Scrapping for Less ~ June 2019 Flavor of the Month ~ Under the Sea Babies

Where is your most favorite place in the world? 

Well other than Ireland (oh how I love that country...another story for another day), my favorite place would be the beach and the ocean. I love and am fascinated by anything and everything that has to do with sand and saltwater! So let's dive deep and see if we can spot any Under the Sea babies in that wonderful blue ocean water. Dive on through the hop and SEA what our fabulous designers brought to the surface for you! Make sure you visit the Scrapping for Less website to grab your kit of "Under the Sea Babies" and you too can get lost in an ocean of cards. Don't forget to enter the Rafflecopter for a chance to win a prize! ~ Teresa, SFL Co-Owner

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Here's a quick look at the June 2019 Under the Sea Babies card kit...

Double Dip Subscription...

Banana Split Subscription...

The June 2019 Under the Sea Babies card kit is my absolute favorite card kit!!

So many adorable images to stamp and color and the papers are amazing!!

Collection One: Sea Babies

I love this beautiful little mermaid... so much that I used her for my Sneak Peek this month... and she paired up so well with the adorable papers in the collection. This card came together so quickly by using the papers and card stock for my layers along with the second sketch. I added the washi across the front of the card and then popped up the white die cut circle. I stamped the mermaid with Gina K. Amalgam Jet Black ink, heat set it and then colored away. I pulled my color choices from the papers I chose for the card. I fussy cut her leaving a skinny border and adhered her to the side of the circle die. Easy peasy!

Supplies used (not found in the kit):

Copics ~ E000, E00, E21 (skin); RV02, RV34, RV63 (hair); BG10, BG13, 

BG23, B0000, B000, B02 (top/tail)

Gina K. Amalgam Jet Black ink cube

Spellbinders Standard Circles Large dies

Collection Two: Neon Sea Life

How stinking cute is that octopus!?! 

Oh my goodness... this adorable octopus is cut from a die that is included in the Banana Split Subscription. I just love it!! I die cut some Canson XL 140lb watercolor paper and used the Daniel Smith Watercolor dots, also included in the Banana Split Subscription, to watercolor.... so fun and I love how it turned out! I cut and adhered all of my layers onto a Limeade card stock base. I die cut a wonky stitched oval from white card stock and popped it up on the card with foam tape. I then stamped the cute little fish and octopus with Gina K. Amalgam Jet Black ink, heat set it and watercolored them, as well. I fussy cut them and then added all the little sea creatures to the card using liquid glue. I stamped the sentiment from the Sentiment Stamp set included in the Banana Split Subscription onto Blu Raspberry card stock using VersaMark watermark ink and then heat embossed a fine white embossing powder. I popped up the sentiment on the card and added a couple google eyes from my stash to the octopus... so cute!

Supplies used (not found in the kit):

MFT Wonky Stitched Oval die

Watercolor Brush pen

Brutus Monroe Alabaster Ultra Fine embossing powder

Doodlebug All Eyes on You Shape Sprinkles

Collection Three: Sea Creatures

This card was so fun to create and it almost has a patriotic feel with the colors and the stars... a fun bonus to my card! LOL! I cut the fun papers from the collection and adhered them to a 4-1/8 x 5-3/8" piece of white card stock and then adhered it to a Black Licorice card base. I set the card aside and inked up the super cute otter and had fun coloring him up! So fun! I fussy cut him and then got to thinking that he'd be cute holding one of those starfish from the patterned paper, so I fussy cut one out and using my craft knife to make a slit around the otters front legs I was then able to insert the starfish. I added a tiny bit of glue to the starfish to help it lay down... so cute! 

I set him aside and added some mesh from the collection to the card using a little bit of multi medium matte just in a few random places so the mesh isn't flat.... gives it some fun dimension!  I then adhered the cute otter to the card along with a bunch of sequins. I stamped the sentiment and die cut it with a banner die that I trimmed off the left side and then popped it up on the card. And for my final touch for this one, I bent the wire embellishment into the shape of a heart and adhered it with a few tiny dabs of multi medium matte.

Supplies used (not found in the kit):

Copics ~ E42, E43, E44, E47

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Collection Four: Sea Buddies

I love to color turtles!! I think it's because I love my greens and blues... Lol! I just adore these sweet turtles in the Sea Buddies stamp set by Scrapping for Less!! So cute and so fun to color!

