A Trio of Tags

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It's a Farewell Post today on the SRM Stickers blog as I conclude my official SRM Interim DT today, along with some of my favorite paper crafts. It isn't really goodbye since I will continue to use my lovely stickers, twine and cute packaging that SRM offers. I just love SRM Stickers, and not just because of their products, but I have come to love the people behind the company. I am thankful to call them friends.

I made a trio of tags for today's post. For the background, I did the emboss resist using several Penny Black stamps: Love Chapter, Puzzle Parts, Inspiring, Breezy. I used Memento inks for the bright background. I used the following SRM Sticker products: Sticker Stitches, Birthday Border Stickers and Mandarin Twine. I also used Spellbinders' Classic Petal Edgeabilities to die cut the red borders.

Here's a close up of one tag. I colored the cute critters with Copics. I embellished my tags with buttons, ribbons and Want2Scrap pearls. Those white sticker stitches look beautiful with the red die cut border.

Have a great weekend, friends! Stay cool in this hot season. :)

May 2013 NinaB Designs Blog Hop: Make It Masculine

Welcome to the NinaB Designs Blog Hop! The theme of this month's hop is Make it Masculine. Father's day is just around the corner. It's a great opportunity to honor those men who mean so much to us. I have two cards for you today. One that is more involved, in the Mixed Media-inspired style I've been loving lately. The other is clean and simple.

For my first card, I did an emboss resist technique for the background using Penny Black's Puzzle Parts, Music Background and Breezy. The horse and sentiment are from The Craft's Meow's Giddy Up. This set coordinates with Spellbinders' Grommet Tag dies, which I used to cut the sentiment frame. I used various Memento inks to sponge the background. I added little flags of patterned papers from Oct Afternoon for added interest.

My second card is clean and simple using PB Treemendous set. The reds ended up looking more pink, but who says you can't use pink on a masculine card? :) I stamped the tree heads on vellum. I mounted them with foam dots. I placed buttons to conceal them. The sentiment is from The Craft's Meow's Mother and Father set. I accented it with some Want2Scrap Chevron bling.

Here are the products I used:

The NinaB Designs team is giving away these TWO PRIZE PACKAGES:

Prize #1: Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two Dies

   Prize #2: $20 Gift Certificate to Want2Scrap.

Winners will be picked randomly from 2 of the designers' blogs:

Nina Brackett * Clare Buswell * Jennie Harper * Jessica Fick * Lea Lawson * Linda Lucas * Rae Barthel

Everybody is welcome to comment and be eligible to win. The winners will be announced on May 22 here on my Blog. Feel free to share this post on your Facebook page, Twitter and/or Pinterest. Finally, please consider liking the following Facebook pages that are represented on today's hop, so you don't miss the latest news and happenings:

NinaB Designs

Spellbinders Paper Arts

The Craft's Meow

Penny Black Inc.
 Want2Scrap 

Thank you for joining us today!

Thinking of You Dahlia

I have a spring card for you today using one of my new Penny Black stamps, Dahlia. The flower and sentiment are from this set. The chevrons were stamped using Puzzle Parts stamp set. I stamped them in ombre green hues. The edge of the card was die cut using Spellbinders Bracket Borders One.

I colored the dahlia with Copics. The pretty paper is Carta Bella.I embellished my card with lace and Twinery PeaPod

I'm entering this to Moxie Fab's Chevron, Ombre Challenge and Twinery's Chevron and Green Challenge.

Have a great day!

Petal Party Thanks

I have a special card for you today that took more than my usual 30-min limit :). But I had so much fun making it. I used my Penny Black's Puzzle Parts and Petal Party stamps.

First, I made my own background paper using the intricate border design from Puzzle Parts inked in rainbow ombre colors. I hope I'm using that term correctly here, but you get the idea :). Moxie Fab's Challenge here and here inspired me to do this. I then created a window by die cutting the middle part with my Spellbinders Labels 28, one of my designs from Summer CHA.

I then stamped the flower from Petal Party on a piece of paper and colored it with Copics. I adhered it to the card front so it shows in the center of my window panel. The white sentiment is by SRM Stickers. I just love that there is no need to heat emboss. I curled the ends of the little banner and adhered it over the window. I finished the card with some Want2Scrap pearls.

Have a great day!