Specialty papers Plus

Hello Everyone

         Today I am going to introduce a great company called Specialty Papers Plus. I have been using there papers for a while now and I love it.

              We all think of things like, stamps, inks, punches, embossing tools, and so on. But what about the paper. Good paper is the foundation of our projects. We are always looking for good paper. Well this company has sturdy card stock for all the cards, boxes, and scrap booking pages we want to make. The  Astroparche Aged Cover card stock folds smooth and crisp. No bad edges, like splitting or white centers showing through.The Stardream Amethyst  paper is beautiful. These are the two papers I used in this project.

                I had a great time making this card. The card stock and paper take embossing powders very well,as you can see the heat gun made beautiful images. I used punches and die cuts,clean cuts, smooth edges. The distress inks work well and stamping images come out very clear and bright.

                   I used an  iridescent spray on the card stock and because it is of a great weight it absorbed the spray with no problem and the parchment paper had great textured feature.



    Specialty Papers Plus

 

     They have great card stock, Parchment paper, Pearlescent paper, and Metallic paper,  all in different weights, and sizes. Most of the time we are limited to US letter size 8 1/2 x 11 or 12 x 12. Here we can get bigger sizes if we want to make boxes or envelopes.            

                       Right now when you place an order you get 50 sheets of the Aged 65 lb. Cover  Gold card stock FREE. Yes it is the same paper you see here in the pictures.  Also they have a great  shipping program.  And now for the COUPON  just for visting my site type in the word "HappyHolidays" and you will get 10% off your parchment paper order.

                           I would love for you to make a project with this wonderful paper and place it on the specialty papers plus site. They have a page just for projects called  Customer Creations. To get some of this fantastic paper go to http://www.specialtypapersplus/ and check it out.

            Thank you for stopping by and have a scrappy day.

         

                     
 

           

                       

             

    

         

          



September challege



 

 Hello  crafters

    Thank you for stopping by.

.I am so honored to be the guest designer this month. The theme this month is Fall. I started my card out with a piece of glossy card stock. Then I mixed some of the Distress Ink Pad Refills with a small amount of hairspray and some Pearlex. I put it in Mini Misters - Assorted Colors - 3 pc and sprayed the paper. Before the droplets dried I used a can of air and spread the colors around. After that I dried the cardstock with my heat gun. Now it was time to stamp.

       

I used the Ultimate Crafter's Companion tool to measure and make the folds for the card and used the CleverCut 5-in-1 Paper Trimmer (which is our prize for this month) to cut the brown and orange card stock for the framing of the design. I used the Extra Strong Permanent Tape Runner to put the card together.

         The next stamp I used was Flower Fairy Unmounted Stamp Set - Zinnia, the zinnia flower is one of my favorites. I stamped 2 of them on cream colored card stock and colored them with water color pencils. After cutting them out, I glued one down with Mono Multi Glue and used the Double Sided Adhesive Foam Strips - 33 Pieces to create a 3-D effect. I like the strips because you can cut the size you need. I added some little 3-D acorns inside and out.



        I then stamped A Little Bit Sketchy Stamp Set - Autumn Leaves (now my favorite fall stamp) and used Rock-A-Blocks 4 Piece Set so I had the right size for every stamp. I also used the StazOn Ink Pads. Stazon works well on glossy paper. It gives you crisp lines and it dries fast so you can stamp over it with no fear of blending colors.



       The last thing I wanted was a piece of ribbon to put on the front. I didn't have the color green I wanted so I made the color myself. I used white crinkled ribbon and on my 15" x 18" Inkssentials Non-stick Craft Sheet I put the ribbon and ink together and mixed it until I had the color I wanted. I dried the ribbon with the heat gun and tied it on the card.

clean up was easy, just wash with water. I cleaned my stamps with StazOn All Purpose Cleaner and Rubit-Scrubit Cleaning Pad. Both these products make cleaning up easy and keeps the stamps soft.

I had a great time making this card. I hope you check out all the great stamps and products at http://www.crafterscompanion.com/ and enter this month's Fall Challenge. I can't wait to see what you come up with. 

            I am having a great time learning about the blogging world.Please leave a comment on how I am doing, and how I can improve my site. Join me in my adventure. I hope you will sign up and follow me.Tell me what you would like to see. 

Thank you again for stopping by. Have Fun and have a scrappy day.    



Sheena Stamp a little bit sketchy



Flower Fairy's Zinnias





Nylon Flowers

I am learning to make nylon flowers. This is so much fun. Right now I have butterflies all over the place.Do you want to learn how to make something new?Go to http://www.blisswonders.com/ or http://www.newsheer.com/ and check out all the beautiful flowers.
      I think they would go great with a card or a beautiful box. Both can be made with the crafters companion ultimate tool. Would you like to see what the ultimate tool can do? Go to http://www.crafterscompanion.com/ and go to the project page and see all the wonderful cards, and boxes you can make.

                                                                                                                                   

Thank You

        I would like to thank everyone who commented and joined my site.It was a very special day for me. Thank you again...

My First Post

This is my very first post.The Blog is a work in progress. I hope you will visit often.Any help is welcome.
       The Card I made was great fun,I used the ultimate crafters companion tool to measure and make the folds.The stamps came from the Sheena stamp set A little bit sketchy, you can see all her stamps at http://www.crafterscompanion.com/. The fern stamp was used on the background and the With Love Thank You stamps are from the Beatrix Potter Stamp set-The Tales of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.
        I love the books from the story of Peter Rabbit.When I found the stamps on the crafters companion site I had to have them all. Take a look and see all of the characters of the books,it will bring back memories from childhood.Then just stamp to your hearts content.
         I would like to say thank you to "vadeler" for the little dress design. If you would like to make the little dress go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcXVgE3OhCU&NR=1&feature=fvwp.
         Thank you so much for stopping by and  have a scrappy day.