Bikes, Bikes & More Bikes

Hi Friends,

A quick post today on a card made with a bike stamp.  I think it was made by Hero Arts.  This card was made in a quick card class.  Pretty simple....stamped the background, then the bike images on top of that.  Added gemstones to the center of the wheels, and a little sentiment "have a great day."  Makes a cute card for kids or anyone who loves bike riding.

Thanks for stopping by.  I'll be back soon with another card.  Until next time...

Book pages for Teri

Hi Friends,

A friend (Teri) who was in the Glitter Chicks group has moved to Florida.  One of the ladies suggested we make a book for Teri.  We each made two pages for the book.  Each page measures 6" x 8".

My first page is a Southwest page, because Teri lived in New Mexico.  I thought the chili image and the friendship sentiment would be nice for this page.  All stamps are by Stamp A Mania (SAM) Rubber Stamp Company.  The embossing powder on the chili border stamp is also by SAM, and is called Weathered Copper.  I just love that color of embossing powder.  I used SAM Detail Copper embossing powder on the sentiment.  It's kinda hard to see, but it says "Friendship is the Spice That Makes Everything Nice".   Punched out three geckos, stamped some SW designs on the background, and all done with that page.

The second page I did is a "beach" theme since Teri moved to Florida.   I wanted to use the cute little house mouse in the sand.  Colored the image with Copic markers, die cut the edges, and  used some stickers to the left of the image.  Stamped some bubbles, and seaweed on the background, and done with the second page.  The book will be bound by another Glitter Chick and mailed to Teri.  Hope she enjoys her book!

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time....

Why I named my blog "Piper's Paper Wings"

Hi Blog Friends,

I've been asked several times over the past couple of years (and a few just lately) why or how I came up with the name for my blog, so I thought I'd tell you the story....

        "Piper's Paper Wings"

About four years ago, we lost our sweet Welsh Terrier, Piper.  About the same time, I'd been thinking about starting a blog.  When I was trying to come up with a name for the blog, I said to hubby that I would like the blog name to include Piper's name.  After a lot of thinking, scribbling and tossing names back and forth between the two of us, "Piper's Paper Wings" won.  We rescued Piper from a family in Texas, who could no longer take care of her.

Here's a couple of my favorite photos of Piper....

This is my absolute favorite photo of our girl.  It was the first time she'd ever seen snow!  She really loved playing in the snow.

We have a new fur baby now.  Well, maybe not so new...... she's now 3 years old.  Her name is Zoe Blue.  I'll post some pics of her one of these days.  

Thanks for stopping by today, and taking the time to read about Piper's Paper Wings.  xo

Another Quickie....Brayering

Hello Friends,

Before I continue with some other cards, I'm slipping in one more brayered card.
I especially love the colors in the ink pad on this one.  You wouldn't think yellows and purples would go together, but I sure like them here.

I'll be back with another card soon.

Have a wonderful weekend!  Until next time....

All stamps by:  Stamp A Mania Rubber Stamp Co.
                         www.stampamania.com

Revisiting the "Brayering Technique"

Happy Weekend Friends!

I came across this card that I made some time back, and thought I'd post the "Brayering Technique" I used on it.  For some reason, brayering has never come easy to me, but this card turned out the way I think brayering should look.  lol

Mr. Mark, from Stamp A Mania stamps likes to tease me about the brayering technique.  If I can't do it so that it looks really good, I'm not happy, ask Mark.   I have to tell you, one year I got the flu when I was supposed to demo the brayering technique for Mark & Cynthia at stamp convention.  Dear Hubby said "I've watched you enough, I can do that, and I'll go to convention and demo!"  Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather....never thought I'd hear those words come out of his mouth.  He went, did the demo all day, and sold lots of product for Stamp A Mania.  Mark said the second day of convention, the ladies returned to the booth and kept asking "where's Randy?"  Oh my!

Anyway, here's the card.  Because the image takes up so much of the space, I left it pretty simple.  I added the decorative corners to the black card stock, and then finished it off with a little Stickles on the feathers.  

So ladies, get out those brayers and get going.  If you do any brayering, I'd love to see what you've done!

By the way.....I've been playing with some of the Stamp A Mania fabulous Embossing Powders.  I'll be posting a card soon.  If you want the BEST embossing powders ever, go to www.stampamania.com and take a look at all the wonderful colors they offer.  You won't be disappointed in the superior quality of their powders.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful weekend.  Until next time....

An ATC and a Card - Topic was "Metal"

Hi Friends,

Today I'm sharing an ATC and a card.  One of the women in our group wanted cards, not ATC's, so I was making her a card with the ATC I'd made.  It's pretty easy to incorporate an ATC into a card design.   Here's what I came up with for both.

The topic was "metal."  I used aluminum tape for my metal.  You can see where part of the tape came a apart a bit when I ran it thru the embossing folder.  It's okay tho.....not a biggie.  I suppose I could have gone and looked for mirror paper, but ran out of time.   I think that's what it's called.  Anyway, embossed the tape, punched out a turquoise butterfly with glitter paper, backed both the ATC and butterfly in black.
       

                                                                     Here's the ATC

Here's the card.  I used the same embossing folder for the turquoise paper, and found a piece of paper with some brown and turquoise swirly pattern.  So here's the card made with the ATC.   The card size is an A7 (5" x 7").  Kinda hard to tell in the picture.

Here's the card with the ATC

Thanks for stopping by today.  Until next time.....

A Get Well Card for Winnie

Happy Easter Blog Friends!

I didn't get an Easter card photographed in time to put on the blog today, but did find a bunny to post.

This is a card I made for my friend in New York City ..... Winnie.  Glad you're feeling much better these days, my friend.

The stamp is by Stampendous/House Mouse.  Love their stamps.  Colored up with Copics.  I used some scrap paper from my stash for the background.  The tiny "get well wishes" stamp is from SU, and I attached the words with tiny brads.  I punched the little flowers with a punch, and used another punch for the grass and leaves behind the flowers.  Tiny gems are in the center of the flowers.

Wishing you and yours a very Blessed Easter!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  Until next time.....