Happy 25th Birthday!

Hello All!

It's Brithday Week in my blog - I have lots of friends whose birthday is in the month of October. SO that means, lots of birthday cards to make and presents to buy (or make.) I'm sure, I'm not the only one with this issue. LOL.

My close friend birthday is up and it's a special one - 25! woot-woot!

So this is what I made her - I love it ! and I'm sure she is going to love it too! 

I used some washi tape, cotton twine for the tiny pom-pom (isn't cute?!), and alpha stickers from the latest of Studio112. The '25' is from a die cut, I used silver foil card stock. The base design cardstock is from an American Crafts 6x6 pack. For a final touch, I added to sequence in there - just for fun!

So Happy Birthday my friends! And for the rest of you, I hope you enjoy your weekend - birthday or no birthday, make it a special one!

I hope this has inspired you to create beautiful things. Remember you can follow me via Pinterest, Twitter, Bloglovin, and Tumblr.

Best,

Rosie

Birthday Card!

Hello All!

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. It's October - so MANY BIRTHDAYS!! Two of my group of friends birthday are this month. I am excited to make them a card. If you are in a rut and need some inspiration for your friend's birthday card here is some inspiration.

I think it's a cute birthday card for any sophisticated girl. The paper is from American Crafts. The 'hey girl' is from Basic Gray. The felt flowers where embellishments that I received a long while ago as a present. The 'Happy Birthday' Stamp is from the Angel Company. The girl stamp (which reminds me of Audry Hepburn in the 'Roman Holiday') is from Prima.

This card was super fun to make - it took me a little while, but worth it! It was mailed and she loved it!! I am glad!

I hope this inspires you to make cards for your friends and love ones.

Kisses,

Rosie

At The Edge of the Earth Art Journal Page

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Still celebrating music week on my blog. This time it's an Art Journal page inspired by an AMAZING band. Their recent EP is beautiful and it has inspired me in so many ways.

The Art Journal Page -
The Song : The Edge of the Earth
The Artist: Switchfoot

Switchfoot is one of those bands that I grew up with - ever since I was old enough to have my own CD player (LOL) these kids have been on my playlist. They have a special place in my heart - I can't deny it. Their latest is an EP - kind of an extra or add-on to their current album, Fading West. If you have never heard of this band I say to you check them out! You've been missing out!

This page is composed of the song's lyrics - specially their ending chorus. I used the Golden High Flow Paint Pens (I am currently loving them - I am glad I saved enough to get a set!) to write the main verse of the lyrics.

There is currently no music video for this song, but an audio with the current EP album cover is up on YouTube.

Remember to support music artist by buying their music in your favorite digital music store : )

Kisses,

Rosie

A Song Inspired Card

Hello all!

What is that? I can't hear you, wait... let me lower the volume on my headphones. Well, the local fire department is celebrating Fire Prevention Week - so I decided to celebrate something completely irrelevant on the blog -- music week. This week's posts are music inspired. I love music! I think its art that inspires art! So, here's the first of two music inspired posts.

The Card -
The Song: A Sky Full of Stars
The Artist: Coldplay

Here we go...

I love the results of this card. I'm in love with this card. What did I use? Some cotton twine, a star puncher, gold foil card stock, letter stamps, and ink pad.

For the lyrics, I used embossing letters. Yep, I have an old set from memory makers. It is really easy to use. Yes, I could've used good old rubber stamps, but I didn't I want the words to have that 'old typewriter' feeling (my typewriter(s) is currently under restoration - it's going to take a while lol.)

So there you go - a music inspired card. A beautiful song that makes a great card.
Just a side note, if you use lyrics in a card remember to add who wrote the song in a little corner in the back of the card - they worked hard to make the song happen :) .

In case you've never heard of the song that inspired my card, here's the music video and dance on! woot - woot!

Kisses,

Rosie

Bicycles Are Cool !

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I love bicycles in the paper crafting world. They can be used for so many things from encouraging someone to keep peddling or 'enjoy the ride'. The bicycle is so universal - I think you can get away with using it almost anywhere.

The following are cards that where created for Cards for Hospitalized Kids. Can you spot the bicycles? lol

I love simple cards! As you can see - sometimes simple can mean so much for someone who has so much going on in their lives. For this card, I used a 'college font' stamp from Inkadinkado. Washi tape on top of washi  tape to make it more unique. Yes - I have a bicycle washi, it's actually from SCOTT! Love it!! For a some fun finishing touch, I added some gems in the bottom.

I have soo many bicycle stamps - it's not even funny! LOL! But I LOVE them! For this card I used a bicycle stamp from Studio G. The brave stamp from Studio G and some washi tape from Recollections. Aren't those arrows cute?

I hope this inspires you to create some cards today! Do you have a favorite stamp or washi? Leave a comment below.

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Kisses,

Rosie

Same Materials, Different Outcomes Cards

Hello All!

I hope all is well!

The goal of this post is to show that one does not need lots of materials in order to create different and beautiful cards. The following cards where created using less than five materials. I used an embossing folder, washi tape, a dollar stamp (which I LOVE), and ink pads.

This a simple cute little card. The clouds where created using an embossing folder and the Cuttlebug machine. The white around the cloud edges was created by lightly dabbing a white ink stamp pad. I added some encouragement at the bottom corner of the card by using a stamp from Studio G. I love washi tape, so I added one of my favorite polka-dotted washi.

I used the same materials for this card, but different outcomes - both cards beautiful, inspiring, and fun.

These cards where created for Cards for Hospitalized Kids.  I hope these cards  inspire you to create something beautiful for this wonderful organization or even for a friend that needs some encouraging boost.

Feel free to leave some comments below. Remember you can follow me via Pinteres, Twitter, Bloglovin, and Tumblr.

Best,

Rosie

Art Journal(ing) Life Away

Hello All !

Today, I want to share my other love. Art Journaling. I honestly don't remember when I officially started art journaling. I was that little girl who always carried a notebook with a little bag if supplies, which most of the time included coloring pencils, pens, scissors, tape, and a GameBoy. So yeah, it was way before the iPad and Pinterest LOL.

When Pinterest started and I received an invitation to join (remember that? lol) - Art journal pages was one of the first things I searched. I was very surprised of the amount of people who actually did art journaling. It made me happy to know that there where others expressing their feelings and thoughts through this mixed media art.  My favorite tip was/is the use bubble/packing paper to make paint circles - love that! (as you can see from the page above.)

As Pinterest grew, more and more peeps started posting their pages and ideas - it was/is awesome! I'm sure that sometimes it my seem overwhelming and we might start asking ourselves questions or have some doubt in our work, so my message (more like a reminder) to every one is the following:

You don't need an expensive notebook, expensive paints, or state of the art brushes. Art journaling is the expression of thoughts and imagination using the materials that you have in hand. Materials = anything you like. So please, don't let anyone tell you that you can or can't. You can always DO! This book is yours. This notebook equals YOU! Also, stop comparing your pages with others - you are unique so that means your pages will be unique. Everyone has their own way of doing art journaling.  All you need is you, your thoughts, and your imagination. So journal away!

I hope this post serves as inspiration to start that art journal or pick up that art journal.

Have a you started an art journal? What's your favorite thing about art journaling? Has social media changed the way you do art journaling? Leave your comments below! I would love to hear from you.

{All the images above are entries from some of my art journals.}

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Kisses,

Rosie