Are We There Yet? | Inspiration

Hello all!  Wendy here to share up a Spring Break vibe project for you this Friday.  As many in the States are gearing up for week long vacay (aka "Spring Break") to hit the beach (at least those coming to the Gulf Coast) and road trips, I thought appropriate to inspire with a travel card today.

So, let's pack up the flip flops, shorts, bikini, favorite snacks, and hit the beach!

I kept my card clean and simple.  I used a USA map stencil along with a fine tip Sharpie (non-bleed type) to fill in my stencil.  I added a puffy gold star sticker from Gold Misc Shapes Puffy Stickers.  Many of the puffy sticker collections from Evalicious have lots of colors in the stars to add a fun touch to mark your point of destination on a map.  Especially, I love the gold puffy stickers!  Gold is in and well, we all need a little gold in life. Ha!  

In the corner of my card, I stamped 'road trip' from the Road Trip Clear Stamp Set.  Under the stamped wording, I added the classic phrase heard often on road trips.... "we there yet?" as found in the Itinerary V1 Puffy Stickers.

I hope you enjoyed my quick, fun, and simple card!

Safe travels!

xo, Wendy

Shop Evalicious Product Used:

Itinerary V1 Puffy Stickers

Road Trip Clear Stamp Set

Gold Misc Shapes Puffy Stickers

We Were Here | Inspiration

Hello all!  Wendy here and let's greet this month of March head on with some beachy, springy, sunshiny vibes, shall we?  In living about 40 min from the beach (hey, don't hate) and the serenity of the Gulf Coast, I am completely absorbed in the peace and calm of the ocean.  Honestly, I can say I've never experienced a 'true' winter (again, don't envy) but I do like to share up my Gulf Coast living around here.  I've probably taken a million seagull pictures but each one is so unique.  Something about seagulls (their sound is the best), pelicans (their beaks are a bit scary as one did snap at me once...ok, I digress) and the beach....well, all collective of 'easy living' to pause and reflect.  

So, let's vacay together in my project today.

Somehow my husband spends more time at the beach than I do, I'm still working out that equation. Ha!  And I always joke with him that the seagulls and pelicans are his bodyguards and best friends.  They croak at me (and steal my sandwich, truth) and soar with open wings to him .  I don't get it!  We are both quite lovable but oh well....'we were here' together. Ha!

I love the Evalicious badge buttons.  The cool typewriter words in the Vintage Maps Badge Buttons are perfect for adding to the edge of your photos.  I also used Snip Snip page tabs  and Snip Snip Labels layered around my photos too.

It's fun to mix it up with stamping as layers around photos.  I used the 'fly away' stamp from the Fly Away Stamp Set.  

I added some watercoloring and free form messy journaling as another layer on my project.  

I hope you enjoyed our mini vacation (for a moment) together!  

xo, Wendy

Shop Evalicious Product Used:

Vintage Maps Mini Flatback Buttons

Escape Snip Snip Labels

Hello 2014 Miscellany v1 Puffy Stickers

Everyday Snip Snip Page Tabs

Fly Away Clear Stamp Set

14 & Noteworthy | Inspiration

Hello All!

Wendy here and I can't believe this is the countdown for the last two projects on the Evalicious design team!  WOW, time flies when you're having fun, right?!  I hope I've inspired you, even if a little bit, while hanging out here with Evalicious.  I can definitely say the product is VERY inspiring and makes creating a breeze.  Feels good when amazing product works your mojo in that way, ha!

Project Inspiration | I created this project based on 2014 (aka '14) inspiration from travels earlier this year and my love for a touch of mixed media to my projects.  So, I worked both worlds for love of travel + mixed media for you.

I worked several details into my project using LOTS of Evalicious goodies!  So, let's get to it!  Also, too many times I'll grab 1-2 photos for a project but I made an exception here to use 5 photos.  

I used the '&' from Just Us Miscellany V2 as part of my title '14 & Noteworthy'.  It was just the perfect pop of dimension for a twist on my title work.  I added my own touch of painting and misting on the numbers and cardstock base.

I chose to stamp directly on my photo with the Road Trip stamp set + Staz-On ink.  I used the little car sticker from Itinerary V1 Puffy Stickers and my vintage typewriter for the bit of journaling on the photo.  

What is traveling without a few eats along the way?!  I know I like to check out the local eats when traveling. Well, this banana pudding was to dieeee for right in my own state of Alabama and definitely 'good eats'.  I used the badge button from Everyday V1 along with a fun sticker from Everyday Miscellany for a bit of expression on that pic.  

Sometimes I like to take my stamping to the next level.  So, I worked the 'hello' stamp from Typewriter Love stamp set.   I made a fun twist with the geotag stamp from Love Today along with map badge from Vintage Maps to tie into my pattern paper.  Also, a sweet puffy sticker 'here' from Itinerary V1 Puffy Stickers.  I love this whimsical twist to my project!

As an ending polish to my project, I added a photo from a Feb '14 visit to my fiancé's city in Austria along and used the 'love it here' from Itinerary V2 Puffy Stickers.   

Hope I inspired you today!  

I have one final project for Evalicious coming up 6/27. <<insert sad face>>

Evalicious Product Used:
Badge Buttons | Vintage Maps (map badge), Everyday V1 ('good eats')
Stickers | Everyday Miscellany ('receipt no'), Itinerary V1 Puffy Stickers ('here', car), Itinerary V2 Puffy Stickers ('love it here'), Just Us Miscellany V2 ('&')
Stamps | Love Today (geotag icon), Road Trip ('road trip'), Typewriter Love ('hello')

The full supply list will be posted up later today on my blog.

xo | Wendy