PaperFections

Blue Ribbon Birthday

Hello, friends! As summer is winding down, with its abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables, I thought this would make a fun end-of-summer birthday card! To create the quilt background for this card, I used a fabulous blank X-Press It Stencil Sheet from Imagination International Inc (aka the Copic distributor for North America and Canada) die cut with a pretty Circles Cutting Plate from Taylored Expressions that (to me) resembles a quilt! (All bold products are linked below in the supply section). I thought the quilt theme would fit nicely with the cute county fair canning-inspired Blue Ribbon Birthday stamp from Pink Ink Stamps: You can find these stencil sheets in the X-Press It Online Store at the Copic website. The material is a thick low tack vinyl, which removes from your project/paper easily and without leaving any residue behind. It can be used over and over again ... I store mine in the storage pocket with the die I've used, so it's handy for the next time I may need it! Here are the steps to create this card: 1. Die cut the Stencil Sheet with the cutting plate die. You'll probably want to use a metal adapter plate... Read more →

Beautiful Backgrounds 8-Stenciled Watercolor

Today in the CLASSroom I have a tutorial for another in my Beautiful Background series. This one is watercolor through a stencil created with a cover die ... I hope you'll join me there for all the details! For future reference, you can find a photo album in my right sidebar which contains all of the projects in my Beautiful Background series, with links to the tutorials over in the CLASSroom ... I hope that helps! Read more →

Balloon 13th Birthday

I can’t believe how fast the past 13 years have flown by … and now my youngest daughter will become a teen this weekend! I wanted a little more grown-up but still fun card for this special occasion, and I thought Taylored Expression’s Up, Up, & Away Cutting Plate colored with Copic markers, combined with the Graphic Greetings Birthday stamped in glitzy gold fit perfectly! You can find all the details and full instructions, with more photos over on the Taylored Expressions blog today . . . I hope you'll join me there! Up, Up, & Away Cutting Plate Graphic Greetings Birthday Whimsy #'s Tsukineko Delicata Golden Glitz Full Pad Premium Cardstock - Sugar Cube Copic Markers Kool Tak 3D Clear Foam Tape InLinkz.com Read more →

Gilded Magnolia Hello

Hello and happy Friday! I just wanted to give you a heads up about this little watercolored Essentials by Ellen Mondo Magnolia card I have posted today over on Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom! I hope you'll join me there to find out how I created this watercolored and golden gilded beauty! Happy weekend! Read more →

Bloomin' Hello!

Hello and happy July, everyone! Beautiful summer flowers in full bloom this time of year were my inspiration to Copic color this Taylored Expressions Gathered Blooms Cutting Plate die cut from white cardstock! You can find full details and all the instructions today over on the Taylored Expressions blog . . . I hope you'll join me there! Gathered Blooms Cutting Plate Pockets & Pages - Circle Words Premium Cardstock - Sugar Cube Premium Cardstock - Metallic Neutrals Copic Markers InLinkz.com Read more →