April Cupcake Craftroom Challenge Birds and Bugs

Is it really April 1st already??? Did we not just bring the New Year in or at least it feels that way! You can expect to read the same thing here again in June when we will be halfway through the year! So, are you pulling any April Fools jokes on anyone today???

Well, this is my first post as the new Designer for the Cupcake Craftroom. With Spring in the air, Mandy wants to see creations with a spring feel that incorporates anything that buzzes or flies basically it has to have "wings".

I have a card and matching tag to share with you today featuring new papers called Dragonflies from the Cupcake Craftroom.  The coordinating solid can also be found in the store.

I started the card by stamping the polka-dot background in pink onto white cardstock. After cutting horizontal strips of the dragonfly papers called Hot Chocolate as well as the complimenting solid to match I distressed the edges to compliment the distressed images of the dragonflies. All horizontal pieces were added to my pink card base. A matching pink ric rac border was added to the upper third of the card. Next a piece of white fringe was added horizontally near the top edge of the card front.

A tag on the card was created using a recycled cereal box. It was embossed painted, distressed, and stamped with a sentiment from Practicing Creativity Look Up set. A ticket was applied to the upper right of the tag and a few buttons were added. A dragonfly was cut using my Gypsy Wondering also with a cereal box and painted poodle pink and dressed up with a pearl and some microflakes glitter.  A crochet embellie was applied to the tag for the dragonfly to rest on.  To complete the look of the tag, A fussy seam binding bow was created finished off with some buttons and twine.

One last finishing touch for this card, which involves more recycled embellishments is the punched heart in the lower right corner. It was punched from that same cereal box embossed in my Big Shot and painted Poodle pink to match the dragonfly.  A button in the center completes this look. 

A coordinating gift tag was created using the same coordinating papers. This would be a perfect set for a girl graduating High School or College. A nice card with matching tag for the package or gift bag. 

I'll be entering this into the Moxie Fab World: Don't Throw It Away Challenge as several recycled embellies were created using recycled cereal boxes.

Don't forget to enter the month long challenge over at The Cupcake Craftroom! We can't wait to see what you create all about Bugs and Birds!

Thanks for visiting me for my first Design Team Post for the Cupcake Craftroom! I hope you like what I have created for you today and have been  inspired to play along!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Practicing Creativity: Look Up!

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, PP: Cupcake Cards and Crafts

Ink: Momento
Other: Dies:PTI, Cricut: Gypsy Wondering, Punches: Stampin' UP! Pearls: Michaels, Seam Binding: Etsy, Trimmings: Stash, Tickets: stash, Buttons: Hobby Lobby, Embossing Folders: Sizzix, Twine: Joannes