Hey everyone! I have been really lazy about posting my cards...since I joined Instagram this summer! So here's another card I made last August, that a crafty friend said I should really put on my blog! I used some CTMH Woodgrain paper that I was obsessed with to create a frame for my card. On the front panel I stamped the sentiment from CC1147 Create Kindness-Beautiful. This was a stamp set only available a short time, which is why I hadn't shared this card. I stamped the shells from the Swirly Seashells stamp set, with gold pigment ink. Then embossed with clear embossing powder. That made it super easy to watercolor with Gansai Tambi watercolors. I loved the pearly look this gave! The picture really isn't doing it justice. I cut the images out with my ScanNcut, but the dies have been recently released...so be sure to pick them up before they are gone! After everything was dry, I went and added some detail with a white gel pen.
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
CTMH~A Child is Born
Hey everyone! I just wanted to pop in and share a care I made a long time ago, and forgot to share on my blog. I've been really lazy, and only shared most of my cards on Instagram! So, make sure and follow me there. I made a simple card using the CTMH stamp set A Child is Born, one of my favorites from the new Holiday catalog! I colored the images with my Ziggies, and blended them with the Shimmer Brush...So pretty! I stamped the Nativity roof on some CTMH woodgrain paper, and then cut all the images out with my ScanNcut. I used some different CTMH B&T paper for the background, making it appear as a night sky...and keeping this a simple card. I popped the roof, the lamb, and Baby Jesus up on foam tape. That made it much easier to nestle the family together under the roof. I used the die from Woodland Wishes, as the banner, using some gold paper behind it.
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Thursday, November 24, 2016
Neat and Tangled~Little Baby Jesus
Hey everyone! Today I'm sharing a card I made using one of my very favorite stamp sets of this year. It is the Little Baby Jesus stamp set from Neat and Tangled. I couldn't wait to play with it, as I have several ideas...so here is the first. I made a CAS card, so I could play along for the first time with The Little Tangles Challenge. I used distress inks on Neenah Solar White CS and blended it very lightly for a night sky. I added a few splattered of distress inks mixed with perfect pearls, as well as plain water to make the background look more like a starry night sky. I colored all the images with Copic markers and added Wink of Stella, and then die cut all of the images. I love that the dies let you cut the baby out if you would like. So I nestled it a tiny bit below the manger hay. Then I heat embossed the sentiments with gold embossing powder. Then I placed the banner and popped up the Baby Jesus on foam tape. This was a very simple card to make, but I love how it turned out. I can't wait to use this stamp set again, I just love it so much!
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Fall Card Share~Sunny Studio
Hey everyone! Today I am sharing two more cards I have made using Sunny Studio stamps. They are my latest find, and I am having so much fun playing with them! As any of you know, we recently moved to a suburb of Reno, NV. We plan on staying about a year, and then God willing...go back to California or Arizona. Many of you have asked me if I have a craft room. I feel so blessed, for the first time I have a craft room on the main floor! It is just a small office, but I absolutely love it! It makes it much easier to find some time in the evening to craft, and still be part of the family...not to mention it won't get so cold in the winter, as my old craft room did in our basement. I still have many crafty items lost in the sea of boxes yet to be unpacked. After all the time we spent on our extended vacation/adventure traveling through the Pacific Northwest...I managed to forget how much time goes into cooking, cleaning and caring for my husband and three kiddos...ugh, the laundry alone never ends! Lol But, it's still much easier to squeeze in a few minutes here and there with the craft room being right next to my kitchen. ;)
So onto my cards! I have two cards, and I will be sharing both with the Sunny Studio Blog Challenge. Now that I received my order from the new release, I was able to do what I love most...use a bunch of different stamp sets in a a new way! But first, I couldn't quite put the Autumn Splendor stamp set away yet. I really love it! This time, I stamped my images on Tim Hotlz watercolor paper so I would get all the texture...but still have a white background. (If anyone has found a high quality watercolor paper which is bright white, I would love to know the brand and where you got it~Help a crafty friend out!) I inked up the images with distress inks. Then I did some rock and roll inking to get some darker colored edges. I used a shimmer brush to blend the distress inks a bit and add some sparkle. After they were dry, I cut them all out and die cut them with the coordinating dies. Then I added the stems with gold pigment ink. I love how this stamp set has the solid berries, with outline stamps to match...I stamped both in gold, stamping the top layer twice to get a deeper color. I used my MISTI to make it super easy. Then I assembled the leaves and berries on the card, using foam tape for dimension on some of the leaves. I stamped the sentiment in Magenta pigment ink from Avery Elle. Then I added some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and Neat & Tangled.
