Papercraft – Page 162 – Love To Scrap 2

I Love Mew!

Hello, my friends! Hope you’re having a good week! This month’s ATC Challenge is live over at Happy Little Stampers and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project with you today! The theme for our March ATC Challenge is Critters and we’d love to see what you create for our challenge this month!

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I used my first-ever Vera Lane Studios digital image for this retro-looking ATC and I’m so smitten! My friend Carole created several projects with Vera Lane Studio cats during the Cat Lovers Hop back in October, and I just had to have some! So I bought Cat Life and Fat Cats! More to come, so stay tuned, lol!

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I created a background using strips of cardstock alternating with strips of skinny Washi Tape. The cat is one from the Vera Lane Studios Cat Life collection that I fussy cut and ran a Tuxedo Black marker around the edge prior to adhering it to the background. The sentiment stamp was a freebie from The Cat’s Pajamas that was enclosed in my prize order from them a couple months ago. I finished the ATC off by adding dots of Nuvo Dandelion Yellow Crystal Drops.

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Here’s one more look… loads of color and texture going on here! Love, love, love! ;)

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I’d love to enter this ATC into the following challenges:
2 Crafty Critter Crazies: #36 – Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create: #231 – Anything Goes with optional colored pencils
A Bit More Time To Craft: #111 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge: March Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: 3-2020 – Anything Goes
ATC Around The World: #63 – Everything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #246 – Feminine + A Sentiment
Classic Design Challenge: #3 – March Anything Goes
Crafty Catz: #496 – Anything Goes with optional Flowers
Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: #130 – Animals/Birds
Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #114 – Anything Goes
Let’s Craft and Create: #157 – Anything Goes with optional Easter
My Time To Craft Challenge Blog: #427 – Farmyard Animals
QKR Stampede: #388 – Anything Goes
Show Us Your Pussycats: #52 – Furrything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Something Feminine
Sweet Stampers Challenge: #41 – Hearts and/or Flowers
Use Your Stuff: #393 – Use Your Favorite Embellishment (Crystal Drops)
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #428/429 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up thick Whisper White cardstock, Stampin’ Up Elegant Eggplant and Perfect Plum cardstock
Stamps: Vera Lane Studios Cat Life digi, The Cat’s Pajamas I Love Mew sentiment stamp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black marker, Stampin’ Up Elegant Eggplant ink
Dies/Punches: Kadomaru Pro corner rounder
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Me & My Big Ideas skinny Washi Tape, Nuvo Dandelion Yellow Crystal Drops, Glossy Accents

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up an ATC with us this month! Feel free to create either a card or a coin… or both (wink-wink)! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Luck O’ the Irish

3/15/20 Top 3 at Artsystamper Digitals Challenge!
3/17/20 Top 3 at Double D Challenges!

Hello, friends! Hope you’re having a good week! Our new challenge is live over at Paper Funday Challenges and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project with you today! Our challenges are always Anything Goes with an optional twist each month, and our twist this month is St. Patrick’s Day. Our sponsor is Jan’s Digi Stamps and I used Lucky Charm digi set from my stash to create a fun St. Patrick’s Day card. I absolutely LOVE Jan’s digis… especially the colored ones. She takes all the guess work, time and effort out of the equation! They are just beautiful! ;)

I used a pretty shaped die set to create the card base and layers. The patterned papers are from my new favorite paper pad. I printed a sentiment and pre-colored image from the set on white cardstock. I punched the sentiment out with a circle punch and layered it on a slightly larger punched circle. I cut the image with one of the card layer dies, and then used an old technique that I learned about five years ago to create gorgeous sparkle over the entire image. OMGoodness, what a fun technique that yields absolutely gorgeous results! And it’s easy – simply apply Versamark over the entire image (all the way out to the edges), apply a sparkle embossing powder and heat emboss it. Tip: If your sparkle embossing powder releases tiny bits of sparkle after it’s embossed, you can apply more Versamark and clear embossing powder, and heat emboss it again. I’ve also done this technique with bridal tinsel embossing powder in the past and needed to use the clear embossing powder over it.

I created a computer-generated sentiment for the inside, cut it with a card layer die and embellished it with coordinating paper from the same paper pad.

One more look… isn’t this just yummy?! Love, love, love! The sparkle is amazing!

