Wild Whisper Guest Design - So Many Books Layout!

Hi friends! I'm so excited to be Guest Designing for the fabulous ladies at Wild Whisper Designs for August and September. As always, they have come up with an amazing collection, which I cannot wait to share with you! For my first layout, I'm using the August collection One More Chapter that includes the 12x12 Paper Pack and a wonderful package of coordinating flair embellishments! My girls all love reading and it was great to capture these photos of my two youngest ones and scrap them with these beautiful papers.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the Wild Whisper blog to get all the details and closeups on this layout, and have an awesome, craft week ahead!

Emerald Creek Craft Supplies - Elegant Unicorn Card!

Hi friends! I sure hope you had an awesome weekend!! We've had record high temps here in Alberta and we have been trying to create a balance between keeping cool, but enjoying the warm weather, and not complaining because soon enough... you know! I'm over on the Emerald Creek Craft Supplies blog today to share a card using our theme this month - Outdoors! I feel like I've done a lot of camping layouts lately, so I wanted to use this awesome Unicorn Stamp from Emerald Creek to create a sunshine and rainbow card - and since I could think of a whole bunch of stamp sets that I could combine to create this card I thought I would use them all together along with some beautiful Emerald Creek Embossing Powders for a wonderful, bright, sunshiny card!

Here's a look at the VIDEO where you can check out the whole process!

Emerald Creek Craft Supplies used:

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STAMPS:

Unicorn Stamp Size Large

EMBELLISHMENTS:

Wish Script Charm

EMBOSSING POWDER

Winter’s Mistake

Northern Lights

Thanksgiving

GreenSparkle

Black Cherry Aroma

Vintage Beeswax Baked Texture

Charred Gold

Other Supplies:

Your Next Stamp Unicorns Rock Stamp set, Stitched Cloud Die, Gumdrop Enamel Dots

Stampin' Up Over The Rainbow stamp set

Pink & Main Believe Script stamp set

Waffle Flower Stitched Unicorn stamp set

Tattered Angles Chalkboard Mist - Chalk

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the Emerald Creek Craft Supplies blog to get all the details and see closeups, and enter your own project for a chance to win!! 🦄 Have a crafty week my friends!

Kitty Bee Designs #124 - Books!

Hi Friends! I hope you've been having a lovely week so far! I've had lots of fun creating projects lately and here's one more for you!  It's time for the midweek inspiration for Challenge #124 over at the Kitty Bee Designs Challenge Blog - Aloha Friday!

Challenge #124
Books!

Super big thanks to our sponsor for this challenge

Sasayaki Glitter 

and

Sweet Escape Digis 

For this awesome challenge I'm using the adorable Amy Loves Books digi image from Sasayaki Glitter. I thought she was so sweet with her stack of books! My girls love to read, and I think books are so important, so this was a really fun card for me to make. I'm thinking I'll give it to my 11 year old for her first day back to school in September. I coloured this sweet image in using Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers, both alcohol based, and added some detailing with a white gel pen.

The papers and ephemera that were included in the May SCT Sampler Pack (from Pinkfresh Studio 'Let Your Heart Decide' and Simple Stories 'I Am' collections) were just right to add behind the image. I even planned my colours based on the papers!  I used a Pinterest sketch as a starting point and drew a rough black pen line around the edges of my papers for definitition. I used a stitched circle diecut to cut out part of one of the papers with the love and hearts printed on it and popped it up with foam dots to use as an embellishment along with the pretty sequin and enamel dot from the sampler pack.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge to see all the inspiration from the other awesome Design Team members - and enter your own project HERE for a chance to win!! Have a wonderful weekend!

Linked to:
Word Art Wednesday - AG
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper

A Friendly Hello!

