Thanks So Much

I have another thank you card today made with papers from My Mind's Eye and embellished with some lovely Zva Creative bling.

I had fun playing with some new Spellbinders dies on this one!  The light blue scalloped circle piece behind the fancy white piece was cut from one of the dies that I received from Tara.  Thanks again, Tara!

See you tomorrow with some Halloween cards :)

Thankful

I had a pretty productive weekend with my scrappy goodies... my chores suffered, but what else is new LOL!  It always feels good to use up some of my stash along with adding more cards to my completed pile.

I made this one using papers from Pebbles as well as bling and a flower from Zva Creative.  The pink, brown, and white combo is still my favorite :)

Perfect

Hi friends!  Hope you're having a great weekend.  I've managed to get a few things created so far which makes me happy :)

This layout is up on the Momenta blog today.  I created it with My Creative Scrapbook's September challenge in mind; when I saw their challenge was to incorporate circles, I knew I had to participate.  One way that I love to use circles is to layer a large one behind the photo.  On this one, I used a corner punch to add interest to the circle.

The paper, puffy title sticker, puffy scalloped border sticker, bumble bee embellishment, and blue gems are all from Momenta's Chloe's Garden collection.

I love to make my own flowers using papers from the same collection as the background layers of the layout.  The blue flowers here are soooo simple and quick to make, yet they coordinate so nicely and add wonderful dimension.  If you would like to see how I made them, I posted instructions on the Momenta blog here.  The pearl brads used as the flower centers are from Eyelet Outlet.

I added several gorgeous Zva Creative flowers, leaves, flourishes, gems, and pearls. A girl can never have too many of those :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

October Sneaks and a Sketch Challenge

It's a new month again... that means it's sneak peek time!  Here's a bit of what I've been up to with My Little Shoebox :)

 

Did you know that MLS has a new sketch challenge up and running?  You have the entire month of October to submit your entry so I hope you'll give it a shot.  There's a generous prize waiting for the winner!  You can find the details on the MLS blog here.

Momenta Blog Hop

Welcome to the next stop on the Momenta Blog Hop!

If you have arrived here from Jodi's blog, you're in the right place!  If you happened to arrive here first, I hope you'll hop on over to the beginning of the blog hop on the Momenta blog and go through the blog hop in order so that you won't miss out on any of the fun, inspiration, and opportunities for prizes :)

To celebrate World Card Making Day, the Momenta design team has created a variety of cards in hopes of inspiring your creativity with Momenta's fabulous products.

To participate, all you have to do is leave a comment on each of the 16 blogs on the hop (a complete list is below). The deadline for commenting is 11:59 EST, Sunday October 2nd. Five winners will be chosen by Random.org on Monday, October 3rd and will be announced on the My Momenta blog! Each winner will be receiving one of five boxed card kits…

Here's the order of the blog hop:
Start: Momenta blog
Abigail Prado
Aymee Gandy
Carrie Walz
Christine Meyer
Cristal Hobbs
Erin Morehouse
Jamie Cripps
Joanna Bandelin
Jodi Wilton
Kristine Berc <-- You are here!
Linda Abadie
Monika Wright
Sherri Thompson
Momenta Facebook page
End: Momenta blog

I had the opportunity to create with the "Melodies" boxed card kit, and I was really happy about how quick and easy it was to create all of these cards.  The perfectly coordinating kit comes with 12 cards and envelopes; assorted sentiment, shape, and border stickers; and gems in a matching box.

A great thing about these card kits, aside from how easy they are to assemble, is that all of the pieces are there for you, pre-cut and ready to be mixed and matched however your creativity desires.

I decided to add some twine from my stash to each card for added detail and dimension, but the cards would be just as lovely (and more mail-friendly) without it.

Notice the fun bracket-shaped edge on the envelope flaps?  I love that fun detail.

You don't even need your own adhesive, because all of the embellishments are stickers.  You could choose to add foam squares behind the sentiment stickers, as I did, for added dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Your next stop is Linda Abadie :)