Bellarific Friday: Square Cards

Good Friday morning! The challenge for Bellarific Friday was to make a square card. I don't make a lot of them because of the extra mailing costs.

I have to say I'm not thrilled with the way this one turned out. I like the paper, the image, etc. but when I attatched the front to the River Rock card base, it all went downhill from there.... I used the Mono Multi glue, so there was no way to "unstick" it! I added the ribbon and another layer behind Stella to make it work.... Ack! Anybody ever have this happen to them? Anybody have any ideas how to fix this one?

Image: Stamping Bella
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! River Rock and Soft Suede, Elsie DP
Embllies: American Crafts Grosgrain Ribbon, Doodlebug Glitter
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone. Sakura Black Gel Pen, Spellbinders Nestabilities, EK Success 3D Dots

Thanks for stopping by today; hopefully next time I will have my mojo back!

Enjoy the weekend!

Angela

It's Tuesday Morning Sketches Time!

Good Tuesday morning! We have another fun sketch from Melissa today; check it out here. We also have a fun sponsor as well, Some Odd Girl, which is a digi stamp company. I fell in love with the images; they are whimsical and have the cutest facial expressions! I choose "Happy Angel Kaylee"; she was fun to color, too! I have a tween daughter, so I will probably get more of these darling images....

Image: Some Odd Girl
Paper: G.P. 110, SU! Soft Suede, PTI Stamper's Select, Love Elsie DP
Embellie: Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Polar Bear"
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, SU! Black Marker, MFT Die-namics Cloud Die, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 6, EK Success Round Punch, EK Success 3D Dots

When I was planning the card, I thought Kaylee would be easy to cut out.... Wrong! It took some time to cut out the little tiny areas like by her knees and arms. I used my Cutterbee scissors and also my SU! Hobby Blade. After cutting I took my black marker and went over the edges to add definition. This is an easy trick that really works. Next time I will take before and after pictures to show the difference.

The sketch has 3 small circles on the lower right corner. I wanted to add some more sparkle, but didn't have any sparkly brads. I have coated brads in glitter before, which is pretty messy. I have found it is easier to punch small circles, add them to the card and then add glitter. I stacked the circles 2 high to add a bit of dimension.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you head on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to take a peek at what the DT has come up with. I can't wait to see! Also, we would love to have you play along using Melissa's sketch.

Have a great day!

Angela