OWH - Sketch #218

Here is this week's card for Operation Write Home's sketch #218 (not #118). Instead of using the center layer as shown in the sketch, I cut strips of green cardstock and adhered them to the vanilla background. All of the cardstock and the faux brads are from Stampin' Up!

OWH - Sketch #204

Happy winter! Here is my card for Operation Write Home's sketch #204. I used a leftover gift tag as the focal point for my card and added rhinestone brads on top of circles punched from a flower embellishment.

Paper Flowers

I got this idea from Pinterest.  I used eight 1/2"x5" strips of Stampin' Up! Newsprint Designer Series Paper, made them into loops, punched a small hole through the center of each loop and fastened them all together with an antique brad.  I finished it off with a light spritz of green ink.

Tim Holtz - 2nd Tag of 2012

For those of you familiar with Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas you'll be glad to hear that he's now doing the "12 Tags of 2012".  So at the beginning of each month he will post a  tag tutorial (with step by step photos, video, etc).  His tag will be themed to that month's holiday season if applicable, or just a new idea to share.  He will have the inlinkz live to allow you the entire month to upload your creation inspired by that month's tag.  At the end of that month, he will select winners at random from those who have uploaded a project, and post them on the blog with some great prizes. Here is my February tag using all Stampin' Up! products.

Technique Class #1 - 3D Stamping

This year I'm participating in a monthly technique class hosted by my friend Jen.  Each month we make two cards, one to display in our 6x6 technique album and one to give away.  Included in the class is a 6x6 instruction sheet which will sit opposite from each card in the album.

I'm also trying out a new photo technique using props (buttons) and a background.  The inspiration came from a webinar given by Nichol Magouirk and Lain Ehmann on how to take better project photos.