Pilin' on the Green

This week at the Pile It On Challenge our theme is Green. Whether you're dreaming of spring, saying good-bye to summer, or feeling a bit Irish, make sure you add plenty of green to your project. We're sponsored by Meljen's Designs, so I used her whimsical Shamrock Bouquet.

The lattice banner was made by folding the pre-glittered cardstock in half & cutting it with a die by QuicKutz. I poked the decorative holes out of one side only, and added some scrap ribbon & yarn. The bottom piece is the negative from the lattice die-cut, with a touch of lime green Liquid Pearls.

I made the sentiment with Snidely (you may remember this sentiment from my Friday the 13th Valentine) and printed it in a dark green on a light green paper. I printed the Shamrock Bouquet onto a bright green paper and colored it with Copic markerss. I used foam tape to pop up a section of the image. I cut each piece with a Spellbinders/Nestabilities die and used that same die as a stencil for the matching matte. The mattes are cut with the same paper as its top piece, but inked with key lime VersaMagic chalk ink and edged with a green Copic. The tops are also popped up with foam tape.

The backing piece is a Core'Dinations cardstock that I sanded a bit to reveal the lighter-green core. It was difficult to leave so much open space, but I felt that the design was stronger without more embellishment. The card base is a green cardstock, so I added a white message section inside.

Mojo Monday #387

Inspiration/Challenges:
Artistic Inspirations: Anything Goes with a Twist of Green
Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas: Green
Creative Card Crew #82: Green
Creative Moments #63: Anything Goes/Spring Green
Cuttlebug Mania: Monochromatic Green + Dies
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations: Let's see some Green
Mojo Monday: Sketch #387 (2nd entry)
QKR Stampede: Green
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: "Just a hint of Clover"

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Gumball Birthday

Mom sent me a box this week which included some wonderful books my grandparents & parents collected during their travels as well as this fun "Goody Goody Gumballs" stamp & die set by Taylored Expressions. I wanted to make the Gumball Machine 3D, so I used the die to cut pop-up layers from foam take-out containers. This worked almost better than regular craft foam, and was certainly easier than using foam tape. The images were stamped on white paper & colored with Copics. The sentiment was stamped on yellow paper, die-cut & backed with more foam, and colored with a Copic & covered in Glossy Accents. The banner is cut from a Washi sheet. The backing DP is from my stash, as are the acrylic embellishments.

Die Cuttin' Divas #205

Inspiration/Challenges:
City Crafter Challenge #251: Washi Tape
Die Cuttin' Divas #205: Sketch + Die Cut


Update: This was chosen Showcased for Die Cuttin' Divas #205!


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Rustically Thankful

One of my favorite things about volunteering at Paper Playful is that I keep updated on all the great crafting challenges out there. While doing Monday Challenge List this week I was inspired by two of my favorite long-time challenges, Mojo Monday and The Shabby Tea Room.

I made the flower with a pre-cut white doily, folding it snowflake-style and inking it with ColorBox pink pigment ink. I colored the wood starburst with bright green Liquid Pearls, and attached it all with Glossy Accents. The stem-and-leaves is die cut. The sentiment, by SP & Company, is heat-embossed in bright pink on a white die-cut.

The banner is made with a textured gray cardstock that I stamped with a light silver ink & heat-embossed with a sprinkle of glitter. I covered a strip of white paper with a decorative tape. The green bracket shape is actually a scrap from a previous project. The background patterned paper is from my stash, and I placed it all on a kraft base.

This was a relatively quick project, and a design I'll probably use again. Thanks for the inspiration!

Shabby Tea Room #247

Inspiration/Challenges:
Mojo Monday: Sketch #387
The Shabby Tea Room: Pop of Pink photo inspiration


Update: This was an Honorable Mention for The Shabby Tea Room #247.

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Harmony/Peace at Unstampabelles

The UnstampaBelles March challenge is Harmony and/or Peace with the optional twist of incorporating flight in your project.

You can link up your projects until the end of the month, but remember that you can't use ANY STAMPS (digi or otherwise).

I decided to make a card with the theme of "under the same moon". The card design was inspired by this gorgeous Angle card by Crafty Sunflower. I used the star border by Bird to create my own angle card in SCAL. I cut it from a thick cardstock that's glittered on one side & white on the other, and painted the entire white side with Tumbled Glass distress ink. I made white panels using the same template, and inked them individually.

Card Closed with Belly Band

The moon circle is cut from the same sparkly blue paper as the card base. I embossed it with my BigShot, covered it with silver ink & sprinkled it with shiny powder and melted it with my heat tool. This worked great, but it did smoke a bit!

The cityscapes were cut from a shiny white paper with a Silhouette file; I used the flat-white side for the smaller piece. I inked them with a red brick ink.

The ocean was made with some die cuts by SVG Attic (my tutorial is here). The sand is simply Brown Sugar embossing powder. The starfish are by Paperscissorsink and were inked orange.

The grass on the first panel is the decoration that comes with sushi.
 
The birds are from the Birds of Earth & Sky die from Cheery Lynn Designs (purchased from Sweet Stamps), except for the chicken, which is a Silhouette cut file. They are cut from shiny white papers and colored with Copic markers.

The sentiments were created in SCAL and cut from a glittery black vinyl. The "Together" is on a piece of wood tape cut with a banner die.

I'm entering this card into Crafty Gals Corner Fancy Folds Challenges.

Be sure to check out the fabulous projects by my teamies and hope you'll join us this month at UnstampaBelles!

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Pilin' on the Adhesives

This week at the Pile It On Challenge our theme is Adhesive Embellishments, such as stickers & decorative tapes. We're sponsored by Oak Pond Creations and I used Kim's adorable Camel digi stamp.

I used a cling stencil of a cut file by Bird (previously used for my ampersand card) to heat-emboss the shiny green design directly onto the patterned paper from my stash. I masked the edges and inked over the embossing with Wild Wasabi SU! ink.

The sentiment is from an Inky Antics set, and I stamped it directly onto wood tape that was partially cut with a QuicKutz die. I hand-cut the banner end.

I colored the adhesive pearl flourish with a blue Copic marker and used my Pearl White Copic for the individual adhesive pearls.

The outside border was created with heat-resistant red tape and blue embossing powder (thanks to Dr Sonia for the tutorial). I placed the front piece onto a Kraft card base.

I received some Michaels gift certificates for Christmas, and my husband helped me choose these rounded Spellbinders Nestabilities label dies. I've really enjoyed them! I used an adhesive sheet to adhere a large piece of raffia ribbon to a white cardstock, cut it with one of my label dies, and edged it with China Blue distress ink.

The happy camel from Oak Pond Creations was colored with Copics and attached with an Action Wobble.

CC&CC #85

Challenges/Inspiration:
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge #85: Sketch
Crafting By Designs: Thinking of You
Crafting for all Seasons: Dies
Cut It Up: Exotic Animal + Die Cuts
Fresh Brewed Designs: 1 Image and + 1 Sentiment
PDE Linky Party #41: Animals
Shopping Our Stash #190: Out of a Jar (embossing powder + background DP has been in my stash for many years)

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