Hello! Happy Tuesday! I cannot believe it is almost August friends.... The time has been going by so quickly. My girls don't go back to school until September, so we are really enjoying each week, and luckily we've had some beautiful weather. I did take a little time though to create a no-line watercoloured card using the cute YNS Phoebe and Her Wagon stamp set for the latest challenge over on the Your Next Stamp blog - #94 Sketch Challenge. I love the look of no-line watercolouring, so I started by stamping the images with Antique Linen Distress Ink on watercolour paper. I then used a simple palette of watercolours from Michaels to colour in Phoebe and her adorable little dog.

I used a strip of rainbow paper from the YNS Fairytale Magic paper pad, following the sketch, which you can see below, and added some clouds cut with the YNS Stitched Puffy die set. The sentiment is one that's included in the stamp set. I thought it would work perfectly for lots of different occasions, so I decided to leave the inside blank until I have someone in mind to send it to.

I stamped three of the little hearts also included in the stamp set and grabbed some SpiegelMom Scraps sequins to add to the top of the card. (Be sure to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% at the SMS Shop!)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you are enjoying your summer and having a lovely, crafty week!

Linked to:
DCD #380 - AG
SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG
YNS  #94 Sketch Challenge

Scrap Shotz - Happy Lakeside Adventure Layout!

Hi friends! I'm back today to give you a look at a camping layout using the Carta Bella Gone Camping collection that I'm sharing on the Scrap Shotz Snap Shotz blog today. I really love the Carta Bella papers - so textured and thick! I added some stencils, inks, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists, wood veneer and SpiegelMom Scraps sequins to all the fun papers and really love how this turned out!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the Scrap Shotz Snap Shotz blog to see closeups and details on this fun layout - and check out all the awesome new items in the Scrap Shotz Store!

Linked to:

Creative Scrapbooker July Sketchy Challenge

Bimini Moose Scrapbook Challenges

SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG

Kitty Bee Designs - Smile Panda Card!

Hi friends! I hope your week is totally fabulous!! I'm over on the Kitty Bee Designs blog today sharing this adorable little digi stamp from the Kitty Bee Designs shop - Smile For The Camera Panda! I coloured this cutie up with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers and cut him out with a Kaisercraft stitched circle die. The papers and stickers from the May SCT Magazine Sampler pack, which included the cute camera paper from PinkFresh Studio, were perfect to layer on following a sketch I found on Pinterest.

I used some border and stitching dies to add interest and added some pretty SpiegelMom Scraps sequins (don't forget to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off in the SMS Shop!)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope this little guy puts a smile on your face 😄and don't forget to stop by the Kitty Bee Designs blog for lots more inspiration, as well as join in the current challenge on the Aloha Friday Challenge Blog! 

Linked to:

Word Art Wednesday- AG

FCCB #331 - Birthdays!

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday Fantabulous Cricut challenge!

Challenge #331-Birthdays
Make a project about Birthdays. But there has to be a least one cut from the Cricut Library!

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And the prize is-

A $10 coupon code for anything in the store!

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images. If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

For my project this week I'm using the super cute Paper Pups Cricut cartridge. I love checking out the weekly freebie cuts available in Design Space! It gives me an idea of whether I would use that cartridge or lets me just make a few free cuts that week.  I started off using a fireworks background from Echo Park and added some bright colours of Distress Oxide Ink that matched the paper I used for diecutting. 

I coloured in the center of the cloud diecuts with a white Jane Davenport marker before layering them back inside the outlines. I love that the Happy Birthday cut had a border and I layered that on top of some washi tape on an angle.

I found some fun balloon and party sequins in my stash and used them along with some coordinating sequins from the SpiegelMom Scraps shop. A hand drawn string attached the balloons to this cute dog cut with some added sparkly pen details along with black border. I sized the party hat from the same cartridge to fit on his head. I think he looks ready to have fun!

Inside I added an sweet sentiment and paw print from the YNS Phoebe With Her Wagon stamp set and some shiny SpiegelMom Scraps sequins along with some diecut gift boxes. Don't forget to use the code KARLA15 to get 15% off your next purchase at the SMS shop!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog to enter your own birthday project (including a Cricut cut) for a chance to win. We'd love to see what you come up with!