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Blowing in the Wind

Inspiration: Lawn Fawnatics #121 (Song: Blowing in the Wind)

I love when Lawn Fawnatics does the song/movie/show challenge because the entries are always so varied and original. I kept thinking about the song Blowing in the Wind represented with the You Autumn Know stamp set. Tonight, I played with Distress Oxide inks to create a background and I used the Fall Leaves Background stencils to add a layer with inks and another with White Gold icing paste.

I then colored all of the images from the set, die-cut them out and I cut a piece of Mellow Moss cardstock, inked the edge and cut it out with the Grassy Border die. Inside the word bubble, I used a small alphabet set to add the word "hello" and I die-cut the letters for the same word with the awesome new Henri's ABCs die set. I arrange the letters to be "blowing in the wind" around the mice. I added highlights on the letters with a gold pen to match the card.

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: You Autumn Know (Lawn Fawn); Mini Alphabet (Studio G)
Cardstock: Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow (Stampin' Up!);
Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Merry Merlot (Stampin' Up!); Tuxedo Black (Memento);
Saltwater Taffy, Forest Moss, Aged Mahogany, Walnut Stain Distress Oxide (Ranger)
Dies: You Autumn Know, Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables, Henri's ABCs (Lawn Fawn)
Accessories: White Gold Icing Paste (Prima Design); Markers (Copic); 
Blender Tool, Blender Brushes (Ranger); Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up!);
A2 Rose Quartz Metallic Envelope (Envelopes.com); Fall Leaves Background Stencils (Lawn Fawn);
Warm Golden Glow Sequins (Little Things from Lucy's Cards)

 

Grandma's Cookies

Inspiration: January 2020 Page Maps Sketch + Lasting Memory Layout challenge #588 (Love your stash - stickers)

I had placed the Hip Hop Hooray collection from Simple Stories aside hoping to use it for Spring projects and when I spotted the spring-themed cookies picture in my pile, I decided they would pair together well. I picked a sketch that worked for my portrait and landscape pictures and cut papers to fit.

Since I had only purchased papers by the sheet from this collection, I had to shop my stash for embellishments. I fussy cut the flowers from one of the patterned paper and I also selected some baking-themed stickers from Doodlebug that had colours that could match. I used my Doily dies from Coco & Reno to create my title block. I started by gluing block alphabet stickers on my plaid banner tag and then I found some really old soft green stickers from SEI that had the letters I needed to create the title. Or so I thought, as I had to create  my second "i" out of a "j" and I also noticed that I needed to "s" and only had one in the uppercase letters, so I borrowed from the lowercase to solve my problem. In retrospect, I think I glued everything together too closely, but those clear stickers were too sticky to peel up without tearing the paper, so I decided to live with it and find an image or embellishment to fill in the empty space. The whisk I found was perfect and solved my problem.

I used a cut-apart block for my journaling at the bottom of the page, and I added a sparkly border sticker and some sewing with a turquoise rub-on as well.

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Project Life Date Stamp (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Not Quite Navy (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Hip Hop Hooray (Simple Stories)
Dies: Doily (Coco & Reno)
Accessories: Split Pear Alphabet Stickers (SEI); Decorative Scissors (Fiskars);
Pink Jane Tile Alphabet Stickers (Elle's Studio);
In Color, Subtles and Brights Enamel Shapes, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Butterfly Punch,
Thick Baker's Twine, Eyelet (Stampin' Up!); Décos mots doux Céladon (Florilège Design);
Bling Stickers (Recollections); Cotton Candy Mini Hearts (Pure & Simple);
Thrift Shop Border Rub-Ons (October Afternoon); Domestic Bliss Stickers (Simple Stories);
Hippity Hoppity and Cream & Sugar Icons Stickers (Doodlebug Design);
Holographic Border Stickers (Starform)

 

Let It Snow!

Inspiration: December 2021 Page Maps sketch + Lasting Memory Layout challenge #588 (Stickers)

I had those pictures of my niece playing outside in the snow to scrapbook, and her outfit was actually a match to the colours of the lovely Feelin' Frosty collection from Simple Stories, which I really enjoy using. I followed a Page Maps sketch and I used stickers (cardstock and foam) to create my title. I dug in the embellishments I had previously put together and decided to use the pearlescent vellum rosette in the top left corner. I matted my pictures in matching cardstock colours using the Perfect Layers rulers. 

