LOVE

Another twist on the Tim theme today.  Just because he is the grunge king doesn't mean we can't use his goodies on other things.

Materials:
    Paper: World Win cardstock
     Paper Cut cardstock
Stamps: WeR Memory Keepers Minis
              Just Rite "All Occasions Nested Sentiments"
Chipborad: Sandylion Chipboard Medley
Button: American Crafts "Flair"
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Black Soot"
       Kalidecolor
Ribbon: May Arts
Embossing Folder : Tim Holtz for Sizzix "Gridlock"

So a little less Tim materials on this one, but you can see how you don't have to do distressed and grungy all the time with his tools and gadgets.

Happy Birthday

Another day of Tim Folders....yes, I am going to use every single one I have this week and then a few other things I haven't gotten out in a while too.

Materials:
     Paper: CORE'dinations Back Magic "Hermit"
     WorldWin cardstock
     Graphic45
Stamps: Just Rite (new set)
             Stampers Anonymous "At the Movies" (Tim Holtz Collection)
Tim Holtz Sprocket Gears
Tim Holtz Washers
Tim Holtz Game Spinners
Tim Holtz Journaling Tags
Tim Holtz for Sizzix embossing folder "Collage"
Tim Holtz Distress ink: "Black Soot", "Vintage Photo" and "Walnut Stain"


More goodies from the Tim collection.  I used the Collage folder on this piece of CORE'dinations paper and then took my sanding tool to take off a little of the top layer off the paper.  Just a mix of a lot of different Tim products in layers and stamping.

He makes me smile....yes, Tim does

<----Inside..

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I told you this was going to be a Timmy week....and I am sticking to it.  You are probably thinking..."what is the difference, she always uses Tim Holtz Distress inks"....and this is true, but I am going to be using the embossing folders and as many OTHER Timmy things as I have in my arsenal of goodies.....so be prepared!

Materials:
     Paper: WorldWin cardstock
STAR: cut out from a Tim Holtz Journaling tag
NESTABILITIES Star and Labels 1
Brads: Spare Parts
WORDS printed from computer
Tim Holtz Tissue Tape
Ribbon: Melissa Frances
Tim Holtz for Sizzix embossing folder
Cuttlebug: "Measure by Measure" embossing border plates
Stamps:  Just Rite and WeR "Street Signs" mini acrylics
Ink" Tim Holtz Distress Inks: "Walnut Stain", "Frayed Burlap" and "Vintage Photo"
Pop-Dots

Ok, did I get enough of his stuff on here?  I think I did ok!  This woodgrain embossing folder has been begging me to use it....literally...lol. Ok, no, not really, but I have been begging for time to use it and I have made it a priority this week to do so.

I embossed the paper with the folder and rubbed the ink over the raised image to get the nice dark color.  Then I took my craft sponge and dabbed a little along the sides too.  Working with the Tissue Tape I put strips of it on a piece of cardstock and then cut out the shape I wanted with my Nestabilities.  The star was cut out once I had my words lined up on the tag and put through the printer....let me tell you THAT was a task, but well worth it.  Brads and ribbon round out the finished product on the front.  On the inside I wanted to keep with the star theme and decided to break out my new mini stamps from WeR.  Super cute stamps at an affordable price....$1...can't beat that with a stick.  Those little tiny starts are stamped out down the left edge of the inside.  My Just Rite stamps are also used in the bottom right corner.  You know I don't go many days without using them.  Top that off with the star embossing border from Cuttlebug and I am in STARS heaven...and with the 4th of July speeding its way toward us....it is the prefect time to use them all.

Stick with me this week while I break out more of my T!MMY goodies.

Tim Holtz week....

I am going to be doing a whole week of projects based off the Tim Holtz line with emphasis on the folders.  I am GOING to play with my Tim stuff if it kills me....and this way I have to because I just said I was going to.!!

Materials:
     Paper: Worldwin cardstock
     Graphic 45
Brads: Making Memories
Ribbon: cut from a tag on a pair of jeans I bought at Kohls...kid you not.
Sizzix: Tim Holtz embossing folder
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Fired Brick" and "Vintage Photo"
Tim Holtz Crackle Paints "Fired Brick"

The newsprint is actually something I printed off on my computer from newspaper clippings I am copying for my older son's scrapbook pages.  There is a lot of leftover pieces so why waste them?  I embossed the reddish paper with the embossing folder (this is the most awesome embosssing since Cuttlebug.... seriously people) and then inked over the raised image with my ink pad.  Once that dried I swiped it with my crackle paint for a little more distressing.  The rest is just inking and layering.

