Cosmic Stars & Starry Nights

Happy Monday!  Did you all have a wonderful weekend?  Ours was pretty fun!  On Friday night we went out and watched a band play at a local bar with some friends....and we were supporting a friend from church who is in the band.  We had a great time, and they did a great job covering rock music from all genres.  Saturday was pretty quiet, just cleaning the house and prepping for the dinner we were having with friends that night.  And after a small butter burning/raging flame incident....dinner went off without a hitch!  Ha!  On Sunday I had an engagement session to shoot of the sweetest couple and their super cute yellow lab.  It was so fun, and we had a great time during the shoot....I can't wait for their wedding next fall!

So, for the next couple days I'm going to be sharing my projects with you for my guest design spot at Mama Elephant this month!  They released four new stamp sets this month, and they are all fabulous!  For my first card, I used both Cosmic Stars & Starry Nights, and created this sweet friendship card!!  I just love how personalized you can create with these sets!

 Instructions:
1. Make A2 card from red cardstock.
2. Cut white cardstock slightly smaller, then wrap rainbow washi tape around the left side.
3. Add a strip of Scor-Tape next to the washi tape, cover in glitter, then adhere to the card front.
4. Stamp the images and sentiment to the front, then accent below the sentiment with jewels.
5. Layer a strip of washi tape, two stickers & a jewel to the upper right corner.
6. Layer a photo corner, two stickers, a confetti star and jewels to the lower left corner to finish.

Challenges:
-Clean & Simple FTL #225 - Sketch
-Moxie Fab World Challenge - 10 Different Embellishments
-Addicted to CAS #5 - Heart
-Pile It On #4 - Washi Tape
-One Stop Craft #213 - Sparkle & Bling

This next card uses the Cosmic Stars stamp set, along with sentiments from Smitten and On Target....which allowed me to turn it into a Valentine's Day card by combining it with My Mind's Eye "Lucky In Love" collection!!  And a Valentine isn't complete without pretty pink, doilies & cupid....:)  Check it out!

Instructions:
1. Make A2 card from vintage cream cardstock.
2. Cut pink paper slightly smaller and adhere.
3. Cut a doily in half, and layer to the card front with two scalloped paper strips.
4. Ahere a strip of texted paper over top of them, then stamp the sentiment to it.
5. Add a thin strip of patterned paper to the middle of it.
6. Stamp the cupid image to cardstock, cut out and adhere to the front.
7. Color in the hair & dress with colored pencils.
8. Cut an arrow from patterned paper, and adhere to the stamped cupid.
9. Layer a fussy cut heart balloon and two paper flowers above the sentiment.
10. Layer a bit of doily & paper pieces to the upper left corner, then top with a stamped sentiment strip.
11. Accent the card with gold star confetti & pearls to finish.

I hope that you like my two cute little cards using Comic Stars & Starry Nights {plus some others....}!  Come back tomorrow when I showcase my next projects using the other two new stamp sets from Mama Elephant!  Have an awesome rest of your day!

Until later,
~L.