Sentimental School Days!

Hi everyone!  So, earlier this month I attended my card making class at Scrap Girl Angie's with the guest crafting teacher Mindy Baxter, as some of you already know.  I shared a few hours of premium crafting time with some lovely ladies making a real treat of a project!  I won't have a lot of information on this pretty little gift box but I can tell you some!  The tutorial was from SCS site and it was one of Beate Johns.  I had never done a box card before and was pleased to hear that it wasn't assembled with any glue!  Nope, all folds except the trim lace!  Nice huh?

I had to show you the terrific little image and the awesome style of Mindy Baxter, but I didn't want to post it as my DT work for Sentimental Sundays.  So I am going to show it to you and I am also going to tell you all that there is a fabulous new challenge this week starting today.  The theme this week is:

Back to school

Sponsored by Heart Song Designs

and what better image and project than this Little Darling  "Go Team" from Love to Stamp store (where I get the best prices on my favorite design papers) for the Sentimental Sundays theme?  So two birds and one stone I guess.  Hope you enjoy it and I want to thank Angie and Mindy again for everything!  I enjoyed coloring and assembling the projects and loved the challenge as well!

Come by Sentimental Sundays today and join us for the Back to School challenge and show us your creations!

INGREDIENTS: 

Little Darling image from the Love To Stamp Store

Raindrop Echo Design w/Whimsy sentimetn

Magnolia leaf punch

Nestie classic oval and scalloped oval

 MEDIUMS:

Copic Sketch

 EMBELLISHMENTS:

Wild Orchid Crafts flowers

 INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

Be proud of  YOUR work, but also grateful for OTHERS!

Thank you for visiting,

 

Pleated Ruffles for Little Darling GDT

Well today is my last chance to inspire as a part of the Little Darlings Challenge as a Guest Designer.  I've tried very hard to do my best to do these romantic and genuinely lovely stamps justice.   I want to thank them for the opportunity and wish them only the best on their journey!  I hope they know how thrilled and honored I am to have been able to share the images and designs with all of my wonderful followers and I hope to see you all join in on the Little Darling Challenge blog.  

This time I wanted to find a way of adding pleats and ruffles that was out of the ordinary so I googled "Pleats challenge" and found my inspiration to fit the challenge there.  I used one of my new "Bottle cap design" sentiments today as well as the "An Apple a Day" image from the new "Back to School" collection found only at the Love to Stamp Store where you can get the latest paper, including some brand new Holiday collections just in,  classic ribbon, flower/border dies and much, much more for very affordable prices!  

Little Darling Challenge 6

The challenge this time is "Pleats and Ruffles".

Here's some of the things you need to know about this fun and rewarding challenge:  

You don't have to use Little Darlings images, but if you do, you could win a $20 merchandise gift voucher to the Love to Stamp store. If you use any other stamp you could win a $10 merchandise gift voucher.

Great Prizes!  So I hope you all join me!  You have two weeks to enter so there is plenty of time to play!

     I made the Pleated skirt by accordion folding my striped paper then punching the cute scallop out of the bottom.  I mounted it onto the velour ribbon and stretched it onto the bottom of the cut short card. 
     Thrilled for my newest little find ~ the bottle cap and insert.  (I learned the technique from the make-n-take this weekend.   I decided to punch a whole in the cap after distressing it, jump ring and chain later and I have a keepsake card for anyone!  
     Then I found the "must have" element of the card which is the "Park bench for two" scene from Make it Crafty that added the feel I was looking for:  that this "ready for the day" image was well on her way to school in her own stylish way with an apple for the teacher and her favorite little skirt and blouse!  
     So, visit the Little Darlings Challenge blog, get inspired by the talented Design Team, join in on the contest and stop over at the Love to Stamp Store and get great deals on the best craft products!  I'll see you there!

 INGREDIENTS:

Little Darling Back to School image called "An Apple a Day"

Sentiment by Raindrop Echo Design for Whimsy New "Retro Bottle Cap"

Park Bench by Make it crafty

Paper Pizzazz DP called Burgandy Border

Color Box Sepia Script DP

Color Bok Harvest Flower by Heidi grace designs

Martha Stewart "Optic Dot" punch

Bazzill Basics stock

 MEDIUMS:

Copics include:  Grass:YG91,95,97,Stone: W1,3,5, skirt and flowers/cheeks R20,R39,R22, RV34, Skin: E0000,E00,E13, Hair:E50,44,37,42, flowers: Y21,Y26, G20 for the apple

Singo white pen

Gelly Roll "clear star"

Ranger Distress ink:  Walnut Stain,Worn Lipstick, Black Soot, Victorian Velvet, Tea Dye, Antique Linen, Crushed Olive

Ranger Distress Crackle medium : Antique Linen

EK Success embossing powder "Copper"

She is so ready to learn!

Challenges Entered:  Penny's Paper-Crafty challenge~ Back to school

Craft us Crazy ~ Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet ~ Multiple images

Stampin'B's ~ Distressing

 EMBELLISHMENTS:

Suede Ribbon from Joanne Fabrics

WOC filigree silver corner altered with crackle

bottle cap from make n take at Archivers (no record of stamp name)

Ruffled flower from Joanne Fabric Bride section altered with Ranger Victorian Velvet distress ink

Button from Dress It Up " AU Jardin" collection

Bella Corda Premium raffia

double Sewn stitching

die cut doily altered with distress ink from stash for sentiment

It appears to be a flowing skirt full of fancy pleats on the bottom (hard to photo)

 INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

 We are not the sum of what we have but the totality of what we might have. 

                                                                         

The love sentiment is for those we send off for their growth in education!

 Thank you for visiting,