Paper Diva: Hi Everyone

Well it has been a really long time and I apologize for neglecting my blog. I really cannot explain but I hopefully will have the time this summer to get back into the swing of things and keep up with my blog. I have been making cards and I have a photos for many of them. I just have to sort out the ones that I created on my own from the ideas of other people. I want to make sure that I give credit where credit is due.

My first card is one that I CASd from Stampin Up demonstrator Jackie Walker using the Zoo Review
Stamp set.

I used a Kraft card base with black and orange rectangles. I stamped the lion using starfruit and the grass with grass green and old olive. I added orange brads at the top. I like the earthy colors and the peacefulness of the lion. I great masculine card.

My next card was a new technique I tried. I seen the technique on a web site called Inchie Art. I started with a 3" matboard square made by Inchie Arts. I then used a product called Eclipse Printable Sheets that have a lightly sticky adhesive. I cut a 3" square of the Eclipse sheet and adhered it to the mat board. Using Spellbinders Shapeabilities die D-lites Medallion One I ran everything through the Big Shot. I then removed the background and lines of the Eclipse paper. I then sponged the square with passion pink ink and calypso coral ink. I matted the mat board square onto a square of calypso coral cardstock and then that square on to ivory cardstock and it all went on a melon mambo card base. I then needed a little bling. I used clear Stickles and covered all the lines of the medallion and added an orange crystal the the center. The picture doesn't do this card justice. I think a more solid die might work out easier but this was a lot of fun to do and it is very pretty.

My third project this week, yes all three were done this week, was to create a gift box. I made three so that my three grandsons could present their moms with a small gift for Mother's day. I used card stock in an orange, lavender and pink and created the box. I then took white card stock and stamped flowers from the mixed bunch stamp set from Stampin Up with versamark ink, took clear embossing powder and then heated it so that I achieved a glossy white look on the paper. The using the matching punch I punched out the three flowers. I used summer smooches brads from stamping up for the flower center. I used the build a bird punch and punched out the birds wing and the branch in green. I used the bird's wings on two of the flowers and the branch on one for the leaves. A fun quick project and my grandson's will have a pretty box to give mom their little gift.