Viva Fiesta

Hello friends. This week in San Antonio we are celebrating Fiesta. Fiesta began in the late 1800's as just a single parade to honor the memory of the hero's of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto. Today it has grown into a celebration of San Antonio's rich and diverse cultures. We are celebrating the 125 year anniversary this year.   It runs for ten straight days. There are Queens of every order. There are events like Oyster Bake, Taste of New Orleans, a huge Carnival and NIOSA which is Night In Old San Antonio. There are three huge parades. The Texas Cavilers Parade is takes place on the San Antonio River. Then it is the Battle of Flowers parade and then the closing event is the big Fiesta Flambeau on Saturday night. It is a celebration for sure. If you would like to find out more information on Fiesta visit the website http://www.fiesta-sa.org/. You can follow me on Instagram and I will be trying to post pictures from NIOSA and the Flambeau parade. Muffins and Lace 

Today my card has the Fiesta theme. I used two different stamp sets to make a Fiesta theme cake. You all know by now I have a love of sugar skulls and a Fiesta event is not complete without one.

I stamped the cake on a piece of white cardstock and then stamped the sugar skull on the top. I colored the images with Copic markers. I only used bright colors since it is for a party. :) I didn't have a fiesta sentiment stamp so I hand wrote the words Viva Fiesta on the bottom of the card. To add a few finishing touches I added a few small rhinestones to the cake and sugar skull.

Paper Wings Productions products used:
Let's Eat Cake Stamp Set 
Calaveras & Corazons Clear Stamp Set 

Other Products used:
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Acrylic Blocks
Copic Markers
Rhinestones
White Cardstock
Black Cardstock
ATG
Copic MultiLiner 

I hope you enjoyed my post today. Have a fun day friends.
Larissa Pittman 

Birthday Cake

Hello friends. Larissa back with you today with a Birthday card I made for a friend of mine. I decided to use the stamp set Let's Eat Cake. 

I started out stamping the slice of cake onto a piece of white card stock and colored it using Copic markers. 

I then stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment under the slice of cake. 

 I used 3 different pattern papers for the card front. I finished off the card with three pink enamel dots. No twine this time. 

I think the colors I used makes it s cheerful birthday greeting.
Hope you enjoyed my post today.
Have a wonderful day friends.
Don't forget to check back and see what the Design Team creates for you. 

celebrating you

Hi there! Ashley here today sharing a fun card I made with the Paper Wing's Productions Text Melange stamp set with Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst Watercolor Powder to make a really cool base for my card. I started with white cardstock and chose my stamp, which I heat embossed with white ink. You could use clear embossing powder or any color you choose. Next you'll spritz your card with some water. I keep a water bottle handy at my desk. 

After you spritz some water on your paper, you apply the pigment powder. The water mixes with the powder and creates a really neat affect. You can add more water or more powder and just keep playing. The white embossing powder will act as a resist.

When I achieved the look I wanted, I heat set it. Next I grabbed my PWP Let's Eat Cake clear stamp set to stamp my cake stand and my piece of cake. I stamped the images, colored them with Copic markers, and fussy cut them. I grabbed my We R Memory Keepers Fuse tool and made a little shaker of some sequins and wood veneer pieces and adhered my cake right on the top. Since I had hot pink staples handy, I used those to adhere the shaker pocket to my card base.

Then I grabbed my Staz On ink to stamp my sentiment on the inside of the card. At the last minute, I decided to add some candles to the inside as well and I colored those with Copics. 

Here's my finished card.What do you think?

Have a couple of birthdays coming up that you need to prepare for? Larissa recently posted a birthday card and also shared a card on her blog using the Let's Eat Cake stamp set so be sure to check those out!

Happy Birthday Card

Hello, friends! Larissa here today with a card I made using the Mini Flower cling set.

I cut my white cardstock panel to 4x5 1/4. I then grabbed a strawberry colored ink pad. I stamped the stamp on the ink pad ad then onto the cardstock until the ink was not visible.

I cut a piece of vellum 1x8. I then stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment in Versamark ink onto the vellum. 

I used a platinum embossing powder to heat-emboss the sentiment. 

Once I heat embossed the sentiment I adhered it to the card. I adhered it at an angle.

To finish off the card, I added a few matching sequins.

I found a piece of cardstock that matched the ink so I matted the card to it.

I think it gives it that little extra without taking away from the stamped images.

I really just wanted the main focus of the card to be the mini flowers. 

I hope you enjoyed my card today. Don't forget to check back this week to see what the amazing Design Team girls create for you.

Have a wonderful day friends. 