Make a WISH

The inside and a close up...

Finally.....I got to play with my newest Tim Holtz embossing folders

Materials:
     Paper: WorldWin cardstock
Ribbon: May Arts
NESTABILITIES: Standard Circle and Big Scalloped Circles, and Octagon and Octagon Scallops
Tim Holtz embossing folder "Dot Matrix"
Pop-Dots
Ink: Kaleidacolor
Stamp: Just Rite Custom Cardmaking kit and Friends set

I used my new folder today.....yay for me!!  I took the folder and rubbed the whole ink pad on the flat side and then put the paper on it...then ran it through the CUTTLEBUG.  Love it!  The rest is simple layers and stamping.  Love the bright colors.

Miss You...miss me?

Ok, I am still busy with the sample making for the big showing for A*MUSE*A*PALOOZA coming up in just 2 weeks.....but I snuck this card in.

Materials:
     Paper: Creative Imaginations (double sided)
      WorldWin cardstock
Nestabilities Standard Circle and Big Scallop Circle
Bling: HERO ARTS (hand formed into the swirl)
Stamp: Stampers Anonymous and Just Rite (Customer Cardmaking Kit)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: "Barn Door"
Pop-Dots

There was a cute little birdie on this new paper I found from Creative Imaginations....if you follow my store blog tales you will remember my "find".  Anywho.....I just thought it was the cutest thing ever...so I crafted a card from the paper...both sides...that is the beauty of the double sided paper.  Simple design, kinda bright so the camera is really not liking the reds this time.  Again, the real life card is in the store so check it out in all it's glory...lol

Bicycle, bicycle....I want to ride my bicycle

My youngest had a blast playing with this little bicycle his cousin outgrew.  Who knew $5 could be so much fun?

Materials:
     Paper: Basic Grey "Lime Rickey"
       My Mind's Eye "Meadowlark"
Brads: My Mind's Eye "Abbey Road"
Film Strip Ribbon: Tim Holtz
Tissue Tape: Tim Holtz
Tag: My Mind's Eye

I snuck in another page while I work on the samples for the A*MUSE*A*PALOOZA stamp release coming up next month......yeesh, I have a lot to get done in a short amount of time!  This page was started a while back but I needed just little something more to complete it.  I decided the tissue tape was the perfect addition to the antique theme of the bicycle card from My Mind's Eye.  The "summertime" tag also has a distressed look.  The green circles are leftovers from another My Mind's Eye tag set.

Pages, more pages

I had a little break to do a little work...you know, card kits, page kits and more samples.  I did find a little time to get this page completed.

Materials:
     Paper: My Minds Eye "Brilliant: Boys Only and A Boy Is"
     WorldWin cardstock
Brad: Lil Davis
Nestabilities Star die
Tag: My Mind's Eye

It is sad to realize that I have a ton of new goodies to play with and I haven't even gotten them out of the packages yet....but I gotta have them!  This is a page of my youngest doing his 1600 run.  Hopefully later I can get out some of the new Tim Folders and do a little embossing!!

WHATever..........

I had this little FLAIR button set from American Crafts to play with and the teal color worked perfectly with the My Mind's Eye paper I had laying on my desk....and the "blah blah blah" ribbon!!

Materials:
     Paper: My Mind's Eye: "Ooh, La la" collection
Flowers and brad: Heidi Grace
Ribbon: Creative Imaginations

The majority of items on this card are from My Mind's Eye, including the ticket and bracket border.  This is a simple card of layers and fun embellishments.  Sometimes a mix off different things ends up being the perfect combination for a card.

Leftovers.....

I used some goodies from the FAB 5 projects to create this little card.

