Using Leftover Pieces

Hello there! This week I'm back with a topic I struggle with most of the time... using those leftover scrap pieces of paper! Last week I shared a card with you for the Little Tangles blog and this week I'm kind of piggy backing off of it.  

One resolution I have this year is to use more of my scraps while making cards and scrapbooking.

For this card, I used the die cut shape from the A Lot to Say die by Neat and Tangled.  (The negative was used as a window for my shaker card last week.)  

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background of the card and pop-dotted the speech bubble for some depth.  All the sequins used are from Neat and Tangled (Perfectly Purple, Lovely Lilac, and Snow White) and the twine is from Pick Your Plum.  The polka dot paper is from a Lawn Fawn 6x6 paper pad.

Do you use your scrap pieces or do you just throw them out?

Thanks for stopping by!

Little Tangles: Saying Hello

Hello, everyone! Today I am extremely honored and excited to announce that I am now a member of the Little Tangles Design Team for 2015! If you aren't familiar with Little Tangles I urge you to go check out their blog HERE.  Little Tangles is the challenge blog associated with the INCREDIBLE stamps of Neat and Tangled! 

The first challenge of the year is:

I created this shaker box card for the challenge using the A Lot to Say Die and Just Hello stamp set from Neat and Tangled.

I outlined the A Lot to Say die on white cardstock and used the "hey" from the Just Hello stamp set with Hero Arts Wet Cement.  The "hello" was stamped with Versafine ink and I used clear embossing powder to make it pop.  Then, after die cutting the polka dot paper from Lawn Fawn, I used Scotch foam tape to create a shaker box.  I used all Neat and Tangled sequins (specifically Royally Blue, Powder Blue, Mermaid Tail, Summer Sky, and Ocean Breeze) to fill the shaker box. (Jennifer McGuire has an awesome tip on adhering a few sequins in the shaker box so that they don't all fall to the bottom.  You can find her video on that here.)

We would love to have you join in on the Saying Hello challenge! Here are the rules! 

 Challenge Guidelines:

• Create a NEW project based on the challenge theme. Your project must fit within the challenge theme in order to be eligible to win.
• Submit your entry through the Inlinkz tool on the Little Tangles challenge page. (If you have a blog, please link to the blog post with your challenge entry, not your entire blog!)
• Link back to our challenge and display our challenge graphic in your blog post.
• The use of Neat & Tangled stamps is not required, but it is strongly encouraged! If you don't own any Neat & Tangled stamps, check out the FREE digi stamps HERE
• You may enter as many times as you'd like.
• We'd love for you to be a follower of Little Tangles!
• You have until Tuesday, January 27th at 11:59 EST to enter.

I can't wait to see what you all create! 

Have A Moo-tiful Day!

Hello everyone!

Thought I'd share a birthday card I've recently created using the Birthday Farm Animals stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.

This card was super quick and easy to put together.  I used copics to color in the adorable farm animals, die cut the animals out, adhered them on a sheet of wood print cardstock (I used scotch foam tape to pop up the cow), and then matted that on some polka dots! After it was all assembled, I added some Stickles to the balloon and Wink of Stella to the party hats, cupcake, and birthday banner!

You can find the stamp set here and the coordinating die set here.

I am just starting to teach myself how to color with copics and I almost just color with them like a kid colors, with no shading or gradients (although I do try to shade, it just doesn't seem to stand out sometimes).

Do you enjoy using copics?