I smell a bug…or is it bubblegum?

Ok…I couldn’t stay away from the bright, sparkly paper and cute images for too terribly long.  Plus, I have a really fun new product to tell you about.  

Have you ever heard of Card Scents?  They are so much fun!  The scent comes in a little bottle with a brush (like nail polish).  You just lightly brush the scent along the edges of your card.   I haven’t noticed any staining, and if you send the card in a clear envelope, the scent will last longer.  There are lots of fragrances…you can check them out here from All That Scraps.  This first card smells JUST like bubblegum!  I also bought Cupcake which is *perfect* for birthday cards (and does it ever smell yummy)! 

Forever Friends

Since I’ve used quite a bit of this Imaginisce patterned paper, I now have quite a little pile of scraps.  So I thought I’d put some of them to good use.   I used scraps to paper-piece these little Cutie Patootie bugs’ outfits and head flowers…I was going to say hair flowers, but they’re hairless.   The strips of green and blue paper… scraps.  Since I didn’t have *just* the right shade of pink Dew Drops, I chose the clear ones and colored over them with a Light Prawn Copic. (I love being able to custom-color ribbon, brads, drops, etc. with those markers.)  I added the little white stitch lines with a white gel pen.  I also used a clear Spica glitter pen to outline the bugs and dresses but I couldn’t get the sparkle to show in the photo. 🙁

Under the Weather

Umbrelli‘s little umbrella is paper-pieced (another scrap) and raised on pop dots.  The boots and the blue strip across the center, also scraps.  After watercoloring with reinkers, I outlined the bug’s body and umbrella with Spica glitter pens but again, it doesn’t show.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day! (You **need** the Card Scents!!!)   🙂

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (base)   Patterned Paper:  Imaginisce “For Peep’s Sake”   Stamps:  C.C. Designs “Cutie Patootie,” “Umbrelli,” “Rain”; sentiments by A Muse Artstamps   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, Stazon Black, SU Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue   Accessories:  Copic markers, Black SU marker, Spica Glitter Pens, Island Blossoms Dew Drops, Aleene’s Paper Glaze, Stamp-a-ma-jig, white gel pen, white taffeta ribbon, Bubble Gum Card Scents, pop dots, waterbrush.

ETA: When Feedblitz sent the blog update notification to everyone, it deleted my …’s in the post title so it looks like it says “Do I smell a bugor is it bubblegum.” Bwahahahahaa. It’s not a BUGOR I smell! LOL. Oh my gosh. Too funny.