Poppystamps Post: Junk Journal

 

Hello, Poppy Peeps! I'm up on the Poppystamps blog today with a Junk Journal, created

with a new die set. It's such a fun project and I've got pictures to show you here of

every page. Hope your drinks and snacks are handy, it's a long post!

The die set has everything you need to make a basic pocket sized journal. You make

it your own with die cuts, twine, tapes and stickers. I even added a flower paper clip.

I themed my little journal to take you on an Easter egg hunt. Come along and count

 the eggs. 2 on the front...

The main die gives you a book shape with a label. I cut 4 of these, turning two around

so the label is below the top one. 

Page 1, is a pocket with a fuzzy bunny. Within the pocket is a page with a chick.

Opposite page is an egg clipped onto a contrasting design. 

The sweet little chick is a sticker, as is the rainbow over his head.

Pages 3 and 4.

I added an arrow to the little butterfly pull out. always nice to give instructions!

Pages 5 & 6. The page corners are included in the set.

Pages 7 & 8 are a favorite... I used some Easter stickers from my stash 

on the pockets. (Pocket dies are also included in the set).

tiny treats revealed!

9 & 10, and I added Washi tape to the pocket of page 9

The bunny ears pull tab is the top of a butterfly die. 

A bunny in an envelope on page 12, and a bunny in a plaid pocket with washi eggs

on 13.

Page 14 is a pocket with another pull tab...

...revealing 3 floral eggs.

the last page has 2 tulip die corners for a photo. 

Egg total? I'll never tell!

I sewed my my journal with twine. and made a tassel.

Honestly, a 10 on the cute scale! And sharing a secret, it was my first

junk journal. Takes some time, but when your creative juices start flowing,

it's a blast! 

Still with me? Want to give this a try? 

Head on over to the Poppystamps blog. I've listed all product I

used for my Easter egg hunt junk journal at the bottom of my post.

Happy Easter!

Want to see it in action? Visit my Facebook page.

The Card Concept Challenge: Easter Blessings

Easter time greetings everyone!

I have some inspiration for the new challenge at the Card Concept:

Easter Blessings

My eye went immediately to the cross hung on the mirror.

My card features the cross and greens from the Greetery's Caring Cross.

I painted on some Shimmery Goodness (actual name) from TCW (Amazon)

I tried so hard to get it to show in the photo, it's really pearly irl!

I stamped the sentiment in Pirate's Gold on vellum, and fussy cut it so the Nuvo

drops could show.

Clean and Layered for this challenge!

Play along for 2 weeks,

we love to see your creations!

2 Easter Cards, One stamp

I have a couple of cards made with a background stamp by the Stamp Market. The 

company is new to me, but I'm sure everyone else has heard of and seen their 

wonderful stamps. This one is called Floral Background.

The first is embossed with Nuvo's Shimmering Pearl powder, and inked with Ranger's

Distress Oxide Squeezed Lemonade ink.

Creative Expressions', Easter Bunny Egg die set really does all the work, with the

sentiment die cut into the trim. I colored a bit of the flora with Metallic Accents 

watercolors by Art Philosophy. Stem and pink flowers from Altenew's Rose Flurries

3D Die set. 

2nd card, again stamped with Versamark and embossed with Stampendous Aged

Bronze Enamel. Totally different look. The die cut roses are Altenew 3D roses.

Cut with color cardstock, they add elegance to any card!

Well, that's it sharing a new to me stamp, Floral Background. 

I'm entering the bunny egg cared in JUGS Trend Week challenge: Off The Edge

Just Us Girls Trend Week #483 - Off the Edge

and the rose card in Fusion's challenge"

FUSION - Cheery Eggs

I followed the sketch side.

Thanks for the visit, and hope your Easter week is filled with blessings! 

Easter Blessings: Tag You're It Challenge

We have a new challenge at the Tag You're It Challenge Blog.

Here's some inspiration for you,

Tutti Designs: Easter Egg Scene die

PTI Double End Banner Die

PTI Cutaway Tags: Spring

Concord & 9th: All Season Dies

Background: Magicals

Come join us! Winner will be our guest on a future challenge.

Tag You're It #85

Alleluia! Happy Easter

It's Easter week and I have so much to do, baking, shopping, playing with grandkids...

but somehow I found time to be in the craft room (early morning!) and create a card

for PapertreyInk's new challenge: Transformation Tuesday.

This week Melissa Phillips took a beautiful card she made, and simply 

changed colors and styles. 

I did a card for the Card Concept Challenge with Brushed Birds,

and a cover plate with branches.

