I {heart} Scrappy Canary 2...

I applied last year to be part of the Polly!Scrap Kits card design team, although Ruth decided not to go ahead with a Card Designer on the DT, she asked if I'd like to join in the fun as a Guest Designer for July, and I jumped at the chance!  In the meantime Polly!Scrap Kits has evolved into Scrappy Canary, with Mandy, still the same fabulous Australian kit club, now with a new name.

There is a monthly kit released on the 15th of each month, and Scrappy Canary often include exclusive products like stamps, letterpress or wood veneers. The June Pocket kit - Tea and Toast, was no exception with a gorgeous scripty sentiment exclusive from Wilna Furstenburg.

The Scrappy Canary blog is here and the store here, with the VIP Lounge open 24/7.

I was only asked to do two projects, but I had so many fabulous ideas working with this kit, I couldn't help myself! To demonstrate the amazing versatility of Scrappy Canary kits, I created a total of two 12x12 layouts and 6 cards with the June Pocket kit - Tea and Toast, and there is still spare! I loved this kit so much especially the exclusive acrylic sentiment from Wilna Furstenburg, so much fun!

I had a sneak peek of two of my projects earlier this week, and here is a shaker card...

"You are a Star" a super shaker card created featuring this exclusive scripty sentiment from Wilna Furstenburg. The card base was covered with MME Wood Necessities, and the corners rounded. The shaker card shape was die cut using a Paper Smooched photo frame die, backed with one of the 3x4 Echo Park pocket cards, layered with two foam sheets stuck together and die cut to create the walls of the shaker box. The Wilna Furstenburg was adhered inside the shaker box, together with some Studio Calico wooden stars (from Scrappy Canary), before an acrylic clear sheet and the die cut MME Wood Necessities was added on top. The shaker box was adhered to the front of the box, and another Studio Calico wooden star added.

To catch the other projects I created from this kit, pop on over to the Scrappy Canary blog next week...

Playing along at Simon Says Stamp Lets be Clear Challenge,

Just Us Girls Woodgrain Element, and Virginia's View Die Cut Challenge.

I {heart} Scrappy Canary ...

ETA. Playing along with the Moxie Fab World Clicking Cameras Challenge!

I applied late last year to be part of the Polly!Scrap Kits card design team, although Ruth decided not to go ahead with a Card Designer on the DT, she asked if I'd like to join in the fun as a Guest Designer for July, and I jumped at the chance!  In the meantime Polly!Scrap Kits has evolved into Scrappy Canary, with Mandy, still the same fabulous Australian kit club, now with a new name.

There is a monthly kit released on the 15th of each month, and Scrappy Canary often include exclusive products like stamps, letterpress or wood veneers. The June Pocket kit - Tea and Toast, was no exception with a gorgeous scripty sentiment exclusive from Wilna Furstenburg.

The Scrappy Canary blog is here and the store re-opens on the 15th of July, with the VIP Lounge open 24/7.

I was only asked to do two projects, but I had so many fabulous ideas working with this kit, I couldn't help myself! To demonstrate the amazing versatility of Scrappy Canary kits, I created a total of two 12x12 layouts and 6 cards with the June Pocket kit - Tea and Toast, and there is still spare! I loved this kit so much especially the exclusive acrylic sentiment from Wilna Furstenburg, so much fun!

First up a more feminine layout and card!

Inspiration for this layout from Sketchabilities

The 6x6 MME Papers and 6x4 pocket cards were perfect for layering behind my photo, with the 3x4 pocket cards perfect for the offset cluster. I fussy cut the title from one of the 6x4 pocket cards, used some of the pocket cards to back the Jilly Bean camera outline, added the cute "Love You" puffy sticker, cork arrows and fussy cut the polaroid camera to add to my clusters, and little white hearts to add to my title. The base layer black cardstock and 12x12 Pink Paislee Color Wash paper are the only items not from the Scrappy Canary Tea and Toast pocket kit. 

"Birthday Note" This card is one of my favourite, created by stamping and fussy cutting one of the 3x4 pocket cards with this cute butterfly from Altenew, layered on one of the 6x6 MME Wood Necessities sheets, together with "Note" cut from another of the kit pocket cards and "Birthday" sentiment from Walter and Winnie. All papers are from the Scrappy Canary Tea and Toast pocket kit. 

If you want to see my other 5 cards and layout you'll need to scoot on over to the Scrappy Canary blog next week, or you can hop on by and take a look at the fabulous challenges they have on right now...

Playing along with Sketchabilities and Seize the Birthday (Stripes!), 
and Just Us Girls Woodgrain Trend too!

A-very New Watercolour Technique...

With watercolour so "in" at the moment, I thought I'd have a bit of an experiment using Gelatos, clear embossing and black ink. Using watercolour paper, I created the base layer of my panel by scribbling Gelatos in pink/red/orange/light orange/yellow, then diluting and blending these colours with water and a paintbrush.  Once this layer was thoroughly dried, I stamped these gorgeous Avery Elle scallops in Versamark Watermark and American Crafts Zing clear embossing powder, and heat set. Lastly I used my Momento Ink Tuxedo Black and Momento Luxe Tuxedo Black to soak into the watercolour paper in the areas not heat embossed, wiping off the excess ink with a baby wipe. I mounted the watercolour panel onto black cardstock, before pop-dotting onto the black front panel. I love the contrast between the glossy coloured surface and the matt black. After a few unsatisfoctory attempts at adding a sentiment, I decided I prefer this card without one ;)

Playing along with Avery Elle Water Color Challenge, 

CASology Wet Challenge, 

A Blog Named Hero Build A Background Challenge, and Just Us Girls Watercolour Background.