I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create: #231 – Anything Goes with optional colored pencils
A Bit More Time To Craft: #111 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge: March Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: 3-2020 – Anything Goes
Artsystamper Digitals Challenge Blog: #11 – Green
Classic Design Challenge: #3 – March Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #73 – Anything Goes
Double D Challenges: It’s All About The Green
Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #114 – Anything Goes
Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges: #2009 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Call Me Clover cardstock, GKD White cardstock, The Paper Studio Four Seasons and Everything In Between -2- paper pad
Stamps: Jan’s Digi Stamps Lucky Charm digi set
Ink: Versamark
Dies/Punches: Crafter’s Companion Die’sire Stacey Create-A-Card die set, Stampin’ Up 1-1/4″ and 1-3/8″ circle punches
Accessories: Gemini Junior die cutting machine, ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, JudiKins Iridescent Sparkle Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up Dimensionals

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up with us this month! Remember, our challenges are always ‘anything goes’ with an optional twist. Can’t wait to see what you create! Be sure to check out all the fun goodies at Jan’s Digi Stamps! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

just dance

Hi everyone! Well, it’s hard to believe it’s March already! I’m happy to share that I’m once again sponsoring and guest designing for C.R.A.F.T. Challenge, this time for C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #547 – Female! As a sponsor for this challenge, I have a great prize pack consisting of a package of Prima flowers, an adorable Crafter’s Companion Paintbox Poppets rubber stamp and a slew of handmade bows from Polly’s Paper Studio – all for a lucky winner over on the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge blog! So come on over and play with us!

I created an encouragement card. Those who know me know that I am a fancy fold fiend. I discovered a corner fold over on Liz’s Crafty Sunflower blog which looks very similar to one I made several years ago HERE but constructed a little differently. I see more of these little ballerinas on a birthday card for one of our granddaughters later this year using this fold! ;)

So, what’s better than an adorable little ballerina dancing her heart out?! FIVE adorable little ballerinas dancing their hearts out! ;) These stamps and dies are from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and I’m so smitten! The sky is the limit with what one could create with these ballerinas using different sentiments!

As Liz mentioned in a comment on her blog, the construction of this card is very simple. I used a 10″ square piece of white cardstock, scored at 5″, rotated and scored again at 5″. Cut one center score line up from the bottom to the center, then diagonally score the two sections at the top and decorate. There’s a plain white panel ‘hidden’ underneath for a signature and handwritten message. I used a Unity stamp on that panel and added half of a Velcro circle to stabilize the card while in the open position.

The card folds into a 5″ square, flat for mailing. So fun! Love how it turned out!

I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create: #231 – Anything Goes with optional colored pencils
A Bit More Time To Craft: #111 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge: March Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: 3-2020 – Anything Goes
Classic Design Challenge: #3 – March Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #73 – Anything Goes
Dare 2B Artzy: March Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #114 – Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #127 – Anything Goes
Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges: #2009 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: American Crafts white cardstock, Colorbok Black cardstock, Colorbok Seeing Dots cardstock
Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Tutu stamps, Unity Strength and Dignity stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir alcohol marker- CT2
Dies/Punches: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Tutu dies
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, MISTI stamp tool, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Stampendous green Dot Sparklers, 5/8″ Velcro circle cut in half

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this fun fold I created for our ‘Female’ challenge and you will link up with us this week! We’d love to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by and we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Hello Friend

Hi everyone! Hope you’re having a great weekend! Our new challenge is live over at Love To Craft Challenge Blog and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project for LTCCB #44 March Anything Goes! I actually CASE’d one of my own cards that I made for another DT a couple months ago – a pretty mixed media friendship card featuring the emboss resist technique with white heat embossing and inked background on the front and stamping on the inside.

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I cut the card base with the largest die in the set. Then I stamped the background in Versamark and heat embossed it in white. Then the emboss resist fun began. I inked the background in graduating colors of distress inks, starting with the darkest at the top, and overlapping each color slightly as I went down the panel. I cut the panel with the second largest die in the set and traced around the outside of it on the back of a piece of coordinating cardstock (which I fussy cut) to get a slightly larger layer. I did the same technique for the sentiment layer and turned it sideways on the front of the panel. I cut the sentiment from shimmer cardstock and added a Tim Holtz metallic sentiment sticker. The final touch was a few drops of Crystal Drops.

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After cutting the inside panel, I used the same technique of tracing around the second largest die in the set on the back of a piece of coordinating cardstock (which I fussy cut) to get a slightly larger layer. Then I stamped the sentiment from Clarity Stamp.

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One more peek… I really love how this card turned out! Emboss resist is such a cool technique!

