Brown Paper Bag Card - Pink Paisley

I did it!! I accomplished not one, but two new things today!! For the very first time I made a Paper Bag Card and for the very first time I uploaded a video to YouTube!! Oh, and by the way, I used my new IPhone to film, I think the quality is pretty-pretty good!! I would love to hear what you think but please be gentle with the first timer here ;-)

            

This will be one of the projects at my May Workshop.   To see other projects for this Workshop please click HERE.

May Workshop is scheduled for:

Sunday, May 29th

10 am to 6 pm

at Scrapbook Island in San Jose, CA

This Workshop is by invitation only.  If you would like to attend but did not receive an Evite invitation from me, please email me at irina_ca@msn.com and I will add you onto the list.

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This card measures 6" x 6" (folded).

Can you believe this card/project base is a regular brown bag?  AMAZING!!  I just LOVE how this project has turned out!!  This is really so much more than a card, but this is exactly what I wanted to do when I got Pink Paisley papers from their new Butterfly Collection.  Papers are just so gorgeous, I wanted to do my best to showcase them. 

and here are some of the Paper Bag Card photos.. just a few.. haha ;-)

Project Recipe:

Stamps: Stampotique, Basic Grey, Tim Holtz, Just Rite

Papers: Brown Paper Bag, Cardstock by Bazzill in Walnut Cream and Craft, DP - Pink Paisley
Tools: Tim Holtz Ink Blending Tool, Nestabilites, Martha Stewart Border Punch and Leaf Punch, EK Success Flower Punches

Other: Viva Pearl Pen in Cream

Distress Inks Used:

- crushed olive

-frayed burlap

- walnut stain

- vintage photo 

Hugs!!

Glamour Girl

Here is one more card that combines two of my favorite products, Pink Paisley paper and a Silhouette die cut!!  Plus craft cardstock and machine stitching!!  Simple but yet so elegant!!

This will be one of the cards/projects at my upcoming Workshop this Sunday.  If you live in Northern California and would like to attend one of my monthly Workshops, please email me for details :-)

This card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2".

 

 

Card Recipe:

Papers: Cardstock - Couture and Bazzill,  Designer Paper - Pink Paisley

Tools: Tim Holtz Mini Baroque Die Cut, Martha Stewart Fence Border punch, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, EK Success Border Punch

Embellishments: Ticket from Pink Paisley, Viva Pearl Pen in Cream

Other: Machine Stitching

 

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Vintage Dress Form

I still can't get enough of products from Pink Paisley!!  I am telling you, this is something that you really have to see!!  I gave this card a collage-y kind of look with quite a few different elements.

This card is one of the projects for my upcoming January Workshop!!   To see other projects please click HERE.

January Workshop is scheduled for Sunday, January 9th in the scrap room at Scrapbook Island in San Jose, CA.  We will be there all day, from 10 am to 6 pm!! That is a whole 8 hours of lots of FUN!!!

This Workshop is by invitation ONLY!!  If you have not received an email from me with information about the Workshops and would like to attend, please send me your email address and I will email you an Evite invitation. 

Please email me if you would like to join my Workshop and/or if you have ANY questions  :-)

This card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2".

Card Recipe:

Stamps: NONE

Papers: Cardstock - Couture, DP - Pink Paisley

Tools: Silhouette machine for Dress Form, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, EK Success Flower Punches, EK Success Border Punch, Spellbinders Nestabilies for Frame, Paper Piercer, Sewing Machine

Embellishments: Ticket and Note from Pink Paisley, Viva Pen in Cream, Button from Buttons Galore

Inks: Distress Ink in  Shabby Shutters and Mustard Seed

A few REMINDERS!! 

~ NEW!! La-La Land Crafts Valentines Day Collection now available in digi, click HERE for details.

~ La-La Land Crafts 20% OFF SALE on Seasonal Stamps, details HERE.

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aRt Journal

First of all I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and the best wishes for the upcoming New Year!!!

I worked on this project for three days and had finally finished it yesterday morning!!  I am SO HAPPY with the way it has turned out!!  It is something so very different from my usual work and I actually had tons of fun creating it!!   I combined A LOT of different product to create this Art Journal!!  LOVE all the quotes from two of Tim Holtz stamp sets!!  Pink Paisley paper has a resist emboss design on it and is just AWESOME for distressing with different inks!!  This Art Journal is a real EYE CANDY with all those different shapes of pages and tags, different colors, textures, and various elements!!

This aRt Journal can be used for so many different things!!  It can be expended with more pages and used as a journal, sketch book, idea book.. it can be turned into scrapbook if you add some photos..  And, it is just so much FUN to make!!   

 This aRt Journal is one of the projects at my upcoming upcoming January Workshop!! 

January Workshop is scheduled for Sunday, January 9th in the scrap room at Scrapbook Island in San Jose, CA.  We will be there all day, from 10 am to 6 pm!! That is a whole 8 hours of lots of FUN!!!

This Workshop is by invitation ONLY!!  If you have not received an email from me with information about the Workshops and would like to attend, please send me your email address and I will email you an Evite invitation. 

Please email me if you would like to join my Workshop and/or if you have ANY questions  :-)

This album measures 6 3/4" x 6 3/4".

for some reason Blogger would not let me upload all the photos the way I wanted, so I created a SLIDE SHOW.. If the SLIDE SHOW below does not start automatically for you, please DOUBLE CLICK ON IT and it should open in a different page.. If you are still having problems viewing it, please let me know and I will try something else..

PLEASE CLICK ON THE PHOTO ABOVE TO VIEW THE SLIDE SHOW OF ALL THE PHOTOS OF THE JOURNAL!!

..and below are just a few more photos for your viewing pleasure :-)

Project Recipe:

Album: fabric covered album from Pink Paisley

Stamps: Basic Grey clear stamp sets - Basic Notes, Date and Time, To Dos; Tim Holtz - Good Thoughts, Odds and Ends

Papers: Pink Paisley - Parisian Elements and Bayberry Collections

Tools: Tim Holtz Die Cuts - Flourish, Flowers, Heart, Label, Bird Cage; Martha Stewart - Butterfly punches; EK Success - Border Punch

Embellishments: Punch out Tags, Border Stickers, Flip Notes and Tickets from Pink Paisley; Viva Pearl Pen in Cream and Gold, Stampendous Embossing Powders in Pirate Gold and Jeweled Gold, Crystal Lacquer, Distress Stickles in Faded Jeans, Distress Crackle Paint in Picket Fence

Inks: Distress Inks - Wild Honey, Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot, Fried Brick, Broken China, Crushed Olive, Mustard Seed, Shabby Shutters, Vintage Photo, Pumice Stone and Walnut Stain

Hugs!!