love to create

The Man Card

2012-03-05T16:53:00.000-07:00

Good day, peeps! I sat down to get a card made last week, and it took until today to get it done.

It's a man card! I know I personally lack in this section of my card filing drawers. In fact, it's empty and has been empty for Quite some time!! The denim print paper is from the Genuine paper pad by Authentique. 2 of my favourite things about this pad: the papers and now double sided AND there is a stunning butterfly print paper in there. Gives me goosebumps, people!!!

This is a Carrick Bend knot that I tied using rope burlap. I love it! Doesn't it look a little like a love knot?!!

This sentiment is from a newly released stamp set from Technique Tuesday called, 'Thinking of You'. It is a divine set!! Since it's an acrylic stamp, I used Tuxedo Black Memento ink, which shows up really well against the pattern paper.

Very old: do you see I turned these screw head brads on the side to make them look like x's & o's?!!! Okay, it wasn't deliberate. I had to turn them so the brad leg didn't show on the front since these brads have incredibly long posts. Some days I have a very brief accidental brilliant moment and this was mine for today!

Thanks so much for popping by today! I can't tell you how much I appreciate your kind words as I work really hard on my schooling and can't post as much as I normally do. The pressure is starting to let up, so I'm feeling much better about things and I'll try to get in here more. Ta for now!

stamps; thinking of you (technique tuesday from ihp)
paper; geniune (authentique from ihp), white canvas, oxford (bazzill)
ink; tuxedo black memento ink (tsukineko from ihp)
accessories; rope burlap (may arts from ihp), screw brads (unknown)

Paris Fashion - It's all About Elegant Texture

2012-02-29T09:37:00.003-07:00

Good Morning! I grabbed a couple of spare minutes to throw this lovely together;

Isn't that the way it is with fashion too? With simple flair, style can be thrown together! This card is broken down in fashion terms quite simply.

Texture is critical for the overall feel of this card. I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder that I love - Post Card. It's sold in a pair, and I can't remember what the set is called.

Next, layers add interest and provide opportunity for more texture. I stamped my sentiment from Mon Ami Paris by Technique Tuesday with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Next, I stamped the Fleur de Lis fro mthe same set in Willow Adirondack ink, centering it over the sentiment. It has been popped up using Pop Dots and all the spellbinders dies used here were run through my Big Shot that extra time using the embossing mat so I could have even more texture on my card.

Finally, a Paris card wouldn't be complete without some satin and bling! I layered black satin ribbon over pleated satin trim by Maya Road, and added a vintage rhinestone button. DIVINE!

Have a happy hump day, 'cause here comes the weekend!

stamps; Mon Ami Paris (technique tuesday from ihp)
paper; black and white timeless (kaiser craft from ihp), raven, green tea, coconut swirl, white canvas card stock (bazzill)
ink; tuxedo black memento ink (tsukineko from ihp), willow adirondack (ranger)
accessories; vintage sophia button (bazzill), post card embossing folder (sizzix from ihp), twisted metal tags and accents, fleur de lis accents (spellbinders from ihp), pop dots (zva from ihp), black ribbon (offray), pleated satin trim (maya road from ihp)

A Little Inspiration

2012-02-25T14:57:00.000-07:00

Happy Saturday, peeps! A friend of mine made the suggestion for today's Inspiration challenge on Splitcoast, so I decided to play along since her suggestion is for one of my favourite local artisan stores - The Galleria. I loved this store at its original location on Kensington Road, and I still love it in historic Inglewood.

I got my inspiration from a photo of a necklace that Stef chose, seen at the top right of this page on the Galleria website. This fantastic card only took 35 minutes to make, thankfully, since I have a very tight deadline for a paper due this Friday. The best part of this card is that I was able to use up some squares left over from the card I made earlier this week!

I cut hearts from the left over squares. And I sewed them on! My day is looking up thanks to all the fortuitous happy things coming together here. The hearts are cut from Bonjour paper by Kaiser Craft. The Snow White pearls do double duty by hiding the stubby top thread, securing the line of sewing. I know, very clever indeed!

