Jute Heart Card by Tobi

Hello Tobi here.  Bold statements call for bold elements! Today I'm sharing a card made with a large Jute-twine heart that is so easy, I don't know why I haven't done it before! 

You will need:
Jute Twine

Matte Medium (I a local art store's generic brand)

1.  Wrap twine into a circle and tie the ends off. 

2.  Form a heart (or whatever shape... the twine is relatively stiff so it mostly kept it's shape

3.  paint on a generous amount of matte medium. 

4.  re-form the desired shape and allow to dry. (i used a couple of cups and a pincher tool to keep my twine from moving)

5.  once dry, pick away any glue-boogers! 

I adhered the heart to the card with white glue. 

I finished off the project with a big, bold sentiment from the Big Love Clear Stamp set. 

Thank you for stopping by today!

-post by Tobi Crawford

Christmas Joy Card by Jenn

Hi Friends, Jenn here to spread a little Christmas cheer! Today I thought it might be fun to get you thinking about Christmas. It is cold where I live and already I am thinking about package toppers and greeting cards.  If you start right now you can rid yourself of all the Holiday stress that no one needs in their life!

The card base for this card is 4 1/4 by 5 inches. I cut a piece of dark green cardstock for added color and pop. Then I cut piece of white cardstock just a smudge smaller than the card base...I just kinda eyeballed it. I am still really new when it comes to proper procedure.

 For this card I started by pulling out my old thrift store find hymnal. I pulled out a Christmas hymn (Hark the Harold) to cut some simple bunting shapes. I love the vintage look this simple little bunting adds to the card! If you don't have a hymnal I found multiple free clip art hymnal pages over on Pinterest. I wanted to create a little contrast between the bunting and cardstock and between the white cardstock and the dark green card base so I lightly inked the edges with a black pigment ink. 

In the bottom left corner I stamped the word 'Joy' from the big sentiments merry stamp set in Versafine clear ink then dusted it with gold embossing powder. 

Gold felt like the perfect Christmasy addition to the card. I really wanted to add a little stitching just because...so I created a few messy stitches in white. 

Next I pulled out my twines and picked a basic black and red, and added a simple tiny red bow. Adding a few stars really helped pull your eye around the page.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope I gave you a fun new inspirational way to use those gorgeous big stamps and rustic twine.

SRM Suplies Used:

Clear Stamp/ Big Merry, Jute Twine (Red), Bakers Twine (Charcoal)

Hooray... Happy Birthday Card by Jennifer

Hello! My name is Jennifer Powell and I am very excited to be one of the new faces on the design team. I am a busy stay at home momma to three kiddos and one very sweet little dog...oh and I can't forget my very understanding husband. Northwest Iowa is the place we have called home for the last eight years. I am a lover of all things coffee, Bible journaling, planning, homeschooling, and making my everyday life a little more beautiful and crafty. I am so looking forward to playing, posting and hopefully providing fun inspiration to get you all up and crafting!

Today I am sharing a birthday card.

I was inspired by the background plaid paper and knew right away I wanted to create a more rugged masculine card. I had these fun wooden star pieces that added to the woodsy feel I was trying to create. I stamped the 'Happy Birthday to you' in a very subtle black and embossed it to create texture. After stamping the word 'Hooray' on the banner in StazOn ink I thought it need just a small punch of color so in came the cute twine bow.

On the inside of the card I used the leftover pieces from the front background paper as well as a SRM birthday clear sticker  

I had so much fun using this Birthday Plans stamp on my card!  

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a crafty day!

SRM Sticker supplies used:

Jute Twine-Mint

Clear Planner Stamp/Birthday Plans

Back to School! (Already?) by Michele

It is hard to believe that back to school is right around the corner! Which means this gal right here is back to work soon! ;)  I used the new Fall Plans Clear Planner Stamp to create this card for my son. 

I stamped the checks  in a horizontal pattern.

I broke up the checks with my sentiment, the row of apples, and the glittery strips.  I used my Mini Misti to line my apples up.  (Otherwise they definitely would have looked wonky!)  I added black  jute at the top and 3 epoxy circles to balance the card.  

