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Fabric Garlands! A quick and easy home decor project!

Hellooooooo sweet friends! I have a fun craft project today - and it doesn't have any paper involved! Yes, you heard me right! It's a fabric project! So super fun, quick, easy, and awesome. I have had the supplies to make this (these) for a couple of years. Oh my. Well, I went to a craft retreat a couple months back and I finally made my fabric strip garlands! You know how you have things in your craft room for a long time and keep thinking "I need to make that"? Well, I did! Hee hee. And now I want to make more! Let's get started before I keep yammering on more. 

I initially made this red, white and blue fabric strip garland to hang in our kitchen for the 4th of July! This garland is also the perfect size to go across the fireplace mantle or our entertainment center!  I bought two packs of fat quarters (blue pack and red pack) at Hobby Lobby, and I also got the rope at Hobby Lobby. That's all you need to get this result....

 

I hung the finished garland over our kitchen curtains! It looks so cute! It adds the right amount of homey feeling!

 

 

Supplies! That's it! I roughly cut the fat quarters into two inch strips. At first I used my ruler, but then I ended up just eye balling the strips and it went very fast cutting them all up. Again - EASY!! Each strip is about 20 inches long to start.

 

I laid the rope out on my desk (I cut it about 8 feet long to have lots of room and then trimmed it later). I just started knotting the fabric strips over the rope making sure to keep the colors and patterns varied. I love this combination of gingham, strips, chambray.... It's very pretty!!

 

You just fluff it up and straighten it out when you hang it! I think start to finish this took me about two hours to make!!

 

Here are two other garlands I made using the same fun technique. For these next two I used Moda Fabric Jelly Rolls for the fabric. And I think this will be my preferred method for any other ones I made. Moda makes the most gorgeous fabrics! And, the Jelly Rolls come with the fabric already in strips (with a pretty zig zag edge too)! For the Jelly Rolls, I unrolled all of the strips and then cut them in the middle, so each big strip became two small strips. Really the perfect amount for a garland. 

This one is all season, shabby chic! In all my favorite colors!! I added in some crochet trim and some velvet ribbon too. This one I think will hang in my craft room! I LOVE it. 

 

Here's a close up of the knots. Wrap the strip around the rope, and pull the ends through (kind of like you would tie a string on the top of a tag). 

 

 

 

And the last one I made is retro Halloween! Kitty cats and candy corns and polka dots. LOVE! This one was made with another Moda Jelly Roll fabric pack. The colors are lovely!

 

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Okee dokee! That's it for today! I hope I've inspired you to try a new crafting project! This was literally so easy. I think it would be really cute to make one for a baby's room or for a special color themed party. Also, I already have the fabric for a holiday one. Can't stop, won't stop. LOLZ. Have a blessed and beautiful day my friends. See you soon! XOXO

 

Hey Lady! Cute Ladybug Card Kit available now!

Hey Lady!! Hello my little ladybugs! I'm flying by with a quick post today to let you know that there's an adorable new Card Kit from Taylored Expressions today! It's available now and I love love love it! I made this sweet card using items from the kit. There are stencils and stamps and matching dies...and more! I think you'll like it too. You can shop it here!

My finished card is an A2 white card base layered with gingham and then one of the printed sentiment panels. I used the stencils, stamps and dies to cut out all the ladybugs and affixed them to my card using foam squares. I added a little swirly path for the one ladybug.... And some glittery pink gems! All my supplies are listed at the bottom of my post or HERE. 

When I stenciled the ladybugs I used two ink shades for an ombre look. I also used dark pink instead of red for some hip ladybugs. Ha! I used matching pink gingham paper and it's all so dang cheerful!

 

Here are some photos of everything that comes in the Hey Lady Kit!

 

 

And, the full kit! See that big die??? It die cuts out ALLLLL the ladybugs at once! Genius!

 

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Summer cards with Catherine Pooler - Let's Hit The Beach!

Hey hey hey friends! Are you ready to hit the beach today? It's full on Summer now! I'm inside the craft room with the fans on and it's 105 degrees today. Nope, not going anywhere. LOL. All the lights out and lots of water! Hope you are having an awesome weekend. I have so many fun Summer crafts to share with ya lately - so excited! Today's post features the awesome and fabulous Resort Release from Catherine Pooler and Sizzix. I loved it the second I saw this release and wanted to create with it! Think beach umbrellas and towels, cute swimmers, a stenciled pool deck, and adorable sentiments. It screams "Let's Hit The Beach!" I am sharing three cards all made with the Resort Bundle.... Let's gooooo!

