Hello!  I am so excited... because today is the 25th of the month.  Which means Blog Hop
over at Papertrey Ink.... And I have a card to share!  Yeah!!

Again, I found a pocket card among my collection from Studio Calico Project Life kits.  This card had these lovely hearts on it which I then fussy cut... Then I die cut that swirly 'hello'.  The scripty swirls make me swoon... This die is from Studio Calico.  It is NBUS that is going to get lots of use!

I stamped 'friend' from the Wet Paint set by PTI using Smoky Shadow ink.  This was on a strip of white cardstock adhered directly to the white card base.  I'm really diggin' the mix of the swirly font of the die with the crisp linear font of the stamp.  Then, foam adhesive was used to adhere the hearts. And a few white sequins were the finishing touch.

Not only was I thinking of a special friend, but I had a few other challenges in mind while I was creating it, too.  The cue card at CASology is 'friend'... The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge is 'Have a Heart'... And I love the sketches over at CAS(E) this sketch.  I usually take sketches very literal.  So, I really enjoyed stretching the creative limit on this one.  Too much fun! 

xo, janelle

Flutterby : Tuesday Trigger

 Hello!

 It's really late here, but I couldn't pass up the chance to play along with the current Tuesday Trigger over at the Moxie Fab World blog.  Check out the inspiration...

How lovely are these colors?
Funny, but I was really drawn to the grey shapes between the paints that were created by their shadows.  So, that is where I started with my design.

Next, I added butterflies punched out from cardstock that best matched the colors in the inspiration photo.  Then finished it off with a little sentiment in the corner.

Well, I'm off to bed now.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

xo,
janelle

:: Flutterby supplies ::

(misc supplies: Stampin' Up cardstock)

Hello Sunshine : Tuesday Trigger

Hi there!

I've got a little card to share with you for the current 

Tuesday Trigger challenge over at the Moxie Fab World blog.

First, a peak at the inspiration photo.  Fun, right? 

 The rick-rack on the kraft really spoke to me.

Love the color combo, too!

Starting with a kraft card base, I then decided to have another kraft panel popped up with some large orange rick-rack tucked behind going down the side.  A few small yellow rick-rack strips were then added to the top panel.  More die cuts were made to create the flower with a fancy fun embellished center that was placed next to the sentiment.

To stack the sentiment like this, I ended up cutting my stamp.  This is something that I never would have considered in the past, but I have become a little more comfortable with the idea.  How about you?  Are you more likely to do some masking or some careful cutting?

Thanks so much for visiting!
Hope you'll come back soon.

xo,
janelle

:: hello sunshine supplies ::

Smile: CFC #108

Hello!  

I'm back with another card for the challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays.

CFC108: Create a CAS project that has some sort of a material, i.e. fabric, felt, canvas etc

Once again, my dear little daughter helped inspire my card.  She was playing with my rolls of felt and the color combos she kept coming up with were so pretty.  So, I thought a little rainbow of colored letters would make nice & cheery card.

My goal was to keep it CAS.  

Believe me the wheels were spinning, but I'm glad to have used the brakes.

On the popped up white panel, I did a little gold embossing... and that's really it! 

Do you remember or have those little magnetic letters?  I think they were Fischer Price??

Anyway, I keep thinking of those every time I look at these pictures. (haha)  

Happy childhood memories.

Thanks so much for visiting!

xo,

janelle

:: smile supplies ::

(misc. supplies: multiple colors of felt)