LeslieT

Hey Chick!

Hi everyone! We are busting right through March – can you believe it?! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’m excited to be back on the Eyelet Outlet blog today with another awesome DT inspiration project! I created a friendship card featuring some super fun brads and some pearls to doll it up!

First of all, aren’t these Chicken Brads just a hoot?! When I saw them, I knew I had to have them because I have the perfect stamp set to use with them! I created a top folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and rounded the bottom right corner. I dug into my digital image stash and found a small chicken wire image that I duplicated multiple times and pieced together to make it large enough to go across the panel, keeping it proportional to the size of the chicken brads. I complimented the white cardstock with yellow cardstock, and stamped the sentiment in black ink. I added the Chicken Brads, a few scattered pearls from a White Pearl Bling Strip on the background and three slightly larger White Pearl Bling on the yellow cardstock strip. I colored all the pearls with a tan-colored alcohol marker prior to affixing them to the card front.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and embellished it with a strip of the yellow cardstock used on the front, stamped the sentiment in black, and layered the panel on the yellow.

And here’s one more peek… I absolutely love how this turned out! Those chicken brads are so fun!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #3-2021 – Anything Goes
2. Alphabet Challenge Blog: Y is for Yellow
3. Classic Design Challenge: #3 – Anything Goes
4. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges: #2111 – Anything Goes
5. Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenges: #492 – Anything Goes
6. QKR Stampede: #416 – Anything Goes
7. The Creative Crafters: #38 – Anything Goes
8. World Wide Open Design Team Challenge: #03 – Anything Goes

Eyelet Outlet products used:
Chicken Brads
White Pearl Bling Strip
White Pearl Bling

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Colorbok yellow cardstock
Stamps: Paper Pretties Cluck Part II stamp set, MHK Designs Chicken In digi set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Nuvo alcohol marker- 479 (to color the pearls)
Dies/Punches: Kadomaru Pro corner rounder
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project! Be sure to check out all the fun goodies at Eyelet Outlet! I can already see you drooling, lol! Be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ Eyelet Outlet Facebook Page to keep up with news and sales, and while you’re at it, join the Eyelet Outlet Fans Facebook group for lots of creative inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Hello Hello Hello

Hi everyone! I hope you’re having a fabulous week – the weekend is almost here! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’m stoked to share that I’m guest designing for Scrapping4fun Challenges again! One of my projects was a Featured Creation a few weeks back and I was invited by the lovely Rachelle to be a guest designer for Challenge #188 – Easter/Spring, so here I am! Our sponsor this time is Fabrika Fantasy so come on over and play! I created a fun Easter card featuring Fabrika Fantasy’s Easter Bunny digital image – isn’t he the cutest?! He reminds me of that obnoxious friend in junior high school who wouldn’t take no for an answer, lol! Bahahaha!

I absolutely love this image and have had it in my stash for a couple years. I’ve only used it once before so I thought it only fitting to use it for this Easter challenge, and I paired it with some fun Doodlebug Design patterned papers. I printed the image on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, colored it with alcohol markers and cut it with a stitched circle die. I layered it offset slightly to the left onto a stitched oval die cut with a banner sandwiched between, to which I added a tiny heart die cut. I adhered a jelly bean patterned paper panel to the card base and then adhered the focal image. I adhered three Hello die cuts and a heart die cut to the focal image, and then made some fluff on his tail with my Marvy Snow Marker. The finishing touch was the addition of several purple enamel dots.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and embellished it with leftover strips of patterned paper, stamped the inside sentiment, and layered the panel on green cardstock.

And one more look… love this guy! He’ll make somebody happy on Easter!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: March Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #3-2021 – Anything Goes
3. A Place To Start: #3 – Pick A Shape (Circle)
4. Classic Design Challenge: #3 – Anything Goes
5. Crafty Gals Corner: #217 – Make It Green
6. Happy Little Stampers: March Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
7. International Art & Soul: #104 – Bunny
8. Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #141 – Anything Goes
9. Mod Squad Challenge: Springtime Bunnies
10. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges: #2111 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Doodlebug Design Gingham-Linen Rainbow Petite Prints and Hello Spring 6×6 paper pads
Stamps: Fabrika Fantasy Easter Bunny digital image, Stamp Camp Simple Sentiments 1 stamp set
Ink: Nuvo alcohol markers- 432, 497, 495, 449, 427, 360, 405, 439, 375; Faber Castell Pitt Artist pens- May Green and Middle Purple Pink; Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Memory Box Stitched Circle Layers and Stitched Oval Layers dies, Sizzix Traveler’s Notebook Inserts die set, EK Success 3/4″ square punch
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Gemini Junior, Marvy Uchida Snow Marker, Eyelet Outlet Purple Enamel Dots

