

Cardstock: Vintage cream (Papertrey Ink); cream shimmer, designer paper (unknown)

Other: punches (Marvy); ribbon (Papertrey Ink); gems (Kaisercraft)

Holiday Planner!

Who doesn't need a nice notebook dedicated solely to jotting down those lists and lists of things to do, things to buy and people to see during the holiday season? Splitcoaststampers has a great tutorial on how to make these lovelies, and even better, Papertrey Ink has a stamp set dedicated entirely to creating notebooks!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Take Note (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Scarlet Jewel
Paper: Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink); Eskimo Kisses (Basic Grey)
Other: punches (Marvy); Aqua Mist ribbon (Papertrey Ink)