Createful Heart Design: Guest Designer

 

Zinnias always do so well in my front flower bed.  They get morning sun and love it.  When I was asked to choose a digi image to use for my Guest Design spot for this month's Createful Heart Challenge , this beautiful Summer Zinnia caught my eye.  You will find more digis in the Createful Heart Design Etsy shop. 

 

I did a lot of fussy cutting and used a bunch of foam poppers in order to make the actual flower in 4 layers.  All the tiny dots framing the original digi image are covered with tiny gold dazzle stickers.  The plaid strips top and bottom are washi tape, as well as the skinny burgundy strip covering the left edge.  

 

The CHD Shop has recently moved from Zibbet to Etsy.

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Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #614

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

 Melissa has supplied this week's sketch:

I hope you'll have time to play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

CASEing a Christmas Card

 Recently I came across a stunning Christmas card on Pinterest that I just had to try and replicate.  

Unfortunately, I don't know who made the card to give them credit.  It was uploaded by Noreen Meekins. 

 

Here is my version, using what I had in my stash.

The sentiment is a CTMH stamp.  I've used a combination of various dies.  Only a small section of the card is embossed with a snowflake ef.  The smallest square is wrapped with a 2" piece of velum and gingham ribbon.  And the tiny bird is a Cricut cut as well as the scalloped square.

Challenges:

12 Months of Christmas Challenge #79 -  AG;Christmas in July

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #449 - Christmas in July

Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #97 - AG 

Ike's World Challenge #146 - AG/Christmas in July

Through the Craft Room Door Week of July 6th - AG

Dare 2B Artsy Challenge - Christmas in July

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #549 - AG

Just Add Ink Challenge #562 - Inspiration  (I picked on the Christmas theme and the color scheme from the photo.)

 

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #613

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

Here is this week's sketch:

 

 As soon as I saw this sketch I knew it was perfect for an interlocking gate fold card.

Paper is by CTMH; Butterfly sticker from The Dollar Store;Thank You is a Dazzle sticker.

 

I hope you'll have time to play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Margreet

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

Happy 4th of July

Many thanks to Gerda Steiner for the digi!

Enjoy the fireworks!

 

Challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Red, White and Blue 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

The House That Stamps Built Theme Challenge J3021 - Red, White and Blue 

DL.Art Thankful Thursday Linky Challenge #280 - Red, White and Blue 

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #604 - Anything Goes

 

Send A Smile 4 Kids July Challenge

 The theme for the July Challenge at 

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is Christmas in July

or Anything Goes 4 Kids.

 

 

 

 It would be great if you joined the fun at the

Send A Smile 4 Kids 

July Challenge.

(Cards only, please. And they need not be donated.)

 

Please take some time and visit the fabulous blogs of my teammates.  They work so hard and are very creative! 

Bobbi

Sybrina

Mary

Karen 

April 

Celeste

 

Lots and Lots of Ice Cream Cones

 Thought I'd try making a Window Pop-Up Birthday card,  using directions from the Secrets to Stamping blog.

In the process, I ended up making lots and lots of ice cream cones!

I found a great piece of ice cream cone paper in my stash which I wanted to use for the card.  I also planned to use the Sunny Studio Two Scoops stamp set.  My problem came when I tried to match the colors in the dp.  The cone was created using 2 stamps, one for shape and a second for shading details.  You would not believe how many combinations of ink I tried.  There were ice cream cones everywhere.  I finally decided on one that I sort of liked and added it to this card.

The inside sentiment can be seen through the front window and, when the card is opened, it pops up rather than just being stamped on the card base.

Challenges: 

Creative Creases Challenge #10 - fun fold (easiest pop up I ever made!)

Through the Craft Room Door Week of June 29th - AG 

Allsorts Challenge Week 630 - Use Design Paper

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #408 - Birthdays
 

Double D Challenge - Signs of Summer 

The Paper Shelter Challenge #476 - Going Dotty (In between all the ice cream cones on the dp are tiny pink polka dots.)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - AG

Thanks for visiting!