Single-Page Layout Challenge by Stick It Down

This layout is inspired by this month's single-page layout at Stick It Down...flipped. The papers are digital papers from We Are 3 - Best of Autumn. The title and "journaling" were computer generated. Now hurry to Stick It Down to see more fab inspiration and play along for a chance to win a prize from PinkFresh Studios. 

We Are 3 Floral Watercolor

I went the simple route on this card and used just a big Camille's Cactus against the mosaic from Floral Watercolor. I love the cactus against the bright colorful mosaic - it's so Southwest! Super fun, and as quick as can be! I'm also used a sentiment from the Number Birthday set. There are many more fun designs at the We Are 3 page...so be sure to check them out. 

                                      

We Are 3 - Camille's Cactus

It's May - and the cacti are in bloom. In celebration, I decided to make a card using my personal favorite digi stamps - Camille's Cactus and Camille's Cactus Flower. It's made using paper from We Are 3's Tea Time collection and a sentiment from the Hugs set. 

The images are colored digitally.

                                          

Organ Pipe National Monument

So many beautiful scenes in the Sonoran Desert - especially cacti! You know how I love cacti! Seriously beautiful, and I got a chance to use my new cactus embellishments from my sister. The tags were in my stash, and the title and journaling are computer generated.

Splitcoast Stampers - Featured Stamper Challenge

For this week's Featured Stamper Challenge, after seeing the FS card Home for the Holidays, and looking for ideas for a card swap theme "Spicy," I knew immediately I wanted to fill a truck with chili peppers. I substituted the Christmas trees in the FS with cactus, and the greeting with Happy Cinco de Mayo. I REALLY love it - though it is difficult to tell my truck is full of peppers. 

I popped up the truck in two different layers and layered the cacti.  I used Fairy Backgrounds for the background and Camille's Cactus - all from We Are 3.  The truck is from Miss Kate Cuttables, and the peppers are from Design Bundles.

                    

'Tis the Season and Camille's Cactus

Anybody else feel like they are already behind in their crafting for the holidays? Not even Thanksgiving yet....and I'm feeling the push. My family doesn't help with many of them having birthdays between now and Christmas. LOL! I found this ornament wooden sign at Target last year. I had a handful of succulent picks I've been wanting to use for something. So I was inspired by Power Poppy's Creative Confetti Challenge - to alter an everyday item with a stamp.  I used We Are 3's new, basic Christmas sentiments in the 'Tis the Season set. The cactus is Camille's Cactus, adorned with Camille's Cactus Flowers - all from We Are 3. I colored the digital stamps with GIMP and used the waterslide-decal technique to add the cactus - the sentiment is cut in vinyl. I'm new to waterslide - not a fan right now. Perhaps next time I'll use an iron-on transfer. However, because the wood is rustic, I'll blame that for a couple of the cactus flowers looking wonky. LOL!

                  

Wish You Were Here - Sabino Canyon

My patterned papaer is from the Look Up collection, and I used Decorative Borders (Love SVG) for the ornamental borders.

We Are 3's Look Up

The patterned papers are from the Look Up collection at We Are 3. 

The colors are truly yummy.

Quick and Simple Desert Layout

Happy Thursday! This week I've spent time getting caught up on some scrapbooking. For this layout, I dug into my stash and used some things that complimented my cactus photo.

Now, if you're in the mood to see some beautiful desert foliage, be sure to come out and visit us to see the gorgeous cacti - they are sure to put a smile on your face, especially if you are leaving dirty winter weather in the Midwest Spring.

Festive Friday Challenge

In celebration of my birthday, this month We Are 3 created all kinds of Cactus fun. Here's a card using Cactus paper, Camille's Cactus, Camille's Cactus Flower, and Cactus Greetings. These collections are way fun! 

I made this for the Festive Friday Challenge at The Outlawz.

                        

Stick It Down Sketch Challenge

For the Stick It Down Challenge, I used Camille's Cactus and Camille's Cactus Flower from We Are 3 to embellish my single-page layout. The paper was designed for a previous challenge. 

This simple sketch makes for a really nice layout.  Now be sure to pop over to Stick It Down to see the fabulous layouts by their design team, and come play along.

     

Cactus and Cactus Flower from We Are 3

Happy Birthday to me! Bonnie at We Are 3 surprised me with my own fabulous new digital stamps - available in the shop now! She created Camille's Cactus and Camille's Cactus Flower for me.  Since we had the most glorious Saguaro Cactus flowers this year, I decided to extend their season with this card. The background here is Nature Blends.

I'm really pleased with how this card came out and can't wait to color some more of these adorable cacti!

After posting this card to the challenge, I realized I posted it to last week's challenge!  So here is another version for this week's Featured Stamper challenge - this time using Color Burst for my background - so fun!!!!

   

A Quicky!

Ooh, seems like I just don't have time for crafting these days. Always working around doctors' appointments - and trying to give my hubby a little extra TLC since he's not able to plat with his hobbies these days. So I like it when I can manage to make a simple layout - and I mean this is simple - using a new release from We Are 3. Cute Snow Globes background paper, sentiment, and embellishment. Of course, I had to dip into my stash as well, and found some holly I cut for a project years ago. That's it!

                                    

Kim Cameron - Let's Go Cowboy

I'm really excited about this gift bag because I found a use for some free papers that have been in my stash for quite some time....not to mention the cute digitals, also resting in my stash. LOL! Not creative or elaborate - but cute nonetheless.

The Stick It Down Sketch Challenge

I'm frantically trying to get caught up on my scrapbooking after taking a siesta. Stick It Down's challenges have been inspiring me to get at least a couple pages finished monthly. This is my layout for May's single-page sketch. I turned the sketch upside down. For the scalloped borders, I made a border of vintage travel stickers to go with the festival celebrating 135 years of the first steam train pulled into Tucson. I replaced the banner with a nice Arizona-themed border title. That's what's so wonderful about using sketches - the gratification of having a design to work with, but making it your own.  My papers are from the Look Up collection from We Are 3.

My journaling looks crooked!  It is not on my original (thank goodness!) 

There's still time to join in the challenge!

The Written Word is Fabulous

This month at The Outlawz Crash Your Stash Challenge, We Are 3 is sponsoring the Mulberry Paper challenge. We Are 3 is introducing the Written Word digital papers, which will be given as a prize for the winner of the Crash Your Stash Challenge. So dig into your stash and find that mulberry paper! I did finally use up all mine - so no mulberry paper on my card. Instead I made a western-themed card for our local SALSA swap.

I colored the Western horseshoe from Love SVG (that file includes other western images).  I added my own little touch by using some vintage silver embossing on the horseshoe and glitter on the feathers, as well as twine for the rope.  I really think it turned out cute, but I should have made two copies and added more dimension with pop-ups.  For more inspiration, stop by the We Are 3 Facebook page and check out amazing cards made by other members of the Design Team - and we'd love to see your mulberry paper projects at the Outlawz.