Paper Pieced Redbird

Saturday...Saturday...Saturday

Saturday...Saturday...Saturday

Can you hear Elton John? (He's in my head as I type this)

Anyway...

Paper piecing with Vintage stamps is not only fun, it's interesting and the results can be surprisingly energizing!

I have a TON of old CTMH paper. Seeing I am frugal (or as I tend to say more often, cheap), I have to use it up before I can purchase new packs...and I WANT new SU paper to match my ink collection I am purchasing through my club with MsMyra (Hi Myra!).

Why SU! cs? To do the COOL color challenges on KWerner's Blog. LOVE HER!

Once again, using what I have, I used discontinued CTMH Majestic Mountain ink. It's not as harsh as black, and I believe makes for a better vintage look.

The birds are vintage B&T from CTMH in Holiday Red. I used CTMH Giddy Up paper which looks sort of like a window screen to me.

The stamps are Crafty Secrets' Bird Notes set. Aren't they cute?

So thank-you, Beate Johns for the remembrance of paper piecing...not a new idea, but the replay is very satisfying.

~Bev

Vintage Flatware

I am so new to challenges, and I am trying my hand at taking pictures of my cards and scanning.

Sorry, as I am still learning. It's a bit frustrating...I will conquer this!

Anyway, I love these vintage stamps. They are Crafty Secret's Kitchen Classic set.

The sentiment is a See D's stamp, from their Thank-you For set.

This is for the challenge, SC178.

I random stamped the background using old CTMH inks I have...Majestic Mountain (a REALLY old color), Hollyhock and Fawn.

I chalked over the images and erased around some of them to look like vintage fabric.

Sanded the CS and layered the flatware images.

Used a glue dot to attach the ribbon.

thank-you, thank-you, thank-you

I love free stuff, don't you ?

This stamp, "From the Garden," was one of my hostess gifts from the Stampin' Up! club I belong to.

To make these cards, I used the Spotlight Technique. The paper is CTMH Hollyhock, and so is the ink. I made 10 cards by stamping the image on white a couple of times and slicing it up.

The Thank-you's are my handwriting in white gel pen.

White brads finish each card, and I placed them is various positions to balance the white spotlight strip.

My Newest New

Whenever I start something new I wonder how long it will be until I will want to start something ELSE new!

This is my NEWEST new...my blog. This is a place where I will share like so many others have before me.

Some blogs are boring. Some are so cool, I have to visit them every day...I just HAVE to!

So welcome. I enjoy making new friends. I hope you will be one of them.

~Bev