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Winner of May Arts Give-Away

I’d like to extend a HUGE thank you to May Arts and their guest designer Karen Baker for sharing such a wonderful project and for their generous give-away of 2 rolls of ribbon from their collection shown below.

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

Congratulations Julie! Be sure to email us at customerservice@papercrafterslibrary.com to claim your prize. Please be sure to put “May Arts 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.

Join us next week when we feature another great company.

Trendy Tuesday – Rainbow Colors

Trendy Tuesday – Rainbow Colors

by Katherine Elliot

Tired of a seeing gray or white when gazing out your window at a wintry landscape? Not yet ready for the parade of pink and red that accompanies so many Valentines? Rainbow colors are a happy palette no matter the season, and the talented artists featured today found many creative ways to use the cheerful colors on their projects. Get ready to be inspired with a rainbow of color!

Card by Ardyth Percy-Robb, image source MASKerade

Ardyth Percy-Robb’s clean and simple style showcases wonderfully colored creations. Her handcolored rainbow snowflake card above and stamped sentiment card below show off how pretty rainbow colors can be even on the dreariest days.

Card by Ardyth Percy-Robb, image source MASKerade

A bright one layer card can cheer up any one’s mood. JJ Bolton used masked and sponged leaf shapes on her beautiful one layer card below…

Card by JJ Bolton, featuring stamps from Avery Elle, image source Ribbon Girls

While coloring and stamping are fun, die cutting strips of colorful cardstock is the least inky way to achieve beautiful rainbow results. I can think of no better way to use of small strips of colorful scraps, too. Check out these lovely examples from Corri Garza and Taylor Van Bruggen showing off die cuts from Scrappy Moms and Taylored Expressions.

Card by Corri Garza featuring dies from Scrappy Moms, image source Bug Lover Cards

Card by Taylor Van Bruggen, featuring Chevron cutting plate, image source Taylored Expressions blog

Combine dies and hand coloring for a unique Valentine or any time greeting. Jodi Collins’ colorful card features products from My Favorite Things. Check out the rainbow of color displayed behind the negative impression of the polka dot die cut background. The background coordinates well with her carefully colored, chunky font sentiment.

Card by Jodi Collins, featuring My Favorite Things Polka Dot cover up Die-namics and Be Your Best Self stamp, image source Stamping a Latte

Enhance your rainbow motif with an uplifting sentiment. Bright, rainbow colored designs created by the next artists feature optimistic sentiments to match each of their cheerful cards.

Card by Wanda Guess featuring Taylored Expressions Rainy Days dies, image source A Blog Called Wanda

Card by Lisa Johnson, featuring her stamp set for My Favorite Things, Cheerful Blessings, image source Poppy PaperieCard by Karolyn Loncon, featuring Hustle stamp from Mama Elephant, image source Paper Therapy

A rainbow shape is an obvious complement for your colorful display. Find dies to create perfectly shaped rainbows from companies such as, Lil’ Inker Designs and My Favorite Things.

Card by Nancy Thomas featuring Dream in Color stamp from Reverse Confetti and dies from Lil Inker Designs, image source Creative Palette

Rainbow & Clouds dies from Lil Inker Designs

Card by Lisa Henke, featuring die and stamp from My Favorite Things, image source My Little Creative Escape My Favorite Things Rainbow Die-namics steel rule die

Even more options on your sketches and layouts are possible with colorful embellishments used in a rainbow design. Rainbow colored washi tape makes creating rainbow stripes super simple. It’s also easy to find every color of the rainbow in trendy tapes to create your own adhesive masterpiece.

Queen & Co. Rainbow Stripes tape, image source Scrapbook.com

Scrapbook page by Stacy Cohen featuring colorful Trendy Tapes from Queen & Co, image source Queen & Co blog

Colorful bling, sequins, and dimensional embellishments can make a big impact on more detailed rainbow color creations. Hats off to Miradise for this final, magnificent display of a rainbow of color. Dramatic colors, tulle ribbon, and gorgeous butterflies certainly make this project a show stopper.

