Paper Wishes Color Me...

Un-colored!  Hey, everyone! Another wedding card up for viewing on the blog today!

The base is purple card stock with a layer of plain vellum,  printed heart vellum and an Ebony Color Me Lace card topper.  You gotta try these card toppers from Paper Wishes!  Click the link to see more. You can use any kind of color you want to achieve your look (as I did a few posts back), although for this, one I decided not to color it at all!

The center of the card topper was cut out with an exacto-knife so there would be a "window."  A Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2, cut with the Big Shot,  and adorned with matching pearl bling, created the focal.

A triple loop purple satin bow, adorned with Jenni Bowlin and Maya Road Pins and a double heart charm, trimmed the right side of the card front.

The card inside was vellum layers and cardstock, cut with Spellbinders Labels Eight and another Fancy Tags 2.  The Congratulations banner was part of the Ebony Color Me set.

A little pocket for some cash...EK Success Edger Scroll & Hearts punch made the pretty trim.

This is what the card looks like when opened...

The card was a little thick with the bow on front, so I made an envelo-box with a Martha Stewart Scoreboard, added a belly band using EK Success Rose Bush Large Slim Punch, Anna Griffin flower and punched labels.

The inside of the envelope was lined with lavender glimmer paper and purple card stock.

Thanks for peeking in today!

Be Inspired!

Jules

Baby Boy Card with Quick Quotes and Paper Wishes

Hello to everyone out there on the blog today!  This is a baby card I made a while back, but I guess I neglected to share...so here it is...

The left side with the knotted ribbon is on the envelope.  The card background and the envelope matte were stamped with a patterned stamp, embossed with baby blue embossing powder and then colored in with Quick Quotes Chalk Inks in Green Tea, Amaretto and Mocha Mama.  The patterned paper with stars is from Quick Quotes, heavily inked with Mocha Mama Chalk Ink from Quick Quotes.  The sentiment and baby picture are also from Quick Quotes - It's a Boy vellum strip.  Smooch inks were used on the back of the vellum to color in the picture of the baby in the cradle.  For the main focal, a frame stamp from Paper Wishes Labels & Frames set was stamped onto blue card stock.  The vellum piece was cut to fit the center shape and adhered with vellum Glue Dots.  Corner punches and little blue pearls finished off the focal.

On the inside, corner punches hold the vellum in place and an extra Congrats stamp(from Paper Wishes Labels & Frames stamp set) was added to the bottom of the quote.

Everything was inked with Mocha Mama Chalk Ink from Quick Quotes.  Click on the links to see the products used for this project.

Thanks for peeking in on the blog today!  Be Inspired!  Jules

Tag with 7gypsies Trousseau

Hello all !  Back on the blog today for The Scrapbooking Studio in Moline, IL!
This is another project made with the 7gypsies Trousseau Collection.

The project begins with a manila tag.  Distress Inks in Victorian Velvet, Broken China and Pumice Stone were blended onto the tag.  Stamps from Tim Holtz 'Urban Chic' and 'Going Somewhere' were added to the tag by swiping a Vintage Photo ink pad across the stamps a few times, so that the image would be light.  The next step was using perfect medium to stamp the "it's the little things..." from the Tim Holtz Good Thoughts stamp set.  Blue Smoke Perfect Pearls was then added ~ loved the sheen on the finished product!

A pen nib and Victorian Velvet Distress Ink were used to color in the dress on the sticker.  The flowers and leaves on the tag envelope were fussy cut with an exacto knife, then the photo sticker was tucked under.  Sequin Glitz Stickles was added to the flower centers.  A few more stickers from the sticker sheet were added to the tag envelope.  The pearl strands were glued onto the tag and the envelope was attached with foam dots.  The Tim Holtz Lavish Trimming was colored with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink and added to the tag.  The flower is handmade from the 7g patterned paper ~ each loop was individually curled to achieve the look.

To make the ribbon a lighter color, Victorian Velvet was rubbed onto a craft sheet, then sprayed with water and dried with a heat tool.  After it was dry, Broken China was tapped lightly onto the scrunched ribbon.  A Tim Holtz Type Charm and Bauble were looped through the ribbon with jump rings.  The bauble was "dyed" with Adirondack Wild Plum Alcohol Ink.

