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Mr. Sunshine

Inspiration: Sunday Stamps #353 + Festive Friday #177 (Gold + Sequins + Glimmer Paper)

The starting point of this card was my leftover patterned paper from the It's All Good collection from Dear Lizzy for American Crafts. I already had a stitched oval die-cut leftover, which reminded me of the Sunday Stamps sketch, so I decided to go for this design. I looked in my basket of scraps organized by colours and found a pink polka dot paper that was a perfect match to the colours, so this is what I used for the horizontal band.

The citrus-print paper made me think of summer, so I decided to paper piece Mr. Sun out of Daffodil Delight cardstock, Sherbet Lemon glitter paper and gold mirror cardstock. I added black cardstock for the mouth and the sunglasses. I had a ribbon scrap on my desk that was the exact colour of the background paper, so it inspired me to cut the ends at an angle and layer it behind the oval. 

For the sentiment, I reached out for the Simply Sentimental Hugs dies from Trinity Stamps. The Sherbet Lemon glitter cardstock layered on the gold shadow looks really good. Since I already had two of the elements from the Festive Friday challenge, I made sure to pick sequins as my embellishment, but I also added a few gems around the sentiment as well.

I used the remaining paper to make a matching envelope.

 

 

 

 

With the leftover pieces from my first sun, I assembled a second one, giving him a mustache this time. I was planning to use him on my envelope, but it was a little big and I realized I might prefer to make a bookmark with him since he is flat instead. I picked the Gift Tag dies from My Favorite Things to create the bookmark itself, using my leftover patterned paper. The arms were hanging over the edges , so I decided to keep only the legs. I added a little hole reinforcer, cut out of pink paper. This will be a fun one for my summer reading.

 

 

 

Supplies
Patterned Papers: It's All Good (Dear Lizzy for American Crafts)
Cardstock: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Thick Basic White (Stampin' Up!);
Gold Opulent Specialty Paper Pack (Sizzix); Sherbet Lemon Glitter Cardstock (Tonic)
Dies: Mr. Sun, Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn);
Layering Ovals, Stitched Shapes (Stampin' Up!); Essential Stylish Ovals (Spellbinders);
Simply Sentimental Hugs (Trinity Stamps); Gift Tag (My Favorite Things)
Accessories: Old Olive Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Envelope Punch Board (Stampin' Up!);
Lemon Sherbet Sequins (Little Things from Lucy's Cards); Pale Yellow Sequins (Cartwright's);
PIneapple Delight Crystals (Studio Katia)

 

Lovely Sweater Weather

Inspiration: Tuesday Morning Sketches #785 

After finishing my last layout, I wanted to make a card using the Acorn Lane collection from Simple Stories. I picked plaid for the background and layered a piece of blue bird patterned paper leftover from my layout, plus a thin strip of yellow gingham also left on my desk. I used the vanilla cotton thread I still had on my desk to tie a bow for a bit of texture.

For the circle, I used the Doily die set from Coco and Reno, with the pink polka dot paper. I stuck one of the flower images from the sticker book on a piece of scrap cardstock and fussy cut the image, then I layered it with the sweater image from the cardstock stickers. I looked through my sentiments and picked "have a lovely day" from the Everyday Script stamp set from The Greeting Farm. I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark ink and embossed it with Early Espresso embossing powder. I used the Everyday Sentiment Banners dies from Lawn Fawn to cut it out.

I popped everything up with foam adhesive, and I added an enamel dot to the flower's centre and a decorative brad in the upper right corner. I mounted the card front on In the Navy cardstock. I used a piece of patterned paper to make a matching envelope (slightly oversized since the leaves were hanging off the side of the card). 

 

 

While looking through the sticker book, I had seen a cute image with books, which made me think it would look lovely on a bookmark. One of my recent finds is the Tall Tag dies from My Favorite Things, which worked perfectly to create the bookmark itself. On the back, I used the circle sticker with the glasses. As always with bookmarks, I kept everything flat, and I decided not to add fiber or ribbon to the top of this one.

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Everyday Script (The Greeting Farm)
Cardstock: Buckaroo Blue, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!); In the Navy (Gina K Designs)
Patterned Papers, Cardstock Stickers, Sticker Book, Enamel Dots, Decorative Brads: Acorn Lane (Simple Stories)
Dies: Doily (Coco and Reno); Tall Tag (My Favorite Things); 
Dotted Rectangle Stackables, Everyday Sentiment Banners (Lawn Fawn)
Accessories: Early Espresso Stampin' Emboss Powder, Stampin' Dimensionals, 
Very Vanilla Cotton Twine, Envelope Punch Board (Stampin' Up!)

 

It's Witching Hour

Inspiration: Simon Says Stamp Monday (Spooky/Add Some Purple)

I had put aside some Halloween collections I am hoping to finish up, including Bewitched (2018) from Echo Park. It was perfect for the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge, and I decided to make a tag/bookmark using the Easy Layers tag dies from Avery Elle.

I used the night sky paper for the main layer and the purple bat paper for the base. I die-cut the clouds out of Glacier glitter paper from Pinkfresh Studio and a few extra stars from the same paper.

Because this is meant to be a bookmark, I made sure to glue the sentiment and witch stickers flat. If it had been for another project, I think the witch would have looked cute popped up on dimensional adhesive. 

At the top of the tag, I added a grey large eyelet and threaded some sparkly black ribbon, which I knotted in place. I've noticed that this way of adding ribbon is the least cumbersome on bookmarks.

 

 

Supplies
Glitter Paper: Glacier (Pinkfresh Studio)
Patterned Papers, Stickers: Bewitched (Echo Park)
Dies: Easy Layers Tag (Avery Elle)
Accessories: Grey Eyelet (We R Memory Makers); 3/8" Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon (Stampin' Up!)