I cut all my patterned papers for the background to my design and adhered them to a Blu Raspberry card base. I stamped, colored and fussy cut the turtles... now the shell on my larger turtle for some reason got messed up when I started coloring - the black ink bled - so I stamped it again and colored it separately, fussy cut it out, and adhered it over the messed up turtle shell. I'm actually glad that the first shell messed up because I love the dimension the additional shell gives to the turtle. I die cut a couple of circles from white card stock and then blended a little Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink over the Bubble Stencil that's included in the collection... love the dimension it gives to the turtles! And speaking of dimension... I popped up the turtles with some foam tape, as well!

Supplies used (not found in the kit):

Copics ~ G12, G24, G28, BG10, BG23

Spellbinders Standard Circles Large dies

Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool

I sure hope you've enjoyed the cards I've shared today.

Your next stop on the hop is... Stacy

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Thank you friends for checking out my blog post!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Polka Dot Orchard ~ National Iced Tea Day

Hi there crafty friends!

Today, I have a quick card to share with you using the sweet Endless 

Potential digi set by Polka Dot Orchard!!

It's perfect for celebrating National Iced Tea Day!

My card design took a left turn from my original idea but I love how it turned out!
I colored the image with the following Copic markers ~ Y06, Y13, Y17, RV10, RV63, RV66, V0000, V04, V12, G12, G14, B000, E11. I adhered the white frame from the Wonky Scalloped Frame dies by Avery Elle onto a kraft card base. To color the Love die cut sentiment, I used a few of the Copic markers I used to color the cup. I colored a section of white card stock in an ombre style and then die cut it using the Love die by My Favorite Things. I love using this technique for die cut letters... it's also a great way to customize your colors on the letters if you can't find just the right card stock to coordinate with your design. 

I colored up my cup of iced tea cup and then fussy cut it... popped it up on the card adhering the 'Iced Tea' sentiment to the cup. Oh... and I customized my mat for the sentiment by coloring a scrap of white card stock with the RV66 copic marker. I adhered the sentiment and trimmed around it... super easy peasy way to coordinate with copics! I adhered a few sequins... adding one to the center of the flower. Done! A pretty simple design... but I think it turned out cute!

Polka Dot Orchard has a sale going just for today!! Go check it out ---> here!!

Thanks so much for checking out my blog post!
See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,
Crystal

~ Friends of Unity August Blog Hop ~ Coffee & Tea

Hello!! It's time for the August Blog Hop with the Friends of Unity and our theme this month is...

Coffee & Tea!

Ahhh... I don't know about you but I just love a good cuppa, be it coffee or tea! I tend to drink more coffee though so for this hop I decided my projects are all about the coffee!! I'm also a huge fan of blues with browns ~ my absolute favorite color combo! So let's get to the projects...

It's been a while since I've worked on a mixed media project. I wasn't sure where this was going to go... but I like how it turned out. I started with a panel of watercolor paper. Using mod podge I added bit of papers... the paper with text is from a pack of Stampin' Up! papers called Typeset Specialty DSP and the other papers are from Heartfelt Creations Coffee Talk Collection. Once I had my papers adhered and the mod podge was dry I smudged some acrylic paints just using my finger to apply it. I also used a bit of bubble wrap to add texture. Some of the bubble wrap spots smudged terribly so I covered them with mod podge and laid antique gold tissue paper over top wrinkling it here and there. I let the mod podge dry and then tore off the excess paper. I applied more mod podge around the edges of the gold tissue paper and also adhered a doily... you can see some of the texture of the doily in the girls face.

 So once all the mod podge was dry, I did some blending with Vintage Photo and Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide Inks. I stamped the coffee girl image from Unity's Itty Bitty set called Best Friends. I just love this girl... she's all full of sass! I also stamped a coffee ring and splatter using my new Ground Espresso Distress Ink! So excited to have this new color in my stash! The coffee ring stamp is from the January 2017 SMAK kit called Progress and Change. The splatter is from the Blow Your Mind kit.

I trimmed the panel down to 4-1/2 x 6 inches and then wrapped some gold thread around it several times after threading the heart charm onto the thread. I added a touch of Ranger Multi Medium Matte around the edges of the heart charm to adhere it in place on the panel. To secure the thread I just used some packing tape on the back of the paper.

