Enjoy a Little Garden Therapy

Hi all --

Today I'm featuring a delightful garden journal I created with a wonderful assortment of products from Canvas Corp Brands!

My journal is done in bright and vibrant shades of green -- perfect for a spring flower garden!

My inspiration started with the Canvas Corp Printed Cardboard - Flowers. The cardboard sheets come in 12 x 12 size and are the perfect weight for journals and mixed media projects. For my journal, I cut out two 4 x 4 panels.

Because I wanted to create a flower/garden themed journal, I also decided to use Canvas Corp The Watering Can: Garden Sayings on Ivory Paper as well as Canvas Corp Spring Showers: Spring Sayings on Ivory Paper. For the cover, I cut out the words "Enjoy a Little Garden Therapy."

I wanted to include some flowers on the cover so I spray misted paper flowers with the Tattered Angels - Simply Sheer Tangy Lime Glimmer Mist. When they dried I applied a coat of the new Tattered Angels Color Wash Faux Finish - White Wash. The white wash kept the integrity of the green, but softened the color beautifully!

Once I had my cover in place, I worked on the pages of my journal. I included a variety of spring-themed and garden messages and backed them onto paper that coordinated with my garden motif. 

Following are the pages I included. The lattice pattern reminded me so much of a garden fence.

This beautiful paper is from the newest Aga Baraniak Compose Your Life paper pack!!

The polka-dots are so cheery and definitely make me smile!

I also included pages done on kraft cardstock! The images were done in black ink from a couple of floral and decorative stamps that I have in my collection.

Once I had the pages assembled, I punched a hole in the upper left corner and tied them together with a piece of natural roping. I then cut a strip of fabric from the Green Canvas Sheet and threaded that through the corner opening.

I adorned the paper flowers with an ivory brad and adhered them to the cover with glue dots. I added a wooden flower embellishment to the upper corner for an extra decorative touch.

I just love the way this little journal turned out! The natural color of the cardboard contrasting with the vibrant green worked out so well.

Here is a list of materials I used for this project:

Canvas Corp Printed Cardboard - Flowers

Canvas Corp The Watering Can: Garden Sayings on Ivory Paper

Canvas Corp Spring Showers: Spring Sayings on Ivory Paper

Tattered Angels - Simply Sheer Tangy Lime Glimmer Mist

Tattered Angels Color Wash Faux Finish - White Wash

Canvas Corp Compose Your Life 12x12 Paper: Life is Really Beautiful

Canvas Corp Green and Ivory Lattice Paper

Canvas Corp Lime Green and White Dot Reverse Paper

Canvas Corp Canvas 12 x 12 Sheet - Green

Canvas Corp Cardstock Paper

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Beth

Sow Seeds of Kindness Card

Today I'm featuring a card I made that is so perfect for Spring!

I love this soft shade of pink against the black and white! It's really striking!

I started with a base of textured pink cardstock. To that, I added a panel of the beautiful Canvas Corp. paper, The Watering Can: Bikes and Baskets on Ivory.

I then added my message, "Sow Seeds of Kindness" which is cut out from a piece of paper from the Canvas Corp. In the Garden paper collection.

For my last step, I added a strip of the Canvas Corp. Burlap Fringe in Light Pink to the bottom of the card.

I then adorned the card with pink paper flowers and a dark grey paper butterfly.

What a lovely card for Spring! The message is truly sweet and the colors are so lovely!

Be sure to visit the Canvas Corp. Brands shop to see all of their great products for your creative endeavors!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Beth

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Smile Note Cards

Sometimes the most wonderful color and pattern combinations happen by pure accident. I was going through my collection of papers from Canvas Corp and while doing so found these three papers stacked on top of each other.

Wow -- I would never have thought to put these three papers together in a project, but something clicked and the result is a set of four little note cards.

This was actually a fairly easy project and I started by assembling all my materials and tools.

Materials:
Canvas Corp: Grunge Check Ivory and Green
Canvas Corp: Grey and Ivory Mini Dot Reverse
Canvas Corp: Black and Ivory Plaid
Black Ink (Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot)
Tombo Mono Permanent Adhesive

Tools:
Paper Cutter
Butterfly Punch (Fiskars)
Oval Punch (Fiskars)
Rubber stamp

I began by cutting out the base of each card using the Grunge Check Ivory and Green paper. The size is 3-3/4" x 5-1/2" (when folded measures 3-3/4" x 2-3/4"). The next step was to cut a 3" x 2" top panel from the Grey and Ivory Mini Dot Reverse paper. 