Materials:

Materials:

Paper: TPC Studios:  Woodland Whimsy "Save the World" stripe 

Die cuts:  My Mind's Eye: Abbey Road "Round  & Round"

                My Mind's Eye: Penny Lane: "Feeling Groovy: Pure Joy"

Cork

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: "Vintage Photo"

Cuttlebug: Oriental Weave embossing set

NESTABILITIES; Jumbo Scallop Petite

JUST RITE stamp: 

I cut each little tree out of the paper design and just added them to the cork scallop I created along the edge of the card.  Simple design using up my leftovers!!  The best part of creating, getting those things used up!!

FAB 5 Day 5

Our final day of the FAB 5.

Materials:
     Paper: WorldWin cardstock
     My Mind's Eye patterned paper
Cuttlebug die: "With Gratitude" combo and "Oriental Weave" embossing folders
NESTABILITIES Fancy Labels
Ribbon: May Arts and Twill

A simple card with the ribbon run along the edge.

thanks for joining us this week for the FAB 5 blog hop....hope you had a good time and are going to try a few new products and techniques.

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FAB 5 Day 4

More FAB FUN!!  We are working with some interesting paper from Dream Street.  This double sided sheet has a vintage floral on one side and a crazy minty green pattern on the other.  A very diferent combination, but since I am loving the Tim Holtz stamps....its not too hard for me to find a great background stamp to get me started.

Materials:
     Paper:  WorldWin cardstock
     Dream Street paper
     Graphic45 "A Proper Gentleman: Borders"  and "On the Boardwalk: High Style Holiday"
Brads: Making Memories
Film Strip die: Tim Holtz for Sizzix
Stamps: Stampers Anonymous "Ultimate Grunge"
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Vintage Photo" and "Tumbled Glass"
CUTTLEBUG "Herringbone" embossing folder

I like throwing a tower size card into the mix for a different spin on cards.  The A2 (quarter fold) is nice, but I do a lot of those, so a few different sizes on occasion is fun.  Since the patterned paper we are using today for the FAB 5 project has a subtle design on it but a nice creamy base I went with brown and blue for my ink colors.  The Denim blue from the papers work perfectly with the Tim Holtz inks.  I cut out the film strip die from dark brown paper and added the little pictures from a border strip on the Graphic45 border sheet.  Another tag from the Graphic45 beach line and a few brads make it complete.

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FAB 5 Day 3

A little THANKS.

Materials:
     Paper: WorldWin cardstock
  
CUTTLEBUG : "With Gratitude" combo set
SIZZIX for Tim Holtz "Patchwork"
Stamp:  Shabby Green Door
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Weathered Wood" and "Pumice Stone"
String

I used a little sandpaper to rub off the embossed design on the paper and then rubbed a little pumice stone ink on it for a little more depth.  The paper used here is a double sided print with aqua swirls on the other side.  For the inside I used the negative of the die cut word, no sense in throwing out a perfectly good word!

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FAB 5 Day 2

Materials:
     Paper: Paper Cut cardstock
     American Craft patterned paper
     Graphic45 typewriter letters
Corner Rounder
NESTABILITIES: Star, Circle and Scallop Circle
CUTTLEBUG: 2 Step Cake
Thread
Pop-Dots

The banner is the hot ticket right now with designs for card making and scrapbook pages....The trick to the banner a least one this size, is to use a STAR die!  I cut out a black star and a smaller white star and cut the points off of each to make the banner points.  Then I adhered them to the card front and stitched the banner points together across the tops.

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FAB 5 Day 1

A page!  I created a page with my FAB 5 product this time!!  I am usually a card person when it comes to the FAB 5 projects, but this piece of TPC Studios paper with the Save the World For Me theme was perfect for this photo.

Materials:

Paper: TPC Studios:  Woodland Whimsy "Save the World" stripe and "Green Leaves"

Die cuts:  My Mind's Eye: Abbey Road "Round  & Round"

                My Mind's Eye: Penny Lane: "Feeling Groovy: Pure Joy"

My Mind's Eye Meadowlark "Dawn" cards

Stickers: My Mind's Eye: Quite Contrary: Little Boy Blue, "that's my boy"

Chipboard Alpha: Basic Grey "un-dressed"

Basic Grey Buttons

Karen Foster "Crafters Floss"

Pop-Dots

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: "Peeled Paint"

I started with the green leaves paper for the background and the "save the World" piece to offset the photo.  The green strip along the right side is the border strip you cut off the TPC paper...can't beat a coordinating paper right there for you!  The rest was just adding the little elements from the die cuts I thought would work with my theme.  I did a little pop-dotting with the trees and I inked the chipboard letter with my ink pad.

