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Featured Artist/Designer: Jennifer Ingle

Today on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog, we’re continuing our weekly featured artist spotlight whereby each week we spotlight a different artist/designer in the paper crafting & mixed media world and introduce you to their fabulous work. Today we’re thrilled to welcome Jennifer Ingle.

Before we show you Jennifer’s project, let’s get to know her a little bit more…

Hi, my name is Jennifer Ingle. I am a wife, a daughter, a sister, and a friend. I laugh. A lot. I make things. Lots and lots of things. Creating drives me. You can find me on my blog Just Jingle, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

For today I have created two cards using ONE stamp set and ONE 6×6 paper pad. I wanted to show how you can get very different looks using the same supplies and even a similar design!

Love You Always Card

For my first card I created a white card base and then trimmed the bright pink and white large text paper slightly smaller. I die cut the heart from the center and then stamped my heart and sentiment in two colors before popping the die cut panel up on the card.

I die cut the bow, adhered it to the card and then added just a touch of sparkle with my Wink of Stella brush marker! I love sparkle!

Be My Valentine Card

For my second card, I began with a white card base again, but this time I added a cool vintage looking patterned panel directly to the base. I then used the die cut heart that I had set aside from the first card in the center of this one! I die cut another patterned heart and a smaller one from white cardstock to layer over the large heart.

I also added sparkle to the white heart with my Wink of Stella (I told you I love sparkle!) A simple banner sentiment, stamped and fussy cut, is layered over the bottom of the hearts and I added a few enamel dots to finish it off!

Supplies:

Stamps: Chalkboard Love (Lizzie Anne Designs for Simon Says Stamp)
6×6 Paper Pad: Print Shop (Studio Calico)
Dies: Nested Hearts (WPlus9)
Accents: Enamel Dots (My Mind’s Eye)
Ink: Black (Simon Says Stamp) Neon Yello (Tsukineko)

We hope you have enjoyed today’s projects courtesy of Jennifer Ingle. Also, be sure to stop by Jennifer’s blog to see even more of her beautiful work (and let her know we sent you).

Featured Company: Fancy Pants Designs

This week we welcome back Fancy Pants Designs! In today’s spotlight you’ll learn more about Fancy Pants Designs, see a fantastic project by Jodi Sanford, the owner, and have the opportunity to win the As You Wish Collection shown below (details at the end of this post).

About Fancy Pants Designs

Fancy Pants Designs was founded almost 10 years ago by Jared and Jodi Sanford. With Jodi’s love of scrapbooking and the support of many creative people, Fancy Pants Designs quickly grew into a must-have product line in the paper crafting industry and continues to produce fabulous designs and unique embellishments today. Jared directs the day to day business and warehouse management of the office, while Jodi directs all art and product development and marketing. She also teaches her love of scrapbooking and crafting to many dedicated scrapbookers and is honored to have been given this opportunity. They know that their business is a success because of devoted fans who use their products and hope to continue developing even more products that meet the needs of all crafters!

Fancy Pants Designer

Today we welcome Jodi Sanford, the owner. We are so excited to have her showcase her work today on Paper Crafter’s Library. You can see Jodi’s fabulous project below, but first, here is a little more about her:

Jodi Sanford is the founder and owner of Fancy Pants Designs, Inc. She is a wife to a wonderful husband and the mother of four busy kids and considers being a Mom the greatest job she has—with designing and teaching being a close second!

Jodi has enjoyed stationary, stickers and crafting since she was very young, and began to focus more specifically on her scrapbooking and paper crafting hobby over 20 years ago. She is regularly published in national magazines and online, has developed magazine articles and concepts and taught classes worldwide!

Along with her husband, Jared, she started Fancy Pants Designs, in 2004, as a way to offer new and innovative products to this creative market and their company has been blessed with wonderful fans ever since!

Jodi enjoys spending time with her family hanging out in the backyard, watching her kids play sports, running, and hitting a movie now and then—not to mention traveling and teaching her love of scrapbooking throughout the world!

Marli Girl Layout

This layout was created using Fancy Pants Designs new As You Wish collection. I really wanted to show off the sparkly personality that my cute daughter, Marli, has so this line was the perfect fit. Not only is it filled with color and happiness, the touches of gold really made it shine like her! I really wanted to show off the colors of the line by using that fabulous ‘quilted’ paper as the background, but didn’t want it to compete too much with the big color pops around my photo.

