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

Chocolate Easter Bunnies

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great week. I was in Mobile last week for work, and I still feel like I'm catching up. ;) I did want to share my Glitz project that was on their blog last week.

I'm in Easter mode now, and I made three treat hybrid treat boxes:

The Glitz Color Me Happy collection has mostly rainbows, but there are some pastels in the collection, too. I used the CMH Element Pack 2 for the yellow paper base and die-cut it with a Sizzix Milk Carton die. I was inspired to tie the cord like THIS pin.

For the tags, I made all three all three almost the same. I layered some die-cut papers and cut the bunnies out on my Cameo. The woodgrain paper is from the Color Me Happy Paper Pack. I love how it looks like chocolate. :)

Here's the blue one:

I used the Color Me Happy Paper Pack for the blue paper and lightened it just a pinch. [Don't you love the technical terms? Ha!]

Here's the pink one:

For the pink carton, I created my own patterned paper by stamping the paper with the woodgrain digital brush in the Element Pack 2. I had to stamp the brush about 5 times to make it large enough, but the woodgrain is pretty forgiving for lining it up.

You can check out how the rest of the Digital Team used this collection on the Glitz blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by!


Supplies
Digital elements: (papers and elements from the Color Me Happy Element Pack 2 and Paper Pack) Glitz Design
Dies: (scalloped circle from Button Stacks) PTI; (tag from Timeless Tags 2 Dies) WPlus9; (bow from Dainty Bows) Mama Elephant; (bunny from Silhouette) Silhouette America
Fibers: (green neon twine) Hemptique

Newton's Nook Designs Magical Wishes

Hi everyone! It's day two of the Newton's Nook Designs' September release!

Both of the sets will be available at midnight tonight in the NND store. My projects for the Boo Crew set are in THIS post.

We're sharing projects using the Magical Wishes set. Rather than using the larger images, I decided to focus on a way to use the small stamps in the set:

I stamped, colored, and fussy cut the star, hat (off of the wizard), and potion bottle. I could have stamped directly on except I used a tag base that doesn't like Copics. ;) The sentiments are from the Magical Wishes set.

Here's they are in close-up:

Ahhh...I love a CAS tag. :)

Want to win a free Magical Wishes set? Comment on the Newton's Nook blog and comment on each of the design team's blogs. You have until 9pm CST tonight for a chance to win.

Be sure to check out the rest of the team's creations!

Tessa Wise

Jocelyn Olson

Samantha Mann

Emily Leiphart

Jennifer Ingle

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super day.


Supplies
Cardstock: (Vintage White, White) PTI; (Nightshift Blue) MFT
Clear stamps: (Magical Wishes) Newton's Nook Designs
Die: (Timeless Tags 2 dies) WPlus9
Fibers: (Ivory twine) May Arts; (blue grosgrain) craft supply
Stickles
Copics

Happy Happy Happy (and a Giveaway Part 2)

Hi everyone!

It's our last week of the term at CAS-ual Fridays, and there are some changes to the design team (you can check it out on the site HERE). We're saying goodbye to AJ and Pamela--they're such fantastic designers and nice people. :)

We have one last challenge of the term:

So, the challenge is to make a feminine CAS card with kraft and text. I have to admit, I kind of forget about the text part, so we'll just say my sentiment is the text. Okay?

Here's what I came up with:

I used my new WPlus9 Sweets & Treats and stamped the cupcake on the platter. I fussy cut the entire image and colored it with Copics. The sentiment is my version of the text (wink, wink).

As an afterthought, I added the Lawn Fawn twine. My teammate Wida always keeps the tails of her bows long, and it looks very cool.

Here's a close-up:

I hope you'll play along with this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge! You can link up your projects HERE.

On Monday, I talked about a giveaway as a thank you to my blog followers/readers. I have two giveaways, and here is the photo of the second one:

You can comment on any of the posts this week, and I'll draw two names from all of the comments. You can comment through Sunday. Thank you again for all of your support!

Have a great weekend!


Supplies
Cardstock: (Kraft) WPlus9; (white) PTI
Clear stamps: (sentiment, cupcake, platter from Sweets & Treats set) WPlus9
Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko; (White) WPlus9
Cord: Lawn Fawn
Copics

Hot Dog!

Hi everyone! I hope your week is going well! I have a new blog design, thanks to Designer Blogs. I decided the winter colors had to go, and I wanted something cheerful.

I was thinking about ideas for the Paper Crafts Magazine's Gallery Idol contest, and since the theme was kid/teen birthday, I asked my seven-year-old what she would like. Cute animals, pink, glitter... So, here's what happened:

The style is a little different for me...more coloring, more fussy-cutting. But, it still is a hybrid card. ;) I used a digital stamp from the Flying High set at Tiddly Winks and colored it with Copics. I'm not going to lie--it took me three tries to get the shading I wanted on the balloons.

I knew I wanted to have the balloons hanging over the edge, so (holding my breath and praying that I didn't have to start again), I cut him out. Here's a close-up:

For the background, I die-cut some clouds from WPlus9 to use as a mask and misted over them with several different mists. The sky is a subtle gradient (I misted from the top of the panel).

When I was done with the card, I got a double thumbs-up from my kids. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great rest of the week!


Supplies
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Digital stamp: (dog from Flying High) Tiddly Inks
Copic Markers
Dies: (clouds) WPlus9
Mists: (Dewey) Studio Calico; (Dandelion) Fireworks; (Iridescent Gold) Tattered Angels; (Baby Blue Eyes, Marigold Yellow Orange) Lindy's Stamp Gange
Font: (MTF You Are) SugarHill Co.