Birthday Tags

Today is my birthday!!!

I'm celebrating 41 years of just being me.

I made a couple gift tags to share how I feel about life.

~ Sugar and Spice ...

Everything Nice ~

Stop by the Love My Tapes blog for close ups and a little inside info on my tag bases.

Supplies:

Paper:Farmhouse Paper, Petaloo

Washi:Love My Tapes

Twine:2 Berry Creative

Roses and Brad Base:Recollections

Ribbon:CTMH

Pins:Fibre Craft

Titles:My Minds Eye

Scrap On!

~charity~



Daylily

Photos of little girls and flowers have a cute factor in the hundreds...but when those little girls become young ladies it's pure magic!

~ Daylily ~

Wood shapes, Kreaxions 4-in-1 punches, and Love My tapes washi make this beautiful moment a lasting art piece.

 

Stop by the Love My Tapes blog for instructions to make the washi tape foxgloves.

Supplies:

Paper:Authentique

Washi:Love My Tapes

Rub-ons:Basic Grey

Wood Shapes:Studio Calico, Pink Paislee

Gems:Recollections

Ink:CTMH

Border Punch:Kreaxions #906, Insert C



Scrap On!

 

~charity~

Imagination has no Age

SWAT
Drill #56

I love the dark background with the butterflies as well as the sunset colors of the flowers.
I melded the two into this imaginative piece.

 I ripped the strips of paper from an old dictionary, then painted them with mist. Some of the colors are a mix of shades and mist types. I repeated the process in miniature to punch the butterflies.

The process curled all the paper tips up. It looks so vibrant in person.
I had to use rolled duct tape to get it to lay flat for the photo!
The mermaid and ship stencils are from Fun Fare.

The full quote as attributed to Walt Disney,

"Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age, and Dreams are forever."

Supplies:

Cardstock:Bazill

Tiny Type:Glitz Design, Making Memories

Vintage Print:Funk and Wagnells Dictionary

Butterfly Punch:Kreaxions #604

Stencils:Funfare

Pigment Ink:Clearsnap

Embossing Powder: WOW, Zing

Mist:Tattered Angels, Dylusions

Scrap On!

~charity~

Plaid With Washi

Plaid is so often misunderstood!
It gets slipped in the same category as so many other fashion mistakes.
Can't you here the advice coumnists? “Don't mix patterns, it makes your outfit confusing.” Don't use too many bright colors, it's painful to the eye.” “Use plaid sparingly, it is difficult to accesorize.”

But WHAT IF you do all of those at once?

It's so wrong it's right!!!

For close-ups of these cards and a clear view of that DASHING washi plaid pattern

stop by the Love MyTapes blog.

Supplies:

Paper:Authentique

Washi:Love My Tapes

Ribbon:May Arts Ribbon

Punches:McGill, CTMH

Bunny Die-Cut:Authentique

Tiny Type:My Minds Eye

Ink:CTMH

 

Scrap On!

 

~charity~

 



Paper Bouquet

SWAT
Special Ops Day
Paper Bouquet

This paper flower bouquet is the latest in bright colors and needs no water.

I used the Craft Smith Dip Dyed paper to make the multi colored flowers.

 

To add contrast to my bouquet I used strips of washi on black paper.
I tried out both a vertical and horizontal look. Both make eye-catching paper blooms.

Supplies:Paper:Craft Smith, Momenta
Gems:Recollections
Border Punches:Kreaxions

Scrap On!

~charity~

You Light Up The Room

I've started using my washi tape as ribbon by backing the tape with an identical pattern. This time I went a step further and made a ribbon rose.

~ You Light Up The Room ~

Stop by these blogs for a tutorial, close ups, and product information:

Just Imagine Crafts

and

Love My Tapes

Supplies:
Paper:Craft Smith
Washi:Love My Tapes
Bling:Recollections
Sentiment:My Minds Eye
Circle Cutter:Kreaxions
Corner Punch:Kreaxions #901

Scrap On!

~charity~

Every Child is an Artist

SWAT 

Drill #54

This months Mood Board is all about May Flowers.
What catches my eye is the lettering and the watercolor look. I tried to reproduce that with my letters and shapes.

~ Every Child is an Artist ~

 Sidewalk chalk makes every surface an artist dream. I have outlawed the siding...but apparently that doesn't include the fence. Here my children were detailing animals for a very important game.

The alpha is a fabric based do-it-yourself style. I painted and dribbled mist on to the letters to get the watercolor effect. My washi tape shapes were a snap to make with all the bright colors that Love My Tapes offers.

The full quote as attributed to Pablo Picasso is:
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."

Supplies:

Paper:Blue Fern Studios

Washi:Love My Tapes

Alpha:American Crafts

Mist:Tattered Angels, Dylusions

Stamp:Inkadinkado

Pigment Ink:Clearsnap

Embossing Powder:WOW

Shape Punches:EK Success, CTMH, 

Uchida, The Paper Studio, McGill

Scrap On!

~charity~