When You Wish Upon a Star

Hello! I have a layout to share today.  I was inspired to use my Gelatos and modeling paste on this layout after watching this video by Missy Whidden. I didn't use they products in the way she used them, but the video inspired me to pull them out and use them.  I mixed some purple metallic gelato with modeling paste and then used a mask for the circle design.  

The orange swirl transparency is an old one by Hambly that I have had sitting in my scraps forever.  It matched the orange in the girls' costumes, so I had to use it! I fussy cut that to get rid of the excess around the design

I had some fun with the title of the page (also the title of one of their dances).  I cut the star from some of the excess transparency and then colored it with some purple alcohol ink and pearl mixative.  

To try to make it stand out more, I put a layer of glue on the back and some white tinsel glitter.  It still blended in too much with the purple on the background so I outlined it with white Liquid Pearls.

Materials:
Cardstock- Americna Crafts, Michaels
Transparency- Hambly
Modeling Paste- Golden
Gelato- Faber Castell
Ink and Liquid Pearls- Ranger
Glitter- American Crafts
Masks- Studio Calico, The Crafters Workshop
Stickers- Heidi Grace, Mark Richards
Pen- Zig
Gems- Basic Grey, Michaels, Jolees
Die Cutter- Provo Crafts
Cartridge- Jasmine

Stick It Down- Birthday Card

Hi all! I have a card I made earlier this week to share today.  I was inspired by this month's card sketch at Stick it Down:

I started with the light green cardstock background and dry embossed it. Then I inked up the edges with Walnut Ink, Forest Moss, and Wild Honey Distress Inks. I cut the tree using the "New Testament" Cricut cartridge, I thought this tree was so beautiful! I cut the olive colored piece to look like a hill for the tree to stand on and inked the edges of that piece as well.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment .

Dance Your Dream

 Hello!  I have another layout to share today!  This one uses my younger daughter's dance photos from a couple of years ago.  These photos started out on one big sheet that measured 10"x13".  I decided to cut the two shots out and use them on my layout.  I was inspired by another of the Cabin Fever Challenges going on now at My Scraps and More.  This challenge was called "Soup's On" and it is a recipe challenge based off of the recipe for potato soup. Here's the recipe:

Bacon- use the color pink.
Potatoes- use squares or rectangles to mimic diced potatoes.
Cheese- use the color yellow.
Green Onions- use a sprinkle of something on your page. 
Cream- use paints, mists or anything wet for your base. 

I started with a piece of cream cardstock and a mask.  I wanted silver mist to match to sequins on the girls' costumes, but my silver is gone.  I decided to use a gray mist and then go over it with a pearl mist for some shimmer.  I used the stencil to trace and cut out the hearts from patterned paper.  I popped them up with some foam adhesive.  For the yellow, I pulled out some OLD felt pieces and added those to my page.  I added a border of vellum squares and rectangles under the group photo. I "sprinkled" the felt buttons across my page to finish it off.

In this shot, you can see the shimmer from the spray mists and you can get a closer look at my vellum border.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my layout today!

Materials:
Cardstock- Bazzill
Patterned Paper- October Afternoon
Felt- Fancy Pants
Stickers- Basic Grey, Fancy Pants, October Afternoon
Mask- Heidi Swapp
Ink- October Afternoon, Tattered Angels
Pen- Zig
Vellum- Fiskars, Creative Memories

Mojo Monday- Baby Love

Hi everyone! I am back with another baby card! I have plenty of friends having babies in the coming months, so this will not be the last! I was inspired by this week's sketch at Mojo Monday:

I had the scraps from my March calendar page sitting on my desk, so I started from those. For the background, I dry embossed a piece of light blue cardstock and then inked it with some Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink. I also edged the patterned paper pieces with the same ink.  I stamped the feet and the sentiment with VersaMark and heat embossed it with navy embossing powder.  I ran a thin line of Midnight Blue Stickles between my patterned paper pieces to finish it off.

My Scraps and More Cabin Fever Crop- Teaching Memories

Hi all!  There is a crop going on over at My Scraps and More and I was able to complete one of the challenges so far!  I was inspired by Audrey's "Stuck Inside" challenge.  The challenge was to use something "stuck inside" your page.  A couple of weekends ago, I was doing some organizing in our office/ my scrap room closet with my professional organizing friend. I came across these photos and a couple of cards from when I was a teacher 9 years ago.  I found I had space in the album for that year, so I decided to put together a page. 

For the "stuck inside" part of the challenge, I made a pocket with some vellum and patterned paper. I used a strip of washi tape to hold those two pieces together.  I stitched around the page to create the pocket. I tucked both of the cards in the pocket.  You can see the words from one of the cards peeking through the vellum here.

I ended up going pretty basic on this page, and, as a result, it came together super fast and I am so happy to have these photos scrapped!  For the title area, I punched some scalloped circles and squares from the vellum and overlapped them.  I used some sticker letters for the title. I finished off this area and the rest of the page with some enamel dots.

Materials:
Patterned Paper- Die Cuts with a View, Simple Stories
Vellum- Crate Paper
Enamel Dots and Tape- My Mind's Eye
Stickers- Bo Bunny, Simple Stores
Punches and Pen- Marvy
Chipboard- Heidi Swapp
Thread- Coats and Clard
Stamp- Stampin Up
Ink- Ranger

Fusion Card Challenge- Welcome Baby

Hi ! I am back with a baby card I made for a friend who just had a baby. I was inspired by this week's Fusion Card Challenge. The challenge is to use the inspiration photo and/or the sketch.

I was inspired by by both.  I used the bow tie concept from the photo and the sketch for the overall design.  I made my own bow tie with some ribbon that I wanted to use.  I cut the circles with my Cricut. I used some clear iridescent embossing powder to add some sparkle. I then backed each of the circles with some scalloped circles punched from vellum. I stamped the background with some grey ink.  

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

I Heart Faces February Photo Challenge: Days 22-28

Well, I made it to the end of the month! Very few (if any) of these photos were actually taken on the day of the prompt, but that is okay.  We didn't have much for big events or milestones this month, so this challenge made sure I took some photos this month, and I am grateful for that. I am going to try to continue by picking back up on the weekly scavenger hunt here.

2/22 Curled

... or not. They celebrated "I Love to Read" month at my daughters' school by having dress up days this past week.  On Tuesday, they were to dress up as a favorite character from a book.  Addy chose Fancy Nancy.  She wanted to have her hair curled with hot rollers, but decided they were too hot after I had two in... So no curls it was!

2/23 Window
Two of the older kids were playing outside and this guy was watching them out the window and "painting" the window with a dry paintbrush.

2/24 Strength
It took some hand strength to push the play dough through this toy.

2/25 Radiant
This girl got to go to a princess birthday party this week, complete with a real, live Rapunzel. While she was there she got her face painted with this crown. She came home feeling like a "radiant" princess (a stretch, I know).

2/26 Cozy
These two decided to create a nest in the living room with the pillows, blankets and animals from their beds.  It looked pretty cozy to me.

2/27 Get Low
Our youngest started speech a couple of weeks ago and the teacher has brought things for him to play with each week. This week, she brought a bin of beans with some other toys that bring with "b" mixed in. It is a small bucket so we have to "get low" to play with it (and to pick up the beans when Nick spreads them all over the floor).

2/28 Darling
I made smoothies for snack yesterday and the boys ended up with "darling" mustaches from eating them.