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Modified Notebooks

I recently hosted a modified notebooks class.  I had seen so many cute ideas on Pinterest that I had to try some for myself.  In class we transformed two composition books and two of SU's small Kraft Journals.

Notebook #1

For this notebook I wanted to play around with patterns.  I grabbed one of my huge coordinating 12x12 stacks and pulled patterns I enjoy.  From there, I layered on the paper with my floral framelits until I had filled most of the cover.  The back has the light blue paper with a strip of yellow and washi tape.  For both of the comp notebooks, I added a few strips of washi tape at the binging to give them more visual interest.

 
  • Stamps: Hello There
  • Inks: Chocolate Chip
  • Cardstock: Random scraps
  • Accessories: Washi tape
  • Tools: Floral Frames Framlits

Notebook #2

For the second comp book I wanted to be bolder and simpler.  I went with a pack of SU's Confetti DSP as my base paper.  Added in some fun washi tape and a glitter initial to complete the notebook.  Simple but very cute.

 
  • Stamps:
  • Inks:
  • Cardstock: Confetti DSP
  • Accessories: Glitter letters; Washi Tape
  • Tools: Starburst Framelits

Notebook #3

For this small kraft journal, I knew I wanted to use the gold leaves I just acquired from Michaels.  I built the rest of the notebook from those leaves.  I love how the stars are sprinkled in the background.  They also appear on the backside.

 
  • Stamps:
  • Inks: Blackberry Bliss
  • Cardstock:
  • Accessories: Color Me Autumn washi tape; Alphas; Gold leaves; Jewel
  • Tools: Stars Decorative Mask

Notebook #4

The last notebook is a modification of a notebook design from SU's convention in July.  I added the fun blue washi tape all the way around the notebook.

 
  • Stamps: Kinda Eclectic
  • Inks: Baked Brown Sugar; Mossy Meadow; Midnight Muse (retired)
  • Cardstock: Whisper White; Random scraps
  • Accessories: Brights candy dots; Washi tape
  • Tools: Ovals Framelits; Sponge daubers
tags: Confetti DSP, Hello There, Kinda Eclectic, Modified Notebooks, Washi Tape
categories: 3D Projects, Other Crafts
Tuesday 11.11.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

For All Things Cards

Two pretty Thanksgiving themed cards for you today.

Card #1

I really wanted a Thanksgiving card, but no turkeys or pumpkins.  The Four Feathers stamp was a great substitute!

 
  • Stamps: Four Feathers; For All Things
  • Inks: Chocolate Chip; Baked Brown Sugar; Mossy Meadow; Real Rust (retired -- I don't have Cajun Craze, but this is close enough)
  • Cardstock: Kraft; Mossy Meadow; Very Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
  • Accessories: Gold Metallic Buttons; Brown Twine (not SU)
  • Tools: Feathers Framelits

Card #2

I loved the patterned design of this specific sheet of DSP.  I wanted to play off of it, so I went to Pinterest.  And I found the perfect design concept to modify.

  • Stamps: For All Things
  • Inks: Mossy Meadow; Summer Starfruit (retired - I don't have Crushed Curry, but this is close)
  • Cardstock: Crushed Curry; Very Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
  • Accessories: Color Me Autumn Washi Tape
  • Tools: Circles Framelits
tags: Color Me Autumn DSP, Color Me Autumn Washi Tape, For All Things, Four Feathers, Thanksgiving, Washi Tape
categories: Other Holiday Cards
Thursday 11.06.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

October Month of Cards Week 4

For October's big crafting goal, I am attempting to make a different designed card everyday.  Instead of flooding everyone's feed with tons of posts, I am just going to do a weekly wrap-up post with my cards.

Day #24

Fun with washi tape. I've seen tons of versions of this card, I had to try it for myself.

  • Stamps: Starburst Sayings
  • Inks: Calypso Coral
  • Cardstock: Kraft; Whisper White
  • Accessories: Lots of washi tape
  • Tools: Starburst Framelits; Corner Rounder

Day #25

 

I took the idea from yesterday's card and decided to keep going with the washi tape.  Love how the colors play on this one.

  • Stamps: Starburst Sayings
  • Inks: Pumpkin Pie
  • Cardstock: Coastal Cabana; Whisper White
  • Accessories: Lots of washi tape
  • Tools: Starburst Framelits; Stars Embossing Folder

Day #26

I was using the coffee stamps for my PL swaps and left them out.  Perfect excuse to make a card from them!

