March 31, 2009

Welcome to our blog!

After many hours of plotting and planning, we've finally taken the plunge into the world of blogging. First, let us introduce ourselves. We are Peggy and Connie, aka the "Craft Junkies." While many people think we are sisters by birth, we're really only related through our love of crafting and, thus, just wannabes. As craft teachers and designers for Verses Rubber Stamps, we've had numerous requests to share some of our ideas, techniques and card creations on the web and today we are finally giving birth to our very own blog. We will be starting off slow until we get the hang of this blog world stuff but will at least post on a weekly basis. For our inaugural blog, we're going to share with you one of the cards we designed for Verses Rubber Stamps "stamp of the month" program. We hope you enjoy our blog and will visit often. And,
don't forget to tell your friends about it!


Stamps: "Happy Memories" by Verses Rubber Stamps
Inks: Adirondack eggplant dye ink
Cardstock: double-sided cardstock in light/dark lavender; white
Other: glitter glue, ribbon, border punch, decorative scissors, heart punch


Instructions:
  • Create top fold card from cardstock; trim 1" from bottom front edge using cloud scissors
  • Trim all edges of strip of lavender cardstock with decorative scissors and adhere to center of card front
  • Punch strip of lavender cardstock with ribbon slots and weave ribbon through openings; attach to top of card front
  • Stamp verse on white cardstock and punch out heart shape; edge with eggplant ink and adhere over center strip
  • Add glitter glue accents to scallops at bottom of card front