Artful Delight Friday - Love You More

For this week's card I wanted to incorporate one of the cute little Fancy Pants bags that were in the kit. 

I embossed the sentiment, from the Jillibean Soup stamp set, onto the bag as well as one of the patterned papers.  The 'O's were fussy cut and adhered to the bag. 

I cut a very thin strip of that pink paper to use as 'trim' threading it through the little cardstock sentiment tag.

Loving the fun and graphic elements in this kit.

Hope that you have a great end to your week!

Supplies Used:  Artful Delight August Card Kit; CTMH - White Embossing Powder; Versamark; Tombow - Mono Adhesive

Going for a ride

Scraptastic Kit Club is celebrating their third anniversary with a crop, and I thought I would try and play along with some challenges.  This is my first layout.  The challenge was to use three photos and three patterned papers.

I chose some photos from our vacation last summer to Lake Lanier.  My sisters rented some of these stand up paddle boards and before they went out themselves, took each of the girls out for a little ride.

Since we were a little worried about sending Carina out there, Lydia ended up sitting on the board with her and paddling and Esther swam alongside.  We're all about safety here folks! 

Anyway, I chose three papers, one from AC's XOXO line (the ruled paper), and two from GCD's Sunkissed line (the waves and base paper).  I fussy cut the wave paper to anchor the bottom of the photo portion.  Now you might be wondering about that fourth print at the top of the paper - by happy coincidence that is the print on the reverse of the ruled paper, perfect to have water below and sky above, no? 

The entire central portion was stitched around the edge.  I added some enamel dots and an Elle's Studio tag, and wrote my journaling on the wave paper, following the wavy lines. 

Hoping to get at least one more layout done for Scraptastic this evening, so no time to chit chat.  Have a great evening!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  GCD Studios - Sunkissed collection; AC - XOXO collection
Other:  AC - Journal Foam Thickers; MME - The Sweetest Thing and Kate & Co enamel dots; Elle's Studio - Serendipity Limited Edition tag; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; Sewing Machine

I Miss You

A quick share today.  I created this card a while back using Ronda Palazarri's Urban Landscape stencil.

A really simple, easy way to use stencils, just adding ink with blending tool and daubers.  The patterned paper is from Ready Set Go and the sentiment is Lil Inker Designs.

I actually just sent this card away with Andrew.  He left over the weekend for a mission trip with our church.  Believe it or not, I have a lot of cards lying around, so I sent one for each day he is away.  Ellie left this morning to visit his parents and siblings for a week or so, so it's just me and Carina for a while.  Looking forward to some one on one time with her....she copies Ellie so much it will be nice to see more of her own personality.

Hope your week is going well!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  American Crafts - Ready Set Go 6x6 paper pad; CTMH - White Daisy and Black cardstock
Stamps:  Lil Inker Designs - Sentiment Flag Additions
Ink:  CTMH - Black, Honey, Autumn Terracotta; Distress Inks:  Festive Berries, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean, Mowed Grass, Evergreen Bough
Other:  The Crafter's Workshop - Urban Landscape 6x6 stencil; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; CTMH - Dimensional Foam Tape

Sixy and Scrabble

I thought I would pop in to share one of my projects that was published in Paper Crafts Birthday Creations Vol 3.

I actually had two other projects in this issue, another card and tag, but this one is my favorite. 

Busy weekend here, a bit rough, but got a lot done and had some good quality time with the girls. 

Hope your week is off to a good start!

Paper Sweeties Birthday Blog Hop

Hey everyone!  I'm so happy to be helping my friend Debbie celebrate the one year birthday of her stamp company Paper Sweeties today.  Debbie has all sorts of fun things planned this month and she's kicking it off with a three day blog hop.  She's offering a great prize too, someone is going to win the entire August release!

I created a birthday/celebration card for the hop:

I used the Emma, Dream a Little Dream, and Happy Fall Ya'll sets on this card.

I love piecing, so had a great time dressing sweet Emma.

The majority of the papers are from Authentique's Delightful collection, although her underskirt is a paper from CTMH's La Belle Vie collection.  I added some gems and Liquid Glass accents to her crown, and some SRM stickers at the top and bottom.

A little piecing tip.  I like to piece in layers because it adds depth, but in this instance, if I had left all the dress layers intact, it would have been too bulky up top and looked funny, so I trimmed the underskirt and white portion of the dress at the waist line.  Then I trimmed Emma herself, using only her top half.  This allows the figure to lay flat.  You get dimension where you should, in the layers of the dress, but she doesn't look top heavy.

