Song In My Heart!

What makes your heart sing? Precious grandbabies make my heart sing and what a song they leave on my heart! I picked up two pink frames while holiday shopping last year and they've set on my desk ever since. We've recently welcomed two beautiful baby girls into our family and I wanted to embellish the frames in some way before I gifted them! (The baby in the frame IS the pic that came with the frame, NOT my grandbaby!) JustRite's NEW Song In My Heart set is pictured above. I love the blessings sentiment, it perfectly expresses how the grandbabies touch my life! It's a JustRite Original Oval set featuring 4 Designer Centers with 4 borders. The oval 2 1/4" x 3 1/16" block is used with these images. Prima Flowers and Silk Ribbon found HERE, at The Stamp Simply RIBBON STORE! I shaded the edges of my stamped white cardstock with Tim Holtz Tattered Rose ink. The oval border is stamped with the rose ink too on a blush colored cardstock. LOVE the look of that silk ribbon threading the buttons!

Take a look at the JustRite designers who have some Song in my Heart inspiration for you!

JustRite Inspiration BLOG

Sharon Harnist

Angela Barkhouse

Kathy Jones

Stephanie Kraft

Sankari Wegman

Kazan Clark

Michele Kovack

Barb Schram (that's me!)

I think this project fits nicely over at The Shappy Tea Room challenge #50 this week! The challenge is to use button and bows on your creation! The Shabby Tea Room always has such wonderful and inspiring entries to view each week as a result of their weekly challenges! Go take a look, I think you'll agree! Have a great weekend and Take Good Care!

STAMPS: Song in my Heart (JustRite Stampers)

INK: StazOn Black, Tim Holtz Tattered Rose & Old Paper Distress (Joan's Gardens)

PAPER: Stampers Select White (Papertreyink), Blush (SU)

DIES/PUNCHES: Large Classic Oval Dies #3 & #4, Labels Six #4

OTHER: Purchased Frames (Younkers), Spring Mix Buttons (Papertreyink), Silk Ribbons & Prima Flowers (The Stamp Simply RIBBON Store), Adhesives

A Shabby Tea Room Happy Birthday!

A 4" x 4" Happy Birthday card for this weeks Shabby Tea Room #16, challenge! HERE are all the Popsicles & Pinwheels challenge details! For my card, I chose to use Cosmo Cricket Delovey papers, the colors captured the challenge colors perfectly!

The Happy Birthday sentiment can be found in JustRite's, Barouque Nested Frames. The beauty of these newer nested sets is you can pull out the sentiment, use the sentiment with one or both frames, or use the frames alone! I know, I've said it before, the JustRite possibilities are endless! Closeup of the stitching detail down the middle of the twill. I used a larger stitch and pulled at each end to gather. Been wanting to try this, and the twill is perfect in weight and sturdy to hold it's shape. The little pearls stickers that outline the circle are a dollar store find. They are all connected, so it made placement a snap! And another angle of the card! I just smile looking at these beautiful colors! A side note about the sentiment banner, I found THIS IDEA intriguing, and wondered how some designers created what appears like another size die cut. I kept looking at my dies, wondering if I was using them properly! LOL So, that is how I got the perfect cut frame for my Happy Birthday banner!

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Hope you are having a terrific Tuesday! A little shopping today is my plan! Haven't been doing much of that this year since the broken ankle! We'll see how it goes! Take good care, thanks so much for stopping by!

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STAMPS: JustRite (JB09200) Baroque Nested Frames

PAPER: GinaK white, Cosmo Cricket Delovely (Joan's Gardens)

INK: StazOn Black, Memento

DIES/PUNCHES: Spellbinders Labels Trio #2, Classic Circles( Large & Small) #5, Big Scallop Border, Flower Creations Die

OTHER: Sheer Polka dot ribbon (Stamp Simply Store), Twill (Stamp Simply Ribbon), Kaiser adhesive pearls, Mark Richards pearl stickers, TomBow Mono Multi Glue, Glue Glider Adhesive (Joan's Gardens), Kassies Brocade embossing folder (Joan's Gardens), Sewing machine

A Polka Dot Tea Party!

Sharon Johnson, of The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store is sponsoring the challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room this week. She is offering a wonderful prize package! All details on how to win is HERE. This tea party set is the inspiration! And what an inspiration it is, whether using the polka dots, or a tea party theme, this will help get those creative juices flowing!

And here is the yummy kit, Sharon is offering! This kit features October Afternoon's paper, The Thrift Shop along with all that gorgeous ribbon!

And a close up of my super simple card! All paper is from October Afternoon's Ducks in a Row. I cut the letters from on of the pages to create my sentiment, as well as punching 4 circles to create my shabby flower. The paper ruffle is a strip of polka dot paper crunched, gathered, and secured with scor tape. Sheer ribbon is found at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Several of The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store Design Team members are playing along with The Shabby Tea Room challenge. Go check The Shabby Tea Room out, along with these super talented designers! Have a marvelous Monday and take good care!

Sharon Johnson, No Time To Stamp

Michelle Woerner, Stop and Stamp the Roses

Sherry Cheever, Walkin' On The Bad Side

Deb Saaranen, Dream in Color