♥ Handmade just for You ♥

It's a wonderful day here at the Jersey Shore! Beautiful sunny skies and 75 degrees! Perfect! Bring on Fall!! ;) I'm here today with another shabby chic card using lots of sweet collages from the iralamija shop on Etsy! I can use these collages every day if I had to! Isn't that butterfly just darling? Love the sweet banners too! They are all from the Pretty Finds Collage set. 14 different images in all comes in this adorable set!

I also used the Shabby Wood Backgrounds Collage as well as the Expressions No. 2 Collage set. Just added some May Arts Natural Twine and a few pearls and it's good to go! :)

Hope you stop by the iralamija shop for some beautiful shabby chic and vintage collages! Don't forget, they can be used over and over again!! :)

                                         

Have an amazing day! I'll be back shortly with a giveaway for a Photography Tent! Something every card maker needs! ;)

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♥ Another Shabby, Vintage Tag ♥

Hi! Hope you all had a lovely weekend!! Just stopping in with another tag made with some iralamija papers and embellishments! This was actually a request for one of my Etsy customers. She wanted a tag similar to this one but in browns and creams. I used another cute mason jar from the Vintage Jars Collage Sheet. I actually colored in one of the "pieces of fabric" for the jar in a brown ink since she didn't want any of the other colors. But that just goes to show you again how great these images are! They can be altered to your liking! :)

The beautiful background paper is from the Kraft Ephemera Collage Sheet. The sentiment is from the Expressions No. 2 Collage Sheet.

I also used some Prima flowers, ruler trim, hand dyes seam binding, pearls, a punched butterfly and some twine.

Stop by the iralamija shop for some beautiful shabby chic and vintage collage sheets!! You won't be disappointed!! ;)

                                              

I'll be back again soon with some exciting news!! :)

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♥ Shabby Chic Tag ♥

Hi there! Stopping in today with a shabby tag and tutorial! It was made with some beautiful collages from the iralamija shop! Have I mentioned before, I could use these papers and images every day?! So pretty!!

I first started by re-sizing the Ledger Tags Collage. This gorgeous collage sheet actually comes with 10 different images that all fit onto an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock when printed and each tag measures approx. 4" x 2". But I wanted my tag to be bigger. So I re-sized it using photo editing software and it comes out looking like this. Most of the tags will be "off" the page. (Sorry I photographed it after I cut it out already. But you get the picture. Right? :)

Next, cut out the tag, trim the top by cutting off the 2 corners and distress the edges with a distresser tool.

Adhere seam binding ribbon and ruler trim to bottom of tag.

Next print out the Vintage Jars Collage Sheets. This collage comes with 9 adorable jar images and another sheet of embellishments. Trim out jar and embellishments.

Add embellishments to jar and then add a layer of Glossy Accents over the jar for a glassy look.

Next, print out and trim the sentiment from the Expressions No. 2 Collage.

Punch a hole onto top of tag for ribbon and twine. Add jar image, rose and sentiment.

Makes a pretty tag to adhere to a gift bag, mason jar filled with goodies or you can even adhere to a card front.

Stop by the iralamija shop today and look for yourself at all the beautiful collages! New things are being added to the store all the time! :)

                                             

Have a sweet day!

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♥ Vintage Style Button Card ♥

Hi! What a beautiful day here down at the Jersey Shore! Hot though! Love Summer! Hope you are enjoying your Summer so far! I'm just stopping in with another shabby sewing themed card made with sweet goodies from the iralamija shop!

I used some images from the Fancy Vintage Collage as well as the Vintage Buttons Collage and Shabby Butterflies Collage. Aren't those butterflies sweet? You get 20 different ones in the collage! I could use these collages over and over again! So many beautiful images!!

The background paper is from the Spring Garden Background Collage. You get 5 beautiful backgrounds in this collage.

I hope you stop by the iralamija shop and check out all of the gorgeous collages for yourself!!

Have a wonderful day/night!! ;)

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♥ iralamija shop Design Team! ♥

I'm so excited to finally be able to say that I am a part of the First Design Team for the iralamija shop!

The iralamija shop has the most beautiful digital collages around! And I am so looking forward to creating with them! After they are printed out they look exactly like a fine patterned paper. Only with these, you can re-size them to any size that you like using any photo editing type software. They can be distressed if you like just like any other patterned paper. :) Oh, and did I mention they are B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!

This is a card I made a couple of weeks ago with some of her newer collages. The base paper is from the Wood Floral Background Collage. Gorgeous!!

The sweet butterflies are from the Shabby Butterflies Collage. I also used the Journal De Paris Collage which comes with 12 different stunning images.

And the strips of papers (banners) are from the Romantic Backgrounds Collage.

Thanks again to Bety for having me be a part of your team! So happy! :)

Enjoy your day!

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