A Couple of Cards

Hello! Can you believe it is the end of April already? I wish our weather would help me believe it a little more! I have a couple of cards to share today. 

First up is a First Communion card. I used the current card sketch from Stick It Down:

I knew I wanted to make the chalice and host using my Cricut and then would go in the place of the circle in the sketch. I then looked for some paper options to layer underneath. I found this cracked, aged patterned paper and decided to use that as my base and then I took a piece of gold polka dot acetate to go over the top. The white card base was a little stark around the edges, so I inked the edges with dark brown ink.

Next up is a quick birthday card using a bunch of scraps. I started with the balloon paper and the bunny on the bicycle. I found a coordinating piece of patterned paper and then matted everything with the green cardstock. I fussy cut the sentiment for a sheet of different sentiments. I finished off the card with a few sequins.

 Thanks for stopping by!

May Calendar Page- Stick It Down

Hello! I have my May calendar page to share today! I started with the current double page sketch at Stick It Down:

I started by finding a patterned paper to go on my left hand page. I thought this striped paper would be fun. I then added my photos. I fussy cut the flowers and butterflies from a few different sheets of patterned paper and added them to my layout with regular adhesive and foam adhesive for dimension. I cut my title with my Cricut from patterned paper and chipboard and layered the pieces together. For my journaling, I typed it up on the computer and then printed it on vellum, cutting it into strips. I adhered the strips to the photos that they related to and the extras went below my title. I finished off my layout with some enamel dots, puffy stickers, and a canvas flair button.

 I am alse entering this in the Use Your Stuff layering challenge. I layered up those flowers and butterflies!

Kid Zone

 Hi all! I have a layout to share today! I started with the sketch from Sketches In Thyme:

I had these fun photos of my son from the Children's Museum that were close enough in size to use the sketch. I found some patterned papers in bright colors to go with them. For the journaling, I found a 4x6 journaling card and layered it partially under my largest photo. I wanted to add a little interest behind the smaller photos on the bottom so I used a mask and blending brush and created a trail of stars across the paper. I found some letters in my stash to make my title. I got a little creative with the letters for "zone" because that set is down to very few letters. The "o" was a "q" that I cut the tail off of, the "n" was an "m", and the "e" was an "f" that I added the extra piece from the "m" to. That font was DIY Thickers, which I usually use glitter to color, but I didn't think that was appropriate for this layout, so I used some chalk to color the adhesive to match my papers. I embellished my page with some stickers, puffy stickers, washi tape, and epoxy flair. For the "smile" circle, I took a circle sticker and stamped the smile sentiment. 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my layout!

Birthday Cards

Hi all! I have a couple of new cards to share! I started with this sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I started by making these backgrounds on watercolor paper. I stamped the flowers with Versamark ink and heat embossed them with pearl embossing powder. I then did the smooshing technique with pink, blue, and purple Distress inks. Once that was dry, I found some washi tape in the same colors and added a line of it across the corner of the card. I stamped the flower with Versamark and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I ink blended the same colors that I used on my background. Then stamped the flower again and heat embossed it with the pearl embossing powder. To finish off the card, I used some blue gems and gold pearls. For the present, I stamped the image with Distress Oxide ink and heat embossed it with clear powder. I then painted it with a water brush and the same colors as the background. I embellished this card with sequins and gold Liquid Pearls.

 Thanks for checking out my cards!

First Birthday Card

Hello again! I have a sweet first birthday card to share today. I wanted to use this cute bear and balloon stamp so I started with that- I stamped and colored it with colored pencils and chalk. I found a scrap of patterned paper to fit my card front. I then stamped my sentiment onto the patterned paper. I wanted to make this a shaker card, so then I took I piece of clear packaging and started by folding over and adhering one side down to the back of my patterned paper, I then did the next two sides, making a pocket. I added some sequins to the pocket and then adhered the last edge closed. I adhered the bear on the plastic and found a number 1 sticker to put on the balloon to finish of the card front.

 

Floating Through Summer

Hi all! I have a new layout to share! It just snowed again so it was fun to work on some warm weather photos! I started with this mood board from Paper Issues:

When I saw that flamingo floatie on the mood board, I was reminded of a Paper Issues cut file I had downloaded a while back and decided to use that on my layout. The cut file also had some phrases and I ended up using one of them for the title. I backed parts of the flamingo and the word "floating" with patterned papers. I used papers from several different collections and manufacturers. Since the layout was about water play, I wanted to add some watery texture to my background, so I used a few different colors of blue ink and the packaging smooshing technique for both of my sheets of cardstock. I embellished my layout with some flair, stickers, die cuts, and enamel dots. It is hard to see, but I added some dots of Glossy Accents to give the look of water droplets around my embellishment clusters.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my layout!
 

Happy Father's Day

Hi all! I have a new layout to share today. I was inspired by this layout to scraplift in the Paper Issues group on Facebook: 

I found a couple of patterned papers that had the lines I needed for the triangle pieces. I cut them and then matted them on kraft cardstock to make them a bit bigger so they would hold the cards I wanted to include. I used my sewing machine to create a frame around the whole layout and I ran a line of stitching along the bottom angle of the patterned paper to create the pockets. I then layered my photos over the top. I used my Cricut the cut the title and fussy cut the larger hearts from a sheet of patterned paper. I finished off the layout with acetate stars.