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up an Easter/Spring project with us! We can’t wait to see what you create! And be sure to check out all the fun digis over at Fabrika Fantasy! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

you are fabulous

4/1/21 Top 5 at QKR Stampede!

Hi friends! It’s Thursday, the weekend is fast approaching and I hope you have something fun planned! I’m stoked to be back on the CutCardStock blog today with an awesome DT inspiration project featuring Curious Metallic cardstock which happens to be on sale this month so be sure to get some! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I created a pretty friendship card on a Classic Crest card base with shimmery layers of Curious Metallic cardstock and stamped/die cut hibiscus flowers, buds and leaves.

This card base is 5″ square and cut from Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock. I layered panels of Curious Metallic Violette 111# cardstock and Curious Metallic White-Silver 111# cardstock, and added a pierced ornate frame cut from Curious Metallic White-Silver 111# cardstock. I arranged the hibiscus flowers, single bud and leaves in the left lower corner on top of the frame. The hibiscus is my first Altenew stamp set and I couldn’t be happier with how they turned out. These stamps line up perfectly and they look amazing! Plus I’ve made a HUGE change in my ink stash recently by replacing all my Stampin’ Up ink with Memento ink. I was a Stampin’ Up demonstrator a few years back and have nearly 70 SU ink pads that I’ll soon be moving out of my studio. I had quite a few Memento ink colors already so I only had to buy a few to get the complete line plus a few reinkers. Okay, back to my project… I cut the ‘fabulous’ sentiment twice from Curious Metallic White-Silver 111# cardstock, layered them together and adhered it across the lower portion of the card front. I stamped the remaining portion of the sentiment in purple ink on a white cardstock scrap, trimmed it and adhered it just above the die cut. The finishing touch was the addition of small iridescent gemstones.

For the inside, I layered panels of Curious Metallic Violette 111# cardstock and Curious Metallic White-Silver 111# cardstock, and added a pierced ornate die cut which I cut from Classic Crest Solar White 80# cardstock. I added the other hibiscus bud in the lower left corner and stamped the sentiment in purple ink.

And one more look… I’m thrilled with this card! I can’t say enough about how amazing this Curious Metallic cardstock is. And I’ve mentioned numerous times that Classic Crest (both 110# and 80# weights) is a staple in my studio. I’ve used many brands of white cardstock over the years and Classic Crest surpasses them all for card bases, stamping and basic layering.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #3-2021 – Anything Goes
2. Classic Design Challenge: #3 – Anything Goes
3. Crafty Calendar Challenge: March Challenge – Feminine
4. Happy Little Stampers: March Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
5. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge: March Anything Goes
6. Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #141 – Anything Goes
7. Let’s Craft and Create: #169 – Anything Goes w/ optional Purple and Green (playing twist)
8. Moving Along With The Times: #128 – Spring is Coming
9. Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenges: #492 – Anything Goes
10. QKR Stampede: #416 – Anything Goes
11. Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog: #54 – Easter/Spring
12. The Creative Crafters: #38 – Anything Goes
13. World Wide Open Design Team Challenge: #03 – Anything Goes

CutCardStock products used:
Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock
Classic Crest Solar White 80# cardstock
Curious Metallic Violette 111# cardstock
Curious Metallic White-Silver 111# cardstock

Other products used:
Stamps: Altenew Build-A-Flower Hibiscus stamp set, The Project Bin Just Sayin’ stamp set, Inspired by Stamping Friends stamp set
Ink: Memento New Sprout, Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy, Olive Grove, Lulu Lavender, Sweet Plum, Grape Jelly, Elderberry, Lilac Posies and Peanut Brittle ink
Dies/Punches: Altenew Build-A-Flower Hibiscus die set, CUTplorations Pierced Curly Nesting Dies, CUTplorations fabulous word die
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Gemini Junior, MISTI stamp tool, Darice iridescent gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out all the awesome cardstock and other goodies at CutCardStock (adhesives, labels, stickers, pens, watercolors and ribbon to name a few). And head on over to the CutCardStock Facebook Page for more inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Summer Handbag Palooza, Part 2!

