Design for Suger and Spice Challenge #3

Here we go again!!  Are we up for the 3rd Challenge for Sugar and Spice...I know I am.  This was a fun card to make.  I worked on adding some Easter Happiness to it. I hope you agree. I used DCWV Shimmer Matstock paper in pastel shades. My background was embossed with Sizzix Embossing Frame Design, then I hand cut an egg shape and embossed it with my Darice Cherry Blossom embossing folder.

  I hand painted the flowers with my watercolor pencils using pink, blue, yellow, dark and light greens.  I then sanded the surface lightly and rubbed with Tim Holtz distress Frayed Burlap ink to pop the flowers slightly.  I trimmed it with white lace, adhered it to the blue embossed layer, then applied it to a white card base.   My sentiment letters were stamped individually with versamark then I used Recollections ebony detail embossing powder. I felt there was too much white so I dotted with Zig Clean Color Real Brush paint pen in the same colors I used to paint my flowers on the egg. I popped the sentiment by layering darker green under it.

I choose to embellish with 2 white feathers and I made a bow with some leftover yellow ribbon and applied a rinestone butterfly. I hope I have inspired at least one person to go through your stash and see what your imagination can come up with.  Hope you will play along with us at Sugar and Spice Challenge!  The deadline is April 13th, 9pm (Pacific Time).

Thanks for dropping by!!!

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Sweet Sunday SSSC212

I am submitting this card as part of the Sweet Sunday Challenge.  I tried to stick to the sketch as closely as possible.

I found it very challenging to design a card using single layering, so in the end I decided to use pop ups on the top two stars.  My choice of paper was 6x6 My Minds Eye Lime Twist, all paper on the card is from this collection. Stars are cut from my new dies Shapez by Zyron.  PS got a great deal from Scrapbooking Made Simple 12 sets of dies under $50cdn. mailing included.  Check it out sometime, she has great deals changing all the time. Sentiment is stamped in black Brilliance ink, then I used lime glitter glue by Studio g to sparkle stars and sentiment layer.

I choose to set the layer on a black card base to really pop the whole card. I love the chevron pattern and my new star dies can't wait to use them again.

Thanks for the challenge!

Thinking of You

Hi it's time to get involved in more challenges!!!! So I am submitting one to Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge and it's the Farm Fresh theme.  So here we go....I really enjoyed doing this card.  It is so me.

I choose to use BoBunny Apple Cider 6x6 paper pad collection and what can be more Farm Fresh then plaid, earth tones, and apple cider . I choose this paper first because it highlights my Stamped sunflower embossing. I then used my watercolor pencils to color and blend it; using yellow,orange,rusty door,and brown. I felt it was still missing something so I used glossy accents in the center and applied gold micro beads. I then fussy cut the sunflower and popped it with some pop ups.

This picture of my card shows the sunflower popped. I also inked using Tim Holtz walnut distressed ink around the edges of the plaid and laid it on a kraft card base.

I choose to really pop my die cut sentiment by colouring and shadowing it. I love my free form layout...again it reminds me of Farm Fresh Country. Lastly I slipped 2 silk leaves under the sunflower, I believe it brings the whole card together without pulling your eye too far from the sentiment.

 Thanks for the challenge!

Sugar and Spice Challenge #2

Hi, everyone!  This is my very first blog post.  My daughter helped me create my blog, so we could both participate in challenges together and I'm happy to say I have now been able to access it and learn how to update and hopefully be able to add my own updates.  Scrapping and diving are two of my passions, hence my blog title.  From time to time, you may see some underwater pics here.  But for now, I'd like to share my work for a newer challenge blog.  

The Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge was created to inspire and promote crafty fun through creating together.  The second challenge's theme is Mint Chocolate!  Create something using mint and chocolate (or brown).  I had to make a masculine card, so I put my thinking cap on and came up with this.  

I used an older sketch from My Favorite Things WSC - #58.  I liked how abstract this sketch was and thought it would work well. 

 The brown paper comes from an old Die Cuts With a View paper pad I had. And the mint paper came from DCWV Textured Cardstock - Brights long slim paper.  

I layered the Starform stickers to get the shadow effect for my sentiment.

Then I added the big white button with We R Memory Keepers baker's twine at one side of the banner.

Hope you will play along with us at the Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge!  The deadline is March 30th, 9 pm (PST).

Thanks for dropping by!

Leah