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Another busy day in the household!  Another graduation today and a Walk in the Park for A.L.S.  We will be walking in Irvine park today at 1:15 for A.L.S. if you are interested in joining us or want to check out those new TIGERS at the zoo!! Registration begins at 11:00 with lunch at 11:30. Silent auction with donated items begins at 11 as well.  See the donated item I am bringing above....yum....plus I will have more there too....some scrappy supplies perhaps.?..?..?

....plus....I did mention a graduation party again.....whew...last one!  This is the custom card for the recipient.  I got to play a little with some NEW GOODS....yay for ME!

Materials:

     Paper: My Mind's Eye "So Sophie"

     WorldWin cardstock

Die Cut: My Mind's Eye

Punch: Martha Stewart butterfly

Pop-dots

Tissue Tape *NEW* from Tim Holtz....yummy!!

Die cut letters from CUTTLEBUG alphabet set "Red Tag Sale"

Stickles: Tim Holtz Distress Stickles "Broken China"

Grunge Paper: Tim Holtz

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Tumbled Glass"

Stamp: FISKARS "celebrate" set

FUN, that is all I can say about the TISSUE TAPE from Tim Holtz.  The card itself is pretty basic, layers and a tag...but the letters are hand crafted!  Ok, I cheated by using my CUTTLEBUG...but you gotta use your tools people!!  So basically I cut a piece of grunge paper (grunge board would work too) and took some pieces of the Tissue Tape and placed it in random strips on the grunge paper covering it up.  Each TISSUE TAPE comes with two different patterns with 16 yards (YARDS people!!) on each roll.  After the tag was in place I used my letter die cut plates and cut them out.  Simple, yet very much ONE OF A KIND!  I glued those to the tag, stamped the "celebrate" above it and then pop dotted that to the card.

CELEBRATE!

Another graduation card....or whatever you want to celebrate....I liked the pink and brown in this paper, which reminds me of the recipient of this card.

Materials:
     Paper: Paper Cut cardstock
     My Mind's Eye "Quite Contrary"
Brads: Making Memories
Flowers: Prima (these are old ones I bought at Picture This a while back and am finally getting to the bottom of the jar...so worth the investment!!)
NESTABILITIES: Tag Trio

So a basic square card with the tag that is pre-made from My Mind's Eye...which, of course, works perfectly with the matching patterned paper!  I cut a matching piece of cream cardstock for the back of the tag to cover the overhang and create a pocket for the "gift" and for a place to write on the inside of the card.  Oh, and we have similar flowers in the store but without the writing on them.  PETALOO makes a cute big petal flower that would work with many of the products we have in the store.

Busy day in our household.  We spent the early morning hours doing a walk/run for Autism in Altoona and the afternoon hours at another graduation.  My oldest won the "run" part of the race and the youngest also came home with a medal for his age group.  All in all a very good rainy day (even if I don't get to spend it in my "space" crafting!)...there is always the evening right?

More guys birthday

Materials:
     Paper: Graphic45 and CORE'dinations
     Paper Cut cardstock
Brads: Making Memories
CUTTLEBUG Clockworks folder
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Walnut Stain" and "Vintage Photo"

I got to play with more of my new CUTTLEBUG folders....yay for me!  I added a photo copy of a newspaper clipping for the side design element.  I have been printing of the newspapers that my son has been in and I have these extra pieces that I end up cutting off..so why waste them?  Don't you love those clock pieces??

Guy Birthday

A little shape making, card making and embellishment using....

Materials:
     Paper: Graphic45 and Scenic Route
Filmstrip ribbon and Adage Tags (Tim Holtz)
Brads: Making Memories
Stamp: Just Rite "Let's Celebrate Set"
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Black Soot and "Vintage Photo"
NESTABILITIES die "Labels 8"

I have tried making a shaped card with my Nestabilities before, but not with this particular die.  The height for this label is perfect for an A2 card envelope (1/4 fold) but the width is a little short, so you can do a bit of overhanging with your embellishments.  When all is said and done you can put this card right in a normal envelope which is ideal!  The kraft paper on this card base comes from a Scenic Route patterned piece that has a little design in one corner leaving a lot of plain kraft to work with.

