Love Ya!

Remind me next time I do a shaker card to use some baby powder on the sides of the pop-up tape!  I'm not particularly fond of making shaker cards anyway, and finishing it to watch all my sequins and beads stick to the sides of the tape about did me in!  But Yay for me!  I just made a second shaker card and did remember to use some baby powder on the edges.  I managed to combine some goals with this card - a shaker card inspired by the Card Marker Success Summit, a card for the Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge (Let's Paint the Town Red), and using some We Are 3 papers (Winter Plaid).  Woohoo!

 

Featured Stamper Challenge

This week at Splitcoast Stampers Featured Stamper, the featured stamper was also a scrapbooker. I had an opportunity to do some serious casing! My layout is made with Positive Vibes. I had a ball casing her layout using my papers and embellies.

The little deer are Baby Deer with Mom...the basic theme throughout the scrapbook.  Don't they make a cute embellishment for a baby album?

I completed the layout by using a variety of computer-generated journaling, stickers and brads from my stash, and P2C images from Positive Vibes.

BINGO! SALSA Challenge

This is special for me - star easel card that I finally am happy with! LOL!

The hard part is getting those two top star points correct.  The angle seems hard for me to get right.  I pretty much hope that once I've glued them together, they'll work. 

The flowers are from my stash - the sentiment from We Are 3 (Itty Bitty - Sweet set).

Darcy's Birthday Celebration

What a fabulous way to celebrate Design Team member Darcy's birthday month - Bonnie made some unbelievably cute papers and printables - Darcy's Garden and Darcy's Florals. Tell me these aren't the most precious digitals ever! I cut the center out from the background of a layered doily to make a frame. I pulled the beautiful Florals through the frame. The butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch. Hope Darcy is enjoying her birthday month. Be sure to check out the Facebook page for more inspiration.

                   

Happy Birthday!

I couldn't resist making one more gatefold card inspired by the class I took from Susan Bossiere - using Tea Time papers and an All-Occasion sentiment. I started with a layered doily from Monica's Creative Room. I used another layered doily for the front embellishment. I added Lilac by Anne. I seldom use liquid glue, but wanted to hit the edges of my doilies - big mistake.

You know I love layers.  This card is full of layers!

                       

Gatefold Card

Bluemoon Scrapbooking's sweet and talented Susan Bossiere held another online card class Sunday.  This is the card we made.

The card itself measures 6x6.  

As you can see, there's a good amount of dimension.  This is my card for inspiration - watch for my own takes on this fabulous design.

Splitcoast Stampers Featured Stamper Challenge

In case you haven't noticed, one of my favorite challenges is Featured Stamper! For this challenge I used Anne's Digital Art's Lilacs and colored them digitally. The sentiment is a Mother's Day Quote from Love SVG. I added just a bit of color with a digital ink spray to enhance the Mother's Day sentiment. Stop by Splitcoast Stampers Featured Stamper to view more inspiration.

Splitcoast Stampers Featured Stamper

For you Featured Stamper lovers, this week's stamper is Pauline.  Pauline has a great gallery, but I love lattice work, so I chose her Beautiful Birthday card to case.  Rather than lattice work, though, I opted to make a shaped card using a layered doily from Monica's Creative Room.  The fab butterfly is one I made during a Make-n-Take at a local scrapbooking expo.  The sentiment is from the Birthday Wishes set at We Are 3.  Now go have a look-see at all the other cards cased off Pauline's gallery.

Hittin' the Trails

Hi All! Oh, I sure did enjoy when the fabulous wild horses would roam through our community. The lattice work is Lattice Pennant from My Scrap Chick, and the patterned paper behind the title is Look Up from We Are 3.

The little butterflies are from Martha Stewart.  

Eclips Users - Box Card

Here's my take on the Box Card Challenge at Eclips Users Group. 

I used Fairy Tales papers from We Are 3 for the card base - all the embellies came from my stash.

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the butterflies.

Romantic Hearts - New Release

My card today is Pinterest inspired. The papers are from the new Romantic Hearts collection. Quick and easy card to make.

The butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch.  This was so easy to do - I'll be making more for sure.  

