Two Paper Divas Design Team Card 5/3/14

I am once again back in the groove and creating for Two Paper Divas.  The stamps used for this card are part of the Two Paper Divas Stamp Collections (www.twopaperdivas.com).  Please take the time and visit the site and enjoy the creations by Melissa and Gayla, owners of TPD, and also the cards by the other creative Design Team Members.  After selecting the card stock for this card, I used a leaf stencil and embossing paste by Studio 490 and Wendy Vecchi for the background.  A hint of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Meadow Green with an overlay of "sparkle" Sheer Shimmer by ImagineCrafts gives this background to begin to layer my Two Paper Divas fun!!  Glossy Accents were placed in notable spots along with a "Bee Brad" on one of the leaves.  Watch for me, "Cards by Carryn", on Two Paper Divas, Pinterest,  and Splitcoaststampers (you will find my cards under the name of Tiny Art Creations).  Enjoy!!

   

Spring of 2014

Well shame on ME......it has been a year since I have worked on my Blog!!  The year was so incredibly busy.  I helped my dear friend, Melissa Rodgers, open a Paper Crafting store on May 1, 2013 here in Pagosa Springs.  Just ask me if I had FUN??!!  But, by October and due to a number of circumstances, the store was closed but with a possibility that a new location might of been in the future.  In the meantime, a beautiful Assisted Living facility became available for my Mother to relocate to.  Then Christmas happen but no Cards were made to send to all of our family and friends!!  Hey, a girl can only do so much.  In January 2014, it was time once again to gather the ladies of Pagosa who have been coming to my Tuesday AM and PM classes and also my once a month Saturday ladies.  Week after week I have so much fun creating for them.

So, here is it, the End of April 2014  and I am ready to get my Blog full of pictures/some descriptions of the cards which fill my weekly classes.  So, I hope that you will enjoy what is to come on my Blog.

I also will be posting new creations from me of the Two Paper Divas stamp sets.  Being a Design Team member of TWO PAPER DIVAS......I must get cranking and produce or Melissa and Gayla (the originators of TPD) will throw me off the team.  OH......NO......Stay tuned!!!

Thanks for joining me ........I look forward to sharing with you some of my own creations and also those people I so enjoy in our creative world of Card Making and my interpretation of their work.

Card Classes from April 2, 2013

Cards from Classes on March 26, 2013

Cards Created for Classes on 3/19/13

This card (using Flower soft in a simple format) and the next three were prepared for my afternoon Class of ladies.  

The white lace is not actually lace.  It is a stamp  (from Gina K Designs) that has been stamped in white pigment ink, embossed with white embossing powder and then heat set.  I love this set of lace stamps.  When you do not have lace around....you make your own!!  The gems were colored to match using a copic marker on the clear gems.

Want to get together with these three and BRING ON THE WINE??!!   Love these ladies.  They are created from Bugaboo Digi Stamps.  I met this threesome when I was on one of my fellow TWO PAPER DIVAS (Tracie) Blog the other day.  I decided the gals in my class had to meet them.  There are several designs and just fun for a change from the serious side of cards.

The card has been accomplished using an embossing folder; gold embossed outline flower and sentiment.  The white lace look is actually a cut up piece of a dollie.  Nice to use scraps!!

These next four cards were created for my ladies who like the simplicity of cards.  Saves me from hearing that the card is toooo hard!

Love this checkered pop on the tree.  It is a Pebbles design element and it was a gift to me from my Mother for my Birthday.  She gave me a bag full of goodies which were purchased from my friend, Melissa Rodgers, store "Remember This Remember That" when she brought her store to Pagosa Springs.  Remember May 1, 2013, these sweet items will be able to be purchased in Pagosa's very own tiny shop, "Remember This".  I made the ribbons on this card because my sweet group of ladies tell me that they are bow challenged!!  Thanks Melissa for bringing this paper....too sweet!!  A fun purchase.

Just a fun Birthday card and very simple for the gals to have fun with.  Love the die.  Once again I used Glue n' Seal, my relatively new favorite, to attach it to the card.  I die cut two different papers (white and the teal) to produce this concept.  Now I can make a white with a teal center, which I saved. I chose the balloons (some shiny balloons) and gave different choices to the gals of cakes, hats, etc. It is fun to have choices in life.

The last card is so simple but some times they are the best.  I saw a video that Julie Ebersole with Ellen Hutson.com had created recently and decided that I needed to make one.  I have a small cloud punch but cut out clouds could be used.  The sequins are fun on this basic design.  See ya next time!!!




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Cards from my Classes week of 3/12/13

Loved some of the techniques that I had found through many sources (including my brain) and decided that my students needed to learn some of these.  When I have the time, I may come back to this posting and give some more information on the techniques/ products used here.  Enjoy!!  Now back to creating for this week's classes.......

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New Store Coming to Pagosa Springs

Melissa and Tim Rodgers, of Kansas,  proudly present "Remember This Remember That"  store opening on May 1, 2013 in Pagosa Springs, CO.  Yes, there is excitement in the air and soon I will gain back my Laundry Room wall for my personal Card Making Supplies (overflow)......All of the supplies for sale pictured in the last post will be boxed up and moved to their new HOME unless I sell it before hand!

Melissa and Rene (her trusty Manager of the Gardner, Ks. store) will join me to set up the Pagosa Branch of her store.  It will be fun to finally meet Rene, a very talented designer/paper crafter.  We are so fortunate to have met Carol, the owner of "The Artist Within", and because of a joint interest,  RTRT (Remember This Remember That) will become a Paper Crafting Store within her space.  We will be "tiny" but we will be "mighty" and we will listen to the needs of the Pagosa Paper Crafters and attempt to supply them with product and knowledge.  Operative word will be "attempt".

Melissa and I are burning up the email wires with pre-plans for RTRT - Pagosa.  What is really special is once again I will be working (as Manager of the Pagosa Springs store) with my friend and BOSS, Melissa Rodgers.  It cannot get any better than this and I thank her and Tim for this opportunity once again to be a part of this new adventure.  Stay tuned for updates regarding the NEW STORE and pictures will follow as the store takes on its development.  Boxes will begin arriving this week.....not sure if I can not "snoop" and see what goodies Melissa is picking out for the store.  I might have to take a picture if I "peek"!!!  Wanna See......