A Happy Message for You!

Hello Everyone:  I know this has been and still is a difficult time for all of us.  We hope you all are healthy and staying indoors right now to slow the spread of this virus.  I, along with many of you, was inspired to go to my studio and create a card with a happy message to hopefully cheer us all up!

"Don't Worry, Be Happy"- I hope this is the way we can be right now, even though it's hard!  I used B Line Designs stamps for this card along with Creative Impressions 1/4" Black Grid Ribbon (70276) and a White Button (51000).

I used a 1 1/2" punch to punch out three circles.  I then laid them on the right side of my yellow card and drew around them with a pencil.  I lined up the same punch with the pencil marks and punched three circles out of the yellow card.  I then placed a black card stock layer under the yellow card and traced around the circles onto the black card stock layer.  A slightly smaller 1 1/4" punch was used to punch out the center, creating a black layered mat.  I stamped the bee stamp on white card stock and placed the images behind the black mats.  I then adhered the yellow and black layers together.

I stamped the honeycomb on another piece of yellow card stock and layered it to black card stock.  I wrapped a piece of our Black Grid Ribbon around the panel and added a White Button to the center.  I wove the grid ribbon through the holes, tied a know and clipped the ends.  The panel was then adhered to the main card.

There you have it!  Hang in there, don't worry and be happy!

Susan

Spring Birthday Card

I know most of us are certainly ready for warmer days - could Spring really be right around the corner?  Yes, it is!  I have lots of birthdays in March and April, so I got to work to create some birthday cards in Spring colors!  Here is one of them:

This card makes me think "retro" and back to my days in the late 60's and 70's - oh dear, did I just age myself?

The whole card was made from scraps of card stock and embellished with, what other than fabulous Creative Impressions embellishments!  They absolutely "make" the card!  I cut out circles in different diameters with yellow, pink and purple card stock scraps and them placed them on a leftover piece of light green card stock that I ran through my Sizzix with a dot pattern embossing folder.

Once I was happy with the placement, I laid different Creative Impressions Flowers in Medium Sheer and Iridescent along with Small Sheer and Iridescents on top of the larger circles.  I then used some of our Tropical and Pastel Round Brads in different colors to create the flower.  I poked a hole through the card stock circle with a paper awl, added the flowers and adhered the larger circles over the previously adhered smaller ones using foam tape.

To finish this card, Creative Impressions Happy Birthday Ribbon Expressions was used to wrap around the opposite side of the card which was previously added to a purple panel.  No stamped sentiment required!  The ribbon says it all!  Finally, this panel was adhered to a larger pink one and finally to a white card.  What could be easier?

Hope this birthday card gives you some inspiration to make some for yourselves!

Happy Almost Spring!
Susan

Thinking About Spring.....

Anyone else obsessed with spring this year?  I pretty much am every year during January & February.  Riding out the winter, being patient (or at least trying).  But this year I'm looking forward to spring with such joy!  And it's almost here!

I created this spring tag anticipating adding it to a soon-to-be-created junk journal.  For the foreseeable future most of my posts are going to be additions to my junk journal, 

the Creative Impressions way!

I started with a tea stained tag.  I spritzed it with Distress Oxide Sprays in pink, lilac, and amber.  I adhered a bit of lilac web ribbon.  I took my scissors and snipped the edge of the web ribbon from a couple of different angles to get a torn look.

Creative Impressions plain twill ribbon in natural is one of my favorites.  I keep it in every width available.

I spritzed the twill ribbon with Distress Oxide Spray in Fossilized Amber to prepare to make faux flowers.  Snip a length of twill ribbon long enough for a rectangular bit.

Fold the twill ribbon into a triangle, mismatching the corners.  Fold again into a smaller triangle.  You will need a touch of tacky glue to make the triangle hold.  Mismatching the corners creates a random effect with lots of earthy texture. 

I go to thrift stores and buy denim to cut up and use for art projects.  Here I've used a pair of white jeans.  Denim is heavier and provides a good base for my flowers.  Add a dot of thick sticky glue onto each of the four corners of the denim base and glue down the triangles to create a faux flower.  I use Alleen's Tacky Glue.  Its so thick that pieces adhere almost right away and I don't burn myself with a hot glue gun.

Now comes the fun part.  I made a little faux garden with my twill flowers, mini brads, jumbo ric rak, and a pretty copper dragonfly.  

I'll be adding to my junk journal with more Creative Impressions embellishments.  I can't wait to share it with you!  Thanks for stopping by the Creative Impressions blog.