I stamped the "Smile" message on the back of a piece of the Grey and Ivory dot paper and then punched it out with my oval punch. I used my butterfly punch to punch out the figure from the Black and Ivory Plaid paper.

I easily assembled everything using my Tombo Mono Permanent Adhesive, which is my preferred adhesive.

I am so pleased with the way these note cards turned out. The color is very spring-like and they'd be a great way to say hello and make someone smile! They are now available in my Etsy shop, Pretty Byrd Designs.

Thanks for stopping by!

Beth

St. Patrick's Day Cards

Hi all!

In two days it will be March and that makes me happy for two reasons. First, Spring arrives ... yeah!!! That means the beginning of blooms and blossoms and the return of all things green, including St. Patrick's Day -- which is the second great reason!

With that in mind, I'm posting a couple of cards I created especially for that day. The paper I used for these cards is from the St. Paddy's Day Digital Paper Pack from Cornucopia Art Design on etsy.

The first was created with a panel of  "lucky" paper adhered to a white card. I added strips of both a patterned green ribbon and sparkly silver and white ribbon. The gold gemstones and sparkly white buttons add to the festive feel.

The next card features green and gold! The panel of striped paper is backed by a white card. Shamrock paper and gold mesh ribbon adorn the "Happy St. Patrick's Day" greeting. The sparkly gold brad coordinates with the gold ribbon ... and makes me think of the pot of gold waiting to be found!

My final creation is a set of four little note cards adorned with a charming shamrock on the front of each! I used my heart punch to make these delightful shamrock flowers ... using shamrock paper! I stamped a stem on each and added a gold gem stone to the center of each. Simple -- but so sweet!

I'm lovin' all this green and I hope you are too!

Thanks for stopping today. Be sure to visit Cornucopia Art Design!

Beth

Shabby Cats - Cards

Hi everyone!

Where I live we've moved from early spring to mid-summer this past week. The temps have really soared and everything is in full bloom! It's a gorgeous time of year and the colors of all the flowers and flowering trees are so pretty.

Today I'm featuring Ewe-N-Me Printable's Hang Tags - Shabby Cats on a couple of cards I created. The colors and images are so cheery and fun and perfect for this time of year. Each sheet will contain six different hang tags (three different designs).

I started with a white card and layered it with a panel of white and yellow polka-dotted paper. I added a strip of white and turquoise polka-dotted ribbon -- the polka dots are just so much fun!

I hand stamped the greeting "Hello Good Friend" on a white square and placed that on top of the ribbon. The hang tags were so easy to use -- simply print on white cardstock and cut out. The colors work perfectly with the yellow and turquoise theme.

The final touch was adding two fabric flowers -- I love how they coordinate so well with the color and theme of the hang tags! So springlike and cheery!

I had a lot of fun working with these delightful shabby cats! So glad you stopped by.

Be sure to check out the Ewe-N-Me Printables website here -- all tags, collage sheets and prim labels are only $1.00 now through May 20!!

Beth

New Cards

Hello friends!

I'm playing catch up today since I haven't posted in a while. I love this time of year, but it is also a busy time of year what with Mother's Day, Father's Day, graduations and weddings (just to name a few). Today I'd like to feature a couple of cards I've created for just such events.

Mother's Day

Father's Day

Graduation

Wedding or Engagement

I hope this gives you a little inspiration to create!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

What Happened to Spring

The calendar says it's Spring, but when I look out the window I see snow falling! And, the temperature dropped to 18-degrees last night! Easter is a week away, but it feels more like Thanksgiving or Christmas!

With that in mind, today is the perfect day to feature a couple of my bright and cheery creations and make believe that it's warm and sunny outside.

I love that gorgeous yellow flower!! The flowers were from the Blossoms set by Bo Bunny!

The green and yellow flowers are definitely a pick-me-up! Who wouldn't love to receive this greeting! 

Here's a little journal I made a while back. The colors are just perfect for this time of year! It would be a fun book to use to plan out this year's garden!

