Congrats Card

Today I have one last GCD Studios card to share with you!  It's a pretty clean and simple card that was originally intended to go in there monthly magazine but alas no more!

I decided to go with slanted lines and focus on a blue and yellow color scheme.  The borders and papers all come from GCD Studios (various lines).  II also added several stickers from them to my cluster.  The lovely ribbon (possibly my favorite ribbon EVER) comes from Ribbons Unlimited.  I just got it in navy blue stripes too, oh soooo pretty!  

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: GCD Studios

Wood: Studio Calico

Enamel Dots: My Minds Eye

Ribbon: Ribbons Unlimited

Stickers: GCD Studios & Doodlebug

Hello Sunshine - GCD Studios Card

I am up today over at the GCD Studios blog!  I am addicted to border strips.  There, I said it, and I feel better!  Today I am here to share today one of my favorite ways to use border strips!

Bet you are looking at my card right now and wondering where in the world the border strips are...I love to take them and fold them into medallion flowers creating unique flowers.  I used two different scallop borders to create these ones and as you can see they have a slightly different look from your perfectly round medallion flowers.  So the next time you pick up a border, stop and think if there is an out of the box way you can use it!

Supplies Used:

Sunkissed Border Strips #2036

Sunkissed Label Stickers #2033

Sunkissed "Pretty Swimsuit" #2061 Paper

Happy 4th of July! GCD Studios Card

I got the privilege of hosting the GCD Studios blog today!  Here's my Independence Day card!

 I love to create cards in a freestyle collage style and pile on all kinds of goodies in layers and layers!  For this one I started with my base layer adding patterned paper and faux stitching.  Then came some stickers.  Lastly I piled on some dimensional pieces including chipboard stars from Gina's Designs, a brad, and ribbon.

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Special Delivery Dillon #2040

Stickers: Special Delivery Labels #2052, Letter Stickers #2051

Brad: Special Delivery
Chipboard Stars: Gina's Designs

GCD Studios Card

Today I have another card to share with you created for GCD Studios!  

I love geometric shapes and negative space so when I saw this cut for my Cameo I knew I had to have it!

I added some black faux stitching to bring out the black in the sentiment.  And there's some more of those long stitches.  If you are thinking this card took some patience to put together, you'd be right!  But I think the end result is worth it!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: GCD Studios Special Delivery Line

Enamel Dots: GCD Studios & My Minds Eye

Stickers: GCD Studios

I (heart) nerds - GCD Studios card

This month I had two cards in the digital magazine Paper Cuts.  Here is one of those creations!

The topic was "nerds" so fussy cut glasses and googly eyes it was!

Here's a link for you to the entire magazine!  It's free and full of all kinds of fabulous ideas!

Supplies Used:

All supplies used are from GCD Studios

Clean and Simple "Hi" Card

Popping in today and sharing a card that features some of the softer colors of Special Delivery from GCD Studios.  This line rocks the bold primary colors that scream boy, but it also touches on a softer feminine side too with the greens, light blues, and yellows.

I never would have predicted this card would have come out of this line had I not created it with my own two hands.  I love a line that is so versatile!

The flowers that I used are fussy cut from some of the patterned paper and add just the right delicate touch.

Supplies Used: 

Special Delivery 6 X 6 Paper Pad #2050

Chipboard Alphas #2090

Adhesive Pearls #1887

Die Cut Borders #2055
All from GCD Studios

Doily Flower Card

I haven't been sharing a lot of layouts...I've kinda been going crazy on creating cards.  But I set a new goal to try and create one quick layout a day.  I'm getting behind on photos and my internal panic button is going off...so that is my current albeit lofty goal.  So far I'm on day three and have created four layouts (and four cards :))  Once photographed things will get more layout heavy.

I usually hold on off sharing any cards I submit to CARDS magazine until I hear back from them.  But since it is the 26th and acceptance emails still haven't gone out to anyone...I am going to share :)  Apparently some big changes are happening at Northridge Publishing and I am anxious to hear what those changes are!

I love this card and am still gonna hold out hope that it will get picked up :).  I created the flower background by folding doilies into a cone shape.  It took 6 doilies total.  I put them together and topped them with a large epoxy button and some additional stickers.  The pretty floral background paper is from GCD Studios line "Pure Bliss."  I love the green, yellow, blue spring combination that so many companies have going right now!

Supplies Used:

Stickers: Simple Stories, GCD Studios, Jillibean Soup

Button: Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper: GCD Studios

Fringe Flower Tutorial

 I realized I hadn't shared this card with you yet!  It premiered in the Paper Cut Magazine for GCD Studios and I was still sorting thru their policies to make sure I could share it :)  Now I know I can!

It features the Pure Bliss line for almost all of it except for the darker leaves are from Nostalgia.  It also features a lovely doily from Gina's Designs as the background for the whole thing!  I made the flowers myself  using a fringe scissors!

First I cut a 1" X 6" strip of paper and then used my fringe scissors cutting in as close as possible to the edge.

Then I rolled it up securing it with a liquid adhesive at the end.

Once dry, I started unfolding the petals one by one until they were all done.

Add an epoxy dot to the center and it it is done!  Aren't they a nice soft touch?