The vellum made a perfect look that softened the page, yet made those colors and gold pieces really stand out around the photo! Plus, I was able to cut through the vellum, using my Silhouette, {awesome} for my title and add gold foil stars under the vellum {and on top}! By stitching the vellum down (and hiding adhesive under the photo and embellishments) I created a little pocket of confetti right on the page! With the different embellishments on the page, there is a perfect mix of color and texture…just the look I was hoping for! And guess what? It was actually a really quick layout by using pre-designed, pre-cut pieces! The hardest part was making sure my ‘confetti’ wasn’t falling out of my title! {I did add some adhesive to a few of the stars to keep them in place around the opening–the rest are floating around for a fun flair!}

I used our new Library Cards to add my journaling, along with a mini bag and small tag to accent the photo and add some date details! There are lots of interactive pieces on the page, yet it doesn’t appear to be too busy.

Here are the supplies I used to create this project {from our As You Wish Collection}:

As You Wish Collection Kit, Sticker Fundamentals, Bags, Tags, Ephemera, Brag Cards and Buttons
Artist Edition Gold Foil Paper and Vellum Paper
Adhesives by Tombow
Date Stamp: OffiStamp
Stamping Ink {date stamp}: Clearsnap by ColorBox

To see more of Fancy Pants Designs products, please visit www.fancypantsdesigns.com
For daily inspiration, visit the Fancy Pants Designs blog at www.missfancypants.typepad.com
And, you can visit Jodi’s {new} personal blog at www.makeaprettylife.com

Thanks for joining me and I hope you’ll check out all of our new CHA Winter releases!

We hope you have enjoyed today’s feature. We want to extend a sincere thank you to Jodi Sanford for her fabulous project and Fancy Pants Designs for sharing their company with us. Be sure to visit Fancy Pants Designs to see more of their great products.

In order to enter the give-away to win the As You Wish collection shown above, please leave us a comment in the comments section of this post. Winner will be announced next Wednesday on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog!

Winner of Ribbon Roll Control Give-Away!

I’d like to extend a HUGE thank you to Ribbon Roll Control, for their generous give-away to three lucky readers to each have one Ribbon Roll Control ribbon organization and storage system of their choice – original or petite.

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And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for…….the winners are……

Congratulations ladies! Please email us at customerservice@papercrafterslibrary.com to claim your prize. Please be sure to put “Ribbon Roll Control Winner” in the subject line of the email, and then in the email itself, be sure to include your full mailing address and phone number and which ribbon roll control you were interested in (original or petite).

Join us next week when we feature another great company.

Shake it up with a New Take on Shaker Cards

Shake it Up

by Aliya White

Lately I have been obsessed with the “how-did-they-make-that’s” while looking through paper crafting lovelies. I kept coming across shaker cards but they were much thinner than I remember from the past. But still full of surprises which I love.

A fun example of these little pockets are these gorgeously stitched happy-in-a-package accents that were created by Eva for a birthday greeting. Tell me you wouldn’t love to receive one of these on your special day?

And before you go into a full swoon, look what she did with this scrapbook page!

The entire front of this next card is a shaker. Tracy accented the shaker with a hot air balloon stamp and the trendy welcome baby banner. I just love this. The vellum is just perfect.

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Card by Tracy Mae photo courtesy of Tracy Mae Designs

You can see another great use of vellum in this trendy jar card. The movement in this card is just great. I love all of the love pouring out, especially without the mess.

Card by Nadine White photo courtesy of Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice

This next card is more of a traditional shaker card without the thickness. The sequins mingling around the quote are just great. Loving the trendy speech bubble as the opening.

Card by JJ Bolton photo courtesy of Ribbon Girls

Get the party going with the quote on the outside of the shaker in this fun card by Lindsey. The beautiful sequins can take center stage and show off of their iridescence even with the fun sentiment on the outside. She says this card was a simple and I think it looks simply wonderful.

Card by Lindsey Larson photo courtesy of Occasional Crafting

It is still not too late to wish folks a happy new year if your card looks this awesome. Look at all of those yummy sequins in this little pocket Jocelyn made out of glassine . In addition to the sewing on top she also used glitter tape to seal the bag.

Card by Jocelyn Olson photo courtesy of Red Balloon Cards

If you, like me, did not get the sewing gene from a family member , you can appreciate just how awesome the prospect of using tape to seal a shaker. Well check this out from Donna. Awesomemness and bling and shaker collide with new sewing skills needed! She was inspired by a tutorial from Julie Ebersole.

