Stamped Post-It Note Holders

In my house I have two crafting rooms.  One is for sewing and the other one is for my stamping and paper projects.  And I'm always torn between my two loves.  :)

This week I made some Post-It Note holders in my stamping room.  For these pretty purples ones, I used Perennial Lavender designer papers and some punched out flowers from Petal Park stamp set.  These flowers are a quick and easy go-to because the flowers stamp three at a time and then have a punch.  So you can make them fast without using the Big Shot machine.

I'm pretty involved in my church and I often have the Bible study ladies over for dinner or a crafting night.  They like to buy things from my Shop and always ask for cards and small projects with Scriptures on them.  So I made these as part of my Faith Collection, that contains some of my crafts with a a more inspirational feel to them.

Here are some note pads made with the lovely Charming Day papers.  They coordinate with the cards that I made a couple of weeks ago.  And there's even a small inspirational block in the photo.

I love making multiples of things and then displaying them in my little Shop.  But they don't stay there for long - they're big sellers and sell out quickly.  Maybe someday I will open up my Etsy shop again, but I can't make things fast enough.  

 

Painted Lavender Cards

This week I was playing around with the Painted Lavender Bundle of products in the Stampin Up mini catalog.  I'm not really much of a "purple" girl, but I love lavender and the soft papers that come with this set.  

For my first card, I cut out an arch using the dies from the Garden Meadow suite.  I love how it almost looks like you're peeking into a garden.  I used Lost Lagoon cardstock, added a piece of the designer papers and put the arch on my card using dimensionals to give it a lift.

I stamped some butterflies and cut out some springs using the Painted Lavender dies.  Then I added a saying and a piece of the linen thread to complete my card.  

It has a soft flowery look to it and that's just what I was going for.  :)

For my next card, I used the negative space that the arch die cuts for the front of my card.  I put a piece of the desinger paper behind it and added the arch portion to the card with dimensionals.  Before I added it to the card, I ran it through the Cut & Emboss machine using an embossing folder to make it resemble a stone wall.

There are sprigs and butterflies on this card, too.  The saying is from Notes of Nature stamp set.  I saw this idea on Pinterest from Robin Daus.

My third card has some of the lavender images stamped and cut out on it.  I used the Scallop Contour rectangle die to add the flowers onto.  I stamped the green leaf stamp on the scalloped white piece before I added some sprigs and flowers.

This is pretty much the same card, only I used a different piece of the designer papers for the front of the card.  Instead of 3 stamped lavender flowers, I only put one on it.  What a beautiful set this is.  I would love to make some more things with it.