Embellish Color Challenge Quirky-Cutesy-Clean Style

Today is the start of a new Embellish Color Challenge! Take a look...The challenge: To use the colors pictured above and a quirky-cutesy-clean style. The fabulous sponsor: Lawn Fawn. Lawn Fawn (brought to you by the adorable Kelly Marie) is such a fun and unique stamp company, perfect for a challenge like this one. I am working with a set I couldn't wait to get my hands on, Bake Me A Cake! Love it, I've got all kinds of ideas for this set floating around in my head, just itching to get out.

Here is what I came up with...A fun Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake! Started with some Melon Berry cardstock then, stamped the first layer at an angle, masked off the top (with a Post It Note) and stamped the next layer at the opposite angle. Continued this process all the way to the top.

Cut the cake out, embossed with the Sunshine Impression Plate and embellished with a few hand cut Vintage Cream flowers. Set the cake atop an Aqua Mist cake stand and attached it to a Vintage Cream cardstock strip. Just below the Vintage Cream strip, I attached half of an Aqua Mist Fillable Frames #4 die cut. Then finished it off with a Melon Berry satin ribbon bow and sentiment.

Now it's your turn to join in the quirky-cutesy-clean fun! Look here for the challenge details, amazing inspiration and a fabulous prize. Hope to see your challenge creations soon!

Thanks for visiting, have a great one!

Maile

Topsy Turvy Happy Birthday:

• Stamps: Bake Me A Cake (Lawn Fawn)
• Ink: Dark Chocolate & Melon Berry
• Cardstock: Kraft, Vintage Cream, Melon Berry & Aqua Mist
• Accessories: Melon Berry Satin Ribbon, Sunshine Impression Plate & Fillable Frames #4 Die

{Spoiler Alert!} Papertrey Ink Anniversary Set

Hello all! Hope you had a great weekend. Thought I would quickly share my Papertrey Ink Anniversary Set projects. Round & Round is such a gorgeous set! I love the classic, clean and modern feel it has.


First up is more of a clean and modern look... I was going for a jeweled medallion idea here, by pairing the medallion circle with the frame (from For The Graduate, used with the coordinating Mat Stack #1 Die) and rhinestones.

By using clear rhinestones, I was able to use my Copic Markers to color them the exact color I was looking for.

Next, a classic and elegant look...

The flourished frame is a perfect match to the new Mat Stack #1 Die. So, I used the die to cut a negative space and stamp the frame image into.

Embossed the die negative with Argyle Impression Plate, attached the butterfly circle and sentiment (from the Anniversary Set) onto the center of the frame and embellished with a butterfly and rhinestones (colored using Copics to match).

Hope you enjoyed the cards and thanks for stopping by! Have a great start to your week!

Maile

Celebrate Today:

• Stamps: Round & Round & For The Graduate
• Ink: True Black
• Cardstock: White
• Accessories: Clear Rhinestones, Mat Stack #1 Die, 1 3/4" Circle Punch & Copic Markers

Thank You:

• Stamps: Round & Round
• Ink: Lavender Moon, Spring Rain & Dark Chocolate
• Cardstock: Kraft, Vintage Cream & Lavender Moon
• Accessories: Rhinestones, Mat Stack #1 Die, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Argyle Impression Plate & Copic Markers

Handmade Bloom

Hello all and happy Monday! Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Today's card was one I created for Kim Wilson's challenge from last week. I've completely missed the dead line, but I loved the inspiration photos so much I still had to play along. You can check out her latest Off The Wall Craftiness Challenge and huge prize here.I was really inspired by the white flowers pictured on the wedding cake. So, to create my own I used the Beautiful Blooms II #2 Die Collection. Die cut the three different sized blooms from white cardstock, cut slits between the petals, crinkled each layer up real good and assembled the layers together using glue dots. Then embellish with a button in the center. Can't you just see these blooms recreated in so many different colors. Such fun!

Attached the blossom to a black mat, cut from Mat Stack #1 Die and then impressed with the Argyle Impression Plate. Punch small holes on either side of the mat, strung black satin ribbon through and tied a bow. Finished the card off with a sentiment from Delighful Dahlia.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you all have a great start to your week!

Maile

Congratulations:

• Stamps: Delighful Dahlia
• Ink: True Black
• Cardstock: White & True Black
• Accessories: True Black Satin Ribbon, True Black Vintage Button, Beautiful Bloom II #2 Die Collection, Mat Stack #1 Die, Argyle Impression Plate, 1/8" Hole Punch & Corner Rounder.

