Bumblebee Card

Today I want to share with you a bumblebee card I made - created with New August Releases from We Are 3.

To make this card, I first created the background from the Bumble Bee Collection.  I then printed the sentiment from the Bee Buzz Collection.  Next I created border layouts using coordinating papers from the Bumble Bee Collection.  After that I cut layers of the Honey Bee to create a dimensional image to attach to my card base.

          

Quotes - for Creative Confetti

This is a daisy by Power Poppy (Kindness is the Way).  I colored it with Gimp and cut it out with my Eclips.  The quote is from the Quotes collection from We Are 3 matted with layers of papers, including a pattern from Sunflowers - also We Are 3.

I'm posting today for the Creative Confetti Challenge at Power Poppy.  I love any excuse to play with gorgeous digitals from both We Are 3 and Power Poppy!

I chose these colors from the challenge theme - birthstones.  I used lots of green for my August Peridot - accented with some yellow from the Sunflowers collection.  There are so many great products in the We Are 3 shop that make great little projects.  Do some shopping and see for yourself!

              

Autumn Pumpkin Harvest

This is a card I designed for my Sunflowers post at We Are 3.

Sunflowers and pumpkins - an Autumn tradition.  

Home Inspiration for the Power & Spark Challenge

I'm posting this card for the Power & Spark Challenge at Power Poppy.  The theme this month is Inspired by Home - inspiration from your favorite corner or room in your home.  My initial thought was "Forget this - I'll wait for next month's theme."  While I love my home and find it comfy - my decorating skills are much to be desired, as is my pocketbook to place this in the hands of someone else.  But I'm comfy in my functional home that needs replacement of just about everything in it.  I then got to thinking, though - I live in the desert and have all this beauty around me right through my patio doors!  So here is my card - inspired by the view beyond the brick wall at the end of my yard.

If you like inspiration, you definitely need to check out Power Poppy.  The Bloom Brigade is incredible!

Let Them Bloom!

Summertime in the country. How fun it was to create a floral card using We Are 3's Sunflower digital paper collection.

Using SVG Salon's So Very Loved, my sentiment was printed with some Sunflower paper behind.  Using Sheepski Designs Sunflowers, six flowers were cut and layered. A couple of leaves from the digital paper collection were cut and added to the sunflowers.  A ribbon was attached.  I added glitter to the flower centers to add some depth to the flowers.

For You Hippo - for Progressive Freebie

I'm posting today for The Outlawz Progressive Freebie, Splitcoast Stampers Featured Stamper, and We Are 3.  We are 3 has so many papers that can be used in more ways than I have an imagination for.  Today I also want to show you what I did with this month's Progressive Freebie - Sandra Caldwell's Donut Hippo.

I used patterned papers from We Are 3.  It's Sweet Sounds in the background, Birthday Party behind Donut Hippo, and Christmas Tree for the banner - papers from three collections that coordinate beautifully.  Even Donut Hippo is wearing from the We Are 3 Collection - her top and bow are paper pieced using a pattern from the Electronics Collection.  The sentiment is from We Are 3's Itty Bitty Birthday Collection.

                                    

Paper Ala Mode - Under the Sea

I couldn't resist using this little octopus image as he seems to be so cheerful - hoping his friends will be joyful.

I chose to create a single-layer card using Angie's Digital Stamp Octopus with Bows. Everything was colored using Gimp.  I added a brushstroke for the ocean scene.

Stamp: Octopus with Bows - Angie's Digital Stamps

Challenge:  Paper Ala Mode - Under the Sea

Pet Sympathy

Today I have a card designed using We Are 3's New Release Dog Love digital papers.  Miss Kate Cuttables Dog Set used for the dog bone.

The Outlawz Color Challenge - and Farm Life

It is nice to prepare early and have card ready to mail out for special occasions.  I live in Arizona, so Southwest themes are popular with my friends.  Today I created a pretty card using the beautiful We Are 3 Farm Life digital papers.  The colors are inspired by the current Color Challenge at The Outlawz.