My first two cards feature a retro 50's/60's color palette or aqua and lime and yellow.... I do love a retro vibe. For this first card I used those perfect beach umbrellas to make a clean and simple card. My finished card is an A2 white card base. I layered soft aqua and then my top panel....

 

The sentiment is perfect! Each beach umbrella was made with two step stamping in my MISTI and then I added a matching pearl to each one. You can see my subtle shadow line on the umbrellas. I did this using a C2 Copic Marker. It's, again, subtle, but I do think it makes a difference!

 

Each umbrella was attached to the card using foam squares. I inked just the top of the panel to mimic the warm golden sunshine. I do really love these colors together!!

 

 

 

The stamps align to perfection!!! I stamped the outline in black first and then my colors inside second.

 

Next up are these adorable synchronized swimmers ready to jump in! This finished card is an A2 white card base. I used the pool deck stencils to make the background and then feature the swimmers and another great sentiment.

 

For the background - instead of using all four of the stencils in the pack, I only used two of them - the ones with triangles and squares. This made my design a little less busy and left some white space. I do like the result. I added some waves across the bottom of my card for them to jump in/out of!!

 

The swimmers have these one piece suits, and also a bikini option. The possibilities are endless!! I love their tiny swim caps. I added a few shadows using Copic markers on their swimsuits. 

 

 

For my final card, I went with a nautical color palette of red, white and bright blue! I created a shoreline with festive umbrellas and a towel... My finished card is an A2 card base in white, layered with blue and also some kraft. 

 

 

I hand tore the kraft cardstock in an irregular way to look like sand. Then I put some white paint along the edge and splatters to look like the waves. I stamped the sentiment sideways and it's nice and big. I used all red/white umbrellas for a French Riviera vibe. 

 

This entire release is literally so HAPPY and fun! I could see making some pool party invitations or birthday cards for summer parties. Any color would look good and there's a sentiment for every occasion. I hope you'll check it out!! 

 

 

 

That's it for today's Summer cards! I'll be back soon with more more more! I hope you are finding time to get your craft on lately! I'm still working on some 4th of July stitching. I'm starting to accept the fact that I may not finish....but I'll keep working on it!! XOXOXO

 

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see all the SUPPLIES I used for today's cards! (Affiliate Links Used)

 

 

Happy First Day of Summer - May Your Day Be Sunkissed!

Hi everyone! It's almost Friday! And it's the official first day of Summer 2024! I am excited for Summer for a few reasons....mostly the Olympics! And also, because when Summer is over - it's FALL! Lolz. I've been working on some patriotic stitching and other 4th of July projects to share.  It's been hot here in Sacramento and we're due to get 100's again starting this weekend. I could do with a little road trip to the beach! Well, my card is the perfect beach card! There is an AMAZING new release from Honey Bee Stamps and I have been making projects with it. Today's card is perfect for this first day of the new season! All the new dies are so great - and I do love paper piecing a good die cut card together. This card was super fun to make - colorful, happy and beach themed! SHOP the new release here! I'll be sharing another card made with the gorgeous new Americana themed items soon. Yay!

My finished card is an A2 white card base. Layered with sky blue stripes and then my beach scene.... I used Summer colors of aqua, lime, hot pink and yellow.... My uncle, and then my mom both had VW vans and they are so cute and fun. Really brings to mind certain memories doesn't it? 

 

When I'm making cards like this - with lots of pieces and bits - I usually die cut out everything first and put the pieced in little stacks. Then I sit down and ink the pieces if needed and assemble them. Once all the elements are assembled I will play with them until I get the right scene look I want. I really wanted both the palm trees and the umbrella in there, so it took some time to get it just right. Tip: Once everything is the way I want, I'll take a quick iPhone photo for reference in gluing it all down.

 

 

I used this pretty new sentiment set - I adore this font! I stamped it in aqua ink to match my van and then die cut it out with the matching dies. I created a 'beach' by freehand cutting a kraft strip to go across the bottom of my oval. I added a little white beach fence too!! All my supplies are listed at the bottom of my post.

 

I used two different shades of green for my palm trees, and added some pearl coconuts!!

 

I die cut a yellow surfboard and inked it with yellow and orange distress inks for a sunset look! The windows in the van are vellum and I added white gel pen accents to them. The headlights are grey pearls...

 

I just had to add a couple of seagulls flying by. I added gems to the pieces and a little bit of Stickles Diamond glitter glue too. If you zoom in on this card, you can smell the ocean! (I wish) LOL!

