I am delighted to be a guest designer at Inspired By Stamping! It is a wonderful stamp company along with a terrific challenge blog site, owned, operated and designed by the uber talented Joanna Munster. Shipping is easy and affordable, so check out her beautiful stamps.
To begin the New Year, she has presented us with a gorgeous photo inspiration and challenged us to create a card or project with these colors and image.
You know how sometimes, you just have to sit and think while staring at the inspiration? Not this time! I reached for a new die that I’ve been eager to work with and made three coordinating little match books, filled with handmade trinket pins to send as gifts to my crafty friends…
I cut all three from kraft colored card stock (in two sizes) and then had some great fun embellishing and filling these sweet little gifts…
I used paper scraps for each of these. This first one was out of plain lavender card stock, stamped with postal images and kraft ink…
Inside, a rectangle of wool felt holds a trio of trinket pins. I used corsage pins and end caps that I found at Michael’s, along with some resin blossoms I purchased on Etsy, followed by a random bead and then a #8 silver lined seed bead~Voila! A dab of ‘Best Ever Glue’ along the shaft of the pin and then I slid the beads over the glue..easy, right? I did make the little butterfly you see on the cover, but that will be a tutorial in another post…
The second project is covered in some printed paper, wrapped with some hand dyed bias tape, topped with another layer of cotton lace and a double bow. Another little tag on this one and a vintage resin bird, colored with some alcohol inks finish it off…
Inside are some more trinket pins, this time with some jeweled rondels between the round beads and resin flowers. They really are so pretty in real life~…
This last, slightly smaller matchbook is one of the two sizes the die produces. There are soooo many ideas I have for these little booklets! For this cover, I used some velvety leaves with two paper flowers and hand dyed bias tape tied around the top, along with a double bow, flower and little glass heart that dangles down onto the front. If it weren’t for time constraints, I would still be making variations of this project!
Hope it leaves you with some ideas and a desire to play in this challenge! I LOVE to see all the variations we all come up with, from the same inspiration!
Have a wonderful day and my best wishes for a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!
*Hugs* and blessings,
Rebecca
| Card stock | classic kraft | Papertrey Ink |
| lavender moon | “ | |
| Patterned papers | distressed blue | Basic Grey |
| green stripe | Stampin Up | |
| Stamps | background basics:postmarks | Papertrey Ink |
| tiny tags | “ | |
| tiny tags 2 | “ | |
| oval classic frames | “ | |
| heartfelt basics | “ | |
| oval classic frames | Waltzing Mouse | |
| Dye inks | classic kraft | Papertrey Ink |
| rich cocoa | Memento | |
| enchanted evening | Papertrey Ink | |
| lavender moon | “ | |
| Ribbon | seam binding | Hug Snug |
| Leaves | velvet heirloom rose leaves, sage | Prima |
| Flowers | cherry blossoms | Wild Orchid Crafts |
| Dies | matchbook set | Tim Holtz Alterations/Sizzix |
| tiny tags | Papertrey Ink | |
| Felt | ivory | ” |
| Bird | vintage resin | PaperPrimrose/Etsy |
| Buttons | slate blue | stash |
Hey there Rebecca, love the fabulous colours on your projects woww they are just great, thank you for sharing and I am very excited to be working alongside you. Have a Happy New Year too, hugs terry xxx
SOOOOOOOOO GORGEOUS gifts LOVE the pins too a very sweet gift!
Great idea will try and make some ……still have some beads from my bead/jewelry making hobby.
Hugs Holly.
I am excited to see you guesting with us, Rebecca! These little booklets are so sweet and have your beautiful attention to detail written all over them.
I just love these little gifts! They’re sweet and pretty and I may even be able to make some! Thank you so much for your great ideas!! I always love to see your new creations!
Thank you so much Rebecca for being our guest designer this week! We are so honored to have you! Your designs this week are just amazing! Wow! They are so beautiful! Thank you so much again! Hugs, J
Oh my goodness! Such loveliness, indeed! Fabulous projects to showcase those stunning pins! I’m in awe…just so sweet and gorgeous!
Gorgeous work Rebecca, I love how the kraft card makes the pretty papers look so good and I just adore the cute pins inside the cards, very sweet and thoughtful.
So glad to have you as a guest designer at IBSIC.
Thanks for sharing your work with us.
WOW, what some cute little packages, LOVE the pins inside!! Such a beautiful gift! Thanks for joining us as a GDT at Inspired By Stamping
Not only are these lovely creations in the purely aesthetic sense, but an excellent gift idea as well!!! Thanks so much for sharing.
Oh my goodness these are so beautiful!! I love the pins … really elegant and the matchbox covers are positively gorgeous!
Wow these are SO cute!!
Great idea, I think I may have to try one someday :O))
Hugs again Nina x
These are just precious! And oh the trinket pins – love them! Love that butterfly and look forward to seeing how you made it! Love it all!!!