Supplies Used:

Twine: The Twinery

Patterned Paper, Stickers: GCD Studios

Doily: Gina's Designs

Heidi Sonboul Signature Series Blog Hop

I am so honored to be joining this group of ladies today that are celebrating the release of Heidi Sonboul's Signature Series book.  Heidi is an amazing talent and I can't wait to explore the book myself!  For my contribution to the hop I am sharing a card that was created using her "SunKissed" line from GCD Studios.

This star paper jumped out at me as I looked through the 6 X 6 paper pad.  I decided to add some long stitching to it along with some epoxy dots.  I cut the "cute" title on my silhouette cameo.

Don't you just love how trendy hand stitching is right now?

As a thank you to all of you for stopping by I am going to do a giveaway of some of the embellishments from Heidi's "Special Delivery" collection.  All you have to do to enter is leave me a comment. I will pick a winner of Sunday, May 12th.

Here's the rest of the group in the hop.  I know they'd love for you to stop by too!

The Line Up

GCD Studios

Alicia Thelin

Amanda Coleman

Angi Barrs

Audrey Yeager Christina Collins Christine Meyer Grace Tolman Heidi Van Laar  Jennifer Chapin Julie Tucker-Wolek Katrina Hunt Kelly Holbrook Lalo IK Megan Klauer Nina Yang Pam Callaghan Rae Barthel Rochelle Spears Sara Zenger Suzanna Lee Teri Anderson Wida Miller

Now Head over to Heidi Sonboul's (http://www.heidisonboul.com/ ) new site for a chance to win the newest tool from Fiskars and her two newest collections, Special Delivery and SunKissed.

To order the book you can go here:

Feather Card

Today I thought I would share another card that I created for the Paper Crafts supply savvy call.  It didn't make the cut for general craft items...but it makes me smile :)

I layered feather on top of feather and just kept doing that until I had a nice pile that reminded me of a boa.  I glued those down onto a skinny scrap paper.  The bakers twine was the perfect touch to hold the whole pile together and draw in a little more gray.  As I was sitting and make it, I kept thinking "fab" this is just "fab" so that was what I went with for my sentiment!  My little Lucy is especially fond of this card!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: GCD Studios & Pebbles

Stickers: GCD Studios

Enamel Dots: Bo Bunny

Twine: The Twinery

Playing with Hot Glue!

I was so blessed today to receive an email from Paper Crafts Magazine today saying that they were picking up three of my cards this month!  That on top of five from CARDS earlier this month and to put it mildly I am flying pretty high!  I put a lot of time into working on submissions and really really enjoy doing it!  

The topic for Paper Crafts was Supply Savvy and it is going to have all different categories on using your supplies in clever ways.  I pride myself on finding random, frugal items to use on cards.  I love not having to worry about them being acid free and doing something just plain nutty!  The cards I got picked up used some pretty oddball stuff!  Today I thought I'd share two cards that didn't get picked up that I used hot glue on.

When I saw hot glue mentioned in the supply ideas I got some ideas rolling around and decided to just play! Here's the two I came up with!

 For this first one I doodled a heart using hot glue.  Once it dried I sprayed it down with mist.  Once that dried I pulled the glue up slowly leaving a distressed looking heart.

For this second card I did a similar concept.  I set out to doodle clouds with the hot glue.  Then misted but this time I didn't pull the glue up.  Once dry I laid the scallop circles on it and realized it looked like flowery doodles too and I kind of enjoyed that.  So I created a big flower and topped it off with some flair!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: GCD Studios & American Crafts

Flair: American Crafts

Washi Tape: Bella Blvd

Mist: Heidi Swapp

Twine: The Twinery

Canvas Scallops: Little Yellow Bicycle

I had a lot of fun creating these cards and enjoyed thinking out of the box!  Have you ever used hot glue on a project for something besides adhesive?

Gettin' Twiggy With It!

!Read all the way thru because I have a fun giveaway!
I love to incorporate unique items on my cards.  I've been known to try everything from silverware to coffee filters and more.  Today I am going to share with you a fun card using a twig on it and featuring the fabulous blues and yellows from the Nostalgia line.

I sent my kids out to hunt for twigs for this card.  I think they thought I was a little nuts!  I picked this one because it had some little buds on it that added in a second color. I decided to hand cut some little green leaves to add to it.

 I added the twig to some simpler patterned paper so it would be more visible.

 Adding it then to a busier background paper that I just couldn't resist for this springy card!  I topped the whole thing off with a doily at the top to add to the soft feel of the card.

Have you ever used anything out of the ordinary on a card?  You should give it a try!  You might be surprised how much fun it can be!

GCD Supplies Used: Nostalgia Collection 6 X 6 Paper Pad #1998, Adhesive Pearls #1887
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Now to celebrate my premiere on the GCD Studios Blog I am doing a giveaway!  I am going to share some of the 6 X 6 patterned paper from the Nostalgia line with you along with some other miscellaneous goodies from the Pure Bliss line that includes paper clips, brads, and stickers!  All you have to do is be a follower here (or email subscriber) and leave me a comment.  I'll leave the giveaway open until Friday, April 26th!

My first project in The PaperCut

The brand new issue of The PaperCut is out!  And guess what? I am in this one!  This is my first official gig for GCD Studios!  Click on the picture of the cover and it will take you right to the magazine where you can see my card!  I'd tell you what page but there are so many fabulous projects that I want you to check them all out :)  Come back and let me know what you think!!!