All Systems GO!

In my attempt to continue using up my paper stash, I focused on Cosmo Cricket Cogsmo paper this week. I fell in love INSTANTLY with that paper when it came out, and I've been using it. . .but it's time to finish up the pack. I just get bogged down looking at big packs of paper, even when I love them. I get tired of seeing it, and I feel like I lose the ability to be creative with it after a while. SO, here are three cards I made using the Cogsmo paper! It worked especially well with my StarvingArtistamps Doodlefactory space stamps. LOVE these!!!! (And my son does too!) They are such fun to paper-piece, and thats my FAVORITE thing to do!!!

(Card goodies: All Systems Go - rocket and sentiment stamp from CTMH/Happy Birthday - sentiment stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms/Out of This World - space stamps from StarvingArtistamps)

Oval shaped Easter Egg Card Tutorial

To create my card, I used an oval template. Believe it or not, I have NO diecutting system, no circle cutter, oval cutter, or any other fancy tool. Just a template. (This one happens to be from CTMH.) My oval is about 4x5.5, so it will fit in a standard invitation size envelope. To get started, I traced TWO matching ovals and cut them out. One will be the front, and one will be the back of the card.


On my Scor-Pal, (which, by the way is SUCH a great invention. I don't use it often, but every time I do, I think to myself "I should use this thing more often!") I scored TWO lines. One at the 5, and one at the .5

On one of those score-lines, use scissors or a paper trimmer to CUT the edge of your oval off. Fold the other one. (The flat side will be where your card rests on the table. The folded one is where we attach the two pieces together)

Apply adhesive to the fold, line up your two ovals and adhere them together. Line them up the best you can, but you can go back and trim from the card front, if they aren't quite perfect, once your newly formed card is closed.

This is what it should look like. From here on out, you're on your own to decorate away!

I said yesterday, there is definitely more than one way to do this. I'm not sure this is the BEST way, but it worked. If you come up with a different method, I would love to hear about it!!! And if you make an oval card, link it up! I wanna see it!!! :)

I have two more oval cards to share, but you'll have to wait a few more days until the stamps are released!!! :) Here's one more view of the card I shared yesterday, which shows the back a little bit better. I hope this all made sense. . . if you're confused, let me know, and I'm happy to help ya out!

Have a great day!

XOXO

too little too late, but still EGGstra cute

So I was feeling inspired by last week's challenge at the CARDS blog, to create a shaped card. I sat there looking at my oval template, and thought. . .hmmm, what can I make. Granted I didn't get it done, and photographed before the challenge was up . . . .but I have been going crazy making oval "egg" shaped cards this week, just in time for Easter!! (I've done three so far, some Eastery and some not!) I am working on a little tutorial, to show you how I put this together, but you'll have to give me a day or so to get it together. I'm sure there's more than one way to do this, and I'm not sure my way was the BEST way, but I'll show you what I did, nonetheless.

I am in LOVE with this Quite Contrary paper from My Mind's Eye. I've never met paper from MME that I didn't adore, so I was THRILLED when this came in my CARDS goodie box a few weeks ago!!!!

Okay, bear with me, and check back tomorrow, and I promise I'll show you how I did this, (or you can go figure it out on your own, and then come back and tell me how YOU did it!)
XOXO

flowery goodness from TSOL!

It's new release day at The {Stamps} of Life. I think this might be my favorite set so far! It's called thanks2you and you can see it HERE on the website. Beautiful flowery stems, and lots of GREAT "thanks" sentiments. (I'm a sucker for great sentiments!) One of the fabulous things about clear stamps, is the way you can bend them. If you look at the flowery images on the stamp set, you will see that I did some adjusting to make the stems go where I wanted them to. It's also so easy to overlap images when you can actually SEE what you're doing!!!! And you just can't beat using clear stamps for sentiments. It's so much faster, because you can SEEEEE if its straight or not. I don't even have to line it up on my acrylic block . . .I don't have to measure or stamp on scrap paper first - I can SEEE (really SEE) what I am doing!!! Love that!

On this card, I traced around my image with a white colored pencil. I tried it first with a white marker and it was tooo much. But I really like the way the colored pencil highlights came out.

Be sure to check out all the inspiration arriving in the gallery at The {Stamps} of Life! The design team will have more to share on the 6th, when we get to show you the special edition sets this month! (Oooh la la! Just a few more days to wait!)