Earlier this week, I received a mystery box in the mail from a nice lady on Instagram. Included were two sets of Cuttlebug Confetti dies, which formed the background and XOXO accents for this card. The layout was based on a Wednesday Sketch Challenge. It was also a good day to bake doughnuts. The Rodelle Vanilla Bean Doughnut recipe turned out well, and we had pink frosting in the freezer (from a recent ballerina birthday cake) just waiting to be melted for the topping.
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The emoji were everywhere today! They meandered through the garden. . . They romped amid the rainbows. . . They even blasted off into space! Here's hoping that their adventures today will keep them quiet for a while. They're cute, but very high maintenance!
Last week, I die cut a bunch of emoji. Ever since, they have been smiling and winking and laughing reproachfully every time anybody enters the craft room. This morning, one of them found her new home. I stuck a few glue dots to the back of the happy face and sandwiched a paper clip between it and the backing circle. The washi-tape-covered panel is only adhered along three edges to create a pocket, so the recipient can easily detach the happy face bookmark.
I still haven't tried any of the scrapbook layouts from National Scrapbook Day, but here is another card based on a sketch, this time by A Cherry on Top. The sentiment actually came from a set of envelope liner dies, so it also works for the latest Stay Crafty with Hero challenge, "Out of the Box"! The floral background and pink and purple papers were all leftovers from other projects, so it also contributed to my personal goal of actually using up scraps once in a while.
This one turned out surprisingly well, so I might make a whole set of cards using this design at some point. Having examined the MFT sketch of the week, I rifled through a collection of circles from the 12x12 Gold Glam paper pad akin to the one that has been used up. This rose looked like a good place to start, but by the time the card was complete, the rose had been fussy-cut, shedding its circular frame and an annoying leaf that seemed to be rotated the wrong way, and the two circles had mutated into two hearts. I quite like gold foil on cards, but it never looks as good in photographs, at least the quick snaps that usually end up on this blog. Still, it was a good mental exercise to make a card so different from my usual symmetrical style.
. . .from the 6x6 paper pad I was trying to use up. All that remains are small fragments which will probably be layered under other elements, so this is the official end of my first use-it-up challenge! How does one celebrate the completion of this sort of project? Perhaps a nap or a slice of cake would be the best choices!
Using an odd fragment in the use-it-up challenge, this card turned out better than expected. The heart and "THANKFUL" came from the coordinating 12x12 paper pad, and a few pearls never went amiss! "So" came from a Stephanie Barnard die set. I die-cut the word twice and the shadow once for a little depth of character.
A happy little card for a happy little girl's birthday! This fulfills the conditions for this month's Birthday Project Challenge (create a birthday card with hearts), and the sentiment strip also qualifies for my Use It Up Challenge, which was on hiatus during Solo & Ensemble season. With this morning's card, that's three in one day--a new record! Hooray for Spring Break crafting!
This week's MFT sketch was a bit of a puzzle until I remembered these little doggies. A little fussy cutting and some coordinating paper later, here are Pugs and Kisses.
Planet Money and Make Me Smart were both talking about robots this week, so here are two cards with a similar theme. They used more of the triangle paper, but my favorite aspect is how fancy the rainbow paper looks with the dark brown mat.
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