For my second card...I was back to my usual style. I used a lot of different stamps, I will list them all below my card. I stamped out all of the cute animals and other images, and colored them with Copic markers. I used Wink of Stella to accent the images, and added detailing with gel markers also. I cut them all out with my ScanNcut, as I don't have any of the dies yet sadly. Then I went on to die cutting my card base. I used the oval dies from Lawn fawn to cut my top panel from Lawn Fawn paper, and the card base. Then I used the oval piece I had cut out of the card base for the inside. I blended a bit of pigment inks on the oval for some background color. Then I stamped the sentiment, making sure it would show when the card was open and closed. I attached all the animals popping them up on foam tape, so their tails could be placed behind them. Then I placed the baked goods in their arms. I placed all the images on the inside of the card, so they would peek out of the front how I liked it. It was a pretty simple card to make, and I just love foxes, so now I've fallen in love with these stamp sets as well!
Stamp set used:
Sunny Studio~Blissful Baking
Sunny Studio~Gleeful Reindeer
Sunny Studio~Woodsy Creatures
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Saturday, October 22, 2016
Lawn Fawn Happy Howl-o-ween!
Hey everyone! I hope you are having an awesome weekend! We are getting settled in our new home...and I am so thankful I have a craft room on the main floor! I have been having so much fun playing with all my new stamps, and trying out new techniques. I have had some slider dies for a while, but as usual...I waited to use them, until I thought I could do it *perfect*! So, today I'm sharing my first slider card! I was dying to play with the super cute set from Lawn Fawn, Happy Howloween! I made a cute little scene card, that was so easy with the coordinating dies. I wanted to play along with the Lawnscaping Challenge, so I used Seedless Preserves, and Ripe Persimmon for my blending my background. The challenge was to use black, purple and one other color...so of course I chose orange.
To make this card, first I made the background by blending distress inks on watercolor paper. Then I did my flicking water with Perfect Pearls trick, that I've been obsessed with since I discovered it last Halloween. I wanted to make a non-spooky sunset background. While the background was drying, I stamped my images and colored them with Copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out, but still fussy cut the costumes so they would not have a white border. I put the cute little pumpkin basket in the dogs mouth, so he could be the hero...offering a treat to make the ghost go away! Then I cut out the slider part on the background. I used a banner die as the slider cut to attach the ghost to, and I used the MFT slider replenishments to make it simple. Those things are totally worth it! I used distress inks to blend the banner cut and scrap paper to go behind the cut out portion of the card. Then I assembled all the pieces...It's really easier than I'm making it sound. Just try everything out before you add adhesive. Then I added the Leafy Tree Backdrop die cut frame, so I could pop it up with foam tape where it needed it and add the sentiment. Then I had a few oopsies from using a liquid adhesive...so I decided to add some sequins to the sky. For my next slider card I make, I won't use a liquid glue. It got a bit messy, so I had to hide a few oopsies. I also will use black craft foam like I used to for cards...but it's still packed away in my MIA crafty boxes. But, when you pull the banner up, the ghost rises out of the pumpkin! So fun, and my kids loved it! I hope you love it too!
Join in on the fun at the Lawnscaping Challenge!