I hope this Inspires you to make a tag of your own!  Thanks for stopping by the blog today!  Be sure to stop by The Scrapbooking Studio to get your 7gypsies supplies today!  Be Inspired!  Jules

7gypsies layout with Trousseau Collection

Hello all!  Julie here, back on the blog today for The Scrapbooking Studio in Moline, IL!
This is another project made with the 7gypsies Trousseau Collection.

This collection is perfect for wedding photos, and, what do you know, I have hundreds of those!  One of the wedding photos had a color mask applied to it so that the colors were muted ~ perfect for this project!


This is the 2-page layout:

This is what I did to make this project work for me.  The same background papers were used for each page; both were turned sideways opposite each other so that the printed borders matching the cardstock would be showing.  All of the Swimming Pool Bazzill cardstock was lightly stamped in Vintage Photo Distress Ink with Tim Holtz Fabulous Flourishes stamps to soften up the color.  The mats were sized on the Gypsy and cut with Cricut Expression using Tie the Knot cartridge.
A journal card was tucked under the mat with a layered sticker pull tab.  A sentiment sticker from the 7g sticker sheet was added below the photo and letter stickers spelled out the happy couple's names on the two hearts below the photo.

For the second page, an I Do tag with a 7g charm attached was attached to the stamped background.  The layer over the tag is one of thirty (!) handmade jar candle rings I made for the wedding reception using tulle strips, feathers, handmade flowers, ribbon and pearls.  I had been wanting to use one of them on a layout.  It really adds no more bulk to the page than flowers!

 A closer view of the layout....and that cute bird charm that was rubbed with white acrylic paint...

There were hearts cut out of each of the mats, and they just could not go to waste, so they were stamped the same as the photo mats, pearls were added and then lined up on opposite sides of both pages.

 A closer look at the sentiment sticker, journaling card and letter stickers...

The stamping detail...

This was a fun design team project for The Scrapbooking Studio!  Thanks for tuning in...stop by The Studio today to get your 7gypsies products!  Be Inspired!  Jules

7gypsies Trousseau Photo Box

Hello everyone!  I am back today with a post for The Scrapbooking Studio in Moline, IL!  The projects designed this month are from the 7gypsies line, Trousseau Collection.  The papers are so vintage and just my style!

My altered project for August is this little photo box, made with 7g book covers.  You can see the front cover peeking out from behind the little envelope stuffed with more 7g goodness!  There is a journal card, two tag envelopes, a charm and a few stickers from the sticker sheet.  And how about that crochet lace trim at the bottom.  It is just gorgeous!

This is another front shot, showing the photo tags which fit inside.  They are 5 x 7, so full size photos will fit on them!

 A closeup of the handmade loopy flowers, tulle, a triple-loop bow and Maya Road Clocks...

For the tag pocket it the center, an adorable sticker was backed with kraft cardstock and mounted on the pocket.  The little girls in the photo are holding hands, so I added "a hand to hold" phrase from the sticker sheet.  Three tags were punched to insert into the envelope.  The center tag has a 7g charm attached.

The photos placed on the tags are actual vintage photos of my ancestors and other family!

 Patterned paper was added to each tag, with varying enhancements, like the vellum photo corners below...

for the tabs on the tags, a scallop circle of patterned paper was added to a kraft circle, folded in half and stapled to the tag.  Tattered Angels Pashmina Glimmer mist was used to color the tulle 'ribbons' accenting the tag tops.

This is a really cool photo of my great grandmother.  It is a post card she mailed to a family member in the early 1900's ~ I cannot read the date, but she passed in 1918, so it is nearly 100 years old!  So that the back of the post card can be seen, it was attached with a 'hinge' of patterned paper.

Stop by The Studio today to get your 7gypsies products!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be Inspired!  Jules

Antique shoe clip tag

Hello there!  Thanks for stopping by for some inspiration today! Up on the blog today is a tag made for a friend.  She wanted an antique shoe clip made into a display piece and this is the result...

There is alot going on here.  First, Tim Holtz Distress Stains (Barn Door, Snow Cap & Tattered Rose were 'scribbled' onto a craft mat.  The tag was dragged through and dried with a heat gun several times until the color was just right.  (Hint:  there is no right!).  Tim Holtz' Urban Tapestry and Artful Flight stamps were used randomly over the tag in Ranger Coffee Archival Ink.  A piece of Prima patterned paper was die-cut with Tim Holtz Plaque & Postage die, then embossed with a Cuttlebug  embossing folder (Birds & Swirls).  One of the birds was colored with Cape Cod Smooch Ink and the vines were tapped with  Green-with-Envy-PowderPuff-Chalking-Inks .  All the edges were then distressed with Tim Holtz' Tonic distress tool and inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and attached to the tag top.

