"Escape Your Comfort Zone" With The CardMaker Girls Blog Hop!

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Hi Everyone!

Welcome to another fun blog hop with the CardMaker magazine blog design team!

If you are here from sweet Anya's blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened onto my blog, you will want to head back to the CardMaker blog where it all starts.

Brooke asked  us to create a card using a technique that we don't normally use, and escaping our comfort zone.
I have always loved seeing people do Zentangle. Zentangle basically is doodling in a controlled manor using repetitive designs. Mind you, I am sure not a pro. I've only done it once or twice, so my version is very simple.

I wanted to create a "Thank You" card for Brooke. She is the fearless leader of the fun CardMaker magazine blog team. She keeps us all organized and under control  :) ....and she ROCKS!!!

This is how I started out

Thanks so much for dropping by today. If you liked my card, I would love for you to leave me a comment before you go. BTW...you can leave a comment if you didn't like it too.  ;)
I hope you will Google Zentangle, look for more professional examples, and give it a try. It is very fun and relaxing! :)

Your next stop on the hop is back to the CardMaker blog, where I am sure Brooke will have something awesome to share with you!  :)

Here are the links to the rest of the girls on the hop, just in case you hoped in somewhere in the middle  :) ...

Kimberly Crawford 

Carolyn King 

Colleen Schaan 

Anya Schrier 

Trudy Sjolander (you are here)

Hugs,

Card Supply List:

Discount Card Stock: Brilliant White, Two Scoops Raspberry Parfait by Bazzill, Black Prismatic, Morning Glory Blue

Really Reasonable Ribbon: Kiwi Organza Dots 

Want2Scrap: White Pearls

Flowers from Prima and Imaginisce

Copic multiliner pen

Tombow markers

Beacon Fabri-tac

CardMaker Magazine ~ Imaginisce Blog Hop!

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Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the CardMaker Magazine - Imaginisce blog hop!

Imaginisce was super generous (Thank you Imaginisce!) and sent CardMaker lots of product to share with their designers.

We are all going to be showing you projects today made with those products.

For my card, I made "flower center" buttons out of Imaginisce's pretty "All Kinds of Happy" designer paper collection that I already had on hand. The other designer papers on this card are Imaginisce also. I LOVE their fun papers!

How did I make the buttons you ask? ;)

With the AMAZING i-top Tool and 22mm i-top Brad Daddies.

I used their 22mm i-top Punch to punch out the cupcakes and the sentiment from some of their designer papers. I created the brad buttons then added some gloss medium to make them shine. :)

The loops are made out of seam binding from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

The pearls are from Want2Scrap.

I also made a quick little pin using fabric and an i-top Badge Daddie.
I was going for a retro-vintage look so I put some mulberry roses and some Want2Scrap Sage Green Pearls on the pin, then added green glitter and several coats of gloss medium to give it a kind of "plastic/tacky" kind of look. :)

The i-top Badge Daddies are really cool because the pin back is already attached! :)

Here are the other girls who are playing along in the hop.

I am sure they will have some super fun projects to share with you!

Tami Mayberry

Carolyn King

Trudy Sjolander (You are here)

Colleen Schaan

Kimberly Crawford

Melanie Muenchinger

Lora Brinkman

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Please make sure and leave comments on all of the girls blogs so we will know you played along on our little hop. :)

BTW...f you haven't signed up for my Want2Scrap blog candy yet, CLICK HERE.

Also, I would like to invite you to visit Imaginisce's blog and see some of their team's projects made with the i-top and other cool tools and supplies.

Thanks so much for stopping by.