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Falling for Sunny Studio~Autumn Splendor
Hey everyone! Just popping in to share my first card I made with a stamp set from Sunny Studio. I know...I'm late to the party! But, I've always been a fast learner, thankfully! Thanks to this gorgeous Autumn Splendor stamp set, I can say I'm hooked! As soon as I got this stamp set, the only thing I knew was I wanted to use distress inks and non-traditional fall colors. I had recently picked up some Rose Gold sequins from the Pretty Pink Posh shop. So, I thought I would try to make colors work with pink for my fall card. I had so much fun playing...I'm really like a kid in a candy store when I get new stamps.
To make this card, I started out stamping the leaves with Tim Holtz Distress inks on Bristol Smooth paper. Other than my colors, I really didn't have a plan. Then I went over the stamp with my CTMH Shimmer Brush. (Yes, the one I said I really didn't recommend, and now I'm using on every card, lol) It actually works amazing with any project you would use water on. Just don't get it near Memento inks, or inks that don't play well with water. But, it was perfect for how I was playing today. You could do they same thing with any waterbrush, you just wouldn't have all the sparkle I crave. But, it turned out this took most of the splotches out of the stamped images! I've always wondered if I could use distress inks to stamp with, without a big mess. I will definitely be using this technique again! Then I took the darker shade and just inked half of the image with the distress ink cube, and stamped again. This lovely stamp set comes with images of half the leave...which is what inspired me. It just looked better to me for some reason, to have the light color on the left. Probably just because I'm right handed?!? Then I stamped the stems, berries and acorn with gold pigment ink. Then I cut them all out with the coordinating dies. I stamped the sentiment and just randomly attached the leaves around it, popping a few leaves up with foam tape. Then I added some sequins for some more sparkle. It was actually very fast and simple, so I encourage you guys to try it out! The only thing I would do differently next time, is I would die cut the images first...and then stamp them. A few of my stems didn't line up the way I had stamped them. Today I also found out Sunny Studio has a wonderful blog full of inspiration.
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To make this card, I started out stamping the leaves with Tim Holtz Distress inks on Bristol Smooth paper. Other than my colors, I really didn't have a plan. Then I went over the stamp with my CTMH Shimmer Brush. (Yes, the one I said I really didn't recommend, and now I'm using on every card, lol) It actually works amazing with any project you would use water on. Just don't get it near Memento inks, or inks that don't play well with water. But, it was perfect for how I was playing today. You could do they same thing with any waterbrush, you just wouldn't have all the sparkle I crave. But, it turned out this took most of the splotches out of the stamped images! I've always wondered if I could use distress inks to stamp with, without a big mess. I will definitely be using this technique again! Then I took the darker shade and just inked half of the image with the distress ink cube, and stamped again. This lovely stamp set comes with images of half the leave...which is what inspired me. It just looked better to me for some reason, to have the light color on the left. Probably just because I'm right handed?!? Then I stamped the stems, berries and acorn with gold pigment ink. Then I cut them all out with the coordinating dies. I stamped the sentiment and just randomly attached the leaves around it, popping a few leaves up with foam tape. Then I added some sequins for some more sparkle. It was actually very fast and simple, so I encourage you guys to try it out! The only thing I would do differently next time, is I would die cut the images first...and then stamp them. A few of my stems didn't line up the way I had stamped them. Today I also found out Sunny Studio has a wonderful blog full of inspiration.
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Monday, September 12, 2016
Lawn Fawn Tooth Fairy Card
Hey everyone! I wanted to share my recent Tooth Fairy card I made using a few stamp sets from Lawn Fawn. This card was super easy to make, once I finally was able to get my hands on the Plan On It stamp set. I've had this idea since the stamp set came out, lol! I am also entering this card in the Lawnscaping Challenge for using texture. I love these little fairies, and once you paint their wings with Stickles...that chunky glitter gives a lot of texture without making a bulky card.
