Laura Vegas

i was just getting the pictures of these cards ready to go … and noticed that both cards said "miss you". lol! i don't normally do "miss you" cards … so i thought it was funny that i put that on both of these. didn't even think about it when i did it. lol!

this one gives you a good idea of what my next layout will look like. both of these cards were done with scraps from another layout i did yesterday. but this one is the most similar. ahhhhh, the cuttlebug emossing folder … love it! this was the "bloom dots" folder … and i simply did it on white cardstock. the pattern paper is scenic route … i love the dot patterns. and i adhered the pattern paper pieces with pop dots … just to give some extra dimension. and the purple scalloped cardstock is the bazzill … i got quite a bit of use out of one sheet of it and i still have scraps left.

and how fun are the buttons? i saw that idea from a layout that robyn did … i tore that page out of the magazine right away because i wanted to remember to try it. she used puffy paint … and then stuck the buttons right on top. i have gobs of puffy paint laying around … although that green was a little off in color.

this one was fun to make. i actually cut out the circles from the white cardstock first (gotta love the classic creative memories circle cutter from back in the day … love that thing) … and then i put them in the embossing folder and ran them through the cuttlebug. the yellow glittered flower border strip is new making memories… from the "summer fun" collection that you can find at michaels. i hadn't even heard about them … and i can't find a link or preview anywhere … but i found them last weekend. the 12 inch borders are the funnest … i love paper strips like that … so easy to use! and those rhinestones are from the dollar section at michaels … thought i didn't buy a ton of those?!?! lol! there were tons in the pack (just counted for you and they have 48 in a single pack) and they already have adhesive on them. of course … that was a few months ago. so don't get mad at me if you can't find them. lol!

and to define the edges of the circles a little … i just outlined it with some puffy paint. of course … i can't get a perfectly straight line of paint if my life depended on it. which is why i purposely made it a little messy. i felt like it needed an extra color too. so i pulled out some flowers. the turquoise flowers are the older MM jumbo blossoms… and the purple flowers and the yellow buttons are from the MM funky buttons and blossoms box.  rubon sentiment also from MM …  i love using those on my cards.

so there you have it … the cards that came from the scraps of the layout that i'll show you next. i was going to show the layout first … but it needs journaling still. plus, i have to find the layout. i'm not sure what happened … but my desk is suddenly covered in product. i don't even know where to start to get myself organized again. lol!