Snippets By Mendi

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Lori Whitlock's March Blog Hop: Interactive Slider Cards

Hello and welcome to Lori Whitlock's March blog hop! You should be arriving here from Corri's blog or if you're just joining us you can start from the beginning at Lori's blog. :)

Today I thought I would share with you a couple different interactive cards which center around penny sliders! My first card uses Lori's Penny Slider Card Circle cutting file. I was able to hide the strip that holds the two circles together with a cloud die-cut and use the cute kite embellishment to circle around the card. Really easy and super fun!

Doodlebug Design & Lori Whitlock Penny Slider Card Circle Kite Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

My second card uses Lori's We Are Family collection which she designed for Echo Park along with her Penny Slider Card Pinwheel. I altered this template to have a separate strip in the middle to separate my street, grass and sky and then paired it Lori's cloud and car cutting files.

I found the perfect sentiment using a retired stamp set from Technique Tuesday's Happyville collection. This card is so much fun--As you tilt it to one side to another, the car does little wheelies and flips!

Echo Park We Are Family & Lori Whitlock Penny Slider Pinwheel Car Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

To create my cards I used the following cut files available in Lori's shop:

This week you can get 30% off all her and Kolette Hall's amazing cutting files and fonts using the code "March" through March 15, 2015. :)

Never fear digital fans, there is also a one-day sale over at Snap.Click.Supply using the code "LWMAR15HOP". :)

She also is giving everyone a set of free cutting files at her shop using the code "FREEFILE" at checkout.

If that weren't enough head over to her blog for a chance to win a $20 gift card. :)

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Make sure to check out all the inspiring projects at my fellow teammates blogs & leave comments for more chances to win. Your next stop in the hop is Traci's Blog. :)

Paper Team:

Lori Whitlock

Corri Garza

Mendi Yoshikawa (you are here)

Digital Team:

Thanks so much for stopping by. :)

Other Supplies (available at Simon Says Stamp)

Other Supplies Used (available at Scrapbook.com)

Friday, March 6, 2015

Doodlebug Sugar Shoppe Girls Birthday Card with Sketch

Happy Friday my crafty friends! :)

Today I have a birthday card to share using Doodlebug's Sugar Shoppe collection along with a sketch I designed. The sketch was originally scheduled to appear in the May issue of Paper Crafts Magazine, but was sadly was canceled with the closing of the publication. I decided it was about time that I share it with all of you. ;)

For my card, the sentiment was heat embossed using Papertrey Ink's Think Big Favorites #1 stamp set. I masked off the letter "i" in wish so that I could insert a cute little candle sticker from the collection.

And here's my sketch...

Knock on wood, I'm really hoping to make this a a regular feature with a new sketch and samples each month. Until then, I hope you all have a wonderful & extra sunny weekend! :)

Supplies Used (available at Scrapbook.com)

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Pebbles We Go Together Hugs & Kisses Grandparent Layout

Today I have one last Valentine's Day layout to share featuring my sweet grandparents. They have been married just a few years shy of 70 years so when I came across this photo of them I knew they would be a great match with the Pebbles We Go Together collection (even if it was taken at Christmas time). ;)

I thought it would be fun to create a grouping of the roses in this collection by layering them on the aqua tag. Even though the tag didn't quite match my theme, I loved the color of it and how it contrasted with my flowers so I was able to strategically hide the picture printed on it.

I die-cut my hugs and kisses title using Silhouette cut files found HERE and HERE using white vinyl which is perfect for thin, delicate titles that might otherwise shred ordinary cardstock.

To give my flowers extra depth I popped up some with foam tape and cut some extra flowers from the matching patterned paper to layer in the centers.

For the perfect finishing touch to my layout I created a ribbon border using We R Memory Keeper's Sew Ribbon tool. I love how it adds the perfect Wow factor to my layout! It reminds me of a fancy wedding dress which is perfect for a layout all about love!

To create a border just like mine, you will need 3 to 4 feet of ribbon (I used almost an entire 4-foot AC spool with my bow) and a We R Memory Keepers "Sew Ribbon" tool of your choice.