Supplies used:
Stamp sets:
Lawn Fawn~Fairy Friends
Lawn Fawn~Plan on it
Lawn Fawn~Hello Baby
Dies:
Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Circle
Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackables
Paper:
Lawn Fawn~Perfectly Plaid
Neenah #110 CS
Markers: Copics
Other: Stickles Icicle
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Supplies used:
Stamp sets:
Lawn Fawn~Fairy Friends
Lawn Fawn~Plan on it
Lawn Fawn~Hello Baby
Dies:
Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Circle
Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackables
Paper:
Lawn Fawn~Perfectly Plaid
Neenah #110 CS
Markers: Copics
Other: Stickles Icicle
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Saturday, September 3, 2016
How I made my Lawn Fawn Santa!
Stamps used:
Gnome sweet Gnome~awn Fawn
Hats off to you~Lawn Fawn
Mom + me~Lawn Fawn
Toboggan Together ~Lawn Fawn
Jingle Greetings~Mama Elephant
My next card I have linked the with Lawnscaping Challenge. The challenge was to use texture, and this card had several layers of stitching with my waves, and stickles on the fish...they feel like fish, just not as slimy! Lol I put more stickles for texture on Santa's belt buckle.
Stamps used:
Dad + me~Lawn Fawn
Mom + me~Lawn Fawn
Gnome sweet Gnome~Lawn Fawn
Hats off to you~Lawn Fawn
Toboggan Together~Lawn Fawn
Plan on it~Lawn Fawn
Critters in the Artic~Lawn Fawn
Mini Messages~Mama Elephant
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Saturday, January 16, 2016
Planner Theme Blog Hop~My love for Filofax
Hey everyone! If you came from the talented Becca Whitham's blog, you are in the right place! I'm joining in with these fabulous crafty ladies again this month, and we are sharing our planners!
I just jumped into the planner world last year. If you are new to the planner world...I will warn you, it is easy to become overwhelmed (and addicted, lol). I started with the Erin Condren Life Planner, I actually did love it, but I started joining Facebook planner groups, and discovered Filofax. I love both planners now, for different reasons...but I am still so new to the planner world, I'm still learning everything!
For the Erin Condren Life Planner, I love that it comes completely done. No accessories required, though the matching items are so tempting! It is perfect to use at home for bills, and family info. I love that is pretty, and I don't feel the need to decorate it (though lots of people do), and I love the overall layout. It's just too big to put in my purse...so I find myself not using it as much. But, it's pretty pricey for to use for just one year. But, I did find it to be good quality.
Then last June, I discovered Filofax...and the bargain hunter in me loves the Filofax much more. The Filofax is a planner that comes from the UK. They come in lots of styles, sizes, and colors. My favorite is the Personal size. I love that you can get buy it on Amazon, and depending which planner you choose...the prices are more affordable. I love that it fits in my purse, which makes me use it much more...and helps me track our expenses to stay on budget. I love that you can decorate it as little, or as much as you want...which makes it even more fun to use! Most of all, I love that you can use them year after year, and just switch out the inserts for a new year (for about $10).
My collection of Filofax's are all leather, and sad but true...they make me happy just to look at them! I ordered a them all at once from the UK Amazon, and saved over $200 that way...but if I had to do it over, I would have just started with one. In case you are new to planners, you don't NEED more than one...but I like to change them out every so often, like you do purses. My current favorite, is the Filofax Malden Personal Organizer Ochre, which is a super soft leather. Make sure you read the description, as not all Filofax's are leather (especially the super cheap ones). ;)
So, here is my current collection:
Another fun part of Filofax's is how much you can accessorize it. I recently made some charms, that hold the place like a bookmark. If you are a CTMH girl, the Base and Bling items would make awesome charms for your planner! But, when I first started out...I just made a dashboard. I don't know who named it dashboard...but, a dashboard is a decorative page you see first thing when you open your planner. So here is the one I made:
For my dashboard, I was inspired by Kelly Latevola's YouTube video. She made the most amazing video showing No Line Copic Coloring! I used the stamp set Watercolored Anemones, from Wplus9. I second generation stamped the images, and then gave it my first try at No Line Copic coloring. I loved it, and I'm so happy I finally tried it out!