4/1/21 Top 3 at The Crafter’s Cafe Challenge Blog!

Hi everybody! Happy Hump Day – and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Ed and I had corned beef and cabbage with potatoes and onions for lunch today, and it was so good! I’ve popped in this evening to finally share Part 2 of my Summer Handbag Palooza! You’ll remember back in July of last year I posted my Summer Handbag Palooza, Part 1 with the promise that I’d be back ‘soon’ with Part 2. I’ve had a lot going on and just had to make the time to create more handbags for this collection! I used the Concord & 9th Weekender Handbag die set for these which are slightly larger than the last ones I made. These also have accompanying sunglasses, created with the Concord & 9th Bright Eyes die set, and they are so stinkin’ cute!

I used Canvas Corp papers for these handbags also. The straps and other white elements were cut from Canvas Corp tweed and suede papers, and the rings from Hygloss gold and silver foil cardstock. The closure on each handbag is half of a Velcro circle. Each of these handbags has a matching pair of sunglasses! Here is the orange ensemble…

The turquoise ensemble…

And finally, the red ensemble… These were so much fun to make and I’m thrilled they are finally here!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #3-2021 – Anything Goes
2. Classic Design Challenge: #3 – Anything Goes
3. Crafty Calendar Challenge: March Challenge – Feminine
4. Happy Little Stampers: March Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
5. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges: #2111 – Anything Goes
6. Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenges: #492 – Anything Goes
7. QKR Stampede: #416 – Anything Goes
8. The Crafter’s Cafe: #262 – Seasons
9. The Creative Crafters: #38 – Anything Goes
10. World Wide Open Design Team Challenge: #03 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Canvas Corp Lots of Color Paper Collection, Canvas Corp White Tweed and White Suede paper, Hygloss Gold and Silver Foil cardstock, Rinea Floral and Peacock Variety Double-Sided Foiled Paper, CutCardStock Red Flash Silk Glitter cardstock, GKD Charcoal Brown cardstock
Dies/Punches: Concord & 9th Weekender Handbag and Bright Eyes die sets
Accessories: Bearly Art precision craft glue, Gemini Junior, 1/16″ hole punch, gold and silver brads from stash, 5/8″ Velcro circles (cut in half)

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing these little handbags! They’d be so fun to hold cash, a gift card, chocolates or some jewelry! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

hello Gorgeous

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday to you! They sure roll around fast, don’t they?! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’m thrilled to be on the Eyelet Outlet Blog today with a fun DT inspiration project and something a little different than the last few projects I’ve posted! My last several cards were created with the new quarantined-inspired brads in the store and were a series of clean and simple cards paying tribute to our frontline healthcare workers. It’s almost the middle of March and I thought a pretty Spring-themed friendship card was in order so I used some fun epoxy flowers embellished with clear bling on the front and some lovely purple check washi tape on the inside!

I created a standard A2 size top-folding card base (my favorite, can you tell?!) and a strip from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock. I layered the white strip on a slightly larger strip of CutCardStock Granny Smith cardstock and adhered some leftover negative-space circles that I’ve had on my desk for several months. These circles were layered on pink cardstock and they were so pretty I didn’t want to throw them away – and I figured if I left them out on my desk I’d find a use for them sooner rather than later! SCORE! I adhered an Epoxy Flower to the center of each circle and then a Clear Jewel to the center of each flower. I stamped the sentiment in purple ink and that completed the front of this super simple card.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and embellished it with a strip of white cardstock layered on a piece of green cardstock with an added strip of Purple Checked Washi Tape. I adhered the layered strip to the left side of the inside panel, stamped the inside sentiment in purple ink and layered the panel on green cardstock.

And one more look… totally loving how this turned out! I can’t believe how I’m navigating toward CAS these days. Less is definitely more!

