Whisker Graphics- Wish

Hey there friends!
Happy April Fool's Day!
Today I am sharing my last project for Whisker Graphics. I created this layout of Austin using Divine Twine, Fancy Pants Good Fellows 6x6 paper pad and some chipboard stars from Creative Embellishments.

I made a quilted star from patterned paper and stitched it together using a zigzag stitch my sewing machine. Then I divided a strand of the Orange Divine Twine in two and hand stitched around the star:

I added a few layers of patterned paper behind my photo along with the chipboard stars colored with a black Sharpie. I added a flair button, some sticker phrases and a wood veneer from my stash:

I added some stars cut from white cardstock and traced around them with a black Sharpie. I finished off the layout with some star puffy stickers, an arrow that I added watercolor to and the wood "noted" piece:

I love hand stitching on my pages, it adds so much texture and I think the orange twine really makes this layout "pop"!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Lisa

Valentine's Tag

Hey there friends!
Today I am sharing a Valentine's tag I created for Whisker Graphics.
I used a Large White Colored Tag, a Sweet Stickys Label, Red Solid Divine Twine, Cotton Candy Divine Twine Petite and Echo Park Yours Truly collection for this fun tag:

Here's my process:

I glued patterned paper to the tag and then trimmed off the excess:

I cut the Sweet Sticky Label in half. Using a pencil, I traced part of a heart on each side:

I used a push pin to punch holes along the pencil line of the heart:

I decided to use the Red Solid Divine Twine to hand stitch the hearts:

I peeled the twine apart, using two strands instead of the whole strand so that the stitching wouldn't be so thick on this small space:

I popped the Sweet Stickys Label up using foam. I fussy cut the "XO" from patterned paper and glued that on my tag:

I finished off the tag with a Divine Twine bow:

I love how this tag came out and will be adding it to a Valentine's Day card.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Lisa

Tis The Season Gift Bag

Hello!

It's my day up on the Whisker Graphics blog and today I am sharing a fun gift bag! 

I used the Red Striped Bag from the Bigger Bitty Bags Sample Set for my gift bag. I folded the top over, punched a hole on each side and ran Divine Twine in the colors Red Solid, Green Solid and Aqua through the holes and tied a bow. 

I stitched together a few patterned papers and adhered to the Bigger Bitty Bag. Then I added a silver doily. I placed a Green Polka Dot Little Bitty Bag on top of the doily along with a Sweet Stick Label in black, some tangled Green Solid Divine Twine . I added a Large White Colored Tag inside the Green Polka Dotted Little Bitty Bag. I added patterned paper to a White Small Colored Tag and to a Metal Rimmed Circle Tag and tied them to the large tag using Divine Twine.

I can't wait to add a few goodies to this fun gift bag and give to a coworker!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

A Christmas Card

Hey there Scrappy Friends!
I am excited to be back with Whisker Graphics for another term!
I am up on the Whisker Graphics Blog today sharing a fun twine tree Christmas card.

I started with a white piece of cardstock cut to fit my card base. I used a ruler to add some pencil lines- short line at the top and the longest line at the bottom. Then I used a stick pin to poke holes at the ends of the lines:

I took Green Solid Divine Twine and divided the strand into 2 pieces:

Then I hand stitched each line. When I was finished stitching the lines with the green, I used the Divine Twine Metallic Gold to stitch around the tree: 

I finished the card up by fussy cutting a bird from the Petite Stickies and popping it up on foam. I also added a sentiment sticker and some sequins.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Whisker Graphics

Hey there!
I am up on the Whisker Graphics Blog  today with a thank you gift I created.
I started my project with a red striped Bigger Bitty Bag from the Sample Set:

I added a Gold Polka Dot Little Bitty Bag from the Sample Set and tucked a Large White Tag in the bag. 

I added a piece of red corrugated paper, some gold thread and placed a Sweet Sticky Label on it. I added a gold "Thanks" sticker to the top along with a flower I made using Divine Twine. I tied a piece of Red Divine Twine, added some stitching and enamel stars:

Here's a side view of the layers:

Lastly, I used some more of the Divine Twine to add a bow to the tag. I added a few scrappy embellishments inside. I closed the bag by folding over the top, punching a hole on each side and wrapping the Divine Twine and tied it with a bow:

I love how this turned out and it will make a great gift for a scrappy friend!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

"20"

Hey there!
I am back to share a layout using some fun Whisker Graphics goodies!
I used Jilli Bean Soup Spotted Owl Soup, a large Whisker Graphics Tag, a Little Bitty Bag and Whisker Graphics Divine Twine in 3 colors: Green solid, Navy Solid and Blueberry.

I cut the number "20" out of my background using my silhouette Cameo. I backed it with patterned paper and decided to hand stitch around the numbers. I normally use embroidery floss to do this, but decided to try hand stitching with the Divine Twine instead. I love the results! I used the Navy Solid. The twine has 4 threads that are wound together, I divided it in half and used 2 pieces for my stitching. I poked holes using a pin and began my stitching:

Here it is finished:

I colored my tag using Gelatos and used  that for my journaling:

I wrapped the Green Solid twine around my photo and tied it into a bow:

I strung a banner, popped up with foam and added the Blueberry twine to hang it:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Lisa

Feeling Sketchy?!

Hey there!
There's a new challenge up at Cards In Envy today!
 The challenge is: Feeling sketchy. Create a card using your favorite sketch and share your card and the link to it.

I used JilliBean Soup Spotted Owl Soup, Navy Solid Whisker Graphics Divine Twine  and a Doodlebug Design doily for this birthday card:

I used this Basic Grey card sketch I found on Pinterest:

I would love to see you play along!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

A Mixed Media Tag

Hey there scrappy friends!
I have my first post for Whisker Graphics and I am beyond excited to join this talented group!
I created a mixed media tag for my first project:

I started with a Large White Tag and used a Creative Embellishment stencil to add some Light Molding Paste with a spatula:

Once I finished, I removed the stencil and this is how the tag looked:

I colored some Creative Embellishments chipboard words and wood veneer stars with Nuvo Glitter Markers and let them dry:

Once the molding paste was dry on the tag, I sprayed it with a variety of blue, green and silver mists and then sprayed it with a little water to mix it:

I dabbed it with paper towel to soak some of the liquid up, dried with my heat gun, and this was the result:

Finally, I added some black ink through another stencil:

I also used mist to color this Sweet Sticky Label and added it to the tag:

I took some Divine Twine in green and wrapped it around the bottom of my tag and tied it in a knot. Then I mixed these Divine Twine colors: Green solid, Green Apple, Blueberry and Navy and looped them to the top of the tag:

My son is graduating from high school soon and we are invited to many graduation parties. This will be perfect to add to a graduation gift!

Lisa