Power Poppy's Creative Confetti Challenge

The days just seem to be flying by - here it is the end of the week and I remembered the Creative Confetti Challenge. This week, Power Poppy is featuring a sketch challenge. I only colored the butterfly - the background circle comes from Watercolor Textures (Design Bundle) Guess I could have colored my own circle - just didn't think of it when I saw the watercolor circles already in my files. 

The butterfly and sentiment come together from Retirement Sentiments by Whimsy Stamps.

Now for the good part - you, too, can join the challenge at Power Poppy.  The entries so far are fabulous.  You have until the end of the month.

Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge

I really enjoy Power Poppy's challenges these days because they force me to practice my coloring. By far my favorite digital images are flowers. This week's Creative Confetti asks us to make a card using flowers that match our personality.  I chose Power Poppy's Luminous Bouquet - its main focus is a large peony...a flower "regarded as an omen of good fortune and a happy marriage." My mother used to grow purple peonies. I colored the rest of the bouquet in yellows, as I love purple and yellow together.

Coloring was really fun!  I used some paper from my stash for the background - and a frame using Spring Butterflies, Too from We Are 3.

Climbing Clematis

Happy Wednesday, Everyone! This post is for this week's Creative Confetti challenge. The challenge this week is a color challenge. Since I'm on a mission to work from my stash, I pulled out three papers that match the challenge's colors. The flowers are from Power Poppy - Climbing Clematis. I had a different vision in mind, but my green turned out to be overpowering....not what I had in mind. Sad that I still have this paper in my stash - had to buy a ream for wedding invitations I made many, many years ago....the marriage last two weeks - and I still have leftovers in my stash!!!!

I'm happy with my flowers, though - even though they are much darker than I planned. I was envisioning soft pink like the color scheme - got a little heavy on the shading, I'd say. LOL! Thanks, Power Poppy, for the inspiration.

No Worries for The Outlawz

Happy Tuesday, Everyone! Have you gone on a summer holiday? The Outlawz Sunday Songs and Rhymes kicks off the current challenge where the theme is Summer Holiday. I decided to make a card reminiscent of what a summer holiday means to me - NO WORRIES! So I had to design a card to was obvious to these thoughts. 

The sentiment(s) are computer generated.  Now rush right over to The Outlawz to see absolutely adorable creations from the design team members - they have truly outdone themselves.  While you're there, be sure to add your take on the Summer Holiday theme.

Happy Birthday Wishes - Bross Artful Design

These fabulous flowers come from Power Poppy's Pure Prairie Bouquet. The sentiment is Birthday Mixtures #2 from Bross Artful Design. 

Smile! A Floral Gift Bag

I sure am having fun decorating these gift bags. Today I used some decoupage flowers that were gifted to me years ago...and I just couldn't help but add a little butterfly. 

Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge

It's the last challenge for May for Creative Confetti at Power Poppy. What's the challenge? Sketch. Here is Irresistible Peonies, ready for the picking for Mom. The flowers were cut with my Eclips. The flowers are digitally colored, and the background is embossed with a musical background (oops - embossed sideways)

The "Mother" tab is from a scrapbook kit gifted to me years ago.  Trust me, for years I couldn't figure how to use that kit - suddenly all these odd pieces are being put to good use.  Woohoo!  And that's why I seldom throw anything away - LOL!  Now go have a look at all the other entries, and join us for a chance to win a $25 gift card to Power Poppy.

I'm Sorry

Have you heard? The Outlawz has a Progressive Freebie Challenge each month - with a freebie just for joining in the fun! Stop by The Outlawz to request your freebie, if you haven't already. I used this month's Progressive Freebie from Odd Ball Stamps for this card, as well as papers from the new We Are 3 collection, Spring Butterflies. I so love the flourishes in this paper pattern. Although it's just a quick-and-easy card, I kind of like it.

Now hop on over the The Outlawz and see the marvelous creations from the Progressive Freebie participants, and stop by each day to see new entries.

We Are 3 Spring Butterflies

Here are some cute little cards I made using Spring Butterflies and Spring Butterflies, Too (We Are 3). They were fun to make - mason and jam jars. I used Preserves Canning Jars (My Scrap Chick) and had a ball putting them together.