Just Because

Hey everyone! Today's card is another spring inspired card using Richard Garay products. I wanted to use the Lumberjack Days Collection for a feminine card:

My card base was made from Cotton Candy cardstock. I trimmed the flower patterned paper slightly smaller than the card and adhered it. Then I embossed a piece of vellum using the fun Knitted Pattern Embossing Folder, trimmed it and adhered it to the left side. I pierced little holes through the bottom and the top of the card and tied-on White Journey Thread. Now I die-cut leaves from vellum using these dies and adhered them. I inked the wood flowers with a matching color and adhered them. To finish them off, I used a white enamel dot for their centers. Finally, I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment onto a strip of grey patterned paper, trimmed it and adhered it to the card.

I hope you like today's inspiration! This was my last project made as a member of the Richard Garay Make Amazing Design Team. I've enjoyed creating with Richard's amazing products very much. Thank you for having me :)

Vanessa

Colorful

Hi everyone! Today's card is very colorful. I wanted to make a happy spring card with the Richard Garay Make Amazing Happen Line. Put on your sunglasses:

I started with a card base made from Captivating Coral cardstock. Then I trimmed a piece of patterned paper slightly smaller than the card base and a panel of watercolor paper slightly smaller than the pp piece. Now I die-cut the fun Pennant Pattern Die from a piece of cardstock and used it as a mask. I temporarily adhered it over the watercolor paper and applied ink with an ink blending tool to create my background. Then I removed the mask, tied-on Celebra'tions Linen Thread, matted the panel with the patterned paper and adhered everything to the card. Now I stamped and die-cut the flowers, the leaves and the sentiment and adhered it with FSJ Medium Foam Squares. To finish everything off, I added black Amazing Accent Dots.

I hope spring has sprung wherever you live! Find more inspiration here on the Richard Garay Blog. Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

Planner Idea

Hello everybody! Today I have a planner idea for you. I was asked to use the RG Celebra'tions line to embellish my Journey Girl Planner and thought it would be fun to have various elements to add to my pages easily. So I prepared some die-cuts to use when needed:

Here you can see that I die-cut little balloons, speech bubbles and stars. I added a Journey Glue Dot to the back of every element and adhered them to a clear sheet. This way, I am able to pick them off the sheet and adhere them to my pages when needed. For birthdays, I simply adhered a balloon die-cut and drew a string with a black marker. For Easter, I trimmed off the little tail and used the balloons as eggs.

To store little bills or tickets, I made a tiny envelope from patterned paper and added it to the binder. I closed it with a fun paper clip. In addition, I used some stamps to embellish the pages, added enamel stars and triangles and die-cut a star from washi tape. I am new to the planner thing, so please bear with me :)

Find the Richard Garay Celebra'tions Collection here and visit Richard's Blog for more inspiration!
Thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa

National Children’s Craft Day

Hey everyone! Today is National Children’s Craft Day, so I have a special Guest Blogger here :)
My daughter loves to create and she enjoyed creating a cute Easter Card with my Richard Garay supplies. Take it away, Alyssa!

Here is a little step-out of how she created the card:

1. First, she drew an Easter Bunny with a pencil onto a card base made from FSJ Whip Cream cardstock.
2. Now she colored the image with colored pencils.
3. Using the FSJ Fringe Shears, she cut a grass border from Luscious Lime Cardstock and
4. adhered the border to the card with the FSJ Easy Glide Permanent Adhesive Runner.
5. Then she die-cut balloons from various Celebra'tions patterned paper using the Hip Hip Hooray Die Set with the Journey Platinum Machine.
6. She trimmed off the little tails from the balloons to create eggs and adhered them to the card.

Super cute, don't you think? But I am biased :) I hope you are able to enjoy some crafting with your little ones, it is so much fun! Find more ideas on the Richard Garay Blog. Thanks for visiting!

Alyssa + Vanessa

Cute Keychain

Hi everyone! I loved the idea from Beck to use her Journey Girl Jewelry on her planner and thought it would be fun to have a matching key chain to my Journey Girl Planner. So I made this:

Here you can see the single elements:

I had my locket and its little pieces, the tassel, the chain, the cute tag from the planner and a circle that I die-cut from patterned paper from the Noteworthy Collection. Then I adhered a washi sticker from that collection to the circle, assembled the locket and adhered everything to the chain.

A cute little matching accessory, don't you think? You will find the lovely Journey Girl Jewelry here. And be sure to visit Richard Garay for more inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa

Balloon Shaker Card

Hey everybody and happy March! I made a fun balloon shaker card with the Richard Garay Celebra'tions Collection. There are so many cute balloon shapes in this line and I really love balloons :)

First, I made a cardbase from Cool Caribbean cardstock. Then I trimmed a piece of watercolor paper slightly smaller than the base and applied watercolors. After it was dried, I die-cut the balloon shape from the panel and stamped the sentiment using Pretty Plum Ink. Now I die-cut the balloon shape from a piece of fun foam the same size as the watercolor panel, adhered a piece of FSJ Clearview Sheets behind the watercolor panel, adhered the fun foam panel behind the front and filled the window with FSJ Journey Sequins - Blue Skies.  Then I closed the window with a piece of white cardstock and adhered the panel to the card. Now I stamped the banner and die-cut it with the matching die. After I had adhered the banner, I tied a bow from Linen Thread and adhered it, together with a piece to create the string for the balloon. Finally, I added sequins to the front of the card.

