Paper Works Co. sketch and ODBD

Happy Sunday everyone! We are recovering from a little party we threw for our sons’ 9th and 11th birthdays yesterday. When we throw a birthday party it’s always for the both of them since they’re birthdays are only 2 weeks apart. I posted some yummy goodness at the bottom of my post.

For my card today, I was invited by Peggy of Paper Works Co. to be a guest designer for their sketch this week which was “Round, Round, Round” and here’s what I came up with using the new Bless This Home set from ODBD:

Do you like my medallion? Would you believe me if I told you they were made of tags? Here’s a great way to make a medallion using a tag from the Spellbinders Fancy Tags set:

Depending how intricate you’d like your medallion to look, cut as many or as little as you’d like. I used 6 for my card:

This is what 4 tags put together would look like:

To figure out how to evenly space them out is to just tinker with them and the best way to achieve that is to use Removable Glue Dots:

I was contacted by Glue Dots to make a particular project for them so I’ll be working on that for the next few weeks…please stay tuned!

I hope you play along with this week’s Paper Works Co. sketch!

Card Recipe

Stamp: ODBD Bless This Home

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Paper: Basic Grey Cappella pad, Stampin’ Up! Basic Brown

Accessories: Spellbinders (Fancy Tags, Classic Circles Small), Bow-Easy, Martha Stewart Deco Shells corner and border punches, diamond rhinestones, Removable Glue Dots

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One of my sons wanted a Lakers cake and the other wanted a Sonic Unleashed cake so I decided to make each their own red velvet cupcakes. I was my first time using a piping bag and as you can tell, I need more practice. Oh darn! I’m just going to have to make MORE cupcakes!

Oh, and remember my McMahon Five Designs strawberries card? It made me want to make these for the party as well: