Scribbles and Doodles

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. We went to the county fair this weekend, and the kids had fun on the rides and playing the games. I even got to pet a 4-day-old pig, who was pretty darn cute. :)

I'm up on the Glitz blog today sharing projects related to a trend. I've got to tell you, I thought a lot about different trends (I'm so geeky, I even made a spreadsheet). Finally, I settled on scribbles and doodles, which I am suddenly seeing everywhere.

I made a trio of cards with a mix of Glitz lines incorporating the scribble trend. Here's the first card:

Using my Silhouette, I die-cut the scribbles in white. I fussy-cut around the die-cuts with papers from Glitz's Brightside, Felicity, and 77 collections. I finished the card with the Thanks Word die from Paper Smooches.

I used the Avery Elle Custom Panels die to cut the arc and then popped up some of the scribble flowers for a little dimension:

The next card is a little softer, and I used some hybrid elements:

The Glitz Black and White collection has an awesome scribble Floral paper. Using the digital version of the paper, I recolored a few of the scribbles, resized them, and fussy-cut them. The black and white paper competed with the colored flowers, so I added some vellum.

The sentiment sticker from the Felicity collection has a cute little heart doodle. Love it!

I went CAS for the last card:

I die-cut the Sketched Stars from Brightside papers and layered it over Felicity paper. I had a left-over die-cut scribble and added it under the sentiment sticker from Carpe Diem.

You can see the project (and others!) on the Glitz blog.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day. :)

Supplies
Cardstock: (white, linen vellum) PTI
Patterned paper: (Floral 12x12 from Black and White collection; 6x6 Brightside papers; 6x6 Felicity papers; 6x6 77 papers) Glitz Design
Stickers: (Felicity Stickers Titles and Accents; Carpe Diem Stickers Titles and Accents; Brightside Stickers Titles and Accents) Glitz Design
Digital elements: (Black and White paper pack 2; Brightside paper pack 1) Glitz Design
Dies: (Thanks Word die) Paper Smooches; (Sketched Stars) Papertrey Ink; (Custom Panel die) Avery Elle
Embellishments: (doily) Freckled Fawn; (Crystal Clear sequins)  Neat & Tangled; (Neon Orange twin) Hemptique twine
Ink: (Opaque White Mr. Huey's) Studio Calico

Smooth Sailing

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great week! I had my first piece of Lilikoi cheese pie today. Yum. :)

It's release week at Neat & Tangled. Yeah! Today, we're sharing projects with the very sweet Sailmates set. Want to see?

I knew I had to use the boat (love!):

I paper pieced the Sailmates boat using Ocean Melody paper, and I partially covered it with vellum from the same collection. Originally, I was going to leave the vellum, but it didn't feel like enough (ever feel that way?). I die-cut the swoop, which reminded me a little of a porthole, and stamped the sweet sentiment from the Sailmates set.

Here's a close-up:

Want to win the set? Be sure to pop over to the Neat & Tangled blog and comment to win.

Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies
Stamps: (sentiment, sailboat) Neat & Tangled
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Patterned paper: (vellum, woodgrain, triangles from Ocean Melody) Webster's Pages
Ink: (Distress Inks) Ranger; (Black) My Favorite Things; (Double Yellow, Custard, Opaque White Mister Huey's) Studio Calico
Dies: (swoop from Custom Panels) Avery Elle

Great Love

Hi everyone!

It's the end of May and the end of my guest spot at i {heart} papers. :(  I wanted to share one last card using supplies from the store.

I wanted to use this awesome sentiment from My Favorite Things:

I stamped the Be Your Best Self sentiment and colored it with Copics. It took a steady hand for some of those tiny areas. ;) The color inspiration came from the new My Mind's Eye Asbury Heights papers.

Here's a close-up of the sentiment:

The tiny heart comes from the Red and Goldie dies. I layered some of the Asbury Heights papers and a layer of tissue, and I added some mist on top.

In the other corner, I stitched a mix of sequins at the top. I messed up on the stitching, which was pretty frustrating. But, rather than remaking the card, I added an enamel dot and just decided to go with the wonky sequins. ;)

Here's a close-up:

I wanted to give a big thanks to Kate and Tracy at IHP for having me as a guest these past two months!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!


