5K YouTube Subscriber Giveaway

Yay me! I hit 5K Subscribers over at my YouTube Channel Paperdrama!

To thank everyone for there amazing support, I have a GIVEAWAY! 

Head on over to my Giveaway Video:

1. You must be a SUBSCRIBER (Obvisously)

2. LIKE the Video

3. Leave a COMMENT

That's all you have to do to enter to win the goodies shown. The Giveaway ends JUNE 1st. There's still time! The WINNER will be announced on my YouTube Channel on the 7th.

GOOD LUCK and THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!

IAR Flower Embellishment Tags

Happy MAY!! Here are some tags that I made for the I Am Roses Challenge this month. The theme is Spring and Tags.

I go to my fair share of Crops with my crafty friends, so I always want to make a little something special for them. I created these Flower Embellishment Tags. Basically I didn't permanently adhere the flowers to the tags.

The flowers (tulips, s10's, mini daisies, roses) are held on the tag with washi tape. The flat daisy petal is secured with a decorative paper clip. The house wood veneer is attached with a glue dot. 

It might be hard to take this tag apart but if you want to use the goodies, a crafter's gotta do what a crafter's gotta do! LOL I had the perfect tulip stamp by Avocado Arts (Sassy Chick) and also some decorative tulip border tape. There is also a sun image underneath the white daisy. I cut up a white paper doily to lay the flowers on top of.

Tags are easy to make, just pretend it's a card, just a different size. Hope you all join this challenge to win I Am Roses flowers! Head on over to the Challenge Blog to see the other creations by the Designers and to submit your project.

Have a fabulous May!

I Am Roses Products used (Links Provided:

TU1-00	TU1- 601	TU1- 607	TU1-427	S10 - 427
S10 - 15	ZQP23-151	ZR3-427	D2 - 15

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Make a Splash

Happy Thursday everyone! I'm back with Part 2 of Under the Sea Mae from Some Odd Girl Stamps. This is the second mermaid image and sentiment from the stamp set. I decided to go with the same layout/look as the first card (blog post here). I added a second image of a clam shell, from Make it Crafty, perfect!

I used the red & pinks in the Martha Stewart set to create the glitter ombre effect, all adhered with Glossy Accents. I used a shell image from the SOG set and fussy cut it out and placed it on her hair with pearls. I used various sized flat back pearls on this card, I especially love the largest pearl.

All the images are colored with my Copics. As always this was a joy to create, coloring is so relaxing. This is the fisrt time I used the pink/green combo and I love it! She kinda reminds me of The Little Mermaid Ariel, maybe I should color her tail blue next time =)

Thanks for taking the time to look at my creation. All supplies/colors listed below.

Have a fabulous crafty day!

Supplies:

SOG - Under the Sea Mae

Make it Crafty - Clam Shell Digi Stamp

Martha Stewart Iridescent Hexagon Glitter

Glossy Accents

Memento Tuexedo Black Ink

Recollections 110lb White Cardstock

White Gel Pen

Pebbles Inc. Pearlescent Chalks

Star Dust Stickles

Various Sizes Flat Back Pearls

Copics

(Skin) E00/E11/BV00 

(Hair) R81/R83/R85/R39

(Tail/Fins/Accents) R81/R83/R85/R39/G03/G05/G12

(Hair Shell) R81/G03/G12

(Clam Shell) E50/E11/E21

A Mother's Love and When & Where

Happy Wednesday everyone! Here are my projects using the Avocado Arts NEW April Release:

I decided to go real simple with my cards. First one up is using When & Where:

I knew from the start that I wanted to make some kind of border with the arrow. I did two rows and placed a strip of gold striped washi tape. Instead of using black ink, I used navy and colored random arrows with my Copics. I layered some heart acetate die cuts to soften up the look of the card.

Card two features both sets, A Mother's Love and When & Where:

Again I went with a navy ink color, as well as the cardstock used to mat the image. I just love the flowers in this set, along with the words imbedded in the stems. I created a shadow by using a different hue of blue and stamped the same image off to the side for the effect. I wanted to mimic some of the "petals" flowing in the wind, so I used the small heart in the Avocado Type stamp set. The chevron border is from the When & Where set. It doesn't quite fit across the A2 card but it stamps seamlessly when stamped side by side. For the final detail, I used silver flat back pearls in sizes small & large.

