The Book Of Me

 ... well not me really,  but my daughter.  Another project for the Australia trip is a small travel friendly photo album.  I found a steal on a ring bound chipboard album at Target for $1.  It had a scalloped edge so I sliced those off and am saving them for later.

I used all Cosmo Cricket The Boyfriend collection on the pages ... lots of school related (pencils and dot test forms) and also music-ish backgrounds

I also used Nichole Heady's trick from this post and stamped the titles in white on on clear card stock

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{Supplies}

Stamps: [PTI] Trajan Alphabet, Fresh Alphabet, Fillable Frames #4

Ink: [PTI] Fresh Snow, True Black

Paper: [Cosmo Cricket], The Boyfriend

Ring bound Chipboard Album: Target

Another SFYTT

 

 

Good morning and Happy Saturday!

I wanted to try Jen's Sketch For You To Try this week and

combined it with the Moxie Fab "I want to Ride My Bicycle" challenge.

I turned the sketch on its side and made a vintage card :

I used the Pedalling Past stamp set for the bike and sentiment and Vintage Labels for the medallion

I distressed the heck out of all the layers with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distressing inks.  And see that incredibly awesome patterned paper in the background?   Its NEW from Stampin' Up! ... Newsprint DSP available in July

I added a few rows of  wandering straight stitch to give it some texture and some jumbo eyelets to finish off the sketch.

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{Supplies - SU! unless noted}

Stamps: Vintage Labels, Pedalling Past

Paper: Newsprint DSP, Crumb Cake (Kraft), Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Early Espresso; [Tsukineko] Momento Tuxedo Black; [Ranger] Antique Linen and Vintage Photo distressing ink

Tools: Designer Label Punch, Word Window punch, Scalloped Circle punches

Embellies: Jumbo Eyelets (antique brass), thread

Bargello

According to Wikipedia, Bargello is a type of needlepoint embroidery consisting of upright flat stitches laid in a mathematical pattern to create motifs. The name originates from a series of chairs found in the Bargello palace in Florence, which have a "flame stitch" pattern.

The paper crafts version consists of making your own striped pattern (or using a striped patterned paper) cutting it into strips and offsetting those strips to form the variegated pattern. I tried it after seeing some awesome examples in the latest Stampin' Success.

I made this gift card holder for my dad for Father's Day:

Since Fathers Day is close to the 4th I decided to go with a stars & stripes , red, white & blue theme.

The card holder pattern comes from Heather Nichols although I changed the inner layer size a little to get less overhang.  Since it was her pattern, I used stamps from her line ... the star strip is from Around and About Sentiments and the sentiment is from Fillable Frames #4

To create the bargello pattern I first attached strips (1/2", 1/4") to a scrap piece of card stock.  The colors went Red, White, Blue and the sizes went 1/2" followed by three 1/4" strips so that the same color would not always be the larger strip.  After I got all those strips placed,  I sliced the piece up into 1/2" strips and arranged on yet another piece of scrap CS, staggering the pattern by roughly a 1/8" (I just offset by about half the width of the skinnier strip)

Instead of hand stitching as Heather did, I ran a crazy / random straight stitch using white thread and a red bobbin (the back stitching shows red and the front is white ... it actually looks rather cool IMO)

Inside is a {drum roll please ... }

Cedar Rapids Metro Library card ....

I needed something to check the size !  I promise it will be replaced with something that has steak house in the title before I give it to my dad :)

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Supplies {All PTI unless noted}
Stamps: Around & About sentiments, Fillable Frames #4
Ink:Fresh Snow, Pure Poppy
Paper: Kraft, Pure Poppy, Enchanted Evening, White
Embellies: Vintage buttons - Enchanted evening, button twine, Enchanted Evening stitched grosgrain ribbon
Other: white and red sewing thread.

CPS #170

This weeks CPS sketch is wonderful (again!) 

The sponsor this week is My Favorite Things and since I happen to have a couple of their sets, I thought I would use one for this weeks sketch

This uses the set On The Pier

I used the eyelet border die and dark chocolate felt for the center layer and my Woodgrain background for the layer beneath,  I thought it went well with the beachy theme.

I also sponged some clouds along the top of the card base to give it a sense of summer.  Iowa summer skies look a little like this

The sentiment is also from the On The Pier set

Have a fabulous Sunday!

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Supplies

Stamps: [My Favorite Things] On The Pier, [SU!] Woodgrain

Ink: [PTI] Fresh Snow, [SU!]] SO Saffron, Pacific Point, [Memento] Tuxedo Black

Paper: [PTI] Spring Rain, Soft Stone, Dark Chocolate, Kraft

Embellies: [PTI] dark chocolate felt

Sewing on paper

I wanted to try another patch work / sewing project (card making sewing project that is) so I made this for a friend at work: 

 

I used some retired Bella Rose DSP and zig zag stitched them on to a scrap using black thread.

The front still seemed a little bare so I made a scrap flower for the front (3 scrap pieces about 1/2 inch different in size - rough torn into circles and crumbled and crimped into a flower shape)

The leaves on the flower are rough torn ovally leafish shapes ... I pulled the ink pad over both the flower layers and the leaves before assembling

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Supplies{ All SU! unless noted}
Stamps: none
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Basic Black, Bella Rose DSP
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive
Other: black sewing thread

Summery Birthday card

I guess I'm starting to like birds now ... I haven't used birds hardly ever in the 7+ years I've been stamping until I got a bird punch from SU!   Now ... well, I kinda like them. Especially the birds in the Take Three Summer set that came last month at Papertrey.

This card will be for an upcoming class I am holding

Aren't they cute!  They kinda remind me of the partridges in the opening credits of the Partridge Family .... for all you youngsters out there that was a TV show when I was growing up ... Google it, You'll laugh I'm sure (Danny Bonaduce of current Breaking Bonaduce fame started out life as Danny Partridge ... so there is a relevant connection :) 

I used a summery color combo - berry sorbet and soft stone (nope that's not white ... its a super light gray.  I like the lightness of it but it doesn't have that sharp contrast that white would have)

I finished it off with a knot of berry sorbet twill.

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Supplies {All PTI unless noted}
Stamps: Take Three: Summer
Ink: Berry Sorbet, Dark Chocolate
Paper: Berry Sorbet, Dark Chocolate, Soft Stone
Embellies: Berry Sorbet twill
Other: Square punches [SU!]

Go To Gals Sketch Challenge #3

Paper Crafts magazine has 6 (I think) Go To Gals ... They are rock stars in the paper crafting world IMHO. And now they are doing a monthly sketch challenge.

Here is the card I entered in Sketch Challenge #3:

I used a shimmer white card base and colored one of the flowers in to match the sentiment

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{Supplies - PTI unless noted}

Stamps: Take Three: Summer, Friends til the End
Ink: True Black, Tuxedo Black [Momento]
Paper:Shimmer White, Raspberry Fizz, Ripe Avocado, True Black
Other: Sketch RV04, RV17, RV19, YG96, YG97 [Copic]