Geishas with Fans Card by Dana Tatar

Hi Paper Wings fans! Dana here today sharing a card. I was inspired to create this card by the gorgeous yuzen patterned papers from the Natural Nesting Components Kit. I paired the beautiful papers with a gold-matted stamped image made with the Geishas with Fans Cling Stamp. I finished this simple card with a sentiment sticker and a Hand-Dyed Ribbon bow.

Be sure to check back here on Friday for our Winter Challenge. Thanks for stopping by today!

Natural Mixed Media Kit Geishas with Fans Cling Stamp Hand-Dyed Ribbon - Coral

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Tutorial Tuesday-Accordion Mini Album

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Hey Paper Wings Fans!  Erica here with you today and before I get into my post I want to thank everyone who joined us this past weekend for our July Blog Hop!  We hope you enjoyed the hop and felt inspired!  

Congratulations to the winner of our July Blog Hop prize!  #27, Rhonda Van Ginkel.

Rhonda Van GinkelJuly 6, 2014 at 6:10 PM

Such a super fun and CHEERFUL hop! Loved all the designs in yellow from cards to décor and art journaling as well!!! Super hop with tons of inspiration!

Rhonda, please contact us at paperwingsproductions@hotmail.com for instructions on how to claim your prize.

For today's Tutorial Tuesday I want to share with you how to create a 4x6 accordion mini album out of one 12x12 piece of cardstock!

Let's get started shall we!  Start by cutting your 12x12 in half to create two 6x12 pieces.  

Next score each piece at 4" and 8 " and then fold on the score lines.  

Adhere the two pieces together and you now have your mini album base!  I always love to create extra pockets so I only add adhesive to the sides and the bottom.  Super quick and super simple!

Now it is time to add some fun to this album base so I pulled out my July 2014 Nesting Components kit, my box of Paper Wings Productions stamps and Jenni Bowlin inks!

I took my Tim Holtz scissors to distress the edges and then my Jenni Bowlin Brown Sugar ink to darken them.

I added a variety of Paper Wings stamps to the pages as well.  I know these will more than likely get covered up but just in case I have edges showing I do know what plain cardstock showing.

I used the 6x6 paper pad that came in the July Nestimg Components kit to cover my pages.  This paper is from Marion Smith Designs and it is beautiful!

I also created a couple more pockets to add to my pages by cutting down some pattern paper and using my 1 3/4" circle punch to cut out a half circle in the paper.  Then I adhered down to my page and added a Ranger Tag that was included in one of the past Nesting Components kits.

This paper collection comes with some great cut apart pieces that are great to add to mini albums and you can also add photos to the backs of them.  I cut them apart and distressed the edges and added them throughout my album.

To finish off my album I added some Hand Dyed Ribbon to my tags and some jute and then layered up some pieces onto my cover along with a beautiful ribbon rose!  The July 2014 kit also included some Marion Smith Junque&Gems that I added to my cover as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed my accordion mini album!  I hope you will give this album a try and share with us on our Flickr gallery or Facebook page!  You can also tag on on Instagram!  Remember if you use embossing in you mini you can also link your project up to our July Challenge and also to the Creative Embellishments challenge!  Enjoy the rest of your day and remember to let your creativity take flight!

Featured Friday - Vintage Paper Tags

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TGIF Paper Wings fans! Dana here today sharing a set of tags that I created with the vintage paper pieces from the May Floral Mixed Media Kit. You can find more information about the May kit, May stamp release and May featured stamp sets HERE. Almost everyone in my family has a birthday this Summer, so I'm planning on using these tags to embellish my wrapped gifts.

I started with 3x3 inch chipboard squares. After a base coat of gesso and a layer of Gelatos for color, I used the Build A Shrine Clear Stamp Set with Lindy's Stamp Gang Madonna Blue Robe and Jack O Lantern embossing powders to frame each square.

I used the Flowers Quotes Cling Stamp Set for the sentiments on each tag. I finished the tags with some Hand Dyed Ribbon. These tags were super fun to create and they didn't take a lot of time. The colorful vintage images are embossed so these flat tags have a lot of dimension. Try using one of the Journaling Stamps to add a personalized message to the back of the tags.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If this is your first visit to the blog this week you'll want to catch up on these previous posts:

Katie's Graduation Mini Album
Norma's Mixed Media Layout
Amber's Family Card
Carrie's Watercolor Fairies Cards and Tags

You have until 11PM CST tonight to join our May Anything Goes Challenge for your chance to win a $20 Credit to the Paper Wings Productions Store!

Floral Mixed Media Kit Build a Shrine Cling Stamp Set Flower Quotes Cling Stamp Set Wildflowers Cling Stamp Set Jack-O-Lantern Embossing Powder Madonna Blue Robe Embossing Powder Gelatos - Tropical 4 Pack Gelatos- 50s Diner 4 pack

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Feature Friday

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Happy Friday Paper Wings Productions fans!!  Erica here with you today for Feature Friday and I am excited to bring you a project I am currently working on using the April Nesting Components Kit!

I decided to create a mini album to hold my 2014 Easter memories!  Today I am sharing the cover of my album since Easter is on Sunday!  I will share the inside pages on my next post!  Now to be totally honest when I opened up myApril Kit I had no idea what I was going to create so I pushed it aside for a couple days.  A few days later I pulled it out again and starting laying everything out and then the wheels in my head started turning and I began cutting, gluing and creating this album!  I think I need to start setting up my camera when I create to show you all my process!  I started with the chipboard pieces that are actually pieces of the packaging in the kit. I cut it down as the base of my album and adhered the muslin fabric included in the kit to the chipboard.  I then took a variety of Lindy's Stamp Gang mists and splattered around my cover and also added some stamping(which ends up getting covered up).  Next I took a few strips of the music note paper and adhered to the cover with mod podge and then added one of the vintage clip art images also included in this kit and tucked one of the Ranger tags that came in the March Nesting Components Kit behind the clip art.  Once it was dry I added the gold trim and the wired bow trim to the side and added a cluster of flowers from the kit.  The tiny gold eggs were created using the stamp set Single Dot Border that comes in the kit.  The circle outline reminded me of Easter eggs so that is what I created using a glassine bag and some glitter.

I inked up the stamp with VersaMark and then stamped onto the glassine bag and used some simple stick which is a very sticky embossing powder when heated.

After I heat the simple stick I added this beautiful glass glitter that is also included in this months kit and then hit it with my heat tool once more to help the glitter set.

 All that is left to do is cut them out and you have glittered Easter eggs ready for any project!  Here is a look at my completed mini album cover and a peek at the inside.

Thank you so much for joining me today and I hope I have inspired you to get a little creative today!  Mini albums are so fun to create and I just love to have fun and get a little messy with them!  They are perfect for holding memories and to document special events!  This month our April Challenge is Get Inky  and I hope you will join us in for your chance to win a $20.00 gift certificate to the Paper Wings Productions shop!  We are also holding a Guest Designer Call till May 9 you can check out the details HERE!  For more inky inspiration head on over to Katie's Whats Up Wednesday post HERE!  Enjoy your day and remember to let your creativity take flight!