My final touch for this piece was the die cut COFFEE. I die cut it twice from white card stock and then once with Lost Lagoon card stock. I adhered all of the layers and then sponged some Vintage Photo distress ink around the edges of the letters. I then adhered it to the panel. Well, it was still too clean... lol... so I stamped a splatter stamp from the Never kit with the Vintage Photo distress ink and that did it. I thought I was done at this point but when I saw it the next morning I decided to not make it into a card, but to mat it and potentially frame it. So, I mat it on Lost Lagoon and then Early Espresso card stocks. I really like how this turned out. I hope you do too!

Now for my card, I started with a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 piece of Crumb Cake card stock. I blended some Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide inks over the little flower stencil (not sure that it's a flower but we'll go with that) in the Woodblock Prints from Papertrey Ink. I then blended some Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide ink over the Knitted Sweater Stencil from Echo Park. I then blended some Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink over the Mini Art Is stencil from The Crafters Worshop and the coffee and splatter stencil from Tim Holtz' Mini Stencil Set #3. I stamped the big ornate background stamp from the Never kit using VersaMark watermark ink and then heat embossed fine white embossing powder. I did goof and forget to use my embossing buddy so the powder kind of splattered but we're going with it. I did also heat up the embossed area again and added some more embossing powder... it kind of thickened it up. I die cut the piece using a Wonky Scalloped Frame die from Avery Elle. I did this so I could mat the piece and then pop it up on the card. I mat it using Lost Lagoon card stock from Stampin' Up. I then mat the scalloped frame on Early Espresso card stock and adhered the entire piece to a white card base. I stamped the girl from Dream of Being on a piece of white card stock and colored her in using Copic markers {E0000, E000, E43, E47, E57, C1, R20, RV21, BG10, BG13, BG32}. I fussy cut her out and adhered her to the card. I added a few enamel dots here and there. I stamped my favorite 'happy birthday' stamp from the Abundant Blessings sentiment kit onto Early Espresso card stock using Versamark watermark ink and heat embossed a fine white embossing powder. I trimmed the sentiment and adhered it to the card. And there you have it! My projects for this month's hop.

Here's a look at both projects... it looks like the girls are looking at each other. How funny... I just noticed that while writing up my blog post. LOL

Before we move on to the hopping, I have some business to take care of. Last month I had a giveaway and I need to share who the lucky winner of the brand new Jolly Ol' Santa stamp set is...  drum roll please... the lucky winner is...

Marjorie Dumontier!!!! Woohoo! 

Marjorie please email me at crystalominkler@gmail.com with your mailing address to claim your prize. Prize must be claimed within two weeks.

Thank you to all those that hopped with us last month and, of course, this month!

 One or two of my friends are having giveaways on their blogs for this month's hop so be sure to hop and comment on each of our blogs so you'll be entered into this giveaway. We sure appreciate and love all of your fun comments! 

Now let's get hopping!

Eileen

Robyn

Jeanie

Crystal <--- you are here

up next ---> Joyce

Dawn

Wynne

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ July Flavor of the Month ~ Birthday Wishes

Have you ever had a wish you wanted so bad? 

The Flavor of the Month Card Kit and the Scrapping for Less website is the best birthday wish dream come true that I could have ever asked for. We are bringing you another fabulous kit with great papers, cool embellishments, and even cooler exclusively designed stamps for Scrapping for Less that you will be unable to obtain anywhere else. And you want to know something else? 

This card kit rocks! You get such a great selection of products with this kit and lots of value for your money! So hurry, walk, don’t run and go grab yourself a kit right now! Supplies are limited! Hop on through the blog hop to see great inspiration from our Design Team.

Here's a look at the Double Dip Sundae Subscription.

Here's a look at the Banana Split Sundae Subscription.

I have five cards to share with you today. I made 4 cards using the Double Dip Sundae Subscription (with the exception of my sentiment on card #3 - I used the die from the Banana Split Sundae subscription) along with the sketches for this month and I made 1 extra card using items only available in the Banana Split Sundae Subscription along with the stamps from Collection 2.

For my first card I used Sketch #4 with Collection One.

I stamped the fox and colored him in and then decided he needed some confetti falling so I added those and colored them in. I used similar colors to the papers in the collection so everything would coordinate. I then stamped the cake, presents and other cute little stamps on a scrap piece of white card stock and colored them in. I trimmed this piece and mat it on the same Orange Fizz card stock as the main card front. I mat the fox image on a piece of patterned paper from the Happy Birthday Boy by Echo Park papers in the collection. I stamped the little party horn on a scrap piece of white card stock, colored it in, and fussy cut it out. I adhered all of my pieces to the card front that I had adhered to a white card base. I then trimmed the sentiment strip from the patterned paper and cut it to use as my sentiment. My last touch for the front of the card was a few sequins.