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I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create: #231 – Anything Goes with optional colored pencils
A Bit More Time To Craft: #111 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge: March Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: 3-2020 – Anything Goes
Classic Design Challenge: #3 – March Anything Goes
Dare 2B Artzy: March Anything Goes
Scrapping4fun Challenges: #161 – Anything Goes
Sweet Stampers Challenge: #41 – Hearts and/or Flowers
The Crafter’s Cafe: #237 – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #428/429 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock, DCWV Shimmer cardstock stack, The Paper Studio White cardstock, Stampin’ Up Lemon Twist cardstock
Stamps: Hero Arts Spice Market Deco background stamp, Clarity Stamp Line Writing Sentiments stamp set
Ink: Versamark; Ranger mermaid lagoon, peacock feathers, cracked pistachio, twisted citron distress inks; Stampin’ Up Island Indigo ink
Dies/Punches: Crafter’s Companion Die’sire Ruth Create-A-Card die set, Crafter’s Companion Gemini Opulent Swirls die, Tim Holtz Quotations Metallic Stickers
Accessories: Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, MISTI stamping tool, Nuvo Gloss White Crystal Drops

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will link up an ‘anything goes’ project with us this month! Whatever you’re working on, we want to see it! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

On Your Retirement

3/31/20 DT Favorite at A perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge!

Hi everyone! Hope you’re having a great weekend – it’s fast coming to an end, lol! Our March challenge is live this morning over at Love To Scrap Challenge Blog and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project for LTSCB #131 – Anything Goes! I created a retirement card featuring the black ice technique. I officially retire in a few months so I’m in that kind of mind-set! This is the first time I’ve done the black ice technique and I think it turned out pretty well although it was a little difficult getting good photos in my light box.

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I’ve typically seen this technique done with silver mirror cardstock so I decided to try it with gold. I used Stampin’ Up Lovely As A Tree stamp set, StazOn Jet Black ink and Versamark for the main panel. The sentiment is stamped from a Lily of the Valley circular sentiment stamp set that I’ve had in my stash for years.

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I embellished the inside panel with a leftover strip of the black ice panel trimmed off the front and a thin strip of black cardstock, and layered the panel on black cardstock. The inside sentiment, stamped in black ink, is from Pretty Pink Posh.

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One more peek… LOVE how this turned out! I’ll definitely be doing this technique again, but on silver mirror cardstock next time!

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I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create: #231 – Anything Goes with optional colored pencils
A Bit More Time To Craft: #111 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge: March Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: 3-2020 – Anything Goes
Classic Design Challenge: #3 – March Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #73 – Anything Goes
Dare 2B Artzy: March Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #127 – Anything Goes
Scrapping4fun Challenges: #161 – Anything Goes
The Crafter’s Cafe: #237 – Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place: March Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Ivory cardstock, Stampin’ Up Gold Foil Sheet, American Crafts black cardstock
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Lovely As A Tree stamp set, Lily of the Valley For You Circular Sentiments stamp set, Pretty Pink Posh Everyday Greetings stamp set
Ink: StazOn Jet Black ink, Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Hero Arts Clear embossing powder, Stampin’ Up 1-3/4″ circle punch
Accessories: MISTI stamping tool

I hope you’ve enjoyed this black ice technique and will consider giving it a try! We’d love to see what you create for our Anything Goes challenge this month! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Christmas Tags

Hi everyone! Can you believe we’re rolling right into March already?! This month’s challenge has launched this morning over at Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog and I’m happy to share my DT inspiration for MLCCB #20 – March Anything Christmas Goes! I created three sets of stamped and embellished Christmas tags.

I ordered the Tin of Tags kit along with the coordinating stamp set from Stampin’ Up a while back and finally decided to make them up to send to family members. I don’t think they sell this kit any longer, so I sure am glad I bought it when I did. There were enough tag bases, embellishments and twine to make 30 tags.

So I divided them up and created three sets of ten and tucked them into cellophane bags. I had leftover skinny red Washi Tape that I threw into my Washi Tape stash, and a very cool square red tin that I have on my desk holding several bottles of my go-to glue. Can you say FUN?! I love projects like this!

I’d love to enter these tags into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft: #111 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge: March Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: 3-2020 – Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge Blog: X is for X-tra Embellishments
Christmas at Sweet Stampin’ Challenge Blog: February Challenge – Feature A Sentiment
Classic Design Challenge: #3 – March Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #127 – Anything Goes
Moving Along With The Times: #116 – Anything But A Card
Scrapping4fun Challenges: #161 – Anything Goes
The Crafter’s Cafe: #237 – Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place: March Anything Goes

Products used:
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Tin of Tags stamp set
Ink: Stampin’ Up Crushed Curry, Island Indigo, Old Olive and Real Red ink
Accessories: Stampin’ Up Tin of Tags kit

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up a Christmas project with us this month – we’d love to see what you create! It’s never too early to get started on those festive projects… Christmas will be here before you know it! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Smile

3/7/20 Top Rocker at 613 Avenue Create!
3/16/20 Winner at A Bit More Time To Craft!