With a few birds left over, decided to do the second card using the Shape Shifters: Circle 1 die,

together with Beautiful Berries: Spring, changing up the colors from aqua & yellow, 

to Amethyst and Yellow. I added a bit of glitter to this one as well.

I enjoyed this challenge, transforming or tweaking a card a bit, using the same or similar elements

and stamps.

Find Melissa's cards here:

           Transformation Tuesday with Melissa Phillips           

A peek inside 

also playing along with this weeks' Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes

Challenge #328 - #329 - Anything Goes

Below is a list of PTI products I used. If you click on the item,

it will take you right to the product.

Brushed Birds Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Brushed Birds Die

Papertrey Ink - Shape Shifters: Circle 1 Die

Papertrey Ink - Infinity Frames Die

Beautiful Berries: Spring Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Beautiful Berries: Spring Die

Perfect Match Lilac Grace - Inkpad

Perfect Match Amethyst Allure - Inkpad

Perfect Match Winter Wisteria - Inkpad

Perfect Match Blueberry Sky - Inkpad

Perfect Match Stormy Sea - Inkpad

Perfect Match Mint Julep - Inkpad

Perfect Match Prairie Grass - Inkpad

The Card Concept: Spring has Sprung

The Card Concept begins a new challenge today, very timely,

called: Spring Has Sprung.

Crisp white, bright sunny yellow, with a few color accents, guided my choice to

center a card around Easter, in a favorite style: Clean & Layered.

I was recently introduced to Lindy's Magicals, during a craft weekend (thank you Marcia Hill),

and created a bg for my birds with them, and a scrap left over from a die cut.

Marcia demonstrated  her Magicals, and I was hooked! You never know what will 

turn out after the powder dries, and these little jars are filled with iridescent magic!

With the exception of the Magicals, and some sequins, my Clean and Layered card uses all PapertreyInk stamps & dies.

Inks are another new find from the Craft Weekend, Catherine Pooler Inks.

(Thank you, Colleen, Linda & Marcia!)

You will find links to each PTI product at the end of the post.

Hope you'll be inspired to play along.

A list of styles, and much more inspiration by the designers can be found on

The Card Concept Challenge Blog.

Happy Crafting!

Stamps: Brushed Birds Stamp Set, Forest Floor: Spring Stamp Set

Dies: Papertrey Ink - Cover Plate: Nesting Die,

Papertrey Ink - Brushed Birds Die

Cardstock: Paper Basics - Sea Shimmer Cardstock (12 sheets)

Lindy's Stamp Gang: Magicals (Amazon)

Inks: Catherine Pooler, Tiki Torch, Tiara, Mint to Be, Aquatini, Skylight

Full Ink Collection: Complete Bundle 39 Colors

Sending Easter Blessings

Made an Easter card and entering it with Color Throwdown, and 

this inspiration:

My card features the new Flower Mandalas Die by Kay Miller.

The ombre stripes were a leftover from cutting a sponge inked panel.

Mix & Mat: Flourishes was the cut that produced the stripes.

Sentiment: Etched Easter Eggs

Easter Blessings

Happy Saturday everyone!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend.

We've had rain the last few day, over 2", a blessing for all of us

in the Central Valley. Today has some sun peeking through,

just enough to take a photo of a card.

I don't usually do things this way, but this card came before 

the challenge. 

I googled and found an Easter Challenge blog, Crafting with Dragonflies,

and am playing along.

My PTI order took a long time to arrive, and couldn't wait to play 

with a couple of beautiful dies, Cutaway Tags: Spring

and Mix & Mat: Flourishes.

I cut the tag from black card stock, and colored with Finetec Pearls.

The Finetec Pearls let you watercolor on black, or any color,

giving the image intense vibrant color with a pearl finish.

The sentiment was stamped with Versamark, then 

heat embossed with copper.

The Mat frame was first sponge inked, then sprayed with 

Mr. Huey's Shine Mist.

#78 : Easter Cards

Easter Wishes

It's Blog Hop time at PTI, and this month we have inspiration by 

artist Victoria Johnson.

I researched her a bit, and was inspired by her bright contrasts

and bold floral prints. Completely enchanting!

My card began with an A2 sized Hawaiian Shores card stock,

and except for the embossed sentiment, all die cuts.

Forget-Me-Not, Spring Woods, Cover Plate: Pretty Frame

Inks: PTI

Sequins: Neat & Tangled

Matching envelope with Pale Peony Pattern Cardstock

Play along all day on Nichole's blog:

March 2017 Blog Hop