Creating the Scene

Heart 2 Heart challenge this week is to create a scene using 3 different stamps. Here is the scene that we are truly preparing for this weekend!

It is my daughters 12th Birthday and I have been preparing for the last couple of weeks. She is having a Mad Tea Party, inspired by the Alice in Wonderland movie. {the Tim Burton version} Here is a pic I sent out to friends and family as a reminder for the party.

Looove Johnny Depp, he is one of my faves! My daughter also has the full size cardboard figure of "Jacob" from Twilight. He's a cutie even in cardboard form! Ha!

For this card we have a scene in the backyard. Our trees just started blooming this week and the grass is getting green. I have made fun lanterns to hang just as you see here in the stamp set. I pulled out an older "family" stamp set to represent my daughter. How appropriate that the little girl is holding a phone!

Check out the Party Time pull tag!

Check back soon as I will post all the fun projects I've made including paper lanterns, invitations, Mad Hatter hats and more!

Calendar Club {February & March}

When my Calendar Club meets next time they will be creating the February and March pages. For February we made the focus on Valentine's Day and LOVE! Sweetheart floral papers are perfect! Club members received the new spritz pen at the first meeting, so we will use it again for this month. This time we fill it with Hollyhock re-inker and the shimmer paint to add a bit of sparkle. Did you know that you can spritz directly on our paper flowers to add some color? You bet we can, it really makes them come to life!

The March page incorporates that fabulous Trees & Things stamp that I featured here on my blog last week. I stamped the leaves in Juniper and Olive to match the Wings Basics papers. The little swing was hung on some hemp that has been tucked behind the page. This page is also unique because instead of one photo you can feature 4 of your favorite snap shots.

Trees & Things

Many new stamps caught my eye in the Spring Idea Book, but this one I knew would be one of the most fun. It's called Trees & Things and that's just what it is. You can create the tree for spring, summer, fall and winter. It has oodles of little fun items to add like this bird and a tire swing. Some other fun images include a hammock, lanterns, string of lights and even a squirrel!

For this card I wanted a full summery green tree with blue skies in the background. It's a split fold card with a pocket inside. Perfect for holding a Justice gift card for the lucky Birthday girl! The clouds were created by sponging some White Daisy ink on the sky blue card stock. The tire swing has a piece of hemp tied to it to give it more movement.

Check back next week to see how I used this same stamp on my March calendar page.