I used the Frosty Snowflakes stencil to add a pattern in the corner of the pink cardstock, and I pulled out my White Opal Liquid Pearls to pair with the stencil. I pretty much stopped using my Liquid Pearls after the Nuvo drops came out, since I was getting nicer domed embellishments with the drops compared to the Liquid Pearls that tend to keep a little pointy end no matter how hard I try to get it more level. I saw online people using similar products to fill in stencil and I liked the idea of finding another use for the products I have in my stash.

The rest of the page is pretty simple, with additional stickers, sequins and brads, along with a stamped date.

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Project Life Date Stamp (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Hot Pink (Bazzill); Pink Pirouette, Opulent Orchid, Seaside Spray (Stampin' Up!);
Pearlescent Vellum (Lawn Fawn); Holographic Paper (Recollections)
Patterned Papers, Cardstock Stickers, Foam Stickers, Enamel Dots,
Decorative Brads: Feelin' Frosty (Simple Stories)
Ink: Basic Grey (Stampin' Up!)
Dies: #9 Borders (Photoplay); Snowflake Rosettes, Hello Winter (Coco & Reno)
Accessories: Sparkly White Tulle (Recollections); Just Jade Baker's Twine, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Triple Banner Punch (Stampin' Up!); Corner Chomper (We R Memory Makers);
Sequins (Simon Says Stamp, Cartwright's); White Opal Liquid Pearls (Ranger)

 

Pandemic Reading List

Inspiration: March 2022 Page Maps Sketch + Little Red Wagon #643 (Letter B = Books)

I've really been on a scrapbooking kick these past few months. I can't remember the last time I got so many pages done in such a short period of time. It feels good to catch up a bit on pages I wanted to add to my albums.

This picture was taken during the pandemic. I've always loved reading but haven't done it as much in the past few years, so I decided to make the best of the fact that we had to stay at home during the pandemic to add to work on my reading list. I used my birthday rebate at the bookstore to load up on books that were on my wish list at that time.

As you can see, I played with the Notting Hill Book Store collection from Photoplay. I am truly loving this one and I find it easy to create it - the colours are fun and the patterns are a good mix of busy and tone-on-tone. I based my design on a Page Maps sketch. Things were not working on quite right at first, but after moving the pieces around for a little while, I achieved the correct design balance without having to change any of the pieces I wanted to use.

The title was created with puffy stickers from Elle's Studio and I love how they look. Ironically, the first colour I used is a coral alphabet and the collection uses a poppy red colour, but on the tone on tone paper, the red pattern is sort of a soft coral colour, so it fit nicely enough that I decided to just go for it.

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Date Stamp (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers, Ephemera: Notting Hill Book Store (Photoplay)
Dies: Project Life Nesting Dies (American Crafts); Cross Stitched Circle Stackables (Lawn Fawn);
Border Dies (Photoplay)
Accessories: Poppy Parade Ribbon, Granny Smith Green Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals,
2" Circle Punch (Stampin' Up!); Alphabet Puffy Stickers (Elle's Studio);
Spooky Cute Gumdrops (Your Next Stamp); Christmas Fairy Crystals (Memory Box);
Cotton Candy Mini Hearts (Pure & Simple)

 

 

Rainbow Wishes

This card was made after I finished putting together a scrapbook page with the Magical Forest collection. I had die-cut a rainbow five times to get all of the colours I needed, so I basically had four leftover rainbows with all of the cut pieces that were sitting on my desk. I started looking at the patterned paper to see if I could put together a card using some of the scraps from the page and this is what it inspired.

Magical Forest is an interesting Maggie Holmes collection. I love the soft, pretty colours and woodland images, but I feel it's a little tricky to use. I guess this was meant to be a kid's line based on the sentiments that are included in the cut-aparts and stickers (Let's play, Always be brave, Explore), but I'm not finding it easy to put them to use. Thankfully, I just purchased a few individual sheets, plus the puffy stickers and clear stickers, so I don't have oodles of it.

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Vases divers (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Powder Pink, Delightful Dijon, Pretty Peacock, Bordering Blue,
Merry Merlot, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Jet Black (StazOn)
Patterned Papers, Clear Stickers, Puffy Stickers: Magical Forest (Crate Paper)
Dies: Puffy Clouds, Wonky Stitched Rectangle Stax (My Favorite Things);
Tasteful Trims Bigz XL (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Washi Tape, Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up!);
Teal Ocean Pearls (Studio Katia); A2 Rose Quartz Metallic Envelope (Envelopes.com)

 

Lemon Twist Flipbook

Inspiration: YouTube tutorial from Pinkstrawberryz 

I decided to take a break from scrapbooking tonight and tried out one of Michelle's mini-album tutorials. I kept digging through my paper collections and it took me a while to finally make up my mind, but I'm happy with my selection as it worked out well. I picked Simple Vintage Lemon Twist from Simple Stories.