  • Stamps: Random coffee themed stamp
  • Inks: Island Indigo; Chocolate Chip; Tangerine Tango; Midnight Muse (retired)
  • Cardstock: Night of Navy; Whisper White; random scrap
  • Accessories:
  • Tools:
tags: Month of Cards, Starburst Sayings, Washi Tape
categories: Misc- Cards
Tuesday 10.28.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

October PL Swaps (Part 3)

I joined a Project Life Swap group on Facebook a few months back and have really been inspired.  Basically every month, the admins post swap themes (8-10 usually).  You sign up for how many you want and commit to making usually 10 cards utilizing the theme.  Before the due date, you send your cards to the swap host.  She collects everyone’s cards, sorts them, and sends you back a packet of cards.

This month, I joined nine swaps.  I'll be showing the last four of the swaps today:

Movies -- While simplistic, I think it does the topic justice. I just did some simple stamping with my alpha stamps and star stamp (masked out the other two stars).  Mounted on nice red paper, it was still missing something until I added the gold washi tape.

 

Stars -- My favorite PL swap card of the month. These look amazing in person.  I stamped Midnight Muse stars onto the navy paper and then stamped a star and moon cluster in craft white.  The craft white is much more of a contrast in person.  I then add some silver glitter tape and alphas.  I ran out of appropriate letters in silver so a few cards have gold.  Both look very nice.

Coffee -- I always forget about this stamp.  It's an oldie but a goodie.  I stamped in Blackberry Bliss and Baked Brown Sugar onto vanilla cardstock.  I threw on some Color Me Autumn washi tape for added visual interest.  Finally I mounted the small card only some lovely brown polka dot paper.

 

Nontraditional Christmas Colors -- For this swap, we had to make a Christmas card in nontraditional colors.  A few options were given and I went for the pink and lime.  I really like how these came out.  I stamped a sentiment and star from Christmas Bliss in Melon Mambo or Wild Wasabi.  I added some gold chevron washi to the background layer for some added interest.  Finally I punched out a gold shimmery paper Christmas tree.  This is a fun card!

tags: Card Swap, Christmas Bliss, Color Me Autumn Washi Tape, Washi Tape
categories: Project Life
Monday 10.27.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

October Month of Cards Week 4 - Challenge Edition

For October's big crafting goal, I am attempting to make a different designed card everyday.  Instead of flooding everyone's feed with tons of posts, I am just going to do a weekly wrap-up post with my cards. Today's featured cards are my takes on various card challenges from this week.

Day #20

 
 
  • Stamps:
  • Inks:
  • Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White
  • Accessories: Various gold washi tape (SU and My Mind's Eye); Gold Glitter Alpas
  • Tools:

Day #21

 
 
 
  • Stamps: Work of Art
  • Inks: Tempting Turquoise; Chocolate Chip
  • Cardstock: Kraft; Daffodil Delight; Random scraps
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Blossom Punch; 1" Circle Punch; Petite Petals Punch; Banner Punch

Day #22

 
 
  • Stamps: Circle Circus (retired); Wacky Wishes (retired)
  • Inks: Midnight Muse (retired); Chocolate Chip; Baked Brown Sugar; Always Artichoke; Blackberry Bliss
  • Cardstock: Kraft; Whisper White
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Ovals Framelits; Corner Rounder

Day #23

 
 
  • Stamps: Kinda Eclectic
  • Inks: Tangerine Tango; Elegant Eggplant; Always Artichoke; Melon Mambo
  • Cardstock: Basic Black; Random scraps
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Starburst Framelits; Elegant Butterfly Punch; Pattern scissors
tags: Circle Circus, Happy Birthday, Kinda Eclectic, Month of Cards, Wacky Wishes, Washi Tape, Work of Art
categories: Birthday Cards, Misc- Cards
Thursday 10.23.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

October Month of Cards Week 3 - Part 2 (Butterfly Edition)

For October's big crafting goal, I am attempting to make a different designed card everyday.  Instead of flooding everyone's feed with tons of posts, I am just going to do a weekly wrap-up post with my cards. I went a little crazy with my butterfly stamps and punches.  So I thought a separate post was in order...

