Tickled Pink

I've got a quick and easy card I'd like to share with you. I recently bought some new stamps and couldn't wait to play with them. They are all sentiment stamps and some of them are super cute.
This card is also part of the April Mini Crop over at Creative Inspiration. I hope you'll stop by and play along with some or all of our fun challenges going on.

I used some Core'dinations Hocus Pocus paper and embossed the flowers with my Cuttlebug and then sanded them a bit more to get the pink to show through. Then I stamped the sentiment with pink ink and embossed it with some clear embossing powder. I punched both ends with a border punch and then added some pink Nuvo Crystal Drops.

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The Cutest Best Friends at Their First Communion

I've got a quick and easy layout up at the ScraPerfect Blog today. I just love this photo of my granddaughter and her best friend so I wanted to keep the layout simple so the photo wouldn't get lost with a lot of embellishments.

All the papers used were from my scrap pile except for the background but I have to admit I've had that paper for many years. The photo mat is from a store bought card I received and saved because it was so pretty. It's hard to see but it's an embossed shiny pale green....so pretty. I've had those paper strips hanging around my desk for quite a while so I decided to use them before they got all messed up. It was so easy to get them lined up nice and straight because I used the Best Glue Ever. It doesn't dry right away so you have time to line up everything perfectly. 

The flowers were added using a stencil and white gesso. While the gesso was still wet I sprinkled on a couple of different colors of glitter. I shook off the excess and then got out my handy Perfect Cleaning Cloth to clean the rest of the glitter off the page. 

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Driving Down Beautiful And Breathtaking Skyline Drive

I recently had a layout up on the Robin's Nest Blog about my vacation drive along Skyline Drive in Virginia.

Robins Nest Products

Getaway Glitter Cardstock (reverse side)

Forest Trees Speciality Paper

Red Plaid Linen Cardstock

Hunter Green with Gold Glitter Cardstock

Outdoors Stickers

River Bed Tear Drops

Other Products

Cardstock

Wood Veneer

Best Glue Ever by ScraPerfect

I started by designing and cutting the background leaves out on my Cricut. I then backed them using some Getaway Glitter Cardstock (reverse side), Forest Trees Speciality Paper and both sides of the Red Plaid Linen Cardstock. I used some of the Best Glue Ever by ScraPerfect and that made it so much easier to line up the backing on the leaves. It doesn't dry right away so you have time to get it lined up perfectly.

I matted the photos with some dark green cardstock and placed the little The View tab from the Outdoors Stickers above the top photo along with a leaf shaped piece of wood veneer.

I cut out some arrows using the Hunter Green with Gold Glitter Cardstock and placed them in the top corner and along the bottom of the layout. I also scattered several of the  River Bed Tear Drops around the page because I just can't seem to do a layout without them.

Here's another look at my layout

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How To Make A Retro Masculine Birthday Card

Today I have a retro style masculine birthday card up on the ScraPerfect blog.  I always have a hard time with masculine cards and needed one quickly so I went to Cricut Design Space to see what I could come up with. This was a perfect image for the birthday boy as he is an entertainer and does mostly impersonations of older performers!

This was a quick and easy card but using the Best Glue Ever really makes it come together nicely. I always use it to layer paper on top of a base card. Since the glue doesn't dry right away you have time to get it lined up perfectly. I also used the  Best Glue Ever to add the fussy cut image and little music notes and if any seeps out you can always use the Perfect Crafting Pouch to get rid of the glue and and then use the Perfect Cleaning Cloth to get rid of the leftover residue from the pouch.

For the inside of the card I added a little pocket to hold a gift card for the birthday boy. Again I used the Best Glue Ever along with the Perfect Crafting Pouch and the Perfect Cleaning Cloth.  These three products make crafting so much easier. I can't imagine not using them every time I scrap.

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How To Make An Iris Folding Easter Card

Hello Scrappy Friends! I recently took an Iris Folding Card Class and decided to try one on my own. I made several of these type of cards years ago and forgot how fun it was. This is the perfect card for using up some of your scraps. I have a stash challenge up at Creative Inspiration also and used this card for the challenge. You don't have to make an Iris Folded Card, you just need to use scrap papers and stickers on your project.

You can find all sorts of different patterns just by searching online. Once you have a pattern printed out, you'll need to cut the pattern out and place it on your paper where you want the design to be.

Then you need to trace around the pattern. I only needed to trace around the top pattern of this design since I cut the bottom out of cardstock.

And now the hard part, at least for me. You have to cut out the pattern and you have to be very careful while doing so.

Then place it over top the original pattern that shows you where to place your strips of paper. I used washi tape to hold it in place. Each pattern will tell you where to place the different papers you use. This one called for 3 different patterned papers which you can see off to the right side in the photo below.

Cut strips of paper 1 1/2" wide and fold in half lengthwise. Using the guide provided with the pattern, start at #1 and put the appropriate strip on the pattern. The class I took told us to use scotch tape to adhere the paper strips but I used the Best Glue Ever and it was so much easier to position the strips correctly.  The photo below shows all the layers done except for the last 3. 

The center of the pattern is called the Iris and you should cover it with holographic or glitter paper. I decided to use a bright yellow glitter paper.

Once I finished it and removed the pattern from it I found that some of the glue had leaked through. I just grabbed  the Perfect Crafting Pouch and patted it all over the front of the card and then wiped it off using the Perfect Cleaning Cloth. It got rid of all the stickiness and cleaned it up beautifully.

Iris Folding can be quite bulky so I ended up popping this up on the card. I cut out the bottom pattern in printed cardstock and then added some grass and found some old stickers in my stash that went so well with this card.

Here's another look at the finished card

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Mama Bird

Welcome to the Creative Inspiration Blog Hop! For my project I decided to alter a metal bird I found at Hobby Lobby. It was a rusty metal bird that was attached to the wooden base.

I started by taking the bird off the base. I painted the bird with white acrylic paint and then put several colors of metallic gelatos over the paint. I added the nest on top of the base and reattached the bird. I added some moss to the nest and 3 little plastic eggs. I die cut the flower and the fern like leaves just to add a little color and then wrapped the blue and white twine around the base. 

My challenge to you is to make something that has a bird and flowers on it. It doesn't have to be an altered item. It can be a layout, card, ATC or whatever you want. 

Visit all the blogs below leaving a comment that you have been there.

1. Bev  http://beeceecreativity.blogspot.com/2017/04/creative-embellishments-april-challenge.html  

2. Tracy http://tracysscrappyhideaway.blogspot.com/2017/04/mama-bird.html  YOU ARE HERE 

3. Phillis http://justfindtimetoscrap.blogspot.com/2017/03/blog-hop-at-creative-inspiration.html

4. Deb P http://tassiedeb.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/creative-inspiration-easter-blog-hop.html

5. Colleen http://scrappingranny-colleen.blogspot.com/…/a-practical-an…

6. Louise T http://timelesscraftmumma.blogspot.com.au/

Then using something you saw on the hop that inspired you create and share your project in comments and who and what inspired your project. You have all month long to play along with us.

Post your project on the Creative Inspiration website under the Saturday, April 1st challenge. Be sure to comment here on my blog so that you will be eligible for a prize drawing.

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