Happy Friday!

Hello and Happy Friday!!  I'm looking forward to the weekend!  I'm heading out to a fiber festival tomorrow and on Sunday we are reworking our front flower beds :)  It's supposed to be sunny too!  I will be smiling the entire weekend I think!

This week has been one of those weeks though... we all have them, don't we!  I'm going to play catch up today and share two fun projects!  The first was featured on the SRM blog this week- a bunch of team treats I made for the girls' softball team:

I am seriously in love with these triangle treat boxes!!  I think every treat looks cuter in them, don't you?  I paired the treat box with this great stamped image from Mama Elephant, stamping it on vellum and diecutting it into a circle.  The scallop has been stamped too using a fireworks image by Lawn Fawn.  The softball sticker and twine are also bits you can find from SRM :)

My second project is my Project Runway inspired card from last week!  It was the American Girl challenge- can you guess who's design inspired my card?

Did you guess Sandhya's design?  I love her eclectic style and use of colors but that wacky outfit was definitely not my favorite!  lol!  I was inspired to create something from it though!

I stayed with the pink, added a bit of nautical and even a ruffle!  This cute little girl is from Avery Elle's Red and Goldie set- since it was an American Girl challenge, I had to include a doll!  :)

I'm not sure I'll play along with Project Runway this week- it was makeover week and I think it would be pretty tacky if I asked to makeover one of my friends cards lol!  I guess I could makeover one of my own... Well, we'll see if inspiration strikes! :)

Hope you enjoy your weekend!

Inspired by Project Runway's Rainway

Hello!  I have been swimming in a to do list over the last few weeks and finally found the end of it today!!  It's so nice to be on top of things again! :)  With my to do list in check, I had time for a little fun!!
I was so inspired by last week's Project Runway episode- the one with the rainway!  Did you see it?  I absolutely loved the winning looks!  I have been wanting to make a card based on Sean's dyed dress since it aired- I'm so glad I had time today!  Here is my card:

I created the watercolored background by punching circles out of tissue paper and watercoloring them with pink, orange, and yellow inks.  I let them dry and then mod-podged them onto a piece of white cardstock.  I love the way it turned out!  The circles remind me of the circle skirt on the winning look!  I also used the same dye colors Sean chose :)

I wanted a bold sentiment and pulled out this beautiful scripty one from the Make A Wish set by Mama Elephant.  I stamped it in black and added a few stars from the set to accent it.  The rest of the card was kept simple-a bit of black and white patterned paper at the bottom of a white card base and a little twine along the bottom of my focal panel.  I'm so happy with how it turned out!

Many people have looked at this and asked if it was a stamp set I used for the background- maybe one of my stamp designing friends will do a watercolor bubble stamp set for me??  Please?  :)  Hee!  That would be pretty cool!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  I can't wait to see what tonights episode inspires!

Be Awesome Card for Gallery Idol Round 3!

Hi!  I am so happy to be playing along with Round 3 of Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine's Gallery Idol Contest!  This round is all about stencils!  I love playing with stencils and had lots of fun with this challenge!  I pulled out my all time favorite stencil sheet for this card:

I think the days of the week stencil from the Basically Essential stencil pack #2 by Teresa Collins Designs is so cute!  I was inspired to use it because of this fun sentiment by Mama Elephant.  It was sitting on my desk and I thought they'd be a perfect pair!

I used  the Basically Essential modeling paste by Teresa Collins Designs over my stencil and let it dry.  Next, I pulled out some of my Stampin' Up! ink pads and watercolored over the days of the week using 2 colors for each day.  The bright colors are so pretty and vivid in real life!  I love the way they look over the kraft card base.

I cut a piece of vellum into a circle and then stamped my sentiment using Staz On ink.  I added a scallop border along the bottom (Lawn Fawn paper and Reverse Confetti die) and then wrapped a bit of twine from SRM around it, ending in a bow.  I added a few epoxy hearts from We R Memory Keepers to embellish my sentiment.

It has been so fun playing along with the Gallery Idol contest this year!  Thanks again for all your votes and cheer leading!  I love reading the kind comments you've left here, at the contest page, and on Facebook- they really mean the world to me!

If you'd like to vote for me again this round, I'd love it! Pop over to the Gallery Idol Contest page to vote and to check out the rest of the entries!  Such beautiful work!!

Hope you have a great day!

Keep On Card

Hi!  Only one more day till I'll be cropping the night away at my favorite retreat!  I still have a few things to pack but I mostly know what I want to work on so it shouldn't take too long! :)  Hee!  I always have the tendency to pack everything!

I thought I'd share a card I created recently- I had a bunch of new goodies I wanted to play with and kind of mish mashed them together,  It's a little wacky but I kind of like it!

I started with a kraft card base and then added the days of the week from one of the Basically Essential stencils by Teresa Collins Designs.  After the modeling paste was dry, I splattered it with gold and teal mist.  I also used my spritzer and a kraft marker to add a fine mist to a few areas.   Next, I added some washi tape- the black and white stripes are from Teresa Collins Designs and the mini strips are from the new Amy Tangerine Collection- I had to have them!  The colors are so bright and happy!  The card I added my sentiment to and the patterned papers are also from the same collection.

The sentiment is from the Hustle stamp set by Mama Elephant.  I stamped it with black Memento and then colored inside the letters with a green Copic marker.  Once I added the sentiment card, I added a bit of twine and then used my new Stampin' Up! triangle punch to create the patterned paper triangles.  So glad I picked this up!

Well, I told you I mish mashed a bunch of goodies together! lol!  I did enjoy making it though! :)

In other news, I got a fun package in the mail yesterday:

Thanks again Xyron for the fun Teresa Collins products!  I've already started to put them to good use! :)

Hope you're having a great day!  Thanks for stopping by!
-tessa