Sugar and Spice Challenge #7 Patriotic

Our 7th Challenge is Patriotic

When Sherri from Sugar and Spice put the new challenge out there for the designers I was very excited to see what we would come up with.  I myself felt very proud to be doing a card in honor of Canada's birthday, July 1st.  While putting my thoughts together I decided to keep it fairly simple and clean and try to do justice to Canada's red and white colours. 

 I embossed both the red and white background papers using the Darice bark/wood grain embossing folder, to me this resembled our beautiful maple trees here in Canada. I added a maple leaf brad - painted it red and white like our flag. The butterfly is die cut with an Elizabeth crafts die (one of my favourite).  This just reminds me of all the pretty butterflies we start to see this time of year.

I really hope you get inspired and feel the love for your country like I have.  Please join us and submit your entry to Patriotic - Red and White or White, Red, and Blue Sugar and Spice Challenge.  Can't wait to see what you come up with and maybe even see which country has more submissions.

Happy Canada Day - July 1st and to our Red White and Blue neighbour's on July 4th.

Sincerely, Leah 

Sweet Treats Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge #6

Welcome to Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge #6  

It's time for another Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge. Challenge #6 is called Sweet Treats  and we were to use cupcakes or any sweet treats. My first card I used scraps left over from my last album I completed.  It was made with some of my favourite colors.

I used my cupcake stamp, then fussy cut it out. I wasn't pleased with the results so I ended up using 2 different stamps (one for the bottom & another for top).  Pieced them together and just applied pink stickles to the icing. By layering a mft border die cut on top and bottom I feel it really brought the focus to the cupcakes. I finished it by applying 3 small white and brown buttons tied with bakers twine.

My second card was also done with left over scraps (great way to use them up). This is a 5x5" card only but packs a lot of punch with the coloring I've used.  I used one of my larger cupcake stamps again fussy cut and only used bottom portion-then used little flowers in the same colors as the polka dot patterned paper..applied and tied a bow, then glued little glass embellishments to the center on flowers and tear drops on all 4 corners of top layer. My sentiment is stamped in olive green and versa marked and embossed with zing clear powder.

Hope you will play along with us at the Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge!  The deadline is June 15th , 9 pm (PST).

Thanks for dropping by!

Leah