To create a bit more interest, I added glossy accents to each apple. I also used a white gel pen to add the highlight. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!!

Love One Another by Michele

Hey there crafty friends!  Michele here with a card today that uses a sentiment that truly speaks to me.  With all of the craziness in the world, I think loving one another seems a simple solution. ( I wish it were that easy!)

So here I am spreading the love to you my crafty friends!

I used SRM's Appropriately named, Love One Another set over a Smooshed water colored background. 

I stamped the little heart, colored it with Copic markers and fussy cut it.  I gave it a layer of glossy accents. Once it was dry, I added a few details using the Reminisce Gel Pen. I popped up the heart with crafty foam tape and adhered a few enamel dots and pink twine to finish off the card. 

Now go spread joy and kindness.... and love one another!! :)

Hello Coffee Card by Tenia

Happy day and hope all is well!! Tenia here showing y'all a card that I created with SRM goodness......CHECK IT!!!!

I created this card using Sticker Stitches/Christmas, Various Punched Pieces Scalloped Circles, Clear Stamp/Coffee Time and the Mint Jute Twine!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!!

Happy Graduation...Congrats! by Shelly

Hey y'all! Shelly, here! 

Today I'm sharing a fun graduation card and gift with you! 

I kept things pretty simple and straight forward. I stamped on my congrats using a green and dark blue ink. After, I added my happy graduation sticker, some wood veneer stars and a tiny touch of gold glitter paper on the side. Simple, yeah?!...

For my bag, I went with the same thing...simple. I added some dark blue twine and then stapled on my 'tags'. Which I used stickers for and just simply added them on black cardstock. That's it. Easy peasy, right?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

SRM Stickers supplies:

Take 2: Stickers By The Dozen - Graduation

BIG Congrats Clear Stamp

Solid Midnight Blue Twine

Patterned Bag

Birthday and Thank You Cards by Amber

Hello everyone! It's Amber here, I have two cards today to share using two different styles of clear sentiment stickers and a mini stamp from SRM's Just Believe clear stamp set. 

For my first card I used one of the extra large round Birthday sentiment from the Fancy Sentiment/Birthday sticker sheet, a little butterfly stamp from the Just Believe stamp set, and paired them with some patterned paper from Pink Paislee.

I created a cute little border around my sentiment with the little butterfly stamp. I stamped little butterfly image multiple times, along the two edges of my patterned paper and then onto some white cardstock. I fussy cut the butterflies out of the white cardstock, colored them, added some mini clear sequins to their wings, and adhered them right over the first set I stamped along the two edges of my patterned paper. 

For my second card I used one of the "Thank You" stickers from the Stickers By The Dozen/Thank You sticker sheet and paired it with some gray and yellow patterned paper from Close To My Heart. 

I created this fun over sized flower with some yellow cardstock and a gray brad. I die cut seven circles out of a piece of yellow cardstock, three large ones, two medium ones, and two little ones. Once I had all my circles die cut I wrinkled them up in my hands, unwrinkled them, stacked them from large to small, and added a little gray brad to the center of them to hold them in place. Once I had m brad in place you can wrinkle them a little more and form the flower they way you want. I added my finished flower to my yellow card base right next to my sentiment. 

SRM Sticker Supplies

Clear Stamp / Just Believe

Fancy Sentiment/Birthday

Stickers By The Dozen/Thank You

Hello Card & Gift Bag by Amber

Hello SRM Sticker fans! It's Amber here, today I have a fun colorful floral card and matching gift bag to share. 

I paired a "Hello" sentiment stamp, a fun mint polka dotted patterned bag, and a super cute clear white sentiment sticker from SRM with some stamps in my stash to create my card and matching gift bag.

