A New Design Team!

Today is my first post as a design team member for Leaky Shed Studio.

As soon as I saw the kites, I fell in love!  They are so fun and whimsical and I knew I wanted to do my first project with them!  Today I have two different cards to share with you! I am also linking these up at the current issue at Paper Issues - Mum's the Word

For this one I just used the outline piece and backed it with patterned paper.  Combining it with other spring elements makes for a fun whimsical card perfect for sharing with a friend!

I used acryclic white paint to color my kites.

For this card I went more clean and simple.  I back each quadrant of the kite with a different patterned paper and then also did the same on the card making sure they didn't match up.  It's a quick technique that allows you to share some patterned paper that you love but keeps the focus on the awesome kite!

I went a little less heavy on the paint on this one allowing the chipboard to show thru a bit - it gives a little bit of the worn wood feel that a kite might have.

Leaky Shed Studio Products

Summer Kites

Other Supplies Used:
Patterned Paper: Pebbles
Die Cuts: Pebbles
Washi Tape: Pebbles
Ribbon: CutCardStock

Wedding Card

I've been busy working on design team projects and magazine stuff, not so much time to create just to share these days!  Today I do have a wedding card to share with you made primarily of Momenta goodies.  The cake in the center is one of their chipboard pieces and the two things above it (not sure what to call them) are actually silver glitter rub-ons also from there.  I used some eyelet paper that I know for certain isn't acid free.  I love making cards just for this reason, you don't have to think about the longevity of the product as much!  I'm playing a lot these days with cards that are black and white with a pop of color, this one obviously used a pop of eggplant! 

Raw chipboard...the more I play with it the more I figure it out and discover that I actually like it.  Practical Scrappers is featuring cards with chipboard today.  For mine I used a chipboard sentiment that I inked up and then misted.  I'm entertained with the fact that after doing all that in picture it still looks like raw chipboard.  In person it actually is a nice shade of chocolate brown :)

Supplies used: Crate Paper sticker, Ticket, Cosmo Cricket Stickers, The paper source tag, Jillibean soup patterned paper, Bella Blvd Patterned paper