I hope you like it! Find the Celebra'tions Collection here.

Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

Notepad

Hey everybody! Today I am sharing a project made with the new RG Noteworthy Collection. I love the vintage feeling of this line! And the colors match my new Journey Girl Binder perfectly. Here comes a fun notepad:

I have created a little step-out for you:

1. You'll need cardstock, patterned paper, stamps, Washi Tape Stickers, Twine and a notepad.
2. First, I trimmed a piece of FSJ Black Licorice cardstock more than twice as wide and a bit higher than my notepad and scored a spine in the middle. Then I adhered the notepad.
3. Now I trimmed a strip of the patterned paper slightly smaller than the cover and adhered it to the front. I trimmed a strip of FSJ Whip Cream cardstock about the size of 1/3 of the pp strip and stamped the "Noteworthy" using Golden Glow ink. Then I adhered the stamped piece.
4. To finish everything off, I stamped the paper clip, applied the washi sticker, tied-on FSJ Black Licorice Journey Thread and adhered black enamel dots.

I hope you like my project! Thanks for stopping by today! And be sure to visit Richard Garay for more fun ideas.

Vanessa

A Card With a Matching Envelope and a Pretty Inside

Hey there! Today I am sharing a card with a matching envelope and a pretty inside using the new Richard Garay Make Amazing Happen Collection. I just got the patterned paper pad and the pp is so beautiful! Love the black patterns:

I created a card base from FSJ Black Licorice cardstock and trimmed a panel from pp slightly smaller than the card. After I had adhered the panel, I stamped the flowers and leaves onto watercolor paper and die-cut them with the matching dies. Now I created a little nest with FSJ Journey Twine Black Licorice and adhered it to the card, adhered the flowers and leaves with small Journey Foam Squares  and finished the card off with the cute matte enamel dots from the Make Amazing Happen Collection.
Because I liked the look of the front of my card and didn't want to add a big sentiment to it, I put my sentiment onto the inside:

It was inked with various inks and die-cut with the matching dies. And then I thought it would be pretty to have a matching envelope:

So I added a strip of the same pp to the side of a black envelope and adhered another flower and a leaf to it. Voilá, pretty outside, inside and around :)

I hope you like it! Find all the items from the collection here. Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

Masculine Gift Bag

Hi everybody! Today I have a masculine gift bag to share. I made it with the new RG collection Lumberjack Days.

I adhered a piece of the plaid patterned paper to a Kraft gift bag. Then I die-cut a tag from FSJ Black Licorice cardstock and tied on FSJ Black Licorice Journey Thread. I die-cut the saw from FSJ Oatmeal Cookie cardstock and stamped the sentiment with FSJ Black Licorice Ink. Now I colored the handles of the saw with a black marker and adhered the die-cut to the tag. I stamped the face of the Lumberjack onto FSJ Oatmeal Cookie cardstock and colored it with colored pencils, then I fussy-cut the image and adhered it to the tag with FSJ medium Journey Foam Squares. Now I attached the tag to the bag with a clothespin.

I hope you like today's masculine project! For me, it is always a challenge to create something suitable for a man :) Find the whole Lumberjack Days products here in the catalog! And more inspiration here on Richard Garay's blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa

Lollipop Flowers

Hey everyone! I hope you are enjoying your weekend! Today I have a cute project for you, some lollipop flowers made with the Richard Garay Celebra'tions collection. These would make fun little Valentines for the classmates of your kids:

I used the stamp & dies set "Just Because" for this. First, I stamped the flowers with matching ink onto matching cardstock (using Odacious Orange, Delightful Daisy, Cotton Candy, Lovely Lavender, Captivating Coral, Cool Caribbean) and die-cut them. Now I punched a hole through the middle of all flowers, always layered three of them and inserted the lollipops. For a prettier stem, I trimmed paper straws and adhered them to the sticks. Finally, I die-cut the little circles from Delightful Daisy cardstock and adhered them to the middle of the lollipops with FSJ Journey Glue Dots.
Fun, isn't it? For the fringe around my flower pot, I used the Fringe Garland die on the pink dotted Celebra'tions patterned paper and tied on some of the pink Linen Thread from the collection.

I hope to have inspired you with my idea! Thank you for stopping by!

Vanessa

Another Valentine's Day Card

Hey everyone! I have another Valentine's Day card to share with you today. I used products from the Richard Garay Celebra'tions Collection for this:

My card base was made from Captivating Coral cardstock. I trimmed a panel from FSJ Whip Cream cardstock slightly smaller than the card base and embossed the hearts from the Sweet Treats set using white embossing powder to create that fun border. Now I used an ink blending tool and applied Spun Sugar ink onto the bottom area of the heart border and Captivating Coral ink to the top area of the border to create an ombre effect. Then I stamped the "you" from the My Friend stamp set with FSJ Black Licorice ink and adhered the panel to the card. I stamped and heat-embossed the word LOVE from the Many Words set onto a strip of FSJ Black Licorice cardstock, notched one end and adhered it with small foam squares. To finish everything off, I adhered matching sequins.
Voilà, a Valentine's Day card without a Valentine's Day themed collection!

