Scrappy Moms Tuesday Challenge - You Make Me Melt

Hi everyone...I thought I would participate in another Scrappy Moms Tuesday Challenge...I like to whenever I can!!! This week the challenge is to use Life is a Beach and it is themed to fit their brand new stamps that were released Friday, Sun Kissed. I went ahead and ordered the new stamps right away because I had to have them. They are SOOOOO cute.

Anyway, as soon as I saw this sentiment "You make me Melt!" I had this idea brewing in my head and I knew I had to make this card right away. I just got my stamps yesterday but I didn't do any crafting yesterday so when I saw their challenge today I had to get started. :)

I made my own snowman. I took the hippo puddle from Create a Critter. Then just a couple of circles from George. I sized them to look like the bottom half of the snowman was melting. I wanted him to be melted by the sun. I took the sun from Life is a Beach but I only used one of the layers and hid all the face parts. Then I took another circle from George and sized it over the center of the circle, figuring I could get a two toned sun then and have a little bigger spot to create a face. I grabbed the top hat from the turkey on Create a Critter and wrapped twin around it. And I also used a glittery embossing powder to make him sparkle.

I pulled in the lips from Indie Art and then created the eyes using circles and ovals from George that I sized to fit. I wanted one hot sunshine LOL. I used cotton candy stickles on the cheeks and then Yellow Stickles all the way around the sun. Sparkly and pretty.

Other than that I just used a little pattern paper for grass and matted my perfect sentiment!

I figure this is more of a cute card for someone to give to the one they love. It is summery and wintery but it really isn't about the seasons, its the sentiment.

Now head on over to Scrappy Moms and check out the full stamp set, and you won't be sorry. And if you can join in on their great challenge!!!

Birthday Card - Z Fold Lighthouse

My aunt needed a lighthouse birthday card for someone, so I wanted to try something different. First I madea 5.5x5.5 Z Fold Card. I love how it turned out. I used the bright yellow for my card base just to tie in the yellow from the sunshine. Then I used embossed white strips on the two narrow card folds to tie in the white from the card. I lined the inside with the same sky blue as the front of the card. Then I created my little scene. I decided to tear the paper for the waves and alternate a couple shades of blue. But I wanted to make it seem more realistic with the white tips of the waves, so what I did was I used my Versamark and rubbed it on the tips of the waves, and then I sprinkled white embossing powder onto it and used my heat gun. It really does look kind of foamy and natural, so I am really happy I did this extra step.

I am so happy with this card, hope you enjoy it too!

Scrappy Moms Sneak Peak #2 - Episode 18

Hi everyone, I am back with Day Two of the Scrappy Moms Stamps Sneak Peak for Kids Incorporated. Scroll down to my previous post for the details or you can just visit their website for all the details!

So here is my second project!!!

So here is my card. It is 5.5x5.5 and I did some fun layering with my water and created a little ocean/sky scene. I thought it would be so cute to have a whale blowing bubbles to go along with this sentiment. I think it is so cute. I got the whale from Life is a Beach and love how cute he turned out. I made the bubbles 4 layers thick and then used glossy accents on it! For more details about my project you can click on the you tube video here and watch it :).

Hope you enjoy, stay tuned for another project on Saturday!!!

Flaunt it Fridays - Pink Flamingo

Welcome to another week of Flaunt it Fridays!!! To visit the site and see what the rest of the amazing design team did just click on my designer button on my side bar here.

This time around we were to choose any cut from Twinkle Toes, however I don't have that cartridge and that is okay. If you don't have it you just need to choose a similar cut from one you do have. I noticed that there was a flamingo on it, so I chose this one from Life is Beach and just made a very simple card. I cut the Flamingo at 5 inches so I wanted it to really be the main focus of the card. The sentiment I used is from Scrappy Moms Stamps. This is a simple card but I like how it turned out.

Now you can play along too, hop on over to Flaunt it Fridays and you can make a project and submit for a chance to win a prize!!!

Hope you enjoy!

Birthday Card - Flip Flops!!!

I so love how this card turned out. Hehehe. I decided to make these Flip Flops from Life is a Beach. It's kind of funny that I cannot wear flip flops nor would I be caught dead wearing them, but that is because I am super picky with shoes and comfort, LOL, but I know that there are so many cute ones out there and so many who love them. I wanted my pair to look very realistic. I know I have seen many flowery designed flip flops so I used this patterned paper my Martha Stewart. I also used a shimmery blue paper and cut each flip flop 6 times in that paper and then once in the flower paper...so there are 7 layers of paper. I wanted it to look thick like a flip flop. Then I hid the etch marks also for where you place the straps because I wanted to glue it in a way that the straps are raised up and not flat. I glued the center part first and then the two ends, just curving them up before placing them down. I love how that turned out, and then added the bling to each part where the strap would be secured to the flip flop. I think they look really realistic and pretty. Almost makes me wish I could be comfortable wearing them. I created a little beach scene to place them on! Hope you enjoy.

Fun Card - Party Time Tropical Drink!

So...this card turned out so cute...and I am so sorry because I was going to make this on video, and I was half way through with it when I realized that my battery had died in my camera...so that was that. I decided to just finish the card. Maybe one day I will make another one on video. I think Momo made a card similar to this before, but I don't think it was from the Life is a Beach cartridge. I welded this in my Gypsy and then started putting it together. I sponged some brown ink onto the front of the coconut as well as went over the etch lines with my sharpie marker. I used the new Bakers Twine from Scrappy Moms around the card front and it turned out awesome. I made the little tag myself and put an eyelet through it, and then just used the twine to tie the tag to the card. I also popped the umbrella up. For the stick part of the umbrella there isn't a layer that cuts, and I didn't want it the same color as the coconut so I colored it black with my Sharpie to match the umbrella. All in all this card turned out so great. It fits a 5x7 envelope! Hope you enjoy!

Sympathy Card - Lighthouse Beach Scene

Well, I was thinking that a card like this might be a nice Sympathy card, at least I think it would be, but everyone I have shown it to says it is too cheery. Too late now, I stamped directly onto the card. This time for the water I used my Fiskars Scallop Punch and then I also ran the strips through my crimper. It gives a totally different look to the paper tearing. I did tear the sand though. I am really liking this lighthouse but I have got to use my Gypsy to make a blackout of it for the white layer. I had to lay the black and red onto white paper and cut around it, LOL. The cart doesn't allow for a blackout layer or feature from what I can tell. Hope you enjoy.

Birthday Card - Lighthouse on the Beach

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I was so wanting a nautical themed cartridge with lighthouses and ships and things, and little did I know it all existed on the Life is a Beach Cartridge which I got from www.hallmarkscrapbook.com for only 19.99. It has so many cute cuts on it and it even has a light house!!! I have had several requests for lighthouses so I am very happy to have this. When I think of a lighthouse I pretty much think of a beach scene so that is what I did. I like to create scene cards anyway so this was fun. The sand paper was from Creative Memories from several years back. For my sea I just tore two different shades of blue and layered them like this, and then I created my sky from the sun and clouds from Create a Critter. I used a Scrappy Moms Sentiment on the one cloud to tie it all together. I like the lighthouse in the foreground popped up. Hope you enjoy. Look out for my other lighthouse card to post tomorrow night. Hope you enjoy!