Card by Miradise, image source Two Peas in a Bucket Gallery

Ready to stamp, cut or embellish your way into a beautiful rainbow creation? Shake off the winter blues with a colorful project and you’ll be inspired to make it through any gray day. Happy crafting, everyone!

Mixed Media Monday: “Preserve” Video Tutorial

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).

Today’s page is called “Persevere” – shown below. You can watch a video tutorial HERE.

Featured Company: May Arts

Today we are excited to welcome back this week’s Featured Company May Arts and to share a beautiful creation from one of their designers using some gorgeous May Arts Ribbon.

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 another fabulous May Arts project. You haven’t seen ribbon until you’ve seen May Arts Ribbon – they offer a multitude of different colors and styles of ribbon to suit any preference and taste – and all of it, top quality!

And, we also have a give-a-way for you!! The lucky winner will receive a “winners choice” of 2 spools of Ribbon from May Arts. The winner will be drawn from all the comments left here on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog to win. You certainly have a lot to choose from:

Remember, each comment you leave is one entry, so be sure to visit today not only for the great project idea, but also to enter your name into our give-away.

About May Arts

May Arts Ribbon was founded in the early 1980’s in Riverside, Connecticut. The original products were high-end silk flowers imported from Taiwan, which were decorated using quality ribbons. The decorative ribbons proved so popular among customers that the business gradually evolved into a dedicated ribbon wholesaler.

As a family-owned and operated business, May Arts began a long-standing tradition of quality, affordability and exceptional customer service. We are dedicated to carrying on this same tradition by offering high quality products at competitive prices. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff is always happy to answer your questions or to assist you in placing your order.

May Arts carries a wide selection of quality ribbons to choose from; such as grosgrain, silk, satin, burlap and a variety of prints and patterns. All inventory is held in stock, so we can ship orders out right away—typically the same day.

Where to Buy May Arts Ribbons

The May Arts website is their wholesale site for online and brink and mortar retailers. We’ve linked to it so that you can easily view their entire product line in one place. There are numerous places where you can purchase May Arts Ribbons including many local scrapbook stores as well as online stores. Two of the online stores that carry the biggest selections that we are aware of include Amazon, who carry the complete May Arts Ribbon Line (plus you can qualify for free shipping). Click on the link we provided and it will take you to our May Arts Ribbon Search Results. To find a particular ribbon, go to the May Arts website, find the name of the ribbon and color and then enter that into your Amazon search results. Please note that through Amazon you’re buying by the roll. Most other online and local scrapbook stores sell May Arts Ribbon by the yard. One of the online stores that carries a great selection is Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Special May Arts Guest Designer

Today we a special project for you created by May Arts Guest Designer Karen Baker. You can see Karen’s fabulous project below, but first, here is a little more about Karen:

I’m a mother to two busy boys and graphic designer by trade. I create in my spare time, a reprieve from my full time day job in hospital billing.

May Arts Guest Designer Project

I always try to think outside the box when it comes to crafting, as well as stretching my supplies. Today I’ve got two cards to show you that use some unconventional ribbon products offered by May Arts.

My first card showcases the “Box of Flowers” from May Arts. I chose to stamp an intricate design on the white flower, and adhere it to a bright card base that had been stamped with leaves and a sentiment and wrapped in the extremely versatile May Arts Burlap Ribbon. I love how the stamping transforms the flower into a unique piece of artwork, and how I was able to match the burlap string to the ink to make a more cohesive design.

The second card features stamping on the ribbon as well – this time on the May Arts Faux Suede Leaves. I really enjoy how the stamping adds just that one extra element of intricacy to the already beautiful leaves. I adhered these to a card base with a stamped sentiment that had been wrapped with May Arts Burlap Ribbon and added a paper flower for the finishing touch.

