September Calendar Page

 Hi all! We're getting close to the end of the month which means it is time for me to share my calendar page! I started with this sketch from Stick It Down:

I decided to use a sheet of patterned paper and a sheet of kraft cardstock as the bases of my pages. All of the patterned paper is from Shimelle's Never Grow Up collection. Since most of the photos this month are outdoors, I used the outdoorsy papers. I used a cut file in place of the doily on the left hand page. For my journaling, I used some digital journaling spots and typed my journaling on them in Photoshop Elements. I printed them on kraft cardstock to match my layout. I used my Cricut to cut out the title. It is hard to tell from the photo, but the title is cut from shiny silver cardstock and then backed with kraft. I embellished the page with stickers, rub ons, fussy cut leaves and flowers, and enamel dots. 

 Thanks for stopping by to check out my layout!

Birthday Cards From a Kit

Hi all! I have a few cards to share today using the June Card kit from Simon Says Stamp (sorry, it's no longer available!). For my first card, I used the current card sketch from Stick it Down: 

I started with the rainbow wavy paper for the background and found the little cut apart rectagle for the sentiment. I then found the green wood grain paper for the bottom half of the card. Initially, I didn't line up the grass line of the small panel with the background on purpose, but decided I liked the continuity it created. I matted the small panel to make it stand out against the background. For the clouds, I stamped and fussy cut them befor layering them onto the background. I finished the card of with some iridescent gold stars.

The next few cards used the patterned papers that were included in the kit paired with the stamp set. I loved these cute bunnies, so I started with that for my main panel. I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of the green cardstock I used for my card base. I wanted to add some dimension, so I fussy cut the butterflies from another piece of paper in the kit. I finished off this card with a few drops of Stickles.

This card started with the balloon patterned paper, I chose the cute bunny and balloon stamp to layer on top. I colored the stamped image with watercolor pencils and blended the color with a water brush. I stamped the main sentiment directly on the background and decided to add the smaller sentiment onto the balloon. To add some sparkle, I used the yellow Stickles gel included in the kit to add sparkle to the balloon. The cat was attached to the card with foam tape for dimension.

My final card started with the painted squares background. I added a strip of punched coordinating cardstock across the bottom for interest. The sentiment panel and clouds were stamped on white cardstock. I fussy cut the clouds and ran a black inkpad over the edges of the sentiment panel to give it an outline to match the cloudes. I layered everything onto the card, lifting some layers with foam adhesive. I finished things off with more of those iridescent gold stars.

 This kit has been so fun to create with! I have some bits and pieces of the papers left and of course the stamp set, so you will be seeing a bit more of this kit in the future!

August Calendar Page- Stick It Down

Hi all! I'm a little behind getting this posted, but here it is, my August calendar page. I was inspired by the July double sketch at Stick it Down:

I stuck pretty close to the sketch. I used papers from a couple of Vicki Boutin's recent collections. I love the fun bright colors of these papers. I used a cut file from Paper Issues for my title. To embellish the page, I used die cuts and stickers from several different companies and collections. I've found journaling on strips works really well for these pages, so that's what I did here.

 Thanks for stopping by to check out my page!

Birthday card- Sketch Saturday and Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Hi all! I will be sharing some projects over the next few days that I have made in the last couple of weeks. First up, is a card inspired by the current Tic Tac Toe board and Sketch Saturday sketch:

I did the middle row of the tic tac toe board: balloons, birthday, and twine. I went a little abstract with this one since it was for my 14 year old nephew. I pulled some colors of Distress Oxide inks and these scribble and blot stamps. I used the sketch as inspiration for the placement of my circles. for the green balloon, I used a circle cutter to cut it out and foam tape to attach it to my card front. I stamped the sentiment and edged the piece in the same color to help it stand out a bit from the background. I found some coordinating twine and glued it on like a balloon string.  I finished off the card with some Liquid Mercury Nuvo Drops.