Farm Life Card

Today I used papers from the Farm Life Collection to create this cute little card.  I also used We Are 3's Hearts and Home Birdie.  The design is inspired by this week's Sketch Challenge at The Outlawz.

            

Making Paper with Digital Stamps

I had so much fun today making my own paper design using digital stamps, inspired by Elizabeth's Inspire Me Monday technique over at Power Poppy - Making Japanese Paper-Inspired Designs with Digital Stamps. For my paper, I began with a patterned paper from We Are 3's Textures collection. I then downloaded a Lattice 40 from Monica's Creative Room and used it as a digital stencil. Using the stencil in Gimp, I "spraypainted" a gradient design over the textures paper. I topped this off with digital flowers - Black-Eyed Susan from Power Poppy. Is that paper not gorgeous?!?!?!? Here is a purse giftbag I made using the paper. A pic of the paper alone is shown below - I just love it!!!!  

The purse file is an exclusive file made for Sizzix Eclips Users Group by Trina Struckman.  There is a "wallet" to go along that carries gift cards - hope to make that tomorrow.

My final entry for the Power Poppy Power & Spark Challenge - Go Ahead, Inspire Me. I had so much fun with this challenge this month!!!! Thanks, Power Poppy Brigade, for pushing me to spend time on those posts you all work so hard to post for us.

Wedding Layout

The papers I used for today's layout are from We Are 3 - Nature Blends and Burlap Beach.

 

Summer Fun - Vintage Carnival

I love working with We Are 3's digital papers.  Today I designed another scrapbook layout using the Vintage Carnival collection.

Halloween with Itsy Bitsy Spider

Are you following Feature Stamper at Splitcoast Stampers?  I designed a card inspired by this week's Featured Stamper - as you can see in the picture, it's a very simple card.  I used a spider from Halloween Icons (Miss Kate Cuttables).

Join us at Featured Stamper - I know you will have fun!

The Adventure Begins

I have been busy playing with all kinds of techniques from the Inspire Me Monday Posts at Power Poppy.  Julie share three unique techniques in her post, A Little Word Play - all three are very fun to work with.

For this third technique, I used the Scene Ladybugs digital image - Bugaboo to create the background for this fun card.  The sentiment added is The Adventure Begins from So Fontsy.  Be sure to check out this inspirational ideas at Power Poppy...then play along in their Power & Spark Challenge - Go Ahead, Inspire Me.

Just a Note to Say

I have been mesmerized by this month's Power & Spark Challenge at Power Poppy - Go Ahead, Inspire Me.  This card was inspired by Julie's Inspire Me Monday Post - A Little Word Play.

I have sometimes used floral image such as this one from Graceful Still Life for card backgrounds...and I've filled words using digital paper patterns - yet I've never thought of filling a word with a floral image!  Just how pretty is that!!!!

Be sure to check out Julie's post so you can create a project that will be loved by the special someone!  Oh, I just noticed July has a third card on this post - guess what I'll be doing this afternoon!!!!

Saturday Paper Ala Mode Challenge

Patterns from At the Beach have been teamed up for this easel card.  A sassy Flamingo image and sentiment add some fun!

Materials Used:

• Images - Flamingo on the Beach (Sasayki Glitter); Just a Little Beach (Design Bundles)
• Papers - At the Beach (We Are 3)
• Die Cut - Heart Doily (SVG Cuts)

Love

Something new (to me) and fun!  This month Power Poppy's Power & Spark Challenge is Go Ahead...Inspire Me - asking for entries inspired by their Monday blogs.  This challenge has inspired me to actually spend time reading those blogs!  LOL!  My inspiration today is Julie's post "A Little Word Play."  The inspiration is a card incorporating a sentiment along with a digital design.

I decided to go with Duo Roses from Doodle Pantry - and a computer-generated Love.  Visit Julie's post for step-by-step instructions.

To finish my card, I just matted the finished image.  Be sure to go over to the Power Poppy Blog to view all the other cards created for this challenge.