I Just Love You

Hi all! Hope you enjoyed the Blog Hop yesterday, I sure did! For today's card I pulled out the Copic markers again. Still very intimidated by these babies. So instead of coloring the entire flower, I've done what I have seen lots of others doing: stamping on colored cardstock and then touching up and adding depth using a darker shade of Copic markers.
After coloring, I cut out each flower and leaf then attached them to a white cardstock block embossed with the Picnic Plaid Impression Plate. If you look closely you can see how I cut each petal individually and then curled them up just a tad to give them a more realistic feel. Finished the card off with some Lemon Tart twill ribbon, black rhinestones and a sentiment (from Delightful Dahlia).

I've got a couple links for you all to check out:

• Wplus9 is coming out with brand new stamp sets on Friday, April 9th. These new stamp images are incredible and so are Dawn's samples show casing their versatility. Keep updated on the latest happening by becoming a fan on the Wplus9 Facebook Fan Page and see what everyone has been creating using their Wplus9 stamps in the Flickr Gallery.


• The latest Embellish Magazine Call is out!!! Here's your chance to get published, check it out here!

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful day!

Maile

I Just Love You:

• Stamps: Year Of Flowers: Violets & Delightful Dahlia
• Ink: True Black
• Cardstock: White, Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist & Spring Moss
• Accessories: Lemon Tart Twill Ribbon, Black Rhinestones, Picnic Plaid Impression Plate, Corner Rounder & Copic Markers

Paper Crafts Go-to-Gal & Friends Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Hop! My friend, fellow Cover Girl and ever so talented Go-to-Gal: Jessica Witty, has asked me to join her and her friends in today's Paper Crafts Go-to-Gal & Friends Blog Hop. To celebrate the release of the brand new and fantastic special issue called Go-to Sketches. If you haven't seen this issue yet, I highly recommend picking up a copy for your self as soon as possible! You can find it here. Also, be sure to stop on by the Paper Crafts Connection blog for a chance to win an issue and to join in on all the exciting festivities happening this week. As you probably already know, this issue is filled with 66 fabulous sketches all designed by the 6 Paper Crafts Go-To-Gals. Today I created a card based off of the sketch below, which was created by Jessica Witty her self!...

Here is my take...

I didn't stick to the sketch exactly, I made a few minor changes here and there, but any of the changes made were based off of the original sketch. Stamped the largest label (from Vintage Labels) in New Leaf on to Kraft cardstock and then textured it using the Picnic Plaid Impression Plate. The flower is my take on the rectangular element, cut the layers using Beautiful Blooms II #2 Die Collection (2 large & 1 medium), stamped Sweet Blush polka dots (from Polka Dots Basics) and topped it off with a button and silk ribbon. Here's a fun little tip: using Copic markers, color white silk ribbon to create a perfect match to your projects. The leaves are supposed to be the three embellishments pictured on the left in the sketch, used the leaf dies from Delightful Dahlia Die Collection to cut them from New Leaf cardstock.

This card ought to work perfectly for a wedding or a new babies arrival.

There is plenty more to see! Check out what Jessica and her other buddies have created:

• Jessica Witty
• Charlene Austin
• Julie Ebersole
• Bev Gerard
• Anabelle O'Malley

And here are the other Go-To-Gals:

• Teri Anderson
• Maren Benedict
• Kim Hughes
• Kim Kesti
• Betsy Veldman
  

Enjoy the hop and thanks for hopping on by!

Maile

Celebrate:

• Stamps: Vintage Labels, Delightful Dahlia (Leaves & Sentiment) & Polka Dot Basics
• Ink: New Leaf & Sweet Blush
• Cardstock: White, Kraft, Sweet Blush & New Leaf
• Accessories: 1/4" White Silk Ribbon, Sweet Blush Vintage Button, Beautiful Blooms II #2 Dies, Delightful Dahlia Dies, Picnic Plaid Impression Plate & Copic Marker

Hello Friend

Hello all and happy Monday! It is such a gorgeous day today, I thought it would be fitting to share this blooming card with you all...Using the Beautiful Blooms II #3 Collection Dies, I die cut flower negatives from my white cardstock block, rounded the corners and stamped the sentiment from Springtime Doodles. You all probably know this already, but here is a Clean and Simple tip: For a visually pleasing CAS design, group your images and embellishments together to create a main focal point and white space.

Debossed the front of the card base using the Polka Dot Basics II Impression Plate and carefully placed and attached the Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise & Raspberry Fizz buttons. Completed the card by attaching the flower negative block, using dimensional adhesive.

Hope you all have a great start to your week! Thanks for stopping by!

Maile

Hello Friend:

• Stamps: Springtime Doodles
• Ink: True Black
• Cardstock: White
• Accessories: Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz Vintage Buttons & Crochet Thread, Beautiful Blooms II #3 Collection Dies, Polka Dot Basics II Impression Plates & Corner Rounder