A Fashionable {Good Friends} Card...

Hello!  So glad you stopped by today.  It's another cold and rainy day here and once again I am typing while sitting in front of my space heater.  I took a peek at today's Sketch Challenge at SCS first thing this morning and then I tried to make a card a few hours later from memory.  Turns out I didn't remember the layout quite right, but I think it's close enough.

I love paper piecing these purses. This card uses a total of 6 different patterned papers.  That might be a record for me.  The rhinestones were colored using a pink copic marker.  I love that trick!

Have a great day!

{Good Friends...}

Stamps: Just My Style (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, On the Catwalk Cream (CSS)

Patterned Paper: Gertie (My Mind's Eye)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Green With Envy (CSS)

Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, Rhinestones, Stamping Sponge, Foam Dimensionals

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Group Challenge: Stylish Gift Cards

Hey there!  It's a super fun day around the blog-o-sphere today.  The gals from Clear & Simple Stamps are at it again with another fun group challenge.  This month we are using the stamp set Just My Style to make some stylish gift card holders.   


When I finally came up with the concept for my card, I ran with it.  I had so much fun cutting out and arranging those purses.

I pulled all the papers I used from the same collection so it would be easy to coordinate the purses.  Look at all that dimension.  I intentionally left off the sentiment so it can be used for any occasion, plus there wasn't mush room for one.

And this is the inside of the card.  I stamped the hanger image in red and then "tied" the gift card to the hanger.  

 

Kohl's is where I usually buy my purses, so I thought that was very appropriate for this card.  

We have a lot more stylish gift card holders to show you if you just click on the following DT member's sites.  

Kim Howard

Viola Mahr

Lori Tecler

Ryann Salamon

Cristina Kowalczwk

Simone Pursiful

Tiffany Johnson

Hope you enjoyed today's group challenge.  Have a great day!

{Stylish Gift Card Holder}

Stamps: Just My Style (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Dare to be a Diva Red

Patterned Paper: Be-Loved (My Mind's Eye)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Dare to be a Diva Red 

Accessories: Foam Dimensionals, Floss, Stamping Sponge

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A {Purses are like good friends...} Card...

Hey guys!  I'm so happy to share this card with you.  These purses from Just My Style by Clear & Simple Stamps are just perfect for paper piecing.  These six purses are one stamp, but you can also cut them apart and stamp them separately.   

I wanted to create a scene where the purses looked like they were sitting on a shelf.  So fun!  And like the sentiment say, you can never have too many.  

Once the purses were paper pieced I took a fine-tip sharpie marker and filled in a few details on the purses like the straps and stripes and buckles.  

Today's a very big day for me.  It's my very last day of the running program (Couch to 5K) that I've been doing for three months.  I can now run a 5K and have done so on my own a couple times already.  So proud of myself.  I'm also going to a lunch comedy show with a group of girls.  Sure to be a good time.  And then I'm driving to Louisville for the CK Convention and to meet the ladies (Nicki & Reenee) behind Clear & Simple Stamps.  So excited!  I can't wait!  I hope it stops raining for the two hour commute.  I hope to share some pictures soon (not of me running, just the CK Convention part!).  

Have a great day!

{Friends are like purses...}

Stamps: Just My Style (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Espresso Your Style

Patterned Paper: Hippy Girl (KaiserCraft)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, VIP Purple

Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, Foam Dimensionals, Black Sharpie Marker, Purple Rhinestones (KaiserCraft)

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Clear & Simple Stamps - March 2011 Release

Happy March!  You know what that means, a new stamp set released from Clear & Simple Stamps!  The set is called Just My Style and it is so playful and trendy.  Here's a look:

There's even dies for this set!  

I had so much fun getting to know this set.  My favorite part was creating different colored shoes and patterns for the purses.  You'll see some more of that later in the month.  Fun, fun!

Here's just one of the cards I've made with this set.  I had to use some Dare to Be a Diva Red card stock.  I stamped the stack of boxes on some Kraft Like a Rockstar card stock and then stamped the word "diva" on a few of the boxes.  The shoe was stamped on red and then cut out.  The whole panel is attached with foam dimesionals.

 I love the little added detail of the gem on the shoe.

Here's a look at the sentiment.  It's curved which is a little hard to see in the other photos.  I just love the overall classy-ness look of this card.  


You are gonna love this set.  I'm not really a girlie-girl, but I loved making cards for my girlie friends and it's so much fun to paper piece those purses and shoes.  Totally fab!

Have a great day!

{You're Just My Style}

Stamps: Just My Style (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Dare to Be a Diva Red, Perfect Little Black Dress 

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress

Accessories: Cork Sheet, Clear Gems, Foam Dimensionals, Corner Rounder Punch

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