I hope I have inspired you to stretch your stamps/supplies. Thank you so much for visiting and please check out the new Richard Garay collections here!

Vanessa

Flower Card

Hey everybody! I played with my Richard Garay stamps again, this time creating a flower card with the Make Amazing line. For me, it has been enough winter, so bring on the flowers :)

My card base was made from FSJ River Stone cardstock. I trimmed a panel of FSJ Whip Cream cardstock slightly smaller than the base and die-cut the window using a circle die from the Celebra'tions collection. Then I trimmed a piece of watercolor paper approximately the same size and added a bit of shine with a soft wash of Silver Silk mixed with water. After it was dried, I adhered the watercolor paper to the card and layered the panel with the die-cut window above using foam tape. Now I stamped and die-cut the flowers and the leaves and adhered them to the card. The sentiment was fussy-cut. To finish everything off, I added matching sequins.

I hope you liked today's inspiration! The amazing new lines will be available soon! Here is the link to the catalog again if you'd like to browse.

Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

Plaid Shirt Valentine's Day Card

Hello everybody! Here comes another Valentine's Day card featuring the cute plaid shirt from Richard Garay's new Lumberjack Days Collection. I thought it would be fun to color it a bit differently:

I colored the shirt using Copics, then I fussy-cut it. For the background, I stamped the log repeatedly onto a card base made from FSJ Rock Candy cardstock and rounded the bottom right corner. Then I tied on some black twine and adhered the shirt to it with two little clothespins. I stamped and heat-embossed the "plaid shirt" using white embossing powder and cut it out to adhere it to the shirt. Finally I die-cut "LOVE" from FSJ Whipped Cream cardstock and adhered it.

This shirt is so fun, don't you think? I hope you like it! This collection will be available soon! You can see all the new lines here in the catalog. Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa

Richard Garay Lumberjack Days Blog Hop

Happy New Year my sweet friends and welcome to the RG Lumberjack Days Blog Hop!

This is the last of the new amazing Richard Garay collections with a lot of masculine designs, but some girly elements, too! Here is my sample for you today:

This plaid beard is so fun, isn't it? I stamped it onto FSJ Whipped Cream cardstock and fussy-cut it to adhere it to my card with foam tape. Then I stamped and heat-embossed my sentiment and finished the card off with a wood veneer heart. I know MY guy likes it best if it is really clean & simple.

What do you think? I can't wait for the whole collections to be available - they are so fun! But until then, how about winning this:

You can enter to win this give-away by completing the following steps.
1. Follow @teamrichardgaray on Instagram.
2. Leave a comment on this post on the Richard Garay Blog
3. Leave a comment on designer’s blog post by clicking on their names below.
You will have up to 12 chances each day to win Monday – Friday! **Not all steps are required to win. Winner from this week will be announced on Saturday, Jan. 9th here on the Richard Garay blog. Grand Prize winner will be chosen from ALL comments at the end of the four weeks. Prizes will be shipped following CHA.

Patricia RoebuckAlice Wertz
Tenia Nelson
Kathy Martin
Michelle Woerner
Mou Saha
Tania Willis
Laura Williams
Mariana Grigsby
Vanessa Menhorn
Beck Beattie
Isha Gupta

Good luck and happy hopping!! Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

RG Celebra'tions Blog Hop

Welcome to another fun Richard Garay Blog Hop! This week we are showing projects using Richard's Celebra'tions Collection. There will be a lot of fun new elements added to this line soon!

Here is the project I made for this week's blog hop:

I created this little boxes with my score board and embellished them with patterned paper, linen thread, sequins, stamps and dies from the collection. I think they make cute little give-aways for a party.
I'll link to all the products I used below this post. Here is a look at the single boxes:

The Celebra'tions line is perfect for birthday themed projects, as well as many others!

So, do you like this collection? Would you like to win some of the yummy products? And would you like to win this Grand Prize?

Then be sure to complete the following steps:

1. Follow TeamRichardGaray on Instagram. 2. Leave a comment on the Richard Garay Blog 3. Leave a comment on the designer’s blog post by clicking on their names below. **Not all steps are required to win. Winner from this week will be announced on Saturday, 12/26 at noon MST on the Richard Garay blog. Grand Prize winner will be chosen from ALL comments at the end of the four weeks. Prizes will be shipped following CHA.

Now it is time to see what the other girls have made. Here comes the list:

Patricia Roebuck

Tania Willis

Laura Williams

Kathy Martin

Michelle Woerner

Mou Saha

Tenia Nelson

Vanessa Menhorn

Alice Wertz

Beck Beattie

Mariana Grigsby

Isha Gupta

Good luck and happy hopping!!

Vanessa

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