Page 2

Apparently I got a bit ahead of myself and forgot about this page 2 of the two page spread on my sons run. This is the 3200 side of the Mondovi Meet.

Materials:
     Paper: Basic Grey
     World Win cardstock
Metal: Tim Holtz Philosohy Tags and Sprockets
Fancy Pants tag sheet
COPIC

Sorry, another blurry shot.  I took the newspaper updates and copied them in my copier with a light cream cardstock and then inked it a bit more.  All is safe and only what I want is included in the layout without cutting up the actual paper (which is stored carefully away).  I used a green COPIC marker to highlight the name and time and event in the article.  I plan to do this for all his runs so you will see this again over the next few months.  I intend to have his whole season done before school starts this fall.

Father's Day

I created a fishing card with my embossing folder from the Plum Blossom set.  A few days ago you can see what I did with it and this is my alternative version....a Wisconsin fishing scene.  Green water and brown/green fish.  It looks better in person so check it out at the store the next time you are in...maybe to get those FATHER'S DAY CARDS made???

Materials
     Paper: World Win cardstock
     GRAPHIC45 Typewriter
Brads: Making Memories
Pop-Dots
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks "Pumice Stone", "Forrest Moss", "Vintage Photo", "Crushed Olive" and "Frayed Burlap".
CUTTLEBUG "Plum Blossom" set

I used the same technique as I did in the Sunday post, just different colors for a different look.  Since Father's Day is this weekend, I figured a fishy card was in order for one of the dad's.  Using the brown and green shades gave me the exact colors I needed to make it look like the lakes we used to go fishing on.  The die cut letters from GRAPHIC45 are pop-dotted in place and the brads finish out the look.

Custom Grad card

I am trying to make all the cards for the graduations I am going to this year customized to the person I am giving it to.  This one is hot pink and full of wings.

Materials:
Paper: WorldWin cardstock
     Paper Cut cardstock
CUTTLEBUG embossing "Congratulations", "Stars" and " Decorative Squares"
Flowers and brad: Lil Davis
Tim Holtz Grunge paper
Tim Holtz embossing plate "Patchwork"
Tim Holtz die (for the wings)
Ribbon: May Arts
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Worn Lipstick"
Pocket: Rusty Pickle girl pirate cardstock set

I used a 12x4 inch piece of cardstock and folded it in thirds for the card base.  Then I attached the black panels after embossing them.  The pocket for the cash is created from the cardstock set from Rusty Pickle.

Fishing for compliments

No, not really!  I had to give this fishy folder from the new Plum Blossom embossing sets by Provo Craft for Cuttlebug a try.

Materials:
     Paper: WorldWin cardstock
CUTTLEBUG: Plum Blossom embossing set and the Thank you set
Eyelets: Making Memories
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks: "Spiced Marmalade" and "Tumbled Glass"
Stickles: "Star Dust"

I used some white cardstock to emboss the image with and then used my sponges and inks to rub the color onto the raised edges very carefully.  I rubbed the orange ink on first and then went back and did the blue for the watery areas.  I used a blender pen to rub more ink into the areas around the fish to fill in the water colors.  I topped the fish with the Stickles for that added realistic look.  Inside the card I used the fish scale looking embossing plate and added a small square of orange for writing on.

...and for those interested in how well Nick did at state yesterday; he finished 10th out of the 17 top runners for the 3200 in the state for D3 schools with a personal best time of 10:11:55.  Not bad for a sophomore seeded at 15th running in the pouring rain.

State Run

Ok, Blurry photo of the layout again, but you can see the basic photo layout and I would have to go back in  a blur out the people and info anyway.  I wanted to show a little of the weather my oldest had to deal with on one of the runs he did back in early May.  Crazy weather day it was.  I have never seen him run with his head down, but the wind was strong when he was headed toward the home stretch during the mile.

