Sweet Jar

There are a lot of stamp companies out there that have stamp sets with cute jars but I found a 12" x 12" sheet by American Crafts "Dear Lizzy" that already has some on them.  I just cut this one out, stamped the butterflies and embellished the top with twine and a flower.  You can fill them with just about anything you can imagine and that's the beauty and fun of these jars!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend!

Hello "Studio Calico"

Studio Calico has recently really caught my attention and today I decided to give their "Classic Calico" line of papers a try.  It's a little modern for my normal taste but after some experimenting, I have to say I love its clean, fresh look.  I also like the look of the wood frame and how it adds dimension to the sentiment. All supplies are from Studio Calico except for the sentiment (SU Elementary Elegance), rhinestone (SU), black pearls (Kaiser).

Vintage Notebook

I had this dollar notebook from Ben Franklin in my stash for awhile now and finally decided to do something with it. Orange is not a color I use frequently but the notebook already had orange in it so I went with it.  With some Distress inks and various sprays, this came together pretty quickly.  The teacup charm from SU added a cute final touch on this notebook.

Here is a simple gift card made from an adorable SU set called A Fitting Occasion.  This set has the most adorable elements that can easily be layered. I love all the different possibilities and with SU's "in colors" of ink and cardstock, it made playing with the color combos a lot of fun.

These 3"x3" cards are simple to make and make my heart sing!

Here's another sample

And another

Have a great day!

It's Release Day! - Sister Stamps #12

It's release day for Sister Sister Stamps and these stamps are available today!  Check out the Sister Stamps blog for the list of retailers and get stamping today!

Sister Stamps Release 12 - Akira

Welcome to another day of Sister Stamps Release #12! Today I'm featuring Akira and I wanted to do something like a wind chime or ornament and this is what I came up with.  I used a toilet paper roll as my base. I measured and cut my washi paper to cover the toilet paper roll. Then I stamped the image on the washi with black StazOn ink. I adhered the washi to the roll using a good glue stick. I found that glue sticks give even coverage when adhering larger pieces of washi. 

I stamped, colored and cut out Akira and his kite and adhered them to the roll using pop dots. A lot of pop dots were needed to adhere the images to the curved surface.  By stamping the image to the washi, I didn't have to worry about cutting out the kite string.

To hang this, I punched two holes at the top of the roll and ran some gold cording through. At the same time I tied blue satin ribbon to the gold cording on both sides and ran it through the inside of  the roll.  This allows it to dangle from the bottom of the roll. Then I tied gold bells to the ends of the ribbon.

These would be great to hang from a tree for Boy's Day or at Christmas or just in a boy's room for fun.  You can even make them without the  blue ribbon and bells and it would still look great!

Here's a close-up of Akira.

Here's a close-up of the kite.

This stamp will be available on April 1 and retail outlets are listed on the Sister Stamps blog.

Check out the other blogs for more fun and inspiration and thanks for stopping by!

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Vera

Linda

Patti

Eunice

Laura

Sister Stamps Release 12 - Yoichi

Welcome to Sister Stamps Release #12!  Today I'm introducing you to Yoichi and what a fun taiko drummer boy he is.  For this card, I chose three different blue washi papers and cut them into squares.  I backed them with some glossy black cardstock to create washi-like tiles. You can't really tell, but the tiles are adhered with pop dots to create some dimension. I colorized this cute image with Copics and added a favorite sentiment from Little Paper Shop (retired) to complete this card.

This stamp will be available on April 1 and retail locations are listed on the official Sister Stamps website.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the other great posts from the following girls:

Sister Stamps Official Blog

Vera

Linda

Patti

Eunice

Laura