For the inside I wanted to make shaker inserts to divide the pages, which were super easy using CTMH Flip Flaps. So easy, if you saw my Easiest Shaker Card~EVER YouTube video, this was pretty similar, and still no Fuse Tool required. I used the Crop-a-dile Big Bite punch to place holes in the Flip Flaps after sealing. The sequins are too big to fit through the holes, but glitter or seed beads won't work for this easy insert.
I hope you had fun peeking in my planner, and you can incorporate some ideas in your own planner. Now on with the hop, to see what the Amy McVey has to share about her planner!
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Valentine's ideas! Great Chemistry~Papersmooches
Hello everyone! In case you are looking for ideas for Valentine's day...Here is what we did last year...It was a huge hit! My sweet friend asked me to re-share it, so she could find it easily. Here you go, Jen!
My youngest son loves science, he wants to be a scientist when he grows up. So when it came time to make Valentines for his class, I was so happy to find the perfect stamp set already in my stash! My son and I made them together, and had so much fun! We used the super fun stamp set from Paper Smooches, Great Chemistry. I taught him how to use various shades of Copic markers to shade, and he loved it! I die cut some tags to glue the pieces on. Then we attached the tags to "test tubes" from CTMH, and my son had fun filling them with skittles.
For his Valentine's box~We took his Lego Avengers box from last year, and re-used it. Whew~that is the worst part to me...That saved me hours! We had used Sweet Treat cups to make the circles, to create a Lego. My son did the stamping, and we each colored half of the scientist. Then I let my ScanNcut cut all the little pieces...He wanted to make his box look like a mad scientist, with his lab exploding. So I put adhesive on the pieces, and let him attach all of the stamped test tubes and other images where ever he liked. We borrowed a lightbulb and connector set from one of his real science kits. Maybe it was because it was my idea, lol...but I think it turned out pretty awesome! I got to help with his school party, and all the kids LOVED it. The working lightbulb was a huge hit, and got us stopped in the hallway by teachers wanting to check it out too. Here are some pics:
Supplies used:
Stamp set: Great Chemistry~Paper Smooches
Markers: Copic
Paper: Poppy, Papertrey Ink
Dies: Mama Elephant
"Test Tubes" Treat tubes: Close to my Heart
Baker's twine: Lawn Fawn
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My youngest son loves science, he wants to be a scientist when he grows up. So when it came time to make Valentines for his class, I was so happy to find the perfect stamp set already in my stash! My son and I made them together, and had so much fun! We used the super fun stamp set from Paper Smooches, Great Chemistry. I taught him how to use various shades of Copic markers to shade, and he loved it! I die cut some tags to glue the pieces on. Then we attached the tags to "test tubes" from CTMH, and my son had fun filling them with skittles.
For his Valentine's box~We took his Lego Avengers box from last year, and re-used it. Whew~that is the worst part to me...That saved me hours! We had used Sweet Treat cups to make the circles, to create a Lego. My son did the stamping, and we each colored half of the scientist. Then I let my ScanNcut cut all the little pieces...He wanted to make his box look like a mad scientist, with his lab exploding. So I put adhesive on the pieces, and let him attach all of the stamped test tubes and other images where ever he liked. We borrowed a lightbulb and connector set from one of his real science kits. Maybe it was because it was my idea, lol...but I think it turned out pretty awesome! I got to help with his school party, and all the kids LOVED it. The working lightbulb was a huge hit, and got us stopped in the hallway by teachers wanting to check it out too. Here are some pics:
Supplies used:
Stamp set: Great Chemistry~Paper Smooches
Markers: Copic
Paper: Poppy, Papertrey Ink
Dies: Mama Elephant
"Test Tubes" Treat tubes: Close to my Heart
Baker's twine: Lawn Fawn
Thanks for joining me!
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