EZ Breezy Beautiful

Hey friends! How has July been treating you? It's been a busy one for me with vacation and prepping for The Paper Escape retreat I'm teaching at this fall. Today I'm popping in with a sweet card I created while taking a little "me time" to color the other day.

The papers and stamps are from the Not 2 Shabby July Box of the Month. I just love the tropical theme! i colored up the bird and flowers in pinks and reds to match the colors in the Birds in Paradise paper, then pulled out EZ Wonder Die #2 and the EZ Wonder #2 Add for a super quick layout. I love how the angled piece gives a little interest, and a spot for the bird to perch.

I finished with some sparkle enamel dots to make things shine!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous day. Just a note that the VIP tickets to The Paper Escape went on sale this week and there are only a handful left! The VIP tickets include class kits with all the papers cut and ready to press play on retreat day. Here's a little peek at a portion of the  kitting process for my class. So excited to share this little book of treats with everyone!

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Shaking it Up

Hi friends! I'm back with another project featuring the Ultimate Snow Globe Shaker Die! This time I decided to use it as a snow globe.  I just love the cute little scene building dies Linh included to create your own winter scene. As a kid, I had a snow globe very similar to this, with a blue sky, a snowman, and some snowy hills. So it seemed like the perfect time to recreate it.

I started with the smaller of the large circles on white cardstock as well as some metallic cardstock. I used the hill border die on the glitter paper circle to create the slopes, then masked off the area where I wanted the hills to go on the white circle.  I blended the sky with chipped sapphire, faded denim, and stormy sky distress ink, then dropped water droplets on it, for the effect of falling snow.

Next I cut out the snow man from white cardstock. I pieced in the nose and buttons with orange and black cardstock pieces, then used Copic markers for the hat, arms, and a bit of shading around his body.  The tree was cut from evergreen cardstock and I added just a touch of texture with a dark green Copic.

I cut a few snowflakes from the same glitter paper for accents, then chose a dark background to let my snowglobe really stand out.  The snow globe base is cut with woodgrain paper from the Farm Life paper pad. I sponged around the edges with vintage photo distress ink for a b it of depth, then embossed the Let it Snow sentiment from Winter Wishes directly onto the bas to finish things off.

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

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