Guest Designer - Rebecca Yahrling

Today we have a fun (and adorable) little ice cream card created by our talented guest designer, Rebecca Yahrling (see her Flickr gallery here). I love those super cute ice cream cones and the fact that she created a shape card with matching envelope!

Here's what Rebecca says about putting this mini card together:

"First, I want to say thank you so much to Esther and Crop Stop for having me as a guest designer. It's such a huge honor to me. And I hope my card makes you smile today!

I started by die cutting five ice cream cones (Sizzix); the cones from kraft cs and the ice cream from three colors of cs (2 layers for dimension). I embossed the ice cream with the polka dot ef (Cuttlebug) and the cones with the diamond pattern ef (Darice). I adhered them all together with a ZIG glue pen. I used a brown marker (Sakura) to color in the polka dots to resemble chocolate chips. I then added Ranger glossy accents to each and set them aside to dry (maybe an hour).

I then cut a 4.75" square white card base. I used MCT scallop frames to cut the largest from patterned paper (Echo Park) and the 2nd largest from aqua cs. I adhered the largest to the card base. I wrapped some AC gold & white twine around the smaller frame as shown, securing in the back with Scotch tape. I then adhered this panel to the card with double sided tape. I die cut the sentiment in two colors of cs and adhered (ZIG) together, offsetting a bit. I added this to the bottom center of the card using the ZIG pen; adding a pink gem for the dot of the 'i'. I then adhered the ice cream cones, popping up the middle cone.  I also added a cone to the front of the envelope and decorated the inside of the card by adding a square of pink cs, another cone and a die cut strip 'Happy Birthday' in white."

 

 

 Here's a list of supplies Rebecca used on her card:

Dies:

Sizzix 'Whimsy & Delight'

Peachy Cheap 'Smile'

My Creative Time scallop frames

Impression Obsession 'Happy Birthday'

Paper:

Echo Park 'Party Time'

Embossing folders:

Cuttlebug polka dots

Darice diamond pattern

Other:

Ranger glossy accents, ZIG glue pen, AC twine, Sakura pigma marker, Scotch tape, Fiskars trimmer, Cuttlebug, double sided tape, gem, cardstock, foam squares

 

 

Now it's your turn -- Stop by our CURRENT LINK PARTY and showoff any project that includes a product or two from one of the companies Cropstop carries in the store.

Guest Designer - Marsha Drain

It's Guest Design Friday and today we're sharing the talents of Marsha Drain of Gramma's Room. Marsha has created an adorably fun card featuring a cute frog and punny sentiment.

Here's what Marsha says: "

It is fun to make extra special cards for my little grands and this was a fun card to make.  The background is made with designer paper for the sky, Darice Woodgrain embossing folder for the water (inked with Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress Ink), and  die cuts for grass and flowers.  The grass is YNS and the flowers are Cuttlebug.  Cantaloupe Liquid Pearls  were used for the flower centers.  The frog (and sentiment) are by Gina K Designs.  After stamping and coloring the frog, I cut him out with a Spellbinders circle then attached it to the card with a Action Wobble Spring. Also added some Glossy Accents to give him shine."

 Thanks for sharing your talent with us, Marsha!

Now it's your turn....stop by our CURRENT LINK PARTY and showoff any projects that include a few products from companies Cropstop carries in the store! 

I'll look forward to seeing your work appear in the gallery!