 

Hope you had a great week so far! Happy SUMMER! Wishing you a fun Summer full of everything you enjoy!! Our favorite coffee shop is hosting a social club on the weekends where no phones are allowed and there will be live music and good conversation! What a grand idea - we'll be stopping by there tomorrow night. And then next week some fun art festivals. Yeah! See you soon! Lots of projects to share before the 4th of July! XOXO

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The Greetery Garden Party Release Day! Yeah!

 

HEY FRIENDS!! EXCITING NEWS!!

THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!

THE GARDEN PARTY COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE!

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It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new and beautiful Garden Party Collection to you this week!! And, I hope you love it as much as I do!! Happy Crafting!! If you scroll back to my last two blog posts, you can see all my projects from the new release, and the accompanying supply lists. If you have any questions - reach out!! Thanks for all the love and kind comments this week! We are ready for Summer!  Happy Creating! Can't wait to see what YOU make!

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it helps me so very much and I'm so grateful!! XOXO

 

 

The Greetery - Garden Party Collection - Day Two! Lemons and Flowers!

Welcome back to day two of the new Garden Party release week from The Greetery!! How did you like yesterday's cards and theme? What do you love so far?? Are you a tea girlie or a coffee girlie? I like both!! Thanks for the comments and for being here to share the excitement with me! It's my pleasure to be able to introduce the new Garden Party items to you!! Be sure to look at yesterday's post to see my first three cards. I have four more cards to share today!! And then release day will be tomorrow, Friday June 14th at 10am EST! Prize information, Supplies, and the links for today are all at the bottom of this post! Join me in some more fun today! Today has a purple and yellow theme! Two lemon cards and two purple flower cards! Awesome!!

SHOP THE NEW RELEASE ON FRIDAY JUNE 14TH AT 10AM EST!

My first card today features the brand new Garden Gateway Dies and the brand new Impressionist Garden stencils and dies, and the new Bloom and Grow Sentiments! LOTS of new things on this fun card! My finished card is a white A2 card base, layered with purple and white (stenciled with clouds) to make the background for my garden gate. It's really just the happiest card. 

 

Here's a close up of the gorgeous Impressionist Garden stencils and the pretty arch in the gate. I added Copic Marker accents to all my different pieces. The way the flowers were designed, they fit right over the beautiful arch. (Betsy = genius!) I just love how this looks.

 

 

I die cut the gate from white cardstock and added dark gray accents. Here's a close up of the pretty signs in the stamp set. The little flourish is just the perfect touch. 

 

I used the Sitting Pretty Accessories dies to add a spider plant, some clay pots, and a sweet sleepy kitty cat!!

 

Next up is this big bold lemon card featuring the brand new Large Lemon Stencils and the brand new Squeeze The Day stamps and dies! Gosh, this might be one of my favorite Greetery things EVER!!! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with gingham white - to properly feature that gorgeous lemon.

 

I heat embossed the sentiment in gold for a pop!! I stenciled the lemon, leaves and florals using bright inks and blender brushes. I also used a paint brush and gold metallic paint to add gold accents to the stenciled areas.

 

 

 

 

 

My third card today features the brand new, beautiful, Botanicuts Wisteria Dies and the brand new Scalloped Gingham Stencils! OOH LA LA! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with the gingham stencils and then a bit of vellum, and then a white oval!! All these layers meant to properly feature this new floral dies!! The sentiment is in dark grey for good contrast. 

 

Here's a close up of the beautiful flowers and leaves. Just the right look and scale.... I die cut out everything and used Distress Inks to edge a darker color on all the pieces. 

 

 

 

 

 

The brand new A2 Stitched Scallops Dies are going to get used in my craft room A LOT!!!

 

And last for today, but certainly not least, is this bright and cheerful lemonade card!! This card features the brand new Sippin Summer stamps and dies, the brand new Trendy Tumbler Dies, the brand new Squeeze the Day stamps, and the brand new Palm Border Die!! Whew, that's a whole lotta new! Yeah! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with gingham, then vellum, then white. I used the Palm Border to frame my drink to look like we're out sippin in the backyard!!

 

This close up shows all the different lemony elements!! This is a series of stamps and I used my MISTI to align everything just right! The set even comes with an adorable little straw!! I splattered silver paint onto my pieces to look like bubbles... For my accents I used Stickles Diamond Glitter and little yellow hearts.

 

 

I adore this happy font in all the sentiments!!

