Color Inspiration for Card Makers Week: Bright and Bold Challenge

Here is my card for the Color Inspiration for Card Makers Week: Bright and Bold Challenge. The challenge was to use colors similar to the Bazzill Basics Paper equivalents for Beetle Black, Lily White, Pink Fairy, and Tangelo Blast. Please check out the Moxie Fab World and play along, there are even fab prizes to be won!

Color Inspiration for Card Makers Week: Jewel Tones Challenge

Here is my card for the Color Inspiration for Card Makers Week: Jewel Tones Challenge. The challenge was to use colors similar to the Bazzill Basics Paper equivalents for Sugar Cookie, Sunshine, Pansy, and Blue Calypso. I usually use papers from the same collection, but this challenge made me be more creative and mix patterns. The blue is from GCD Studios and the yellow from October Afternoon. I was happy to find some patterned paper that fit into the challenge because I definitely prefer to scrap with patterned paper. Please check out the Moxie Fab World and play along, there are even fab prizes to be won!

Tuesday Trigger Bright Spot

Loved the Tuesday Trigger this week and knew instantly what I wanted to create. I wanted to create a banner card with circles like in the photo, but add a valentine twist so I replaced a circle with a heart. Then I added some stitching and a simple stamp. The papers used are from October Afternoon's Thrift Shop. I was so lucky to receive the 8x8 paper pack from the Secret Santa exchange this weekend and I also got the We R Memory Keepers Crop A Dile Corner Chompers. I have already broken two of the cheap corner rounders and avoid using them because I didn't want to invest in another. However if the Corner Chomper is anything like the original Crop A Dile it will be heavy duty enough for me. I encourage you to check out the Trigger and play along.

Gray is the New Black Challenge

When I first read about the Moxie Fab World Gray is the New Black challenge, I felt a bit stumped, but then I received the brand new card kit from my LSS Scrappers Cove. It contained some beautiful Pink Paislee Parisian Anthology papers, gray and turquoise Bazzill, chipboard, shiny gray ribbon, a charm, and some Mermaid stickles. If you make a card using all the ingredients from the card kit the LSS enters you into a gift certificate contest. But I made the card with the Moxie Fab World challenge in mind and tried to keep the focus on the gray. I encourage you all to check out the contest details and try your hand at using gray.

Etsy Inspired 117

My LSS has $5 card kits each month. You always get more than $5 in product, make a card then bring it back to the store to be entered for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate. Love it! I made a card with the contents for the contest (see below) but then combined leftovers with some other Echo Park paper and the Etsy Inspired Challenge 117. I was inspired by this collage heart from Paper Seeds the inspiration shop this week. EIC is sponsored by Digis With Attitude. I also made these cards for the Card Creations: Favorite Occasions Week Birthday Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. I encourage you all to visit the Moxie Fab World and take part in any of the challenges.

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger She Sells Seashells

When I first saw the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World I was feeling a little stumped because I'm not big on seashells although my mom and sister certainly are. But I did love the soft colors mixed with the metallics so I used these to inspire my card. I inked up this owl from Basic Grey for the first time. I restamped his eyes in gold and then popped them up and added touches of black for interest. Here's the inspiration photo so you can take a peek and play along.

Card Style Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

Here's another attempt at using a specific style for the Moxie Fab World Style Challenge. This time I was going for classy and elegant. I used a sheer flocked ribbon, some rich purples, and a shiny finish on the background. These are SEI papers my mom picked up on clearance at Micheal's big sale a few weeks ago. I used the CPS sketch this week as well. I've been checking out many other people's interpretations of the different styles and I encourage everyone to give the challenges a shot no matter what your own personal style is because its fun to challenge and stretch yourself.

Card Style Challenges in the Moxie Fab World

Cath from Moxie Fab World is issuing a week of challenges inspired by the new Card Style special edition. The new issue has cards divided by style so that you can develop your style or delve into a new one. Hop on over to the Moxie Fab World to get the challenge details and enter your cards!

I wanted to challenge myself to use the same line on two different styles and considering the styles chosen I went with Monstrosity by Sassafras. My first card is for the Fun and Cute category. This card has the friendly patterns, the whimsy, and the simple design necessary for Fun and Cute!

My second card is Clean and Graphic. I have lots of 'white' space, clean lines, and simple shapes. While it isn't exactly minimalist, I must say I struggle to use only a few supplies when there is so much lovely product in my stash begging to be used. I also created this card for the Caardvarks birthday card challenge. Hope you liked my takes on the challenges. I will hopefully be back with Vintage or Shabby Chic and Classy and Elegant later this week. I must say I'm a bit worried that those will be even more of a challenge but fun because of that.

Tuesday Trigger Poppin' Off the Page

This week's Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger is very funky and I knew right away what image I wanted to use. Check it out and play along!

Besides the trigger I used the CPS sketch. I'm not very experienced with marker coloring so I kept things solid. I also kept the embellishments simple because the stamped element was so attention grabbing and the most inspired by the trigger.