I followed Michelle's instructions to create the pages and I did one of the angled pocket, the one with the flap and the vellum one, but then once I realized that she was repeating the same pocket on the other page, I went rogue and started creating something different.

One of the first additions I made was gold washi tape to the binding, as I didn't like seeing the exposed folds. I kept the front page simple by only adding an ephemera piece, popped up on dimensional adhesive. On the first page, I glued an angled pocket made following Michelle's instructions. I added black corner stickers and in the center, I added a large black grommet I've had for years and glued a decorative brad in the center. I rounded the corners of a cut-apart image and placed it inside the pocket, adding a butterfly sticker to the top. On the right page, I used another cut-apart image, with the bottom corners punched with a ticket corner punch. I added a paper clip to hold it in place and hid it under a chipboard banner. (I've freed up some drawers this weekend and I've started organizing some embellishments by colours. This is how I found this embellishment, which initially was part of a winter collection and that I wouldn't have thought to use). I added a heart sticker to it.

It should be noted that I added the tab die-cuts are I was putting together the album. The round tabs are from Elizabeth Craft Designs' Planner Essentials 1 set. I thought they looked a little bare so I dressed them up with decorative brads, which fit perfectly and look so nice on them.

On page 2, I added a cut-apart since I already had the paper clip there. I rounded the corners and added a piece of teal washi tape. On the right page, I used the rounded corner frame from the same Planner Essentials dies, popped them on foam adhesive strips to create a pocket and I slipped a small tag punched with a decorative topper punch, on which I added a large eyelet and black sparkly ribbon. I added a cardstock sticker from the collection.

For pages 4 and 5, I decided to try mimicking an actual file folder. I cut a piece of patterned paper, created tabs, cut a V in the center, rounded the corner and added it to the album using sticky strip. I added die-cuts to embellish the bottom.

On page 6, I added a little envelope based on Michelle's instructions. On page 7, I created a vellum pocket and I die-cut the edge using the #9 Borders dies from Photoplay. I added a cardstock sticker to the edge.

I lost track of time but I'd say this took between two and three hours to complete.

 

 

 

Supplies
Patterned Papers, Decorative Brads, Bits & Pieces,
Cardstock Stickers: Simple Vintage Lemon Twist (Simple Stories)
Cardstock: Vellum (Stampin' Up!)
Dies: #9 Borders (Photoplay); Planner Essentials 1 (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Accessories: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers); Gold Washi (Graphic 45);
Black Grommet, Black Stampin' Dimensionals, Elegant Tag Topper Punch,
Black Sparkly Ribbon, Ticket Corner Punch, Jumbo Eyelets, White Eyelets,
Gold Cord (Stampin' Up!); Chipboard Banner (Echo Park); Cool Summer NIght Enamel Dots (Altenew)

 

Second Pregnancy

Inspiration: March 2022 Page Maps Sletch + Simon Says Stamp Wednesday (Add a die-cut) + Lasting Memory Layout Challenge #588 (Love Your Stash - Stickers)

This page started very differently than how I usually scrapbook. I always pick pictures and select papers for them or pick papers and find pictures that work with them. This time around, I saw one of the Page Maps sketches, on which their patterned paper had rainbows, and it reminded me of the Magical Forest collection. I pulled it out and while I had no clue what I would use this page for, I actually started putting together a base page inspired by the sketch, thinking I could do the basic parts and find pictures for it later. 

I pulled out the Rainbow Whimsy die from My Favorite Things, which was perfect for the sketch, and I cut each section in colours that matched the ones on the patterned paper. I needed clouds, so I pulled out the Puffy Clouds dies, also from MFT, and cut them out of Pearlescent Vellum from Lawn Fawn (a favorite). 

I added copper washi tape between the two papers on my background page, layered the pink paper, added a strip of the blue polka dot paper and cut a border similar to the one on the sketch using an old beloved Bigz XL die, Tasteful Trims (from Stampin' Up! and long retired). I added Teal Ocean pearls from Studio Katia on the border.