 

 

 

 

That's it friends! It's been a pleasure sharing the GARDEN PARTY Collection new release with you! Thank you for your support and kind comments - and for sharing my enthusiasm for The Greetery.   We all love The Greetery! Have a great day!  Happy Shopping tomorrow!! XOXO

PRIZES INFO: Betsy will be giving away several $50 gift cards as part of the new release week. To enter to win, please leave a comment on everyone's blog posts for today and yesterday! She will announce the winners on The Greetery Blog!! YEAH!!

THE NEW RELEASE IS LIVE TOMORROW 6/14 AT 10AM EST!!

THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING VIA MY AFFILIATE LINKS - IT HELPS SO MUCH!!

 

CLICK HERE to see all the supplies I used in today's projects! I will update the links when the new release goes live! (Affiliate Links Used)

 

DESIGN TEAM LINKS FOR TODAY!! ENJOY PARTY AND THE NEW COLLECTION!

Angelica

Dana

Dawn

Kelly

Laura 

Laurie

Wanda

 

The Greetery - Garden Party Collection - Day One! Let's Have Tea!

Hello, my creative, talented and crafty friends! It's a gooooood day today! It's time for a fun, happy, awesome, pretty, and amazing new release from The Greetery! The new release is just in time for Summer and it's VERY pretty!! The release is called Garden Party! Think tea parties, flowers, lemonade, pretty backgrounds, and more! You're gonna love it. It's fresh and bright and you know me, I used LOTS of color!! The design team will be sharing products and projects today and tomorrow and then the new release will be available for shopping on Friday, June 14th at 10am EST! Just two more days to wait. I had a really fun time with this release - it's right up my alley! I'm excited to share it with you.

SHOP THE NEW RELEASE FRIDAY, JUNE 14TH, AT 10AM EST!

I will be sharing three cards today, and four more cards tomorrow. The cards for today all have a tea party theme - tea pots, and tea cups and pretty fine china too! Great for birthdays and invitations and encouragement cards. My cards have lots of gingham, well, because it's me! Loads of beautiful inspiration from the entire design team for the next two days. My supplies, prize information, and links to everyone's blogs are all at the bottom of this post. Let's get started!

My first card today features the brand new Pours Tea Dies, and the brand new Brew-tea-ful Stamps and Dies! The sentiments are SO cute! I also used some of my favorite Greetery supplies with the new items. The center of my tea pot features the gorgeous Botanicuts Strawberries dies.... Shades of pink and red - so feminine!! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with gingham and then accented with white and kraft.

 

Here's a close up of all my layers and elements. I used the Cozy Coaster to make a little tablecloth for my tea pot.... I die cut out all the pieces and inked the edges of everything using Distress Inks and blending brushes. I used a bit of gold just on the lid of the pot. These dies have scrumptious pierced dot details. Love it so much.

 

The sentiments have matching dies - looks so professional and polished!! I added a few little hearts for good measure....

 

Those pretty little strawberries were attached to the tea pot with foam squares.

 

My second card features LOTS of new products! The new items are the Sips Tea Dies and Stencils, the Brew-tea-ful Stamps and Dies, and the Flourished Frame Die!! Everything works together so nicely. This card was Bridgerton inspired!! Pretty pastels and touches of gold!! My finished card is a cream A2 card base layered with the new frame (in gold) and then the focus elements of the tea cup and floral spray. 

 

This gorgeous flower spray can fit into either the tea cup or the tea pot - genius! It's multi step stamping and it comes out like a dream. The tea cup has matching stencils so I stenciled a darker shade of aqua. I used a gold leafing pen to add gold accents onto the cup.

 

I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of vellum using Stazon in and wrapped it around the card. In the background, I stamped words and added paint splatters. Just look at that tiny tea bag tag!!!! SO sweet.

 

 

Here's a close up of all the detail on the gorgeous new frame die.....

 

 

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My third card today features the brand new Fine China stamps, dies and hot foil plates! Reeeeeallly elegant and classy and so very pretty! Gorgeous layers of dies and hot foil and then petite floral elements. I used shades of blues with gold for my finished plate. My finished card is a white A2 card base layered with blue cardstock, vellum and then a Greetery Arch. The star of the show is the fine china for sure.

 

This close up shows all my paper layers....so scrumptious! I ink blended just the top portion of my arch to ground the white of the plate. The foiling comes out PERFECTLY. I used a gold pen to add small accents to the blue floral spray.

 

The included sentiments in the stamp set are classy!!!!!

