Coffee Balloon Card

Hello and Welcome!

I love the look of overlapping, colorful balloons. So I decided to give it a try:

There seems to be so much fun inspiration and celebration out here in blogland right now. This card was inspired Amy Kolling's card celebrating Sugar Pea's 3rd year. You can check out the fun here.

The balloons were stamped with Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalking Inks, which work so well and are my favorite colored inks. Love the candy colors; you can take a look at them here.

The fun cup is from The Cat Pajama's Cups Duo CutUps. The floating coffee cup was, of course,  inspired by my all time favorite Blog Hop "Coffee Lovers!"

This card is entered in:

• The Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop at Coffee Loving Cardmakers

               

• TCP Tuesday #334 "Spring" at The Cat's Pajamas

               

• The 3rd Birthday Bash Celebration at Sugar Pea Designs

              

• YNS Color Challenge #60 at Your Next Stamp

                 

• The National Craft Month Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

               

• The "Things With Wings" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Treasure Hunt Page

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My boys have loved doing our annual Leprechaun treasure hunt. Tyler is an adult, but still drives over to our house for the fun. Aaron has been doing this since Kindergarten (he's 16 now) and can't wait for the hunt. Check out the lower right-hand photo, where Tyler is looking for the clue (which is shown by the arrow).

This page is based on a sketch by Sketch N Scrap. Most of the pattern papers are by Doodlebug. I added some fun tiny green buttons and zig zag machine stitching.

The fun heat embossed stars are from Ellen Hutson's Wonky Backdrops stamp set and add a magical look.

This page is entered in:

• The Monochromatic Challenge at Colorful Creations

              

• Sketch N Scrap Challenge #124

              

• Ellen Hutson's March Pin-Sights Challenge 

• The "Anything Goes" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by and hope the Leprechauns are good to you too,
-june

From Fine to Fabulous

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Today we are going to "kick-it-up" with Quick Quotes' new Mulberry Paper Collection by looking at 5 easy ways to add a lot more interest to your layout. First here is my basic page:

Now with just a few additions, look at the dramatic difference:

 

 5 Easy Design Tips:

1. Add Splatters for more color, excitement and fun. And in this case, instant confetti! I made the splatters by applying PowderPuff Chalking Inks to an acrylic block, misting with water and flicking it onto my page with a paint brush. Here I used Royal Blue, Sky Blue, Buttercup and mixed Hydrangea with Lipstick PowderPuff Inks.

2 .Use A Border Punch to add eye-catching detail. You can also use your punched border on several areas around your layout.

3. Layer Your Papers to draw focus to your subject and add depth. Quick Quotes pattern papers are designed to be layered, so you can't go wrong. Here I layered Mulberry MB-100, 101, 103 & 105.  Plus, by inking the edges with PowderPuff Inks (I used Royal Blue), even more depth is created and the papers become more cohesive.

4. Say It With A Banner. To make the title really pop and seem to have movement, I changed it into a banner and backed it with 3L Foam Squares to add depth. It makes more of a statement now.

5. Include Fun Quotes. Quick Quotes is a master at having just the right words for all occasions. By adding a few sayings around your page, you can bring in more heart-warming moments and big smiles. Check out the many Quick Quotes Phrase Sheets here.

Hopefully, you are inspired to try some of these ideas and have fun creating with the new Mulberry paper collection. Quick Quotes has also added 3 other new collections that you can check out here. They are all so gorgeous!

Quick Quotes Supplies:
Mulberry Paper Pack *new*
Mulberry Paper Phrases *coming soon*
2017 PowderPuff Chalking Inks: Royal Blue & Lipstick
2015 PowderPuff Chalking Inks: Buttercup, Hydrangea & Sky Blue


This page is entered in:

• The "Anything Goes" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Welcome Spring Card With MarkerPOP!

Hello and welcome!

 I am so excited to share with you that MarkerPOP asked me to be their Guest Designer today! MarkerPOP's blog is always filled with so many wonderful ideas and techniques with a very talented Design Team. So it is a real honor to chosen to work with them. The MarkerPOP shop is also loaded with all the popular products many of them at discount prices. You can check them out here.

