"Angels I call Friends"

Hustling a bit to get this posted before the end of one of the challenges.  Yeah, I like to cut things close at times, but it means you get the Tuesday post a little early!

Materials Used:

• White, blue-grey, and grey Card stock
• The Paper Studio Blue Lace Paisley paper
• Fiskars Paper Edgers
• digistamp - Making our Mark (colored digitally, and duplicated around sentiment/poem)
• Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss Dots
• Studio G Pigment ink
• Studio G Glitter glue
• Ribbon Trends Gingham Light Blue
• Celebrate It Sheer Expressions Ribbon
• Bazzil Basics Paper Self adhesive gems
• random adhesives

Challenges:

Merry Monday @ Always Playing With Paper

Ribbon Carousel - Non-traditional Colors

Card Crafters Circle - Friendship

Girlie Valentine

Of course after my non-traditional "boy" valentine, last friday,  I had to have a semi non-traditional, but still girlie and pretty, valentine for today.  I actually didn't use any red...and the sentiment still isn't to gushy, but I love the way the heart element turned out on this!

Materials Used:

• White, pink, and brown Card stock
• Paper Pizazz paper - Tan Floral Tapestry
• Swirl paper - unknown brand
• The Paper Studio embossing floral - Intricate Swirl
• Offray Classical Lace - White
• Ribbon Trends - polka dot brown
• The Paper Studio self adhesive pearls
• heart shaped brads - label missing, but I think they were from Recollections
• Studio G stamp
• Studio G pigment ink

Challenges:

Totally Papercrafts - Pearls and Lace Challenge

Friday Evening FREEBIE: Cassidy Sitting on a Ledge

This is actually two stamps in one, because I have included the brick wall/ledge background as well as the Cassidy stamp in the download.  Either stamp can be used alone or combined to create a scene.

Enjoy!  Remember you only have a week to get this download!

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A "Boy" Valentine

I wanted to try to make a Valentine, that wasn't so girlie - no flowers, lace, fussy layers, gushy or cutsie sayings, red or pink....pretty much everything that makes a Valentine a Valentine had to go.

It's tough to do.  And I still wound up with a heart on it.

I thought I'd show you the inside of the card as well.  I'm trying to get in the habit of "dressing" the inside of the card alsol, but typically it's just a spot for a note, and a few strips of the same papers I've used on the outside of the card.  I probably won't be showing the insides to often....just FYI.

Materials Used:

• Kraft and white Card stock
• Colorbok Paper pad - Earthtones
• Studio G Rubber Stamp
• Studio G Alphabet stamp set
• Studio G Pigment Ink
• Recollections copper mini circle brads
• Random adhesives

Coordinating Tag

I decided to make a tag that coordinated with the birthday card I posted last week, as I know there will be a gift included to the person receiving that card.  I wanted the tag to be similar, but not completely matchy-matchy, and this is what I came up with.

Materials Used:

• Kraft tag (Not sure the brand, I have several of these just floating around in my supplies)
• Burgundy card stock
• Black & Cream Script paper from The Paper Studio
• Distress Ink in Vintage Photo
• Inkadinkado Clear Stamps in Sketchy Flourishes
• Studio G Stamp
• Studio G Pigment Ink - a chocolate brown color, and white
• Chipboard shape and "bling" frame unknown brands - both from Honk's Dollar store
• homemade glimmer mist in gold
• Bird image from The Graphics Fairy
• EK Success Butterfly Punch
• The Paper Studio self adhesive pearls
• Offray Fancy Lace Cream
• Elements hemp Cord - Earthtones
• Random adhesives

Beary Merry

 I must explain the sentiment...my hubby always says "Have a Merry Merry!" rather than "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays".  It has rubbed off on me, and now I tend to say it a lot around the holidays too.  So, this is a version of that holiday greeting that fits with the stamp I used!

Materials Used:

• Red, Green, White card stock
• Patterned papers by The Paper Studio
• Digi Image by Dustin Pike - colored with pencils
• Buttons (I can't remember the brand, but it was a mixed packet from WalMart)
• White Embroidery Floss
• Bic Mark-It Ultra Fine Point Markers 
• Random Adhesives

Challenges:

Merry Monday #4

Card Crafter's Circle Challenge #6 - Bear With Me

Blingy Valentine

The flowers on this card were all made by me.  Actually, on my cards, 99% of the flowers used are made by me.  I usually have so many other things on my wishlist for supplies, that flowers usually don't make it on the list.

