Spellbinders + Esther Glas Release!

 Hi there friends!

Can you believe August starts tomorrow! Eek! The year keeps flying by. Christmas in July didn't even convince me that Christmas was getting so close. I know, I know, I didn't share a holiday card every day in July. My life gets busy unexpectedly quite often. My garden also sometimes calls for my attention. It's all part of life. 

Today is the Spellbinders release with Esther Glas! I was selected to work with this release for them and I will be making projects all month long to highlight these fun sets. 

If you're into journaling, junk journals, scrapbooks, inking, vintage, distressing -- then this release is totally geared towards you! While I admire so much what people do in those genres, I hope to share different styles and uses. 

A big project that I am working on is a birthday card catalog. I make a card for it that highlights a specific person and things that make me think of them or something I know that they like. When I make a birthday card that is perfect for that person it gets stored behind their name card in the card catalog box that I will set up. 

For this card for Bonnie -- 

I used an embossed index card that includes her name and the day of the month her birthday lands on. I picked some violets as she likes gardening and flowers with some summer color inspiration.

 I think that's a pretty good start to a fun project that will get so much use for years to come!

 

~Paula

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Please Note: I am a big advocate of using supplies you already own but I understand that readers might be interested in specific products that they might not already own. This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an affiliate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my links. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with all companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible. I may even include eBay listings for products that are available there at the time this is posted. I only share product information of products I am familiar with and use in my own studio. Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from. Use what you have!

Back to School Card with Polkadoodles Digi ChooseDay Challenge

 Hi Friends! Today I am bringing you this adorable back-to-school greeting card using designs by Polkadoodles for their Digi ChooseDay Challenge.

Supplies:
•    Design files (links below)
•    A2 Card Base
•    Alcohol Markers
•    White cardstock for printing
•    Liquid glue
•    Foam adhesive
•    Embellishments such as sequins, gems

Instruction
1.    Download and unzip the digital files. 
2.    Draw a rectangle 5.25 x 4 inches. 
3.    Drag the pencil paper design to the rectangle so that it fills the shape with the pencil design.
4.    Draw a circle 4 inches in diameter.
5.    Drag the notebook paper design to the circle so that it fills it. 
6.    Load the digital design of the girl and size it to fit the circle. 
7.    Using the print and cut feature of the software, cut the pencil rectangle, the circle and the girl.
8.    Print a sheet of the sentiments. Cut out the one you would like, I chose “Big Dreams, Tiny Steps” as I thought that was fitting for a first day of school.
9.    Color the girl with alcohol markers.
10.    Adhere the rectangle to the card base.
11.    Adhere the circle off-center to the card base on top of the pencil rectangle. Trim excess paper. 
12.    Adhere the girl to the circle using foam adhesive.
13.    Adhere the sentiment.
14.    Adhere some embellishments. I used holographic stars.

Don’t forget to join the Digi Choosday Anything Goes challenge over at Polkadoodles - we’d love to see what you create! You can use my coupon code for 10% off: PAULAPORTELLI at: Polkadoodles


~Paula
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Please Note: I am a big advocate of using supplies you already own but I understand that readers might be interested in specific products that they might not already own. This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an affiliate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my links. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with all companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible. I may even include eBay listings for products that are available there at the time this is posted. I only share product information of products I am familiar with and use in my own studio. Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from. Use what you have!

Christmas in July with CRAFT Challenge Blog #785

 Hi there friends!

Here I am carrying on with Christmas in July. It's been a busy month so I have found I just cannot get one done every single day. It's okay because I actually try to make one holiday card every week and have for many years so they are all done by the time I need to mail them. 

Today's card is for the CRAFT Challenge Blog current challenge which has the theme of Christmas. The sponsor I am using is Sheepski Designs. 

 The image is colored with alcohol makers. The background is from an embossing folder inked up with green ink with a darker green added to the raised image of branches. The sentiment is cut from a tie and what I always say when my kitties take interest in the Christmas tree.

 

~Paula

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Christmas in July Day 18

 Hi there friends! 

I hope this Saturday finds you well. 

Today's card is a monochromatic one and I am using a Nordic die from Poppy Stamps. Their Noridic line is so beautiful. Although I am using this for a holiday card, I could see this die set being used for a wedding card as well.  

I cut the bells in 3 different shades of blue and mixed up the colors for each bell. The sentiment is stamps and heat embossed in a dark blue glitter all on a patterned paper from my stash. It is that simple. The only thing I wished I had done differently is not line of the bells on the left so much in a vertical line. I like things to not be aligned. I prefer wonky and crooked and this wasn't enough of that.

 

~Paula

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Please Note: I am a big advocate of using supplies you already own but I understand that readers might be interested in specific products that they might not already own. This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an affiliate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my links. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with all companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible. I may even include eBay listings for products that are available there at the time this is posted. I only share product information of products I am familiar with and use in my own studio. Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from. Use what you have!