Happy Monday - Fun cards with....Denim Jackets!!

Hey hey hey hey friends! Hope you're doing great today! I have a super fun blog post to share with you today! FIVE cards and LOTS of pictures! So grab some coffee! I had so much fun making these cards and can't wait to share them all with you! Wishing you a great week ahead. Summer is OFFICIALLY here in Sacramento and we are going to have three days over 100 degrees this week. Whew. Yikes. (Just in case you ever wondered why I love Autumn so much!) The hubs and I celebrate 31 years together tomorrow (not our wedding anniversary but our 'together' anniversary). I'm not sure how that happened, since I am clearly so young. Ha!! We are going out for a nice dinner at The Melting Pot! We haven't been there in many years and I'm really looking forward to it very much. A little fondue, a little champagne. Yeah! Okay, that's probably enough chit chat, let's talk about projects!

Concord and 9th is one of my most favorite companies! I love everything they do! A few months ago, they released the Carpe Denim dies and stamps, and lemme tell ya, I about lost my dang mind! SOOOOO cute and SOOOOO fun! Right up my alley for sure. I bought the dies right away. Time got away from me, and they have been sitting on my desk... While the dies were sitting on my desk I kept thinking of more and more ideas! When I sat down to create, FIVE cards came out! Honestly, I could have made tons more, I had so many ideas. I just ran out of time. I am a jean jacket girl for sure. I have been a jean jacket girl since about 7th grade (the 1900's) and in my closet currently I have 16 different ones! One has stars, one has bling, one has embroidery, one has patches, some are dressy and dark, some are distressed, some are slouchy, and all are loved! I do love a jean jacket! How about you - are you a jean jacket girlie too??

All five cards are A2 white card bases and I kept the layouts clean and simple and graphic. I used the Carpe Denim dies on all the cards. Each card is generally the same clean layout. I used my new favorite gingham papers (Supplies are at the bottom of this post) and all the gorgeous cardstocks are from Concord and 9th. For the denim jackets I used papers I bought at Hobby Lobby. I had this project in mind and I went to the paper racks at Hobby Lobby, and just looked for blue/denim like papers that I thought would work. I ended up with three different types of denim and I like all of them for different reasons. 

First up is my crafty girl denim jacket!! This card uses crafty sentiments and dies, paint brushes, stamps and scissors too. I would absolutely wear this jacket with a giant stamp on the back! Ha. I used DB scrapbooking letters to spell out crafty on the back. I used a fun sentiment, hearts, and bits of glitter to make it 'extra'! I loved using tiny silver and gold pearls on all the cards to look like clothing hardware. The creative possibilities are endless really. I had so much fun. 

 

 

Next up is my 80's inspired denim jacket! Brought back memories of the skating rink and my neon phase! Hee hee. I made cardstock stripes for this one to make it super colorful and fun. All those cute decorations and patches come with the Carpe Denim set. I splattered this jacket to make it look acid washed (I'm totally dating myself here). A vellum circle grounds the card. The sentiment is perfect!! 

 

Besides crafting and coffee, one thing you know I love is pizza!! So I made a pizza jean jacket! I used red gingham here of course. I used the super dark denim paper for this one. I gold embossed the pizza word on the back. The sentiment and the pizza are from the Love you more than sets!! A heart background and red heart accents to match the pizza. You gotta pizza my heart right here....

 

So this one is just plain silly and fun! I used the Celebration Squad dies to make a girl! I know that it's not the exact right scale, but I couldn't resist!! I gave here a boho chic jacket with big hearts on the back and a matching bow in her hair! A fun girlfriend card for sure. I used the pretty C9 gingham paper and the vines background to keep it feminine and pretty. 

 

And lastly, I had to make an Autumn themed jean jacket! Of course! I used orange gingham and kraft paper for a warmer feeling to this card. I also used those uber cute elbow patches on the jacket. I used the Playful Pumpkins stamps and dies to make the pretty pumpkin and the sentiment. I added leaves in warm fall tones and that gorgeous background die. Makes me want to go to the pumpkin patch right now! Wanna come?!

Okay, that's all five cards. The next set of photos are some close ups of all the little details. Because you know I love all the little details.... All the supplies are listed out at the bottom of this post! I would love to also see YOUR ideas!!

 

 

EEEEK. Those tiny paint brushes are everything!!!

 

 

 

 

I used lots of different icons, gems and sparkles to make this card very 80's! The stripes were cut to 1/4 inch using my paper trimmer. Really a fun and easy technique.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Um, how adorable is that tiny pizza slice?? And heart pepperonis? C'mon! I used Copic Markers to shade all of my elements on all the cards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey girl! She has a pretty boho braid in her hair! I used enamel dots here to add little pops of color.

 

 

 

 

 

How pretty is that leafy background??? LOVE.

 

 

 

And here are all five cards together in one graphic - perfect for saving on Pinterest!

 

Okay friends! That's it for today's cards! I hope I made you smile, and hope I got your creative juices flowing toooooo. That's my goal, to encourage you to craft and make you have a moment of fun in your day! Have an awesome week! XOXO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see all the supplies used for today's cards (Affiliate Links Used)! Thank you for shopping my links - I appreciate it!

 

 

Comments

[Betty Sue]

Wow! You knocked it out of the park!! Love these!!

[Kristi H.]

Happy Together Anniversary! These are fabulous!! I, too, love a jean jacket ☺️ Thanks for the inspiration; you've outdone yourself!

[Lempicki Toni]

Wanda was- how creative! Love the denim cards!!! Amazing!

[Christine Dol]

OMG- Wanda you are such a creative wonderful soul! Each card has a story to tell! THANK-YOU for always inspiring me!
Have a wonderful 31 year anniversary dinner!