Here is my Guest Designer card that was inspired by MarkerPOP's challenge #117:

Most of the products I used for this fun springy card can be found in the MarkerPOP store. The cute bird (colored with Zig Clean Color markers and Wink Of Stella glitter), branch and "welcome" are from Winnie & Walter's So Tweet stamp set. The "spring" is a Winnie & Walter's diecut (The Big, the Bold, and the Seasons). The sequins are Pretty Pink Posh clear 3mm & 6mm. The stitched circle is the Die-namics Starry Circle (I love the outside stitching detail).

Take a moment to check out my card and the fun new challenge over at MarkerPOP. Who knows you might even win a prize! (and their "mystery boxes" are filled with LOTS of fabulous goodies).

This page is entered in:

• The March Color Combo Challenge at Winnie & Walter

• The "Layer It Up" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The "More Than One Die/Punch" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Girl Talk Card

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I have a wonderful girlfriend who is a big fan of my work. So I wanted to make her a fun card and meet for coffee soon to hear about her recent trip. This is the card:

I love working on dark cardstock and trying different coloring techniques. Today I used Papertrey Inks' Flower Fusion & Heart-2-Heart stamps with Versamark ink and Zing & Ranger embossing powders. I love how all the colors POP!

This card was inspired by the following challenges:

• The March 2017 Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink 

• Pink & Main Challenge #19 "Spring" 

               

• YNS Color Challenge #60 at Your Next Stamp

               

• The Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop at Coffee Loving Cardmakers

              

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

A Night To Remember

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Wanting to expose our trumpet-playing son to a great concert featuring his instrument, we got tickets to the Herb Alpert performance. (You may remember Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass from the 1960s.) This concert was AMAZING and I can't encourage you enough to goggle "Herb Alpert" to learn more about this fascinating, talented man. Anyway, here is a layout from that magical night:

This page is based on a sketch at Scrap Our Stash were I am being featured today. You can check out their fun challenge and maybe win a prize here. I was excited to use this large record paper (which has been in my stash forever) and the new Authentique musical patten papers. I also broke out my Memory Box musical notes and Ellentina trumpet diecuts. To tie the page together, Heidi Swapp's tinsel Color Shine was splattered around the page.

This page is entered in:

• The "Layer It Up" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The "More Than One Die/Punch" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Whimsical Windsong

Top O' the morning to you and wishing you a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

After being cooped up in the house for far too long, we decided it was time to get outside, explore and have some fun as a family. So it was off to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum! This is a photo of our favorite place there:

This fun place deserved fun paper and I was so excited to get my hands on Quick Quotes' Windsong WS104 as it was just begging to be colored. And what better way to color it than with Powder Puff Chalking Inks. Using Fantastix coloring tools, you can use turn your ink pads into markers! Just touch these sticks into your ink and color away. I used Buttercup, Terra Cotta, Sunset, Fuchsia, Seafoam & Rose Petal inks to add touches of color around the page and customize it.

So many Quick Quotes paper collections work together - I love that! The photo is layered with Windsong WS101 and both sides of Chiffon 101. For the title and journaling block, I used Sheer Joy Strip SJ600. All of the papers were edged with Seafoam and Latte Powder Puff Chalking Inks. For embellishing details, I added Quick Quotes Unique Rustic Patina Metal Embellishment flowers. These metal flowers were perfect for a page about a metal sculpture. I added Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins for a magical sparkle, and Liquid Pearls for depth and color.

Quick Quotes Products:
Windsong Paper Pack *New*
Chiffon 101
Sheer Joy Strip
Metal Embellishment flowers
Powder Puff Chalking Inks: Buttercup, Fuchsia, Sunset, Seafoam & Latte
2017 PowderPuff Chalking Ink: Rose Petal & Terra Cotta *New*

Other Products:
Liquid Pearls
Martha Stewart dragonfly & boarder punches
mesh tape
sequins


This layout is also entered in:

• Pink & Main Challenge #19 "Spring"

• The "Bit O' Green" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by today and check out all the fun new products at the Quick Quotes Online Store,
-june