At that point, I started going through my pictures to see if something would be catching my eye. I considered a few selfies with my nieces, but when I found the pictures taken of my sister when she was pregnant with her second baby, I realized they would fit the papers well and that my sister and I are actually wearing shirts in colours that match the papers, so I decided I would be scrapping those. It should be noted that the original sketch was for a 8½" x 11" page, so I stretched it out to turn it into a full 12" x 12" page. I matted the three pictures in matching cardstock colours to make them stand out more and add visual weight.

I added puffy stickers and clear stickers from the Magical Forest collection, and I handwrote my journaling, then stamped the date. The title was created with two different alphabet sticker collections and I used a small alphabet die for the upperscript E.

I don't usually like the results with simpler pages, but I have to say, it feels like this one works and is well balanced, and the colours are really pleasing.

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Mois Script (Lime Citron)
Ink: Pretty Peacock (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Pretty Peacock, Powder PInk, Merry Merlot, Delightful Dijon, Bordering Blue (Stampin' Up!);
Pearlescent Vellum (Lawn Fawn)
Patterned Papers, Clear Stickers, Puffy Stickers: Magical Forest (Crate Paper)
Dies: Mini Caps Alpha and Numbers (Taylored Expressions); Tasteful Trims Bigz XL (Stampin' Up!);
Puffy Clouds, Rainbow Whimsy Die-namics (My Favorite Things)
Accessories: Copper Washi Tape (Unknown); Teal Ocean Pearls (Studio Katia);
Rose Thickers (American Crafts); Office Hours Alphabet Stickers (Pinkfresh)

 

Family Fun!

I fell in love hard with the Family Fun collection from Simple Stories as soon as I saw previews of it online and when it finally came out (late, because of supply chain issues), I purchased pretty much the whole collection, including the page kit. As I was pulling out pictures to scrapbook this weekend, I found some pictures of us playing board games that were the right size and orientation to work for the kit with a little bit of adapting, so I put the pages together this afternoon.

The original pages are more about arcade games, as it has bowling pins and an arcade game, roller skates and race cars. Since I have the full collection, I thought I could go to the Bits & Pieces pack and find images that work better with the puzzle and board game theme. It took a little bit of redesigning, but I'm liking this version better for my own pictures. I used some of the foam stickers as well - those are truly awesome on pages. It's too bad they're so heavily filled with English words. I'm not opposed to including some in my album, but I'm trying to strike a balance so that my albums don't end up being done entirely in English. I popped some of the chipboard images from the kit on dimensional adhesive to give the page dimension and I added an art pebble to the center of the camera. I also used a couple of puffy stickers and images from the sticker book.

 

 

 

Supplies
Page Kit: Family Fun (Simple Stories)
Foam Stickers, Sticker Book, Puffy Stickers, Bits & Pieces, Enamel Dots: Family Fun (Simple Stories)
Date Stamp: Office Supplies Store
Ink: Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Black Stampin' Dimensionals, Brights Candy Dots (Stampin' Up!);
Clear Art Pebbles (Prima Marketing)

 

Goofy!

Inspiration: Calvinball 2022 

I unfortunately missed my chance to take part in the Calvinball challenges last year as I heard about it a little too late and my month of March was already too busy, but I made a note in my calendar this year to make sure to check it early. I plan to craft some more this weekend as my schedule is pretty open.

The first thing I did when I sat down to scrap tonight was go back to my Disney pictures. I really wanted to pull the Fun at the Park collection from Doodlebug again, so I picked pictures accordingly. I have those pictures taken at the Hollywood and Vine during a character meet and greet lunch. We did a lot of character dining that week, but this restaurant was easily one of my favorites. The characters were particularly funny, personable and very generous with their time. Daisy actually sat down at the table to interact with my two-year-old niece and Goofy also had a special interaction with her and made her laugh. He also circled back to our table later and pointed to the map of the park I was looking at as we were trying to decide where to go to next. I asked him where we should go and he mimed Slinky Dog to us, which was pretty funny. The meal was also really good and I just have a soft spot for Hollywood Studios because of the retro decors and the characters' vintage get-ups, so fond memories to look back on.

I've recently purchased more page templates from Simple Stories as I've enjoyed using the one that I had. Because I was using multiple pictures, I pulled out the template with 4" x 6" and 4" x "4" openings and used that as a starting point for the whole layout. I glued three pictures on a piece of turquoise paper from the Petite Prints pack and left the fourth spot open for journaling or embellishing. I picked the star paper for my background and decided I would fill in the space at left with a film strip from another patterned paper.

