Feelin' Summery.

The sun is shining, the ceiling fans are on, and everyone's getting ready for the holiday weekend. It's feeling like summer around here.

Finally. :)

I made another card yesterday for the challenge at Card-A-Licious to use stitching, flowers, and stars and incorporated it with this color challenge from Moxie Fab World:

Here's what I did. I really, really like how this turned out.

Close up- I use too many foam adhesive squares. :)

Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzill (Both Greens), The Paper Studio (White), and American Crafts (Yellow), Stamps- Hero Arts (Very Small Flowers) and Autumn Leaves (Everything else), Acrylic stars- Heidi Swapp for Advantus, Embroidery Thread- DMC, Black Ink- Tsukineko, Foam Adhesive Squares- EK Success, Paint Pen- ZIG by Ek Success, Colored pencils- Crayola, Rubon- Pebbles, Inc.

Next, here's a really quick journaling card for 52Q- What was the last brave thing I did? I was trying to come up with a way to use this Making Memories Just Chillin' Boy Collection Paper, and although I'm not too crazy about how this project turned out, I think it would be perfect for a Cards for Heroes card, so I'll work on that.

Supplies: Cardstock- The Paper Studio (Kraft) and American Crafts (Grey), Patterned Paper- Making Memories (Just Chillin' Boy and Girl Collections), Ink- Tim Holtz for Ranger, Marker- ZIG.

Look tomorrow (or maybe later today) for a post for the Cards for Heroes bloghop. For more info, check it out here. (There will be prizes!) I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend!

Love.

Brit

Saying goodbye for now...

is hard. I've said goodbye to too many of my very good friends in the past couple days; and that'll be even harder in 24 hours when I leave. I guess this is the life of the college student. Summer will bring good things, though. Creative, wonderful things. :)

Here are a couple cards I've made in the last couple days. I need to pack up my scraping stuff today, so I needed one last creative release. Here are the cards:

1. My favorite is for my roommate who is leaving in a couple hours. This was inspired by this sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You (#26)

My version:

Detail shot (love the flowers and the stamping on this!):

Supplies: Cardstock- The Paper Studio (Kraft and White), Archiver's (Blue), and Unknown (light green), Patterned Paper- Making Memories (Dot) and Basic Grey (Green), Stamps- Hero Arts, Ink- Tsukineko, Colored Pencils- Crayola, Brads- Making Memories, Flowers- Prima (paper) and Making Memories (Chipboard), White Paint Pen- ZIG.

2. Now here's an umbrella- inspired card for the current Moxie Fab World challenge. :)

Detail shot- love the dimension!

Supplies: Cardstock- American Crafts (Blue and Grey) and Bazzill (Dotted Swiss White), Patterned Paper- Making Memories, Letter Stickers- Making Memories, Pen- ZIG, Embroidery Floss- DMC, Ribbon- The Paper Studio, Ink- Tsukineko.

3. Here's a card to go with KJ's Stamp Pad Challenge #6. I think it might be missing something, but here it is anyways. :)

It says "I miss you (already)"- it's a little hard to read:

Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzill (Yellow and light Purple) and Unknown (Green and Dark Purple), Embroidery Floss- DMC, Stamp- Hero Arts, Embossing Ink and Powder- Ranger, Letter Stickers- American Crafts, Rub-ons- Doodlebug, Border Punch- Fiskars.

Well, it's time to stop procrastinating and start packing. Only one final left for me, and then I'm out of here and back to the land of cheese, relaxation, and my kitties. :)

Love.

Brit

Happy.

I'm happy today. Want to know why? A list of top ten things why I'm happy:

1. It's supposed to get up to 68 degrees today. And sunny. :)

2. I didn't wear a jacket or a sweatshirt allllll day yesterday.

3. I drew outside for three hours in drawing class. I even got a little sunburnt, but it's more a novelty than a pain.


4. Those cell phone pictures turned out pretty nicely. :)

5. I got my first sunburn of the year. Ohhh pale me (I'm seriously practically albino.)

6. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel for my McNeal Hall drawing- the drawing that every design student need to complete before they pass portfolio review. A 100+ drawing... pretty much my life lately.

7. I had a goal to wake up before 8:30 every day this week and have been sucessful thus far. I get so much done when I wake up and hour and a half before I have to leave!

8. I'm going hooooome this weekend!!!

9. I still have 40 minutes before I have to leave for class.

10. I have things to share with you. :)

First, a layout. I wrote this poem after eating lunch in the university mall last Thursday afternoon, and I really wanted to make this layout. Now that I'm done, I realize that this might have been better as a 6 by 12 layout, but it is what it is. Scrapbooking is about process, right? :)

Close-up of the journaling that I wrote: (click to enlarge)
Supplies: Cardstock- The Paper Studio (white) and Bazzil (Green), Patterned Paper- Deja Views (multicolored stripes) an American Crafts (pink lines), Ribbon- The Paper Studio, Flowers- Prima, Brads- Queen & Co., Border Punch- Threading Water by Fiskars, Letter Stickers- American Crafts, and Staples- Unknown.

Second, I have two more cards from the 52Q project by Emily Falconbridge. I love this, because it's all about playing. For example, I never would've paired all of those patterned papers together on my week 2 card on a layout, but I wanted to try it on this smaller scale. There's really no failure when it comes to this, just learning. Love it!

Week 2:
Supplies: Cardstock- The Paper Studio, Patterned Paper- Scenic Route (multicolored arrows), American Crafts (pink and orange scallops and Pink Lines), and KI Memories Love, Elsie (embossed arrows background) and Basic Grey (blue), Chipboard- Making Memories, Paint- Liquitex, Brad- The Paper Studio, Flower- Prima, Marker- ZIG, Ink- StazOn by Tsukineko, Dimensionals- EK Sucess.

Week 3:
Cardstock- The Paper Studio (white and vellum) and unknown (gold butterfly and purple), Glitter Paper- Doodlebug (second layer of butterfly), Pattern Paper- Basic Grey, Butterfly Punch- EK Sucess, Corner Rounder- The Paper Studio, Chipboard Frame- Scenic Route, Heart Ghost Shape- Heidi Swapp, Puffy Paint- Duncan Crafts, Pearls- Hero Arts, Rhinestones- The Paper Studio, Fairy- Own Design, Colored Pencils- Crayola.

Oh, and a few more happy things:

11. The fact that I was a winner on the Moxie Fab Blog yesterday for my card with stitching on it. :) (Toot!)

12. Did I mention that it's gorgeous outside?

Love.

Brit

P.S.- Make sure to ENTER THE GIVEAWAY below!