Shabby Notes

My passion for all things shabby chic has led me to a ning group called 2 Shabby Sisters.  This was one of the first swaps I joined there.  3x3 note cards, they needed to presented in a pretty way and have a string/ribbon for attachment.
I made a little box from the green card stock, and layered on paper and a butterfly from the Prima Prim Rose collection.  The flowers were from my stash... it wasn't quite as vivid as this.. I promise!! lol

But I was really happy with the closure.  I call this the manilla envelope style  I use a button with a shank, punch a hole so the shank can 'hide', but still it still allows the height needed for the pretty twine to wrap behind it.  The little beading on the end is a nice touch, too.

I made three of two different designs - this one is more green and I used papers from the same collection and added a little key a lot of gold heat embossing.

The second set of three in the little box is more pink and the tiny script is a Prima stamp.  I punched two butterflies and layered them to give a feeling of movement... topped off with tiny pearls and the coordinating lock from the keys on the other half of the set.

Here is both of them side by side - coordinated but not too matchy/matchy... I hope :)

All Corked Up

Your Paper Pantry has started a brand new swap group all about wines! I am having so much fun with it. Last month was the wine glass charms and this month was key chains made with corks. I love cork projects!! I have a lot of corks around the house and love an excuse to use them up.
These were a bit of a challenge for me. The examples I could find on line were too plain – so I did mine up a bit. ;)

Basically, I made a chunky charm using some wine themed charms from Oriental Trading and coordinating beads from who knows where. You shop there, too, right..
To affix the decoration to the cork we used small closed eye screws. I used one on top to add the charms and key ring and one on the bottom, where I added a really unique and wine specific bead/charm… just one, can you believe it! My key rings are not for everyday use… nope. These are for one key that you drop off at the neighbor to water your plants when you are out of town.
The tags, I think are really nice. I hope people can use them on a wine bottle on a gift maybe.
I started with a standard tag and a great sheet of Fiskars wine related stamps. In the corner I stamped the leaves and filled them in with my Copics – any excuse for practice, right?
I layered on a plain – yep, not decorated or altered at all, sheet of rich purple and tore the edge by leaves for interest. Next I cut a half circle and stamped a single leaf with TH tea dye all over it and inked it up. While I was at it, I inked the leaf corner and the top – which begged for some single leafs, too.
That looked a bit plain so I added the wine glass and ‘cheers’ and Copic’d the wine. I toyed with making it a red wine, but I didn’t have the right colors and I like how the golden hues are more muted. I had a great sheet of wine paper that I punched with the SU label punch and punched a cream and purple layer, too.
Finally, I thought some

bling was in order. A nice strip to accentuate the curve of circle – to me it looks like a ring left by a glass. A few on the leaves and some swirls so that purple isn’t so plain.
Three of these are on the way to Stacy and I can’t wait to get mine in return.
If you aren’t swapping at YPP – check it out. I love that the sign ups are all on the same day and they are all due the same day of the month. It makes it really nice to stay organized. Not to mention, the quality of the swaps is really outstanding.