Paper WIngs Productions Mini Flowers Cling Stamp

Paper Wings Productions Let's Eat Cake Clear Stamp Set

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Feature Friday: Muertos Birthday

Hello everyone! It's Amber here with this weeks Feature Friday Post.Today I'm sharing a Birthday card using the Muertos Cling Stamp Set and the Let's Eat Cake Clear Stamp Set. First let me start by saying how happy I am to be staying on as a part time designer. I will be stopping in twice a month to share a weekly post and join in on the  Design Team Blog Hops. Speaking of Design Team Blog Hops, next Friday September 6th is the next Paper Wings Productions Design Team Hop so make sure you come back and check it out! Okay now onto my project...For this card I wanted to play with color, pattern, and texture. The color and the pattern part was easy I just pulled out a piece of Crate Papers patterned paper and matched up some cardstock.

For the texture I cut the two bright pink strips of  border paper that is under my patterned paper to look like fringe. You can see it a little better in the photo below. I just used a small pair of scissors and randomly cut little slits all along the border. Tip: It is easier to cut the paper to look like fringe after you have all ready stitched the borders to your patterned paper. This makes it a lot easier to hold while cutting, plus you can see how far up to cut the slits.

We would love to see what you create with Paper Wings Productions stamps.... Show us on our Pinterest page, our Facebook page or our Flickr gallery or leave us a comment with a link to your project. Thanks for visiting!

Supplies: Cardstock- Cream, Dark Gray, Bright Pink / Patterned Paper- Crate Paper's On Trend Collection / Paper Wings Productions Cling Stamp Set- Muertos / Paper Wings Productions Clear Stamp Set- Let's Eat Cake / CTMH Ink Pad- Flannel Gray / Sulky Thread- Black

Celebrating You

Hello Everyone! It's Amber here sharing a card featuring the Play With Your Coffee Clear Stamp Set and the Lets Eat Cake Clear Stamp Set.

I decided to keep it clean and simple today. I started by stamping the coffee cup onto a square piece of white cardstock and a scrap piece of patterned paper. While I had the ink out I also stamped the steam onto a scrap piece of vellum and stamped my sentiment onto a pink piece of die cut cardstock.  I colored the coffee and then paper pieced the coffee cup adding the stamped piece of vellum under my patterned paper. After that I cut and distressed a piece of buttercup cardstock, matted my image, stitched around the edges, and then added my sentiment to the right side.

 

Supplies: Cardstock- White, Pink, Buttercup / Patterned Paper- Studio Calico Country Side Collection / Paper Wings Productions Clear Stamps Sets- Play With Your Coffee & Lets Eat Cake / Staz-On Ink Pad- Jet Black / CTMH Marker- Bamboo / Sizziz  Die Cut- Tags / Sulky Thread- Light Teal / Vellum / White String/ CTMH Edge Distresser

Play With Your Coffee Clear Stamp Set Lets Eat Cake Clear Stamp Set

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Faux Stitching

Hello Everyone! It's Amber here with a Tutorial Tuesday  post. Today is my Birthday so I thought I would share a Birthday Card and Tag. For this weeks tutorial I'm sharing a quick and simple faux  stitching technique. I'm using the technique to create a banner today.

See those black lines I used for my banner...its faux stitching. Not everyone has the time or the patience to hand stitch or machine stitch so this is an easy way to add stitching to any project.  All you need is an ink pad and a sewing pattern tracing wheel. These come in most sewing kits and can be found at any craft store in the sewing notions aisles. Below you will see the four steps I used to create my Birthday card.

Step 1. Grab an ink pad and repeatedly roll the tracing wheel over the ink pad until the wheel is fully covered.

Step 2. Roll it onto the card front or cardstock you are going to use. I repeated this 3 times.

Step 3.Stamp you sentiment onto your card front below the banner line and then on a scrap piece of cardstock stamp your banner triangles.

Step 4. Color, add glitter, cut, and add your banner triangles to your banner line.

It really is as easy as that. There are many things you can do with this faux stitching technique like make stitching lines over your patterned paper or cardstock, make lined and grid backgrounds, and make hearts or other shapes with the wheel.  I hope you enjoyed my tutorial today and Thanks for visiting!. We would love to see what you make with Paper Wings Productions Stamps so add your projects to our Flickr Group, to Pinterest, or leave a comment with a link to your project. Thanks for visiting today!

Supplies: Cardstock- Cream / Paper Wings Productions Clear Stamp Sets- Happy Day & Lets Eat Cake / Staz-On Ink Pad- Jet Black / CTMH Markers / Sewing Tracing Wheel / Ranger Stickles- Crystal

Happy Day Clear Stamp Set Lets Eat Cake Clear Stamp Set

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