Happy Birthday!

The Pinspired Challenge blog has inspired me again. Here's the pin this week:

That's a lot of color, so to tone it down to fit my own style better, I stamped on white cardstock, and kept the design simple. I wouldn't normally pair up orange and this bright pink, but it totally works, that's the great thing about challenges like this! I added some gold trim to bling the card up a little bit.

The CFC101 challenge at CAS-ual Fridays this week is to stamp on designer paper, so I'm also entering this card there, since I stamped and then fussy cut the images.  Thanks for stopping by today!

 Patterned papers: Kaisercraft, Echo Park
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.
Ink: Memento  

S.W.A.T. Drill #8 - Sketch by Becci Manies

We've got another sketch for you up at S.W.A.T. this month! This one is by Becci Manies. At first I was a little scared to try it, but it turned out to be one of my favorite layouts.

Here's the sketch:

Here's my layout. I used chipboard speech bubbles in place of the smaller photos in the sketch, and I kind of used stickers to show what was going on so decided it didn't need any journaling. Everything but the washi was from my Studio Calico Kits.

 Thanks for stopping by, and remember to link up at S.W.A.T. by May 28th for a chance to win this prize!

Antler Arches

 This was a fun layout to make. I love this sketch at Scrap Our Stash so gave it a try:


The other SOS challenge requirement is to use at least 3 pre-made flowers from my stash, so I pulled out my BasicGrey Bloomers - I have tons of these sweet fabric flowers but have used them on very few projects. Perfect for the challenge at hand. I let the flower colors dictate the layout colors, and it all came together nicely with pieces of my December Studio Calico kits.

Since I'm using up old flowers from my stash, I also wanted to participate in the brand new challenge at Sweet Stamp Shop to Use what you have!. So I pulled out my SSS stamps, using them to decorate the white journal card pocket (Today Was) and add some arrows (Chalkboard Sign).

I forgot to take a pic of the flowers before sticking them on the layout, but here's a pic of some of the rest of the Bloomer stash:

 

And here's my layout:

 

NSD layout

There are so many National Scrapbooking Day challenges out there, it is so overwhelming! But, I found a few to try out and I've got a layout to share that combines a few challenges.

• I used a sketch over at BasicGrey (and used some BG buttons!)
• The Paper Girls inspired me to doodle on my layout, which added the perfect detail, I think!
• And finally Scrap Our Stash has their regular monthly challenge up, this time it's to use 3 or more patterned papers from 3 or more collections, plus rub-ons (the words 'Love' and 'June' are rub-ons)

Patterned papers: Carta Bella "True Friends", Authentique "Splendid", Jillibean Soup "Pasta Fagioli"

Letter stickers: Carta Bella

Buttons: BasicGrey, Doodlebug

Twine: May Arts

Rub-ons: American Crafts, Making Memories

Sweet Spotlight with Sweet Stamp Shop

I'm on the Sweet Stamp Shop blog today with some projects using the new stamp set, "Drops Background".  All my projects today use the circle drops. If you'd like to see how I used the heart drops, check out my post here: http://about-the-paper.blogspot.com/2013/04/sweet-stamp-shop-april-release.html

First, I've got a colorful birthday card. I used my American Crafts Stamp Markers to color individual circles on the stamp, then stamped on white cardstock. I repeated on the other side to fill up the card front then added stickers and rhinestones.

Next, I've got a little gift box. I don't own any kind of die cutting machine to make my own boxes. So I just stamped different colors on to white cardstock, and trimmed it to cover the sides of this box. Some ribbon, a tag (made with the Packaged Pretty set) and rhinestones finish it off!

 

Along the same lines as the gift box, I made a couple of tags just by stamping the circle drops on white tags, and finishing off with stickers and ribbon. Super easy, and I love how cute and bright they are!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

S.W.A.T. Drill #7

We have a tic-tac-toe challenge for you at S.W.A.T. this month.  You need to choose a row that goes across, down or diagonal, and incorporate those elements on your project.

I used the 3rd row across:

1. 3 manufacturers (or more!) - See my list of supplies below, I think I used 9 of them!
2. Mist/Paint - I used some Mr. Huey's where I placed embelishments. I first spritzed it on, then wanted to add some larger drops. Well, that's where I had a happy accident. The top was leaking a little, so I ended up with big drops all over the place! That's ok, it looks perfectly imperfect, as one of my scrappy friends would say.
3. Chipboard -I've got a few chipboard stickers on there.

The layout is based on a sketch over at Scrapbook.com, check out their monthly kit challenges if you haven't yet!

Patterned paper: Crate Paper, American Crafts, Simple Stories

Chipboard stickers: Crate Paper

Wood veneer: Studio Calico

Vellum arrows: Studio Calico

Buttons: Bella Blvd

Washi tape: from my stash

Label sticker: My Mind's Eye

Cutout "Hanging out and relaxing": Authentique

Small letter stickers: Authentique

Large letter stickers: Cosmo Cricket

Mist: Studio Calico

You have until May 28th to link up your entry. Hope you have as much fun with the challenge as I did!

Pinspired Challenge #8

Check out the pretty inspiration photo for Pinspired Challenge #8:

I love that minty green color, so took a look at what I've got in my stash and decided to make this mini card, it's 3"x3":

The blocks of color in the patterned paper reminded me of the cake layers in the picture. Yummy colors, don't you think? 

Patterned paper: October Afternoon
Cardstock base: Bazzill
Heart: Heidi Swapp
Inks: Memento and Colorbox
Love Sentiment: Sweet Stamp Shop
Rhinestones: Creative Charms