November Cookies - Take 1

Our first Challenge for November is baby-inspired.  There are so many ways to interpret this Challenge - baby boy, big sister, yellow & blue, big brother . So check out the Design Team's projects over at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie  and see what they have done with this cute inspiration photo !!

I decided to finally use some hoarded paper and came up with a Victorian-inspired card. I also used a variation of the yellow and blue color scheme by adding a touch of gold and several blues.

• On a black glossy chalkboard card base, I adhered a gold doily near the upper left side.
• I cut a piece of long hoarded Webster's Pages "Lullaby Lane" paper and adhered it to the bottom right of the card base, leaving just a touch of golden doily showing at the top left side.
• The sentiment is from a retired Stampin' Up set - Whimsical Words. It was stamped on Neenah Stardust White cardstock with Ranger Adirondack ink in Stream.
• I then paper-punched the sentiment with a Stampin' Up punch.
• A piece of turquoise velvet ribbon was placed across the top of the Lullaby Lane paper.
• I adhered the sentiment below the ribbon on the left side.
• The Lullaby Lane paper was placed in the bottom right corner of the card base.
• I used blue and gold rhinestones in the corners of the punched-out sentiment.
• The butterfly was punched from an undeveloped x-ray ( from my old ICU nursing days ) and stapled to the Lullaby Lane paper with a tiny silver staple.
• All elements were adhered using Tombow Adhesives. 

A Day For Daisies is our sponsor for this Challenge. Link up a project of your own , using our fun Inspiration photo. You just might win some digi designs from our sponsor.  Our challenges run for 2 weeks so be sure to link up before November 15. You can see the other Design Team's projects HERE.

Thank you for joining me again at Meticulosity.

May Cookies - Take 1

It's time for our first challenge of May over at the If You Give a Crafter a Cookie Challenge Blog and this one is all about Fairies.  Our sponsor this month is A Day For Daisies and they have the sweetest variety of stamps, from fairies to books to flowers to mermaids. I hope you will take a look and maybe even be inspired to link up a project to this challenge. Someone who links up will be randomly chosen to win some digis from our sponsor.

I have always loved moon designs and was immediately drawn to the Talking With The Moon digi. I love to paper-piece and this digi really lent itself to that technique. I especially loved the pinks and blues in our inspiration cookie photo as you can tell in my finished card.

• I  printed the image on Neenah Stardust White cardstock and trimmed it to keep a small edge around it.
• Using my favorite Faber-Castell PITT Artist pens and some Distress Markers, I colored in all of the image except for the moon and the fairy's dress.
• I love using scraps of paper ( that I call snibbles, which is what my mom called them ) . I also printed the image on a large enough scrap of yellow star paper and another of the blue floral paper in order to fussy-cut and paper-piece the moon and her dress. 
• I used an older MAMBI cardstock paper pad to find a piece of marbled paper with colors to match the digital image. I cut the marbled cardstock to leave a small edge around the image.
• A piece of pale yellow cardstock was used as a card base to tie into the moon image.
• Dazzling Diamonds Glitter  by Stampin' Up was used on the wings and several yellow stars  to add a bit of shimmer.
• The word WANDER was found in my Memory Planning Sticker Book from MAMBI. I love to use planner goodies in my card designs.
• This is one of those cards that you have a  rough idea for in your head  and are really pleased at how it turns out !!

I am sure that my teammate's have really done a fantastic job with this challenge . There were so  many great digis to choose from. You can check them all out here , where you will also find links to each member's blog. This challenge runs for 2 weeks and I hope you will link up a project - a card, planner page, tag or ATC. Whatever you are inspired to create from our amazing Fairy Cookie photo!!

Thank you for visiting Meticulosity for this first May Challenge.

Debra Davison / Meticulosity