I love the loose, loopy look of this sentiment, and it is absolutely perfect here! I do love this Loving Words stamp set from Technique Tuesday. Love, LOVE!! I used London Fog Memento ink to stamp the sentiment, because I wanted a soft look for this card. The embossed lines are made using my Scor-Pal. It's a tool I can't live without! And the new Scor-Pal has many more lines, which I love to bits!! These lines are scored at 1/4" from the edge of the paper, giving an elegant, clean framed look to the card.

Enjoy the remainder of your weekend, and thank you so much for stopping by!

stamps; loving words (technique tuesday from ihp)
paper; bonjour (kaiser craft from ihp), coconut swirl, horizon (bazzill), kraft (american elements)
ink; london fog memento (tsukineko from ihp)
accessories; heart nestabilities (spellbinders from ihp), snow white basics pearls (kaiser craft from ihp), scor pal (scor-pal from ihp)

IHP Trendsetters

2012-02-21T04:00:00.000-07:00

Walking the floor of the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) Trade Show is always an adventure! What could possibly be more exciting than getting to see three huge showrooms of brand new products that you can hardly wait to get your hands on? Only one thing: getting to share that experience with your girlfriends!

From the very beginning, the i {heart} papers team has had strong ties to Paper Craft Planet. Our mutual love of paper and paper-crafting was the foundation for our friendship, and CHA has given us the opportunity to meet face-to-face and translate those online friendships into real life. It's so much more fun in person than it is on screen!

As we walked the CHA floor we were drawn to certain products and projects...when we discussed them over dinner we discovered some emerging trends. That's what today's challenge is all about.

Of course, not everyone can attend CHA. We were quite sorely missing some of our team mates...and the general public is not eligible to attend. Thankfully, those of you who couldn't be there can live vicariously through the next best thing: photos! Check out these in this post from Susanna, and several posts from MoxieFab!

My project uses 4 of the current trends; Sewing, Paper Quilting Background, Butterflies, and 3-d Embellishments.

I'm a quilter on the side and I have a butterfly themed quilt hanging over my sewing desk. This year's paper crafting trends are right up my alley! While I'm not overly fond on the colours that are seen in almost every major paper and embellishment line, there is still a lot available that I like that is trendy.

This sentiment is from combined from 2 sets by Technique Tuesday; Amazing and Simply You. Isn't that tiny butterfly divine?!!! I embellished it with a tiny adhesive backed half pewter pearl from Zva - it's a perfect colour match for the Bonjour paper pad from Kaiser Craft. I stamped the sentiment using London Fog Memento ink by Tsukineko because this ink has fantastic coverage on acrylic stamps.

I cut 1" squares and adhered them to a card stock rectangle and then I trimmed off the excess paper. I sewed the paper in place using a zig zag stitch. While all my corners matched, I love the extravagant look of these white pearls from Kaiser Craft anchoring the pieces in place.

3-d embellishments are still trendy, and I've used a die to cut both butterflies and then I layered and sewed them in place. I also layered the ribbon and a mesh rosette from Trimmings ribbon by Tim Holtz with crochet trim from Vintage Natural Lace by Kaiser Craft.

I love the depth of this butterfly and the delicate feel of the lace die cut combined with the translucent velum solid image butterflies.

There are several more trends to be showcased, so please do hop along and check out what the rest of these lovely ladies have to show you! Please use code ihp0212 when you upload to any online gallery so we can see your project and cheer your creativity.

and our guests from PCP:

stamps; amazing, simply you (technique tuesday from ihp)
paper; bonjour (kaiser craft from ihp), kraft (american elements), irridescent vellum (paper accents), coconut swirl, walnut creme (bazzill)
ink; london fog memento ink (tsukineko from ihp)
accessories; trimmings (tim holtz from ihp), vintage natural lace pack, snow white pearls (kaiser craft from ihp), pewter pearls (zva from ihp), lace butterfly die (marianne), labels 20 nestabilities (spellbinders from ihp), bigz beautiful butterfly die (sizzix)

love to create

The Man Card

Paris Fashion - It's all About *Elegant* Texture

A Little Inspiration

IHP Trendsetters

Paris Fashion - It's all About Elegant Texture