Magnet Sets

I recently participated in a craft show with my friend Rachel Hart of Apron Elegance and Gift an Apron.com. She sews the most amazingly detailed and fun hostess aprons in addition to functional aprons. Her media aprons are so cute with the little vinyl pocket for your cell phone or iPod. Check them out.

Now, on to my magnets. I wanted to create something more than just cards to sell at the craft show so I made up some magnet sets.

Check out Tim Holtz's blog for the directions on how to create these using Tim Holtz Fragments, Glossy Accents and some patterned paper or stamped images.

This set uses the Basic Grey Urban Prairie papers. For packaging I wanted something to stick the magnets to so they didn't just flop around so I went to Home Depot and bought some flat metal brackets. To make them look presentable I sewed a muslin cover over the bracket and trimmed the edges with pinking shears. Finally I created a little box for the muslin covered bracket to fit in and covered it with matching paper. Here's a photo of the set with the matching box.

One of my co-workers saw them and asked for 8 sets so I'd better get to work. They are pretty fun to put together. The Fragments and Glossy Accents are available at Rubbernecker. I purchased the magnets at Michael's. If you're interested in a pattern for the box, leave me a comment and I'll put one together.

Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by.

Party Animals

More fun today with the Party Farm Animals set from Pink Cat Studio. I used an older sketch challenge from Splitcoast for my layout (SC186). I stamped the image on white and colored it with Copics, then sponged the edges with Aged Paper distress ink. The designer papers are from the Basic Grey Urban Prairie 12x12 pack. The Happy Birthday circle is mounted with pop dots for some dimension. I also found some vintage rick rack in my stash that matched the blue on the Basic Grey paper perfectly.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Pink Cat Studio Party Farm Animals
  
• Ink - Archival Black, Distress Ink Aged Paper
  
• Paper - SU Kraft, Black, Riding Hood Red, White, Basic Grey Urban Prairie
  
• Misc - Copics, Rick rack, Staples, Nestabilities

Farm Animals

For today's card I pulled out my Party Farm Animals set from Pink Cat Studio. I stamped the image on white and colored it with reinkers, then sponged the edges with Aged Paper distress ink. The designer papers are from the Basic Grey Urban Prairie 12x12 pack. I had a hard time cutting into the Urban Prairie papers the first time because they're just so pretty but I think it's fun to use them rather than just let them sit on the shelf. The little flag for the sentiment was inspired by Anna Wight. She always has the cutest ideas!

Supplies:

• Stamps - Pink Cat Studio Party Farm Animals
  
• Ink - Archival Black, Distress Ink Aged Paper
  
• Paper - SU Kraft, Pink Pirouette, White, Basic Grey Urban Prairie
  
• Misc - Reinkers, Button

More Caribou Coffee Inspiration

Today I have another card using the color combo inspired by Caribou Coffee (Cool Caribbean, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red and Chocolate Chip).

It was kind of fun to make some holiday cards this past weekend since it was snowing. Thankfully it was a very light snowfall that melted by the next morning. I'm not quite ready for snow!

Back to the card, I used my cuttlebug snowflake folder on whisper white and then added some vintage photo distress ink with a sponge applicator to help make the snowflakes pop. The designer paper is from the Bella Rose SU collection. The snowflakes stamped on the blue panel and green strip are from Rubbernecker. I used chipboard for the large cuttlebug snowflake then painted it white (snowcap paint dauber) and sprinkled glitter onto the wet paint. Once the paint was dry I sponged a little vintage photo over the snowflake to give it a little more aged look. I also added a gemstone to the center of the snowflake.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Rubbernecker
• Ink - Cool Caribbean, Kiwi Kiss, Distress Ink Vintage Photo
• Paper - SU Cool Caribbean, Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose DP, Choc Chip, Very Vanilla
  
• Misc - Scallop border punch, Cuttlebug (Snowflake folder, snowflake die), Vintage rick rack, Ranger Paint dauber snowcap, glitter, paper piercer, gemstone, popdots

Inspired by Caribou Coffee

I stopped at Caribou coffee the other day and was inspired by the colors on the coffee sleeve. To me the combo looked like Cool Caribbean, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red and Chocolate Chip. Here's what I came up with using that color combo except I substituted Kraft for Chocolate Chip.

The basket image from Rubbernecker is stamped in Timber Brown Stazon on Very Vanilla. The greeting from Papertrey Ink is stamped in SU Riding Hood Red. The edges are sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The image is layered on SU Cool Caribbean and Kraft. The patterned paper is from the Bella Rose pack. The bottom layers were both run through my Cuttlebug (Kiwi Kiss with the Swiss Dot folder, Cool Caribbean with the Textile folder). I also used the scallop border punch on the Kiwi Kiss layer. For the finishing touch I added some faux stitches to the image panel.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Rubbernecker, Papertrey Ink
• Ink - SU Riding Hood Red, Stazon Timber Brown, Distress Ink Vintage Photo
• Paper - SU Kraft, Cool Caribbean, Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose DP
• Misc - Scallop border punch, Cuttlebug and folders (Swiss Dot, Textile)

Dino-mite!

I love the retired Dino-Mite set from Stampin Up. I think it pairs very well with the Archaic line from Basic Grey. For this card I started with a base of Kraft then added a black mat. The designer papers are all from the Basic Grey Archaic 6x6 pack and two of the panels are matted with SU River Rock. The third panel is just sponged with Vintage Photo distress ink. I used a Copic multiliner to dot the edges of some of the panels. I also sponged some Peeled Paint distress ink on the bottom of the dino circle and Vintage Photo around the edges. The dino is stamped in SU Baja Breeze and mounted with pop dots. For the finishing touch I added the ribbon.

Supplies:

• Stamp - SU Dino-Mite (retired)
  
• Ink - SU Baja Breeze, Distress Inks (Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint)
  
• Paper - SU Kraft, Black, River Rock, Basic Grey Archaic
  
• Misc - Copic multiliner, ribbon, pop dots

Curly Label Punch

I wanted to try out my new SU Curly Label punch bundle that just arrived so I put together this simple card. The card base is SU Kraft with a mat of Very Vanilla. For the Tangerine Tango layer I ran the top portion through my Cuttlebug with the swirl folder. Next I wrapped a ribbon around the layers. I stamped the thank you frame with Tangerine Tango onto Kraft then punched it with the matching punch. For the vanilla layer I just freehanded that cut. The labels were mounted with pop dots and then a prima flower was added with an orange rhinestone center. I think I'll get a lot of use from the punch and stamp set. They would work well for putting together quick notecard sets for gifts.

Supplies:

• Stamp - SU Cute & Curly (from the CurlyLabel Punch Bundle)
• Ink - SU Tangerine Tango
• Paper - SU Kraft, Very Vanilla, Tangerine Tango
• Misc - SU Curly Label Punch, Cuttlebug and Swirl embossing folder, Ribbon, Prima, Rhinestone

Cakebella Pirouette

I finally ordered some of the SU in-colors inks, paper and ribbons plus the new scallop border punch. The box arrived yesterday but I didn't have a chance to play until today so here's my first card with my new stuff. I'm really liking the new colors and the scallop punch!

Supplies:

• Stamp - Cakeabella from Stamping Bella
• Ink - Palette Hybrid Noir, Kiwi Kiss (with aqua brush)
• Paper - Kraft, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, White, Basic Grey Sultry Collection
• Misc - Scallop Border Punch, Pink Pirouette Ribbon, Copics, Aqua brush