FLOWER die cut reveal-SOUS

Summer is finally here at the North Pole.. Its been so sunny, warm and absolutely beautiful outside, its been so hard to pry myself away from the back yard patio long enough to get some projects done..LOL

and speaking of projects.. This week for SOUS, our very own Leah chose our die cut challenge and its so summer appropriate, FLOWER..

Create your own die cut flower and let me tell you, there are millions of flowers to choose from.. I decided to create a card for today's reveal and here it is:

 I used some of the papers from Prima's 6x6  Botanical collection.  The card measures 6x4..

Had lots of fun using my Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die and my little green monster, the cuttlebug..

Here are some close ups and some details:

The sentiment is by Fiskars "Friends forever quotes!"..  I used StazOn black ink cause it makes the image so clean..

the tiny maroon flowers are a Fiskars punch and the cream colored flowers are the small flowers from the Tattered Florals die..

As are the big flowers,  I also added some gold liquid pearls, orange distress stickles and a black key to the card..

For Supplies used:

Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die

cuttlebug

Fiskars flower punch

papers by: Prima "Botanical" collection

Gold liquid pearl

disterss Stickles: Wild Honey

Sentiment stamp: Fiskars

StazOn black ink

black key (manufacturer unknown)

distress tool

I think that about does it for this weeks reveal.. Stop by SOUS and check out what amazing projects our design team has created for this challenge.. Plus we have some wonderful surprises in store for you, so just click HERE and you're on your way..

Thank you for stopping by and checking out what I've created for this weeks challenge.. I hope everyone has a scrap-tastic week..

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Mixed Media reveal-Whimsical Designs..

Happy Hump day ladies..

I'm so glad its already Wednesday,  that means only two more working days till the weekend and I get to relax and maybe get a my scrap on..  and speaking of crafting, Stephanie from Whimsical Designs asked us to create a Mixed Media project for todays reveal and I will be the first one to admit this was definitely a challenge.. I have only done mixed media project before and its been about a year or so ago.. But, after watching some how to videos, I think I got the hang of it and decided to create a card..

I grabbed some paints, white cardstock, a few stamps and then some stickles..

once I had everything painted, stamped and stickled, I took a fine tip black marker and added some details..

I have some close ups for ya:

For supplies used:

White cardstock

paints by: Ranger

Image stamps: various retailers

Sentiment stamp: Whimsical Designs

StayZon ink: black

Stickles: green, blue and pink

white and black marker

  

Well fellow crafter's, there ya have it.. One of my very first mixed media projects.. I might venture into this again, but not sure its really my thing, but like with trying anything new, the more you keep at it the better they get.. I do need to invest into more stamps..LOL

Do stop by Whimsical Designs and check out what amazing projects the rest of our design team have created for this challenge..
I hope everyone has a scraptastic week..

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Sketch reveal SOUS

YIKES!! I'm late posting today.. Yesterday was a holiday here in Finland and I kept thinking today was Monday..LOL  So, I'm going to spare you with lots of text and just get to the good stuff..

Leah designed today's sketch and yes, it was a handful but I had LOADS of fun creating this layout.  I wanted to think outside of the sketch and thought how cute to add a train onto the top of the layout.. 

and with that said, here is my take on Leah's sketch:

The papers are Echo Parks' Bundly of Joy-Boy and the die cuts were all cut using my Cameo..

Hows about a few close ups:

my favorite.. The cute little train..

Here you can see how its all pop dotted off of the page.. love the look!

The three men in my life.. LOL  of how I miss them being so small..

Thought the bottom corner could use a little something something and so added the train tracks with the grass.. 

for supplies used:

Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette design edition

white cardstock

digital kit by : Echo Park

"bundle of joy-boy!"

foam tape

Wow, is that all I really used?   That list just seems way too short..LOL

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

Penny's Paper: Die cut

Lasting Memories: One Photo

CrazyCatz: Anything Goes

Simply Create Too: Anything Goes

but with those famous last words, I want to thank you for stopping by today and checking out my take on the sketch for SOUS.. Stop by and check out what amazing layouts our design team has created..

I hope everyone has a scraptastic week

Hugs

Nanné

Alter It- Whimsical Designs reveal

Hope everyone got lots of crafting done last weekend..  Us girls were asked to create an Altered Item for today's reveal for Whimsical Designs. 

I got a cute little project done that I've been wanting to create for what seems like forever..  I have a cat and the food I buy for him, are little single serving pouches that comes in a card board style boxes.. nice and heavy, perfect for crafting..  I also don't have any place to store my in coming mail.. "The light bulb above my head blings on!" ... I could take one of these cat food boxes and use it for my in-coming mail...Eureka!

and with that.. This is what I came up with:

The before:

and the after:

I used some of my Glitz "Happy Trails!" papers.. 

Had those for some time now and decided it was time to put them to good use.. 

Love those colors by the way..

I have some close ups for you..

I used my Martha Stewart butterfly punch to create the butterflies.. punched twice and glued one on top of the other.. adding some white liquid pearls in the middle of the wings..

I hand cut the banners and then the letters are a free font and cut that with my Cameo.

I was looking through some of the stamps I got from Stephanie and thought this was a perfect sentiment for this box.. 

We also have a great sponsor this week, do stop by V's Sweet Ideas

and check out what fabulous images await you..

For supplies used on this project:

Papers by: Glitz designs

brown cardstock

empty box

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Martha Stewart Edge punch

foam tape

white liquid pearls

Twine

*and finally

Sentiment stamps by Whimsical Designs

and there ya have it..LOL 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and checking out my Wednesday project for this week.

Stop by Whimsical Designs and check out the rest of our amazing design team has created..

I hope everyone has a scraptastic week

hugs

Mom-die cut reveal for SOUS

Oh its May already?.. yea and that means Mother's day is only a hop, skip and a jump away.. Us girls over at SOUS have been busy creating lots of fun projects for our die cut challenge of today.. Our very own Leah is hosting this months challenges and I got a sneak peek at what we have in store and all of our designers are amazing (can't say that enough).. 

I decided to create a card for my mom.. She seen it since she's been staying with us the last few months and its not like I can hide my crafting from her..LOL  Atleast she knows what she has to look forward to next Sunday...LOL

so, here is my card:

I once again designed and created the card using the Silhouette design edition software.. The font is a free font "LOVE LETTER" I found on Pinterest.. it has little hearts cut out of the letters.I added a white shadow to hightlight the letters and lets just say, it looks a lot better in person..

I added lots of hand made flowers and butterflies.

I used the little cut out hearts and foam dotted some of them randomly onto the card.. 

Love the flourish, found that in the silhouette store..

liquid pearl drops all over the place to add a touch of elegance..

for supplies used:

Silhouette Design Edition

Silhouette Cameo

Canon Printer

Digital papers: The Sweet Shoppe Designs

Silhouette store: butterflies, flowers and flourish

free font: Love Letters

liquid pearls: white

White cardstock

pearl halves by Bo Bunny

I think that about covers everything.. I had so much fun designing this card and it really was super easy, you should give it a try.. You can create this using either the Silhouette Design Edition or Cricut Craft room.

I hope you find time to stop by Stuck On U Sketches and to check our what amazing projects our desing team has created for this challenge.. 

I hope to see you there..

have a scraptastic weekend..
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