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Colorful Life


Hi friends! Have you had a chance to check out the fabulous new July goodies from Not 2 Shabby? This month's box theme is tropical and I'm just loving all of these gorgeous products.  For today, I have a quick little card I created with the Birds of Paradise paper pad and one of the stamp sets in the July Box of the Month. If you like to watch the process, I do have a quick video for you below or on my YouTube channel.


I absolutely love this beautiful hibiscus image, so stamped it out in Versafine ink and then colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and a waterbrush. I cut it with my Scan 'n Cut and while I was at it cut a black mat with a .08" border to add some contrast.  I did the same with the sentiment, using a pencil to connect any letters that weren't connected.


Once things were cut out, I laid down my stamp over the stamped image to use as a mask, then splattered ink from the markers I used to color for a splashy background.  I tied in the black with a black mat around the Birds in Paradise print, then added to a skinny stripe patterned paper from the same pad.  Sparkly enamel dots add the perfect finishing touch.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Fresh Watermelon Wishes


Hi friends! Today I'm popping in with a birthday card featuring the June Paper Pad Club and Sweet Slice stamp set. I love this sentiment from the set and stamped it onto a die cut from the Emily's Alphabet Dies. Today I'm playing along with the This or That hop over on Instagram. This week's prompt is FRESH FRUIT or FRESH AIR. Seemed like the perfect time to pull out some of that Watermelon Summer Ephemera!




I've been into using up scraps lately, so this card started with a 3 x 3" scrap of both the watermelon plaid and watermelon patten paper. I cut the squares in half on the diagonal, then mounted onto a scalloped square die cut. This is layered onto a 2" x 4" scrap layered horizontally on a 4" x 5.25" die cut of the picnic plaid.  A super fun layout.

I finished off with a collage of watermelon images from the Watermelon Summer Ephemera. That watermelon sorbet has me drooling!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous day.