I used the following copic markers for this card ~ YR01, YR15, YR16, R17, E30, E31, E40, B0000, B00, B97, B99,Y000, Y06, Y11.

Here's a photo of the inside of the card.

I just had to color the other little fox in the stamp set and add him to the inside of the card. I also stamped the sentiment and adhered a strip of patterned paper.

For my second card I used Sketch #3 with Collection Two.

I paper pieced and colored the cake. I trimmed the piece and mat it on a piece of patterned paper. I also stamped the little slice of cake, colored it in with copic markers and die cut it. I mat it on a die cut circle cut from another piece of patterned paper. I cut the flags from the patterned papers and also cut apart the sentiment from another piece of patterned paper. I mat the first portion of the sentiment on white card stock and set aside the other pieces for the inside of the card. All that was left was to assemble the card. I adhered all of the layers, but popped up the slice of cake and the sentiment. I added a few sequins and then started on the inside of the card.

I used the following copic markers for this card ~ RV10, RV11, RV14, C00, C1, BG0000, BG11, Y000, Y06.

Here's a photo of the inside of the card.

I adhered a strip of patterned paper to the bottom that tied in with the sentiment that starts on the front of the card and finished off in the inside of the card.

For my third card I used Sketch #2 with Collection Three.

I started this card by cutting out my layers and matting them on the Whipped Cream card stock in the kit. I also used the Whipped Cream card stock for the card base. I stamped the pineapple with a light tan ink and basically colored it in using the No Line technique. I die cut the pineapple using the die included in the collection. I decided to use the wonky die to cut out my oval and adhered the pineapple. I popped up the oval on the card and added a few sequins. I used the die from the Banana Split Sundae subscription to add a sentiment to the card.

I used the following copic markers for this card ~ E57, Y06, Y17, RV0000, RV11, 

RV13, BG01, BG13.

Here's a photo of the inside of the card.

To continue the theme of the card I adhered a strip of the same patterned paper from the front of the card and did some Second Generation stamping with a light pink ink. Second Generation stamping (also known as Repetition Stamping or Stamping Off) means I inked up my stamp and first stamped it on a scrap piece of paper before stamping it on my card... it gives a lighter image. I did that so it was visible but could easily be written over by the sender. Funny though, it's so light that it's hardly visible in the picture. I took several pictures and this was the best I could do. :)

For my fourth card I used Sketch #1 with Collection Four.

I used Collection Four for my Sneak Peek post... if you missed that you can check it out here.

For this card I decided to focus on the sentiment and the music notes. I did all of my stamping on the Grout Grey card stock, trimmed and mat my pieces on the Jelly Bean Green card stock. I layered all of the pieces on a white card base and then added a few strips of patterned paper for my flags. My final touch was a few sequins. I just love that the sequins in this collection are the discs... they're so cute for a music themed collection! Love it!

I used Memento tuxedo black ink and Mowed Lawn distress ink for this card.

Here's a photo of the inside of the card.

Just like the previous cards, I adhered a strip of patterned paper and stamped the cute radio from the Create a Smile Rock On stamp set using Peeled Paint distress ink again using the Second Generation stamping technique. 

Now for my final card for this hop... I used the Sunny Studio Make a Wish set from Collection Two. I stamped the images all over a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inch piece of Neenah 110lb smooth white solar crest card stock. I colored the images in using the following copic markers ~ RV0000, RV10, RV21, B0000, B00, BG0000, BG11, BG32, C00, C1, Y000, Y02. I added some sparkle to the edges of the cake using the Nuvo White Blizzard Glitter drops included in the Banana Split Sundae subscription. Once that was dry, I then die cut the panel using a large scalloped rectangle die and then I decided to emboss the panel using the Wishes die included in the Banana Split Sundae subscription. To emboss with a die using the Big Shot you use the following sandwich (bottom to top) ~ Extended Multipurpose Platform (Tab 1) - Cutting Pad - Die - Card stock - Silicone Rubber - Impression Pad or another Cutting Pad. I embossed the Wishes die five times on the panel and then die cut it 3 times from the Neenah card stock.

