Wordbird's Nest

It's all about the paper!

Sometimes when I finish a card especially a very CAS one like below I'm so pleased to have used just the right paper and card stock to give it the right look or "attitude".

The PaperTemptress store has a multitude of paper with attitude! From leather to satin... I've found paper to suit any card or project I have planned. Did you know you can buy just a few sheets if you don't need a whole pack? 

 

This card base is made from a sheet of Glimmer card stock. The PaperTemptress describes it best: 

Inspired by the petals and the metals of North America, this sumptuous, glimmering paper will bring out the creative muse in you. Available in both a 98# cover weight and a 80# text weight.

I've  printed my digi image on  Pure White Gloss. It's a text weight paper like the kind used for glossy magazines. I think it makes this image stand out beautifully! 

Make sure to check out the great specials at The PaperTemptress store right now!

Add some  attitude to your cards!    ;D

 

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Creative Card Crew has challenged us to make a card with birds. I think I'll enter my Wordbirds in this one!

 

What a Week.... And a Blog Hop!

So many great events this week...

New release time at Red Rubber designs! In honor of World Card Making Day on Oct. 6, we wanted create a card and a matching decorated envelope using the newly released Lovely Peony stamp set.

 

 

Contest - A prize will be drawn from the comments left on one of our Designer's blogs... but we're not telling you which one! So pop by and say hi at each one.

Red Rubber Designs  http://blog.red-rubber-designs.com/ (There will be a post with contest details) 

Sarah  http://vintagefigments.blogspot.com/
Paula-Kay   http://angelstampingwithpk.blogspot.com/
Louise  http://kardkrazy.blogspot.com/
Kate   http://scrapyardthe.wordpress.com/
Diana   http://wordbirdsnest.typepad.com/wordbirds-nest/(here)

 

And don't forget...

SplitCoastStampers "Hope You Can Cling To" month long card drive in October to benefit those affected by breast cancer. They have tons of challenges and prizes. Red Rubber Designs is one of the sponsors! 

 

 

Just felt like making a quick CAS card today. I really like this sentiment and this lovely stamp from the Victorian Elements set at Red Rubber Designs.

I really do feel blessed to have so many paper craft "friends". It's so neat how you can become friends with so many people all around the world by sharing a love of stamping, paper, scissors and glue!

 

 

Just Because Challenge JB0912

Red Rubber Designs has a fun challenge: 

This month's Just Because challenge is to make a tag and not just any tag. We want to see tags in all different shapes... anything but a square or rectangle.  

Here's my tag featuring the Sew Thankful stamp set:

Stamps,card stock, patterned paper,hardware and ink all from the Red Rubber designs store. 

 

Upload your challenge submission to the Red Rubber Designs Flickr Group using the challenge tag JB0912. See RRD Challenge Information page for details.  You must use at least one Red Rubber Designs stamp.

And we have a prize! A $10.00 gift certificate to the Red Rubber Designs store will be awarded to ONE  randomly chosen participant in our Just Because challenge!

This challenge will end on Thursday, October 4th at midnight CDT. 

 

Blossom

I always like to have small hand made gifts standing by.

It's just nice to be rewarded with a friends beautiful smile when you hand them a little handmade gift for no particular reason.

The name of the stamp set is Blossom. This lovely victorian lady became known as Miss Blossom to me as I created this little gift set.

Of course, Miss Blossom and I drank peach tea and chatted in our best southern accents. (Not a hard thing since I live in the south and have a genuine southern accent!)

Click on the picture... her dress seems to be in bloom. Beautiful stamp! 

 

 

This stamp is from the Red Rubber Designs store, as are many of the other supplies used here. I used another of my crocheted flowers and assorted shades of pink card stock for this project. Lovely how this shade of Pallette ink matches the card stock. (irl anyway!  ;D ) 

By the way, Red rubber Designs has a great sale right now. 

 

Created Beauty

Are these chairs to die for or what?

Too bad they're the wrong color. I actually need them in a mint green for my living room.  lol

Seriously, this card is made from a beautiful stamp set called Created Beauty.

 

I love the pack of crocheted flowers from the Red Rubber Designs store because it includes assorted sizes. This tiny one was perfect for adorning my bow. And how lovely is the color of this bow? Ahhhh.... pink just makes me happy!

Created Beauty is a newly released stamp set from Red Rubber designs.

Such wonderful vintage images. I can't wait to ink up that gorgeous leaf... ;D

 

Red Rubber Designs "First Thursday Blog Hop" and Contest

Welcome! Red Rubber Designs new release for September is full of vintage goodness. 

We also have a contest... so I hope you'll hop and play with us. ;D

First I'll share my card. I am so in love with this stamp set....

