Happy Halloween! :) What are you doing today? I’m just watching scary movies with my sister :) We don’t really celebrate Halloween over here. I mean, it’s almost 10pm and we haven’t had ANY trick or treaters, none, zero.

Anyway, today’s card was inspired by a sketch on Pagemaps… again! (I think I’m getting a little bit addicted to those ;)

It all started with the patterned paper, and a River Rock card base and some text pages in finnish. The ribbon is something my mom had. It was so nice to get out the Little Lady set (which I used because I don’t have any butterfly stamps :p).

On the text page I stamped a branch with pink and colored the stems with an olive colored pencil. For the ladybug I clear-embossed the wings in another patterned paper and cut them out to glue them with dimensional tape to a punched circle (matted with an scalloped circle).

The final touch was a rub-on sentiment in white. And ta-da, my card is made :) I really like this style (I think this one is very similar to another card I posted).

Estivalia.

Stamps: “Little Lady” set (Papertrey Ink). Inks: Pink Pastel and Dark Brown fluid chalk ink and Olive pigment ink (Clearsnap). Papers: River Rock and Old Olive cardstock (Stampin’ Up), Grove paper pack (Memory Box), text page. Misc: pink satin ribbon, scalloped circle punch (SU!), Love & Happiness rub-ons (SU!).

Hi everyone! Today’s card is the beggining of Christmas card-making here at PaperLeisure :D (or so I hope). I’m still unsure wether I’ll be mass producing this one or making different designs, but whatever it is it’ll in this color combination that I saw on the SU! catty and couldn’t resist.

I started with a base of Naturals Ivory cardstock and rounded the bottom corners only. On the Old Olive layer I heat embossed some swirls in gold (and that why the picture has that angle, so you can see the shimmer, wonderful!).

The Ruby Red strip of cardstock that goes across the card in the middle (sorta) was stamped with polka dots in Versamark, for a subtle effect. I was going to emboss them with clear ep, but then I though it’d be 2 layers of embossing in a mass-produced card. Now, that are way to many trips to the toaster, so I left it with Versamark alone, lol :) Oh well, I digress. So then I matted it with a metallic cardstock an added some big brads to the ends.

The center image was stamped with dark browm chalk ink and colored with shimmery chalks. I cut it into an oval with a Coluzzle template, distressed the edges with a scissor and added to the center of the card with dimensional tap.

Well, I’m off to look for some ideas for more christmas cards. Oh, and thanks to Laura and Sandra for noticing the design change. Though I didn’t make it myself, I tweaked it a little here and there to better suit my site. Have a lovely sunday! :)

Estivalia

Stamps: “Para ti y tu familia” set, “Baroque Motifs” set, “Polka Dot” background (all by Stampin Up!). Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko), Dark Brown Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink (Clearsnap). Papers: Naturals Ivory, Old Olive, Ruby Red and Brushed Gold cardstock (Stampin’ Up!). Misc: Gold embossing powder, brads, medium corner rounder (EK Success), Pearlescent Shimmery Chalks (Pebbles).

Yesterday I felt like making a card, for a change on my current ATC-kick :p My first step to design a card is usually picking up a patterned paper, matching inks and cardstock. Then it came to me that I didn’t have any ideas for a card, so I went to my favourite site for sketches (PageMaps) and choose one of their latest card sketches to give it a try.

Since the design I choosed had a swirl I used a piece of Grungeboard that I painted twice (first with white paint and then with purple ink). Since the color of my ink was a little too darker to combine with the little flowers in the paper I used a paper towel and pressed it onto the swirl to lighten it a little.

The little flower embellishment was made with two felt flowers from SU!. I cut apart 2 petals from a green flower to make the leaves for the orange one and glued them down with half of a mini glue dot (the “spikey” flowers would work best for this). I adhered the little embellishment to the card using a small silver brad.

Finally, I wrapped some wide green ribbon and embossed my sentiment in white (I sponged some brown ink around it, so it’d “pop” a little more). Oh, yeah, and the whole thing is adhered with dimensional foam tape over the cardstock base.

BTW, this is mt first card with a sentiment in spanish. It literally means “Because I Care” (hence the title of this post). Thank you so much Laura for thinking of me and sending me this set, it’s awesome! :)

Estivalia

Stamp: “Todo lo mejor” set of 6 (Stampin Up!). Inks: Wisteria and Chestnut Roat Colorbox Fluid Chalk (Clearsnap), Versamark (Tsukineko). Papers: Light brown textured opaline, vintage book page, Grove paper pack (Memory Box). Misc: Old Olive grossgrain ribbon (Stampin Up!), Flower Fusion (SU!), 1/8″ silver brad, Striped Elements Grungeboard (Tim Holtz), medium corner rounder (EK Success).

