Ready, Set, Go...a cheery card!

I love bright and cheery colors and Amy Tan's "Ready, Set, Go" line is a dream come true for me.  I got it and within a couple days had designed multiple cards and layouts using it!  Here is one of those cards!  I used my Martha Stewart butterfly punch and centered it over two different colors on some chevron striped patterned paper.  I love how funky they turned out!  I also used some of my favorite clear stickers from SRM stickers.

CARDS Magazine Recipe Challenge

Paige offered up the challenge this week to use 3 flowers, 2 butterflies, and 1 bird.  This might be the fastest card I have made in a long time...all from the same sticker set (except the sentiment), a little pattern paper, and some bling :)  This was a very fun challenge!

And I got two cards picked up for the June issue of CARDS magazine!  Wahoo! :)

Supplies Used: Sentiment SRM stickers, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Creative Charms bling, The Twinery Bakers Twine, MME stickers & Patterned Paper

Butterfly Garden Card

This totally would have made my top 10 from 2011...but I needed to hold it back for Momenta!  I think it actually may be one of my all time favorites!  I don't use a lot of pastels in my scrapping but I wanted to check out the Butterfly Garden Pyramid Pad from Momenta and I'm so glad I gave it a chance.  This Pad has the most gorgeous paper and is amazing when fussy cut!  Check out all the dimension on this card and it wasn't even difficult to do!  I based this card on a sketch for CARDS magazine submission calls for May.  It didn't get picked up (three others did though!) and I have no way to link you to the sketch.

I created my base from a nice yellow cardstock.  Then added the striped patterned paper at the bottom.  One of my favorite features of our pyramid pads is that they have one "busy and detailed" side of paper and one "calmer and neutral one."  I used one of the neutral sides for my pink background to help ground things before I went dimension crazy!  The pyramid pads are set up with two sided cardstock in descending sizes and the designs get smaller to make them more user friendly for cards.  I love them!

I punched 5 1 1/2 inch circles (in all different patterns), and 5 1 inch circles (again in all different patterns).  I glued them together and then popped them each up.  I fussy cut the flowers and popped those up also (just in the center) and then pulled the petals upward so they really popped up.  You don't see a lot of this but I did it in this card too and I think it adds a really nice touch!  I topped those off with gems.  Finally I fussy cut two butterflies and glued the first one down tight but only glued the body of the second one down.  I pulled the wings forward, again to give it some pretty pop.  I am officially hooked on this pyramid pad!

Supplies Used:

Butterfly Garden Pyramid Pad PA-2382

Textured Cardstock Pad PA-0656

A Card with no sentiment

The sentiment is usually an afterthought for me...seriously.  So I thought this would be easy - but Paige's challenge on the Create Blog this week was somehow tough!  Here's what I came up with...using some of my favorite colors!

I'm so crazy into layering that I feel like this needed more.  But I was out of time and forced myself to just stop!  Plus let's be honest there are still 8 layers if you start at the bottom...how crazy is that!?!
Supplies Used:  Momenta Patterned Paper, Bazill cardstock, The Twinery Bakers Twine, Sizzix Die Cut, Creative Charms Bling

Using Food Coloring

This month we did Food Coloring for our Frugal Finds on Practical Scrappers.  I was a total skeptic but Kerri and Erin wanted to do it.  Trusting their brilliance, I agreed to give it a whirl.  They came up with amazing stuff...you should check it out!  I made a marbled paper for mine using the technique described here.

  I've been itching to use the Glitz Design Rub On that made the music background.  The other thing I did on this that was new is that I rolled up a piece of brown paper and used it for my little accent underneath the sentiment.  It adds a different look to things just by using a little piece of scratch paper.

I've really come to love this regular feature on Practical Scrappers.  Even when it completely takes me out of my comfort zone.  It's fun to work with a medium that is not the norm!