Eyelet Outlet products used:
Epoxy Flowers
Clear Jewel Multi Size Bling
Purple Checked Washi Tape:

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz cardstock, CutCardStock Granny Smith cardstock, The Paper Studio Four Seasons and Everything In Between -2- paper pad
Stamps: Paper Wings Productions Sayings and Sentiments and Kind Words stamp sets
Ink: Memento Grape Jelly ink
Dies/Punches: YNS Peek-A-Boo Trio die set
Accessories: Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Gemini Junior

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Happy Birthday

Hi friends! I hope you’ve had a fabulous week! It sure seems that Friday got here fast! Every day is like Friday when you’re retired but I have to say that the weeks are definitely flying by! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’ve stopped in this morning to share the fun fold I created for The Outlawz March Freebie/Progressive Challenge! I finished it last week and have been so busy that I forgot to post it! Our sponsor this month is The Paper Nest Dolls and we were gifted the adorable Lulu Bee digital image to use for the challenge. I created a split panel fold in yummy watermelon colors and even used an embossing folder this time.

This is such a ‘fun’ fun fold, lol! And super easy! I created my card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and used Stampin’ Up Watermelon Wonder cardstock panels that I ran through the Big Shot in a Stripes embossing folder, stamping the sentiment on the bottom panel prior to embossing it. I have a ton of embossing folders and don’t use them nearly enough so my goal this year is to use them more with my projects. I printed the digital image, colored it with alcohol markers and cut it with a dotted ovals die. I added clear gemstones on the focal image and the corners of the short panels to finish the card front.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and embellished it with strips of the Watermelon Wonder cardstock, stamped the sentiment in black ink and layered the panel on watermelon cardstock.

And one more look… totally loving these colors and this fun fold!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #3-2021 – Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: #3 – Pick A Shape (Ellipse)
3. Classic Design Challenge: #3 – Anything Goes
4. Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: #150 – Happy Birthday
5. Through The Purple Haze: #178 – Anything Goes w/ optional Sketch (no twist)

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Stampin’ Up Watermelon Wonder cardstock
Stamps: The Paper Nest Dolls Lulu Bee digital image, The Cat’s Pajamas Simply Stacked Sentiments stamp set, The Project Bin Born Yesterday stamp set
Ink: Nuvo alcohol markers- 377, 379, 381, 404, 393, 412, 487; Spectrum Noir alcohol markers- FS4, FS9; Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen
Dies/Punches: Sizzix Dotted Ovals dies
Accessories: Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Sizzix Texture Fades Stripes embossing folder, Big Shot, MISTI stamp tool, Darice clear gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!

Hi friends! I hope your week has started off with a bang! I mean that figuratively, not literally, lol! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! A new ‘Inspiration Photo’ challenge has started today over at The Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge and our sponsor is Fabrika Fantasy, so be sure to come on over and play! You know how I love fun folds, so I created a hybrid split panel fold using Fabrika Fantasy’s Happy Raccoon digital image from my stash (which is currently included in their Digi Club). I’ve created several of these split panel folds over the past year and they are so much fun!

This is the inspiration photo we were given and I zeroed in on the gray, green, pink, yellow, blue and purple:

I printed the precolored image on 60# Hammermill copy paper and cut it with a pinking edge die. I cut a narrow frame from CutCardStock Pop-Tone Grape Jelly cardstock using slightly smaller stitched square dies and adhered the frame to the image, and then adhered the image to another white pinking edge die cut for stability. I cut the card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock, covered the flaps with purple gingham paper and adhered the image panel. I stamped the sentiment in purple ink, trimmed it and adhered it to the top flap. I added white flat-back pearls to the image and several purple bling and flat-back pearls across the bottom flap.

I adhered a panel of CutCardStock Pop-Tone Grape Jelly cardstock to the inside of the card base along with a narrower panel of Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock embellished with a wide strip of purple gingham and a narrow purple cardstock strip, and then stamped the sentiment in purple ink.