Hi! I finally made something “post worthy” ;) This one is for Beate’s Weekend Sketch Challenge #54, I just flipped the sketch like if you looked it in a mirror so it’d work with my image (I hope it still counts, LOL).

I loved this sheet of patterned paper and I was just so lucky yesterday to find a matching piece of cardstock! So I cut the cardstock to make a 5″ square card and trimmed the paper to 4 3/4″ square.

I stamped my bird with a Glue Pad and then with purple pigment ink to flock it with matching flock, very nice effect :) Then I matted it with a vellum circle that I scalloped with a corner round (same old, same old).

The orange strip was stamped with a bird in Versamark repeteadly to make a pattern and at the end I made a knot using this video tutorial.

The only thing I regret is that the bird is a little crooked, but one can’t win them all :P

Estivalia.

Stamps: “Always” set (Stampin’ up!), “Decorative Birds” set (Hero Arts). Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko), Wisteria chalk ink (Colorbox).Paper: Indigo cardstock, orange textured cardstock, “Aerial” paper pack (Memory Box), vellum. Misc: Scalloped scissor, grossgrain ribbon, medium corner rounder punch (EK Success).

Oh, and a bonus (because I couldn’t resist sharing this cute pic of Pimienta :)

Today I DO have a card, yippie! I made this card last night. I wanted to make an asian card and so, I grabbed this gorgeus washi paper with cranes on it. I ♥ papers with cranes, mainly because it’s one of the few asian stamps I have left. Oh, yeah, I should dust off that Haiku Bunny stamp… soon, soon!

So I stamped my crane with Versamark over a hadnmade cream/vanilla colored paper and used my new chalk set to add a shimmery gold look to it. Details in black and red are painted with prismacolor pencil.

To make the small grungeboard flourish I just cut a bigger one in half and painted it with golden acrylic paint. Then I added a white paper flower and a leaf on the right.

I don’t have time right now to add the supply list because I have to study for a test on wednesday (labour law). But after that I’ll be test-free for 2 weeks, yay!! So, wish me luck and I hope to see you soon again :)

Oh, and visit my friend’s Laura blog, she’s offering a “mystery” blog candy in exchange of watching pictures of your craft space (I know we all love to show off ;) and your organization ideas. I’m sure it’ll be an awesome loot!

Estivalia.

I actually made this card yesterday, but I just found time to post it. Seriously, ever since we went back to “normal” classes after the strike professors have been taking revenge on all of us. But, it’s a price for the things that were accomplished.

Anyway, for this card I wanted to try a vintage-ish style of some sorts, inspired by the amazing artwork from my friend Patty :) I think I failed but it was still fun to try, lol.

I started with a piece on Grungeboard and covered it with some text and distressed it with Distress Inks (seriously, I love that stuff, will be getting more soon!). I colored and paper pieced the Elzybell image with copic markers and also distressed it with scissors and ink.

My base is Wild Wasabi cardstock with some Memory Box paper over it (gorgeus paper! seriously, my favourite line so far) and a vellum layer. The “happy day” sentiment and the flowers are actually rub-ons.

Then I added a paper flower with a aged metallic brad that I got as a RAK (and been hoarding because I love them so much I don’t want to run out, LOL!).

Anyway, I’ll leave you with the supply list. Thank you for visiting!

Estivalia

Stamp: Girl on swing (Elzybell) Ink: Tea Dye Distress Ink (Ranger) Papers: Aerial paper pack (Memory Box), Vellum, Wild Wasabi Cardstock (Stampin Up!) Misc: Elementes Grungeboard, hydrangea paper flower, aged metallic brad, Glossy Accents (Ranger), foam tape. Love & Happiness rub ons (Stampin’ Up!)

Hey all! Sorry I’ve been such a slacker lately (at posting, commenting, sending RAKs, etc). I feel so drained when I finish an exam, ugh.

Anyway, today’s card is a remake of an old one from March, do you remember it? It uses the same papers and bird stamo but I added a few touches here and there. What can I say, I love heat embossing ♥

Since I changed the way I store my paper flowers I’ve been using them a lot lately, today I tried using eyelets in the center instead of brads (to use a little mi neglected Crop-A-Dile, lol).

This card is shorter on the outside and the “you mean everything to me” message is actually stamped on the inside of the card, very much like this card. Oh the irony, lol.

Tomorrow I’m buying a bunch of envelopes to start sending RAKs and stuff… It’s amazing how many card I’ve acumulated this year! (and yes, I have cards from JANUARY still on my desk). So… see you in the mail!

