We Are 3's Fairy Backgrounds

I'm a big fan of watercolor backgrounds - but don't like the mess. Yeah for digital papers! That's what the new release Fairy Backgrounds is great for. The background of this card is from Fairy Backgrounds....and so are the trees! I used the "river" pattern from the backgrounds to digitally color the trees. The sentiment is from the Sending You collection.

        

All Creatures Great and Small

Well, my life has settled down a bit while we wait for another doctor's appointment for Gene's wrist - which means I had some time to play. Today I just played with stash! I didn't even make a dent, although I made several cards. This is the only card worth sharing, though.

A Simple Quick One

How simple is this? title is computer generated and, of course, the moon is cut from We Are 3's Moon Desert. So this scrapbook is finished and in the mail!

We Are 3 Vintage Bear Baby Card

The new Vintage Bear is just too cute. I used paper from the Little Garden collection for the background, and the pattern behind the die cut is from the Fruity collection. How cute is that?

The Baby sentiment is made from stickers from my stash.

                

A Simple Quick One

For this layout, the background paper is from Little Star. The title is computer generated, and the glittered star from my stash. I finished it off with some fiber.

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.

Hugs Sentiments Released

Here are new sentiments you can wrap your arms around - Hugs. 

                                     

Super Hero Sentiments from We Are 3 - New Release

Oh, wow! Bonnie has a fabulous new set of sentiments called Super Hero that she just added to the Etsy shop! These are so fun to add to projects for all your super hero fans. Four sentiments you can use on cards, scrapbooks, and other crafty projects.

                                                

Photo Corners

Photo Corners seem to be in all of our stashes, but I just cleaned out a lot of things and gave my photo corners to a friend/stamp collector. I did, however, have these stickers in my stash - and, as you can imagine, I had difficulty finding after "organizing" my stash yesterday!

This is just a quick card I made also using a sentiment I found in my stash and some leftover scraps from We Are 3's HoneyComb collection....made for a nice, quick card.

Bee Happy

Today's card is a multiple shaker card. The local papercrafting group I belong to has a "Mystery Item" swap each month. A member brings an item for each of us to use in making a card. This month's item was small plastic "globes," perhaps they originally encased some OTC medication. I used them to make a shaker card. I used We Are 3's Bumble Bee papers (and a touch of HoneyComb. Inside each of the shakers is a bee image from Miss Kate Cuttables, with some seed beads. I really love the look of the bee buzzing around the shakers. 

         

Oddball Art Stamps and Paper Ala Mode Challenge

My current go-to gift is decorated gift bags. So for my design for the current challenge at Paper Ala Mode, I created a gift bag with a "beachy" theme. Maybe it was the Beach Boys on my mind, but when I saw Oddball's Hippie VW image, my mind immediately went to the beach. So when we got the At The Beach theme for this challenge, I was just dying to color up this hippie van.

Just look at this van!  Doesn't it scream beachy?  Perhaps it needs a surfboard - LOL!  The beachy papers are from one of my favorite paper collections - At The Beach from We Are 3.  Three designs are digitally collage together for a sandy bottom, blue water, and seagull sky.  The border is Teardrop Border from My Scrap Chick.

I Love Moo with Featured Stamper

This week at Splitcoast Stampers Featured Stamper, I'm loving Moo! Or should I say it's a card of kindness. I made this card using a pre-colored image from I Love Moo (Kadoodle Bug). I used a computer-generated sentiment. I embellished with a couple small flowers from my stash and gems.

Get Well Gift Bag

I couldn't resist making a Get Well gift bag for this week's Festive Friday Challenge at The Outlawz, as our gift bag swap at the local scrapbooking group, SALSA, is also themed Get Well. The two sentiments are from We Are 3 - Special Wishes and All Occasion collections.

 

The Outlawz Twisted Thursday "Twine or String"

This week at The Outlawz, Twisted Thursday has a "Twine or String" challenge. My card is simple, but I'm pleased to announce I'm using things from my stash. I used a background pattern from the Once Upon a Time collection (We Are 3). A scalloped circle and sentiment from my stash, and I was finished. All the entrants to this challenge created much more fabulous cards than I did - click HERE to view - and to play along. 

Mermaid Freebie

It's Tuesday - time for Creative Confetti. I turned the Sketch on its side so to accommodate my mermaid. The sketch is available here.

The Mermaid is the current freebie at Treasure Box Gems.  My patterned papers are from We Are 3 - HoneyComb and Christmas Tree Card Kit.  Check out the challenge at Power Poppy.

            

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.

The Outlawz Progressive Freebie meets Splitcoast Stampers Featured Stamper

Amazingly enough, I manage to combine two challenges into one card! I decided to use the Progressive Freebie from The Outlawz on a CASE of Featured Stamper #647 at Splitcoast. The image is by Little Blue Button - Coloring Sophia. I must say, I got pretty darn excited when I got to the page Sophia's is coloring - trying to decide how to make that an actual image to color, when I had this AHA moment. I copied what I had already colored of the freebie - resized it and rotated it - and pasted it on the desk! So this is sort of a self-portrait for Sophia! I just found a scallop shape, popped the image, and added a few sequins. I thoroughly enjoy these two challenges - great inspiration and 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!

                                    

Vintage Carnival

The patterned papers in this layout are from the Vintage Carnival Collection (We Are 3). The title is computer generated.

The design is inspired by the Sketch Challenge at Stick It Down.  This was loads of fun - such a great opportunity to use up scraps to make the radial design.  You must stop by Stick It Down to see the beautiful entries.  Then why not have a go at it yourself?  Stick It Down also has a wonderful two-page layout sketch.  There's still time to enter this month!

We Are 3's Snow Globes Release

Background paper is from the Snow Globes Collection, and holly is from my stash.  The running titles are computer-generated, printed on paper from the Once Upon a Time Collection. Makes for an easy layout, doesn't it?