Day #17

A simple one of stamping creates a striking visual.

  • Stamps: Papillon Potpurri
  • Inks: Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry
  • Cardstock: Whisper White; Kraft
  • Accessories:
  • Tools:

Day #18

I grabbed a ton of random scraps and went to town punching butterflies.  It might be hard to see, but the butterflies are two layers.  They definitely pop in person.

 
  • Stamps: Petite Pairs
  • Inks: Pacific Point; Melon Mambo
  • Cardstock: Whisper White; Kraft; random scraps
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Elegant Butterfly Punch; Bitty Butterfly Punch

Day #19

I wanted to use my butterfly punches again, but in a different way.  The colored paper all have a subtle design to them. Layering the butterflies helped to change the design just enough to give this card it's own day.

 
  • Stamps: A Word for You
  • Inks: Chocolate Chip
  • Cardstock: Kraft; Very Vanilla; random scraps
  • Accessories: Brights candy dots; Gold Chevron Washi Tape (not SU)
  • Tools: Elegant Butterfly Punch; Hexagon Punch (banner ends)
tags: A Word For You, Month of Cards, Papillon Potpurri, Petite Pairs, Sweet Essentials, Washi Tape
categories: Birthday Cards, Misc- Cards, Sympathy Cards
Tuesday 10.21.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

October Month of Cards Week 3

For October's big crafting goal, I am attempting to make a different designed card everyday.  Instead of flooding everyone's feed with tons of posts, I am just going to do a weekly wrap-up post with my cards.

Day #13

I loved the look of monochromatic yet differently patterned papers mixing together.  The hexagon shapers add more visual interest to this card.

 
  • Stamps: Six Sided Sampler
  • Inks: Mossy Meadow
  • Cardstock: Mossy Meadow; tons of green scraps
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Hexagon Punch

Day #14

Trying to use more of my giant scrap collection.  I only had to cut this pattern paper pieces down a bit to fit on the card.  Not quite happy with the gaps, but I'll deal with it.

 
  • Stamps: Petite Pairs
  • Inks: Mossy Meadow
  • Cardstock: Mossy Meadow; random green scraps
  • Accessories:
  • Tools:

Day #15

A fun layered rainbow of mosaic shapes.  I love the big washi tape on this card.

 
  • Stamps: A Word for You
  • Inks: Rich Razzleberry
  • Cardstock: Kraft; Whisper White; random scraps
  • Accessories: Gold Chevron Washi Tape (not SU)
  • Tools: Mosaic Punch

Day #16

I decided to dive into my scraps again to make a fun birthday cake card. The scraps looked a little plain until I added the gold glitter tape. Very sparkly in person.

 
 
  • Stamps: Sweet Essentials; Petite Pairs
  • Inks: Melon Mambo
  • Cardstock: Melon Mambo; Whisper White; random scraps
  • Accessories: Gold Glitter Tape (not SU)
  • Tools: Corner Rounder
tags: A Word For You, Month of Cards, Petite Pairs, Six Sided Sampler, Sweet Essentials, Washi Tape
categories: Birthday Cards, Misc- Cards, Thank You
Monday 10.20.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

October Month of Cards Week 2 - Part 2

For October's big crafting goal, I am attempting to make a different designed card everyday.  Instead of flooding everyone's feed with tons of posts, I am just going to do a weekly wrap-up post with my cards.  Apparently this week was all about Halloween and Thanksgiving cards.  Next week I'm going to break out into non-holiday cards.

Day #8

I love the monochromatic look of this card.

  • Stamps: For All Things
  • Inks: Blackberry Bliss; Mossy Meadow; Really Rust (retired)
  • Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla; Mossy Meadow
  • Accessories:
  • Tools:

Day #9

A fun pattern play card for fall.

 
  • Stamps: For All Things
  • Inks: Mossy Meadow
  • Cardstock: Mossy Meadow; Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Ovals Framelits

Day #10

I love the this simple card.  Not much to it, but very nice in person.

 
  • Stamps: For All Things
  • Inks: Hello Honey; Blackberry Bliss
  • Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla
  • Accessories: Metallic Buttons; Brown twine (non-SU); Color Me Autumn washi tape
  • Tools:

Day #11

Another card using just stamping.  I love the layered effect!

