MIUCB - Make Your Own Background

Hi friends - how are you?

I'm doing great! We're back with another challenge for Mix It Up; this time we're focuing on making your own background Normally, I would do this with stamps, but I'm in love with these stencils from Pink Fresh Studios; so easy to line up and make cakes in ANY and ALL the colors; I have several of these cards to share!

For this card, I made all the cakes teal and also added large polka dots around the base card; tone on tone. I did add a layer of vellum to soften the birthday cakes. The balloons are cut from Pink Fresh Studios Celebrate washi tape - such a quick and simple way to make birthday cards. 

I tied on some twine and added an embossed image from Taylored Expressions to finish it off. All mini slimline dies are also from Taylored Expressions.

Thank you for stopping by; I hope you will join us this month, we would love to see your creations!

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

 Hiya! Thanks for visiting!

It's another challenge at Love to Scrap, Anything Goes, we love seeing your creations, please consider joining us!!

If you saw THIS post, well, here with are with a pink version of the same card using all the same things! 😁

Products are from Papertrey Ink and also inspired by Nichol Spohr - you can see her cards HERE. I love this paper pad from Simple Stories and used it on multiple cards - love when I use it and don't hoard it! 😄

I splattered on some Tim Holtz Wax Foundry in Statue, heated it up - man, I love this stuff! I added some twine tied off in a bow and a teeny tiny 'love you' flag on the last M in mom. The scallops were cut with this die - makes a nice finished faux stitching edge and the plaid pink piece in the background is an envelope from Honey Bee Stamps; such a fun combo!

I hope you join us this month, we would love to see your creations!

Mix It Up Challenge Blog - Anything Goes + Aperture

Hello friends! How are you doing? Is your weather  heading into summer? We are - it's been 90+ degrees for multiple days here...so here we are!!

This round at Mix It Up, we're focusing on Anything Goes or Aperture (any shaped opening, mine isn't an aperture). I'm sharing one of the cards I made for Mother's Day this year featuring products from Papertrey Ink; it's also inspired by Nichol Spohr - you can see her cards HERE. I love this paper pad from Simple Stories and used it on multiple cards - love wen I use it and don't hoard it! 😄

I splattered on some Tim Holtz Wax Foundry in Statue, heated it up - man, I love this stuff! I added some twine tied off in a bow and a teeny tiny 'love you' flag on the last M in mom. The scallops were cut with this die - makes a nice finished faux stitching edge and the polka dot piece in the background is an envelope from Honey Bee Stamps; such a fun combo!

Thank you for stopping by; I hope you will join us this month, we would love to see your creations!

Color Throwndown 744 Round II

Greetings - I love the colors in the Color Throwdown this week: grey, kraft, pink, and white; not to mention, that bunny is downright adorable too!! 

And since you can't upload 2 cards from the same 'link'; I did two posts and copied the information for both posts!

I created two cards, one with a bright pink and one with a more vintage-y feel; both fun! But...not gonna lie, super sad I lost a few of the teeny tiny dies from the Takes the Cake die set. 😟 UGH!

I cut all the pieces a few times so I could mix and match  

I cut the cake stand from MFTs Silver Shine cardstock, the designer papers have been in my stash for ages - love when I can put the bits and pieces to use!

The outer border was cut using two of the Pink and Main A2 layered rectangle dies; again patterned paper from the same 'stash' as the cake. For this background, I used the Delightful Digits from The Greetery and lightly inked the edges with Mocha from Taylored Expressions, to soften the starkness of the white, I added a layer of vellum - love how that turned out! And I have had these dew drops in my stash forever; they range from clear to a dark orange, so the soft pink and clear ones were perfect. Sentiment is from Taylored Expressions, Simple Strips - Birthday; I have these sentiments already emobossed on kraft - shown here, as well as black and a dark gray; love having them available.

I added a layer of glossy accents to the 'chocolate frosting', then added dots to the 'white puffs' and sprinkled on distress rock candy glitter.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you've had a great Memorial weekend!

Hugs!

Color Throwdown 744

Greetings - I love the colors in the Color Throwdown this week: grey, kraft, pink, and white; not to mention, that bunny is downright adorable too!! 

And since you can't upload 2 cards from the same 'link'; I did two posts and copied the information for both posts!

I created two cards, one with a bright pink and one with a more vintage-y feel; both fun! But...not gonna lie, super sad I lost a few of the teeny tiny dies from the Takes the Cake die set. 😟 UGH!

I cut all the pieces a few times so I could mix and match but I definitely couldn't resist using this Cotton cardstock from Erin Lee Creative - so delightfully sparkly which is perfect for frosting!

I cut the cake stand from MFTs Silver Shine cardstock, the designer papers have been in my stash for ages - love when I can put the bits and pieces to use!

The outer boarder was a 'leftover' on my desk; you can't see, but it actually has the tiniest silver foil running through it - I think it was an arch maybe, that covers 3 of the sides, honestly can't  remember! HA!

