Paper Secrets: Thank You

Hi Crafters!
  I hope everyone had an amazing weekend celebrating Mother's Day! Hubby surprised me with an out of town celebration. I had a really nice and relaxing day. With that being said, I couldn't wait to get back to my desk and play...lol! Paper Secrets is having their first monthly card challenge. Create a card using their sketch and one lucky winner will be chosen to be featured as a Guest Card Designer.

Here is the sketch:

 

Here is my take:

Supplies Used:

Recollections Cardstock

MME Breeze

Studio G stamp

Martha Stewart Embossing Pad

Stampendous White Embossing Powder

Recollections pearls

Handmade flower

Ribbon and lace from stash

 

Hope this brings you some inspiration!

 

xoxo

 



April Build-a-Flower Challenge with Jules!

Good Afternoon Crafters!

 Today I have a quick and easy scallop layered flower tutorial. Jules with The Wild Orchid Crafts Design Team is having a "Build A Flower" challenge on her blog. The challenge is to do a blog post showing pictures of a flower tutorial. Five to Eight pictures are required. The flowers must be in layers. The deadline is by midnight  May 8th. This is totally not my original idea. I have seen this tutorial many times on youtube. I would like to share how I create this type of flower my way.

Here is my tutorial...

Gather 5 scalloped circles

Punch a hole in the middle with a crop-a-dile

Secure eyelet with crop-a-dile(a brad can be added as well)

Saturate with water or glimmer mist

Scrunch the layers of circle into a ball

Slightly dry flower with heat tool

While the flower is wet, slightly open the layers

Continue drying the flower

Once dry, continue to open layers until desired look

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you enjoy!

 

xoxo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Splash! Stash Challenge

Hi All!
  Hope everyone had an awesome National Scrapbooking Day! I had a very busy day and didn't get to scrapbook at all, so I made up for it today. I decided to play along with Scrap Our Stash Challenge Blog: Stash Challenge. Creat a layout using as many items from the list of stash items provided. Using the items listed and a sketch from their link can earn extra entries into their prize drawing.

Here is the stash list: 

Ribbon

Tags

Brads

Layered Stickers

Washi Tape

Twine

Paint

Wood Pieces

Bling

2 + Different Punches

 

Here is my layout:

 

 

I am so happy with how this layout turned out. I used 8 of the 10 items listed. The paper line and embleshments are Fancy Pants-The Good Life. I splashed paint all over my layout. I used some ribbon from my stash on the tag and to make the center flower. I used one of the layered sticker tags and frame. I put three different color Basic Grey brads by the title. I used some red and white twine I got from Target. I added a bling to center of my handmade tulle flower. I also used 2 different EK Success punches on the edges.

 

Here is the sketch I followed:



Wish me Good Luck! Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

xoxo