How about some cards

I have been scrapbooking lately and I have also been trying to use up my scraps after I am done. Here are some cards I made recently using up the rest of another PS kit.

This first card is just a fun little card I can send to a friend to say hello. It uses the cute little set from the Twitterpatted Workshop on the Go. I also did that generation stamping with a twist on the hedgehogs back but you can't really tell.

This next card is very busy...I mean really really busy with just little squares all over but I have to say I really like how it turned out. Also my girls loved this one so it would be a great teen card or maybe even a masculine card. I added some glitter to the cupcake and the rest is just basic stamping.

next up a card with no stamping what-so-ever I just covered a chipboard flower and tied on a button and wala fun little card for any occasion.

Spotlight: Just be yourself and bloom!

Welcome to our monthly spotlight blog hop. You should have come from Carol's blog. This month we are featuring Just Blooms. I love these little flowers, they come in big flowers, little flowers and in various shapes and colors. I have them all but my favorites are the ones are the little colonial white ones. They can add so much to any project. Today I thought I would just showcase a card.

I decided to add some green buttons to my card for the centers of each flower.

These little flowers are also perfect to stamp on or to dye. You can dye them with reinkers or you can even sponge them to gradually build color.

Here is my completed card. I used one of my

favorite papers from the Twitterpatted paper pack. This paper is so fun and flirty which is exactly what I think of when I see these girls from the Be Yourself stamp set.

Here is another view of the card

Now you can continue on to Helen's blog and see what fun fabulous blooms she has at her blog.

1-2-3 a little flower for me!

This week over at Heart 2 Heart Challenge it is a 1-2-3 challenge.

*Use 1 stamped image (not 1 set, but 1 image)

*Use 2 different patterned papers
*Use 3 embellishments - these can be 3 of the same thing or 3 different things

I was like pht...I got this in the bag I have lots of patterned paper that I have been wanting to mix and match and I have stamps and embelishments. Well let me just say this really was a challenge! It is much harder than it sounds.

After lots and lots of digging and pulling out and putting back I decided on my colors and my patterns. I picked the Crystal Blue patterned paper from Twitterpatted and the Hollyhock pattern paper from Bella. I like the way the celery cardstock looked with that combo so now I needed to find the stamp. I decided to go with my new found old love Cottage Floral.

since it is a flower and I need a stemp for it I decided to just use cardstock and one of my embelishments for it. I tied some ribbon around the stem for the leaves and added a button for the inside of the flower. Then I cut the grass with my paper snips. I though the perfect place for my third embelishment would be my eyelets. I added the eyelets to the pattern paper and made the color pop with some white behind it and wala my finished card. I hope you like it.

I hope you can join in on these challenges they are just so much fun. Alright well I am off today I am going to go make some more cards and maybe even a scrapbook page or two.

The comfy couch

I have had this Welcome Home set for a while...I knew I had to have it when I saw it as it was so cute! I am finally getting to play with it and enjoying the end result. I just could not get it to work for me at first.

For this card I fell back into one of my favorite patterns that I got from the Stampin' Up! catalog many moons ago. It was done up in pastels and had a little birdie on the front. It was so cute. I just think the blocks are so versatile you can do a simple pattern like this or really mix it up like my friend Patti on this cute birthday card.

I also been experimenting with mixing up our paper packets ever since I saw a whole segment on talking about how fun it is to mix and match on Art & Soul: Fall Surprises. On this card I used a base of Colonial White and then added a little Tulip and mixed that with some Chocolate and bam! The little square are from the Jingle level 2 paper pack and the Twitterpated level two paper pack. Now I am all for mixing and matching but who would have thought those two would work together so well? Onto the couch...I stamped the one in Tulip and then stamped the image again in Chocolate. I cut the bottom half of the chocolate image and layered it onto the tulip image and then colored in the pillows using a water brush. I also sponged the sides of all the Colonial White and then added the scallops and the brads.

Supplies:

Welcome Home stamp set

PTI stamp set for the sentiment

Jingle Level 2 paper pack

Twitterpatted Level 2 paper pack

Colonial White cardstock

Tulip cardstock & Ink

Chocolate cardstock & Ink

Tulip brads

Lovely fall cards to make you twitterpatted

I am so Twitterpatted!

Twitterpatted : adj confused by affection or infatuation.

Friend Owl. Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. For example: You're walking along, minding your own business. You're looking neither to the left, nor to the right, when all of a sudden you run smack into a pretty face. Woo-woo! You begin to get weak in the knees. Your head's in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it, you're walking on air. And then you know what? You're knocked for a loop, and you completely lose your head! - Bambi 1942

If you have not guessed I am so in love with this paper and this stamp set...oh my love it! For this card I gathered up a little mojo from back in the day. I used the rock and roll technique to get this beatiful change in color on the leaf and acorn. After that I used some stickles to make the swirls sparkle...cause every girl needs a little sparkle.

You could not tel from up above but this is one of those fabulous easle cards that everyone has been doing. Basically you fold the top of the card in half and then mount another peice of cardstock the same color on top and but a button or some brads down for it to sit upon. You can see how it sits here.

and the inside

Now the next card I did when I first got the stamps and paper it was super fast and easy and really fun.

I always need a quick thank you card and anytime there are stripes I seem to fall in love...

Just Twitterpatted!

I am totally in love with the New and Improved "Workshops on the Go" Close to my Heart has made an all inclusive kit that you can purchase for around $30 and make so many projects! Here is what I made so far and I have so much paper left I can make a whole bunch more cute stuff!

Here is the first page of the WOTG

and the second. Istn't this paper so adorable. I really love the colors. I also had a great time making backgound paper. They do a great job with the instructions so that you know exactly where to cut so that you get the most paper out of your kit.

I love how they include all the little details. That is what makes a project go from good to great! Details!

You might be saying yes yes this is so cute how can I get one! You might also be thinking wait where did that stamp come from I have never seen it? That is because there is a exclusive stamp set in each month of the work shops on the go!!!

Alright here it is:

My Acrylix Hello There Stamp Set, My Reflections Twitterpated Level 2 Paper Pack, Designer Ribbon Rounds Chocolate Collection, and a Workshop Guide. This is a $35.85 value but can be yours for $29.95.

The add on kit to make the best out of your kit is:

Dimentional Elements in Color - Organic, Natural Hemp, Basic Brads Assortment. $ 10.70

Serioulsy these are a great value!! The best part if you can't come to my class on September 25 you will still have all of the instructions to do these projects in your home. Ok so back to stamping...

Here are the cards

Ok so how cute is the little hedgehog? Adorable. I also love the way these colors go together. The buttons...super cute and they are printed with fun patterns!

I love how CTMH comes up with all these fun things to do...cutting a button in half adding liquid glass here and there...just adorable!