Supplies Used: Glitz Design Rub On, Bazill Cardstock, Close to My Heart Sentiment, The Twinery Bakers Twine, Martha Stewart Punch, Sizzix Die

U R Tweet Momenta Card

It's my day up at Momenta!  I made a card using the Emily's Garden line.  This is my favorite of all their lines, I love the jewel tones combined with the bright colors.  I also love the doodling style that the line is drawn in.   Erin, Kerri, and I are doing regularly challenges together on Practical Scrappers where we use something unexpected (items you might find at a dollar store) on a project.  Tomorrow all three of our popsicle stick project there - you're getting the early preview of mine :).  Here's what I learned from doing this, it is very easy to stamp on popsicle sticks!

Supplies Used:

Emily's Garden Album Kit

Emily's Garden Paper Kit PK 2045

Non Momenta Items:

Bakers Twine from The Twinery

Sentiment Stamp from Close to My Heart

Bakers Twine Card

This week the Cards Gallery Challenge was to use Bakers Twine.  Since I pretty much use it on everything, this wasn't too bad for me.  I've been secretly hoping Paige would choose this for awhile now :).  I am so into rainbows and wanted to try making a rainbow with bows...after playing for awhile I decided a CAS approach would work best.  I used my little butterfly punch to add an extra kick.

Front Porch Kit Layout

This is the great kit I got to work with for a feature on Practical Scrappers.  I really enjoy this monthly feature and this month was no exception. I am always amazed how different each kit is...you can see how owners really put their own spin on things.

 I used some of the fabric to create rolled flowers (first time ever!)  I also used some of the yarn to create the smaller flowers that mimic the rolled ones.  This paper from My Minds Eye and Crate Paper is gorgeous and I had to find a way to use as much of it as possible :)  I really really love My Minds Eye Stella and Rose line.  I haven't always been a huge My Minds Eye fan, but their stuff lately has really been appealing to me!

If you know me, you know I don't do a ton of altered projects stuff.  But this idea was too cute to resist.  This family tree wall hanging was based on a project from their cd-rom.  The corrugated cardboard actually came from the box they sent the kit in.  The tree die-cut is a special feature in this kit as well.

 Some more of that paper...I fussy cut it to show off the flowers from it.  I love this picture of me and Cooper, I know I am totally cut off, but I love that you can see in my face how much I love that little guy.

I used some more of the fabric to create the yellow flower.  The blue flower is from their build a flower template...I bent it a little too much.  

This layout showcases all that texture...mesh, blue netting trim, flowers, buttons...As you can see I barely used patterned paper!  I always think it's cool when texture provides the depth for a layout.

Would you like to get your hands on a Front Porch Kit?

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Card Using Scraps

I made this card for my premiere day on the Momenta Blog.  I'd give you all the details...but you can find them there :)  I'm really excited about my spot on their team and having a blast working with all their goodies! I've already created 6 different projects using their stuff!

Supplies Used: "Emily's Garden" from Momenta, The Twinery Bakers Twine

Lots of White Card

I have been a busy bee scrapping like crazy.  I've been making a lot of cards...which is not like me at all!  But I'm finding I have short spurts of time available right now...not enough to do a layout (I like to knock em out in one sitting), but enough to play a ltitle.  I also am loving trying out some different techniques without having to incorporate them on a layout yet.  Today we have a post up at Practical Scrappers about projects that use a lot of white.  I wanted to do this card as all white with tiny bursts of color.   It was hard to photograph!  But here's what I came up with.

I really love cobalt blue on white, always have...so that was a natural choice.  Plus I had some great Gradient Gem Stickers from Creative Charms to use!

Butterflies, Butterflies, and more Butterflies

I recently joined the design team at Creative Charms and am loving playing with all their embellishments.   Apprarently I'm on a bit of a butterfly kick :).   Here's the first two projects I created.

I had the idea for these butterflies in my head and the Gradient Gem Stickers provided me with plenty of gems to make the project work.  It was great having access to all the different colors and shades of those colors to make it work.

Supplies Used: 

Gradient Gem Stickers - Amber

Gradient Gem Stickers in - Pink

Gradient Gem Stickers in - Green

I made this card as part of a challenge for Cards magazine but with the intention of using some of the fun goodies you can get here!  The Loop d loop flowers have such a unique look, they really stand out and make a project look special!  I also used some red gems to add some bling to the card.  And BONUS it got chosen as one of the cards to feature at the aforementioned site.

Supplies used: 

Gem Garden - Red

Braided Daisy - Red