Amazing Paper Grace

Hi there.  All weekend it’s been that kind of rainy weather that makes you want to curl up with coffee and good book. Hopefully this means that the cooler weather is on the way.  I don’t know about you but I’m ready for the next season!!  I like days like this but really had to fight that temptation to lounge and instead try to get a couple of things done.   I had this card in the works so I sat down and finished by coloring up this #290 Chinese Tilda available at Magnolia-licious, how cute is she?  She is from the Bon Voyage Collection that includes several different international Tilda’s – all as cute as this one. 

I colored this sweet little Tilda with Copics and cut her out with Spellbinders Labels Fourteen.  I popped her up on a layer of Spellbinders Lacey Circles and Labels Eight.  A bow, flower and brad finish things up.  For a sentiment I applied a rub on to a punched scrap and hung it from the brad. 

Thanks for stopping by!!
 

A delightful afternoon.  That’s what I had :-)  Just got some new rubber in from Quietfire Designs, rustled up a pot of coffee, gave my favorite guy a peck on the cheek and disappeared into the studio to relax.  I didn’t have long, but long enough to pull this together from one of the beautiful new sentiments that Suzanne has put to rubber.  This card uses the Words of Love sentiment  and even though it can be used for Valentines Day, I made my card for as a Wedding Card instead (with the thought in the back of my mind that I can pull it out for either an anniversary or just an I Love You card). 

I wanted a classic look like a black and white tuxedo so I kept things simple.  Just one layer backed by a border and I popped up the Spellbinders Labels Sixteen.  The Flourishing Inside Hearts are also a new Quietfire stamp so I decided to add them as a splash of red.   I’m using a length of organdy you normally get on the wedding aisle that’s about 6 inches wide and it makes for a lovely bow when you fluff it out.  Pearls just didn’t do the job so I dug out some rhinestones.  That’s about it for me today – off to watch a good movie.  Hope you’re having a great weekend too.

Thanks for peeking in on me today.

Hiya!!  Happy Friday.  So ya know what today is?  That’s right – Sketch Challenge Friday over at the JustRite Inspiration Blog.  My card today follows the sketch – it’s oh so classic – I hope you’ll play along too!  A couple of details first – I  I used Christmas Nested Frames and Whimsical Christmas.  I cut three frames and snipped them so that they would make three squares.  The frames (made with Spellbinders Classic Long Rectangles LG) are stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with Copics – G16 and R59.  I stamped the flakes and sentiment from Whimsical Christmas and cut them out with a 1 1/2" EKSuccess Punch.

So here’s the JustRite sketch if you’d like to give it a go.  All the details are right here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog.

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