Card by Donna Mikasa photo courtesy of Three umbrellas

This next clever girl made her own pocket using pocket page inserts for baseball cards. Awesome. The shine is also doubled using cool glitter paper as well as sequins.

Card by Terri Anderson photo courtesy of Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking

You don’t have to stop at cards or page layouts with these fun pockets. Look at how awesome shakers look on tags!

Tags by Miriam Prantner photo courtesy of Avery Elle

I think of this next card as a vellum shaker without the shake inside. Terri made this card with space for internal embellishment but used the space for a stamped image instead of bling. The final look is quite classic.

Card by Terri Johnson photo courtesy of Paper Crafting Sunshine

I hope you find some inspiration in creating a pocket shaker of your own. There are many ways to do it to create something beautiful and interactive.

So go on…Make something pretty!

Dies for your paper crafts

Premade pockets

Dies and Decoration for the pockets

Mixed Media Monday: Getting Started Art Journaling Part 1 – Basic Tools and Supplies

Happy Monday everyone! Welcome to another edition of Art Journal Express brought to you by Andrea from her personal blog The Art of Simple.

Art Journal Express is a weekly video tutorial series she created for her personal blog The Art of Simple. Each week on Monday she posts a video tutorial on how she created one of her art journal pages from start to finish. Because a typical art journal page takes between 20 minutes to an hour for her to create – which makes for a super long video to upload to You Tube, and for you to watch – the video clips are sped up, rather than having you watch what she’s doing in real time – hence the word “express” in Art Journal Express. However, what makes these video tutorials different from most of the “sped up” art journaling video tutorials out there is that Andrea narrated for you exactly what she’s doing and what she’s using – that way, even though you’re watching a “fast forward” version, you don’t miss a single detail.

The videos are hosted on a You Tube Channel that is separate from the Paper Crafter’s Library You Tube Channel, so if you don’t want to miss a single edition of Art Journal Express please subscribe to that You Tube Channel (you can do so from the video tutorial page from today’s post).

Normally for Andrea’s Art Journal Express videos she shows you how she created one of her art journal pages from start to finish. Today she’s going to do something a little different. She’s been getting a lot of questions from beginning and “thinking about beginning” art journalers about what kinds of supplies they need to get stared. So, she decided to put together a video series talking about this.

This information has been broken up into a 4-part video series which she’s calling “Getting Started Art Journaling”. In today’s video – which is Part 1 – she’s going to give you a brief overview of the basic tools and supplies you’re going to need in order to get started with art journaling. In Part 2, she’ll be talking about the Basic Elements for Adding Texture to your art journal pages. Part 3 will give you an overview of colour mediums and Part 4 will talk about the finishing touches for your art journal pages.

You can watch the Getting Started Art Journaling Part 1 – Basic Tools and Supplies video tutorial HERE.

Freebie Friday: Way To Go Card

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you are all managing to stay safe and warm! Today on our Freebie Friday feature we have another card tutorial for you.

Just a reminder that our Freebie Friday features might include a project, an element that you can print and use in your scrapbooking/card making, a cut file to use in an electronic die cutting machine, a short technique video or a video introducing you to a product. You will also see regular freebies on some of our social media and other channels. Be sure to also check out Andrea’s blog on Thursdays, subscribe to our newsletter (which comes out on Fridays) and like our Facebook page. Make sure you check these three sources regularly as any elements and cut files that we give away will ONLY be available for one week and then will be moved to the Paper Crafter’s Library store as well as the Paper Crafter’s Library member area.

Way To Go Card

In today’s video I’m going to show you how to create this Way To Go card featuring Stampin’ Up!’s Simply Stars stamp set and Simple Stories 24/Seven 6″ x 6″ paper pad.

Download the pdf handout here

If you’re currently not a member of Paper Crafter’s Library, we encourage you to take a look at the benefits of membership. Along with our existing video library of over 2000 videos, you’ll receive daily inspiration, great project ideas, fun techniques, instruction on how to use your products and more! For more information and to join, click here.

Have a great weekend!

Featured Artist/Designer: Wida Miller

Before we show you Wida’s projects, let’s get to know her a little bit more…

My name is Wida Miller and here are my “stats”. I have been blogging for about 2 years, scrapbooking for ten, card making for about five. I have 4 kids, and 1 career as a nurse practitioner. I call my style fresh and edgy. I have been on many wonderful design teams, guested for some fabulous companies, won some fantastic awards and contests and enjoyed friendships within this community that I hold dear. What a wonderful place to be creative, share a common passion for art, and a love of pretty things. I am so honored to be here!

