Paper Hearts Handmade greeting cards, invites & announcements.

Happy, happy, joy, joy

Julie Cameron — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:26:04 -0500

The main leaf image is from Blooming Button Bits and was stamped in Burnt Umber ink. I punched out some flowers in Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy and Taupe cardstock and added a medium brown rhinestone to the center. I placed everything on a light olive panel which I jazzed up a bit with my fancy corner punch. I tied some string and accented the colours with two strips of cardstock in dark brown and pure poppy. I embossed the background with a texture plate by Fiskars. Thanks for visiting.

Custom Cards: Pretty Pink Ballerina

Julie Cameron — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:53:40 -0500

Sorry I have been missing in action! Between school, my kids and orders I have been swamped the last week and haven't had any time to just create! (Going to take a little time this morning actually). Anyhow, I was asked to create a custom personalized first birthday card. The theme of this little one's birthday party is a ballerina party so she had to have a little card to match!

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Little Flower

Julie Cameron — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:41:09 -0500

For this card I stamped the background with Polka Dot Basics. The main image was created with Blooming Button Bits in Ripe Avocado ink. I punched out a flower with my Fiskars punch and accented it with a little glitter. The vase is by Quickutz which I jazzed up with the argyle type image from Take a Bough. The sentiment is also from Blooming Button Bits stamped in Noir ink.

Yesterday I went to Paula's class at Stamping Bella. I had lots of fun colouring (something I normally don't do). We only managed to get through one card in the two hours of class time! Yikes colouring takes a long time. If you are able to take Paula's class then I recommend that you do, her colouring is soo purty!

Thinking of You

Julie Cameron — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:44:44 -0500

I decided to participate in the clean and simple challenge on Split Coast Stampers this week and I cam up with this cheerful card. Topic is wishing for spring (I think this card says spring, don't you?) I started off with a lemon tart cardstock and stamped my favourite leaf image from Turning a new leaf in Sunflower ink. I then used the stems form with sympathy and masked the image to partially stamp it in Ripe Avocado ink on the embossed nesties square. I stamped the tiny little flower in sunflower ink and added a dot to the center with a brown pen. I punched out a tiny butterfly in dark chocolate cardstock and stamped the sentiment in burnt umber ink to tie in more of the brown from the main panel. Then I mounted the nesties with foam squares. Thanks for visiting and hope you have a lovely day.

DAD

Julie Cameron — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:52:47 -0500

For this card, I used some beautiful leaf stamps from a set by Stampendous (this set is called Fall Foilage). I chose earthy colours to stamp the leaves in (Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna and Bordering Blue). I stamped the images randomly and then used a copic marker (baby skin pink) to gives the leaves a slight shadow and to make the images pop. I inked the edges of the cardstock with Antique Linen (Distress ink) and added some stitching for texture. I stamped the Dad sentiment on a label by Quickutz and cut out one of the leaves to accent the main focal point. I finished it off by adding a flourish image and rounded the corners. Thanks for visiting.

Sweet Little Peas

Julie Cameron — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:46:59 -0500

I created these sweet little baby cards while playing around with Baby Button Bits (PTI). I haven't really had any time to create lately (I'm currently in school trying to finish up some schooling I started before) so I haven't had as much time to create as I would like. I used the sweet pea image and stamped it with a combo of Landscape/Ripe Avocado ink. I punched out three circles (1 sweet blush, 2 Spring Moss) added some inking and glued them together to create the "peas". I used my favourite background stamp from Polka Dot Basics (this is my mostly used set from PTI) to add a nice whimsy background. I added a strip of Ripe Avocado cardstock to tie in the greens and a darker shade of blue or pink cardstock for the bottom. Have a nice day and thanks for visiting!

Thank you trees

Julie Cameron — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:19:00 -0500

I created this card for PTI's Guest Start Stamper contest. I used my favourite tree image from the set and stamped it in Noir Black ink on vintage cream cardstock. I roughed up the edges with a distressor and glued it to a piece of Spring Moss cardstock. I then added four fancy corners I punched out with my Emagination Crafts punch and stamped the sentiment on a label punched from Vintage Cream cardstock with my Quickutz handtool. I attached the label with dimensional adhesive.

Pink Birthday Cupcake

Julie Cameron — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:33:02 -0500

For today's card I started off with two pieces of pink patterned paper. I chose a plaid and a dot and accented them with a dark brown scalloped border. The sentiment is stamped in Burnt Umber ink and I added some little details to the cupcake to make it stand out. I shaded each piece with some ink and then went over everything with some glitter to jazz it up a bit. Then I finished it off with a large raspberry rhinestone (too cute!). I finished the inside to match but added a flower to keep things "flat". Then I used a strip of matching paper to finish off the flap of the envelope. Thanks for visiting.

Floral Birthday

Julie Cameron — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:28:56 -0500

For this card, I started off with a piece of dark chocolate cardstock and stamped it with new canvas ink with the circles image from Polka Dot Basics. I punched out some flowers and leaves and accented them with a raspberry rhinestone and glued them to some scalloped circles. I attached the circles with dimensional adhesive and used my apron lace border punch to add a bit of frill to the card. Sentiment is from Damask Designs and stamped with Burnt Umber ink. Have a great day.

Hello from the heart

Julie Cameron — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:32:23 -0500

For this card I started with Piece of Cake and I stamped it on a piece of Ocean Tides cardstock with Water Lily Green ink. I used the same ink and stamped the circular image from Polka Dot Basics on a piece of Suede Brown Med cardstock (Prism). I masked the sentiment (Vintage Picnic Sentiments) to create the text on two line and leave room for a little stamping. I pulled out Turning a New Leaf to stamp the leaf images in Noir Black ink. I then accented the card with some flowers I punched and a soft yellow punched heart. Thanks for visiting.