The Paperie | January Card Kit (part 2)

09 Friday Jan 2015

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Apparently, I loved the January Card kit:

Yup. That and two envelopes are all I have left. Garbage scraps, nothing more.

Gabe and I sat down because he wanted to make something for The Paperie. I hadn’t used the wood veneer ribbons or the envelopes so I snagged a pink envelope and I gave him what I had left. Gabe wanted to make an envelope and bookmark for some one special. 🙂

He had fun with the stamps – the flower he coloured in with markers and he fell in love with the Gold Delicata ink when he stamped the chevrons. Which meant he needed to use it again for the speech balloon:

He insisted on a pretty bookmark so used the small Prima Valentine’s girl from my stash for it:

And he signed and stamped the back:

My creation is completely boring in comparison:

I plan to pop a special note in here for Molly and maybe a gift card for us to go do something together. I added a speech balloon to the flap for easy opening:

And that’s it, no more January card kit shares – there simply isn’t enough product left to play with! I think there are more at the store to buy so make sure you give them a call and snag one while you can!

Cheers!

Sara

P.S. The other projects I made from the kit can be found here and here!

June Card Kit – Sara’s take

06 Friday Jun 2014

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I’ve got a blog post up for The Paperie today with the work I did for the June Card Kit so make sure you go take a look. Also, for all the pics, check out my flickr account!

Paperie Card Kit – March 2014: Part 3 – Assemblage Clock

28 Friday Mar 2014

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Assemblage Clock, Luminarte, Silks, The Paperie Card Kit, Tim Holtz

So, it’s been a bit longer than anticipated but I’m finally back with the last piece I made for the March Paperie Card kit.

When Tim Holtz debuted his Assemblage Clock I fell in love and snatched it up. Then, it just sat there. A case of must have, don’t know what to do. Until this kit!

I admit I was totally inspired by the gold rubons – one of which was “I love you to the moon & back.” Molly and I say that to each other every night, it had to used!

I printed one of my favourite pics of Molly when she was a teeny tiny and added that to the inside of the clock after I had painted everything with Silks Acrylic Glaze:

I punched some hearts out of patterned paper, painted them, added some more rubons:

And then put it all back together again!

I love how it turned out – holding onto that clock was well worth the wait!

Paperie Card Kit | March 2014: Part 2 – Cards

20 Thursday Mar 2014

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Sorry for the delay but I’m finally back with more of the Paperie’s March Card Kit and today it’s all about the cards!

I don’t consider myself a card maker and generally I don’t make many of them but the Avery Elle stamp set that was included in the kit made me want to make some.

First up, a fun one:

It’s a little deceptive though because the funnest surprise is on the inside:

It’s a great way to use up scraps of patterned paper that you can’t bring yourself to throw out!

I also made a little gift box:

And filled it with easy cards:

I used a lot of repetitive stamping for these:

And added fabulous Studio Calico gold star rub-ons:

Finally, my favourite go-to card for kids birthdays – they always love it and it’s so easy to change up for a boy or girl or you can make a bunch a unisex ones:

To see the rest of the cards in the gift box, or to check out the layouts I made, you can go view my Paperie set at Flickr or head into the Paperie itself to see them all in person!

Back tomorrow with the final project from the kit – my personal fave!

Paperie Card Kit | January 2014: Part 2

16 Thursday Jan 2014

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Canvas, Mixed media, The Paperie Card Kit

I’m back to show you the rest of my projects from the Paperie’s January Card Kit (see the others here and here).

First up is a card that would hold a gift card. I used the 7 Gypsies tag included in the kit for the focal point – I think t his would make an awesome gift for those people you’re a little stumped about when it comes to gift giving times, like the postal carrier, or garbage man.

I simply folded one of the 6×6 pieces of patterned paper in half, keeping the top strip attached. This gave me a half circle on one side so I punched another on the other side and had a perfect place to rest my ribbon.

I then cut another piece of patterned paper to fit inside, cut a couple of notches for a gift card, and stamped a sentiment. Easy, quick, and done!

Another quick project were the lunch box notes. I just cut small pieces of patterned paper, folded them to resemble a matchbook, and stapled the bottom to keep the flap tucked in.

A fun heat embossed stamp inside and they’re perfect for Molly’s lunch!

Finally, my favourite, a canvas.

As I mentioned before, I love the stamp set that came with the kit and as soon as I saw it I knew I had to make this canvas. Pretty much everything came from the kit except the basics – the canvas, multimedium, paint, mist, and vintage book paper. I love the shine from the mix of gold, silver, and gold glitter embossing paper:

And of course, the title rocks!

And that’s it – lots of projects and I still have lots of product left to play with! There may still be one or two kits left if you want to pick one up, just give the Paperie a call to reserve it!

Paperie Card Kit | January 2014: Part 1

10 Friday Jan 2014

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Ok, go get a coffee, or tea, or hot chocolate, or something – this post is full to the brim with pics so you may need sustenance to get through it! 🙂

It’s Card Kit release time at the Paperie again and Wendy has already shown the beautiful cards she designed with the kit.

I know I say it every time, but this might be my favourite kit yet! It definitely netted the most projects and it contains one of my favourite stamp sets ever! To give you an idea of how good this kit is, I made 4 – 8.5×11 LO’s, a card, a mini album, some lunchbox notes, and a canvas. I’d say that’s pretty good value for a $24.99 kit!

I did give you a sneak peek a few days ago with my Simple Scrapper LO’s so today I’m going to show you the other 2 LO’s and the mini album. I’ll be back soon with the rest but if you want to check it all out now go to the Paperie to see it in person or online at their blog.

The mini album was the first thing I made – as soon as I saw the metallic envelopes I knew I had to use and highlight them!

I did pull out some washi tape from a previous kit, and used a stencil with mist for the cover, but everything else is from the current kit, including the sequins, ribbon, and stamp for the album title:

A fun note about the stamp – I heat embossed using a mixture of gold, silver, and glitter gold powder. The look in real life is very cool!

I kept it pretty simple with just a few words and washi, and the envelope pockets leave lots of room for extra Christmas pictures. I think this would be an awesome gift for a grandparent – small and easy to store with lots of photos!

For this first LO I knew I had to use this out-take picture of Molly during our Christmas Card photo shoot. She’s so funny when she has to get her picture taken and it’s always a negotiation: “I’ll be good for two pictures if you’ll take this one.” And then she makes a crazy face or pose.

I heat embossed the title again, printed the journaling on some of the included patterned paper, and scattered some sequins and doodles throughout:

The only thing I added from outside the kit were those Basic Grey glitter enamel dots – I love them!

I did a little cluster at the top of the page with some more pieces I fussy cut:

The last LO I made was a bit outside the box – literally!

To fit this in my regular album I’ll simply cut down a 12×12 page protector and sew it shut with the same metallic thread I used to adhere the flags:

Since this was my idea of an abstract tree, I didn’t want to add journaling to the “trunk” so I simply added the title to a circle with the small Studio Calico alphas and journaled around that:

And that’s it – finally! 🙂 I hope you enjoyed and got a few ideas for yourself and I really recommend you call in to get this kit. Truly, even after all the projects I did, I still have enough paper to make more cards and LO’s! It’s really chock full this month.