Gypsie's Travels

Well, still no luck with my camera, so I borrowed my daughter's camera for today's post. 7 Gypsies is hosting a contest to decorate a Bindery Punch and post it to their gallery for a chance at some fabulous prizes. I decided that no Gypsy is complete without her own Steamer Trunk and I fashioned this one out of a Bindery Punch. Please take a moment to visit that link and post a comment on my gallery there, it will help my chances of showing this baby at CHA! Complete with leather straps (aka:Grungepaper), buckles and lots and lots of travel stamps...this Gypsy has traveled far and wide for just the right accessories to her design studio. I used my Dymo labeler and punched letters directly into the Grungepaper and mounted the seven continent names and of course the 7 Gypsies name as well. I'm all packed and ready to go anywhere with this little beauty.

Thanks for stopping by.

Can You Say Adorable?

Okay, still playing with my Prismacolors and Gamsol. Picked up the newest edition on Paper Crafts Magazine and found this fun little layout. I had purchased a Bella stamp some time ago and wanted to play with this image for a fun birthday card. Doodlebug's newest cupcake papers is so fun and the Amuse mini plaid's are so much fun. Combined together, the colors and plaid/polka dot patterns make a great combination. I can't beleive I actually posted twice in one week. Hmmm, hope the summer off will allow me more chances to post. It could happen, honest!

Happy Birthday Jan

Wanted to share another Greeting Farm stamp and test out my Prismacolorsand Gamsol again. Decided to give Taylored Expression's sketch challenge a try to complete a birthday card for my sister. Used Making Memories paper and EK Success punch for the framed edge. I love the color combination and the way it all came together. I think my sister will certainly enjoy this one.

Candy Bars Anyone?

Don't even ask why I haven't posted in a while. Bad camera, lazy habits, lack of projects and inspiration. The list goes on and on. However, I did manage to make these cute candy bar wrappers for the teachers I work with. Used my Greeting Farm teacher stamp and colored with Prismacolors and Gamsol. Fun, fun, fun! The teachers were thrilled and the students were jealous. Hope you enjoy.

Terri Conrad Contest

Hi all! I know I haven't posted in a while and I do apologize. My camera's been a little on the fritz and I'm hoping to purchase a new one real soon. In the meantime, I'll post some one elses photo. Terri Conrad is celebrating her licenses to new manufacturers and is offering a lovely set of note cards with her gorgeous designs on them. All you have to do is visit her blog and leave a comment. She is such a talented woman. Her papers for Websters Pages are just so beautiful.

Melissa's At It Again

While out stalking blog-land, I did my daily visit to Melissa Phillips' site and noticed she's at it again with a challenge. This month's give-away is an adorable apron from Jillie Willie. The challenge was to create a card with some sort of pocket, it must have buttons, ribbon, pink, and stripes. How can you go wrong with all those embellishments? I wanted to try something different and used a stamped image as my pattern for the bunny. I cut an enlarged version of this image out of mulberry paper for the bunny. Then, I cut the egg at the seam and inserted it inside the bottom of the egg as the "pocket." The picture is a little blurry (time for a new camera), but the stamped statement says "sweet thing." I didn't take a pic of the inside of the card, but I used the smaller stamped image of the bunny and egg and the striped paper at the bottom edge. I'm sure my chances are slim to win, because I've seen some of the competition. Wow, there are some truly talented entries this time around. Just the same though, I had a blast working on this one. Thanks for the challenge Melissa.

Fun with Graphic45

If you haven't seen the newest Graphic45 papers, you really should go out and get it! Their blog has so many ideas and their booth at last summer's CHA was just so inspiring. Their paper doesn't look like paper, it has a quality of fine art and fine fabrics. Needless to say, I'm totally intrigued by the things they are doing with paper and die cuts. AMAZING!! I wanted to try my hand at cutting and collaging some of these fantastic images and mixing them with some of my vintage sewing notions. The beeswax collage was a perfect medium to showcase this paper. I love the way it turned out. The layout uses more of this paper and a few of my vintage pattern peices from a doll dress. I printed an image from Fairy Davis as my focal point and it seems as if these lovely ladies have been relative of mine forever. The handbag is G45 papers scanned and printed onto Sticky Back Canvas by Claudine Hellmuth. Love, love, love this stuff...so many possibilities. Hope you enjoy and take the time to make something for yourself with these fun papers.