 

Also, when I piece detailed images, a lot of times I don't totally adhere the image.  So for example, I didn't put adhesive on Emma's pigtails or the edges of the clouds.  I think this adds some extra dimension/depth to the card.

OK, that's all for me.  There are lots of stops on the hop, but you have until August 17th to complete it.  I've got the links for all three days listed below.  There are some VERY talented ladies participating, so start at the Paper Sweeties blog (you'll find all the details on how to win) and have a wonderful time hopping!

Have a great weekend!

Friday, August 2nd
Debbie Marcinkiewicz <http://www.papersweeties.com/category/blog/>
Jinny Newlin <http://jinnynewlin.blogspot.com/>
Amy Tsuruta <http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com/>
Teresa Kline <http://paperieblooms.blogspot.com/>
Pattie Goldman <http://pattie-g.blogspot.com/
Tina Milbourn <http://denamiaddict.blogspot.com/>

Kathy Montgomery <http://inmylittlekorner.blogspot.com/>
Michelle Bala <http://passionatecrafter.blogspot.com/>
Jessica Kephart <http://homespunelegance.blogspot.com/>
Karen Letchworth <http://karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com/>
Lori Ulrich <http://scrappinsaints.blogspot.com/>

Saturday, August 3rd
Debbie Marcinkiewicz <http://www.papersweeties.com/category/blog/>
Paulina Nakamura <http://prettypinkposh.com/>
Teresa Kline <http://paperieblooms.blogspot.com/>
Tina Milbourn <http://denamiaddict.blogspot.com/>
Jeanne Jachna <http://akeptlife.blogspot.com/>
Miriam Prantner <http://mprantner.blogspot.com/>
Char Cundy <http://ccundy.blogspot.com/>
Lenet Mos <http://scraplenet.blogspot.com/>
Karen Letchworth <http://karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com/>
Lori Ulrich <http://scrappinsaints.blogspot.com/>
Tracey Kelly <http://trace-elementz.blogspot.com.au/>

Sunday, August 4th
Debbie Marcinkiewicz <http://www.papersweeties.com/category/blog/>
Nina Yang <http://waffleflower.com/>
Tina Milbourn <http://denamiaddict.blogspot.com/>
Andrea Ewen <http://www.ewenstyle.com/>
Teresa Kline <http://paperieblooms.blogspot.com/>
Maria Patrick <http://mariasmerrymakings.blogspot.com/>
Kristi Schurr <http://kristispapercreations.blogspot.com/>
Karen Letchworth <http://karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com/>
Lori Ulrich <http://scrappinsaints.blogspot.com/>
Rebecca Deeprose <http://www.paperprimrose.com/>

Supplies Used

Paper/Cardstock:  Authentique - Delightful 6x6 pad; CTMH - La Belle Vie collection, White Daisy, Parchment, and Chocolate Cardstock

Stamps:  Paper Sweeties - Emma, Dream a Little Dream, and Happy Fall Ya'll

Ink:   CTMH - Cocoa

Other:  CTMH - Clear gems, Liquid Glass, CM - Custom Cutting System Ovals; SRM Stickers - birthday Border Stickers; Tombow - Mono Adhesive

Artful Delight Friday - August Sketch Card

Happy Friday!

This is my take on this month's card sketch.

Pretty clean and simple.  I love that blue woodgrain paper and really wanted to highlight it.  For the border strip elements, I layered a strip of chevron paper over the filmstrip washi, so just the edge of it was visible.  Then I used some of the black and white twine I had left from last month's kit (seriously, the kits are packed and I still have a bunch of that twine) threaded through one of the Fancy Pants chipboard stars.

One of the Pebbles chalkboard stickers was the perfect sentiment.

Don't forget that one random participant in our sketch challenges will win their choice of August kit.  Hope you can play along!

Have a great end to your week.  Come back tomorrow, I'm participating in a special hop!

Supplies Used:  Artful Delight August Card Kit; Twine from Artful Delight July Card Kit; CTMH - Dimensional Foam Tape; Tombow - Mono Adhesive

Artful Delight August Kit Reveal

Hey guys, just popping in to help reveal this month's Artful Delight kits.

Here is the card kit:

And the scrapbook kit:

So fun right?  I'm pretty excited about the Pier papers and all the fun camera embellishments!

And here are the sketches for the month.  Remember one random player will win their choice of this month's kits.  This is the card sketch:

And the scrapbook sketch:

Come back tomorrow to see my take on this month's sketch.