I started my card by folding an A2 sized pink card base and die cutting two pierced rectangles out of some white cardstock. I set my pink card base aside and started my stamping. I randomly stamped my layered flower images in some colorful mini Tsukineko Inks and some mini metallic Encore Inks. Before adhering my stamped panel I laid it over my pink card base and traced around the inside die cut rectangle so I could see where to emboss my sentiment. I removed my stamped panel and set it aside to heat emboss my sentiment. Once my sentiment was heat embossed I adhered my stamped panel to my card base.

I thought it would be fun to create a matching gift bag to go along with my card so I pulled out a mint colored bag with a large polka dot pattern printed on it, added some white ribbon, and a two layer tag. I stamped the bottom tag to match my card and then layered a second tag die cut out of vellum over it. I added a white clear "Thanks" sticker to the middle of my vellum tag and then tied both tags to my gift bag with some white ribbon. 

SRM Sticker Supplies

Clear Stamp / BIG Hello

Mint Polka Dot Bag

We've Got Your Sticker/Thanks

SaveSave

Thank You Gift by Amber

Hello everyone! It's Amber here, today I'm sharing this cute little clear tote and watercolored/embossed tag I created. 

I started by assembling one of the Small 4"x 2"x 6" Clear Totes, which took about 2 seconds to assemble. These clear containers are super easy to fold up and assemble. You can find a variety of different shapes and sizes in the SRM Stickers shop HERE. Once my container was folded and assembled I filled it with some colorful gummy candy and set it aside to work on my tag.

I die cut a large tag out of some watercolor paper, stamped some flowers towards the bottom half of my tag, and masked them off so I could heat emboss the word Hello in clear embossing powder across the rest of my tag. After I had all my heat embossing done I started watercoloring my tag with some watercolor pencils. Once my tag was completely dry I attached it to my small clear tote with some pale pink ribbon and my little gift was complete.

SRM Supplies
Fancy Sentiment/Thanks
Big Hello Clear Stamp

Small Clear Tote: 4"x 2"x 6"

Marvy Color In Watercolor Twist Pencils-12 Piece Set

Happy Spring by Melanie

Spring is just around the corner. Melanie here today to share a mini-card set celebrating our upcoming season. It is my favorite time of the year! I love to see the shoots of my tulips and daffodils starting to come up in the beds.

I decided to play a bit for this card set by using the Marvy watercolor pencils and blender pen. It was a lot of fun to see how the colors turn from pencil stroke coloring to blended watercolor-look.

Choosing images from the Just Believe stamp set, I cut 2-1/2 inch squares of white cardstock to stamp three images three times each. Then I colored each image in a similar fashion. The image on the left is the first, unblended image. The middle image I used the blender pen. Then on the right images I used a little more color on the edges to add some dimension in the shading.

They look similar but the blending really helps smooth out the colors and the shading. I especially love how the pink flower turned out!

I added the "Spring has sprung" sentiment from the Express Yourself Easter sticker set. Then I combined the new jute twine with matching twine and tied them to the side of the colored card. After matting with foam adhesive, I adhered the images to a 3x3 inch card base.  If you like you could put these into a clear Mini Box from SRM!

Happy Spring!  Coming soon to neighborhoods near you!

St. Patty's Day Tubes by Samantha

Hello! Samantha here with you today. We love St. Patty's Day at our house. I have some Irish ancestry, so we make sure to do it up right. This year I thought it would be fun to use the SRM tubes to make some pot of gold and rainbow favors. 

When using the clear tubes, I always like to start off with some cute tags. I used the scalloped circles Punched Pieces in black, blue, and green to created my tags.  

I think the both sides of the tag should be equally cute, so I added a Happy St. Patty's Day to the front. On the back I either used the shamrock sticker from the Calendar Companion stickers, or I stamped a shamrock using the heart stamp from the Birthday Plans stamp set. 

For my rainbow tubes I used the long, narrow Magic Wand Tube. Skittles work really well in them! 7 of each color of Skittle will fill them up. 

For my pots of gold Tubes I added Rolos to the Mini Tubes. 7 Rolos will fill up these tubes perfectly. I thought they needed something more, so I added a little green Sticker Stitches Border sticker to the bottom. 

