Welcome to Beautiful Moment Cards, a blog dedicated to the art of papercrafting...whether you enjoy memory keeping, have come for a boost of creativity or a dose of inspiration I encourage you to linger awhile, arouse your artistic side and then create your own masterpieces to touch the lives of friends and loved ones...but most of all celebrate Today's Beautiful Moments because all too quickly they become Tomorrow's Beautiful Memories!
Wow! A second post today...that never happens anymore! LOL
I hope you don't mind!
I'm back to share with you another creation I made using the stunning Mabel's Diary Collection by Ephemera's Vintage Garden! (This set is on sale for just a few more days, so don't let it slip through your fingers at the discounted pricing!)
I love to create 3D altered art projects using SVG files and my Silhouette Cameo. I had purchased one awhile back that I had been wanting to play with and finally decided that I would create it using the papers from the Mabel's Diary Collection! You may have seen a sneak peek of the pieces on Facebook or Instagram if you follow me a few weeks ago! Well, it's been done and sitting here just waiting to be photographed...but as you know life sometimes gets in the way! LOL
I've used only paper printed from the Mabel's Diary Collection for this project, including the single rose on the shoulder. I've stamped the rose image and die cut it using the Open Vintage Floret stamp and die by Heartfelt Creations.
Here's a closer look...
I love how this project turned out, and I will be setting it up as decor in my craft room which was recently redone!
When working with the gorgeous printables by Ephemera's Vintage Garden, I encourage you to think outside the box and use the papers and little bits and bobs to create more than just a journal. Remember that your scraps will make wonderful pieces to add to your premade planners, the print outs are wonderful for card sets, pocket letters and even stickers and stationery! (If you haven't seen my previous posts featuring the stationery and stickers, please see here! Also, I've created a vintage Valentine themed pocket letter using this collection that you can see here!)
The possibilities are endless!
I hope I've been of some inspiration today and that you will now have a multitude of crafty ideas swirling in your head for these printables! I'd love to hear what you think of the projects, so please feel free to leave a comment!
You may laugh, as I'm sure I'm probably the only one who would find this frustrating! LOL
I still enjoy the old fashioned art of writing letters and have several pen pals that I try to keep in contact with! Do you know how frustrating it is to try to find a stationery set in this day and age?
Our local office supply store carries nothing in the way of beautiful stationery, and once in awhile I manage to get lucky and score some at the local dollar store...but it's hard!
Well, while brainstorming about what new creative twist I could some up with for another design team project for Ephemera's Vintage Garden Mabel's Diary collection, I decided that I would soothe my frustrations by creating my own stationery and sticker set!
I got designing in my Silhouette program and I love the results that came forward!
Allow me to share...
I imported the images to my Silhouette designer studio program and traced and cut the images I wished to use on the stickers and stationery. Then I got playing around deciding on backgrounds and placements of all the design elements. If you're looking for a fantastic tutorial on creating stickers with your Silhouette Cameo, be sure to check out the blog Silhouette School! There is a wealth of knowledge on that site!
Here's a closer peek at the 5"x7" stationery paper...
I can hardly wait to write my first letter on this vintage inspired paper!
I do hope my pen pals will enjoy receiving my notes on this gorgeous ephemera inspired collection!
...and now for the stickers...
They turned out beautifully, and I even got the kiss cut to work on the Silhouette Cameo, something I've been having some trouble with as the depth settings needed to be adjusted...but I think I've got it now! I thought these stickers would be wonderful to decorate the envelopes I send as well as to use in my planner! (Stay tuned as I have a whole post and video coming about what I've done with my planner and the Mabel's Diary Collection shortly!)
Well, that's all for me today!
I do hope you've enjoyed the items I've created here and that I've inspired you to give this a try!
I'd love to hear your thoughts, so please feel free to leave me a comment!
Oh...and I should share...the Mabel's Diary Collection is on sale for just a few more days, so don't let it slip through your fingers at this great price!
I'm here to share with you today a design team project I've created showcasing the lovely Mabel's Diary by Ephemera's Vintage Garden. If you haven't already visited the beautiful digital collections of Debbie-Anne, you are missing out on some gorgeous nostalgic and vintage papers and ephemera!
And, the beauty is that you print them yourself at home!
The beautiful Mabel's Diary is configured to use as a planner, junk journal or diary type project.
That being said, I'm a little different than many of the design team as I love using these products for a wide variety of other creations....so, it's my job to try to inspire you to branch out a little and try something new with your printables.
My first project is a Vintage Valentine Pocket Letter.
I have a friend in Ontario who I love trading pocket letters with...and I thought it would be nice to surprise her with a Valentine themed letter...and as I paged through my Mabel's Diary print outs, I soon found that it had all the elements I was needing.
Allow me to take you on a little tour of my creation...and I've even included a quick video for you as well...(now don't be too harsh as I haven't done many videos in the past, but hope to become better at it and create more in the future.)
Let's begin...
As you can see, I've done a lot of fussy cutting in this project. I will be the first to admit that I love fussy cutting...I love to cut and fit pieces together, creating something beautiful! While you may be saying that this is only a pocket letter and won't have taken much time...I can assure you that I spent as much time on this piece as I do on a complex and detailed card.
Each of the cards in the pocket letter have had their edges inked with a VersaColor Pine Cone Ink to give them a further look of being aged. I've fussy cut elements from within the digital collection and adhered them to various cards within the pocket letter to add interest and detail. I've cut the image of the lady up in the corner to make sure that she could be assembled in two of the pockets so she would be standing in the background. I've used the same technique with the birds in the bottom, however the embellishing on the top of the pockets has hidden part of it.
I decided that I really wanted this pocket letter to have some dimension, so I've used pop dots on every piece you see adhered to the outside.
Here's a closer look at the top of the letter...(sorry it's not the best photo...the day I took these photos I just didn't have good lighting and for some reason the focus seems off.)
I've fussy cut all of the roses from the Mabel's Diary Collection. The two roses in the corner I've aged using Distress Inks - Vintage Photo and Antique Linen...and of course a little Pine Cone Ink. I've fussy cut the ribbon banners, as well as the sentiment from the collection as well. The cameo style sticker in the corner is a 3D sticker from a vintage assembly that I found at the Dollar Tree.
Moving along to the bottom of the pocket letter...
I chose one of the lovely ladies from the printables that looked like she was just waiting for her Valenine beau. I've aged her with a bit of ink as well and have fussy cut the heart shape beside her from one of the ephemera printables.
Now, the whole idea of a pocket letter is to correspond with a pen pal and to include a few gifts in the back of the pockets. I believe that the back of your pocket letter should always be as beautiful as the front. So, because I neglected to think about printing these pages double sided, I cut a second set of cards and adhered them with a good paper glue to one another.
The back looks like this...
Here's a peek at some of the gift ideas that I've included in this creation...
...some fussy cut ephemera pieces, some vintage style 3D stickers, a few flowers and pearls as well as some punched flower shapes created from scraps left over after cutting the pocket letter cards...
...a few tabs from the collection, more ephemera pieces, a small rose card also available in the collection...
So much fun to create and fill with goodies!
I've also included a video tour for you on my YouTube channel should you be interested!
I hope you've enjoyed your tour of my first Mabel's Diary project. There will be more released throughout the next month...so stay tuned! Also, be sure to stop by the Ephemera's Vintage Garden store where this collection is currently on sale for a limited time! I'd love to see how you choose to use this collection.
