Anything Goes #184 - Little Blue Button

Jo's Scrap Shack is being sponsored by Little Blue Button Stamps this week. It is always anything goes at Jo's Scrap Shack.

I choose this file to work with:

 

I wanted to use bright spring colors. I used watercolor pencils to color the image and a bit of this and a bit of that from my stash to add some flowers and bling.

 

Come on over and join in the fun at Jo's Scrap Shack this week.

 

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool below. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 

The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until April 21st by 6:00PM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of April 24th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!



 

Stage Card

I am always looking for new card designs to try out. I found this adorable, "Stage Card" over at Sugar Bean Cards. There is even a cut file for your Silhouette.

 This file was a lot of fun to play with and it is perfect for several different themes including mine of, "Spring in Arizona."

 

After adding my cacti and Joshua Tree I also added some very small decorative rocks and some real gold flecks. I used some copper colored Stickles on the sides as well as some green stickles to one of the cacti and fuchsia to the other cacti. 

 

The card was cut with my Cameo but all of the accents, cacti, Joshua tree were cut with my Cricut and the Southwest cartridge, the, "happy spring" was cut with the Don Juan cartridge and the flowers are a leftover from a previous project.

 

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Use Your Stuff #257 - Spring is in the air

 

Just Us Girls #386 - Photo Inspiration - I was inspired by the color of the tea pot

 

 

 

Cute Card Thursday #470 - spring-fever

 

Lemon Shortbread - #38 - Anything Goes

 

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

 

 

 

Tri-Fold Card & Tags

April showers bring May flowers making this file perfect to use for anything, "April", "showers" and/or, "butterflies".
 

 

You get 2 different size tags in 3 different designs for a total of 6 tags and you can print as many as you need. You can find this file here: Ewe-N-Me Printables.

 

The large tags are laid out on the page right next to each other making it a perfect Tri-Fold Card cut.

 

 

 After cutting the large tags out as one piece I scored the dividing lines to form the Tri-Fold then I added some stickles, "rain drops" on the umbrella, sequins to the little butterfly and some Glossy Accents to the rain drops underneath the umbrella. I also added Glossy Accents to the two other sides of the fold.
 

 
I added a die cut butterfly, sentiment and butterfly stamp to the inside.
 
On the small tags I added some Glossy Accents and some twine.
 

 



Thank you for stopping by to take a look.
 
Sue

 
 

Spring Note Cards

In an effort to restock my note card supply I have made a few more this week using this file:
 

 

I really love the pretty spring colors, you can find this file here: Ewe-N-Me Printables  You get 2 each of 4 different designs for a total of 8 hang tags per sheet and you can print as many sheets as you need.

 

 

I used a couple of different ways to decorate these, I used burlap on a few and a cute spring embossing folder on a few.

 

After adhering some thin chipboard to the images I cut them out, inked the edges, punched a hole in the top of each one and added some twine then a couple of sequins for a little sparkle.

 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

 

Sue

 

 

 





 

Sketch Journals

Spring has arrived in Northwest Arizona and spring brings flowers to mind. These hydrangeas are so pretty that I just couldn't resist this file.
 

 

You get two different images on one sheet and you can print as many as you need.

 





 I decided that I needed a couple of little sketch books that I can take along with me where ever I go.
 

 

 



After printing each image onto a 4" x 6" postcard, I mounted them onto pieces of 5 1/2" x 8" cardstock. I cut up an old cereal box to fit in between 2 pieces of the 5 1/2" x 8" cardstock. Then I added some ribbon, brads, sequins and it doesn't show in the photos but some Glossy Accents to the flower centers.
 
I used my Cinch to bind the pages and covers together.
 

 
 

More Quilling

I finally have the time to play along with a few challenges, I came across this one yesterday and the yellow made me think of spring and spring flowers. I am MORE than ready for spring to spring.

 

PINspirational Challenge 157

Then I came across this sketch.

Sketch N Scrap

Here is my card.

All of the papers are from my stash, I quilled the flower and the sentiment was generated with my computer and printer.

My new item is the quilled flower, this is the first time I have made it.

I will be entering this card into these challenges:

Pinspirational Challenges 157
Sketch N Scrap
Double Click - AKA A Busy Bee - Anything Goes
 Ccrafty Gals Corner Challenges - New For You
 

My Arizona Garden with Ewe-N-Me Printables

Back in Michigan I always had some type of garden, but here in NW Arizona the soil is sand and the ground is hard, our backyard is not user friendly, it's a long steep walk on a gravel covered path down to the bottom. Gardening here would take raised beds and more room than our current back yard offers so this is my Arizona Garden.  

 

I started with this beautiful collage sheet. You get 9 different seed envelopes and you can print them as many times as you need to.

 



I printed the file onto glossy photo paper then I backed it with a piece of chipboard and cut them out using my paper trimmer. Then I glued wooden sticks onto the backs of the images.

Using an old seed starter set up I had on hand I put a few coats of Mod Podge on the wooden crate and painted the pots off white.

 

When the Mod Podge dried I stamped images on the ends of the crate with StazOn ink and colored them with markers.

 

 

 

I didn't have anything on hand to fill the pots with so I went out into the yard and collected some of our landscaping rocks. Then I went to town decorating the front of the crate using, buttons, brads (I took off the prongs on the backs and attached them with my hot glue gun) and butterflies I cut and embossed with my Cuttlebug using some of the beautiful papers my kids have sent me from Japan.

 

 

Printable file from: http://www.ewenmeprintables.com/index.php 



Stamps are from: http://plumpurdy.com/

Flower buttons from: Melissa Frances