Wida has created two projects for us today.

To My Lovely Valentine Card

1-Die cut Penny Black Rose from card stock, but leave in the paper.

2-Stamp image with various print stamps. For this I used Penny Black Heart Swatches

3-Remove from card stock

4-Cut 2 pieces of card stock the same size.

5-Generously tape the first piece with dry tape, especially covering the entire area where the die cut will go.

6-Die cut another rose using the second piece of card stock. Remove the rose. Keep the negative.

7-Adhere the 2 pieces of card stock together.

8-Insert the die cut image like a puzzle.

You want to do your other stamping and such before inlaying the image, in case you mess up but the finished look is quite lovely. The sentiment is Penny Black From the Heart.

Supplies: Penny Black Rose die, Penny Black Heart Swatches stamp set, Penny Black From the Heart stamp set, Divine Twine Christmas, Scalloped Edge punch by Stampin’ Up!

Baby Card

Wida’s second card for us is this beautiful baby card. The cardstock that shows through the die cut area is coated with glitter.

Here’s a side shot so you can see the glitter better.

You can watch a video on how Wida created this baby card below.

Supplies: Ali Edwards Baby Flair, Martha Stewart chrystal fine glitter, Elmers spray adhesive, Clear &Simple Stamps heart die, Fresh Ink in Slate and Island, Hero Arts cube ink in Pool

We hope you have enjoyed today’s projects courtesy of Wida Miller. Also, be sure to stop by Wida’s blog to see even more of her beautiful work (and let her know we sent you). Wida can also be found on Flickr, Splitcoast Stampers, and Two Peas in a Bucket.

Featured Company: Ribbon Roll Control Plus Giveaway

Today we welcome back Ribbon Roll Control! Here at Paper Crafter’s Library we’re ribbon lovers – you’ll find ribbon on almost all of our projects – which is why we’re so thrilled to bring you this feature. I don’t know about you, but we’ve certainly found that keeping all our ribbon in one place can be challenging. That’s why we’re excited about featuring Ribbon Roll Control’s ribbon organization and storage system!

About Ribbon Roll Control

As the ultimate ribbon organization and storage system, the Ribbon Roll Control allows you to organize your ribbon the way you want – by color, size, style or use! If you have rolls out of control, this is the answer!

Unlike typical ribbon organization and storage systems, the Ribbon Roll Control doesn’t use a dowel – which means you don’t have the inconvenience of removing all your ribbon rolls just to get to a specific one. The Ribbon Roll Control is also made of clear acrylic, so unlike wooden holders, you can easily see the style and quantity of all your ribbon at once. There’s even a built-in ruler for easy measuring!

The Ribbon Roll Control comes in two different styles – Original and Petite. The Original can accommodate crafting ribbon rolls up to 5 inches in diameter, while the Petite can accommodate rolls up to 3.5 inches.

Original Ribbon Roll Control

Petite Ribbon Roll Control

Both models fit up to sixteen 3/8” ribbon rolls in one holder, and can be stacked up to three holders high or mounted to the wall – freeing up valuable table or desk space.

You can take a look at this video below and see how it all comes together.

Ribbon Roll Control is graciously hosting a give-away for you!! Three lucky winners will receive a “winners choice” of one Ribbon Roll Control ribbon organization and storage system. You can choose from the Original or the Petite. The winners will be chosen from the comments left at the bottom of this blog post. Simply leave a comment about the Ribbon Roll Control ribbon organization and storage system here on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog to win. The winners will be chosen randomly and announced next week.

We hope you have enjoyed today’s feature. We want to extend a sincere thank you to Trish from Ribbon Roll Control for sharing her product with us. Be sure to visit Ribbon Roll Control to get yours today and make sure to post below for your chance at our Ribbon Roll Control give-away. You can also check them out on Facebook and follow them on Pinterest.

Winner of Nunn Designs Give-Away!

I’d like to extend a HUGE thank you to Nunn Designs, and to the owner and designer Becky Nunn for sharing such wonderful project ideas with us, as well for their generous give-away of a choice of one of their kits (several examples shown below).

And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for…….the winner is……Denise Dillard!

Congratulations Denise. Please email us at customerservice@papercrafterslibrary.com to claim your prize. Please be sure to put “Nunn Designs Winner” in the subject line of the email, and then in the email itself, be sure to include your full mailing address and phone number and which kit you were interested in.

Join us next week when we feature another great company.