I finished up with attaching my tags with a little blue or green jute twine. Sláinte! and I hope you have a wonderful St. Patty's. 

Psalms 46:10 Hand Lettering by Tenia

Hey Y'all!!

Hope all is well!! Tenia here showing y'all a project that I created using SRM goodness.....CHECK IT!!!!

This project was VERY fun to make.....I actually made this for my Momma!!! Here are all of the SRM goodies that I used on the Bible Journaling project: Clear Stamp/Amazing Grace, Sticker Stitches/Black and Marvy Le Plume II Markers for my hand lettering!! I hope y'all likey and have a great day!!!!

Hello & Happy Holidays by Amber

Welcome to a special SRM Blog post for Christmas!  Our designers made so many wonderful Christmas projects, we wanted to share them with you right up until Christmas!   Today's post from Amber Rasmussen is sure to bring a little cheer! 

Hello everyone! It's Amber here, today I have a fun Christmas card and 4" x 4" kraft gift box to share. 

I started my card by folding an A2 sized  kraft card base and die cutting a pierced rectangle out of some white cardstock. I set my kraft card base aside and started working on my stamping. I randomly stamped my little Christmas images in some Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored them with some Spectrum Noir markers. I adhered my stamped panel to my kraft card base and added a white die cut label with a Happy Holidays sentiment sticker from SRM's Fancy Christmas Sentiment sticker sheet. 

The little tag I created to match my card was super easy to make. I die cut my tag out of some white cardstock, randomly stamped my little Christmas images, and colored them. Once I had all my images colored I added a white die cut label with the same Happy Holidays sentiment sticker I used for my card.

Of course I had to have something to add my matching tag to so I pulled out one of SRM Stickers 4" x 4" x 4" Kraft Boxes and started decorating it. Before assembling the gift box I took one of the Hello sentiment stamps from SRM's Big Hello clear stamp set and stamped it in black ink around all four edges and the top portion of my box. Once all my stamping was done I assembled the box, added my gift inside, tied some red twine around my gift box, and added my tag. That's it, super easy, right? 

SRM Sticker Supplies

Fancy Sentiment/Christmas

Kraft Box: 4"x 4"x 4"

Clear Stamp / BIG Hello

Red Jute Twine

Birthday Wishes by Amber

Hello everyone! It's Amber here, today I thought it would be fun to share this Birthday watercolor card set I created for a friend. 

I started by gathering all my supplies, cardstock, watercolor paper, stamps, stickers, watercolor pencils, embossing folder, thread, and sewing machine and started assembling my cards. I created four cards in total using the same layout for each one to save time.

I started with a plain white card base and adhered a pink piece of distressed, embossed, and stitched cardstock right to the center of my card front. For the focal point of my card I stamped this beautiful floral postage stamp from Penny Black that I've had setting in my collection waiting to be used for some time now onto some Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I cut the image out, distressed the edges and quickly water colored the entire image with some Marvy Watercolor pencil and a water brush. After my stamped image dried I adhered to my card front with some foam adhesive and attached my sentiment. I used the Birthday Wishes sticker from SRM's Fancy Sentiment/Birthday sheet and adhered it to the bottom left to complete my card front.

I thought it would be fun to dress up the envelopes included in my card set so I stamped all four of them to match my cards. I stamped each one with the fun border stamp and large Hello sentiment from SRM's Big Hello Clear Stamp in some lime green ink. 

Once I had all my cards assembled I put together a clear A2 Card Box from the SRM Stickers shop, filled it with some white tissue paper, and added all four of my cards and matching envelopes. For the outside of my clear container I used some burlap ribbon, lime green ribbon, and a matching tag. I used the same watercolor cardstock, stamp, and sentiment sticker that I used for my cards to create my gift tag. I hope you enjoyed my card set today. Thanks for visiting!

SRM Stickers Supplies

Clear Container- A2 Card Box - 4.5" x 1" x 5-7/8"

Fancy Sentiment/Birthday

Burlap Ribbon

Clear Stamp / BIG Hello

Marvy Watercolor Pencils