Now that this was decided, I looked at Page Maps sketches for ideas on how to do the left page. I used black textured cardstock for the background to fit with the darker background of the right page and added polka dot paper to the center. I was really liking the map pattern, so I used that one for the banner. In order for the two pages to feel linked, I cut another film strip and glued it at an angle on my left page. I was planning to discard the piece I had cut off the edge, but then I realized if I added it to the right page, it created a visual link that worked out even better to make the layout cohesive. I used that strip to my advantage to add the title. I found a Just My Type alphabet sticker collection that's from Doodlebug so I knew the red would match and even though I've used quite a bit of it, I had the right remaining letters for my title, including the capital letter and exclamation point. I have been hoarding my alphabet stickers for a long time and I recently decided there was no reason to keep them for a rainy day, so now I'm making an effort to use them more and possibly finish a few packs if possible to free up some room.

I had also recently prepared some Disney-themed shaker with my Queen & Co dies so I already had this cute Goofy hat shaker done in the perfect shades of green and black (love when that happens!), so I added that to my page as well.

I then proceeded to embellish the page using stickers, cut-aparts, washi tape and ephemera pieces from the same collection. Here are the elements that were included on this layout based on the current Calvinball point list:

1. One point per pages = 2
2. Write a blog post about your project = 1
3. Publish on Instagram - ½
4. Post in Calvinball gallery
5. Date your project = 1
6. Washi tape = 1
7. Stamping = 1
8. Green = 1
9. Airplane = 1
10. Polka Dots = 1
11. Enamel Dots = 1
12. Use blue and yellow together = 1

That gives me a total of 13 points for this layout.

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Date Stamp (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Washi Tape, Patterned Papers, Bits & Pieces, Mini Icons Stickers: Fun at the Park (Doodlebug Design)
Accessories: Star Attraction Shape Sprinkles, Festive Assortment Sprinkles, 
I Love This Place Shape Sprinkles, Just My Type Ladybug Alphabet Stickers (Doodlebug Design);
Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); Diamond Art Pebbles (Prima Marketing);
Page Template #9 (Simple Stories); Magical Characters Kit (Queen & Co)

 

Bookworm

Inspiration: Page Maps March 2022

I love this picture of my younger niece, quietly sitting sideways on my chair and silently leafing through her books. She has loved books from a very young age and would always go pick a book in the living room bookcase rather than a game whenever she had a chance. Going to the library is also her favorite outing. I was a huge bookwork myself when I was a kid and constantly had my head down in a book, so it's nice that we have this passion in common.

I got my hands on the Notting Hill Book Store collection from Photoplay when it came out, as I loved the book theme. I also loved the colour scheme. I have to say, Photoplay does cute collections, but the colours are sometimes a little too out there for me. This one is right up my alley, though, and this page came together so easily as everything seemed to fall into place without having to fuss too much.

I stenciled patterns on the Soft Sky cardstock background using the Dotted and Stitched stencil and matted it with Bermuda Bay cardstock. I cut a circle rim using my Layering Circles dies and put the circle book sticker in the middle. I layered the blue paper over it and created a green border using the Border dies from Photoplay. I created my title with Thickers and Little Letters alphabet stickers. I filled the gap I had to the right of the title with a book sticker. I loved the "Book Nerd" tag so I made sure to add it to the corner of the page. I included the bookshelf border strip and on the other end, I layered a heart die-cut and the "I'm a bookaholic" image. I added sparkly enamel dots on each of them and little resin hearts to the tag and in the center of the O in my title. I handwrote my date on the circle and I added the "shhh... I'm reading" sentiment strip on the picture. This got done in about an hour and I find the result really pretty.