 

 

That's all for today, but I'll be back tomorrow with the rest of the new release! Thank you for your support and kind comments - and for sharing my enthusiasm for The Greetery. We all love The Greetery! Have a blessed and happy day! See you tomorrow bright and early! XOXO

PRIZES INFO: Betsy will be giving away some $50 gift cards as part of the new release week. To enter to win, please leave a comment on everyone's blog posts for today and tomorrow! She will announce the winners on The Greetery Blog as usual!! YEAH!!

THE NEW RELEASE IS LIVE FRIDAY 6/14 AT 10AM EST!!

THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING VIA MY AFFILIATE LINKS - IT HELPS SO MUCH!!

 

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the full supply list for today's card! (Affiliate Links Used)

 

DESIGN TEAM LINKS FOR TODAY!! ENJOY THE NEW RELEASE REVEALS!!

Angelica

Dana

Dawn

Kelly

Laura 

Laurie

Wanda

 

Anna Griffin Wildflower Meadow Card Kit!

Hi everybody! How are you? Have you been crafty this weekend? What are you up to? I am up to staying cool! Oh yeah it's hot hot hot here! I'll be inside with my iced coffee, thank you very much! LOL. I have a set of cards to share today and there are six total - I seem to be making multiples lately!! You guys know that I looooooove Anna Griffin supplies and especially the AG card kits. My cards today were made with the new Anna Griffin Wildflower Meadow Card Kit! The kit makes 12 cards total (with items left over) and I made half of them the other day. I will save the rest for a different crafting session. I adore these kits because you can sit down and just craft - you don't have to come up with all the ideas. You can just mix and match the elements in a way you like. I always add my own special details on the kit cards: paint splatters (gold or white), pearls and gems, and Stickles too. I do love to add a bit of sparkle.

I buy my Anna Griffin supplies directly from her website, or from HSN and now from Scrapbook.com! I have a nice little collection going now, but I've been a fan since day one of her scrapbooking journey!!

CLICK HERE to see some other Anna Griffin card kits!!

I won't go into great detail on each card - the were all made with elements from the card kit. The kit comes with envelopes too and all occasion sentiments. Now I have a very nice stash of cards made!! Everything is 3d and accented with gold foil. So pretty. Every card is A7 (5"x7") size. I am smitten with the color palette of this kit - super feminine and pastel. Kind of makes me think of Marie Antoinette for some reason!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here's a photo of all the cards - perfect for saving on Pinterest!

That's it for today! Have a great day today and a good week to come! XOXO

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Fun Honeycomb Birthday Tags and Gift Ideas with The Greetery!

Hi everyone! How are you my creative and crafty friends?! It's my turn up on The Greetery Blog today to share a project with you! And of course I'm sharing my project with you here too!  Yay!  I am always so excited and happy to share with you. Hope you're doing great! Happy Friday! Good wishes for a great weekend! Hope you get in some crafting time! I just started two new cross stitch projects! LOL. Seems I am the queen of starting projects, but not the queen of finishing projects! 

 

I am smitten with the new honeycomb items from The Greetery, so today I decided to make some more projects using them! Just so cheerful and happy!! I created two festive and fun gift tags using lots of my favorite Greetery supplies! I have a few special birthdays coming up and I always love to make something handmade....  I created two gift tags - one is a gift box decoration and the other one I haven't decided yet - maybe a tie on to a bottle of champagne, or as a gift bag tie on! I used pretty shades of pink and mint with gold accents for my party today!

 

 

 

This just makes me happy!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I started by die cutting two of the big tags using the Tag Team Duo dies - they are the perfect size tag! I used the Tag Team Duo matching stencils to stencil pink polka dots on one tag and mint green stripes on the other tag. For stenciling I used Distress Inks and blender brushes. The perfect party backgrounds!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next I die cut all the pieces to make a Hey Honeycomb Balloon and a Hey Honeycomb Ice Cream Cone. I used cardstock shades to match those cute Party Honeycomb Balls. I added bits of ink shading and also Stickles Diamond glitter glue. I affixed the honeycomb balls to the die cut pieces using liquid glue.

 

 

 

 

For the accents I splattered on some white paint and created gold streamers for both tags. I added a pretty ribbon from my stash and little scattered gems and pearls. For the sentiments I used the Tear Strip Banners Dies along with the Tear Strip Banners Birthday stamps. These were perfect across the bottom of my tags. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the gift, I wrapped it in Kraft wrapping paper first. I added a star border using the Star Strip Die and made it from matching cardstock to the balloon. Just a little extra touch. This is such a fun way to embellish a gift! These tags would also be nice for a graduation party gift, or any other celebration!

 

 

 

That's it for my project for today! I hope you have a fantastic and creative day! I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, happy crafting! XOXO

 

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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

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