Love is in the Air

Happy Monday friends! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and a lovely Mother's Day.

There are so many special holidays and occasions this time of the year. Is there anything lovelier than a beautiful spring wedding? The gorgeous colors and flowers of the season are perfect for romance and new beginnings. Today I'm featuring a wedding card I created using Deena's Love is in the Air Cocoa/Treat Envelope.

The combination of pink and brown, the beautiful birds and iconic Eiffel Tower simply embody love and romance!

I printed the envelope on white cardstock and cut out the front of the envelope, minus the flaps. I adhered it to this great kraft paper card from 7Gypsies that has a panel of canvas already stitched to the front. A real bonus for me since, alas, I don't sew!!!

I love the pink and brown image against the natural colors of the card and canvas. Once that was done, I glued a piece of white trim to the top of the image to add to the romantic feeling. I stamped a wooden butterfly embellishment with vintage script in brown ink and then added three seed pearls. It fit so nicely in the bottom corner.

This card was so simple to make, yet looks so elegant and lovely.While it makes a great wedding card, it would be perfect for an anniversary, engagement or even Valentine's Day.

I'm so glad you stopped by today and hope you will visit the Ewe-N-Me Printables website here for lots of creative ideas for your projects this Spring!

Beth

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Mother's Day Cards with an Old-Fashioned Flair

Happy Monday everyone!

Mother's Day is such a perfect day to pay tribute to moms everywhere -- with beautiful spring colors, gorgeous flowers and all things feminine! Today I'm featuring a couple of cards I made from Deena's Cocoa/Treat Envelope - Mom that really captures the essence of Mother's Day.

I printed this downloadable on white cardstock and then cut out the front and back of the envelope to use them on my cards. I love the colors in this downloadable -- so soft and pretty.

One of my goals this year was to make better use of my craft room supplies. I have a large supply of fabric squares that were given to me, and because I don't sew it's been a challenge to make use of them. Well today's cards presented the perfect opportunity to do so. This image is amazing without much embellishment but it looks great with the fabric square background. I simply stapled the fabric to a piece of cardboard and then glued that to the card. I then adhered the image onto the fabric panel and decorated it with a metallic embellishment.

I did the same with the second image and added a flower and "Happy Mother's Day" tag. I think the patterned fabric gives these cards an old-fashioned flair which is so sweet and charming for Mother's Day.

While I didn't use this downloadable as an envelope, I like the versatility of it. And, with one downloadable, I was able to make two cards!

I hope I've given you some inspiration when it comes to working with downloadable images. Please visit the Ewe-N-Me Printables website for this and more great images.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Beth

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Have You Seen The New Printables?

Have you seen the most recent printables? Here's a quick look... these were added to Ewe-N-Me Printables on Saturday 11/22/14. You can stay up to date with all of the new printables by subscribing to the mailing list.

Keep watching... there will be LOTS more to come.

Elegant Christmas Tag

Hi! It's Gracie posting today. I have a Christmas tag to share with you today. To make it I used Ewe-N-Me's Cocoa/Treat Envelope - Holiday Kris 101. I love that vintage Santa image so I had to frame it and make an elegant tag.

I printed the Holiday Kris 101 file and die cut the Santa using a frame die with a delicate border. Then I added glitter glue to the Christmas tree on the image, trying not to wet the paper too much.

I die cut a second frame from metallic embossed cardstock in cream, which matched the image nicely. I mounted the Santa image to the metallic die cut and then added a white cardstock label on the back too, to add a message.

This framed Santa would certainly look great on a card too! I invite you to experiment with this lovely vintage file and find out what you can come up with!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Thanksgiving Greetings Cocoa Envelope

Happy Wednesday!

We're expecting a bit of snow today so what could be better than to snuggle up with a good book and a mug of hot cocoa! With that in mind, today I'm featuring a tutorial for Cocoa/Treat Envelope - Thanksgiving Greetings.

The downloadable comes with both the image and an instruction page. It's super easy and image is just gorgeous.

I printed it out on an 8.5"x 11" piece of white cardstock.

I cut out the image and scored the areas where you need to fold.

After folding the flaps in, I used double-sided tape to attach the front and back panels together.

These packets are just lovely, aren't they! They'd make great gifts for co-workers or friends!!

For more downloadable cocoa/treat envelopes, visit the Ewe-N-Me Website here.

Enjoy the fall season everyone! Thanks for stopping by!

Beth

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Delicate Note Card

Hello, it's Gracie here. Have you been to the store lately? Lots of new designs have been added and of course I have to share some with you today. 

Deena Davis, owner and designer of Ewe-N-Me Printables, and I collaborated to create a beautiful set: Gift Box and Tea Envelopes - Vintage Roses, that matches my latest paper pack release: Keys & Roses. 

This set includes two different templates, a cube box and tea bags that fit perfectly inside. The box of course, is so versatile that it can be used for many other projects besides a tea box. You can also find both templates sold separately: Printable Gift Box - Vintage Roses and Tea Bag Envelope - Vintage Roses.

I have a very special project I made using this set, but you'll have to wait to see it. So stay tuned and come back on the last week of August to see what I created. This project will also be featured at the Craft Hoarders Anonymous' blog (yay!).

Other beautiful new products available now at Ewe-N-Me Printables are Cocoa/Treat Envelope - Victorian Floral and Small Note Card and Envelope with Hang Tags - Victorian Floral. Today I will be using both sets to make a delicate note card with a matching envelope.

These digital designs are so well made and so detailed, all you need to do is cut. They already come distressed for you and as you can see they even have some little borders, which makes it easy to use for making cards or gift envelopes. 

For today's project I started off by printing the templates on white linen cardstock. I printed two note cards from Small Note Card and Envelope with Hang Tags - Victorian Floral. I used the second print to die cut an oval and do a simple decoupage layer on the front of the card. I added a piece of gross grain ribbon in soft pink across the front of the card (horizontally) beneath the die cut and the card base and embellished it's corners with Baby Pearls - LeCreme. I also added a little glitter glue to the center of the large flowers on the oval die cut that gives them a very nice subtle shimmer.

 

For the matching envelope I printed Cocoa/Treat Envelope - Victorian Floral, that was actually made to match the note card (it fits perfectly).

 

I hope you liked today's post! If you'd like to purchase the printables I used to make my project, please visit the store or click on the links listed above. 

If you have any questions feel free to contact me through a comment here or at my blog. Thanks so much for your visit.