 

 

 

Supplies
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Soft Sky, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers, Stickers, Ephemera: Notting Hill Book Store (Photoplay)
Ink: Bermuda Bay (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Dotted and Stitched Stencil (Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous);
Resin Hearts Embellishments, Glitter Enamel Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up!);
Ladybug Baker's Twine (Doodlebug Design); Hey Santa Alphabet Thickers (American Crafts);
Green little Letters Stickers (Queen & Co); Blender Brushes (Waffle Flower)

 

Winter Days Fun

I am SO pleased with how this scrapbook page turned out. I was initially planning to use the Winter Cottage collection for a scrapbook page since I had it out, but then I spotted this picture of my niece taken a few years ago and it dawned on me that her snowsuit is the exact colours of the Feelin' Frosty collection from Simple Stories. I had purchased everything from that gorgeous new collection the minute it came out, but had yet to use it, so I dove in. On a whim, I decided I wanted to try out making my own background for the page. This is where watching all of those process videos on YouTube is paying off. I remembered that Missy Whidden always adds gesso to her cardstock before doing her mixed media so that the pigments don't soak in the cardstock right away and she has time to move it around. I covered a piece of textured cardstock with white gesso, let it dry, then I pulled out my Gansai Tambi watercolours out, added a few spots of colour with a paintbrush and spritzed the page with water. I moved the cardstock around to create drips and when I was happy with what I had, I used my heat tool on the lowest setting to dry the page. For a very first try, it turned out really good!

I wanted to add stamped snowflakes and was trying to think of a set I could use. I remembered that the Cute Snowflakes set had cutesy images, so I pulled it out (and later realized that I have purchased the Feelin' Frosty stamp set from the collection and could just have used that one!!). I made sure to use soft colours so that it would look like the colours wash off towards the edges of the page.

I then used papers from the collection and placed them as per an old Page Maps sketch. At the top, I used the a border die from the Lily Pad set, with holographic paper. At the bottom, I wanted to create a ruffle and I remembered that I received some plain collage paper in a Tim Holtz grab bag, that I had no idea what to do with. This worked out perfectly here. I created folds, and then I tore the paper in three sections, that I glued side by side underneath the patterned paper to create a bit of texture.

I made my life easy for the title and simply picked from the foam stickers. Those have been such a nice addition to the Simple stories line. I added the Winter Days banner at the top and the word fun right next to the picture. Inspired by the sketch, I picked the snowman chipboard to go on the page, and then I added cardstock stickers, enamel dots and decorative brads. I handwrote the names and date and the page was done. Quick and easy, but oh so cute!

  

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Cute Snowflakes (Simon Says Stamp)
Cardstock: White (American Crafts); Holographic (Recollections)
Patterned Papers, Foam Sticker, Cardstock Stickers, Decorative Brads,
Chipboard Elements, Enamel Dots: Feelin' Frosty (Simple Stories)
Dies: Lily Pads (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Plain Collage Paper (Tim Holtz for idea-ology);
Journaling Pen (Le Pen); Gansai Tambi Watercolours (Kuretake)

 

Party Pigs

Inspiration: Hand Stamped Sentiments #383

This card was created by playing around with some random supplies I had around on my desk. I created the striped background with the Broad Strokes stencil from Heffy Doodle and I used Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide ink for a smooth coverage. I had initially embossed Just Jade cardstock with the now retired Scattered Sequins 3D embossing folder but the result felt a little flat, so I added patterned paper over it for more details. 

My main image was stamped on watercolour paper with VersaMark and embossed in Platinum powder. The full image is pretty wide and made to work for a slimline card, but I shortened it to keep only three pigs (although you do see the ear of one at the right). I used my Faber-Castell watercolour pencils to color the image. I created my own rounded top tag using a circle die and placing my cutting plates on only half of it, and then cutting the rest of the paper off with scissors, then rounding the corners with a punch. I punched a hole and threaded Pale Papaya ribbon. 

I looked at sentiment options and immediately liked the one talking about confetti, so I stamped it on a strip of cardstock. The word confetti was going over the edges, so I stamped it again on white cardstock and bubble cut the image out, then layered it on with mini Stampin' Dimensionals. Because of the confetti reference, I went to town and added a bunch of sequins in matching colours everywhere around the card.

You can see the full image stamped in Calypso Coral ink on the matching envelope.

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Party Pigs (Woodware Craft Collection); Anniversaire idéal (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Pale Papaya, Just Jade, Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper (Stampin' Up!)
Designer Series Paper: 2020-2022 In Color (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: VersaMark; Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide (Ranger); Calypso Coral (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Blender Brushes (Taylored Expressions); Broad Strokes Stencil (Heffy Doodle);
White Medium Envelope, Mini Stampin' DImensionals, Aqua Painter Brush,
Pale Papaya Ribbon (Stampin' Up!); Platinum Embossing Powder (Ranger); 
Sequins (Cartwright's); Albrecht Dürer Watercolor Pencils (Faber-Castell)