I hope that you are able to explore the May Arts Ribbon site for yourself, they offer so many cool and unconventional ribbons that coordinate and can be customized!

Supplies Used

Card 1:
May Arts Box of Flowers in White (439-01), May Arts Burlap String in Grape (SM36), Modern Mehndi Stamp Set by Lil’ Inker Designs, Fuschia StazOn Ink, Onyx Versafine Ink, Enamel Accents in Black by Ranger, Glue Dots, Bazzill Cardstock

Card 2:

May Arts Burlap String in Forest (SM16), May Arts Faux Suede Leaves in Olive (XL16), Modern Mehndi Stamp Set by Lil’ Inker Designs, Onyx Versafine Ink, Glue Dots, Bazzill Cardstock, Paper Flower by Prima

We hope you have enjoyed today’s feature. We want to extend a sincere thank you to Karen Baker for her fabulous projects and May Arts for sharing their company with us. Be sure to visit May Arts blog to see more of their great products and to enter the fabulous give-away.

In order to enter the give-away to win the ribbon rolls, please leave us a comment in the comments section of this post and visit May Arts to leave a comment on their blog as well. Winners will be announced next week on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog!

Featured Artist/Designer: Jocelyn Olson

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 Jocelyn Olson

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

Hi, my name is Jocelyn Olson. My husband, two great kids and I live in South Dakota. I grew up in the Phoenix suburbs, but since high school, I’ve lived all over the country. I’m an avid papercrafter, bright color lover, digi/hybrid crafter, non-fiction book reader, and expert Polly Pocket dresser. In my spare time, I work as a consultant for states on Federal education and special education programs.

I’ve been lucky enough to work on several great design teams, including the Glitz Design Digital and Two Peas in a Bucket Creative Teams. I’ve also been published in Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine and CARDS Magazine. I am primarily a card maker, although I like to make all types of papercrafting projects. I keep my projects fun and often light-hearted. You can find my work can be found on my blog: Red Balloon Cards

I’m thrilled to be asked to post today, and I’m excited to be sharing a couple of cards with you!

Both of my projects today incorporate both digital and traditional elements, which I love to do. I know many paper crafters are hesitant about digital elements, but I love their versatility and not having to store as much. I often print out just the papers and elements I want to use for a particular project, and then I use them like traditional supplies.

For the Crushing on You, I printed the digital navy tag, “Crushing on…” journaling card, and the tabs and fussy cut them. I combined them with the traditional elements, like the flower ephemera, mist, washi tape, twine, and staples. For this card, I simply printed the elements—all I needed was a computer, a word processing program, and a printer.

For the Thank You, “Deer” card, I used Photoshop to combine several digital elements (the deer and trees). After printing the document, I splattered mist at the top and stamped the sentiment.

I have links to some digital tutorials and videos I’ve made under the “Digital Tutorials” on my blog. If you make a hybrid project, I’d love to see it. Please leave a link! Thank you so much for looking!

Supplies

Crushing on You
Paper: (Kraft; Pure Poppy) Papertrey Ink
Specialty ink: (Opaque White Mr. Huey’s) Studio Calico
Embellishments: (flower ephemera from Close Knit) Crate Paper; (enamel dot from Kate & Co.) My Mind’s Eye; (orange stripe washi tape) Love My Tapes; (Natural twine) May Arts
Digital element: (tag, file labels, red tape, label; “crushing on” from At the Moment collection) One Little Bird at The Lilypad
Dies: (You die) Simon Says Stamp

Thank You, “Deer”
Paper: (White) Avery Elle
Stamps: (sentiment from Messages with Flourish) Hero Arts
Ink: (Versafine Smokey Brown) Tsukineko
Specialty ink: (Opaque White, Blizzard Mr. Huey’s) Studio Calico; (Dandelion spray mist) Tsukineko
Digital element: (deer, two trees, plaid paper from the Merry Little collection) Creashens at Pixels & Co.