Trendy Tuesday – Paper Piercing

Trendy Tuesday – Paper Piercing

by Katherine Elliot

Today’s post features a technique that has been a personal favorite of mine for some time, paper piercing. This is a simple technique, however, depending on how elaborate a design you want to make, it can take some patience. The paper craft artists featured today have some wonderful examples of simple and elaborate paper piercing that can accentuate your projects beautifully.

Pierced card by Jessie Rone, featuring Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps, detailed view of card & piercing (below) from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog

Jessie Rone’s piercing in action!

In order to poke holes in just the right places, piercing guides and mats, like the tools Jessie shows being used above, can really help. You can use items like sewing needles and craft foam you may already have on hand to achieve these effects, but many piercing specific tools offered by companies like Making Memories, We R Memory Keepers, Close to My Heart, and Stampin’ Up! offer you even better results.

We R Memory Keepers mini piercing mat, image source Scrapbook.com

Piercing tools from Stampin’ Up!

Start with a simple plan and you’ll see your punctured design develop quickly. Simple straight lines of pierced holes look stylish and modern on Jody Morrow and Jill Coleman’s cards showcased next…

You’re the Best card by Jody Morrow, image source Confessions of a Ribbon Addict

Card by Jill Coleman featuring stamps from Stampin’ Up!, image source, Jill Stamps

Simple piercing looks great on CAS designs as well as on more detailed layouts. Check out Angela Crockett’s delicate and elegant card. The simply pierced edge on her square design blends beautifully with all the feminine layers and embellishments.

Card by Angela Crockett featuring stamps and dies from Our Daily Bread Designs, image source Body, Mind, Spirit, and Stamps

Follow more elaborate shapes with precisely pierced holes to add an elegant touch to your project. Up next, careful piercing shown on Jenny Gropp and Cheryl Scriven’s cards took extra time to craft using the shaped steel rule dies as guides. The extra effort was worth it – the results are gorgeous!

Love is All You Need, card by Jenny Gropp, featuring stamps from Impression Obsession, image source One Krafty Kat

Card by Cheryl Scrivens featuring stamps from Our Daily Bread Designs, image source Cheryl Quilts

You can use other piercing guides to help design inside and around many different shapes. Here’s a couple of sweet and simple Valentine ideas with heart shaped holes to inspire you…

Card by *Vicki*, image source Stamp Smiles

Pierced heart Valentine by Kate Deignan, image source Kate Deignan Cards

Stampin’ Up! offers several options for shaped piercing guides that coordinate precisely with their punches and Framelits dies.

Stampin’ Up! Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

Other brands, like Hot Off the Press, have some patterns you can use to create different motifs, swirls and shapes on your project.

Hot Off the Press Piercing Template, image source Overstock.com

Basic needle craft grids can also come in handy. I’ve seen a few crafters refer to using plastic mesh guides that are just as easy to follow with your piercing tool in hand.

Darice Plastic Canvas Shapes with mesh to use as piercing guides, image source Create For Less

Using well made, deep punctures, you are only one step away from creating a hand-stitched decoration. Oh yeah, hand sewing your pierced creation is not as fast as using a sewing machine, but if you cannot machine sew (like me), it’s a great alternative and looks terrific, too.

Card by Elena Joldersma, featuring stamps from Lawn Fawn, image source The Red Haired Girl

Companies like Papertrey Ink and My Favorite Things have been inspired to create more piercing inspired dies you can use, too. Papertrey Ink’s Quick Stitch Sentiment dies are your chance to quickly make a pierced sentiment. Sure, you could stitch them up with twine or thread if you like, but Nichole Heady’s card shows off how lovely a pierced word can be, all-hole-ly and all!

Card by Nichole Heady featuring Papertrey Ink Quick Stitch Sentiments, image source Capture the Moment, Papertrey Ink Inspired

Pierced layers can be super easy to recreate with tiny pierced holes already part of the line of pierced Stax Die-namics from My Favorite Things.

Card by Barbara Anders featuring pierced oval die, stamps and tools from My Favorite Things, image source Paper Pursuits

With all the tools and products available now, piercing is an easy trend to add to your projects. On a parting thought, I have discovered an added benefit to the fine art of paper piercing. Provided you are not crafting next to someone making you mad at the moment, there’s something very therapeutic about stabbing your paper with a piercing tool. Let out those frustrations, play safely, and go poke some holes on your card. Trust me, you’ll feel better after a rough day. 🙂 Happy crafting, everyone!