PiccoloPapercrafts

Asian Art Inspiration

Happy Sunday! We are enjoying beautiful weather here on the east coast. 70 degrees and sunny. My dog loves sitting in the front yard just chilling. And barking at leaves and squirrels, of course.

Due to a slight misunderstanding on a challenge, I ended up doing this card. I like it, though, so I'm sharing it!

What I *thought* I was supposed to do was create a card inspired by a piece of art that is outside of my comfort zone. Enter this piece:

While lovely, it is not my style. At all.

But here's the card I created from it:

I used the PTI Anniversary set, Birds and Blooms. I used Distress Ink in the corner to create a "sky" effect.

I'm pretty happy with it!

April Favorites

I'm going to try to do a little feature at the end of each month of some of my favorite things. I believe good things should be shared! But don't blame me if you don't like them.

Solitaire Blitz

I play this on Facebook. I love games and I really try not to let them take up all my time. But this one is hard to resist.

You basically just build piles of cards in sequential order. I don't use a lot of strategy and only have moderate scores, but I don't care. It's fun!

 

Maybelline Colossal Mascara

When I put this mascara on for the first time, it was like the heavens parted and angels sang! I have used Bare Minerals mascara, Ulta brand mascara, Sephora brand mascara, etc etc etc. And *every* one of them clumps. Until now!!

This macara makes my lashes look great and DOES NOT clump. And it's cheap! Win win win!!!

 

A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy

I've been a long time fan of Maeve Binchy, probably since Circle of Friends was made into a movie with a baby-faced Chris O'Donnell. This is Maeve's last novel before her death last year. It was exactly what you would expect of a Maeve Binchy novel, one main character with several secondary characters who all interact and are somehow related.

Even though her writing can be formulaic, I don't care. Sigh. I just loved this one. She will definitely be missed.

 

Mad Men

My beloved Mad Men is back! Season 6. Love me some Don Draper. We're a few episodes in and this season is not disappointing. Love love love.

White Noise App

White Noise app by TM Soft. My husband and I have lived together for 12 years. I'd say the number of nights that I have been able to sleep through his snoring I could probably count on one hand. Most of the time I end up in the guest room. But this app has been life changing.

We used to sleep with the tv on so my brain could concentrate on a sound other than his snoring. But it was distracting to me, even in my sleep. I tried ear plugs (ha!), sleeping with my head under the pillow, earbuds (ouch), etc. Then I downloaded this app, and plugged my phone into our iHome clock radio next to the bed. Hallelujah!

It is better than anything else I've ever tried. It's not perfect, I do still wake up in the middle of the night most of the time. But that's more to do with me than anything. And I'm able to fall back to sleep pretty quickly. I love it.

CASE Study DT Application

The CASE study blog is definitely one of my favorite blogs to visit. It's cool to see not only the cards by the Muse, but also to see how each DT member is inspired by it. Inspiration is such a personal thing.

For their DT call, we are asked to CASE our own personal Muse. I chose one of the best in the industry, Nichole Heady. Her simple but detailed style is just so... great! I don't know how to put it into words! The way I see her cards is how I want people to see my cards. There's just a certain "something" that makes them special.

This is the card I chose to CASE:

What I like about it is the combination of colors and the shabby but still clean look.

Here's my card:

I used the PTI set Rosie Posie and Rosie Posie Step 2. I swiped the edges with Distress Inks.

That extra bit of detail is what sometimes scares me about stamping, but I'm glad I went ahead with it. The Distress Inks, the one flower popped up.

I look forward to the work of some new DT members on the CASE Study crew, fingers crossed that I'm one of them!

Papertrey April Blog Hop

For my first official Piccolo Papercrafts blog post... it's the Papertrey Ink April Blog Hop! The theme this month is something I find myself doing all the time... the tilt!

I created this set using not only the tilt, but also the ombre trend, utilizing the colors of the Papertrey rainbow.

Pinks:

Blues:

Greens:

Aquas:

Purples:

I also use the great Simple Sentiments set by PTI also.

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