Congratulations to this week's Featured Stamper, Patti! I chose this card as my inspiration:
Berry Branches by Patti S. Brown at Splitcoaststampers
Today I'm going to share a wonderful tag for Eclips Users Fall Tag Challenge.
I prepared a tag using the base from Dreaming Tree's Blossom Tag and dressed it up with layers of paper, burlap, and gems.
Add an image like the fox from Love SVG and burlap strings...isn't it lovely?
I am so excited to share today's layout with you! I won a challenge for challenge ideas in the SCAL Users Group - Woo Hoo! I can always use an extra $10! Better yet - they used my idea to this week's challenge.
So the challenge is to make a border. So my border began as an image from Creative Fabrica (Mountain Landscape Black Silhouette). I manipulated it to get three separate layers. I colored the mountains in Ecal and did Print 2 Cut for all the layers....as pictured in the reply. Then I added them to the layout with each layer popped up. I LOVE the end result! I also cut the cacti using a freebie from LoveSVG. I didn't plan them as a border....but they sure would make a nice border!!!!
This gorgeous gal is a pre-colored image for my friend's birthday....she always gets a flamingo card....long story. LOL! Meet Floral Flamingo. She was a freebie from Love SVG. I used scraps for the rest of the card, hence the collection of colors. LOL! I used a We Are 3 sentiment from the Birthday Wishes collection.
Playing in the Ecal Users Group Christmas Tag Challenge using Nativity Christmas (Design Bundles). Came across the Design Bundles Dog Ornaments with 18 different patterns. The Santa Paws is Coming to Town works best for a package topper/tag for this year's pet gift - I thought the varied color scheme of Pastel Splatters would look rather elegant. I did a Print 2 Cut and called it done.
For this month's Progressive Freebie Challenge at The Outlawz, I chose to create a tag and used We Are 3's Canvas Dreams for the background behind my snowman, lacy frame, and tag.
Just for practice, I decide to add the jewels with hot-fix rhinestones, so it took quite a while as this was just my second attempt at this process. I can see I didn't create the straight line I hoped to, but learned much during the process.
I used Love SVG's Coral Monogram Frames for this project. Be sure to check out The Outlawz to see the fabulous inspiration from the participants and come play along.
This is the last day of the challenge at the Ecal Users Group with the theme of Autumn Tag. I decided to go simple, simple with an Autumn print from Love SVG and an Itty-Bitty Fall sentiment from We Are 3 available here on Etsy. I like that the tag has a splash of color - but was simple.
Once I found the right shape, I didn't have to think twice to just get these printed and cut.
I don't know about you, but I struggle with Christmas tags. This tag features some gold-foiled papers from Paper Studio. I printed the leafy frame hoping to capture the same gold color - but it printed as brown. A gold paint pen to the rescue. I attached a sentiment that I printed from Love SVG.
Welcome to the Stick It Down Sketch Challenge! I'm showcasing some of the Textured Scenes papers available exclusively at We Are 3 for your paper projects. This is not a hop, but you're going to want to see all the layouts, so please visit the Stick It Down blog.
It's Saturday, and that means another Featured Stamper at Splitcoast Stampers. I kept the card quite simple because of the striking paper I am using - but added a fun and fancy border to my sentiment.
Some friends are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and asked that friend create ATCs to help them celebrate. For the first ATC I created, I created layers using April Showers. Because of the size of ATCs, I didn't think I would get totally clean cuts for all the lacy layers I wanted to use. So instead I alternated the pink pattern and white cardstock.
Clean and simple - just my style.
The sentiment is from Love SVG. The bunny is from 2 Cute Ink, colored digitally. The tag shape is from My Scrap Chick. This week my tags are for an Easter Tag challenge at the Eclips and Ecal Users Group - open to anyone using Ecal.
As soon as I saw Hello Autumn, I wanted to use it for an album.
Oh, WOW! Missed the deadline for the December sketch (I was secretly hoping I'd get more Christmas photos). Well, time is gone, but I finally completed the layout. The papers are from the April Showers collection from Free Digital Scrapbooking. I did add a little Christmas color behind some of the photos - gingham paper I recolored from the Doodle Pantry 50's Diner collection. I cut and glittered snowflakes. the "first" from the title is from Love SVG. The title is assembled with a combination of SVG and digital. Woo Hoo! It's finished!
It's 2021! Time to craft something other than Christmas cards! LOL! Today, I'm already thinking of the hot sun in July and celebrating the 4th. I've chosen some fun free patriotic images I've collected over the years and created a single-layer card using Sky Scenes as the background. Easy peasy! Be sure to visit the We Are 3 Facebook page to check out what other designers are making with Sky Scenes.
My mojo seems to have flown the coop. In an attempt to lure it back, I decided to join the Creative Memories Virtual Crop. I decided to not worry about completing all the sketches, as that is enormously time consuming for the weekend - getting in the way of life. I completed three of the six layouts, two for my niece's book. The papers I chose for this book are beautiful with the fab deer from Star Jam Lines. They are so beautiful with the wonderful flowers for antlers, don't you think?
The circles are from Monica's Creative Room. The deer are colored digitally. I printed them twice in different sizes. The sentiment is from Love SVG.
Been pretty busy here making pumpkin wreaths - they truly are addicting! But fell behind on some of my favorite challenges and on my scrapbooking. So here's a layout inspired by a challenge from our local Creative Memories consultants - Snippy Scrappers. The sweet paper is Little Star. The "title" is popped up on a "doily." Easy peasy! Be sure to visit the We Are 3 Etsy shop to see all the adorable paper collections.
Here's a fun one for the Anything Lavinia challenge. My inspiration was a card made by our team member, Julie Odil, where's there's just a lot of layers to make a shaped card. I used the Pastel Fantasy paper collection - one of my faves! Shaped cards are one of my faves and basically very easy.
The current challenge at the eClips Users Group is to create a Back-to-School project. Well, I must say - creating for this school year is a bit different. I did stick to the traditional blackboard, though - truthfully, that's easier to depict than online learning! The easel card is the Scalloped Circle Easel Card from Crafts U Print, resized in eCal, cut from kraft paper. The image is Love SVG. The sentiment is We Are 3.