And one more look… this little raccoon guy couldn’t be any cuter! Love how this turned out!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: March Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #3-2021 – Anything Goes
3. A Place To Start: #3 – Pick A Shape (Square)
4. Classic Design Challenge: #3 – Anything Goes
5. Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: #150 – Happy Birthday
6. Happy Little Stampers: March Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
7. Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #141 – Anything Goes
8. Let’s Craft and Create: #169 – Anything Goes w/ optional Purple and Green (playing twist)
9. Moving Along With The Times: #128 – Spring is Coming

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Pop-Tone Grape Jelly cardstock, Pebbles Inc. Basics 6×6 paper pad, 60# Hammermill Copy Paper
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Party Pants stamp set
Ink: Stampin’ Up Perfect Plum ink
Dies/Punches: My Favorite Things Die-namics Stitched Pinking Edge Square STAX and Stitched Square STAX dies;
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Queen & Co. purple Twinkle Goosebumps, Darice white flat-back pearls

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will come over and join in all the fun at The Outlawz Challenges! I hope you’ll link up a project this fortnight – we’d love to see what you do with this color challenge! And be sure to check out all the fun images at Fabrika Fantasy! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Duh-Nuh.

3/26/21 Top 3 at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies!
3/31/21 Honorable Mention at A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge Blog!

Howdy peeps! I hope you have an awesome week coming up! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’m absolutely thrilled to share that I’m guesting for 613 Avenue Create this month! I was dubbed a Master Rocker at the end of 2020 for receiving the Top Rocker award fairly frequently throughout the year, and was invited to guest design so I chose the month of March! Our challenge this month is Anything Goes with an optional twist of a Slider! What fun – it’s been AGES since I created a slider card and I’m SO in! ;)

This was such an easy card to create. I created the card base and front panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock. I embellished the front panel with wide washi tape for the water and the sky, and a hand-cut ‘horizon’ in the distance and torn kraft cardstock for the sand (both created from scraps out of the scrap bin). The palm tree, seagulls, sun and starfish are all brads. The shark and shark fin were stamped on a white cardstock scrap, colored and cut with coordinating dies. Once I had the background built, I stamped the sentiment in the lower left corner (repeated it three times), cut a horizontal slot with a punch and attached the shark so he slides back and forth, and popped the panel up on a piece of craft foam before attaching the panel to the card base.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and embellished it with strips cut from kraft and blue cardstock scraps, stamped the sentiment and shark fin in black ink, and layered the panel on kraft cardstock.

And one more look… totally loving how this turned out! Sliders are so fun – and I’m thrilled that I was able to use up a few cardstock scraps from the bin that never seems to get any smaller, lol!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: March Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #3-2021 – Anything Goes
3. Classic Design Challenge: #3 – Anything Goes
4. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge: March Anything Goes
5. Let’s Craft and Create: #169 – Anything Goes w/ optional Purple and Green (no twist)
6. Through The Purple Haze: #178 – Anything Goes w/ optional Sketch (no twist)

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, kraft, dark brown and blue cardstock scraps
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Duh-nuh stamp set
Ink: Memento Espresso Truffle ink; Nuvo alcohol marker- 489
Dies/Punches: Lawn Fawn Duh-nuh die set, Stampin’ Up Horizontal Slot Punch and 1″ Circle Punch
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue; Eyelet Outlet Sky Washi Tape and Water Washi Tape, Eyelet Outlet Sun & Clouds Brads, Seagull Brads, Palm Tree 2 Brads and Seashore Brads; Darice Foamies white craft foam, Darice double-sided adhesive foam circles

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up an anything goes project with us this month – and we’d absolutely love it if you play the twist of a slider! But remember, the twist is not mandatory to play! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

stay classy

Hi friends! How’s the weather where you are? It’s still pretty chilly here in southwestern Colorado but we’re definitely not sad about it – we moved out here from Florida almost four years ago to retire in cooler climate! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’m happy to be back on the Eyelet Outlet blog today with another awesome DT inspiration project! This is the last card in my series of clean and simple cards paying tribute to our frontline healthcare workers. This one is lighthearted with computer-generated front and inside sentiments and an added stamped sentiment on the front to tie in the glitz and glam from the washi tape and fancy long bling!

