July issue of ScrapStreet is now live!

Please check it out-this month is so full of amazing ideas! I wanted to send out a super-big thank you to all of my contributors this month. My inbox was completely full of "summertime" card submissions. I had a really tough time deciding!

Please check out the new calls, including my call for "girlfriend" cards, HERE.

WOO HOO! Big News from Momenta!

The new Momenta Design Team was officially announced today on Facebook. I was so excited! I've been keeping it a "secret" for about a week now, which was kind of hard to do since two of the girls that I work with on other teams were also selected! :)

For those of you who have attended my classes before, you know that I love Momenta products (formerly American Traditionals.) We did tons of projects using their collections!

I can't wait to make some new projects using their new lines. And I can't wait for you to make some projects using their goodies, too! In honor of National Scrapbook Day, Momenta is offering a 20% coupon to everyone good for the entire month of May! This is good online only, at http://www.momenta.com/.

Scrap Street is also offering 30% off purchases today only in honor of NSD. Head on over and check out the blog hop happening there today, too! Lots of fun projects from the designers.

Thanks for stopping by to share my excitement!

Butterfly Thinking of You

Hey, everyone! It's been a busy week here, to say the least. I am so happy that today is the last day of classes before having a week of vacation. If I wasn't so completely exhausted, I might just do a happy dance. :)

Today I am sharing my card made from this week's sketch at Get Sketchy. I didn't adhere to the sketch, but instead I used the sketch as a springboard. It's OK to do that! Just because you're using a sketch doesn't mean you can't modify it however you want. Here's what I mean:

The sketch shows two hearts, each being "cut off" on the sides of the card. I decided to use butterfly shapes instead of hearts. (These butterflies were actually traced using a retired Stampin' Up template.) I chose to angle my butterflies slightly and have them overlap in the middle. Instead of cutting the edges off the butterflies, I folded them under and adhered them behind the green paper on my card front. In the center of the card, however, I wanted a little more dimension, so I adhere the butterflies wings to the card front with pop-dots. This gives them a slightly layered look.

For the butterfly bodies, I cut a piece of double-sided patterned paper to 2" X 4". (I used the same paper that I used for my butterflies, but you could use anything that coordinates. Tip: Use thin paper. Cardstock is difficult to roll and may crack.) I then cut my scrap of paper on the diagonal, so I had two triangles. I rolled each of these triangles into a tube-shape and adhered the ends with a glue stick. Finally, I used Glue Dots to attach them to my butterflies. I also "squished" a Glue Dot around a piece of folded/curled wire and inserted it into the top of the butterfly bodies for antennae.

All of the supplies for this card (paper, ribbon, die-cut, pearls) are from the Club SEI.

Also, just wanted to let everyone know that I am currently looking for card submissions for my July article for Scrap Street. The call is for "Summertime Cards." Please send your submissions (max. size 600 X 600) to submissions@scrapstreet.com. Deadline for submissions is April 29th. Thanks!