Last card, using A Mother's Love:

I love this sentiment! I pulled out all my white toned buttons and started gluing them down. Navy ink used again and I added some faux stitching around the card. Of course how could you not place a teeny tiny button on the "o" in buttons =)

Those are my cards, thank you so much for taking the time to take a look. I hope you enjoy these sets as much as I do.

See you soon!

Jo

Avocado Arts Stamps used:

When & Where

Avocado Type

A Mother's Love

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April IAR Challenge

Hey it's me again =) Here is my card for the I Am Roses April Challenge. The theme is Easter and the challenge is to incorporate an Egg or Egg Shape. I decided to cut an oval shape for the egg and then I used Small Gardenia Curly Petals to fill in the shape. The petals came in different shades of yellow and also white. I love how full and fluffy it is.

The bunny was cut from a die at a scrapbook store and I then embossed it with Swiss Dots from Cuttlebug. The bunny is layered over pink vellum paper that I trimmed with decorative pinking scissors for added detail.

I tied two sets of seam binding for the bows. The center sits a 3/4" White & Pink Rose. The paper is from Prima London Market and I finished the card with flat back pearls on all corners.

This challenge was fun, I hope you participate over at the I Am Roses Challenge Blog. Also I would like to give a warm WELCOME to Designer Sharon Martinelli. She is one talented lady and joins our IAR Design Team.

One last thing, there are NEW Badges over at the IAR Blog, make sure you check them out!

Thanks for passing by, have a beautiful Tuesday!

I Am Roses Products (Links provided):

R3-32

GP2-48

Other Supplies:

Recollections 110lb White Cardstock
Iridescent & Pink Vellum
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
White Seam Binding
Prima London Market Designer Paper
Flat Back Pearls
Decorative Pinking Scissors
Hot Glue/Gun

Sea You Soon

Hi everyone, happy Monday! It's mid-day here and I wanted to share the card I made at a crop this past Saturday. I used Under the Sea Mae Clear Stamp from Some Odd Girl Stamps.

I am in LOVE with this card. I was able to use the Martha Stewart Iridescent Hexagon Glitter, OMG this is the best chunky glitter ever! I started from the darkest blue, light blue and then went into the dark green then the light green, creating this awesome ombre effect. I used glossy accents to adhere the glitter on to the card base.

I enjoyed coloring her with my Copics. I even added some of the glitter to her tail. I love to experiment with color techniques and just trying new things. This was my first attempt to blend blues & purples together. I just jumped right in and hoped for the best, SUCCESS!

I also added some texture with the dotting technique. I've seen this done on many images and love the look.

Another mermaid image comes in this stamp set, I can't wait to start coloring her! I might recreate this colored image in a video, so stay tuned on my YouTube Channel: Paperdrama.

Supplies:

SOG - Under the Sea Mae

Martha Stewart Iridescent Hexagon Glitter

Glossy Accents

Memento Tuexedo Black Ink

Recollections 110lb White Cardstock

White Gel Pen

Pebbles Inc. Pearlescent Chalks

Star Dust Stickles

Copics

(Skin) E00/E11/BV00 

(Hair) YG03/YG63/YG67

(Tail/Fins) V09/V12/V15/B00/BG05

(Shell) B00/BG05/V09/V12/V15

Altered Paper Bag Handles

Hi everyone, I thought I'd share this mini tutorial of how I altered these bag handles from this grocery paper bag. I needed a huge gift bag and decided to upcycle this paper grocery bag from Target.

First I cut of the old handles and set them aside. To make the bag cuter, I cut out a scallop design on the top. I then added the designer paper on both sides. I used the old handles as a template and created my own with designer paper to match.

It turned out so cute and it just gave the bag more detail.

You can watch my Start-To-Finish video at my YouTube Channel HERE.

You can add handles to any size bag you want. Here, I added handles to these paper lunch bags.

Hope you enjoyed my little share with you. Enjoy the rest of your week!