Rays of Love

A dear friend just gifted me a bunch of Valentine's Day-themed Washi tape and I'm having lots of fun using it.

I adhered the Washi directly onto a silvery cardstock and backed with with a lavender paper. The paper doily, originally white with gray dots, was inked with Amaryllis ink from Sweet Stamps. I stamped the sentiment in pink ink directly onto a pre-made pink tag, and attached it to the card with baker's twine. 

Inspiration:
Stampin' Royalty: Washi Tape
Share Joy Challenge: Sketch & CAS
Sweet Stamps: Anything Goes (+ SS ink)

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Red, Black, White & Love

I recently won a gift certificate to Latina Crafter for the Cornycopia challenge at Connie Can Crop, and of course I grabbed one of their cute Flogger sets, as this cute puppy reminds me of our black & white Schnauzers.

Here's another take on the same design. The watermarked stamp on the red is from another Latina Crafter set I got with my winnings. The Washi tapes are from my stash; notice how the banners overlap the base card. I had tons of fun making these!

Inspiration:
Chocolate Baroque Challenge #18 : Red, Black, White
Crafty Friends Challenge: Use something new (new stamps)

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Happy Scrappy New Year

We're not sure when my parents picked up the tradition -- probably when they moved to Spain -- but my family always rings in the New Year by eating 12 grapes, one for each toll of the New Year's bell, for good luck. I can't remember if we found our first plastic grape-holders at El Corte Inglés or Pryca, but they are some of our most precious possessions, and I think my folks still use theirs. I know where mine are...in the attic! I haven't really kept to the tradition since seedless grapes became the norm (because it's kind of cheating!), but I like to send my parents a grape-themed New Year's card (Um, Mom, if you're reading this, it will be in the mail tomorrow!) This year, I broke out my bag of Washi tape:

I used some white scrap paper to adhere the Washi tape and punched out the circle with a punch, and stuck them to the card with pop dots. I used 12 circles to represent the 12 grapes, and topped it with a leaf-shaped brad.

Using baker's twine and Glossy Accents, I made the vine spell out "2014". The sentiment is from a Dilo En Español set, and was heat-embossed in a shiny green powder (Stampendous). I added some decorative tapes as a banner, and made a hand-drawn border with a PITT pen.

I sure had fun making this, and am looking forward to a new crafty year!

Sketch Saturday #290

Inspiration/Challenges:
C.R.A.F.T. #239;: New Year/New Beginnings
Cuttin & Stampin Challenge #52: Use Something New (the lacey tape and camera-themed Washi tapes are new)
Opus Gluei #173: Leftovers (used scrap paper for the washi tape pieces and the yellow background is literally "leftover" from an old project)
Perfectly Rustics: Washi Tape
Sketch Saturday: Sketch #290
The Crazy Challenge: Celebrate the new year
Twisted Tuesday: New Beginnings (New Year) + Twist: Use something new (the lacey tape and camera-themed Washi tapes are new)

Update: This was chosen as the Winner/Top Pick for Perfectly Rustics' Washi Tape Challenge. What an honor, thank you! I'm so glad I was inspired by the challenge, I never would have thought of these Washi Tape grapes without it!

Thank you for visiting and best wishes for 2014,