Case Study Challenge #199

Hi there!

We have the day off from swimming lessons at the beach today,

so I have a little free time to spend in my craft area. :)

I decided to play along with this week's Case Study Challenge #199:

I love Shari's card! It's so cool!

I decided to case this look by using my Lil Inker's cover plate

and some Simple Stories patterned paper.

Here's my card:

I die cut the cover plate from the map patterned paper & twice from PTI's stamper's select white.

I popped all of the insides out of the one and adhered it over the second one that I left intact.

Then, I placed the patterned paper pieces in the spots I wanted and when I was done,

I popped out all of the extra white pieces. 

I adhered the die cuts over some aqua mist card stock and then over a piece of Heidi Swapp patterned paper.

For my sentiment, I used PTI's Wet Paint II, die cut the strip with my smaller tag from Reverse Confetti's Tag Me Confetti Cuts.

I added some Simple Stories brads & PTI button twine to finish it off.

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

It's been a while since I've posted a "Five for Friday."

1. It's been a busy week. I've been working a few days, cleaning the house/purging/getting ready for a garage sale next weekend & trying to find a little time to craft.

2. Yesterday, I got to go along with Jonah's grade on their field trip to Winnipeg. 

We took this selfie on the bus. I love it!

We went to the zoo.

And the Legislative Building.

It was such a great day!

3. Today, I'm off to Winnipeg (again!) but this time with Sage's field trip.

We're going to the Children's Museum.

4. I've been totally loving the summer weather we've been experiencing lately! 

I'm going for lots of bike rides and walks (I've hardly used our van at all!)

And, I'm loving the fresh fruit-- every day for lunch I have a big bowl of watermelon, strawberries and grapes. It's the best!

5. I have one crafty thing to share.

After the kids were in bed last night, I hurried downstairs to my craft area to make a card 

for Case Study Challenge #193:

I just had to CASE this card by Wida, since I've loved it every since I saw

it on her blog and pinned it. 

And now, I was given permission to CASE it (love this!), so I just had to play along.

Here's my card:

I stamped some text background (PTI's Text Style) in hibiscus burst.

I stamped the Wplus9 Spring Blooms in Delicata gold ink, with their centres in aqua mist.

The SSS Hello die was die cut from hawaiian shores card stock.

Some Pretty Pink Posh sequins (4mm Aquamarine, 6mm Aquamarine, 6mm Pink Peonies)

& some stitching along the top finish it off.

I'm linking this up to this week's 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Tomorrow, we're back in Winnipeg (three trips in three days for me!)

to volunteer at a taekwondo tournament.

Then, on Sunday, we'll be crashing at home, I'm sure!

Thanks for looking!

Case Study #189

*Note: this is my second post today.

Please scroll down to see my Day 2 of Reverse Confetti's May Release

& leave a comment for your chance to win.

I'm just popping in this evening to post a card that 

I made for Case Study Challenge #189.

I couldn't resist CAS-ing this super sweet card of Wida Miller's!

I decided to make a shaker card...

Here's my take:

I stamped it with the same background stamp (Reverse Confetti's Whole Lotta Hearts),

but I did it in hawaiian shores, raspberry fizz & fine linen.

Then, I used Reverse Confetti's Love Note die to cut the scalloped frame.

I die cut the notebook die from Reverse Confetti's Class Act Confetti Cuts from another layer

and then stamped the sentiments from You Make Me Smile (a new set being released this month!)

Then I filled my shaker with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins 

(pink peonies, aquamarine & sand)

and tied some twine to my card, just like Wida did.

Thanks for looking!

Case Study #180 & Wplus9 Week 4

Hi there!

Today I have a card to share that I made for a couple of challenges.

Firstly, it's for the most recent Case Study Challenge, where they're featuring one of my
favourite stampers: Danielle Flanders.

As inspired as I was by this card, I was actually more inspired
by the card that Danielle made for the challenge:

Isn't it cool?
Since I have that cover plate, I decided to use it like a mask with watercolours,
just like Danielle did.

