Friends ‘Til The End

Mulberry, Sage And Shortbread With Gold

Hi scrappers! I’m back again with Color Dare as part of their design tea, with an all new color challenge! I used some photos of my husband with our cat Jupiter since the green, pink and yellow tones really worked well with the three colors I ended up using.

I used some basic white cardstock by American Crafts as my background. I used some gel pens by Making Memories to draw some wavy lines in gold and copper that would become the base for my banners. These pens are so old and I can’t believe they haven’t dried up already!

From there, I got maximum use out of my Fiskers squeeze punch and used paper scraps to make a ton of little pennant pieces. I love this punch and probably use it more than any other I own. I wish there was a way to sharpen it because it’s already starting to dull and I think this particular shape has been discontinued!! There is no way I would attempt this page if I had to hand cut all these pieces!

I used some mottled green paper from the Bo Bunny Botanical Journal stack as a mat for my photos. I liked how this paper made my cat’s green eyes pop. I added some leafy diecuts by Albumlovehandmade and some gilded kitty stickers by Recollections. I added. could ephemera pieces from Prima’s The Plant Department collection and as a finishing touch, hand-sewed some golden sequins and beads around the cat stickers. The rub on title comes from an ancient DCWV stack of rub on quotes about friendship.

Here is the newest challenge at Color Dare. When I first saw this, I was sure I would use Wisteria as my color of choice since I love purple, but Shortbread worked with my chosen photos much better. Head on over to Color Dare’s site to upload your own creation using Mulberry, Sage, and your third color of choice.

As soon as I saw this sketch over at Sketches in Thyme, I knew I wanted to try it! My punch was integral here since there were so many banners. Instead of adding sequins all over the page like the sketch, I used a few accents around my page since the ones I had were much smaller.

That’s all for the week! There’s still a few days to participate in the Taylor Swift themed scrapbook challenge I host here! I hope you’ll join us for this month’s moldboard challenge! I will see you all soon!