Hi, it's Diane and I am excited to tell you about a new feature on the Creative Charms blog. This week several Design Team members will be sharing projects that we made combining Creative Charms with Cosmo Cricket paper lines. Each month we will feature different paper lines and show you how they work with Creative Charms embellishments. I was sent papers, chipboard and stickers from the Cosmo Cricket "DeLovely" line for this month.
The DeLovely papers are bright and cheerful in shades of pink, yellow, green and teal blue. As a Cole Porter fan, I enjoyed the clever way each paper has a "De" name.
The papers are all two sided and there is a reminder to look at the other side printed along the bottom of each sheet! It is sometimes difficult to choose between the two sides but if you are making cards you can use both (or just buy more paper...).
I had a lot of fun looking through my Creative Charms stash for items to compliment the papers - it was great to find some near perfect matches. For today's cards I did not use the Cricut - just the papers and embellishments and some solid colored cardstock for the card bases. All of the cards I made are A2 size.
One of the paper in the collection has borders and another has elements that can be cut up for sentiments and titles. "Capture the Moment" works perfectly with these green butterfly brads from the
3D Sparkly Garden Brads set.
The butterfly color matches the brighter green used in many of the papers in the line. They also work with this sentiment particularly well - reminding us to enjoy the special moments in our days (when we see something lovely like a butterfly).
For the next card I used a few more paper elements along with this adorable turtle chipboard sticker. I smile every time I look at the turtle!
The flower element has these cute faces but I didn't want so many faces on the card so I used some
Pure Blossom flower gems, along with flowers from the
Seasonal Medleys and
Gradient Gem Stickers for the centers.
The blinged out flowers add a lot of sparkle to the card.
This simple card combines the stylized rose chipboard stickers with the coordinating paper and a sticker from the collection. A few Gradient Gem Stickers added to the roses and the points of the label add interest and sparkle.
I layered the chipboard stickers to create more dimension and interest.
The little bird on this paper element has a sweet expression and the sentiment is yet another echo of the "lovely"' theme.
I added some daisies from the
Seasonal Medleys and placed a large
gradient gem sticker on the yellow centers for more sparkle.
Clear gem sticker centers on two sparkle buttons that I had left from the September Deal of the Month (girl) highlight the large flowers in the background paper at the top of the card.
For the next card, I cut off a section of three circles from one of the border strips and added a pink flower from the
Groovy Petal Medley to the center circle.
For the top and bottom circles I added a flower brad (also left from my September Deal of the Month package).
A small gradient gem sticker in the center of each flower adds more interest.
More small gradient gem stickers in alternating shades of pink balance the sparkle on both sides of the card.
This cute caterpillar would put a smile on anyone's face. It is fun to work with so many different paper patterns and find that you almost can't go wrong as you combine them in your projects.
I used the "Bloom" element and added some more flower brads and gem stickers.
Finally, here are two medallion cards that are enhanced with a
gem brad and
gem stickers. The medallions are punched with the Martha Stewart "Cherish" Punch Around the Page set.
I hope you enjoyed these simple cards. I had a great time just trying different paper and embellishment combinations and I know that I can make many more cards (and some other projects) with this collection. I'll be posting these soon on my personal blog, Capadia Designs.
I have had a lot of fun working with the October Kit of the Month-Vintage Halloween: earlier this month I created a two page layout using the kit of the month and today I am back with my second October project and again I turned to my kit to create a paper bag mini album and two gift card holders! There is so much product in this kit for such a fantastic price of $14.99! If you have not yet ordered it, don't delay, order it today!!!
Inside the mini album I used three Halloween Twinkle Stickers from the kit on the left page just above the photo mat. I just love these fun and sparkly stickers! On the right page I once again reached for the Gradient Gem Stickers-Black to add to the left of the costume sticker and to the little pumpkin sticker that was plain until I gave him black bling eyes and drew on a nose and a mouth.
the left page:
the right page:
But wait, this is not the last page! When I folded the bag I left the open end to the back so that I could add a pull out page at the end. I attached the pull out page to the inside of the bag using a piece of Black Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon so that it is easy to pull out the page and slide the page back in without falling completely out of the bag. I created a pull tab by simply cutting a small rectangle from black cardstock, scoring it down the center so that it could be easily folded, folded it along the scored line, used a corner rounder on the corners of the tab and adhered it to my pull out page. I used some Halloween stickers and some Gradient Gem Stickers-Black to finish the pull out page.
the pull out page:
The first one I made a little more masculine for my nephew using a Halloween Vintage Frame that says Ghost to Ghost from my kit, a Happy Halloween sticker that I had, and a round epoxy bat sticker that I had with a Vintage-MakeItYour-SelfAdhesive-Metal-Frames.
The second gift card holder I made more feminine for my niece using a Black Vintage Velvet Poppy (pearl center brad removed) and some black Vintage Velvet Ric Rac ribbon from the kit, three Pure Blossoms-Amber from my stash and three little Gradient Gems Stickers-Black in the center of each Pure Blossom.
Here is a baby name collage I created for my coworker. Her first grand daughter made her debut in September.