Here's my card:

After using the cover plate as a stencil and adding some splatter,
I added some die cut/stamped Wplus9 Fanciful Feathers, attached with a button.
The sentiment is also from Fanciful Feathers.

Now, I have to say that adding the splatter with the paintbrush
like that was totally out of my comfort zone -- because I couldn't control exactly where it went!
So, I'm linking this up to WPlus9's Birthday Celebration Week 4 Challenge: Stretch It,
because this messy technique was a stretch for me.

Thanks for looking!

Case Study #172

I have loved guest designing for Case Study Challenge this month!
Thanks again, Iwona, for asking me to join you!
Here is the last project that I made....

This month, we've changed things up a bit, so there isn't a Muse as such.

Instead, we're honouring Cath from the Moxie Fab World.

Cath stepped down from her position in the Paper Crafts magazine, as well as the host for MFW. December is a tribute to her influence on the paper crafting community,

 and we chose four of her past posts that she shared within the "Oh My Moxie Fab!" column.

Here's this week's inspiration photo:

Aren't these cookies fabulous?

I thought the designs on these were so pretty that I had to replicate them on a card!

I used my Wplus9 Fresh Cut Florals to stamp my flowers.

I started by diecutting my white & Enchanted Evening cardstocks with Mama Elephant's Femme Frame dies.

On my white cardstock, I stamped a banner & sentiment from Wplus9's Bountiful Banners stamp set.

Then, I masked that off and proceeded to stamp images from Wplus9's Fresh Cut Florals.

To finish it off, I added a few leave images from Wplus9's Mother's Day Bouquet.

Be sure to visit the Case Study Challenge blog to see what the rest of the team created for the challenge.

Thanks for looking!

Case Study #171

I am so excited to be guest designing for Case Study Challenge this month!

 

This month, we're changing things up a bit, so there isn't a Muse as such.

Instead, we're honouring Cath from the Moxie Fab World.

In case you missed the news, Cath stepped down from her position in the Paper Crafts magazine, as well as the host for MFW. December is a tribute to her influence on the paper crafting community,

 and we chose four of her past posts that she shared within the "Oh My Moxie Fab!" column.

Here's this week's inspiration photo: 

 

 

I loved how the design of this photo filled in the outline of the bird.

So, at first, I thought I'd use a die to diecut some patterned paper.

But after I chose my patterned paper, I decided I wanted to showcase a little more of it,

so I decided to use the negative diecut from my woodgrain cardstock instead.

  

 

I used my Simon Says Hello die for my sentiment.

The patterned paper is My Mind's Eye. I fussy cut two of the flowers from the patterned paper to add to the front of my card, along with some Papertrey Ink twine and buttons.

Be sure to visit the Case Study Challenge blog to see what the rest of the team created for the challenge.

 

Thanks for looking!

Case Study #170

I am so excited to be guest designing for Case Study Challenge this month!

And this month, we're changing things up a bit, so there isn't a Muse as such.

Instead, we're honouring Cath from the Moxie Fab World.

In case you missed the news, Cath stepped down from her position in the Paper Crafts magazine, as well as the host for MFW. December is a tribute to her influence on the paper crafting community,

 and we chose four of her past posts that she shared within the "Oh My Moxie Fab!" column.

Here's this week's inspiration photo: 

I was inspired by the colours, the polka dots on the cupcake

 and the snowflakes to create my card.

I used a SSS Falling Snow stencil and some embossing paste to add some snowflakes to my aqua mist cardstock.
I layered this over some dark chocolate cardstock.
I diecut a banner from vellum using my PTI Tag Sale #5 die to create the flag and stitched it onto my card.
Onto this, I adhered my diecut Simon Says Merry Christmas sentiment.
The snowflake was created using some PTI vintage cream felt and the medium Fancy Flakes die.
A couple of buttons and some twine finish it off.

Be sure to visit the Case Study Challenge blog to see what the rest of the team created

 for the challenge and to play along.

I'm also linking this up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:

Let It Snow.

Thanks for looking!

Case Study #169

I was so excited to be asked to be a guest designer for Case Study Challenge this month!

