Smile Hello

Hello everyone, it's Amber here with this weeks Feature Friday Post. Today is also my last day and final day with Paper Wings Productions. Over the last six months I have a great time with the ladies and like Tara have found loads of inspiration, been amazed by, and have been inspired by all their skills. The last six months have been wonderful and I wish the best of luck to the new DT members!

For this weeks Feature Friday post I wanted to create some one layer cards using Paper Wings Productions  Vintage Technology Clear Stamp Set. Technically their not really one layer cards because of the banner I added but their pretty close. I used four different stamps from the set and used the same layout for both. For the fist card I repeatedly stamped Hello in three different colors across the bottom and then repeatably stamped Hello for my banner. The second card I have today uses the same stamp set and CTMH Ink pads. I repeatably stamped the little tape cassette across the bottom like I did Hello on the first card and then repeatedly stamped Smile for my banner.

We would love to see what you make with Paper Wings Productions Stamps so add your projects to our Flickr Group, Pinterest, Facebook, or leave a comment with a link to your project. Thanks for visiting!

Supplies For Both Cards: Cardstock- White / Paper Wings Productions Clear Stamp Set- Vintage Technology / CTMH Ink Pads- Cream Burlie, Tulip, Breeze / Staple Gun 

Themed Thursday - Happy Easter!

Hello everyone, Norma here with you today!!  Did you guys see Dana's "Faux Paper Casting" technique on Tuesday?!  WOW, she shares the coolest techniques doesn't she!  I'm learning so much from her so if you missed it just click on the link.  ;D

The new Mixed Kit just came out too and it's AWESOME!  Click on the link to check it out: PWP Mar Mixed Media Kit Release



Okay so for today I'm sharing a fun little Easter project that I made using a variety of PWP stamp sets:

     

This cute little project started out as an empty ribbon spool and shoe box lid.  Here's a look at the lid before I cut it up:

I actually intended to make this into a shadow box for my Feb hop project but I just couldn't make it work.  So I set it aside and it just happened to be perfect for this project. ;D  I added some additional layers of green paint, 3-D Enamels flourishes and randomly stamped the Writings Backgrounds Cling Stamp.  Next I cut it down to size creating a nice backdrop for my project.

For the base, I padded the empty spool with foam then covered it with a scrap piece of Debbie Mumm fabric.  On the top, I adhered a piece of white cardstock that I ran through my Cuttlebug to emboss with the Swiss Dots folder and then inked with Tim Holtz Shabby Shutters.

Moving onto the banner, I cut a wooden dowel into two pieces for my "poles" and gave them a light wash of TH Vintage Photo.  I stamped the pennants onto various patterned papers with the Happy Day stamp set.  Next I fussy cut, layered the pennant pieces and highlighted with a white gel pen.  To string my banner, I punched holes and added grommets for a nice finished looked.  I hung the banner on a thin sheer ribbon.

I stamped two sets of the flowers onto pink patterned paper, fussy cut and highlighted with white.  (Tip: highlighting helps create depth on the image.)  After attaching to my "poles", I wrapped pipe cleaners around the poles to soften them a bit and add visual interest.  

 I choose to use a bird from the Bird Melange set and stamped him on yellow patterned paper.  He's topped off with a small crown from the Crowns stamp set.

For the sentiment I used a verse from the Scriptures stamp set and layered it on various pieces of K&Company cardstock die-cuts.

To finish off my scene, I stamped the butterfly wings from the Mini Wings Stamp set on yellow patterned paper and added a little blue coloring with Tim Holtz Distress Markers.  

I cut the banner with my Cricut Stand and Salute Cartridge then stamped "Happy" from the Happy Day stamp set and hand wrote "Easter".  Next I attached ivy, flowers and an Easter egg to finish it off.

That's it friends, I hope you enjoyed my little Easter project!  Thank you so much for stopping by today and for all of the sweet comments you leave me.  I really appreciate it and enjoy reading them.

Have a Beautiful Day :D

Happy Day Clear Stamp Set Bird Melange Cling Stamp Set Crowns Royal Melange Scriptures Stamp Set Mini Wings Clear Stamp Set Writing Cling Stamp Background Writing

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Themed Thursday - Oh Happy Day!

Hi everyone!  Tara C. here to share another Themed Thursday project with you.

I am going to need lots of birthday and wedding/shower cards this year and I have been itching to use this adorable stamp set 'Happy Day' from Paper Wings Productions.  I was torn on which card to start first and then had the brilliant idea to use the same stamp set and create cards for both occasions! Keep the same size card and just change up the colors and embellishments slightly for a totally new card.

So, I started with the birthday card in the striking color combo of red, black and white with a bit of silver thrown in for sparkle.  I stamped, then cut the sweet banner and assembled it on red ribbon.  

I painted some chipboard stars and then stamped directly on them using the flower bouquets from this stamp set also seen at the bottom of the card.  Too cute! A bit of ribbon and some gems are the finishing touches.

I then cleaned all of the stamps and switched the color scheme to pinks and created this darling wedding/shower card.  It was so easy to create the same look with the banner and background papers as I already knew the sizes to cut and how to assemble it together!  

I changed up the ribbon and the embellishments just a little bit but kept the layout exactly the same. 

What a difference a change of color can make! I will definitely be using this set again and I will  just set up an assembly line and keep creating the same card in different colors for birthdays, graduations, weddings, new jobs.......

Thanks for checking us out today!  Make sure you come back tomorrow and see all of our talented designers in action with our March blog hop!  You could win a Paper Wings gift certificate and be a guest designer on a future hop.  Hope you join us - we would love to see you there!

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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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Mixed Media Monday - Joy to the World

Happy Monday, Norma G. here!! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend with your family and friends.  I got to catch up with some friends and even did a little shopping here and there.  It's hard to believe that Christmas is only one week away, YIKES!!  I still have a bit more shopping to do and a whole lot of wrapping ahead of me.

Alright, it's time for one of my very favorite things, a little Mixed Media fun!

This week I have a cute little altered box to share with you:

This is a small wooden box that I found at Michaels.  It was on clearance for .84 because the lid is broken off.  I've been wanting to create a shadow box project for awhile and knew that this little box would be perfect.  I used a TON of different materials to create multiple layers of beautiful details on this piece.

I started with the Sleigh Cling Stamp.  You can also find this image in the Winter Cling Stamp Set.  I stamped the sleigh on some plastic packaging with Stazon.  (I really like when I can upcycle something that would normally just go in the trash.)  I left a lip on both the top and bottom so I could adhere it the box.  Next I started working on the box, I used Golden Gel Medium to attach vintage sheet music to the inside of three sides.  I attached a scrap piece of blue scrapbook paper for the top.  Then I randomly stamped snowflakes in various shades of blue on the sheet music.  For a little sparkle, I applied a thin layer of glue and sprinkled Blue Diamond Fairy Dust.

For the bottom I used a scrap of beautiful gold sequence fabric.  I like the way the sequence reflects off of the plastic and adds a beautiful effect to the background.

A winter scene wouldn't be complete without some trees right?!  I used the trees from the Pines Cling Stamp Set.  I stamped the larger tree with Close To My Heart ink in Ponderosa Pine and embossed with Green Tinsel.  For the smaller tree, I used Tim Holtz Iced Spruce Distress Ink and embossed with Antique Gold.  I fussy cut both trees leaving a lip on the bottom for attaching to the box.

Here's another look into the box.  So with the inside complete, I began working on all of the little details that finish off the project.

I created a cute little snowflake banner to hang on the top with my sewing machine.  I really wish I had a circle punch for this part but since I don't, I had to improvise ;D  I used my Cricut George cartridge to cut four 3/4" circles and four 1/2" circles.  Next I stamped various snowflakes with varying shades of blue and embossed with Blue Tinsel.  Then I carefully ran the circles through my sewing machine to create the banner.

For the angel, I used the Build A Shrine Stamp Set, she's stamped in CTM Black ink and embossed with Antique Gold.  I used a white gel pen to highlight the wings and TH Distress markers to color in her face.  For the star, I used a gold gel pen.  I also flanked the angel with a stamp from the Flourish Elements Cling Stamp Set.  I cut the banner with the Cricut Stand & Salute cartridge and it's cut at 1".  The sentiment is from the Wise Men Cling Stamp Set and is embossed in black.  The edges of the banner are distressed with TH Old Paper Distress Ink.

I added silver tinsel around all of the edges, some sheer ribbon, miniature snowflake ornaments, bling and beaded trim to complete the project.

The tag is from my stash, I like the pop of red plus it kinda pulls out the red thread on the snowflake banner.

Here's one last look at my little altered Christmas box :D  If you'd like to recreate this box, you could use any box you have lying around like, you could even add a little battery operated tea light in the inside.

Okay here's a recap of the supplies I used on this project:

5x5x2.5 box

Vintage Sheet Music & Blue Scrapbook Paper 

Blue Diamond Fairy Dust

Gold Sequence Fabric

Plastic

PWP Stamps: Sleigh Cling Stamp/Winter Cling Stamp Set, Pines Cling Stamp Set, Snowflakes/Holiday Greetings Cling Stamp Set/Snowy Cling Stamp Set, Build A Shrine Stamp Set, Flourish Elements Cling Stamp Set, and Wise Men Cling Stamp Set

Inks: Close to My Heart Black & Ponderosa Pine, Tim Holtz Old Paper & Iced Spruce Distress Ink, Color Box Aqua & Glacier Ice

Embossing Powders: Green & Blue Tinsel, Black and Antique Gold

Gel Pens: White & Gold
Tim Holtz Distress Marker: Scattered Straw

Cricut Cartridges: George & Stand & Salute

Beaded trim, sheer ribbon, silver tinsel trim, bling & miniature snowflake ornaments

3-D embellishment tag

Golden Gel Medium, Glossy Accents, Elmers glue and Beacon 3-1 Craft Glue

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Have a Beautiful Day!!!