Go-To-Gal Designer Challenge

What is a Go-to Gal Designer Challenge you may ask?  Once a month the Paper Crafts Magazine Go-to Gals will challenge each other to create a project focusing on products from a particular manufacturer.  We plan to feature one manufacturer the last Wednesday of each month.  Just for fun! This month we are featuring Elle's Studio.

Elle's Studio has a lot of great paper crafting products! Their focus is pocket page scrapbooking supplies. But, for my card making friends, their papers are hip and fresh and their stamps are of super high quality (for those afraid of scrapbooking stamps).

Elle's Studio's summer line, Saltwater, feels like a summer day. The colors and textures are perfect. And while I used photos of my little man and some of his pool adventures this summer, I would not hesitate to use this line of papers on any layout or card.

Scrapbooking with these pocket pages has been a fun discovery for me. Each of these little pockets is like a card space waiting to be created! And then I get to add photos, which make me so very happy!

And you will notice the cork arrow. I needed some dimension, so I added those on the outside of the pocket pages.

The journaling cards make this process so easy and manageable. Best part was, I cut apart a second one of these and used the numbers to label my photos, making them correspond to the journaling. 

Here you can see the journaling number. Both of these embellishments were added directly to the photo. 

Look at that handstand! :)

Some of the pockets are blank. I might leave them that way. Some I will fill in with some more personal journaling later.

One last pocket to show you. Embellishments on the photo and the outside of the pocket.

When did he get so big?!?

And last, but certainly, not least, a card, using the same products. This time I used the stamps. 

And there you have it, supplies that cross over from scrapbooking to card making. Very happy about that. Very happy.

Stop by and see how the rest of these fabulous ladies used Elle's Studio product. I know I cannot wait as they constantly amaze me with their creativity and talent!

• Teri Anderson
• Heather Campbell
• Kim Kesti
• Betsy Veldman
• Laura Williams

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

thank you so much

Don’t forget the Paper Crafts magazine blog hop, with a chance to win a copy of Card Creations Vol 11 at each blog!! Scroll down and check it out!

I am making you work today! :) But stop on over to the Crafty Power Blog and see what is new with their adhesives!!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

CardMaker blog post today

Pop on over to the CardMaker blog and see the design tip I have for you today. Its old, but it’s a great one. I made this card a lot better, that is for sure! :)
thanks for stopping by!
~kimberly

publications

I am always thrilled to have work published and these issues are the latest from Paper Crafts magazine.

Paper Crafts Holiday Cards and More Volume 6.

GREAT ideas for cards and gifts!!

This is a fun card to make and very mail-able! The cardstock was stamped with the music image. Then the holly leaves and berries were stamped with black ink. Distressing inks from Ranger were used to “paint” the leaves and berries. I pushed the ink pads into a mat and misted with water. A water color paintbrush made it easy to apply the ink. If you try this, press your paper underneath a heavy book to allow it to flatten out as it dries.

Supplies: Stamps-Hero Arts (Get Merry!, Music Background, Classic Holly), Inks-Ranger Distress Inks (Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Scattered Straw, Frayed Burlap), Memento (Tuxedo Black), Patterned paper-Basic Grey (Jovial)

Paper Crafts special issue 365 Cards.

Clever issue!  There is a card for each day of the year, including silly days, like Watermelon Day. It’s a great resource for card makers and senders!!! So many excuses to make a card, or shop for supplies to make that card. :)

This was a fun way to make a flower. I started by die cutting a piece of cardstock using Spellbinders Pinking Circles Small. Then I wrapped baker’s twine around it to create a pattern. (Each of the ends are taped to the back.) The center is a brad from Prima. I added leaves die cut from patterned paper using Spellbinders Foliage.

Supplies-Stamps-Hero Arts (Graph Background, Thank you for being my Friend), Twine-Divine Twine (Brown Sugar), Patterned paper-Graphic 45 (Once Upon), Ink-Palette (Burnt Umber), Memento (Tuxedo Black), Distress ink (Vintage Photo), Brad-Prima, Spellbinders-S4-172 Pinking Circles SM, S4-328 Foliage

Gratitude for Nov 7

Ah, Monday morning. I look forward to it actually, because I am volunteering at my son’s school. Not only do I get to work in his classroom, I also get to work with another student and his reading. It is so great to be back in a school setting, doing the things that I did before mommy hood. Teaching has forever been a passion in my life. I forgot how much I enjoy it. How much it is a part of who I am. This time around, I get to observe my little man at school and he how he is doing. What a change of viewpoint, being a parent. So grateful for it. So one day, if I decide to teach again, I will be able to bring an even deeper passion and perspective to my job.

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Bakery Box Bonanza

This month at Pink Persimmon the creative team has been busy making projects with the darling bakery boxes that they carry in the store. Make sure and check out the blog with all the cute ideas! AND check out the ca-ute stamps for Valentine’s Day that are now on sale!

Looking at the box, I didn’t want to cover it completely in paper. Hey, its Valentine’s Day, let’s run with the pink. So, I stamped the box in Versamark ink and the Swirl Journal stamps. It looks deceiving, but the set has 2 swirls, one accent image, and journaling lines. This might be my new go-to set!

I wrapped the box in patterned paper from Basic Grey, lace, and fabulous, oh so fabulous twine from Divine Twine. Its twine with a twist of color, and there are many to choose from. Yay!

The top of the box has two hearts from the Key to my Heart set. I stamped it twice on white cardstock and then twice on patterned paper. That way, I could cut the hearts out and decorate the center. Add a couple of pearls and you are done. I will be putting peanut butter cups in here, because they are my hubby’s favorite. I saw some giant ones at Target…I bet they would fit! :)

Let’s hope the ice and snow have subsided long enough for me to catch my flight to California. Fingers crossed! :) thanks for stopping by!

Supplies: Stamps-Pink Persimmon (Key to my Heart, Swirl Journal), Bakery Box (Pink Persimmon), Patterned paper-Basic Grey (Sugar Rush), Cardstock (Papertrey Ink-Stamper’s Select White), Ink (Stewart Superior-Palette Charcoal) (Tsukineko-Versamark Watermark), Lace (Wright’s), Twine (Divine Twine), Button (Making Memories), Pearls (Jenni Bowlin), Spellbinders (Classic Scalloped Rectangles Large)