 

A CASE of Happy Birthday TAWS...

The Alley Way Stamps are celebrating their third birthday with fabulous discounts and giveaways, so I thought I'd join in the celebrations with this birthday card featuring TAWS Wish BIG balloons and sentiment, coloured vellum and gold embossing powder.  

Also playing along with TAWS BE Inspired (over on their new challenge blog), CASE Study with this gorgeous inspiration card from Donna Mikasa, Seize the Birthday and JUGS Paper Piecing Challenge.

  

This made me smile...

A Lotta Joy with Lil Inkers...

ETA.  Laura has a FABULOUS Black Friday Sale - details HERE!

This is about how I'd be feeling if I happened to be fortunate enough to be selected on the Lil Inkers Design Team!!! It could be you - if you live in the U.S. and love Lil Inkers as much as I do, as Laura has a Design Team call, closing soon.

This card was created using Lil Inkers Snow Mouse stamps, Stitched Polaroid, Stitched Squares and Joy sentiment die-cuts.  Papers are a combination of Crate Paper Bundled Up and MME Collectable "Notable", finished with Kaisercraft pearls.

In case you are wondering how to re-create this technique -

• Create the white cardstock base with the Stitched Square.
• Stamp the Snow Mouse image onto the white cardstock base, and then onto a sheet of each of teal, pink, red and white card.
• Die cut the Stitched Polaroid frame in red, and hand cut the teal background to fit behind the frame. 
• Fussy cut the Snow Mouse stamped on the extra white card.
• Fussy cut the Snow Mouse pink scarf (in one piece, cutting on an angle to hide behind the polaroid frame), ears, nose and tongue and adhere to the fussy cut white Snow Mouse.
• Fussy cut the alternate red Snow Mouse stripes on the scarf and adhere to the pink scarf.
• Adhere the teal stamped rectangle in position on the stamped cardstock base.
• Adhere the white fussy cut Snow Mouse,  in position on the teal rectangle.
• Adhere the Stitched Polaroid frame.
• Die cut the "Joy" in teal and adhere in position.
• Add some Kaisercraft pearls into the centre of three of the stamped snowflakes.

Love the pink/red/teal colour combo in the Just Us Girls Photo Inspiration Challenge.

Playing along with CAS on Sunday Winter Challenge,

Addicted to CAS Pet Challenge and
Catered Crop Animal House Recipe Swap too.

 

Time for FUSION...

With over 100 amazing entries last week, are you ready to be inspired by the next FUSION Challenge?

PROCEDURES:

1. Play with just Jackie's sketch challenge.

2. Play with just Lesley's inspiration photo challenge.

3. Or you can create FUSION by combining BOTH challenges into one card.

4. Use the challenge graphic and link back to Fusion in your post.

The first thing I thought of when I saw the gradient layers, circles, chevrons and lime and grey FUSION was a cityscape and a spotted lime green mini.  The city skyline was created using Graphite Glimmermist on watercolour paper, it sparkles like crazy in the sunlight - spritzed lightly for the background layer and went to town on the foreground layer - heat set then die-cut.  The funky The Alley Way Stamps Priceless Joy car was stamped onto some Fancy Pants spotted paper and some of the left over watercolour sheet to paper piece the car tyres.  The sentiment stamped in Zing White uses a combination of The Alley Ways Alphabet Soup and Chatterbox.  I couldn't work out how to create my arrows til I noticed a left over piece from the chevrons on my last card and realised the chevron die cuts were the perfect solution.

Why don't you head over and check out the FABULOUS inspiration 
from the rest of the DT and Guest Designers

Hope you can join in the fun at FUSION this week!

Joining in the fun at CASology Travel Challenge and Just Us Girls Ombre Challenge too.

 

A MUSEing Train of Happy Thoughts...

When I first saw Therese's fab MUSE card this week, I was immediately drawn to the negative die cut and yellow background, which made me think of the sun, which reminded me of some free downloadable wall art I had seen on-line, which inspired me to create this...

As the focus of my wall art is negative die cuts, I couldn't resist playing along with the Moxie Fab World Card Creations Week - Emphasise the Negative Challenge, Just Us Girls Negative Die Cut Challenge, and as this verse is taken from a song I thought it was perfect for playing along at City Crafter Challenge Inspired by a Song too.

Wall Art created using paper from October Afternoon, My Favorite Things die-cut clouds and alpha, Marvy scalloped circle punch was used as the basic outline for the sun then hand cut the rays, Cuttlebug swirl embossing folder, Basic Grey alphas and LOTS of pop dots!

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate your visit :)

Therese's fab MUSE inspiration card

Moxie Fab World Card Creations Week

Inspired by a Song

This made me smile...

Happy 4th of July The Alley Way...

Sending Happy 4th July wishes across the waves :)  I spent a couple of years growing up in Boston, so the USA holds a special place in my heart!

Sentiment is The Alley Ways Stamps gorgeous new Alphabet Soup, which includes numbers too, but I couldn't resist stitching the number 4 through the four holes in my button!  I used sparkly bling on my mini flag and doubled-up on the stars with a die-cut and Starry Night embossing folder.  Just remember it's always much easier stamping first and embossing second LOL!

Inspired by Just Us Girls Stars and Sparkles Challenge, CAS-ual Fridays Round and Round and My Sheri Crafts Oh I Love America Challenge.