A Wintry Escape

Hi, everyone.

Paula's Boot Camp challenge for us this month is to consider our use of "white" space as a design element. For the card below, I went with some "pine needle" space as the canvas for some winter flora.

We R Memory Keeper's Winter Frost; Distress Ink core; stash cardstock
OWH fundraising ribbon; garage sale brads; Tombow foam adhesives

 In addition to this month's focus, I tried to incorporate several other boot camp lessons: a strong focal point, the rule of thirds, [kind of] the 10-30-70 color rule, and an odd number of embellishments.

Short and sweet tonight. Thanks for stopping and happy scrappin'! And, thanks Paula, for another wonderful lesson!

Butterflies in the Night

Hi everyone,

A quick post for the first session of Operation Write Home Design Boot Camp -- a wonderful idea if I ever heard one!

I went with a monochromatic card. 

Paper: Momenta paired with several hues of Distress Ink core paper
Martha Stewart butterfly punches; Fiskars border punch;
Creative Memories cutting system with oval template
Mark Richards pearls; gel pen antennae

I like the oval window effect -- created using pop-up dots -- and the papers. I really love the delicate look of the butterflies. I think that  a couple of pearls in the corners or along the edges would be nice, but I'm concerned about adding any extra bulk.

Parting Thoughts

Hoping to tackle the Midweek Throwdown Easter challenge this weekend.

Thanks to all for your recent comments. As always, thanks for stopping by and  happy scrappin'!