thanks bunches

I have another Paper Smooches card for  you today. My first two sets from Paper Smooches were Giddy Bugs and Vegtastic.  One of my favorite techniques is paper-piecing and both of these sets are perfect for that!

While I was at work today, I would take a brain-break every now and then and look at a few blogs.  Some of my blog friends were updating and I was a little envious.  A new online class has started with the focus on using up some patterned paper, and several of the blogs I visited were showing off projects for the class. (ETA: Now, I've enrolled in the class and am very excited to participate!)

That got me thinking about what I could do when I got home, and this was it:

One thing I learned from making this card is that I really do not have that much purple in my patterned paper collection.  Must fix that!

After stamping, cutting and piecing all the veggies together, I had the problem of figuring out how to do the sentiment.  I remembered Cath, over at Moxie Fab World, is celebrating lots of trends this month with the release of Card Creations 11.  So, I used a die-cut speech bubble from My Favorite Things to house the sentiment from Vegtastic!   You can see all the details if you click here!

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Ombre Butterflies

I've been busy again with my new Flap Happy stamp set from Paper Smooches! This time, I thought I'd play along again with this week's Sparks Challenge, a sketch:

I wanted to see if I could work with this sketch and a one-layer panel along with the ombre color scheme again.  Here's what I came up with:

To be honest, this is the third attempt at this card.  The first time, I thought I'd put a die-cut butterfly on top, but I didn't like it.  Taking it off did not go well.  The second time, I had it all finished - turned it over to crease the fold, and apparently there was ink on my mat, so the front got smudged with some orange ink.  I didn't give up!

Cath, over at Moxie Fab World is celebrating lots of trends this month with the release of Card Creations 11.  This is another one is for her challenge to use ombre color scheme.  You can see all the details if you click here!

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Tuesday Trigger

I don't always get to play along with the Tuesday Triggers that Cath gives us, but this one jumped out at me!  I love the colors in this dress, and the butterfly is beautiful!  So, I went right to work on this one today using my new Paper Smooches set, Leafy Greens.

Here's what I came up with:

I inked the larger single leaf in the set with turquoise ink, and went around the bottom edges of the stamp with green.  I repeated to create the pattern with the medium and small single leaves. I did the opposite with the butterfly from Flap Happy.  The middle has a touch of turquoise.  The sentiment is from Flap Happy too. 

You can play along with this week's Tuesday Trigger and get all the details if you click here. 

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Flap Happy Hope

I placed a long-awaited order with Paper Smooches on Saturday, and they arrived in my mailbox yesterday.  FAST!  I couldn't wait to get them unpacked and inked up.  My first set to try was Flap Happy - a wonderful set full with butterfly images!  It comes with 3 sets of butterfly dies too!

Here's what I came up with:

I hadn't tried the ombre effect yet, and as I was looking through all of my ink, I realized I had so  many options for color schemes.  You may be seeing more of this soon!  After I stamped the leaves and butterflies, I ran it through with a Woodgrain impression plate to give the panel some texture.

The dots and leaves are from another new Paper Smooches set called Leafy Greens.  This set was free with purchase for me, and I couldn't be happier!  I also ordered a couple of the leaf dies that go with this set. 

Cath, over at Moxie Fab World is celebrating lots of trends this month with the release of Card Creations 11.  This one is for her challenge to use the ombre color scheme.  You can see all the details if you click here!

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Smiles!

Details here!

I loved last week's trend watch challenge over on the Paper Smooches blog, and I'm just getting this card in almost to the deadline!  I don't have many Paper Smooches sets in my stash, and I rectified that this weekend and placed a very exciting order!  Now, I just have to stalk the mailman in the next few days and wait for my new dies and stamps. In the meantime, here's my card:

What I do have in Paper Smooches stamps - I love!  And paper-piecing the little bugs from  Giddy Bugs is one of my favorite things to do! I added vellum wings to this little bee - similar to what I did a few days ago with the fireflies.  The smile that is in the speech bubble is from the tomato in Vegtastic. 

Cath, over at Moxie Fab World is celebrating lots of trends this month with the release of Card Creations 11.  This one is for her challenge to use speech bubbles.  You can see all the details if you click here!

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hello!

I am officially on Spring Break - and it's a bit rainy outside - so that makes for a perfect day to get some crafting done!  I have a long list of cards and layouts I want to accomplish on my break, and here is the first one finished:

I wanted to use a new die I picked up from Archivers last week.  I haven't jumped on the hexagon bandwagon yet, so this is a first for me.  I diecut the shapes from a piece of cardstock for a negative effect.  I placed some gingham paper from A*Muse in the background and popped up the panel to add dimension.  The stamp is from My Favorite Things "Say What?" set. 

CAS-ual Fridays has a challenge this week to use color blocking.  You can get all the details and submit your card by clicking here. 

And Cath, over at Moxie Fab World is celebrating lots of trends this month with the release of Card Creations 11.  This one is for her challenge to use negative die-cuts.  You can see all the details if you click here!

Off to check some more things off my crafty list!  Be back soon!  Thanks for visiting My Happy Place!