Any one of these items would be a great way to give a cheery hello!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Beth

Live Simply Card

Hello -- and welcome to the first week Spring!

Resolutions are always so popular at the beginning of the year. And here we are, months later. Has anyone kept up with their New Year's Resolutions? It's never too late to start fresh and what better time than the beginning of a new season.

That's why I love Ewe-N-Me Printables Live Simply Bookmarks. What a great reminder -- and isn't this image great?

I printed the downloadable on white cardstock and cut out one of the bookmarks to use on a greeting card.

I trimmed the image so that it would fit on my 4 x 5-1/2 size card. After gluing the image to a piece of lavender paper, I attached a strip of ivory lace trim and adhered to a white card.

I added a little wooden butterfly embellishment that I stamped with french script in black ink.

Isn't this little girl just delightful? In keeping with the theme, I kept this card simple. It was easy to create and I only needed a few embellishments.

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Be sure to visit the Ewe-N-Me Printables website here, for more wonderful downloadable images!

Beth

Kindness Matters Cards

Hi there!

Sunday was the start of Daylight Saving Time and for me that's a true sign that winter is over. It's definitely been a long, tough winter here and kindness sure has gone a long way in getting us through those cold and brutal days. That's why I selected Ewe-N-Me Printables Kindness Matters Hang Tags for the cards I'm featuring today.

There are four different images and you will receive two of each on one sheet. These downloadables are so easy -- just print and cut and ready to use!

The hang tags are cheery and lovely so I decided to keep my cards simple so the tags would really stand out. I used a kraft card as the base and layered that with a panel of light green paper. I added two strips of polka-dotted ribbon and then adhered the tag on top of that.

I added pink and black striped buttons to top of each tag and that was it!

This tag is my favorite!

Thanks for stopping by today. For more Ewe-N-Me Printables hand tags, please visit here.

See you next time!

Beth

Bring Flowers - Bookmarks

Happy Friday everyone!

It's time to start the weekend and a new month! I'm glad to say good-bye to February and winter. And, I'm looking forward to March and the return of spring and all it's beauty. Today I'm featuring bookmarks I made with Ewe-N-Me Printables Printable Bookmarks - Bring Flowers.

This downloadable is just gorgeous -- with the beautiful flowers and vintage sheet music background. There are four different images on a sheet and I printed out two sheets so that I could use the same image on the front and back of my bookmarks. All you have to do is print and cut -- so easy!

I punched a hole at the top of the bookmark so I could thread a piece of white lace trim through it. Unfortunately, doing so covers up the words "Bring Flowers" but the lace trim goes so well with the vintage look of these bookmarks.

I hand-stamped "just a note" on a scrap of white cardstock and attached that and a bit of black and white gingham ribbon to the bookmark. As a finishing touch, I added two clear beads -- I think they look like dewdrops that you'd find on a flower after a gentle rain shower.

For more downloadable bookmarks, please visit Ewe-N-Printables here.

Have a great weekend everyone -- and as always, thanks for visiting.

Beth

Mini Journal and Tag Set

Hello everyone!

We've had another blast of winter here and I'm eagerly awaiting spring. One sure sign that spring is not far off is when I hear the birds chirping in the morning. With that in mind, these tags, Antique Nests, from Deena at Ewe-N-Me Printables seemed the perfect project to work on today.

I love the soft imagery mixed with the touches of blue. There are three images and you will get two of each on a sheet.

I decided to create a mini journal with a matching tag  -- I used all three images to make three different sets.

I printed the downloadable onto white cardstock and cut out all six images. As you can see, I kept one tag intact, and cut off the top and bottom from the matching one to use on the journal.

I cut out blue paper to size (3-1/4 x 4-1/2 - for the front and back covers) and glued the bird nest image to the front cover. The edges are decorated with scraps of white lace ribbon and trim. I then finished my journal by embellishing it with little pearl beads and a rustic button.

For the tag, I backed it with the same blue paper (not shown), added an eyelet to the top and tied pieces of twine and white string through it. Then I added a matching button and pearls beads.

These antique nests are so sweet -- I can't wait for spring! Don't they make a lovely set? Maybe you know someone who is longing for spring and would enjoy these! 

For more lovely tags, please visit Deena's website here.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Beth