Estivalia

Papers: Blue Bayou cardstock (SU!), Far East 8×8 stack (DCWV), brown and white cardstock (misc). Stamps: Decorative Birds (Hero Arts), Always (SU!). Ink: Palette Burnt Umber, Versamark (Tsukineko). Misc: 1/8 eyelets and brad, seafoam white embossing powder (Ranger), paper flowers, Crop-a-Dile, medium corner rounder (EK Success), COPIC Marker, white gel pen (Uni-bal), foam tape (3M).

Sorry for today’s crappy picture, I’m not feeling too well and the day is cloudy, so lighting is really sucky right now :(

This card is a case of one Debbie Olson made for the latest PTI release, I inspired on her sketch and colors.

The bird is colored with a G00 COPIC marker (which is the closest to Soft Sky I’ve found) and I also added some flock to the trail dots and the wings… fun! and I totally love the texture :)

I was going to hang a small sentiment from the ribbon with some thread, but I decided it’d be better to leave it as an “all ocassion” card, lol.

Everything else is much self-explanatory so I’ll leave you with the supply list

Stamps: Decorative Birds (Hero Arts), Little Lady (Papertrey Ink), Polka Dot background (SU!).
Inks: Palette Burnt Umber, Soft Sky classic (SU!)
Papers: Light brown textured opaline, white cardstock, Soft Sky cardstock (SU!)
Misc: brown and white crushed velvet flock (Doodlebug Designs), ZIG Squeeze&Roll 2 way glue (EK Success), medium corner rounder (EK Success), polka dot satin ribbon (American Crafts).

PS: Check out the BIG sale at Stampin’ Treasures, there are stamps as low as $1 and sets for $5! I’m definetely not being paid for the ad, I’m just a very very happy customer! :)

ETA: I uploaded a new picture… MUCH better! I also painted the wings and made the dot trail a lot more visible. Love it :)

I was going to post this yesterday but the server my blog is hosted on crashed for a while last night. When it came back, I went and tried to publish again, but more than half my post was gone! :( Anyway, it was late so I left it until today, ugh.

My card today is based on Julee’s Mojo Monday 41 and using one of my favourite sheets from the new Memory Box paper pack. I didn’t want to cover up the paper I used instead a piece of vellum cut in one end with a scalloped scissor and heat embossed a swirl in white on the other side.

The satin ribbon is one my mom had in her stash and I embellished it with one of the scalloped ribbon sliders that I had been hoarding for the “perfect” time to use.

The Elzybell image is a RAK that Charlene sent me and I colored it with the following COPIC markers: R20 (Blush), RV11 (Pink), E00 (Skin White) E21 (Baby Skin Pink), E33 (Sand), W1(Warm Grey n°1) and W3 (Warm Grey n°3). I followed this blog post tutorial about shading with greys when you don’t have the right color. Great tip!

I’m a real slacker when it comes to participate on Julee’s sketch challenge. Truth be told, so many layers really intimidate me :P But I always like the result so I’ll try to participate more often!

Stamps: Girl on swing (Elzybells NA), Elegant Flourishes (Autumn Leaves), Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink).
Inks: Versamark (Tsukineko), Purely Pomegranate classic ink (Stampin! Up).
Papers: Grove paper pack (Memory Box), Purely Pomegranate cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), light brown textured cardstock.
Misc: Paper flowers, 1/8″ silver brads, ribbon slider (Stampin’ Up!), cream satin ribbon, Seafoam white embossing powder (Ranger), scalloped edge scissor.

Finally, the strike/take over/asdf at my university ended! After a whole month of doing nothing… I’m going back to classes! (figures, I never though I’d be so happy to have classes again, lol).

So, for today I have a simple card to share before all the academic madness starts. I tried to follow Beate’s latest sketch challenge, but in the end I decided I didn’t want to cover the pretty patterned paper, which I enhanced with glitter and a glue pen. It’s not really that visible here, but if you click on the image it’ll take you to a bigger version on Flickr :)

So, I have to say that, while glitter is very fun… is also very messy! I ended up having glitter all over my desk, lol. I’m glad I don’t have carpet on my stamping-place.

And I finally figured out hotw to use Photoshop Elements frames, lol. I had been wanting to use them for closeup pictures but I never had a lot of success until today… and it was a really dumb thing, lol.

That’s all for today… thanks for visiting and I hope to see you soon! :)

Papers: “Aerial” paper pack (Memory Box), Soft Sky cardstock (Stampin Up!), K&Co. patterned paper.
Misc: Prisma glitter (Hero Arts), Zig 2 way glue pen (EK Success), scalloped edge scissor, medium corner rounder (EK Succes).