CAS(E) This Sketch #79 and Other Stuff

Hello all!

Hope you all had a nice weekend.  It was cool, overcast and drizzly here, but I kind of like that kind of weather. It's better than hot by far :)

Anyway, I haven't done any challenges in a long time other than the ones for my design teams, but I kind of got the itch to do some over the weekend. I loved the sketch for CAS(E) This Sketch;

so I gave this one a try.

The flowers and leaf stamps and dies are from Papertrey Ink, the little Enjoy sentiment is from Verve, and I am sorry, but the papers are just little scraps out of my scrap drawer of unknown origin. 

I've also had a few other little piddling projects going on in the craft room lately. I've been playing with my Perler Beads a bit, and made a fun design to fit in a little frame that sits on my shadow box.

And yes, that La La Loopsy is mine! heheh!

I've also been playing with my clay. A couple of weekends ago, we took a little day trip to a town called Kimswick, where they have the largest Christmas store in Missouri! Oh my! :D Of course I had to stop, and it was lovely!! I bought an adorable little snow covered Christmas tree. It's only about two feet tall. On the way home, all I could think about was making tiny little clay ornaments for my precious little tree!

I'm so excited about them! I love making them even better than the big ones. I've always liked miniatures and tiny things though. I can't wait to see them on my tree! The only thing is that they are so small, it's taking me forever to fill up my tray to bake them!

So that's what I've been up to lately!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you all have a happy week!

Hugs,

Kay :)

Card Concept #2

Good morning and happy Wednesday!

It is time for the second Card Concept Challenge!

The theme for this first week is a to use texture on your card.

When I saw the challenge, I immediately thought of the little Perler beads that my daughter and I have been playing with lately. They have the neatest texture, and I had already thought of using some of our little creations on a card. So this challenge was the perfect opportunity!

My card is created in my style which is clean and layered.

clean lines

lots of layers

designer papers/embossing

embellishments/accents

clean and fresh looking

some colored images at times

white space

 You can read all about the different styles for this challenge here.

I first created the little wreath of flowers with my Perler beads. I have to tell you, these things are SO much fun to play with! I remember having some when I was a kid and I also did them with Kaylea when she was little. I hadn't thought about them in years, until I was browsing Pinterest the other morning and saw some really neat Christmas tree ornaments made with them. I was totally mesmerized by them, and proceeded to order some immediately. That was what I was so impatiently waiting for the UPS man to bring during the snow and ice. They come in over 50 different colors! Here is a peek of some of my little boxes where I've organized them all.

If you are not familiar with Perler beads and don't know how they work, you just put the beads on little peg boards. I use tweezers because it's kind of hard to do with your fingers. When you have your design like you want it, you just put ironing paper or parchment paper over the design and iron it. All the beads melt together to form a solid design. It's super fun!!

Okay, on to the rest of my card... I cut the heart doily out with a die from My Favorite Things and adhered it to the base card. I adhered my Perler wreath to the doily with score tape, added the small doily ( My Favorite Things ) and the heart ( Papertrey Ink) with foam tape. The sentiment ( WPlus9) is stamped on a die banner from My Favorite Things.

I hope that you will join us for the challenge at The Card Concept! There are lots of fun styles you can try out if you're not sure what style you prefer, or just jump right in if you already know!

Check out what the other fabulous design team members have created!

Lesley Croghan

Tracey McNeely

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Geri Greening

 Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Kerin Sylvester

Kay Miller-Me :)

Deanna Dean

Cindy Lovell

 Karen Davis

Lee Ann Barrett

Narelle Farrugia

Teresa Kline-Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Hugs,

Kay :)