I adhered all of the die cut Wishes together and then adhered them to the scalloped panel that I had adhered to a white card base. You can see the embossed wishes and some of the sparkle in the picture above. I didn't do any stamping or anything on the inside of this card... at least, not yet. ;)

I hope you enjoyed the cards I shared today. I had so much fun creating them to share with you all.

Let's get to hopping and see what the other members of the design team created!

Scrapping For Less

Crystal <--- you're here

up next ---> Courtney

Desiree

Stacy

Luci

LeeAnn

Tanya

Tina

Katie

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Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ June Flavor of the Month ~ At the Beach!

Ahhhhh! My most favorite place in the entire world to be! 

Salt air in my hair, sand in my toes and the sound of crashing waves, what more can a girl ask for to be totally relaxed? Well, the next best thing to me is to grab some summer-themed products and make beach themed cards! And do we ever have that on the agenda for today! So grab yourselves an island cocktail (not coffee this time) and lay back in your lounge chair and browse through the wonderful creations the design team and guest designers have to offer you today. Our fabulous “At the Beach” card kit is available now, but don’t fall asleep in that chair or you just might miss out!

Here's a look at the Banana Split subscription for this month's kit.

I was super excited when I saw the Beach theme for this months card kit! Let's get to the cards!

For my first card I used Sketch #4 with Collection One. 

As soon as I saw the shark in this set, I knew I had to use him for my focal image. He's such a happy shark... look at that grin! I followed the sketch pretty closely with this one, adding the strips of patterned paper and banner directly to the Nightshift Blue card base. I stamped the sentiment from the At the Beach Sentiment set by Scrapping for Less and die cut it with a stitched banner die.

I used the following copic markers on this card ~ Y06, Y35, C00, C1, C3, C7.

For my second card I used Sketch #1 with Collection Two.

I wanted to give the fish some room to swim so for this card I flipped the sketch so the focal image could be wider. I used the Vitamin Sea patterned paper for my layers in the background. I colored the background by blending a few distress inks. I stamped the fish, crab, and coral on scrap pieces of white card stock and fussy cut them out. I stamped the school of fish a few times on the background and then ran the background through my big shot with the Lawn Fawn Ocean Wave die from the Banana Split subscription. I adhered all the pieces to create my scene and then popped it up on the card. I stamped the sentiment on Nightshift Blue card stock using Versamark watermark ink and heat embossed ultra fine white embossing powder. I trimmed it into a banner and popped it up on the card.

I used the following Distress Inks on this card ~ Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans, Carved Pumpkin, Spiced Marmalade.

For my third card I used Sketch #3 with Collection Three.

I had a blast creating the scene for this card... it's so wonderful when your idea for a card actually works out! Once I had my layout figured out with the patterned papers I stamped the castle with Tea Dye distress ink and the sun with Wild Honey distress ink. I masked the castle and blended the background using Tea Dye, Tumbled Glass, and Squeezed Lemonade distress inks. I added some dimension to the castle with copic markers and also colored in the seal, bucket and shovel that I had stamped on a scrap piece of white card stock. I fussy cut those pieces and set them a side. I die cut the chair from Blu Raspberry card stock using the Adirondack Chair die in the collection. I adhered the patterned papers to the panel and then die cut the whole piece with a stitched rectangle die and then adhered it to a Blue Raspberry card base. I layered my partial circle with the same size circle that I die cut from Blu Raspberry card stock. I adhered that piece to the card and created my little scene with the seal. I had planned to stamp the sentiment but I thought it would be fun to use the puffy sticker included in the collection and naturally, the little crab just had to play along too. These puffy stickers have a glossy finish to them that made it difficult to photograph the card, unfortunately, but I do think they add a bit of fun to the card.

And since I used the puffy sticker for the sentiment on the front of the card, I decided to do a little bit of stamping on the inside.

I used the following Distress Inks for this card ~ Tea Dye, Tumbled Glass, Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey. I also used the following copic markers for this card ~ C00, C1, C3, YR02, YR15, YR68, BG000, BG15, E30, E35.

For my fourth card I used Sketch #2 with Collection Four.

I had some fun using the patterned papers to create the layer on the card base. I used another bit of patterned paper (the brown layer) which is hard to see in the photo but it has palm trees all over it. I created the focal scene using distress inks and a bunch of masking. I stamped the palm tree on a scrap piece of white card stock and colored it in with copic markers. I fussy cut it out and adhered it to the scene. I stamped the sentiment on the 'sun' with Memento tuxedo black ink. I adhered the scene to the brown layer and popped it up on the card base. I added three gem stickers and called this card done.