Now comes the fun...The shoe clip was attached to a Prima paper flower by cutting a slit into one of the petals.  The flower was attached to the card with foam dots.  Creme small rose ribbon from Paper Wishes was stained with Spun Sugar Distress Stain and placed at the seam of the die-cut piece.  Three single roses were also stained and red pearls attached to centers.

For the bottom of the tag, a vellum quote from Quick Quotes was torn and inked, then wrapped around the bottom.  Vellum glue dots held it to the tag until the large focal and the three little roses were attached.

Two holes were punched at the top of the tag.  Basic Grey fibers and a Tim Holtz bauble were tied on to finish things off.

To make the tag extra sturdy, a piece of patterned Prima paper was added to the back.  Three easels were cut with Tim Holtz' Small Easel die, one out of chipboard and two out of patterned paper.  The patterned paper was glued to each side of the easel and attached to the back of the tag.  

My friend loved the tag and is giving it to her mother for a birthday gift.

Hope you all were inspired today. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Be Inspired!

Jules 

Wedding Mini Album

Hello Bloggers !  This is gonna be a really long post with lots of photos and descriptions, so grab a drink, sit back and scroll!  Click on any photo for a better view and click on the links to see more product.

This mini, again, was made for bonus daughter, Allison's bridal shower gift.  The pattern is from Laura Dennison's website.  She is an amazing designer!  The album is appropriately named  Happily Ever After!

This is the cover.  It is layered with Teresa Collins Mr. & Mrs. papers, lace and a scroll band cut with an EK Success large edger punch found here.  The Prima bling (Say it in Crystals-Vintage Swirl) was then layered on.  The flowers were die cut on my Big Shot with Tim Holtz tattered flowers dies and Spellbinders foliage die.  All were dry-embossed and layered for dimension.  Pearl stamens were added to the larger flower centers.

These two are the bride's pages, the veil on the left and the train on the right.  The black binding tabs were cut from Spellbinders Donna Salazar's Creative Page Tabs die using Core'dinations black pearl papers.  The papers are heavy-weight and hold up well for this purpose, plus they give a little shimmer to the otherwise boring binding tabs!  The purple scallop circles and hearts were punched with Marvy Uchida punches.  The purple papers were misted with Mister Huey's Shine from Studio Calico and The Scrapbooking Studio

It's a little hard to see, but the veil is lifted and the train is pulled out for a little interactive photo placement!

The rings and the groom pages.  All of the pages have pockets on one side with photo mats tucked inside.  All the pages were edgee-punched with a Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch.

Inside the grooms' page...the "shirt collar" lifts out to a photo mat and the printed paper tucked into the "cummerbund" is also a photo mat!

For the Maid of Honor and Bridesmaids...

Best Man and Groomsmen...

The cake and the toast.  The cake layers lift out to reveal love quotes.

The inside of the Toast page...

Another look at the cover.

Allison loved the book, and since she also is a scrapper, I know as soon as her photos are received, they will be placed into this great mini!

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you were a little more wowed today than yesterday!

Be Inspired!  Jules

Bridal Shower Time!

Well hello fab bloggers!  Just a quick post today to share a card made for bonus daughter, Allison's bridal shower.  By the way, the shower was just lovely ~ great company and great food, too!

For this card, Teresa Collins Mr. & Mrs. collection was used.  The sentiment was matted with purple card stock sprayed with Mister Huey's color mist in Shine.  An organdy sheer ribbon was tied onto the left side of the card.

The inside was a little bold, so it was toned down with some printed heart vellum from Paper Wishes.  The stamps used are from the Stamp & Punch set, also from PW.  The ink is Royal Purple Stazon.  The card edges were inked with Dusty Concord Distress Ink and a blending tool.

And here are "The Moms" at the shower l-r: future MIL Pauline, yours truly, bride-to-be Allison and Allison's mother Sally.

It was a great evening and everyone is so happy for Allison and Chris!

Just click on any of the highlighted text to see the actual products used.  If  the pictures are clicked, a larger view will pop up, too.  

Stay tuned ~  the next post will be one of the gifts made for Allison!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Be Inspired!  Jules