 

And this month, we're changing things up a bit, so there won't be a Muse as such.

 

We'd like to honour Cath from the Moxie Fab World instead.

In case you missed the news, Cath stepped down from her position in the Paper Crafts magazine, as well as the host for MFW. December is a tribute to her influence on the paper crafting community,

 and we chose four of her past posts that she shared within the "Oh My Moxie Fab!" column.

 

Here is the first one:

 

I love this photo!

I was totally inspired by the green, blue and gold feathers and

knew I needed to create some of my own on my card.

 

 

I stamped my feathers (from Waltzingmouse's Fine Feathers) onto vellum,

using two Mama Elephant inks.

Then, I sprinkled clear embossing powder over most of the feathers and

gold embossing powder over the tips.

Then I heat embossed them and cut them out by hand.

(I've ordered the coordinating dies for these sets, but they haven't arrived yet.)

I stamped the sentiment (from Mama Elephants Smitten) in the same green as on the feathers.

I finished it off by adding some Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

 

Be sure to visit the Case Study Challenge blog to see what the rest of the team created for the challenge.

 

Thanks for looking!

Case Study #162

Today, I have a card to share that I made for CASE Study Challenge #162,
where one of my very favourite stampers is being featured: Elena Roussakis.

I was inspired by Elena's tree background to use some WRMK patterned paper as my background.

I diecut my mat using PTI's Mat Stack #1.

On it, I stamped the heart and sentiment from Reverse Confetti's Forever Fall stamp set.

To finish it off, I added the little fox flair from Two Peas in a Bucket.

I'm linking this up to Reverse Confetti's 'Fetti Finds.

Thanks for looking! 

CASE Study Challenge #161 & PWP Sketch #26

I have a couple of projects to share today....

The first one is the card that I made for CASE Study Challenge #161, featuring one of my very favourite stampers, Elena Roussakis.
 

 

Now, as adorable as Elena's project is, it had me a little stumped.

I don't have any doll stamps or people stamps.

However, I really liked the idea of the "it's what's inside that counts theme."

 

So, when my daughter was saying how sad she'd be that I'm going away to Minneapolis

this coming weekend for the Women of Faith Conference and Jonah suggested that I make her cards for each day like I did for him when he went to camp, I starting thinking about what I could do.

Then, Sage told me that I could make three of the same card, if I wanted.

Well, that's when I got inspired!

 

So, I used my Simon Says stamp cat in a pumpkin stamp for the focal point on my card, which I paper-pieced with Crate Paper and Authentique patterned paper.

I used these same papers for my background and stitched around the three sides to create a pocket.

I decided to diecut three different patterned papers (Simple Stories (x2) & Teresa Collins)

with my PTI Edgers #5 dies to make little tabbed journaling cards.

I stamped each one with a day of the week stamp from PTI's Fabulous Frames set.

 

Sage can pull one card out each evening before bed to read my message for that day,

which includes her blessing.

So, even if it looks nothing like Elena's project, it was inspired by hers.

I'm linking this up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge: use a rubber or clear stamp.

 

The next project I have to share is a sketch and a layout for Pages With Papertrey.

The sketch is Sketch #93 from Inspired Blueprints.

 

  

And here's my layout, which I changed to one 4x6 photo, instead of 6 2x2" photos.

I used My Mind's Eye patterned paper and enamel dots.

For my title, I diecut some PTI Terracotta Tile cardstock with my PTI Headline Alphabet dies

and stamped each one with my PTI BB:Woodgrain set.

I also did the same thing to the tab I diecut with my PTI Edger's #5 die.

 

I'm linking this layout up to the My Mind's Eye October Challenge: Chalk It Up.

 

Thanks for looking!

CASE Study Challenge #160

When I saw that October's CASE study muse was my friend, Elena Roussakis,
I knew I had to play along!

I love Elena's work-- I'm a big fan of her cards and parties!

I mean, look at this photo! Isn't it sweet?

Here's the card I made using Elena's cherry party as inspiration.

I used some PTI cardstock, dies & stamps.

I cut my banner from Echo Park patterned paper.

Thanks for looking!

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