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Picture My Life Cards

If you've looked at my "Specials" page, you'll know that one of the Specials for the month of August is the Picture My Life™ Scrapbooking Program. With any PML purchase, you are eligible to add your choice of 1 of 8 qualifying Memory Protectors™ 10 - packs for just $3.00!  Each Picture My Life Scrapbooking program™ already includes a coordinating 10 - pack of Memory Protectors, so when you add your additional 10 - pack for only $3.00 you'll be well on your way to your own picture perfect pocket scrapbooking adventure!

Of course, I had to play around with them and today's post is using the Picture My Life™ cards to create some quick and simple greeting cards. Today, I'm using the Babycakes set, as well as the Wanderful paper pack.  I also used the August Stamp Of The Month set - What a Hoot - on one of the cards.  

For the first card, I stamped the owls directly onto some scraps of Pathfinding patterned paper and cut them out.  I paper pieced the owls, and then used our new ShinHan Twin Touch Markers™ to add a little shading to the owls.  OK, I realize CTMH doesn't sell googly eyes, but how could I resist?!? I really think the eyes totally make them adorable!  The background is one of the Picture My Life cards, cut down just slightly.  I stamped the "Dream Big" sentiment in Cocoa ink directly onto the PML card.   I layered it on a piece of Chocolate cardstock.  The card base is cut from Whisper cardstock. The branch the owls are perched on is from the "Owls" stamps set.  I used Cocoa ink on Chocolate cardstock and then just cut it out.  I used a few small pieces of Washi tape to just add a little extra pop.  

This was the only card in this set that I put an inside sentiment on.  I just felt it was fitting for the cute little upside down owl on the front, lol!

The next card was super quick, and great for any occassion.  

I mounted one of the small cards in the PML set onto a piece of Cocoa cardstock then added some Sparkle Flourishes that I cut to fit the area, and a couple Gold Bling Gems.  For the large flower, I used a liquid glass to adhere some clear glitter from my stash.  

I used the Pathfinding paper pack again, as well as a bit of Chocolate cardstock.  The base is cut from Glacier cardstock.  

The third card in this group had a bit of fussy cutting, but otherwise, it's another quicky

.  I cut the clouds from one of the large PML cards and layered on a piece of  Pathfinding patterned paper.  Then, I cut the birds from another PML card.  I mounted some of the clouds and a couple of the birds with foam tape to add some dimension to the card.  I used another Sparkle Flourish to give a little movement to the clouds. 

 I used a couple of the teeny tiny sparkles to add eyes to the 2 smaller birds and one of the Gold Bling Gems for the larger bird.  I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of Glacier cardstock in cocoa, and cut into a flag.  Then I layered it on piece of chocolate cardstock.  I also added a little extra color to the smallest bird because it's the same color as the cloud right behind it.  Once again, I used the ShinHan Twin Touch markers.

That, my darlings, is all there is to today's post!!!  I hope you think about looking at the Picture My Life Program™ with a different perspective.  While I love using them in the way they were intended, I also really enjoy finding other ways to use my paper crafting supplies.

Check back on Wednesday for another way to use the Picture My Life Program™

Supplies Used:

Z1943  ­       Picture My Life™ Scrapbooking Program

S1408         What a Hoot Stamp of the Month 

B1450         Owls stamp set

D1627         Your Own Kind Of Wonderful  stamp set

C1589         Lifetime of Happieness stamp set

D1616         Have a Happy Day stamp set

X7186B      Pathfinding Paper Packet

X5929        Whisper Cardstock

X5772        Glacier Cardstock

X5642        Cocoa Cardstock

X5643        Chocolate Cardstock

X2114        Cocoa Stamp 

Z1812         Sparkles Clear Flourishes - small

Z2023         Bling Gems Gold Assortment

Z1151         3 - D Foam Tape

Z679           Liquid Glass

Z2467         ShinHan Warm Grey4

BR116         Clay

YR24          Marigold

WG7           Warm Grey 7

YR29          Barely Beige

Z2005         Sunset Chevron Washi Tape

Z1931         Honey Triangles Washi Tape

Z2002         Topiary Striped Washi Tape