God's Work of Art

Materials needed:
Lovely As a Tree stamp set (#115026)
Trust God stamp set (#126702)
International Bazaar patterned paper (#126920) 4 x 5 1/4"
Smoky Slate card stock 2 1/2 x 4 3/4"
White card stock
Wisteria Wonder card stock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"
Brads Subtles collection (#119738)
Extra large Oval punch (#119859)
3/16" Corner punch (#119871)
Burlap (I got mine at Hobby Lobby)
Gumball Green ink pad
Old Olive marker
Green Galore marker
Early Espresso marker
Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430)

1. Round the corners on the patterned paper and the Smoky Slate card stock.
2. Use the Green Galore marker to color the leaves on the tree stamp from Lovely As a Tree set. Use the Early Espresso marker to color the trunk and the Old Olive to color the ground. Give it a huff and stamp it onto some white card stock.
 3. Choose your saying from the Trust God stamp set. Stamp it in Gumball Green ink on to white card stock.
4. Punch the saying out with the Extra Large Oval punch. Cut around the tree image. Adhere the tree image to the left side of the Smoky Slate card stock. Place some Stampin' Dimensionals on the back of the greeting/saying. Adhere it to the right side of the Smoky Slate card stock.
5. Adhere the patterned paper to the Wisteria Wonder card stock leaving an 1/8" border all the way around.
6. Place adhesive on the back of the Smoky Slate cardstock. Press one edge of the burlap onto the adhesive. Leave about 1/2" of the burlap sticking off the bottom of the Smoky Slate piece. It won't hold very well but it will keep it there for a while. With the burlap strip on the back of the Smoky Slate card stock, press the entire piece onto the patterned paper with the top of the piece about 3/4" from the top of the patterned paper.
7. Punch 3 holes under the burlap through the patterned paper and the Wisteria Wonder card stock. Choose brads that coordinate with the colors to put through the burlap and the card stock. This will give the burlap a better attachment to the card than just the adhesive.
8. Adhere the card front to the card base.  Enjoy experimenting with some different mediums in your card making. I always have lots of fun when I try something that's new for me.

More to Love

Here is another card that I made using the free stamps I got with my subscription of Quick Cards to Make magazine.

Materials needed:
Somebunny to Love stamp set from Quick Cards magazine
Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set (#128748)
Pool Party card stock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"
Patterned paper from Sweet Pea paper stack (#117161) 4 x 5 1/4"
White card stock or watercolor paper 2 7/8x 2 1/4"
Gumball Green card stock 2 1/2x 3 1/8" plus
Watercolor pencils (#101879)
Aqua painter (#103954)
Burlap piece 1 1/2 x 5"
Corner rounder punch
Hole punch
Brights Buttons collection (#119747)
Subtles brads (#119738)
Modern Label punch (#119849)
Word Window punch (#119857)
Additional white card stock
Black ink or Black Staz On ink
Bermuda Bay ink
Glue Dotts

1. Adhere the patterned paper to the Pool Party card stock leaving a 1/8" border all the way around.
2. Place adhesive on the patterned paper in the center. Place the strip of burlap over the adhesive and press. Wrap the ends around to the back of the card and adhere to the back.
3. Stamp the image you choose in black ink on white card stock or watercolor paper. Use watercolor pencils and an aqua painter to color the image with the colors that will go with your background colors. Give it a couple of minutes to dry.
4. Adhere the dry image to the Gumball Green card stock. Place adhesive to the back of this and place it over the burlap strip at an angle.
5. Punch holes in opposite corners of the mounted image. Add brads to this. This will help hold this in place over the burlap and will give it an extra decorative elements.
6. Stamp a greeting to white card stock with Bermuda Bay ink. Punch out with the Word Window punch. Punch out a label from Gumball Green card stock with the Modern Label punch. Adhere the greeting on to the green label. Adhere this to the bottom right corner of the patterned paper.
7. Pull a piece of loose burlap thread from the extra burlap. Thread this through the button and tie. Place glue dots on the back of the button and press in place at the top left corner of the card. Adhere the card front to a card base.

Birthday Gift Bags Card

I want to thank my friend, Darlene Booth, for the idea of the gift bags on this card. The ones on her card were so adorable that I just had to borrow the idea!

 Materials needed:
Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set (#115370)
Every Little Bit stamp set (#120558)
Decorative Label punch (#120907)
International Bazaar patterned paper (#126920)
Wild Wasabi card stock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"
Kraft card stock
So Saffron card stock
Raspberry Ripple ink
Modern Label punch (#119849)
Word Window punch (#119857)
Glue Dots (#103683)
Stampin' Dimenionals (#104430)
Burlap or burlap string
Gift wrapping tissue paper

1. Punch 3 Decorative Labels from the Kraft card stock. Trim the side points to make a curve and the top and bottom like shown in the picture.

2. Pull some string from a piece of burlap. Cut pieces about 2 3/4" long for the handles of the gift bags.

Place glue dots on the back of the label and press the ends of the burlap into them.
3. Cut a piece of tissue paper about 3/4 x 1 1/4" in size. Pinch one end together. Add adhesive to the back top of label piece. Place the tissue on it as shown in the picture. On one "gift bag" place Stampin' Dimensionals on the back.

4. Adhere the patterned paper to the Wild Wasabi cardstock.
Place more adhesive to the back of the gift bags. Press them on the left side of the patterned paper. The top gift bag should be the one that has Stampin' Dimensionals on the back so that it will be a little above the other bags.

5. Stamp the small flower on the front of each gift bag from Every Little Bit stamp set in Raspberry Ripple.
6. Stamp your greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes on a piece of So Saffron card stock. Punch it out with the Word Window punch.
7. Punch out a Modern Label punch from Kraft card stock. Adhere the So Saffron greeting on to the Modern Label punch.
8. Pull a piece of burlap string from the burlap that is about 12" long. Fold it in half so it is doubled. Place it on the right hand side of the card front and wrap it around to the back. Use adhesive on the back to hold it in place.
9. Place adhesive on the back of the label greeting and press it on the top right of the card, overlapping the burlap string.
10. Adhere the card front to a card base and with some one a very happy birthday.