DT Day: Guest Jocelyn

Hi! It’s Jocelyn Olson from Red Balloon Cards. I’m back again for my second month as one of the Guest Designers.

Today, I’m sharing a summery freestyle/collage card. i {heart} papers has such a great mix of supplies—it was easy to find various products to make a scrappy card. J

I started with stenciling White Embossing Paste on the background of the card. I wanted the circles to look like bubbles…I’m not sure that they do, but they are fun. J I hand-cut and layered papers from the awesome #Summer paper pack. I added a layer of linen vellum over the papers to lighten the look.

On the bike journaling card in the #Summer paper pack, I stamped the Technique Tuesday Classic Ali Edwards sentiment. Here’s a close-up:

I added a few details to the card, like the Essentials Enamel Dots, the Hello Sunshine Mixed Sequins, and some stitching and misting.

Thank so much for stopping by!

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DT Day: Vera

Hi everyone. Vera here. 

Today, I have a fun & cute mini card to share with you all. This time, I decided to play with some patterned paper and the cute chipmunk from Lawn Fawn Into The Woods set.

I cut the hexagon shape from the patterned paper from Simple Stories 24/7 6x6 paper pad as I only want to cover part of the card. The "hello" is also from the same paper pad. For extra detail, I covered the word with Wink of Stella Brush Glitter Marker (in clear).  In my opinion, a little shimmer never hurts. It just make things prettier. :)

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DT Day: Tracy

 Hiya IHP fans! It's Tracy sharing a fun and simple card I made for my brother's birthday. I CASE'd this card from the Paper Smooches blog from March.

I switched out the star cut-outs for clouds, used masculine colored cardstock, and a fun sentiment from Technique Tuesday. My card measures 5" square. I hope my brother likes it! Best Cloud Recipe Cardstock: MFT sweet tooth; vellum; metallic blue; PTI orange zest, spring moss Stamps: Technique Tuesday I Like You Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Hero Arts Butter Bar Accessories: Memory Box marshmallow clouds die, dimensionals

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National Scrapbooking Day 2014

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!  Enjoy!

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Welcome Guest Designer Gayatri!

Today we welcome a new guest designer, Gayatri Murali to IHP for the next two months.  Here's what she has to say about herself and her first project for us!  Now, give her a warm IHP welcome!

My name is Gayatri Murali also known as scrapawayg3 at various galleries.  I am a therapist by profession but chose to be a stay at home mom to my children.  I live in Perth, Australia with my husband, my son, daughter and my dog.  I have been papercrafting for past 10 years. My style is clean simple, bold and bright especially, graphic designs with a technique or two. Trends inspire me a lot. You can see a lot of trendy stuff on my cards. My Blog is called Handmade by G3.   My inspirations come from visiting blogs, going through magazine and Aha! Pinterest. I love Pinterest. I spend hours pinning. so if you like to see what I pin, here is my Pinterest Board http://pinterest.com/gayatri/ I am also active in social media links to which are there on my blog right side bar:)  

I am so thrilled to be the guest designer for the next two months here at i {heart} papers. Thanks so much for having me.

Today I am sharing with you a floral mother's day card. I am a stamper primarily. Stamping makes me happy especially creating my own background. That is what I have done with this card.

I have used the new floral Wplus9's stamp set called Spring Blooms to stamp my floral background. I love a building stamp set because I can then not only build my own flower cluster but also stamp them in different colours to make my own background. The colourful background creates a great impact. I let the background be the highlight of the card and so stamped the sentiment from Strictly Sentiment #4 also from Wplus9 on to a white card stock panel which I mounted on a piece of gold foil paper and adhered it to the card front on top of bunched up thread using foam adhesives.

To finish the card I have added some enamel dots which are the same colours used on the background. Then I also brushed the leaves and center of the flowers with Wink of Stella Clear Shimmer pen.

I decided to do the inside of the card.Here is the inside of the card.

I stamped the big flower cluster from the Spring Blooms stamp set and the sentiment from Strictly Sentiment #4 stamp set. I then brushed some shimmer using Wink of Stella pen on the leaves and center of the flowers. 

Hope you liked my clean and simple style mother's day card. Thanks for stopping by! I will see you with another card next week.

Regards

Gayatri

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DT Day: Lori

Hi, IHP fans! It’s Lori here today with a simple and cheery springtime design.

Hand lettering is such a hot trend right now and WPlus9’s new Hand Lettered Hello set is perfect for bringing that handwritten look into your designs. On this card, I stamped one of the set’s large “hello” sentiments in green pigment ink across a white panel, then, after a little going back and forth between all of the choices in the set, added the “a note to say” above it in the same green ink.

I added a bright pop of color to the card by cutting the panel just beneath the stamped sentiment. I edged the panel with a narrow strip of bright pink cardstock, then added a strip of bright rainbow striped paper from Doodlebug Design behind it. I added the remaining strip from the white panel at the bottom, then adhered the stamped panel to a green card base. A few yellow enamel dots add a final pop of color to the simple design.

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DT Day: Sarah

Hi IHP fans! Sarah popping in today, I hope you've been having a wonderful Easter!

Ask me what my favorite sentiment set, or floral stamp set is, and I'll need a few days to work it out! But ask me what my favorite masculine set is? EASY! The Man by Avery Elle. I LOVE this set. It's truly a must have!

 Today I've paired The Man with paper from the new Kelly Purkey collection for Basic Grey, Mon Ami. I really love the range of colors, and patterns in this pack. If you loved Persimmon (and I did!) you'll love this one too.

All my stamping was done with Memento Luxe inks. They are now my go-to inks for EVERYTHING and especially solid stamping like the banner and beer bottle. I've used Peanut Brittle and Espresso Truffle here. 

The pinked layer is Avery Elle's Pinked Ell-ements. I finished my card with a retro border, vellum circle to highlight my focal point, and some AWESOME woodgrain enamel dots. I'll be using these on all my masculine cards!

Thanks for stopping by today - if you find Masculine cards difficult, give The Man a try! 

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