It's called Sew Thankful and has the prettiest images. This sewing machine is to die for... Beautifully detailed! My card stock and ink pads are from the RRD store and they also have a selection of beautiful ribbon and hardware as well.

Now on to the contest!

The contest this month will be to guess the number of spools of thread that are in a quart canning jar. 

One winner will be chosen from the correct answers. If there is no correct guess, the person who comes the closest will receive the spotlight stamp set Sew Thankful. In case of a tie, a random draw will take place between those tied.

Only 1 guess is allowed and should be sent to [email protected] 

Contest ends Sunday, September 9 at midnight (CDT).

 

Here is the blog roll:

Red Rubber Designs

Sarah - Vintage Figments

Paula-Kay - Creative Stamping with Paula-Kay

Louise - Kard Krazy

KC - Distracted by Something Shiny

Kate - The Scrapyard

Diana - Wordbird's Nest (here ;D )  

More Season's Greetings

One last Christmas card for a while... then Thursday Red Rubber Designs will have a new stamp release. Hope you'll join us in our blog hop Thursday. The stamps are soooo beautiful!

Here is the card I want to share today:

This card features the Red Rubber Designs stamp sets Peace on Earth and Here I Am. My little hand made flowers are supposed to represent poinsettias.  ;D One of the Spellbinders edge dies I enjoy using is the one used here, Classic Edges One. 

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Just Keep On Creating

 Reminds us:

CHRISTMAS IS AROUND THE CORNER it's time to get ready for Christmas 

there are only 111 days left till Christmas day (as off the 04.09.2012)

Anything Goes Challenge Blog

Early Christmas:

This fortnight we would love to see anything Christmassy ,

what a great time to get a head start on all your festive projects

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge

This week at Holly Jolly they want to see flowers on your Christmas

cards,so that should be an easy challenge, as most people love flowers. 

 

Playing with Paper

I am fortunate to be a member of The PaperTemptress design team. It allows me to play with a variety of beautiful paper and card stock that I may never have before.

 

This card has a beautiful focal image... but the "supporting actors" are the variety of papers used for color and texture. These papers add greatly to bringing textural interest to our cards! It's what keeps the viewer's interest in you project longer and delights the eye.

Here are the links for the papers I've used here:

Card base: Brown Bag card stock   

Layer one: Mica Metallic Antique Gold   

Fancy die cut layer, focal image and sentiment piece: Neenah Super Smooth Ivory (a great paper for Copic coloring )  

Stop by the PaperTemptress store... treat yourself to something new!

Happy Little Snowmen

 

WARNING: This post contains happy Snowmen dancing everywhere. Viewer discretion advised!  ;D  Watch for flying snowballs and low hanging Christmas tree branches...

 

These fellas are really fun to color. I just stamped a bunch of them and sat, relaxed and enjoyed some coloring time. Do you do that? It's fun to figure out a project to use all of these guys.

By the way... they are from a stamp set called Snowman Blocks. You can find them in the featured stamp section in the Red Rubber Designs Store.

 

By the time I finished coloring I had enough images for a cute card and a Christmas tag set. I'm thinking cute teacher gift or a hostess gift. 

Hmmmm, I have a friend who puts on a fun Christmas brunch during the holiday season  ;D  perfect little gift!

These flakes stamped in the card background are from the Snowflakes rubber stamp set.

I started with a little metal container from The RRD store. It's been in my stash for a few months now. I used tacky tape and glued the ribbon around the tin. Next to my little snow buddy... my favorite thing in embellishing this tag box is the hand made rose! I've been making these thing like crazy lately. I stuck some little punched snow flakes between the petals for fun. I just used my square Spellbinders die to cut the images out. Eyelets to match the metal box and a bit of twine... made for a fun and easy project. 

 

I've been trying to get the hang of making the roses without glue showing everywhere. I've figured out a layering system for the petals that works pretty well and will be sharing in a tutorial early next week at the Red Rubber Designs Blog. So I hope you'll visit there Tuesday.   ;D

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 challenges entered:

Creative Card Crew

Their challenge for this fortnight is ..... Christmas. Yes, it is getting to be that time of year where we need to start getting our Christmas card making going. And their DT has some beautiful samples posted as well!

Shopping Our Stash

This week they want to see you use your favorite crafting items!  You can go with color, product, image, embellishments, themes, anything that you really love to use!  The only "catch" is please mention what it is in your post!  That way they know! 

Love to Create Challenge

This weeks theme is to use your handmade flowers in your project.

Come and Get it Challenge

This week at Come and Get It they would LOVE to see 3D Flowers somewhere on our cards.