LLLC - A Dream is a Wish...

Good Morning, all! I took a few days for a break, but I'm back today with another La-La Land Crafts  Diecut Wednesday card to share with you.

Our challenge inspiration this week is "Hidden Extra"...and that led to all sorts of ideas spinning in my head. In the end, I decided on a softly-colored shabby chic card in rose and pale taupe, with a hidden extra message...

The "hidden extra" message is on a tag attached to the Lattice Border die cut at the top of the card. I used foam tape to adhere the patterned papers to the front of the card base, allowing lots of room for the hidden sentiment "tag" to slide in behind them...

The inspirational quote on the tag is from LLLC's Beautiful Day Sentiments stamp set...

The deep burgundy roses are surrounded by cherry blossoms made using LLLC's Cherry Blossom Flowers die set - they're sitting on a "bed" of leaves made using LLLC's Berry Flourish  die...

This cute little tag die is from the Stitched Elements die set. I stamped it with a little dotted heart and a tiny little word in the center, pressing a bit harder on the right side of the heart stamp to give the image an "ombre" look...

The front sentiment, again from LLLC's Beautiful Day Sentiments, is stamped onto another die cut shape from LLLC's Stitched Elements set. Down in the corner beneath it, you can see the Filigree Corner Die ...

I love the beautiful lines on the Fancy Butterfly Die. I left it in the taupe cardstock without further coloring, and added some cream colored pearls for just a touch of embellishment...

Supplies:

LLLC Dies:   Cherry Blossom Flowers,  Lattice Border,  Filigree Corner,  Fancy Butterfly, 

 Berry Flourish,  Stitched Elements

LLLC Stamps:   Beautiful Day Sentiments

Patterned papers:   Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics

Other Dies:   Papertrey Ink Heart Prints

Other stamps:   Unity Stamps "empowered words" ("trust your heart");   Papertrey Ink Tiny Tags

Roses:   Wild Orchid Crafts         Pearls:   Recollections

Miscellaneous:   cheesecloth,  hemp cording 

You can see the rest of the team's beautiful projects on the La-La Land Crafts blog.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit today!

Always Believe...

Summer's almost over for most people, school's back in session for many around these parts, so I decided to make up one last "summer-y" watercolor card for fun!

I added a few more shabby details to this card, but it's still clean and simple compared to my usual style...

There's white cheesecloth between the background patterned paper and the card base, and both aqua and white cheesecloth between the watercolor layer and the background paper...fun texture, with pearls peeking out behind it all...

Here are a few detail shots around the front...

Supplies:

Image stamp:   Unity Stamp, "Andie Girl"

Sentiment stamp:   Unity Stamp, "Empowered Words"

Pearls:   Recollections

Miscellaneous:   Sakura Koi watercolors,  Uni Posca white paint pen,  cheesecloth

Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit today!

The Twinery - Brighter Than The Stars...

Happy Friday, everyone! It's week three of my Guest Designer honor over at The Twinery blog, and I'm back to share one of my "fully loaded shabby chic" cards.

Very often, I design a card, then try to find a sentiment that fits with the theme of the design, whether it's the papers or embellishments. For today's card, I found the sentiment first, then designed a card to fit the sentiment...

Stars were the order of the day, and I opted to make some shabby ones from some corrugated chipboard, adding layers of paint, crackle medium, ink, and Distress Stains. I wrapped them with twines (Cappuccino, Cappuccino Stripe, and Strawberry Solid), added pearls and mini roses, and scattered them down the left side...

And finally, beneath the floral cluster, I added more loopy bows with Blossom Solid and Strawberry Solid twines...

Supplies:

Twines:   The Twinery - Cappuccino, Cappuccino Stripe, Blossom Solid, Strawberry Solid

Patterned papers:   Glitz Design Pretty in Pink

Sentiment stamp:   Unity Stamp Co.            Die:  Sizzix Stars #2            Flowers:   Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls:   Recollections            Lace:   TheFunkieJunkie.com

Thanks for visiting today...here's hoping you have a fabulous weekend!

Be...

It's watercolor day here in the Korner - so that means a short-and-sweet post. :)

Once again, I couldn't resist the temptation to play around with adding texture to the background, just for fun. This is a 4" x 6" card...

I love this quote, and after I stamped it to the paper, realized I had the perfect word die to cut, and just enough room left to place it above the sentiment...

