February | 2015 | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop. This month we are showcasing artwork featuring the March SOTM, Choose Happy. If you’ve come from Traci Godbee’s Blog you are in the right place. If you’ve started here-PERFECT! This blog hop is a giant circle so just click the link at the bottom of my post to keep hopping around the circle to view all of the artwork! If you happen to get lost along the way, head over to Melinda Everitt’s Blog for a complete list.

I was inspired by two cards {t his card by Danielle Flanders and this card by Maile Belles} this month and meshed them together. I used Glacier Cardstock for the base and cut a White Daisy Cardstock panel. I then used both of the doodily banners from March’s SOTM: Choose Happy in Pixie, Glacier, Thistle and Canary Exclusive Inks™.

The teeny tag is cut using the Art Philosophy Cricut® Cartridge and the sentiment is also from March’s SOTM in Black Exclusive Ink™. For the final touches I added Pixie Extra Thick Twine to the tag, a few Pink Glitter Gems scattered about, and a strip of Black Glitter Paper at the base of the card.

Remember this stamp set is only available through March 31 and is available for only $5 with a qualifying purchase! Contact your CTMH consultant or click here to shop. Now hop over to Kathy Burrows’ Blog to see what she has created using this fun, artsy stamp set.

-Kelly

It’s time for another Atlantic Hearts Card Sketch Challenge.

I started with a white card base and layered multiple B&T Duos™ from the Hopscotch Paper Packet. I cut the speech bubble in White Daisy Cardstock using the Artfully Sent Cricut® Cartridge. I added a couple strips of Black Glitter Paper, a little black stitching and Black Epoxy Bubbles for the final touches.

Now, I’ll be honest. My creative process struggled with this sketch. I don’t know why…the sketch is fantastic! The flower could be substituted for many things (stars, balloons, etc) but I think, as papercrafters, we can agree that sometimes we immediately have a great idea when we see a sketch and other times we have to let our imagination run a bit. As you can see from the sketch on the left, I widened my panels in the center of the card, used a speech bubble in place of the flower, and instead of using scalloped borders I used the glitter paper. I hope you’ll head on over to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and play along this week!!