August Papercraft Challenge #21 - Use a Circle

Good morning friends!  I am so excited to have been chosen to be a Design Team member for Papercraft Challenge, and I couldn't wait to participate in the August Papercraft Business Challenge #21 - Use a Circle!  You can find the challenges over on the Papercraft Business Challenge blog HERE.

I find quite frequently my themes are coffee/tea or bees, however, I love to create using these themes, and have tons of beautiful stamp sets with those themes, so I say, Go with what you know!  Here is my Papercraft Business Design Team inspiration card for the Papercraft Challenge #21.  If you have a moment, create something and enter the challenge, it's so fun to see what you can come up with using the theme or sketch given!

If you love to enter challenges, or even if you're a beginner to challenges, and are just getting started, check out this new Papercraft Business Challenge Planner!  It truly is a life saver for those of us who may be a bit organizationally challenged!  And now, without further ado, on to my design...

Materials Used:

Kraft cardstock base

Stampin' Up cardstock in Coral

Bo Bunny Paper Pad - Early Bird

Martha Stewart Butterfly paper punch

Recollections tea rose embellishments

Recollections pearl embellishments

A button (Sorry don't remember the company)

Offray lace trim

May May Made It Teacup stamp

Glossy Accents

As always I look forward to your comments and questions.

Happy Crafting!

July Papercraft Challenge #20 - Up in the Air

Hello friends!  Being a new design team member for Papercraft Business, I could not wait to create something!  While my first required month is August, I just could not wait to join the fun, so I created something for Papercraft Challenge #20 - Up In the Air.  

I am a proud participant in the Urban Beekeeping Movement - we have two hives on the roof of our coffee shop in down town Sanford, NC.  It was only natural to create this card, because bees are "up in the air"!

Materials Used:

Black Cardstock base

Gold Glitter Cardstock

Mixed Media Paper

Distress Inks in Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed and Wild Honey

Tattered Angel Mist in Queen's Gold

Deep Red Rubber Stamps - Honey Bee Vintage Label 

Faber Castell Honeycomb Stencil

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Ink Markers

Glossy Accents for the wings of the bees

A sentiment I printed on my laser printer

As always, I welcome your questions and comments!

Happy Creating

I'm So Excited!

Good morning friends! I trust you all had a lovely weekend?  Mine was relaxing, and I woke up to a wonderful surprise yesterday morning! I was chosen to be part of the Papercraft Business Design Team!  I'm both excited and nervous!

The blog holds monthly challenges that are designed to be fun and also help your papercrafts be seen and get the recognition they deserve!  You get to use your supplies and talent and have your work seen by others, what more could you ask for?  I'm so excited to announce that starting in August, my work will be shown for inspiration.  

You can join the Papercraft Business Facebook Group and participate with some lovely folks in awesome papercrafting.

If you love entering papercraft challenges like I do, you can download this awesome challenge tracker for only $7!

If you've entered any challenges in the past, you know that keeping track is a valuable tool.

I sure hope you all will visit the Papercraft Challenge Blog and craft along with us!

Using Supplies on Hand #2

Hello Friends!  When 2019 rolled around, I looked around my craft room and said "I won't ever be able to use all these goodies before I expire."  So, I put myself on a "No Buy" for the year, with a small stipulation that if it was consumable (glue, pop dots, etc) I would be able to purchase them, and excluding Halloween goodies in moderation. (I can't resist!)  So far I have only broken my no buy twice, and I haven't accumulated nearly as many things this year, and I'm even using some items that I had been "hoarding" for.......I'm not sure what.  Either way, it's forcing me to work with things I hadn't even opened yet!  One of those things was Tim Holtz distress inks and Tattered Angels sprays!!  I must admit, in the past, distress inks had sort of intimidated me, although I loved the cool effects I had seen in videos!  This past week I finally opened them and started playing, and I must say, I'm in LOVE!  There are so many cool effects to be created, and they make very eye catching backgrounds, I can't wait to experiment more!

Materials Used:

White Cardstock base

Navy cardstock mat

watercolor paper

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Sprays

Tim Holtz Architecture stamp

May May Made It Sentiment Stamp

Alcohol Ink markers

Glossy Accents

As always, I welcome questions and comments.

Beginning Cardmaking for Under $50

Deciding to try a new hobby and quite possibly work it into a business (eventually) can be a daunting thing to do.  For those who want to dabble in card making, there are so many products out there to choose from, and when you watch videos on YouTube, everyone's craft room looks so neat and orderly and then you decide you just don't know where to start.....so you don't. 

I've been crafting for 20 years, and I've accumulated a LOT of stuff.  However, I created this video sharing how YOU can get started making gorgeous cards for under $50!

As always I welcome your feedback and comments!