May Flowers

I hate that May is almost over. It's my favorite month. I'm pretty sure it will come back again though.

Anyway, I was cleaning out my craft room when I came across a giant wooden clothes pin. I used to have buckets of them. I just thought they were the cutest thing. I still see them all over the place and in all kinds of stores. I decided that I should finally do something with it, so here's what I whipped up using the Pink Blooming Garden embellishments that I picked up with the May Kit of the Month...

 

What have you been hoarding that you can turn into something fabulous???

Bye for now!

Laura Evangeline

Ideas for Using Pearl Stickers

Don't you love it when you find a way to use an item in an unexpected location?  Usually pearls are used to add sophistication to a card or layout.  Today I am going to share with you one way I found to use them to add some dimension to whimsical projects.  

If you look closely you can see I used two different shades of pearls (Gradient Pearl Stickers in White & Gradient Pearl Stickers Assorted) and a variety of sizes as well.  I started with the biggest and just started filling in from there.  

I did a similar thing with my cloud on this layout using some of Nikki Sivil's cute Summer line.  I also used butterflies and flowers from Pink Blooming Garden and Blue Blooming Garden included in the May Kit of the month.  They match this line perfectly and added just the right touch.  I used the Gradient Pearl Stickers  in White for my Cloud.  I used a variety of sizes but stuck with one shade of pearls for this one.  You can judge for yourself which you like better.

Since I was on a roll with the pearls I decided to incorporate them on one more card.  This time it's in a more typical sophisticated look...but still a different use.


OUT FOR PUBLICATION - WILL RETURN IN 2012 :)

The bottom of this card is made up of layers of coffee filters.  By itself it was too much white.  I found the Pink Gradient Pearl Stickers to be a perfect fix for that.  They break up the white, but they also bring out the pink from the top of the card.  

Have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!

Christine

Special Flowers for Special Cards

Hi, it's Diane today and I have a couple of cards to share with you.  These cards feature some of the beautiful and unusual flowers available from Creative Charms.

 

This is a blue Multi-layered Organza Flower - these flowers are so lovely and shimmery.  I thought the center pearl was a bit small for my card design, so I snipped the thread that holds it and added a larger white pearl Gradient Gem Sticker.

I also added medium pearl gem stickers and clear gem stickers to the outer points and some small gem stickers to some of the intersecting lines in the center section of the blue flower.  I designed this lacy flower shape with the Calligraphy Collection Cricut cartridge.

This baby card has a nostalgic pink chenille flower from the Fuzzy Daisy Kit.  Something about chenille just gives me a warm cozy feel!

The daisy comes with a polka dot center.  I decided to change this out for a large pink butterfly brad from the pink Blooming Garden collection.

A strip of pink Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon finishes the top of the card.

The sentiment was cut with the Cuttlebug Welcome Baby Combo Set.  The dotted paper is from the Cricut Imagine More Cards cartridge - I printed a full 12 x 12 sheet and trimmed it for the card.

If you would like more details and directions for making these cards, you'll find them on my personal blog, Capadia Designs.  Take a look around the Creative Charms website to see lots of other beautiful and unusual flowers that will make great focal points for your cards and projects.

Snowflakes in August and Flowers that Sparkle!

Blue and white is one of my absolute favorite color combinations - so fresh, clean and cool.  In the heat of August it is nice to take a break and think cool!  What could be cooler than snowflakes in the Summer?

I made this snowflake using the new Cheerful Seasons Cricut cartridge.  All of the layers are cut from Core'dinations cardstock with the white layer cut from the Core Couture glitter cardstock.  The intricate design and the cardstock are lovely but they need something more to make the snowflake really sparkle.

A large blue gem brad and gradient gem stickers from the blue Deal of the Month are the perfect finishing touches.

The second row of gem stickers from the left coordinate exactly with the color of the gem brad.

The ornament can be used on a card front with instructions to detach and hang from a tree.

It is still Summer so I made another card that is definitely more seasonal!

I added green to the blue and white scheme to make this bold and simple card.  The base paper cut is from the Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridge.

I added two felt flowers from the blue Blooming Garden and the blue felt and sequin flower from the deal of the month kit.

The blue flower had a sequin center so I "dressed up" the other two felt flowers by adding a gradient gem sticker to the center flower and a pure blossom gem to the flower on the right.

It is fun to mix and match and layer the various embellishments to create new looks.  The Deal of the Month gives you lots of possibilities to try.  I think I'll try some pink items next!

If you would like more details about the cuts and sizes for the Cricut items you can visit my blog, Capadia Designs.

Playtime Boy for a {big} boy's playtime

I had such fun boyish embellishments to play with this month, from the Playtime Boy embellishment pack.  I knew these would be perfect for a layout of the biggest boy in my house ;) playing with his new Lionel trains, on the train table that he recently built.

I used the felt words in the pack to create the title.  That's a page from a Maya Road chipboard album, which I covered in the Bo Bunny Mamarazzi patterned paper to create a fun focal point "base" for my title work.

The train made a fun little accent for the bottom of the page.

And I used punched circles to add some "pop" to a couple of the brads.

I also made a fun little card to share this month:

I accented my card with a couple of the sweet little felt butterflies from Blooming Garden, added a blue Gradient Gem Brad to the center of my flower/sentiment, three Gradient Gem Stickers along the bottom scallop, and some blue Polka Dot ribbon.  I love how quickly these fun embellishments made this card come together!

- Debbie

Cupcake Fun

Good Morning!  I have a fun layout to share with you today.  I put it together using the Blooming Garden felt butterflies.  They are so adorable and have great little details. 

These photos were taken at one of my daughter's Girl Scout meetings - they were making cupcakes.

Be sure to click on over to here to get yours:)

Michelle Lanning

Spring Blooming Garden

Let's celebrate the fact that Spring is right around the corner.  What better way than to feature this adorable butterfly.  For this card I used a technique called the Folded Frame Technique.  I love the colors in this CS from the BoBunny called Abbey Road and Abbey Road Vine from A Gift of Love collection and it went so well with the Blue Blooming Garden butterfly.  I also added a flower from the Gem Garden collection for a little glitz.  Happy Spring!!