Christmas Tag

Hi all! I have a new project to share, this time it is a tag! I don't do tags often, but I made these to go in packages that were sent to my godchildren.

For the background, I started by stamping the stars in white ink (the tags are manilla, so off white). I heat embossed the stars with sparkle embossing powder. Then I used a blending brush and Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and covered the background. I took a towel and wiped off the stars once I was done inking (the embossing resists the ink). I then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment. Finally, I cut the angels using my Cricut. I misted the blue and white layers with Perfect Pearls mixed with water for some shimmer (which you can't see in the photo. 

 I wrote the "to" and "from" on the back. I am entering this in the Bitten By the Bug 2 Any Holiday challenge. Thanks for stopping by!

Snow Cards

Hello! I have two new cards to share today! I used alcohol inks and Lift Off ink and this was the result.

First up is the card with the alcohol inks. I used purple, blue and teal inks and played around with layering them on glossy cardstock until I was happy with the result. I then took some snowflake, clear cling stamps and arranged them on my MISTI. I inked them up with Alcohol Lift Off ink and stamped. I then put my second panel in the MISTI and stamped the ink off (see that panel on the card below). I ended up doing that two more times to make the effect more visible. I still felt the snowflakes were pretty faint, so I rotated my card and stamped them again  with white pigment ink for more interest. I added some vellum to the top and bottom and stamped my sentiment on a strip of cardstock. I punched a few snowflakes to layer on top as well. One of them I heat embossed with sparkle embossing powder. To finish things off, I added some clear rhinestones.

To add more texture to my second card, I used a snowflake embossing folder. I then cut the snowflake using my Cricut. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on vellum and wrapped it around my card front. To finish off the card, I added Liquid Pearls around the large snowflake.

I am entering these in the Use Your Stuff- Snow or Winter challenge. 

 

January Calendar Page

Hello, I have my January calendar page ready to share! With this layout, I have used all three Stick It Down sketches this month! Here is the double page sketch:

I mixed and matched papers for this layout. I realized I was down to scraps in my winter collection. I started with the cream polka dot paper and found a light purple cardstock that went with the purple dots. I worked in some of the 3x4 cards as tags and cut a few others from patterned paper to go around my photo collage. I used my Cricut to cut the title. I decided to cover it with Stickles for some interest. I hand wrote my journaling on strips to go with the photos and a few extra events on the tag on the right page. I finished off the page with some stickers, brads, and flair badge.

 

Flower Girl Adventures

Hello! I got another layout completed! This time I used this sketch that is part of the Lasting Memories Flashback Sketch challenge:

I used the sketch for my left hand page. I then extended the design over to the right hand page. For the block on the background, I taped off a square and used mists to create an ombre effect. I then stamped over the spray ink with flower stamps and white ink. The title was cut using my Cricut. The words "flower girl" were cut from white cardstock and I sprayed it with the same pink ink I used on the background. The word "adventures" was cut from dark grey cardstock that I heat embossed with silver powder. I embellished the page with a lot of random bits and pieces that went with the colors of my layout. 

 Thanks for checking out my layout!

Fabulous Fall

I know, there's snow on the ground, it's nearly Christmas, but I had this fun fall photos to scrapbook! I started with this sketch from Scrap Our Stash:

This sketch worked great with my three photos. I cut leaves using my Cricut in place of the large circles. I had used plain cardstock, but decided they looked a little too stark next to the watercolored designs of this collection, so I drug a couple of Distress Oxide inkpads across them and spread the color with a wet brush. I fussy cut the smaller leaves and pumpkins from the collection. I used my Cricut to cut the word "fabulous" as well. This challenge also required the use of twine, ribbon or jute. I used some jute on my layout. I used one legth in the top left corner under the leaves and a second length to "hang" my banner for my title. I finished embellishing my page with washi tape, chipboard stickers, stickers, and sequins.

 Thanks for checking out my layout!

First Friends

Hello! I have a couple of new layouts to share over the next couple of days using this month's challenges from Scrap Our Stash. 

Today I am sharing my layout for the first challenge of the month which was to lift this layout: 

I decided to do hearts for my layout too, but found this cut file with them in circles. I cut the file from white cardstock and then splattered coordinating colored inks on it for some texture. I used a couple of the cut out hearts to layer on top. I colored those with using a blending brush and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink. I backed some of the hearts with patterned paper and let others open to allow the background to show through. I used my Cricut to cut the title from a couple of patterned papers. I also cut the word "friends from thin chipboard for dimension. I kept the journaling simple with the names of my son and his friends. I embellished the page with a ocuple of flair buttons and a "buds" rub on. I finished things off with Dirty Bronze Nuvo Drops. 

 Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Cards

Hello! I have a couple of new cards to share! 

First up is this masculine birthday card using the current card sketch from Stick It Down:

I started by running a piece of kraft cardstock through a woodgrain embossing folder. I then took some dark green cardstock and stamped evergreen boughs in an even darker green. I used the same color cardstock, as well as some dark green cardstock to cut out the tree with my Cricut. To add a little interest, I took a white gel pen and added snow to the tree. For the band around the middle of the card, I found a scrap of kraft patterned paper and inked the edges with brown ink. I took the same ink and rubbed it over my embosssed paper to make the embossing stand out more. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment. To finish off the card front, I used Liquid Mercury Nuvo Drops.

My second card was inspired by last week's sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I also ran a cardstock panel through an embossing folder for this card, this time a snowflake folder. I cut a circle from white cardstock and blended a background on it. I was originally use a snowman stamp for this card, but found this cute stamp set in my stash and decided to go with it instead. I stamped the person in black ink and then colored it with markers. For the trim on the hood, I filled the space with glue and sprinkled white glitter over it. I used my Cricut to cut the swirl with white and blue glitter cardstocks. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and added dots of Stickles to finish off the card front.

 Thanks for stopping by to check out my cards!