Hi everyone! Happy Sunday and March 1st! Wow, we are rockin’ and rollin’ right through the months, aren’t we?! The new March challenge is live over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #35 – Anything Goes + Smooshing! I created a friendship card using the smooshing technique for my background, and what I call phantom die cutting, and I think it turned out pretty cool!

I grabbed the craft mat, Brushos, distress sprayer and a piece of cold press watercolor paper, and created my background. I started with yellow, then moved to orange, and then red, drying with my heat tool between smooshes. Using a fan brush, I splattered dark brown over the entire piece and when it was dry, trimmed it and matted it on dark brown cardstock. The great thing about watercolor backgrounds is there is no right or wrong, and every one you create looks different!

To create the raised inlaid die cut sentiment, I cut the ‘Smile’ sentiment into the background and into two scrap pieces of orange craft foam. I adhered the first foam die cut into the negative space, then adhered the second foam die cut on top of that one, and then adhered the background die cut on top of the foam. This is the second project I created using this technique and this time I used two foam die cuts instead of one, so it raised the sentiment up just a tad higher. I finished the front with English Mustard Crystal Drops.

I embellished the inside with leftover brown cardstock and a thin strip trimmed from the smooshed background, then I stamped a CAS-ual Fridays Stamp sentiment in brown ink.

Here’s one more look… totally happy with how this turned out! ;)

I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create: #231 – Anything Goes with optional colored pencils
A Bit More Time To Craft: #111 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge: March Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: 3-2020 – Anything Goes
Classic Design Challenge: #3 – March Anything Goes
Scrapping4fun Challenges: #161 – Anything Goes
The Crafter’s Cafe: #237 – Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters: #25 – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #428/429 – Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place: March Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: GKD ivory cardstock, American Crafts coffee cardstock, Canson cold press watercolor paper
Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sassy Smiles stamp set
Ink: Brushos- yellow, orange, brilliant red, dark brown; Memento Espresso Truffle ink
Dies/Punches: The Cat’s Pajamas Smile die
Accessories: Tim Holtz distress sprayer, fan brush, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, orange Darice craft foam, Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops, MISTI stamp tool

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up with us this month! We always love seeing your ‘anything goes’ projects but really smile when you play the twist! Just remember, the twist is not necessary to play in our challenges! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Happy Spring

Hi friends! Hope you’re having a great week – the weekend is almost here! A couple weeks ago I shared that I’m guest designing for The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge this month. We’re being sponsored by Bugaboo Digi Stamps so be sure to join The Outlawz so you can join in the fun! The Twisted Thursday challenges are always Anything Goes with an optional twist. Today’s challenge is being hosted by Janet and the twist is ‘Hoodie-Hoo.’ It was explained to me that on this winter day (usually celebrated on the 20th) people go out at noon, wave their hands over their heads, and chant “Hoodie-Hoo.” It’s a day to chase away Winter blues and bring in Spring. After all, everyone in the northern hemisphere is sick and tired of Winter at this point and a little crazy being cooped up inside all winter and not seeing the sun. So this one is wide open to interpretation and we can’t wait to see what you create!

I created a ‘Happy Spring’ card featuring the adorable Bugaboo Birdhouses digital image from my stash. I adhered a floral print paper to the front of the card base and then created a green print panel that I layered on foam and adhered to the left side of the floral print.

I colored the image, trimmed it and adhered it to the green panel. I affixed tiny iridescent gemstones to the center of each flower and a simple red bow at the top. I adhered the Spring definition (created on the computer) on a vertical tab and a few larger gemstones on the right side.

I embellished the inside panel with leftover strips of the papers used on the front and a layered computer-generated sentiment.

And one more look… I so love how this turned out and it sure makes me ready for Spring! ;)

I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge: #110 – Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #245 – Anything Goes + A Sentiment
Creative Moments: #185 – Anything Goes w/optional For The Girls
Make My Monday Challenge Blog: #116 – Critters
Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog: #41 – Hearts and/or Flowers
The Creative Crafters: #25 – Anything Goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters: Patterned Paper
Through The Purple Haze: #164 – Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown: #451 – Use Your Favorite Color (green)
Wordart Wednesday: Weeks #428/429 – Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge Blog: #02 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Cardstock Warehouse Sweet Tooth cardstock, GKD White cardstock, Stmapin’ Up Petal Garden DSP stack
Stamps: Bugaboo Birdhouses digital image, computer-generated sentiments
Ink: Bic Mark-It- Pink Flamingo, Peach Parfait, Sunset Orange, Yellow Blaze, Rambunctious Red, Margarita Green, Key Lime, Forest Green, Hot Aqua, Oceanview Blue, Cloud Nine Grey, Glue Skies Blue, Woodsy Brown; Studio 71- BG13
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Darice iridescent gemstones, Foamies white foam, Stampin’ Up Real Red ribbon, ScraPerfect Embellie Geliie