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

Featured Company: Graphic 45

We are happy to bring you this week’s Featured Company: Graphic 45. We are so excited to be featuring them regularly on Paper Crafter’s Library! For those of you unfamiliar with Graphic 45 , we’d like to take a minute to re-introduce them to you.

Graphic 45 is an award-winning scrapbook and paper crafting company— owned and operated by a mother and her two daughters.

Diane Schultz—Designer and CEO (aka mother)

“I’m passionate about being creative and eager to make it possible for others to find their creative voice. My background includes stints as a designer for, McCalls, Simplicity, Vogue/ Butterick, Mattel Toy Company and a host of other jobs that each, in some way, led me to what I do now. At 45 I went back to school and got my degree in graphic design— I named the company to celebrate that achievement.”

Aimee Filimoehala —Director of Operations

“I wear a lot of hats and love it that way. Business, marketing, operations, etc. have made me a pro at multitasking (aka juggling‑figuratively and literally). When we launched Graphic 45 just three years ago we had no idea what was in store, working together as a family has been an amazing journey that we all feel so grateful to be apart of.”

Charee Filimoehala —Director of Customer Service and Design Team Coordinator

“I joined the team a little over three years ago and haven’t looked back…what a life-changing experience this has been. I love working with and around creative people and products (not to mention I like my co-workers quite a bit). I spend my days working with our friendly stores and talented design team…the occasional trip to a workshop or tradeshow pretty nice too.”

Together we create vintage inspired crafting products that capture the flamboyant style of the 1920’s and 30’s – with vibrant color, irresistible texture and imaginative design to create products with decades-old appeal that’s both fresh and familiar. Let our products inspire your next scrapbook layout, card, album or home decor project.

Graphic 45 Designer Alberto Juarez

Our Graphic 45 Guest Designer for this week is Alberto Juarez who is part of the 2013 Graphic 45 Design Team. You can see Alberto’s fabulous project below, but first, here is a little more about Alberto:

I’m a 26 year old guy from Spain. I have been scrapbooking for over four years. I discovered the scrapbook by chance – I wanted to make a special gift, a diary for a trip (I love travel) and that’s how I discovered the wonderful world of scrapbooking. My style is vintage, totally a classic vintage Victorian European style. I also enjoy working with bright colors, as in the vintage bright colors are perfect and of course there is no brand as Graphic 45 that offers all that. I’ve been on the Graphic 45 design team for 2 years and I’m also a Prima Marketing Educator – you can enjoy my workshops in Europe!

Graphic 45 Designer Project

For this project I wanted to make a box for storing memories of trips to the great fashion cities in the world; Paris, Milan, New York, Rome… I think it’s a perfect project for the collection “Couture” and a great way to save some precious memories!

We hope you have enjoyed this fun creation from Alberto. I would also like to extend a warm thank you to Alberto for sharing his fabulous project with us! Please take a minute to stop by Alberto’s blog and of course the Graphic 45 blog to check out all their amazing creations!

A Golden New Year

I am happy to welcome everyone, I’m sure not for the first time, to a wonderful New Year. There is something so promising and new about a brand new year. One of my favorite singers, Jill Scott has a song named Golden. And she sings about living your life, like it golden. I love that. There is so much to be thankful for and to appreciate in our lives. Not the least of these is the opportunity to craft and share crafting inspiration. This week, I am looking at the glowing glory of gold.

Julia calls this one dripping with gold. Aptly named, this card uses gold paper, gold painted chipboard, gold pen, and just when you thought there couldn’t be any more gold, golden glitter in a little jar! This card is magnificent.

Card by Julia Staton image courtesy of ellenhutson.com

Embossing is another lovely way to achieve a smooth gold coverage on a card or paper project. This card is a wonderful art deco inspired piece that uses background stamps as well as a face stamp to achieve a dramatic gold look. Layering the background stamps gives this one some depth as well.