The white roses are folded/quilled, and the red and pink roses are created from punches.

Materials Used:

• White, red, pink, green card stock
• D'Vine Swirl Cuttlebug embossing folder
• Celebrate It Ribbon
• Details Satin Ribbon
• Sentiment made by me on computer
• EK Success Punches
• 24 gauge floral wire
• Bead Treasures glass beads: 4 mm pearls, 4 mm fauceted
• The Paper Studio self adhesive pearls
• Random adhesives

Challenges:

Just Us Girls Color Challenge #120

Papertake Weekly: Buttons, Bows, Bling & Blooms

Totally Papercrafts: Make your own flowers

Friday Evening FREEBIE: Alyssa - Talk to me

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Studded Lace

The idea for this card struck me as I was browsing Pintrest and saw a tag that had lines of brads across it.  I thought it would be really pretty to stud a strip of lace with the brads.  I had made a template and pierced the card so the brads were supposed to line up right, but apparently the prongs weren't totally centered on the brads, so the effect is a bit wobbly....but I think it adds a little charm - yeah, that's the claim.  ;-)

This is the brooding, "artsy", photo for this card's FB profile... 

Materials Used:

• Card stock 2 shades of brown
• The Paper Studio Mirabelle Paper pack - both the green with cream script, and floral
• Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap
• Offray Ribbons - Fancy Lace Cream, and SPRMOS (Spring Moss maybe?)
• Recollections Copper Mini Circle brads
• Sentiment made on computer
• Random Adhesives

Ribbon Carousel - Love & Hearts

I was worried as I was putting this card together that there would be a few TO many hearts...but I really like the end result!  I think this may be one of the favorite cards that I've done.

Materials Used:

• Black and white card stock
• Patterned papers both by The Paper Studio
• Ribbon (no brand name - purchased from Dollar Tree)
• Sentiment and "stamp" by me
• The Paper Studio Embossing folder in Intricate Swirl
• Bazzill Basics self adhesive jewels
• Random Adhesives

Challenges:

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - RCC36

For Merry Monday #3

This is my second ever challenge card, and - go figure - my paper cutter decided to be a pain.  Ugh!

Anyway, the Merry Monday challenge sounded fun (and like a good way to actually have my Christmas cards DONE by Christmas this year!).

Materials Used:

• White and blue card stock
• Paper Pizazz Paper
• Martha Stewart Around the Edge Paper Punch
• Fiskars decorative scissors
• D'vine Swirl Cuttlebug Folder
• First Gift digi (by me) precolored
• Random adhesives

Challenges:

Merry Monday #3

A Grungy Birthday Card

This is actually the 2nd version of this particular card....I made and photographed the first one, and when I went to edit the photos. I realized that in the process, the background paper had been flipped upside down prior to the elements being put on.  I probably could have gotten away with it, but the more I looked at it, the more obvious it became to me, so I salvaged what I could and remade the card.  And I think this version came out even better - so pffffffff to silly mistakes!

Materials Used:

• Cream, brown, white, burgundy, and green card stock
• Black & Cream Script paper from The Paper Studio
• Distress Ink in Vintage Photo
• Inkadinkado Clear Stamps in Sketchy Flourishes
• Recollections Copper Mini Circle brads
• 5 petal flower punch (not sure, but I think it's an EK Success punch)
• The Paper Studio self adhesive pearls
• 24 gauge floral wire
• La Petites by The Paper Studio 3-D stickers
• Random adhesives

Challenges:

 Card Crafter's Circle - Happy Birthday

Just Us Girls #119 - Collage Technique

Friday Evening FREEBIE: Kenzie Giggles

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NEW BLOG!!

Welcome to my new blog!  I had so many things going on over at the Sherlocks' Home blog, that I decided to finally pull my cardmaking and digi stamps over onto their own blog!

Cardmaking + Digistamps = Folded Paper & Printed Pixels (FP3)

There are some changes to things on this blog!

• Free images are ONLY going to be available for one week after they've been posted. There are a few images on my Freebies Forever  page that will ALWAYS be available.
• Eventually I would like to get to a point of having a store as well as the freebies, so any feedback on that would be appreciated!  
• Once I get a store running, I will probably start a challenge here as well.  
• I've changed my copyright policy so that it is a little less restrictive for those who sell the cards and items that they make with the images.  

Hopefully, these changes will all be for the better!   Welcome to FP3!!