SAF 2013: Sprinkle of Salt

The salt project gave me a bit of trouble at first, but I was able to salvage my project, by die cutting the word "hello" from water colored and salt impressed background paper.  All in all, I'm happy with how my final card turned out.

SAF 2013: Mixing Mists to Match

For the mist project, I decided to pull out the limited edition Reasons to Smile set that came in my SAF kit.  I created my own mist using my Fine Linen ink refill.  I added a few droplets by flicking the end of the sprayer on to the stamped panel, then spritzed the entire thing, which softened the flowers and made them look water colored.

SAF 2013: Rolled Dough Designs

Here is my next project in the line up.  The paper clay was a bit tricky to work with and kept sticking to my die cutting plate, but it was still a fun product to try.  I die cut the hand/heart from the Love Lives Here set out of the paper clay and stamped them with the coordinating images in the set.

SAF 2013: Tea Staining Techniques

I'm back with my next SAF project.  I think this one may be one of my favorites out of all of the cards I made.  I dyed some white felt in a mug of coffee and die cut the mugs from the Warm Happiness sets.  The little heart tag from the new Coffee Cozy Details die collection added the perfect finishing touch.

SAF 2013: Breakfast Bake and Take

Here is my project I made for the Breakfast Bake and Take challenge, which combined a color recipe and sketch recipe:

I look forward to trying out the other color and sketch recipes in future projects.  I'll be back soon to share the rest of my nine SAF projects.

August PTI Blog Hop: Fast Food Color & Sketch Challenge

It's been two months since my last post.  Work and other events in my life took over my summer, but hopefully I can get back into my crafting groove and blog a bit more regularly now that the cooler months are approaching.

I did a very quick and simple card for this month's blog hop this afternoon.  After completing all 10 of the Stamp-A-Faire challenges between yesterday and today, my brain is a bit fried!  I was taken with the rainbow birthday cake layers in the inspiration photo.  I'm not really drawn to pastel colors, but since I've spent the last two days crafting outside my comfort zone, what was one more card to stretch me creatively?!

Here is my card, which is a very literal interpretation of the inspiration photo:

I think I might go back and try to glitter up those stripes a bit.  But that's for another day!

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June PTI Blog Hop: A Touch of Gold

Long time, no posts!  I've been doing a fair amount of crafting, just not much picture taking of the projects.  I decided it was time to get my act together and fix that, just in time for this month's PTI blog hop.  The challenge was to add a touch of gold to a project.

I had more fun with this challenge than I thought I would.  Out of all of the metals, I prefer silver over gold.  I'm not sure why, the cooler tones just seem to appeal to me more.  I made two cards for this challenge.

This first one is my favorite of the two as I'm particularly enjoying the nautical trend lately.  Living in Seattle near Puget Sound provides plenty of inspiration for all things water-related! The anchor is embossed in gold powder.  I just got the Out to Sea stamp set and I can see myself using it quite a bit.  I love the navy and white striped paper from Fancy Pants' Down By the Shore collection.

I went with summery colors on this one, and broke out my American Crafts glitter tape for the occasion, too!  Keeping up with more trends, I put the Irresistibly Ikat set to use and added another trendy element--a sequin.

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