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will join The Outlawz so you can link up with us in this challenge! Be sure to check out all the other fun stuff you can do while you’re there, and be sure to check out all the amazing digital images and papers at Bugaboo Digi Stamps – you know you love some Bugaboo! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Happy St. Patrick’s Day treat box

Hi everyone! Happy Hump Day – it’s almost the end of February! I’m not posting on the Simply Crafty SVGs Blog today but have popped in this morning to share an extra DT inspiration project with you, an adorable treat box created with the Simply Crafty SVGs Pot O Gold Treat Box cut file, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day in a couple weeks, which has always been one of my favs because of the green! ;)

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I mean, how flippin’ cute is this?! It’s so easy to put together but sure packs a big punch with all that color! I used dark gray for the pot and of course, rainbow colors for the rainbow, and the sentiment was a printable included in the cut file that I punched with a circle punch and layered on slightly larger punched circle.

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Here’s an angled shot…

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And one more shot from another angle… I love how this turned out!

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I’d love to enter this treat box into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge: #110 – Anything Goes
Creative Moments: #185 – Anything Goes w/optional For The Girls
Cut It Up Challenge Blog: #194 – Your Favorite Color (green)
Jan’s Digi Stamps: #8 – Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters: #25 – Anything Goes
The Paper Girls Challenge: #194 – I Heart Cutfiles
Through The Purple Haze: #164 – Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown: #451 – Use Your Favorite Color (green)
Use Your Stuff: #392 – Circles
Wordart Wednesday: Weeks #428/429 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: American Crafts charcoal cardstock; Colorbok green, blue, yellow, red and orange cardstock; The Paper Studio white cardstock
Dies/Punches: Simply Crafty SVGs Pot O Gold Treat Box cut file, Stampin’ Up 1″ and 1-1/4″ circle punches

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project! Be sure to check out all the fun cut files in the Simply Crafty SVGs store – you’ll have so much fun! And there are tons of freebies to get started! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Happy Birthday

2/29/20 Spotlight Winner at A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge!

Hi friends! Hope your week is off to a great start! I have a pretty birthday card to share today that features a CAS panel popped up on colored foam! I love adding colored foam beneath a focal image so there’s just a hint of color peeking out from around it.

I created the card base and trimmed down the background panel. I stamped and heat embossed the floral swag image, then colored the image with bright markers and put it off to the side while I trimmed a piece of teal-colored foam to go behind the background panel and cut the inside panels. I adhered the focal image to the foam, adhered the piece to the card base, and then added a few pearl embellishments.

I embellished the inside panel with a strip of teal cardstock, stamped the inside sentiment and layered the panel on teal cardstock.

And one more look… I couldn’t be happier with how this turned out! And I always need more birthday cards in my stash! ;)

I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
AAA Cards #159 – One Corner + optional Love Those Older Supplies (markers & foam)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge Blog: #02-2020 – Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Blog: #560 – Make It Girly
Aud Sentiments: #245 – Anything Goes + Sentiment
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: #298 – February Anything Goes
Classic Design Challenge: #2 – Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers: #251 – Embossing
Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: Gemstones/Pearls
Creative Moments: #185 – Anything Goes with optional For The Girls
If You Give A Crafter A Cookie: #136 – photo inspiration

Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges: #8 – Anything Goes
Krafty Chicks Challenge: #495 – Clean And Simple
My Time To Craft: #426 – No Digis Allowed
Not Just Cards Challenges: February Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Monthly Challenge: #02 – February Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up thick and regular Very Vanilla cardstock, Stampin’ Up Bermuda Bay cardstock
Stamps: Spellbinders Flowers Swag 2 rubber stamp, The Cat’s Pajamas Simply Stacked Sentiments stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Versamark; Bic Mark-It markers- Margarita Green, Key Lime, Forest Green, Hot Aqua, Rambunctious Red, Fandango Pink, Summer Melon, Sunset Orange, Deep Sea blue
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Perfect Cleaning Cloth, Gold ‘n Pearls embellishments and Embellie Gellie; Hero Arts clear embossing powder, Darice teal craft foam

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig