Feature Friday: An Old Fashioned Valentine

Happy, happy Friday!

It's Shay here.  There has been some truly fabulous projects this week so I recommend first scrolling down to see them all before you return to this post.  I can wait.

Welcome back!  Are the design team talented or what?

Today I have some cuties for you.  What is better than miniature little Valentines?  Okay, winning the lottery to name one thing, but do you recall being a little lady or gent at school and giving and receiving Valentines?  I thought it was better than apple pie and I still love them so I thought why not make some with my awesome Paper Wings Productions stamps?

I created three of these little darlings...honestly I could have made dozens with the ideas swimming in my head. 

I used a nifty new die I bought that is a mini pocket to be the sleeve for my little Valentine cards.  The sleeve measures 2.5" x 3.8" while the cards are approximately 2 3/8" x 3 5/8".

Card No. 1:

This is the true romantic card set.  I inked up the Damask from Backgrounds or Damask using pink and red inks that I then spritzed with water and stamped upon the heart and the outside of the sleeve.  Under the heart is music from the Text Melange or Music in grey ink. I love these essential stamp sets...they work for nearly any theme and project.  I added the amor banner from Milagros which I stamped in red and colored in with Copic markers.  I added a heart and dots (remnants from the XOXO border on the sleeve).  I finished the card with some washi.  The sleeve is decorated with washi, XOXO, pink and white bakers twine and a heart.  The final touch is the little ticket/label from Tabs and Banners stamped with "for you" from Sophie.

Card No. 2:

Here's the sweet card set.  The card is stamped with the birdhouse from Home Tweet Home using VersaMark and embossed with white embossing powder.  Then I colored in the image using Distress Inks.  I chose some unusual and bright colors which I then softened by adding a layer of vellum.  I added another layer of vellum with a scallop heart die cut which I embossed with white embossing powder using a sweet sentiment from Home Tweet Home.  How adorable is this stamp set?  I adhered all the vellum with washi.

Here is a look at the house under the vellum heart:

The inside of the sleeve is decorated with the circles from Backgrounds or Circles and I also inked the edges.  The outside of the sleeve is stamped with the love birds from Home Tweet Home, tied with a white ribbon and finished with a heart.

Card No. 3:

The card for your inner princess or the little princess in your life.  Using Princess I stamped and colored her in with Copic markers.  I then masked her off and used a reverse mask of the scalloped heart to ink in the area behind her and stamp the castle from Prince.  The sentiment is also from Prince.  These are truly charming and lovely stamps and so perfect for children's Valentines.  I finished the card with pink glitter fabric tape.  The sleeve is also decorated with a reverse heart mask that I stamped the crown from Princess on.  Over that I stamped the sprig of flowers from Flower Power or Mini Flowers.  This is finished off with washi, fabric tape and a heart.

What fun these would be to make with your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, godchild or with the kids at heart in your life!  They would have so much fun making them and so proud to give them out too.  On the back of the cards is plenty of room for a little handwritten note.  Another alternative is to pack these little sweeties in a lunch for school or work.

The possibilities of which Paper Wings Productions stamps to use and how to use them are endless.  I thought Sophie, Louise, Marcel or Luc would be fun to use not to mention the Prince.  You could easily use Paris or London.  Vintage Technology or Play with Your Coffee would be fabulous too.  That is just off the top of my head! 

Another really cool thing about these little card and sleeve duo are that they are still small enough to fit in a Project Life 3x4 pocket which is a lovely thing for anyone doing Project Life.

I hope you feel inspired to ink up your Paper Wings Productions stamps!  There is still time for Valentine's Day. 

We would *love* to see what you make with Paper Wings Productions stamps. Add your projects to Facebook, our flickr group, to Pinterest, comment with a link on this post or even email pictures to us!

Take flight,
Shay.

Supplies:
Stamps:

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Cardstock: Georgia Pacific
Ink: tuxedo black Memento and VersaMark, Tsukineko; chewing gum, cough syrup and weather vane, Jenni Bowlin for Ranger; fired brick, worn lipstick, tattered rose, scattered straw, wild honey, iced spruce and evergreen bough, Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger
Patterned Paper: Paper Heart 12x12 paper pad, Crate Paper; Dilly Dally "Hello" Flannel from Miss Caroline collection, My Mind's Eye
Other: vellum; heart punch, Stampin' Up!; washi, various; fabric tape; white ribbon, Offray; opaque white embossing powder, JudiKins; nesting scallop hearts dies, Lifestyle Crafts/QuicKutz; mini pocket die, Lifestyle Crafts/QuicKutz; XOXO border die, Papertrey Ink; Cuttlebug, Provo Craft; Copic markers; pink and white baker's twine

What's Up Wednesday

Hey Peeps!

Dropping in to share a couple of cards. The first one is a fairy tale inspired card. This little prince from Handmade by Lizzie Girl is just too cute, and I really love the castle as well.  So many details on these stamps.  When I saw this castle, I just envisioned it as this gleaming, idyllic place (not unlike the fairytales of our youth) and had to give it some "stickles" treatment. 

This would be a cute birthday card for a young boy, or even a "soon to be" bride.

The Details:

1. Adhere background paper to 4.25 x 5.5 inch card base.
2. Stamp prince and castle (twice) on separate pieces of paper.
3. Color prince, paper piece gold crown, and add jewels.
4. Using Eclipse tape, I drew rays from a center point, cut the rays apart and used them as a template on one of the castle pieces for creating the sun ray background.  I used 3 different colors - yellow, orange, and a gold irridescent. Die cut this piece and a second larger piece in brown.
5.  Color second castle, fussy cut the castle leaving off the flags (they are already stamped on the first layer).  Adhere castle, color flags, and add stickles.
6. Stamp sentiment on gold paper and circle punch - adhere with foam tape.
7. Use gold pen to accent prince belt buckle and trace around label die to add detail to die cut.

I have one more card to share with you.  There is another paper wings gal with a birthday coming up next week.  Can you guess who? Happy Birthday C!

I used the Mission 004 Flight Plan as my inspiration, a few new stamps from the June release and a little creativity and came up with this fun birthday card.  I love that this is one of those cards that could be great for just about any sentiment and any color scheme! And, can you believe that the main flower, white flower and orange flower all came from the Flower Power set?  Love that!!!

The Details:

1. Adhere strip of paper to bottom of 4.25 x 5.5 inch card.
2. Stamp and cut out Lace Border stamp from yellow paper.
3. Stamp and emboss small flower stamp on textured gold paper. Adhere behind straight edge of border and then adhere both to card base.
4. Cover small tag in dictionary paper, ink paper and edges and stamp flower in orange. Cut small circle for hole and add ribbon.
5.  Use markers to color large flower directly on rubber.  Spritz with water and stamp.  Cut around flower and adhere to tag and flower with foam dots to card base.
6. Stamp sentiment in brown ink.  NOTE: I cut my sentiments apart when I want them to fit "just right".  This sentiment is from a longer stamp.
7. Add 3 brown pearls.


Thanks for dropping by the Aviary! I hope you enjoyed the projects today and hopefully they have inspired you too.  Come back soon for more stamping goodness!

Julie

Supplies for My Prince
Stamps:  Prince

Ink: Memento ink by Tsukineko in tuxedo black; Dylusions Sprays by Ranger - Lemon Zest and Squeezed Sunshine

Pattern Paper: Memory Box

Cardstock: Neenah Papers in solar white and pearlized blue cardstock and gold paper from stash

Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies, gold gel pen, circle punch

Embellishments: Stickles by Ranger - Stardust, Gold Perfect Pearls (with water for spray)

Supplies for happy birthday / Mission 004
Stamps:  Lace Border, Flower Power, Sayings and Sentiments

Ink: Colorbox Chalk Ink - Tangerine and Chestnut Roan, Distress Ink - Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint, Stampin' Up! Craft Ink - Whisper White, Distress Markers (Wild Honey, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Tea Dye, Walnut Stain, Shabby Shutters, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint)

Pattern Paper: Basic Grey (yellow and green), dictionary paper, textured gold paper from stash

Cardstock: Neenah Papers in solar white

Tools: We R Memory Keepers - Cropadile (hole punch),

Embellishments: pearls and ribbon - stash, SU! Whisper White Embossing Powder

Mixed Media Monday: Once Upon a Time....

Good Monday peeps!

It's Shay here bringing you a fairy tale of a project for that little prince or princess in your life or the older prince and princess as everyone could use some magic in their lives.

Using the adorable Prince and Princess stamp sets by Liz B. of handmade by Lissie girl, the really cool trees from Howlin' For You by Erin Edelmann of Rag & Bone Studio and Hanging Stars by Liz A. of Fine & Fancy, I came up with a canvas with the quintessential castle and forest for my prince and princess.

Here are some basic directions of what I did:

1. Paint a 12x12 canvas (or paper) with green and blue acrylic paints.
2. Attach random bits of torn pattern paper to the green and blue sections and paint over edges with appropriate paint.
3. Stamp in black and paper piece castle, prince, princess and horse drawn carriage using various pattern papers.  Color in with various markers.  Edge with black pen.
4. Stamp trees in brown ink on pattern paper 4 times and attach to canvas.  Paint over pattern paper with green and blue where appropriate.  Paint over trees with brown paint to elongate trees.  Stamp over bits of the painted trees with tree stamp.
5. Stamp lines from Hanging Stars in black ink along the top of the canvas.  Stamp over the lines to make longer lines in different areas.  Punch out lots of stars from pattern paper.  Attach to sky over lines sporadically.
6. Attach castle, horse drawn carriage, prince and princess.  Draw a road from the castle stamp road onto the rest of the canvas where the horse and carriage are using dark grey Copic marker.  Edge it with black pen. 
7. Paint a free handed scallop edge around canvas with gold paint.  Use a black pen/marker to loosely outline scallop edge.
8. Stamp "Once upon a time" onto a label.  Attach to top left of canvas.

More embellishment: Adding Stickles on to the stars and/or shimmer spray over canvas which I may do later.  You could also use punches to punch out leaves for the trees.

The adorable prince and princess:

Fancy horse drawn carriage:

Banner waving castle:

Enchanted shadowed forest:

Another view:

Stamps: Hanging Stars, Howlin' For You, Prince and Princess

Ink: Memento ink by Tsukineko in tuxedo black; Jenni Bowlin by Ranger in brown sugar

Pattern Paper: Kissing Booth 6x6 paper pad by Basic Grey; Paper Heart 6x6 paper pad by Crate Paper; Madison Avenue Lost and Found 6x6 paper pad by My Mind's Eye; Destination, Geographic, Great Scot, Harvest and Telegraph by Studio Calico

Cardstock: Neenah Papers in solar white

Tools: Signo gel pen in white by Uni-ball; Precision Pen by American Crafts in black; Memory Marker by American Crafts in chestnut; Copic markers; Glossy Accents by Ranger; Matte Multi-Medium by Claudine Hellmuth Studio by Ranger; craft smart acrylic paint in pool blue; Americana acrylic paint in turquoise blue; Claudine Hellmuth Studio by Ranger in landscape green; Folk Art acrylic paint in Metallic Antique Copper, Metallic Antique Gold

Embellishments: die cut label from K & Company's Julianne Vintage Label Die-cute Cardstock

I hope you have a fairy tale of a week!

Take flight,
Shay.