Inspired By Summer

This past weekend I hosted my Summer Card Exchange. Participants were asked to create cards with a summer theme. I ask that they use as much Close To My Heart product as possible. This time I also threw in another challenge for them to create a card with a minimum of 6 layers.

There was a fun variety ranging from beach babes to pinwheels, a splash of bright colors to a patriotic theme. I also had hungry frogs and blue ribbon cows! They are all very creative. I hope you are inspired by our artwork!

 

 

This first card is my own. I wanted to use bright colors for my beach gal. No color is happier or brighter than yellow and the Dream Pop papers were perfect! I also used some glitter paper & buttons to kick it up one more level!

 



Happy Summer card by Stacie~

Celebrate this summer by Aysa~

Happy Cow by Tommie~

Happy Day Pinwheel by Pat~

Frog Hello Card by Julie~

Sassy Beach Babe by Janet~

I also had a sweet summer project for anyone that wanted to play after the exchange. I posted a sneak peek of it earlier this week. A fun little gift idea using the new small paper pouches and Dream Pop paper. A creative way to share some summer with a pouch of watermelon seeds!

Parade of Pages {Celebrate USA}

Today on my Parade of Pages we're celebrating America! and Yes, that's really a pie that I baked in the picture above! It's a delicious berry pie with cherries, blackberries, strawberries and blueberries! Yumm~O!

My pages today have some older patriotic papers and many older stamp sets! Even the "DREAM" irresistibles chipboard was from a promotional kit over a year ago. Like I said though, if I don't use it, then I won't have room for the new stuff! Have a safe & spectacular celebration today!

If you love the Fanfare paper you can get a pack of it paired with the Fanfare Level 2 Assortment. Place an order online July 11-15 of $75 and choose this pairing for free! {a $17.90 retail value} Click here to start shopping!



Little Birdie Mojo

It's a round or square sketch challenge on Mojo Monday this week. I chose square and I also chose to use the Stamp of the Month which will only be available for a few more days. I was having so much playing with the bird stamp that I came up with two cards. The first is a festive card for the upcoming 4th of July celebration!

For my second card I varied the sketch just slightly and it has a lighter, summer feel.

Get this stamp set before it's too late and don't forget you only have a few more days of Stampaganza also! You can order online here.

Calendar Club ~ June, July & August

This month my Calendar Club will not be making just 2 pages as usual. Instead they will be making 3 so that we wrap up this project in time for gift giving at the end of the year.

For June's page they will use the subtle colors of the Miracle papers. They will hang some "glowing" lanterns as the finishing touch to this simple design.

For July's page I "steered" clear of the typical stars and stripes of the season. Instead I've created the scene of a festive bicycle parade!

By the time we reach August we will need to "cool" down. What better way than ice cream and a splash of color!

July Back 2 Basics

The Back 2 Basics pages for July are patriotic and just plain fun. They are a perfect base for those 4th of July photo's. I love the color combination of Outdoor Denim, Indian Corn Blue, Cranberry and a crisp White Daisy base. Those attending will learn tone on tone random stamping, edge distressing, ink masking, color dragging and adding cute embellishments such as ribbon tabs.

It's July Already?

I can hardly believe that it's July already. This summer is flying by! I saw the post on Heart 2 Heart Challenges Blog for this week and was inspired to get Patriotic! Here are some scenes from around the house.

The first little goodie are some fabulous stars that were inspired by Helen over on the H2H Blog. I have larger tin stars throughout my home, so these were right down my alley! {products are CTMH except B&T papers are Cosmo Cricket}

On our recent vacation I was inspired to use floral's. I've had this patriotic tin for some time now and simply filled it with various floral's.

My daughter was inspired by a recent American Girl Magazine article to create her own 4th of July t~shirt. She had fun creating this and it kept her busy for a little while.

I have more ideas brewing, come back soon!