I added just a bit of white doodling to the watercolored flowers...just for fun...

And beneath the flowers, some modeling paste speckles were stenciled on. To keep them from looking like snow, I colored over them lightly with a Marvy aqua-grey watercolor pen that blended with the background colors...

Supplies:

Image stamp:   Unity Stamp Co., "Poppy Background"

Sentiment stamp:   Unity Stamp Co., "Empowered Words"

Die:   Simon Says Stamp "be"            Stencil:   Tim Holtz Speckles

Miscellaneous:   Sakura Koi watercolors,  Uni Posca white paint pen,  modeling paste

Thanks for popping in for a visit today!

The Twinery - Stronger Than Anyone...

TGIF...Happy Friday! I'm back with another card made as August Guest Designer at The Twinery.

Today, I'm ending the week the way I started it - with a clean and simple post sharing a CAS watercolor card. I've used a stamp image & sentiment set from Unity Stamp Co, and accented it with several colorful twines from The Twinery...

Once the watercoloring was complete, I die cut a heart to the left, covered a piece of chipboard with "stripes" of twine to complement the colors used for the image, and adhered it behind the heart cutout.  (I used Red Shimmer, Maraschino Solid, Blue Shimmer, Denim Solid, Honeydew Stripe, and Honeydew Solid twines for the heart and tassel). It still wasn't quite enough for the "fully loaded" embellisher in me, so I took a cue from the tied bracelet on the girl's wrist in the image, made a small tassel with the same twines, and finished off the knot with a few bright gems for fun...

Supplies:

Twines:  The Twinery - Red Shimmer, Maraschino Solid, Blue Shimmer, Denim Solid, Honeydew Stripe, Honeydew Solid

Stamps:   Unity Stamp Co.,  "Stronger Than Anyone-Jessica Girl"

Die:   Xyron ShapeZ by Spellbinders / Heart

Gems:   Recollections           Watercolors:   Sakura Koi

Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit...I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

You Are Awesome...

Happy Monday! I'm starting the week with a short and sweet post sharing a clean and simple watercolor card (well, as close to clean and simple as I can get...LOL).

As soon as I saw this stamp, I knew I had to have it. I was so taken with the long, vertical sentiment - it opens up so many design options. For this 4" x 6" card, I used the flower stamp that came with the sentiment, and added a different stamp, and die cut, for the accompanying sentiment at the bottom. I realize I might have jeopardized the true "CAS" label with the tear-outs and cheesecloth inserts, but I fell to the temptation once again...

Here are a few closeup shots around the front...

Supplies:

Image stamp:   Unity Stamp Co., "Bloom & Simplify"

Sentiment stamps:   Unity Stamp Co./"Bloom & Simplify";   Winnie & Walter/"The Big, The Bold, and You"

Sentiment die:   Simon Says Stamp ("you")

Stencil:    Tim Holtz Speckles            Gems:   Kaisercraft

Miscellaneous:   Sakura Koi watercolors, Uni Posca white pen, Studio 490 Translucent Embossing Paste, 

cheesecloth, drywall tape

Thanks so much for visiting today...I hope your week is starting with a smile!

Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful...

Happy Monday, all! Today I'm sharing a shabby-chic little number with a sentiment that could be appropriate for any occasion when you want to send a little pick-me-up message. :)

I always find it a bit difficult to photograph cards using the colors used here...a very pale taupe - not white or cream, just very muted - with a dusty grey-green, and a dusty pink.  And I always wonder how it looks on different monitors...LOL  So here it is...

Inside the white clay frame I added a piece from another patterned paper with basically the same colors, and put a cluster of pearls in the corner...

The flower cluster is also made up of dusty pastels...pink, grey, green...with just a couple brighter pink roses for fun...

The sentiment is stamped onto a small piece of the mauve patterned paper, treated with a punched edge...

Supplies:

Patterned papers:   Maja Designs Vintage Summer Basics

Die:   My Favorite Things Royal Leaves            Frame:   Martha Stewart mold & air dry clay

Flowers & stamens:   Wild Orchid Crafts            Pearls:   Recollections

Twine:   The Twinery/Natural Solid            Punch:   Martha Stewart Beaded Ruffle

Sentiment stamp:   Unity Stamp Co. / Imperfection is Beauty

Miscellaneous:   Wilton doily, ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today...I hope your week is starting with a smile!