MCS Challenge - Bags and Boxes

Good morning! Happy Monday - even happier because it is time for a new challenge at My Craft Spot! This week the challenge is Bags and Boxes. This is something I don't make that often - I'm kind of a card girl primarily! - so it was fun to have the challenge to break out and make something fun! Since we just started our homeschooling last week, I thought it would be fun to make some cute boxes to hold some fun treats to give my daughters to celebrate a successful first week. 

I cut these boxes using my Silhouette Cameo and a file from the online store using some Echo Park two sided paper. I obviously haven't filled them yet - but I love the stripes on the inside as well! I stamped my sentiment using My Craft Spot's Bon Appetit stamp set and heat embossed it on some gray Simon Says Stamp cardstock that I hand trimmed into a tiny banner shape. Finished off by attaching the top with some Sheer Black Ribbon from My Craft Spot.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful week!

Winnie and Walter - Leading Lady Post 3 - and Giveaway!

Good Saturday morning! I'm excited to be back on the Winnie and Walter Blog again this morning to share some more fun projects with my Winnie and Walter stamps!

Today I broke out the amazing chevrons from Scenery: V for cheVron stamp set and made 4 completely different styles of cards! First up - I so love watercolors right now, so I had to used the chevrons for that technique!

 For this card I used the solid medium sized chevrons, stamped them on watercolor paper in two different colors of My Favorite Things dye ink side by side a total of 3 times, then softened the lines with a waterbrush. I took some deep gray ink and pressed it onto my nonstick mat, added some water, and then used a clean brush to flick some black splatters across the card. Added a couple different sentiments from Bubble Talk on the bottom, then placed on a kraft card base.

For the next one, I wanted to go with a fun and random pattern, and make it masculine. I was trying to make sure everything did NOT line up perfectly, but I think a few things I got too close to straight, so it looks like I meant to make them straight and just failed! Oops! 

Anyway, used an assortment of My Favorite Things inks for this one as well, and added the speech bubbles and "DUDE" from Bubble Talk, the rest of the sentiment from The Big, the Bold, and the You, and the stars from Scenery: It's a Wonderful Pennant.  

Next up, I just had to use those lovely large chevrons too! 

First up I used the solid large chevron and MANY colors of My Favorite Things ink, and overlapped the chevrons randomly - some of them just a little, and some of them a lot. LOVE the way the inks blend together to make new colors! Then I stamped the outline, also randomly over the top - sometimes just inked one side of it, sometimes both of them. Added a sentiment from The Big, the Bold, and the You, a row of random machine stitching, and a few black enamel arrows.

And finally, another one with the large solid chevron - this time a completely one layer card, but with lots of the appearance of dimension all the same! 

I also used My Favorite Things ink for this one, and left a slight gap between chevrons so you can see the white card base underneath. Added a sentiment combined from The Big, the Bold, and the Fun and Bubble Talk as well as a few of the stars from Scenery: It's a Wonderful Pennant. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget you have a chance throughout the month to win a $30 gift card to Winnie and Walter just for leaving a comment! 

Thanks so much Shay and Julie for giving me this fun opportunity! Have a wonderful day everyone!

Hope is the thing with Feathers - Unity FWF

Good Friday morning! Just sharing a quick card this morning for Unity Friends with Flair:

Also linking this up with Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday - Blue, since I used some SSS Blue cardstock:

I used the gorgeous feathers and sentiment from the July 2014 Kit of the Month for my card. I first stamped the sentiment, masked it off, then stamped the feather over the top before removing my mask. Colored in with watercolors, then added some machine stitching and some card stock from Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

Baby Block Shower Invitations

Good morning! I'm over on the My Craft Spot blog today sharing some sweet baby shower invitations that I made recently by request of my sis-in-law in Hawaii! 

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the baby blocks, then split a sentiment from My Craft Spot's New Arrival stamp set to add the "It's a" and "Shower" to the front. I attached the baby blocks with foam adhesive, and inked the edges of the card with white pigment ink to soften them a little.

I attached some lace trim along the bottom of the card, then wrapped some Natural Jute String over the top of my lace and tied in a bow to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

You Can Do It - Avocado Arts

Good morning! I'm up on the Avocado Arts blog this morning to share a few cards with you using the new stamp set for August - LOVE the way this set gives a little nod to back to school, but a little less traditional!!!

The first thing that caught my eye in this set, was that fun "smartie" stamp set:

I created a watercolor wash for the background, then stamped and fussy cut out those candies - I just left them white and attached them to the front panel, then added a layer of Glossy Accents to make them look more like real candies! Added some American Crafts pattern paper, a pre-made bow, and some gold thread. The pinked edge die is from Avery Elle.

Next up, I actually raided my scrap bin to put this card together:

Stamped and fussy cut again, then heat embossed the sentiment on a strip of brown cardstock. Attached the sentiment panel and the pencils with foam adhesive.

And finally - I was coloring up this sweet little image, when all of a sudden it occurred to me that it would be fun to make an interactive card!

I used some distress ink to ground the image, then stamped, colored with Copics, and fussy cut out the image before attaching with only a brad - that way it totally rocks back and forth! Fun, right? Hippo down:

And hippo up:

Also added some Basic Grey pattern paper and some jute twine.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

Sheep Shaped Card

Just have to laugh a little at that title - Sheep Shaped Card - say that 3 times fast, huh? Anyway - I guess that describes what it is pretty perfectly!

I made this to play along with a couple of challenges - first of all, Virginia's View Challenge #6 - Shape Card:

I also wanted to play along with the current Little Tangles Challenge - Happy Birthday (the sentiment stamp and sequins are both from Little Tangles!):

And finally - Simon Says Work It Wednesday Challenge - Blue (The card base is blue cardstock, and the background of the floral is blue - even though it is hard to tell in the photos!):

For this card I used my Silhouette Cameo to weld together my card shape with a cut file from the Silhouette store. I used some Basic Grey floral paper to create the body of the sheep and some Simon Says Stamp Grey cardstock for the face. I inked the edges of both of those with distress ink, and added some machine stitching around the outside of the sheep's body, then attached the head and eyes each with foam adhesive for some dimension. Hand trimmed a banner to stamp my sentiment from A Long Time Ago with MFT ink, then attached it to look like the sheep is holding it in its mouth. Finished off with a pre-made bow I had in my stash, and some Crystal Clear sequins. It is hard to see in the photos, but I also added Glossy Accents to the eyes for a bit of shine!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

Soft Skyline Thanks

Good morning! So excited to share a card I had tons of fun making!

I was completely inspired by the current Runway Inspired Challenge:

I started off by heat embossing an image from Altenew's Sketchy Cities America on vellum in white, then fussy cutting it out two times. I used some washi tape on the bottom of my soft yellow cardstock to ground everything, then layered the skylines slightly offset over the top of each other with a thin strip of glue along the bottom of them. Once they dried a little, I trimmed them off to match the edges of my cardstock. I scored the top edge of the card three times for some interest, then added some more vellum with a torn edge on the top. Finally, attached a die cut Thanks word die from Paper Smooches with some machine stitching, and finished off with a couple words added on with Staz-on ink using Many Thanks stamp set, also from Paper Smooches.

Love how soft and pretty this came out - and I never would have tried something like this without the inspiration in the photo! 

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful day!