Wild Things

Hello! I have a new layout with lots of photos to share! When I was trying to figure out what papers to use, I came across this cute hedgehog paper and decided to use that. When I figured out that two strips would fill in between my rows of photos perfectly, I was really excited. To tie the two pages together, I used a strip on my left hand page too. I found a coordinating paper to go behing the photo at the top. Then I went to work with a cut apart sheet. I cut the strip of stars and the tags across the bottom. For two of the tags, I cut off the bottom couple of inches and ended up punching scalloped circles from them to use by my title. I embellished my page with stickers, buttons, glitter enamel dots, and Nuvo drops. I used my Cricut to cut the title. I cut the word "Wild" from black cardstock and chipboard to add some thickness. I went around the outside of the chipboard with a black Sharpie to make the edges blend better. Once it was on the page, I wanted it to have just a little more oomph, so I squiggled Black 3D paint over the letters which gave it some fun texture and shine. 

 I'm entering this in the Studio Challenges "Inspired by a Song" challenge. I was inspired by the title of the song "Wild Thing."

Thanks for stopping by to check out my layout!

Happy Birthday card

Hi again! While I still had my supplies out from my May calendar page, I decided to make a card! I was inspired by the current challenge at Fusion:

And also the current board at the Tic Tac Toe challenge:

I stuck pretty close to the sketch and you can see some inspiration from the colors on my card. I used the center vertical column from the Tic Tac Toe board. I used my Cricut to cut the three flowers from white cardstock and then inked them with Distress Oxide inks in coordination colors. I added a strip of lace for a soft element and some gems in the center of my flowers to finish off the card front. 

 Thanks for checking out my card!

May Calendar Page- Stick It Down

Hello! I have my May calendar page ready to share! I started with this sketch from Stick It Down:

I started by choosing photos for the suggested photo spots. I once again packed a bunch into the strip on the second page. As I was thinking about the design, I realized I could fit some more into the squares on either end of the page. One of the things we did last May was to go to the Arboretum. We had taken a bunch of photos of the flowers and trees there. I used the squares as an opportunity to show off some of the close up photos we took. Once I had my papers, photos and journaling in place, I worked on embellishing. I used my Cricut to cut the title (Did you know they added an "offset" feature that allows you to make a shadow/outline of anything you make? It is awesome!) The blue wasn't standing out very well against the wood grain paper, so I outlined it with a fine tip black pen. I fussy cut a buch of flowers from some of the patterned papers. I then layered those and stickers around my page. I finished my clusters off with some pearls and pink Nuvo drops. 

I am also entering this in the "Lasting Memories" flowers and tags challenge. 

 Thanks for stopping to check out my layout!

First Communion Card- Stick It Down

Hello again! I have my last card to share that I made this past week! This one is a First Communion card for my son and our goddaughter (I made two). I started with the card sketch from Stick It Down:

I put my Cricut to work on this card, cutting the chalice and host. For the chalice, I used a couple of colors of metallic cardstock and layered them. I cut a circle from off white cardstock and used my scoring board to make the cross in the middle. I then went through my scraps to find some coordinating pieces to make the background. I really liked the circle patterned paper, so I made two of the three banners along the bottom from vellum so it wouldn't cover up much of the design of the paper. 

 Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!

Happy Birthday- The Card Concept and Sketch Saturday

 Hello again! I'm back with another card today! For this card, I pulled inspiration from The Card Concept and the sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I worked with the colors if the inspiration photo to make a pretty spring birthday card. I used the other embossing folder I bought a while back for my background. I then attached it to a pre printed card that was the right orange color. I stamped my sentiment on a piece of subtly patterned paper that I then matted on orange cardstock. I took some gold twine and tied a bow around the sentiment panel. For the bottom border, I found a piece of lace in an off white color. I finished off the card with some gold Liquid Pearls.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card. Stop by tomrrow for one more card that I made recently!

Happy Birthday- Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Hello, I have some new cards that I will be sharing over the next few days! First up is a birthday card I made for my niece who turns 5 later this week. I used this week's board from Tic Tac Toe Challenge to inspire my card:

I used the center row- layers, free space and coloring. I started by making my background using a Concord and 9th Turnabout stamp. I stamped the pink, green and blue with regular Distress Inks and then stamped the purple with Distress Oxide and sprinkled it with glitter embossing powder for some sparkle. I heat set the powder and then went to work on the rest of my card. I stamped and then colored the carousel horse with Gelatos and a water brush. I punched that out in a circle that I layered over a scalloped circle punched for blue glitter paper. I took a piece of rainbow ribbon and ran that across my card front and attached my stamped sentiment strip to that. I finished off the card with some white and blue irridescent sequins.