Supplies
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Patterned paper: (Asbury Heights) My Mind's Eye
Stamps: (Be Your Best Self) My Favorite Things
Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko; (Dewey, Opaque White Mr. Huey's) Studio Calico
Copics
Embellishments: (blush, mint sequins) Studio Calico; (coral sequin) craft supply; (clear sequin) Neat and Tangled
Die: (heart from Red and Goldie) Avery Elle

Make a Wish

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a dandy week. :)

Today, I have another GDT card for i {heart} papers. I've been dying to use my new Storybook stamps, which are available at IHP. The stamps were designed by my friend Heather Campbell, and I think she knocked it out of the park! They are such sweet designs. :)

Here's my card:

I stamped, colored, and die-cut the duck and butterfly using the Storybook stamps and dies (thanks Heather!). It took me pretty much forever to come up with the design...I must have nudged those papers 100 times. ;)

I used the WPlus9 Pinking Squares Die on the bottom of the My Mind's Eye striped paper. The pretty floral is from BasicGrey's Fresh Cut collection. On the vellum, I used the Paper Smooches Borders 2 die for a scallop. Here's a close-up:

The sentiment is from the Storybook set. I stamped it on a label from the MME Izzy paper and fussy cut the label from a larger sheet.

For the clustering at the top, I dripped too much mist on the heart. Oops! Usually I'm pretty haphazard with my misting and am okay with the randomness, but these splotches looked bad. :( To cover them up, I die-cut a Paper Smooches Stars heart and put the negative on the top. Yeah for saving the project! Wa hoo!

Here's a close-up:

I'm linking the card up to the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!


Supplies
Cardstock: (white, vellum) PTI
Patterned paper: (floral from Fresh Cut) BasicGrey, (stripe and label from Izzy collection) My Mind's Eye; (turquoise from Oh Darling) Crate Paper
Stamps: (duck, sentiment, butterfly from Storybook) Avery Elle
Dies: (duck, butterfly from Storybook dies) Avery Elle; (scallop from Borders 2; star from Stars) Paper Smooches; (pinking from Pinking Squares Dies) WPlus9; (heart) Silhouette America
Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko; (Opaque White, Dewey Mister Huey's) Studio Calico
Embellishments: (sequin) Webster's Pages; (chipboard star from Daily Flash) October Afternoon

Shake Your Love

Hi everyone! Is anyone else singing the Debbie Gibson song in the title? hee hee

I wanted to join in the Sequin Shaker Blog Hop and share a project I made for i {heart} papers. I pretty much stink at shaker cards, but I figured it's all for fun, right? :)

Here's what I made:

I've only made shakers that pop up, but I was inspired by how Julie Ebersole sewed around the border of her shaker card HERE. I sewed around three sides of the Crate paper and acetate. I filled the pocket with a mix of Theresa Collins, Lawn Fawn, and sequins from my stash as well as vellum "LOVE" die-cuts.

For the top, I layered more papers and used the negative portion of the LOVE from Avery Elle's Words Fill in the Blank Dies. For adhering the letters before I stitched, I used a glue pen--I like that it does't muck up my sewing machine needle. :) Here's a close-up:

If you'd like to join in the Sequin Shaker Hop, you can check it out HERE.

I hope your weekend is off to a good start. :) My husband and I are going out on a date night tonight for our 14th anniversary (this past week). Yeah!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!


Supplies
Cardstock: (White, Vellum, Acetate) PTI
Patterned paper: (Oh Darling) Crate Paper
Dies: (Word Fill in the Blank) Avery Elle
Sequins: (Lawn Ornaments Hello Sunshine) Lawn Fawn; (pink, yellow) Avery Elle; (Daily Stories sequins) Theresa Collins

Yippee!

Hi everyone! Just a quick post to share some good news.

I made it to the Top 20 of Paper Crafts Magazine's Gallery Idol contest. Yeah!!! On Thursday night, I pulled up the Paper Crafts Connection website on my phone and had it ready to go for Friday morning. As soon as I woke up, I checked my phone, and then had to contain my excitement so I didn't wake up my kids. Yeah, it didn't work--I woke up my son. :)

So....here's the card:

It was one of those never-ending cards that I worked on a few minutes here and a few minutes there over several days. The circles are die-cut tissue paper, and I added a few die-cut stars and sequins. For the sentiment, the "Magical" is a digital sentiment from Robyn Meierotto, and I added the rest of the text.

As part of the contest, I'll be sharing my Round 2 card tomorrow and asking for your vote. Eek! I'm excited and nervous about it. :)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week.


Supplies
Cardstock: (True Black, white) PTI; (silver glitter cardstock) Doodlebug Designs
Digital stamp: (magical from Little Dreamer set) Robyn Meierotto
Dies: (circles from Moves and Shakers Spinner Die Set) PTI; (stars from Holiday Shapes) Simon Says Stamp
Sequins: Avery Elle