I used the following Distress Inks for this card ~ Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass, Tea Dye, Antique Linen.

I used the following copic markers for this card ~ G03, G14, E55, E57.

I hope you enjoyed the cards I shared today. I had so much fun creating them to share with you all.

Let's get to hopping and see what the other members of the design team created!

~ Blog Hop List ~

Scrapping for Less

Katie

Crystal <--- you're here

up next ---> Tina

LeeAnn

Tanya

Stacy

Luci

Desiree

Courtney

Jessica

Jess

Kristina

Teresa

Jenn

Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter on the Scrapping for Less Blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ May FOTM Blog Hop ~ In the Countryside

Hay there! Let's head to the farm and the countryside this month! We are showcasing many wonderful and fun farm critters and lifestyles with our super cute kit this month! So jump on the hay wagon and travel along to all the wonderful blogs to see what we have cooked up in our country kitchen today to inspire you and knock your socks off! 

Head over to the Flavor of the Month page and grab yourself a kit or a subscription today! Thanks for stopping in and ya'll come back now, ya hear!

Make sure you enter that Rafflecopter for a chance to win the prize for this month. 

So... let's get to the cards!!

For my first card I used Sketch #3 with Collection One. 

So... I had a little fun with this design. When I saw the papers in this collection had what looked like plates and of course, there's chickens. I just had to make a 'picnic' of sorts for my design. I started with the layer of 'picnic blanket' paper on a Wild Cherry card base. I die cut the 'plate paper' with a small stitched rectangle die and adhered them to the card. I die cut a stitched oval for my 'platter'. I stamped the image and colored it in just a little bit with copic markers and then I trimmed it down and mat it on a scrap of Wild Cherry card stock. I adhered the stamped image piece to the platter and then popped up the piece on the card. I added a few sequins and the Carta Bella tag from the collection and called this little picnic done!

For my second card I used Sketch #1 with Collection Two. 

Now for this card I omitted part of the sketch element... the background paper was just too cute to cover up anymore of it. All those adorable little horses and trees... love them! I also kept this card pretty simple by using the Down on the Farm Mini Icon stickers and Chit Chat tag to build a scene. I used distress inks to blend the sky and grass background and then I just added all the stickers and adhered all the pieces onto a Kraft card base. Super easy and quick card!

For my third card I used Sketch #2 with Collection Three.

I think the stamp set in the third collection is my absolute favorite... it's a new Scrapping for Less set called Piggy Picnic! This set has adorable images and funny pun-tastic sentiments - Love it!! I kept the design for this one kind of simple by layering it all on a piece of white card stock. I then wrapped the pretty ribbon around and tied a bow. I popped up the panel using foam tape and then set it aside. I inked up the 'picnic blanket' in the stamp set and then masked it to blend the grass and sky. I die cut the whole piece and then layered that on a larger sized white die cut piece. I stamped the adorable little pig and basket on a scrap piece of card stock, colored them in, and fussy cut them. I stamped the sentiment and die cut it with a small banner die. I also die cut a piece of Wild Cherry card stock to mat the sentiment onto. I added a few drops of Nuvo Sea Breeze Jewel Drops... they don't show up well in the picture, but they add a fun little touch in person!

For my fourth card I used Sketch #4 with Collection Four.

I wanted to go with a monochromatic theme for this card (aside from the grass, of course). I wanted the focus to be on the one ewe so I inked up four of these little gals on post it notes and fussy cut them out. I alternately masked them to make my flock of sheep and masked them again to blend the grass with distress ink. I colored the one little focal ewe in front to make her stand out and go along with the sentiment. Ewe are the best! I trimmed down the piece, mat it, and wrapped it a couple times with the twine in the collection. I then added some layers to my card base and popped up the main image. Oh, and for the sentiment... I actually die cut the space there so the sentiment is stamped directly on the card base through the negative space. I added a few sequins and called this one done!

I shared a sneak peek a couple of days ago using the Technique Junkies set in the Banana Split subscription... you can check out that post ---> here.

But before you check that out... let's finish up hopping (or start hopping... :) ) and see what the Design Team has for inspiration this month... I bet it's all amazing!!

Scrapping for Less

Tanya

*Guest Designer* Andrea

LeeAnn

Courtney

Jessica

Luci

Crystal <--- you're here

up next ---> Katie

Desiree

Tina

*Guest Designer* Annie

*Guest Designer* Michelle

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal