Turtle Soup August Mini Crop

I might have been absent from this blog lately, but I promise you I have been creating!  Not a lot of scrapbooking going on, but I have been making cards in between work and family life.

In August the team at Turtle Soup hosted a "Back-to-School" themed Mini Crop and I made the following projects.....

Thanks for stopping by!

Feeling Sketchy | Sketch #142

I am playing along at Feeling Sketchy again and this is the sketch they're using to inspire us.....

I decided on a bold black and white colour scheme and some some stamps from Mama Elephant's "We Click" stamp set.  

I white heat embossed the sentiment, camera and washi tape stamps onto black cardstock and stamped the polaroid frame onto white before fussy cutting everything and adding to my card base with foam tape.  Some baker's twine added some texture.  Quick and easy!

Just Add Ink | #271

I needed to whip up a birthday card today so I thought I'd play along with the current challenge over at Just Add Ink.  Here is the challenge sketch.....

I took some patterned papers from the Amy Tangerine Plus One 6x6 Paper Pad and combined them with the Three Amigos Stamp Set from Mama Elephant.  I started by stamping and masking the scrunched up paper balls and then stamping the critter, sentiment and pencil.  I coloured everything very simply with Copic markers.  

Here are some close-ups...

Some twine and Glossy Accents on the eyes and nose were the only finishing touches needed :-)

Inlaid Die-Cutting | Video

Hi everyone, it's been a while since I made a video, so when I made this card featuring A LOT of die-cutting, I filmed the process.  

I used these thin metal dies......

Kaisercraft Decorative Dies Number Set Sml

My Favourite Things Die-Namics Christmas Greetings

and this stamp set.....


Mama Elephant Midnight Letters

Here is the card.....

And you can watch the video below or here on YouTube.

If you have any questions, just leave a comment and I'll do my best to answer them for you :-)

Feeling Sketchy | Inspiration Post

I'm over on the Feeling Sketchy Blog today with a process video using stamps from Mama Elephant.  Be sure to pop over for a look-see ;-)

Layout Share | Crate Paper

Just popping in to share a layout that I made just for fun- not for a DT, not for a challenge- just purely for the fun of it!  I love this photo of my little boy- he is a bit crazy and I love to capture that in photos whenever I can.

I used papers from "Random" by Crate Paper, and a mask, Mister Huey's, and wood veneer from Studio Calico. I used this really fun stamp set from Mama Elephant.   I cut a few shapes with my Silhouette Cameo and finished it off with some weird little flat-backed clear balls that I found in my stash.

Thanks for stopping by :-)