Just Us Girls 120 color...Seize the Cupcake!

note:  Last chance to enter for my My Minds Eye paper drawing. I'll pick a winner after this weekend...don't miss out!

 

Hey Just Us Girls fans!  This week is a fabulous color challenge of red, white and pink!  I decided to use it as inspiration for a sweet treat of a card...the cupcake card cut file from Kelleigh Ratzlaff!  If you want to see examples of other ways I have used this cut file check out this post, this post, this post, and this post.  You can't really go wrong dressing up a cupcake shaped card!

I limited the red in my card to the pop of the heart shaped gem "cherry" on top and the fun birthday banner I stamped using sentiment stamps from Wilson Designs Strawberry Lemonade and a birthday set from Papertrey Ink.  I used a toothpick to wrap the flag and paper streamers around before I planted it behind the heart shaped gem.  Fabric paints continue to be my favorite "frosting" for these cards.

Swiss dot embossed white paper is like frosting with built in "sprinkles"!

If you are looking for sparkle and shine, be sure and check out what the rest of the girls did this week.....

Elise Durenberger

Pam Imholz

Maria Levine

Lisa Kind

Andrea Matthews

Kathryn Berthiaume

Lynn Magnan

Vicki Dutcher

Guest Designer for January...the talented Kylie Kueter!

Thanks so much for coming by today.  I hope you'll join us for the challenge!

Cut File:  Kelleigh Ratzlaff
Stamps: Wilson Designs and Papertrey
Ink: Stampin Up
Embossing: Cuttlebug
Paper: MME and Papertrey
Craft Supply: trims, fabric paint, heart shaped gem, toothpick

Just Us Girls #111 color challenge...building winter tags with buttons!

Hey friends!  There is a new color challenge going on over at Just Us Girls this week.  Vicki is getting us in the Christmas spirit with a red, white and green challenge!  I love Christmas crafting so this is right up my alley....thanks Vicki!

I decided to do a series of tags for this challenge and also incorporate BUTTONS to enter into the Buttons Galore and More challenge like I did over on my Christmas Cash envelope post.  The tag above has a favorite Waltzingmouse stamp on it plus a new love, candy cane striped pipe cleaner (!), a button festooned holly and an ol' standby...vintage sheet music (oops!  upside down)  Glitter and holiday striped yarn finish this tag off.

For the Rudolph fans, a cute googly-eyed, red button nosed deer!

The fab antler stamps are Inkadinkadoo!  One stamp for each side....just love the possibilities with these!

And finally a Frosty built of buttons!  What snowman about town would be complete without a dapper top hat and fleece scarf?? 

Notice how my middle button is a little mis-made on the bottom....but building a snowman with this button made the missing piece seem purposeful!  Frosty pops off a white embossed Waltzingmouse stamped label on red background layered onto a swiss dot embossed oval.  And more silver glitter and holiday yarn of course!

Are you ready to get your red, white and green on?  Be sure and swing my the design teams blogs and leave these hard working creative gals some love!

Elise Durenberger

Pam Imholz

Maria Levine

Lisa Kind

Andrea Matthews

Kathryn Berthiaume

Lynn Magnan

Vicki Dutcher

Plus our guest designer for the month of November, Kim O'Connell!

I hope you'll join us for this fabulous week of color!  Feel free to grab the challenge graphic from above or over at the Just Us Girls blog to include in your post and we'll see you soon!  Thanks so much for stopping by, I love your company!

Candy Cane Tag
Paper: Papertrey and vintage sheet music
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps
Die: Spellbinders
Craft Supply: pipe cleaner, buttons, yarn and fabric glitter glue

Deer Tag
Paper: Papertrey
Stamps: Inkadinkadoo
Craft Supply: button, yarn, glitter glue and google eyes

Snowman Tag
Paper: Papertrey
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps
Dies: Spellbinders
Ink and embossing: Stampin Up!
Envelope embosser: Cuttlebug swiss dots
Craft supply: buttons, yarn, glitter glue, embroidery floss, fleece, fabric paint

Just Us Girls #100 plus Blog Candy! ...Ciao!

Ciao bellas!  I'm so tickled your here!  This week the Just Us Girls crew celebrates the 100th challenge!  Yipes!  How fantistico!  To honor the distance we've come, we are taking it back old skool...to the very first sketch!  Snap in for a wonderful ride on the Just Us Girls REmix!  Remember this gem of a sketch????

Yep, she's back and ready for more action!  I recently received some stamps from darling Kim of Wilson Designs.  Among the stack was this so FUN set called Scoot Away with Me.  From the day Kim released this set, I have been jones-ing to recreate this real life scoot-scoot I saw in Como, Italy last year...

Can't you just picture me scooting around on this aqua baby in my designer stilettos???  OK maybe not but I do adore a cool Vespa...especially in Italy!  I guess, for now, I'll have to stick to stamps!

Mee-owww!  Isn't she the cutest little scooter rider??!  DAH-LING really! How do you keep your hair "helmet-head" free?!  Kim hit this right on the money...there are absolutely ladies dressed to the nines riding their scooters in Italy.  *love*

The sentiments font in the set is super cute too!  I love the retro feel the script has plus there is a houndstooth pattern stamp too. 