Card by Jean Martin image courtesy of Stampin Scrapper

I just love the effect of gold embossing on vellum paper as well. And when it is lifted off of the card stock too, the floaty look is just whimsical and lovely. This card by Vanessa is just wonderful. Check out the colorful sequins she included in the middle of the vellum envelope she sewed.

Card by Vanessa Menhorn image courtesy of Wings of a butterfly

Another example of stellar embossing is this beauty from Donna. She pounced Versamark on the tip of her paper feather and embossed it and it looks so lovely. The concentrated color looks so rich, like it was dipped in gold.

Card by Donna Mikasa image courtesy of 3 umbrellas

This next awesome card is made using distressed ink as well as embossing powder. She mapped out a pattern using a stamp and created the golden lovely and embossed in gold for an even deeper golden contrast.

card by Taheerah Atchia photo courtesy of Fill the Paper with the breathings of your heart

Even if you are not into wet embossing, you can still achieve the metallic look. One option is to let the paper do the work. There are all types of glittery, shiny, golden and textual papers out there can add some sparkle to your projects. This gold leaf pattern paper really adds a nice accept to this page. ETA: When we originally posted this content, we had accidentally given credit to the wrong person for this layout. The credits have now been corrected. We sincerely apologize to Donna for this error.

Page layout by Donna Ong image courtesy of Pink Reptile Designs

Or how about this. Solid gold paper background and a gold patterned paper coupled with a die cut expression. It is clean and simple yet the color really makes a strong statement. I just love how the gold paper with the spots creates a horizon and the thanks goes on and on.

card by Lisa A. photo courtesy of I’m in Haven

Heidi’s card is just so celebratory it makes you want to grab a glass of bubbly. She created the bubble effect using a background die and awesome gold paper and a few sparsely placed sequins. Party on!

Card by Heidi Van Laar image courtesy of Van Laar Designs

When you use a color that is so saturated like metallic gold, you don’t have to use a lot of it to get a brilliant effect. You can see how lovely the craft paper looks against the peek of metallic paper behind it. The gold string and star are additional small touches of gold that tie in the whole look nicely.

Card by Lucy Librarian image courtesy of Lucy’s Crafty Cards

This lovely card was created with gold mist from Tattered Angels. Danielle Sprintzed a bit but got most of the gold color from painting it on with a paint brush. There is a lot of versatility in the color mists.

Card by Danielle Flanders image courtesy of Homespun with Heart

Don’t forget about washi tape too. There are many fun prints and a lot more metallics to choose from. This card from Caroline uses several to create a trendy diagonal look. To top it all off she used gold glitter Thickers to spell out hi.

Card by Caroline Hancock image courtesy of My Creative Place

I think this next card is just amazing and the gold effect was created roughly following an uninked letter press by doodling with a gold pen. I think this is so cool, I have to try it. Erin also did use some glitter paper as a background but the doodling steals the show for me.

Card by Erin Bassett photo courtesy of Creativite

These nautical themed notebooks use traditional gold leaf. While it is messier than gold foiling, the final look is outstanding.

Notebooks by Eunice and Sabrina photo courtesy of Hello Lucky

Either way you choose it, creating a golden paper project in 2014 can set the tone for a year that is so golden you’ll need shades.

I found some fun products below that you might want to check out too. So go ahead… make something pretty.

Golden paper

Gold sequins, Stickles and embossing powder

Spritz, ink and gold pens

Gold leafing

Mixed Media Monday: “Life is About Creating Yourself” Video Tutorial

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

Today’s page is called “Life Is About Creating Yourself” – shown below. You can watch a video tutorial HERE.

Featured Artist/Designer: Jennifer Roach

Today we’re thrilled to welcome – Jennifer Roach

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

My name is Jennifer and I live in Ontario, Canada with my husband and almost 4 year old daughter. I work full time in the Pharmaceutical Industry during the day and at night and whenever I get a free moment I like to spend time in my craft room!