Materials:
     Paper: World Win cardstock
     Basic Grey "Origins" Sea Salt
     CORE'dinations
Brads: Making Memories
Acrylic letter: Making Memories and very very old (we no longer have these and haven't in a very long time!!)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: "Vintage Photo"
Corner Rounder from FISKARS

Ok, so you can basically see the layout of the photos and the journaling.  I used the acrylic "M" over the journaling to highlight the location of the run and because it was a piece of my stash I have to use up...we DO NOT have these in the store....but you might have some of these just laying around.  I like to use old stuff with the new....goodness knows I have a lot of older stuff!

Oh, and did I mention something about STATE in my post title??? Yup, my oldest is running at STATE today in the 3200.  He is in the top 17 for boys in the state in D3.  Not bad for a sophomore.  WISH HIM LUCK TODAY.

Make & Take Thursday's

Here is the card we did Thursday for our Make & Take Thursday yesterday.

Materials:
     Paper: WorldWin cardstock
                PAPER CUT cardstock
                My Mind's Eye "Lush"
Pearls: HERO ARTS
Stamp: Just Rite "Loving Thoughts Set"
            Stampers Anonymous "Nature's Discovery"
CUTTLEBUG:  "Pearl Frame"
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Victorian Velvet"
NESTABILITIES: Oval
Ribbon
Pop-Dots

The "Pearl Frame" from Cuttlebug was the perfect "frame" for our front sentiment on this card.  We can always use our Nestabilities to layer behind our shapes, but why not try something different?  We have the tools, lets use them!

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Run...

...yup, pages again....and blurry because I was in a hurry...lol.  Now, I did blur some things on purpose to protect the innocent, but you can see the page in to the store if you want to see the details.  The basic idea is there to see for photo placement and journaling.

Materials:
    PapeR: Basic Grey "Origins" Sea Salt
     My Mind's Eye "Meadow Lark"
     Karen Foster "track"
     WorldWin cardstock
Journaling Tags :Tim Holtz
Tim Holtz Film Strip die
Adage Tags: Tim Holtz
 Stars cut from acetate using  Cuttlebug stars
Letters: Basic Grey "unfinished"

I have tons and tons of running photos (no...really?) that I need to get on pages for the albums I will fill with all my boys running escapades.  This is my youngest running in his relay where his must trust the guys to hand off the baton.  I filled the filmstrip holes with the info about the race and used the black stripes on the side to journal about the race.

Congratulations

Above is a close detailed look at the flowers on the card front.  I also popped-up the "banner" across the front with pop-dots on the inside of the curved end and tape in the middle and on the very end pieces.

This is playing with the twisted paper roses that I have been seeing all over the internet!  I found a tutorial for them a while back and finally got around to trying it out.  By the time I made the third one, I was pretty confident with the technique.

Materials:
     PapeR: My Mind's Eye patterned paper
     WorldWin cardstock
     Paper Cut cardstock
CUTTLEBUG: Spring Leaf #1 and Plum Blossom set
Nestabilites: Lotus Flower die
Gems: Melissa Frances
Beads (old stash of beads)

I took two lotus flower cuts and put them together to create the double background for the flowers.  I love the look.  The flowers were created with a double sided paper from My Mind's Eye (make sure to find one with two sides that go well together and work with your background papers).  I embossed the green strip on the left with the little cherry blossom folder from the "Plum Blossom" set.  A really cool set of folders I might add!!  The banner was hand cut and hand written on.  The beads were glued into the center using GLOSSY ACCENTS to hold them in place.  Gems would work great here too, but I had this handful of beads I needed to use up so this was my solution for getting them out of my stash.

Happiness is......

...getting to play with my new CUTTLEBUG folders!!!  I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for these to arrive.......gah.   I am not a patient person.

Materials:
     Paper: WorldWin cardstock
      My Mind's Eye cardstock
Ribbon: May Arts
Stamps: Just Rite and Imaginisce
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks: "Walnut Stain" and "Vintage Photo"
NESTABILITIES: Labels One
CUTTLEBUG: "Seeing Spots" folder

I used a double sided piece of paper from My Mind's Eye so that I could sand off the raised dot images for this card.  CORE'dinations will do that same thing, but I happen to have a lot of MME product in my house..lol!  I used a new stamp from Imaginisce to...the Queen Ann's lace flower (or a weed as my hubby would  say) is a clear acrylic min stamp I just had to buy when they went through the line..  Simple design that works for any occasion.