The whirly background is from SSS; I added some mocha ink from Taylored Expressions. The banner was handcut. I think THESE sequins are my hands-down favorite, they go with everything! And that cake looks yummy!!

Thanks for stopping by; hope you've had a great Memorial weekend!

Hugs!

Love to Scrap - May (Anything Goes)

 Hi friends!

Before we even begin, lets take a look at that GORGEOUS new banner over on the Love to Scrap blog; did you see it? 😍 The amazing Donna created it and I think it's gorgeous!!

OK, back to business! 😀  As always, our challenge is ANYTHING GOES, won't you join us and share your creation?

I'm still sharing lots of Christmas cards; these two took some time with the die cutting, sponging, coloring of the birds and creating the backgrounds, but so worth it. 

I LOVE this little mini bird from Papertreyink. I've watched so many of Dawn Woleslagel's YouTube videos which always inspires me to try different things with watercolor. And the pine cones and branches from The Greetery have been a favorite for several years; frames are from The Greetery too.

LOTS and lots of glossy accents and rock candy to make it all shiny and sparkly, along with some pretty sequins! I used a white gel pen for the bird's eye. Adhered all the die cuts together, found a layout I liked and glued everything to the card base. The center panel on each card is mounted with fun foam to give it a tiny bit of dimension.

I hope you join us this month, we would love to see your creations!

 

MIUCB - Anything Goes + Embossing (Dry or Heat)

Hi friends, how's it going?

Have you seen the create in quad stencils from Taylored Expressions? There are several in the store; I used the Peaceful Pines stencil and made some really fun, colorful panels. Love this color combo; pretty sure I saw it used at a crafty camp I attended. 

Our theme this month at Mix It Up is always Anything Goes, but you can add embossing - dry or heat, this month. I LOVE this embossing powder, it has been my fave for quite some time and is what I used on the vellum for the greeting! It always embosses so beautifully!

I used the final stencil and added Decofoil Duo Gel and then added foil using the mini minc machine (I sadly do not remember which foil I used 🙈).

I sponged the edges with a light pink, mounted on some gold matte cardstock and a bright pink notecard. So cheery, IMHO. 

I hope you join us this month, we would love to see your creations!

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog - March

Hi friends,

How are you? I have done lots of creating, but I'm not doing so well grabbing photos. 😐

I'm glad you are back for another challenge at Love to Scrap! Did you see THIS pine tree Christmas card I made? The trees are from the Quad Stencil from Taylored Expessions, Peaceful Pines. It's so easy to use different colors on the stencil. For this particular stencil, I was trying some new inks; but then decided I wanted to get creative and use some fun, bright inks - hence the other card. 

For the polka dots, I added Deco Foil Duo through the stencil, then used foil and ran it through my mini minc machine. I added glossy accents to the polka dots and star on the tree; a couple snow banksfinish off the main image. Mounted on gold cardstock and a base of Sweet Basil cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you will join us this month at Love to Scrap - it's always anything goes and we enjoy seeing your creations!!

MIUCB - Anything Goes + optional Distressing (ink or tool)

Hey you - welcome back for some inspiration at Mix It Up! For our next challenge - always "Anything Goes" but if you want to add the twist of distressing (ink or tool), that's great - but remember, never a requirement!

Have you seen the Create in Quads stencils from Taylored Expressions, I love them and had a ton of fun with THIS one. I love these colors and distressed the edges of the main panel with a distressing tool. 

The foiling on these trees is so beautiful as is the sparkle of snow; and this champagne from the Viva Las Vegas papers is SO DIVINE; I used it as the shadow to the "Merry" die from Honey Bee Stamps (retired); also embossed a sub-sentiment from the same set. Love all the sparkle and shine!

 Thanks for popping in; hope to see you again soon, and don't forget to join the fun at Mix It Up!

Mix It Up Challenge Blog - Anything Goes + optional No Stamping

Hi friends - I hope you had a very Merry Christmas; ours was great except for the nasty weather we had; 30 degrees below with wind chill. My hubby had a total knee replacement December 19 so that has kept us close to home BUT we've had to be out and about in the weather for his physical therapy. 😏

So let's move on to the fun these next two months!! At the Mix It Up Challenge Blog, it's always 'Anything Goes' but if you'd like to throw in the option of No Stamping, please do - but never required. Regardless, we enjoy seeing your projects!

I fell in love with these 'newer' Quadrant products from Pinkfresh Studios; I thought it would be fun to add a small poinsettia for the "O" in JOY; the poinsettia is from The Stamp Market. I am still working with foiling - it's new to me, but I do love how this turned out - fun, geometric and festive! All inks are from Taylored Expressions.

Once I had the poinsettia cut, I added some some shading and of course, added stickles and rock candy glitter to the letters and the poinsettia. Some sequins finish it off!

PS - I recognize these are not some of my best photos...I asked someone to help me and I don't think she was thrilled with the task; the photos show it. LOL!!

Thanks for popping in; hope to see you again soon, and don't forget to join the fun at Mix It Up!