*candy alert*candy alert*candy alert*

The JUGs girl have put together some custom blog candy packages for the 100th sketch week!  Be sure and hop to each blog and comment for your chance to win.  For my candy package, I've put together some vintage faves....bookprint, music sheets, old ledger paper, monopoly money, pearl trim and some hand selected mother of pearl buttons!  I've also included 4+ yards of twine from the Twinery in fall colors and 4 wood mount stamps from American Crafts!  If you like the sound of that, please leave a comment that says "I want it!" (or any other form of "gimme" that suits you) and you are entered to win.  If you are a follower here at Paper Daydream, give yourself another chance with a second comment. 

Just had to share a closeup of those buttons.  YUM-o!

Check out the girls.....

Pam Imholz

Maria Levine

Lisa Kind

Andrea Matthews

Kathryn Berthiaume

Elise Durenberger

PLUS the fabulous and wonderful Monique Hansen joins us this month as our guest designer!  Yay!

OK crafters, let's work this sketch OUT!  Can't wait! 

Can you guess what color my next stamped scooter will be?????

Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Papertrey
Stamps: Wilson Designs
Twine: The twinery
Glitter: Stickles
Punch: CM
Embossing: Swiss dots

Just Us Girls #80 color challenge...and happy birthday LISA!

Hey JUGs fans!  This is BIRTHDAY week at Just Us Girls!  First, our dear Elise and now, our hostess with the mostest, the lovely Lisa Kind!  Lisa picked our challenge colors this week and bonus challenges us to make it a birthday card.....well, THAT was easy since I needed a card to send to my friend! Happy Birthday Lisa!  Not only do the JUGs want to wish Lisa a very happy birthday but check out this post over at My Time Made Easy for a complete list of creative ladies who are kicking off the birthday wishes in beautiful style. 

I've been trying my hand at crepe paper streamer flowers lately and I just happened to have this pretty pale coral color!  Having fun with distressed cardboard for the leaves, music paper bordered with Nestabling pennant in silver and lots of other fun and shabby details.

Including these vintage cream colored pearls I salvaged from a piece of jewelry.  LOVE giving new life to bits and baubles.

Ready to infuse some new vigor in your color palettes?   I think you'll love playing along with Just Us Girls this week in color challenge #80!

Kristin Eberline

Pam Imholz

Maria Levine

Lisa Kind

Andrea Matthews

Kathryn Berthiaume

Elise Durenberger

And please also leave some love for the FABULOUS April guest designer, Teresa Kline!
 

Paper: Papertrey Ink, vintage book print

Stamps: Clearly Vintage and Papertrey Ink

Bling: Want2Scrap

Ink: Staz on, SU!

Dies and punches: Papertrey Ink, spellbinders and Martha Stewart

Embosser: Cuttlebug

Craft Supply: twine, beads, buttons, floss, crepe party streamer

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop Sensational Scallops plus Color Throwdown!

Happy friday!  Today is Papertrey Ink's Blog hop featuring sensational scallops!  It has been a loooong time since I was able to participate in in a blog hop with PTI and almost equally as long since I've played with the gals over at the Color Throwdown!

Here's what I came up with....

So where are the scallops you ask???

I decided to use a scalloped circle die by Spellbinders to create a felt rose flower.

After die cutting the scalloped circle, I spiral cut the circle using a waving and random cut.

I started by rolling the outside edge of the spiral upon itself in order to build the flower from the inside out.  Once nearing the center, I applied Fabri-tac and finished rolling the flower all the way to the end.

This is the bottom of the rolled flower ready to be capped with the remaining circle of attached felt.

The bottom....

Once complete there is a nice dimension to the flower.  The height depends on how thick or thin you cut your spiral in the beginning.

I adorned the flower center with yellow sharpie colored Want2Scrap white pearls and added some pearl beaded trim I had in my stash which extends off the edge of the card.

Wow!  Check out all the different textures!  I love the contrasts and compliments in the ingredients of this card.  Especially the GORGEOUS die cut from Spellbinders Fancy Tag 2 set!  I would like to say thank you very much Spellbinders for your gorgeous products and I look forward to pairing up Nestability dies with Want2Scrap custom bling starting April 1!

So thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!  If this is your first time by I wish you a hearty "Hello" and for those returning, "nice to see you again"!  Have a great friday, friends, and I'll be back later tp share the latest challenge from the Just Us Girls DT tomorrow!

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink

Paper: Papertrey Ink

Ink: Stampin Up

Bling: Want2Scrap

Die Cuts: Spellbinders

Embosser: Cuttlebug

Craft supply: buttons, orange sewing thread, craft felt, twine, doily, pearl beaded trim

 

Make it Monday #3 glitter strips...{butterfly wish big}

I love this "wish big" sentiment from Papertrey Ink and I am excited to play along with their Make It Monday challenge this week...glitter strips with scor tape!  I DO love glittery bits whether it be micro glitter or bling from Want2Scrap, if it sparkles I like it!  Check out the results of pouring micro glitter over super sticky scor tape....

Wowsers!  That's SHINY!  I used my glitter strip as an accent to a white paper punched edge.

I also used pieces of the Large Pair Fancy Brackets in pearl from Want2Scrap for my butterfly flight path.  A simple once over with a raspberry sharpie creates that hot pink pearl swirl.

I was also able to customize my layered butterflies using two seamstress pins for antennae secured in foam dimensional tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Supplies:

Paper: Papertrey Ink, DCWV

Stamps: Papertrey Ink

Ribbon: Papertrey Ink

Bling: Want2Scrap

Glitter: Martha Stewart

Embossers: Cuttlebug (swiss dots) and Tim Holtz (music)

Ink: SU!

Dies and punch: Spellbinders and Martha Stewart

Paper flower: Prima

Craft supply: seamstress pins and metal rimmed tag