Paper Expressions by Jennipher: Summer

7.05.2011

Life is a Beach: Title Words

Hello blogging friends!

Today, I am going to take you on an exploration of the "title words" creative feature on the Life is a Beach Cricut Cartridge.

"Title Words" are great little phrases that will work great on any of your summer/beach themed cards and layouts. Each title word comes with an image welded to it.

Here is the title word I chose to use on my card:


I cut this out on cardstock and then sprayed it with some homemade glimmer mist.

Since I chose to work with the title word escape I knew that I wanted to use this digi-stamp from Sweet N Sassy stamps:


Ocean Paradise digital image from Sweet n Sassy Stamps

I thought it would be nice to accent the image with more of those little leaves that are welded to the title word. So, I cut some out at 2in" and sprayed them with my homemade glimmer mist:

Here is the end result...

This card, which I have decided to call "Escape to an Ocean Paradise" is perfect for "The Beach" project call they have going on a Practical Scrappers so I am going to email it to them and see if they pick it up.

Qualifies for the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion~Anything Goes
Fantabulous Cricut~Water Themed Project
Sentimental Sundays~Anything Goes

Well, I hope you enjoyed our exploration this week! Next week my "partner in Cricut crafting crime" Sami will be taking you through an exploration of the "layers" creative feature on the Life is a Beach cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by...

7.02.2011

Sweet Stop Sketch 115

It's Saturday and that means it's time for another sketch challenge at the Sweet Stop!

This sketch looks so simple but, it was a real struggle for me. Go figure. LOL

I hope you still see some of the sketch in my card. Otherwise, Korin might relinquish me of my Design Team duties and I will have to resort to begging!

Let's take a look at the details...

A simple but fun sentiment from the "Feeling Fruity Cocoa" stamp set from Sweet n Sassy Stamps.

Hand-stitching added to both side edges of the card for that little extra something.


I cut out this label using Whisper White cardstock and the Elegant Edges cartridge. I experimented with Copic Airbrushing my background...bad idea! I have a lot of practicing to do. This darling Cocoa Watermelon image is from the "Feeling Fruity Cocoa" stamp set from Sweet n Sassy Stamps.

Another look at the finished product...


This fun patterned paper is from Jillibean Soup. The card base was made from Green Galore cardstock. I distressed the edges of the green polka dot paper and inked them with Green Galore Classic Ink.