I started out in paper crafting back in about 2002 when my Mom and I took a scrapbooking class together. A few years later I decided to give card making a try and it’s been my passion ever since. I’m the world’s slowest scrapbooker so the instant gratification of card making really won me over. Over the years I have used more and more stamping in my designs and I love learning and trying new techniques and styles.

I would probably define myself as a “scrappy stamper”. I *LOVE* patterned paper and most of my cards have lots of it with added layered on embellishments and textures.

I currently design for Purple Onion Designs and Your Next Stamp. I have been lucky to have many of my designs featured in many different card making and scrapbooking magazines over the years.

Designer Project

For my project today, I have used three of the season’s hottest trends: kraft, chevrons and a fox.

I stamped and coloured the fox image with my Copic markers. My four year old daughter is obsessed with Ylvis’s “What did the fox say” song so I thought it would make a great sentiment for the front of the card. Inside I will finish with the other part of the sentiment (e.g. Happy Birthday, Hello). I printed the sentiment on my computer onto a white sheet of paper and then put the kraft journaling box on top and printed a second time.

The background was stamped in beige ink with a dot backgrounder and then I just layered the card with a strip of embossed paper, another piece of chevron paper and some twine.

I hope you like my card today!

Supplies:
Stamps: Cedar the Fox from Purple Onion Designs, Swiss Dot Backgrounder from Purple Onion Designs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Sand, brown distress ink
Papers: My Mind’s Eye patterned paper, Neenah cardstock
Accessories: Mama Elephant die cut, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Copic Markers, Your Next Stamp blue Gumdrops embellishment, burlap twine, SNF Goody Font

We hope you have enjoyed the fun creation from Jennifer and we would also like to extend a warm thank you her for sharing this fabulous project with us! Please take a minute to stop by Jennifer’s Blog and see more of her beautiful work (and let her know we sent you).

Featured Artist/Designer: Leigh Penner

Today we’re thrilled to welcome Leigh Penner.

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

My name is Leigh Penner and I live in Morden, Manitoba, Canada with my husband of 17 years and our three children. I work as a substitute teacher, which I enjoy, because it allows me to work the same hours/days as my children as well as gives me days off to craft! I have been scrapbooking for over ten years now and started cardmaking and stamping about three years ago, when I purchased my first die cutting machine and some clear stamps online. I love both forms of paper crafting evenly and would have a hard time choosing between the two! I would describe my style as CAS & pretty, with stitching 99% of the time. I am currently on the following design teams: Reverse Confetti, CAS(E) this Sketch, Inspired Blueprints and the 10 Minute Craft Dash.

I post almost daily on my blog: To the Full. When I’m not stamping, I love to read, go for bike rides & watch movies with my kids. I am also a 2nd degree black belt in taekwondo and enjoy training three nights a week with my two youngest children. Thanks so much for having me as a featured designer on Paper Crafter’s Library, I hope you enjoy my card!For my card, I decided to use one of my current favourite techniques: stamping on vellum.

Here’s what I did:

I started with a panel of My Mind’s Eye patterned paper, which I layered over some Soft Stone cardstock.
I cut a strip of vellum, on which I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and heat embossed in brown Zing! embossing powder.
I stamped each heart in Versamark and then in a dye ink and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. *See note below.
I adhered the vellum panel to my card and added some stitching.
To finish off my card, I added three Soft Stone buttons and attached them with twine.

*I love being able to heat emboss on vellum with dye inks. All you have to do is press your stamp into Versamark first, before pressing it onto the dye ink pad. Then you can stamp onto the vellum and use clear embossing powder to set the colour.

For my project I used:

Stamps: Forever Fall (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: VersaMark ink (Tsukineko); Harvest Gold, Scarlet Jewel & Orange Zest dye inks (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Vellum, Soft Stone cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Cut ‘N Paste patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye)
Accessories: Soft Stone buttons, twine (Papertrey ink); Brown Zing! embossing powder (American Crafts)

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