I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base from black cardstock. The front and inside sentiments are computer-generated and printed on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# cardstock. I trimmed the panels and stamped the ‘stay classy’ sentiment at an angle just above the front sentiment. I added a strip of Gold Glitter Skinny Washi Tape and Pink Fancy Long Bling-Pearls & Jewels vertically down the left side, added two Toilet Paper Brads just to the left of the sentiment, and adhered the panel to the card base.

I embellished the inside panel with a single strip of the Gold Glitter Skinny Washi Tape and adhered the panel to the card base.

Here’s one more look… I’m absolutely loving how this turned out! Lighthearted pun is fun! ;)

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #3-2021 – Anything Goes
2. Classic Design Challenge: #3 – Anything Goes
3. Through The Purple Haze: #178 – Anything Goes w/ optional Sketch (no twist)

Eyelet Outlet products used:
Toilet Paper & Tissue Brads
Gold Glitter Skinny Washi Tape
Pink Fancy Long Bling-Pearls & Jewels
White Pearl Bling Strips

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: American Crafts black cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# cardstock
Stamps: Hero Arts You Are Fabulous stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Accessories: Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, MISTI stamp tool

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

celebrate

3/7/21 Rising Star at A Place To Start!
3/31/21 Special Mention Winner at Classic Design Challenge Blog!

Hi everyone! Happy Hump Day! I’m thrilled to be back on the CutCardStock blog today with an awesome DT inspiration project featuring beautiful Curious Metallic cardstock from my stash that happens to be on sale this month so be sure to get some! There are so many gorgeous colors! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I love shakers and I don’t make nearly enough of them so I created one for today’s project which is the first post of the new CutCardStock DT term. They are so much fun and every recipient I’ve ever given one to absolutely loved it!

I cut the card base from Royal Sundance Felt Natural 110# cardstock which makes an awesome sturdy card base. The front panel is cut from Royal Sundance Linen Ivory 80# cardstock. The front of the card features the Tonic Studios Small Cocktail Glass cut from Curious Metallic Chestnut 111# cardstock and the interior of the glass cut from Curious Metallic Pink Quartz 111# cardstock as well as a vertical strip adhered down the left side of the background panel. The shaker filler consists mainly of pink sequins which I thought resembled wine – I’m not a wine drinker so this is a total guess on my part! Bahahaha! There is a small pinch of white seed beads in there as well. The cocktail glass dies came in a bundle with several shaker elements so it was super easy to assemble. I also cut the sentiment from Curious Metallic Chestnut 111# cardstock and adhered it vertically down the left side on the pink quartz strip. I adhered three pink sequin ‘bubbles’ above the glass on the left side. The finishing touch was the addition of three ivory enamel dots on the pink quartz strip.

I cut the inside panel from Classic Crest Baronial Ivory 80# cardstock and embellished it with thin strips of the Curious Metallic Pink Quartz 111# cardstock, Curious Metallic Chestnut 111# cardstock and Royal Sundance Linen Ivory 80# cardstock, stamped the sentiment in pink ink and adhered the panel to the brown cardstock layer.

And one more peek… totally loving how this turned out! I can definitely see a few more of these in my future, lol!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #03-2021 – Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: #3 – Pick A Shape (Equilateral)
3. Classic Design Challenge: #3 – Anything Goes
4. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #85 – March Anything Goes
5. Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: #150 – Happy Birthday
6. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges: #2109 – Anything Goes
7. The Crafter’s Cafe: #261 – Anything Goes
8. Time Out Challenges: #182 – Birthday

CutCardStock products used:
Curious Metallic Chestnut 111# cardstock
Curious Metallic Pink Quartz 111# cardstock
Royal Sundance Felt Natural 110# cardstock
Royal Sundance Linen Ivory 80# cardstock
Classic Crest Baronial Ivory 80# cardstock

Other products used:
Stamps: C.C. Designs Birthdays stamp set
Ink: Hero Arts Soft Pink ink
Dies/Punches: Tonic Studios Small Cocktail Glass Die, Sizzix Celebration Words: Script Thinlits
Accessories: Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Big Shot, Tonic Studios Small Cocktail Glass Shaker element, MISTI stamp tool, Pretty Pink Posh Ballerina Pink Sequins and Marshmallow Seed Beads, Eyelet Outlet Ivory Enamel Dots

Scrappy hugs,
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