 
  • Stamps: For All Things
  • Inks: Mossy Meadow; Hello Honey; Really Rust (retired); Close to Cocoa (retired)
  • Cardstock: Hello Honey; Vanilla
  • Accessories:
  • Tools:

Day #12

A repeat design from Day #9, but I liked it so much I wanted to make a variation.

 
  • Stamps: For All Things
  • Inks: Hello Honey; Mossy Meadow
  • Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
  • Accessories:
  • Tools:
tags: Color Me Autumn DSP, For All Things, Month of Cards, Thanksgiving, Washi Tape
categories: Misc- Cards, Other Holiday Cards
Tuesday 10.14.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

August PL Swaps (Part 3)

I joined a Project Life Swap group on Facebook a few months back and have really been inspired.  Basically every month, the admins post swap themes (8-10 usually).  You sign up for how many you want and commit to making usually 10 cards utilizing the theme.  Before the due date, you send your cards to the swap host.  She collects everyone’s cards, sorts them, and sends you back a packet of cards.

This month, I joined eleven swaps.  I'll be showing four of the swaps today:

Embossed Stamp -- I started with a large background polka dot stamp in Baked Brown Sugar.  I then added stamped and heat embossed the coffee cup and coffee bean using Early Espresso powder.  I liked that it didn't come out at as a completely clean image.  The smudges add character.  I stamped the "Coffee Run!" in Midnight Muse.  Finally I added a gold sequin and gold flitter tape to jazz up the card a bit.

 

Birds -- For the bird theme, I knew I wanted to use my birdcage stamps, but had to play with them for awhile for inspiration.  I settled on stamping lighting in Crumb Cake onto the pink gingham paper.  That allowed me to layer on the quote (Primrose Petal) and bird (Early Espresso).  As a finishing touch, I added some baker's twine in pink.  I really love this card!

 

Stripes -- The stripe theme shouted washi tape to me.  So I grabbed some fun different patterns and different colors and started layering. This set took forever to finish, but I like the fun stripes.  I completed the card with a "This Week" stamp and some enamel dots.

 

Washi, stamp, and sequins -- My final swap of the month challenged me to use washi tape, a stamp, and sequins.  That's a lot of stuff for one card, but i think I nailed it.  I started with some cute lightly patterned blue paper, but realized that I didn't have enough to make the set.  I search through the stack and found this striped paper that had a similar blue color.  I stamped the Birthday Cake in Midnight Muse and made a sentiment banner in Blackberry Bliss using the A Word for You Stamp Set (retired).  For the washi tape element, I layered a few different tapes underneath the sentiment for a cute peek-a-boo effect.  Finally I adhered a few large fold sequins to complete the look.  Really loving this set!

tags: A Word For You, Birthday Cake, Happy Birthday, Heat Embossing, Washi Tape
categories: Project Life
Saturday 08.16.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

August PL Swaps (Part 2)

I joined a Project Life Swap group on Facebook a few months back and have really been inspired.  Basically every month, the admins post swap themes (8-10 usually).  You sign up for how many you want and commit to making usually 10 cards utilizing the theme.  Before the due date, you send your cards to the swap host.  She collects everyone’s cards, sorts them, and sends you back a packet of cards.

This month, I joined eleven swaps.  I'll be showing three of the swaps today:

Sketch -- For this swap, we were to make cards based off of this sketch:

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I pulled out some random circle stamps from my non-SU bucket and went to town.  I added the washi tape underneath the sentiment and a few rhinestones for bling.  Not my most favorite card, but it looks much better in person.

 

Tropical Flora -- This swap was focused on making a floral card but in tropical flowers.  I pulled some papers that said "tropical" to me and punched them out using my scallop punches and petite petals punch.  I then stamped SU's Five-Way Flower (retired) as a background and adhered the punched shapes.  My last touch was added a gold sequin in the middle of the big flower.  To me, the sequin makes the card.

 

Days of the Week -- I chose Wednesday for the Days of the Week swap.  No reason really, I just picked Wednesday.  I found some great coordinating paper for the background, but didn't have enough to make seven 4x6 cards.  Instead I split the different and made two slightly different cards.  I added a 3x4 card of white paper with the day stamped in black.  To finish off the card, I adhered some silver glitter tape (much prettier in person) and random asterisk stickers.  Pretty cute overall!

 
tags: Washi Tape
categories: Project Life
Saturday 08.09.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 
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