Wednesday Trends at TSG

I don't know about you but I have tons of paper pad scraps in my collection.  Today I'm sharing a trend and tutorial over at the TSG blog as part of my Trendsetter of the week hosting duties.  Starburst or sunburst patterns on cards and scrapbooking pages are pretty hot right now.  I've used it for this cute pup from the "Puppy Love" set for my card.

The technique may look complicated but is pretty simple and there are several ways you can use in on a card.  Just Google under either starburst or sunburst card and you'll see what I mean.
For my card I started with four 1.5" x 6" strips cut from my leftovers.  Each one of those strip was cut at a diagonal from corner to corner.  You will also need a base for assembling.  Just grab a simple piece of copy paper.  I cut mine a little smaller than A2 size because I knew I was going to  mat it, but if you want it to cover the whole front of your card cut it to that size.

Next you're going to start assembling the pattern.  I knew I was going to be adding a circle to the bottom left corner for my image so I traced the outside of my die so I could make sure everything else was completely covered with the strips.  I used a Two-way Glue pen to add a spot of glue just to help keep my pieces in place until I had them like I wanted them.

You can use whatever kind of adhesive you like.  I'm a liquid glue girl because of the humidity here in the south.  I used my brayer to get a nice smooth attachment.

Once all the pieces were glued down I trimmed the piece to get rid of the excess hangover.

Pop it on your card base and embellish as you want.  I added stitching to all my panels just cause I love to stitch on my cards, but it looks great either way.

     Here are a few challenges I'd like to enter:

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT--use kraft cardstock

Digi Sketch Challenge--all for the animals

Love to Scrap--anything goes

Make It Monday--anything goes

Make It Monday with Kraft Outlet--use any sketch and KO items

Ooh LaLa Creations--stitching--real or faux

Scrapbook Blessings--sunburst card

The Squirrel and the Fox--animal antics

Hope you have a great Wednesday.  I'll be back Friday with an Anything But a Card project to share.

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Reunion", Bazzill, Kraft Outlet Light Kraft, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--There She Goes Clear Stamps "Puppy Love" and "Nutmeg"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Jet Black Archival, Sakura white and silver gel pens

Copics Used:

E21, E23, E25, E27, E93, C4, C6, C8, YG93, YG95

Tools--Nestabilities Standard Circles, Fiskars Circle Cutter, MFT Die-namics Fishtail Stax, sewing machine
Miscellaneous--Wal-mart buttons, Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String