Paper Smooches Magic-A Team Effort!

Just wanted to share a quick card with you!  Can't really take credit for this, because that adorable unicorn from the Spectrum Stamp Set was the start of a friend's project and she really wasn't happy with it and abandoned it.  I saw promise so I stuffed it in my bag when it was time to go.

When I got home, I finished coloring him and the background in and put him inside this shaker.  For the window of the shaker I used the Frame 1 die.. cut it out in the center of my paper and used the negative space for my window.  Glued the window sheet to the back of my window layer, added some popup tape, poured some very pretty CDD Shimmer Sequins in the center and glued the front down.

Before I added my popup tape, I used my Misti to stamp this sentiment from the most awesome Magical Sampler sentiment set.  When it was all together, I tied my ribbon around the whole thing and scattered a few more sequins around.  I'd say that's about as clean and simple as I've ever gotten (if you ignore the ribbon... but why would you??)

And it was very funny because when I showed her the finished card, she didn't even realize that was her unicorn!  And I really didn't change it that much.  I think she just didn't like it so much that she didn't imagine it could be such a pretty little shaker!

Thanks for stopping!  I'm entering this one into a couple challenges... the Paper Smooches Guest Designer Search for December (still a few hours left to link up to this one) and the Word Art Wednesday Challenge #308-#309 Anything Goes! (You have a little less than a week to play along with this one!

See you again tomorrow!

The Cutting Cafe Clear Cardstock-Um Yes Please!

 

 

Have you gotten your Clear Cardstock from the Cutting Café Shop yet?  If you're like me, when you first saw it, you said Clear Cardstock?  Is it really clear?  Is it like Vellum... what exactly is this Clear Cardstock... well... it's clear!  And it is awesome and a really nice weight for projects of all kinds... shakers, treat boxes, and more.  Here I've used it to make a Butterfly Treat Box from the Cutting Café and a Shaker Card made using one of the fantastic overlay files available from the Cutting Café, For You Mom.  Now.. if you're a certain person reading my blog, you might think that this is for you... but you don't know that for sure.. so... just focus....

 

This Butterfly Treat Box is so cool!  And you can cut it out of cardstock... or here, I used the clear cardstock as a base and then covered parts of it with various printed paper and cardstock.  The paper is Graphic 45.  And the For You Mom Overlay set comes with some really cute sentiments to print and use on your projects if you wish... I used one of them here.... again.. you!... focus.

 

I'm also playing along with the Just Us Girls Color Challenge #339 using Lavender, Peach and Ivory... Sorbet is the closest color I had to a Peach so I went with it.

 

 

Here's a view from the side so  you can see how cute the clear cardstock base and handle are.  I added some Shimmer Trim to the handle.. you know.. so you can find it... cause... it's Clear!  And I used my Liquid Glass for adhesive because ... well... it's Clear!

 

And here is the card... I used the overlay from the set and added a frame on the inside so I could hide my foam tape (does anyone else have a need for REALLY skinny foam tape?)...

 

And here it is all shook up... I used a mix of some of my favorite sequins to get the right colors for the challenge.  And please... if you think this is cool... please be sure and hop on over to my fellow Cutting Café teammate's blog and check out her piece of art with the clear cardstock... you really don't want to miss that... do yourself a favor and visit Mitra here!



 

I added a few flowers that I colored with my Shin Hans, glittered with some Tim Holtz Distress Glitter and sprinkled a few more sequins and other doo-dads around.

 

Be sure to check out the Just Us Girls Challenge blog and play along!