Lovely {Paper Issues Getting Chippy Challenge}

Paper Issues has SO many fun challenges, and having extra time to scrap during the summer, I naturally want to play in all of them! I was indecisive, so I asked Kelly and Devra during their live scrap & chat yesterday morning to assign me a challenge, and they told me to play in the "Getting Chippy" challenge, which asks us to stop hoarding our chipboard and use it!

I came across a full sheet of My Mind's Eye On Trend chipboard, and the colors perfectly matched a photo I had sitting on my desk, so here's what I created:

Here are some details. I have a 6 x 6 pad of this On Trend collection, which is where that "Today is the Best..." cut-apart came from. I added those rhinestones, which are super old, at the last minute. The flowers, tag, and heart in the image below are all from the  On Trend chipboard sheet. 

For the background, I applied Heidi Swapp Colorshine in peach and mint using the packaging technique. I then used a Kaisercraft stencil and texture paste to add some dimension.

The leaves are die cut from a die by Simply Graphic, a Fench company. I added the flower brads at the last minute to give those chipboard flowers a little more interest. The "lovely" title is also from the On Trend chipboard set. I stamped the punched butterflies with a scripty text font.

I hope you'll come play along with some of our wonderful challenges at Paper Issues, and be sure to share them in the Paper Issues Friends & Fans Facebook group for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Paper Issues shop, and while you're there getting some of the latest and greatest products, you can get 20% off your entire order by using my code, Debbi (no e on the end).

CSI: Case File No. 253

Did you know May is Creative Beginnings Month? I'm not sure exactly how that's celebrated elsewhere, but at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration, we used the occasion to make up a beautiful new Case File:



And before I share my page, I want to let you know that we're having a design team call, which you can check out here.

Here is the page I created. These were the Evidence clues I used, which can be found at the bottom of the reveal. I used all the Evidence clues, along with palette from The Scheme.

• solid background
• solid cardstock
• stripes
• wonky dots
• scallops
• textured paper
• die cuts/cut files
• hand cutting
• washi tape
• leaves/branches
• jar/vase shape
• hand-drawn elements
• paint
• circles
• combine colorful patterns with a black and white pattern
• metal

I'm creating a bunch of pages for my pastor. This is going to be a surprise. Basically, I'm snagging photos of her adorable dogs off her Facebook page and using the captions for either titles or journaling. This photo was taken shortly after her third dog passed away, hence the title.

Here are some details. I knew I wanted to use these awesome leafy dies from Simply Graphic. A couple of the dies were from Peachy Cheap.I originally thought of either hand-cutting a vase, but then I remember all these jars from Dear Lizzy papers that were in my stash. I was going to just use one and make a cluster on the page, but my page evolved as I kept adding more jars. I  added some butterflies from a punch and sewed through them, leaving some of the ends of the thread behind to look like antennae.

For the metal clue, I found this awesome clip by Evalicious and tied some old printed tags that I think are by Making Memories. The jar that has the heart and rhinestone is a stamped image. I used the packaging technique in the background and added some hand-drawn hearts, another clue.

The flair badge, which I used for the circles clue, is by A Flair for Buttons.

I found this cool double-sided mulberry paper to use for the textured paper clue and tore it at the bottom and then tucked a lacy scalloped border underneath.

I do hope you'll come play in this fun challenge. We've got a whole bunch of prizes up for grabs from twelve awesome sponsors:

Jars to Inspire {CSI Case File No. 252}

Our mid-month challenge is live at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration. Here's the page I created for this challenge:

And here's the Case File for the challenge: I used most of the traditional clues from the Case File (which, since I'm the one who creates the clues, is how I drew inspiration from The Scene). From the Evidence list, I used stripes, dots, diamond pattern, text pattern, triangles, circles, doily, light bulb, frame, banner, numbers clip, metal, puffy stickers, animals, hearts. For the Testimony, I sort of put my journaling in a frame.

Here are some details. I used a combination of old and newer stuff on this page. My story is typed on that tag, which is tucked inside a really old transparent pocket by Creative Imaginations (Narratives). Probably a dozen years old. That yellow frame is a newer thing in my stash, as is the silver puffy sticker, which is by Freckled Fawn. That transparent light bulb is by Maya Road.

Below you can read my story. So I go to Weight Watchers on Saturday morning, and I started this jar thing a while back, and the tag tells the story behind the jars. The stamps on my page are all by Denim Tampons, one of our generous sponsors this month. They have the coolest stamps. There are some stamps in yellow and light gray, which are hard to see in my photos. I just love that scissor stamp.

The numbers are from a pack of rub-ons by Tim Holtz. Not sure who made the jar, but it came in a pack from Hobby Lobby. That flair badge is by A Flair for Buttons.

One of my favorite craft finds of all times at Michael's is that little black bunting. I wish they had it in other colors. The clear sticker that I put on my photograph is by Simple Stories.

And here's a shot of the title. My favorite thicker alpha by Amy Tangerine, some tiny letters from Lily Bee. The brackets are from a die by Simply Graphic, a French company, and that bird is a puffy sticker from that company that sells things for a dollar at Michael's (the name is escaping me at the moment). I added the bird because the lid of my pounds lost jar has a bird on it.