What's in your bag?

The designers over at Limelight Paper Crafts is have terrific WCMD challenges and games. To keep track of my entries at Mandy's blog I'm posting all the pictures for her "What's in your bag" game.

What's in your bag #1 (what did you have for breakfast?)

What's in your bag #2 (Show a picture of your mouse pad)

What's in your bag #3 (Show an unfinished project/card)

Inspired by Amy Hadley

I was inspired by Amy Hadley's tutorial at the Scrap in Art website. She posted this tutorial for World Card Making Day. Here is my interpretation using only supplies from my stash.

Dahlia Folding Instructions

I had trouble understanding the dahlia folding instructions until I finally found directions that had clear pictures that documented each fold. This technique is very easy to do and I was amazed when I finally figured it out how simple it was to create these fantastic embellishments.

I decided to create a tutorial that I hope simplifies the folds so that anyone can try this technique. I saved it in a .pdf file (you will need Adobe Reader to view it) Click HERE to open the file. You are welcome to save a copy to your computer or print it off for your own personal use.

If you try my instructions and they work for you please leave me a comment.

Happy creating!

Dahlia with pearls

I wanted to try my hand at the Dahlia fold that I have seen over at splitcoaststampers.com Here is what I came up with. I added pearls to dress it up. The flourishes are rub ons that I had in my stash. Used the threading waters punch for the bottom. The DP is Soft Watercolors by Beary Patch.

Happy Owloween Card

This card was a learning experience using Design Studio. I created the card as one cutout in the gray cardstock, and cut out the layers separately. The background star paper should be on the inside of the card but my cardstock wasn't quite heavy enough to leave the "window" open. So I had to attach it to the back of the image. My cut file worked great so I can recreate this card when I get heavier cardstock.

I used Design Studio plus 6 different cartridges. Animal Kingdom for the Owl, Doodlecharms for the Pumpkin and Spider, George for the Moon, Opposites Attract for the word Owloween, Pooh & Friends for the Tree Branch, and Walk In My Garden for the word Happy.

The owl was cut at 2". I flocked the spider and added wiggle eyes. The pumpkin face is a stamp from Peachy Keen stamps and yellow stickles were added to the eyes and mouth. The doodles on the edge of the card were made with orange glitter gel pen and black stickles for the dots. The tree branches are 2 separate cuts that are overlapped. I had some patterned paper that looks like wood which really turned out perfect for the branches.

I learned many things creating this cut file. I won't be so hesitant to really put Design Studio to use in the future.