Finding Inspiration in a Layout Challenge

I love to scrapbook almost as much as I like to make cards so I found the new Moxie Fab World challenge to be really fun. The challenge is to be inspired by a LO from Creating Keepsakes which you see above. I can't wait to see to other takes on the challenge.

My card is using Basic Grey's Boxer line. There were several ways I was inspired by the LO. I really wanted to make a photo card so I chose this shot from one of our hikes. I think nature shots make great card embellishments and have used them in the past. I made a sketch of the LO including the circle element, strips, and ribbon. I used chipboard letters like in the title and I loved the brads on the background so I used gems for a similar effect.

Tuesday Trigger: A Pleasing Palette Again

When I saw the vase and flowers stickers on my tag below I thought of the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World again and decided to whip up a quick tag. The original picture only has a touch of yellow but I love yellow so I used it all over the tag.

Hope you all have a pleasant 4th of July!

Tuesday Trigger: A Pleasing Palette

I'm not sure I've ever done a Tuesday Trigger even though I follow the Moxie Fab World Blog. But I was really struck with the color combination of the trigger this week so I wanted to play along. I encourage all of you to do the same.

I used Kioshi papers from Basic Grey for my card. I hand cut the vase and most other elements are stickers from the line. Some inking and bling finished it off.

Moxie Fab World I Want to Ride My Bicycle Challenge Again

So after thinking I had no bicycle goodies to play with I found this border strip and border sticker in the Cosmo Cricket Joy Ride collection. So I have another entry into the Moxie Fab I Want to Ride My Bicycle Challenge. I kept things simple so the fun bicycles would be the focus. The background PP is from Joy Ride as well and the sentiment is Tiny Type.

Moxie Fab World I Want to Ride My Bicycle Challenge

Cath at Moxie Fab World has issued the challenge to use bicycles on a paper crafting project. At first I didn't think I had any bicycle themed supplies to use, but then I discovered this bicycle cardstock element from The Boyfriend by Cosmo Cricket. I used Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type and the paper from The Boyfriend. I encourage you all to join in, you have until June 28th. The card opens in a bit untraditional way so the paper clip is holding it closed for the shot.

A Stamped Card

So I'm not always the one to reach for my stamps but Stamp It Week left me inspired to play. So I pulled out some GCD Studios paper and tags as well as Making Memories letter stamps. This card is for the Thank You category of the Olympics of Stamping Challenge.

I used the CPS sketch although my proportions are a bit off. This was also created for the Pink Elephant add some green color challenge. The card had some bold elements and colors and I think the touches of green and green card base ground everything nicely.

Stitching on a LO

Here's a LO featuring the GCD Studios Bright Skies collection. I added stitching details around the clouds and the larger photo mat. I love that the large die-cut came right in the collection pack along with the journaling tag. I think all the stitching details make it great for the Moxie Fab floss challenge.

GCD Studios and Floss Necklace with Tutorial

There has been so much inspiration at the GCD Studios blog lately that I decided I really needed to play with some GCD goodies. I wanted to combine their chipboard with their paper but in a bit of a different way which made me think of the Moxie Fab floss challenge because it hit me. A necklace! I’m sure at least some of you have seen these paper beads before and they are very simple to make but I want to walk you through the project just in case you’d like to play with paper beads.

First I picked out my charms. A hand painted bead from an impulse buy at the craft store. Then I turned to my GCD Shades of Black chipboard. Now as other fans of GCD may know the chipboard is self adhesive which I love because it meant a way to add some quick texture to the back by covering the back with some beautiful flocked paper from the Bright Skies collection. I also tied my yellow in with a little flower on the J. I poked a hole with a paper piercer in each piece and then strung them.

To make the paper beads you simply cut paper strips to your desired thickness (I used ½, 1, and 1 ½ inch widths for my beads) and at least six inches long. Put a small bit adhesive on the end of the side you would like to be shown. Then put some additional adhesive on the other side. Roll around a pen or other utensil.

Now these paper beads made from some gorgeous black and white GCD paper are fab but I wanted to add a bit of interest to them and pull my yellow back in so I decided to give the beads a stitched look with floss. To do this you only need to make a few stitches on the tail end of the bead before you finish rolling.

I wanted these to be dangly charms, not coming right off the necklace so I needed a way to attach the string to the main necklace string. Well typing it on is simple enough but not quite so pretty. So I made an extra large bead again using floss stitching then I cut a slit to the middle where the paper met. Next I put the tied together chipboard charms over the necklace string then slid the charm string to the center of the large bead.

Now what I’m sure you’re all thinking is: Can I wear this? Well I’ve got to admit it’s a little delicate because it’s made of paper after all. But you can seal paper beads with modge podge to make them more durable and as for my necklace my sister is a big fashionista and I know she would love to display it on a necklace form just as a conversation piece. So that’s it my floss project hope it inspires you to take another look at some supplies you have laying around.