Dance Box Cards

These are super easy cards; they go in the box posted Thursday. Great for mass production! I used double sided papers so I mixed and matched the patterns, card base colours and ribbon colours, making each card a bit different. There were 8 in total; I am showing my favourites below.
RECIPE
Stamps: Damask Monogram-Just Rite
Ink: close to cocoa
Paper: pretty in pink, white, chocolate chip and cocoa CS, retired DSP, cocoa DSP
Accessories: foam dots, chocolate and pretty in pink grosgrain ribbon, glue dots, Nestabilities
All products SU! unless otherwise noted. Enjoy, Rebecca

Dance Card Box

My 7 y.o. son decided he wanted to try dance lessons this fall. He wanted hip-hop but I didn't think I could stand the attitude! I would have loved for him to try ballroom but I knew he wouldn't go for that so we compromised on acrobatics; sort of dance and gymnastics combined. He has already been to gymnastics classes so he agreed. His teacher is a lovely bubbly lady who truly loves to teach kids. She deserved a gift to say good bye as we are not continuing next session (Too hard to drag everyone out in the cold and snow. My disability makes me very sensitive to even short amounts of time in the cold.) I had just ordered a Just Rite Stampers Monogram set; thankfully it arrived in time to make monogrammed cards for her. I decided to put them in a handmade box. I will post the cards shortly. This also works for Ways to Use It 193 - Pearls The stamps are from CTMH. I wanted the images to look soft so I used grey ink, I wasn't sure if that was a good idea wondering if I should use brown instead to go with the brown of the box. I decided to colour the image anyway and see what I thought. I decided I liked it just fine.

Thank heavens considering I am new to Copic markers and it took me half an hour to colour the ballerina alone! I added some bling to her; the tiara is coloured with sparkly pink gel pen. The necklace is created with several stitches worth of silver thread for the chain and a heat set rhinestone for the pendant. The tutu is accented with Perfect Medium and rose gold Pearl Ex.

The shoes were a challenge. They had shadows around them so I coloured them in. When I cut the image out, I couldn't decide where to trim; it didn't look right leaving the shadows on, so I trimmed close to the image instead. The paper is folded and the Nestabilities die was placed just over the fold to create a tag with two pages. I added the tag with a short thank you message; it felt weird to put a thank you card in with a gift of cards!

This box uses the stretchy belly band technique to hold the ribbon on. This keeps the receiver from struggling to retie a bow or replace the ribbon and allows you to decorate the bow! For instructions, click HERE!

For a final accent, I stamped Dance on each side. This was tricky because I had already made the box! I made it work though! The images are adhered with foam dots, the ribbon has a half pearl in the center. Last but not least, the Copic colours I used are in the last photo.

RECIPE
Paper: pink pirouette, pretty in pink and close to cocoa cardstock; ballet paper-Karen Foster
Ink: regal rose, going grey, close to cocoa
Stamps: CTMH Dancing Dreams
Accessories: silver stretchy cord, white organza ribbon, foam dots, half back pearl, Nestabilities, Copic markers
All supplies by SU! unless otherwise noted.

Blog Template Changes

As much as I loved the background I used to have, I understand that it can be hard for some computers to download if they are not using high speed internet. I had a custom banner made but apparently, I don't know how to upload it correctly. So please bear with me as I continue to make changes to get just the right look! Feel free to leave comments letting me know what you think! Thanks, Rebecca

Baroque Sympathy Card

Not too much to say about this card. I hate having to make sympathy cards for obvious reasons. It is pretty easy to see how it goes together so no real instructions. I used Mojo Monday sketch week 64 from Poetic Artistry.

Card base is river rock, the next layer is close to cocoa with retired DSP on top. The scalloped strip is vanilla with scallops cut with SU! scallop edge punch. All layers are distressed or sponged (or both)with either chocolate chip ink or old olive ink. The card base is 5.5 x 7.5" scored in half, simply because that is what I had available! The sentiment and floral panel are popped up with foam dots; the flower and three dots are stamped on a separate piece of CS and cut out, the flower only is also popped up.

RECIPE
Paper: close to cocoa, retired DSP, river rock, vanilla
Stamps: Warmest Regards, Stippled Stencils
Ink: chocolate chip, old olive, bravo burgundy
Accessories: Foam dots, 1 3/8" square punch, two way glue pen, sheer ivory ribbon, scallop punch. All products SU!

Pony Party Scrapbook Page

I created this page quite a while ago, my 'baby' in the photos is now almost 8 years old! Isn't he cute? The party was a great success; we invited all of his little friends and they all rode ponies for an hour and a half, then played with water the rest of the afternoon. I am posting this page now because I am hoping to get on the Jacksonbelle Embellishments Design Team. Wish me well. I love this page because it represents who I am as a scrapbooker while showing a range of techniques and products.

Please click on the photos to get a better look. The border at the bottom is stamped and distressed. The mare and foal are stamped and water coloured. The 'pony party' and 'pony up' letters are die cut. The cowboy lettering is a vellum sheet. The 'leather' on the left side of the right hand page is a sticker as are the cowboy boot and the horseshoe. The photo corners are created with hemp twine. There is a metal plate on the upper right photo on the left hand page. Photo corners hold an interactive element with journaling underneath.

I am not going to include a recipe because I did this so long ago, I really cannot remember; the cardstock, scrapbook paper and stamps, watercolours and ink are Stampin' Up! The stickers, book plate, photo turns and vellum quote I can't possibly know anymore, sorry!