Enjoy

One last card for the Shabby Tea Room design team call. 

I stamped the background in pink with this really pretty lace background stamp. I got it at a craft show, it came unmounted and now I can't remember who the manufacturer was. Its a really pretty stamp, I also used it on my "Girl in the moon" card, you can see a bit peeking out at the top.

The tea pot is a vintage image from the Graphics Fairy. I printed it out, then glimmer misted with a color I made (I mixed a pink bubblegum with pearl) and then I embossed the whole tea pot several times with clear embossing powder. The embossing powder makes the piece sturdier, and give it a bit of a shiny finish. I like how this turned out, it totally doesn't look like something I printed off my computer.

That bitty star is an embellishment I made using a Sizzix die and some German glass glitter.

I did use the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge sketch#34 for the layout. 

Its seems like a clean and simple sketch but I embellished it up a bit. 

I hope you likey.

<3

Chocolate Love

 Whats with me and chocolate lately? I'm not sure but this chocolate thing is not limited to papercrafting, last week when I was grocery shopping I bought a bag of Toffee and Almond Nuggets and guess what, they are gone. Yikes!

So this card came pretty naturally to me....;o)

It was inspired by this picture at The Shabby Tea Room

   

The challenge also included the use of hearts.

What a cute  set in the photo! I love wooden play food...my kids have a whole arsenal of Melissa and Doug play food. But be aware that wooden toys are heavy weapons. I've kissed a few boo-boos inflicted by some of these toys. My kids' favorite set is the Melissa and Doug donuts. I'll let you in on a little secret...I mostly buy these because I love them (shhh)..

I had such a hard time picking my favorite pictures of this card, so you get a few more than usual. I am a little picture-happy in general, I think. When I look at other people's blogs I just enjoy looking at the pictures the most. A lot of the time I will click on the photo to enlarge it, I love taking in all those tiny details that make the project. 

 The above picture shows the dimension on the card, thats so hard to capture with a straight on shot. I used pop dots to adhere the tag, and then also  to adhere the chocolate yumminess. 

I used Martha Stewart clear glitter on the cakes and chocolate. It reminds me of sugar. 

 I used the Get Sketchy sketch# 73 for the layout, again. Fun Fun. 

A special occasion collage.

Yes, its another one of those flowers! I told you they were so fun to make. I made this one out of Fine Linen PTI cardstock, and then misted it with Pink Bubblegum Shimmer Mist when it was still all closed up. I love how it looks when you fold down the petals. Be prepared to see lots of these in the future.

I'm entering this card in the "Get Creative" Shabby Tea Room challenge.

I stamped the background, first with the flowers in Chai ink, then the flourishes in black, and last the pink polka dots. The birdie was also stamped with tiny polka dots. I also stamped the birdie and the stamp die cut.

I'm also entering this card in the Just Us Girls sketch challenge this week. The essence of the sketch was that the embellishments were concentrated in one corner of the card. I really like this look.

 Wee Memories' challenge this week is to use your scraps. I used only scraps (exept the flower) to make this card. I have a bucket die cut scraps that I keep around...sometimes I don't feel like making a card but I still want to play so I get out the cricut or cuttlebug and cut some shapes. Sometimes I just don't use everything I cut out for my project, so in the bucket it goes. It feels good to purge that stash sometimes. I need to create from that bucket more often.

Last but not least, I'm also entering this as another submission for The Shabby Tea Room design team call.

This being the inspiration photo. I went the pink/black/cream route again. Love those colors.

Are you still crossing your fingers for me?



Party Girl

So i've been having a hard time getting the colors right in my photos lately...I wonder if I accidentally changed a setting? I don't know... any tips? It seems as though the most saturated colors in the photo appear warmer than in real life. I tried messing with photo editors but no luck.. Does the ISO value mess with colors? Thats the only thing I can think of. 

Anyhow. After that large disclaimer here is another card!

I finally cut up some crafty secret scraps that i've had for a little while. I love this little girl's expression, its so shy and cute. I gave her a little crown and some pearls on her dress and crown.

I made this card as an entry for the Shabby Tea Room design team call.

Here is the inspiration photo. My train of thought was like this: PINK. Polkadots. Black. Girly. 

Tea PARTY. and then of course SHABBY!

I would have so much fun designing for The Shabby Tea Room! Cross your fingers for me. :o)

Light and Bright

Can I just say that I love this card? I do.

 I made it for The Shabby Tea Room collor challenge. 

The challenge was to use white and or cream and only one additional color. 

 I used my Cricut Expression again to cut out the cream colored doily looking shape that the flower is sitting on. I love that blue flower, I only had 1 blue one in my jar. So sad, but i'm making progress in the hoarding department!