Come Sail Away With Me-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

 

Hello, and happy August! This month Debra and I thought a travel themed card would be a fun challenge. This one was particularly fun for me because it involved absolutely no stamping or die cutting at all. I used paper from Simple Stories Vintage Seas 6x8 paper pad and ephemera from the same collection. I just pieced it all together on my white A2 card base. And I finished it off with some gorgeous aqua gems from Simon Says Stamp. Voila, instant card!

Nathan and I love to eat at a local Asian infusion restaurant in my hometown, and my favorite beverage there is the iced Thai tea with cream and lime. It's still hot here in Southeast Missouri, so this really hit the spot this weekend. Now, be sure to pop over to Deb's blog and see how she was inspired this month. I also plan to enter this card in the latest Color Throwdown card challenge. 

Happy Birthday Princess-Send A Smile 4 Kids

 This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids, we are celebrating all things birthday! I have a good friend who has 3 kiddos, and between her kiddos and my grandkids, I feel like I'm always making kid birthday cards. This one is for my buddy's youngest little girl. To make this card I layered red cardstock onto my white A2 card base. I then matted a piece of green patterned grid paper from the American Crafts Neapolitan 12x12 paper pad onto plain white cardstock. I then matted a piece of floral paper from the same paper pad onto more red cardstock. I layered them together. I then stamped the adorable little girl from My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Birthday Princess stamp set onto alcohol marker-friendly cardstock. I colored in the skin, hair, and cake. I stamped the crown and dress onto patterned paper from the paper pad, fussy cut them out, colored them with alcohol markers for depth and dimension, and paper pieced them onto the focal image. I fussy cut her out and mounted her with foam tape for dimension. I adhered her to the left of the card on a strip of red cardstock that I white heat embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set. I finished the card off with some red sequins and white gel pen detail. Now, be sure to head over the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog to see how the rest of the design team was inspired by this month's challenge. We would also love it if you played along!