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  • Lovely Fresh Lemons for New Years!

    Hi friends! This week was my turn to have a project up on the Greetery Blog! Hope you’re doing great and having a great week! The first full week of the New Year!! In the new year, it’s time to turn to themes other than holidays, and to have fresh eyes on our projects. So I thought – what is the freshest thing? Lemons!! In that tone, I chose to share a card today featuring the lovely Large Lemon stencils and dies. The perfect colorful start to non-holiday crafting!!
     
    My finished card is a white A2 card base. I layered a white layer die cut with the A2 Scallops Dies – so pretty! I stenciled two lemons and leaves, using the Large Lemon stencil/die set. One lemon is on the scallop panel, and the other set I cut out the leaves and flowers to create a dimensional look. I stenciled using shades of yellow, green and pink ink pads, and my blender brushes. 
     
    For the sentiment, I used the One Fine Day stamps and dies and heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder. I die cut out the sentiment and attached it to a vellum circle. I attached the extra leaves and flowers onto the card using small foam circles to make them pop. As a finishing touch I added some light pink gems. I also tied pretty twine around the top of the card. I really love these colors….so bright and happy.
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    That’s it for my project for today! I hope you have a fantastic and creative day! Wishing you a very happy, healthy and creative new year! It’s my pleasure to share The Greetery with you, and I look forward to sharing with you again soon – and through 2025! Be on the lookout for a new release soon! In the meantime, happy crafting! XO Wanda

  • Concord and 9th 2023 Color Release – Crazy for Swatches!!

    Hi guys!! How's your week going? My week is flying by so fast (too fast!) I have a lot of activities and work this week but it's all good. And it's good for me to be busy and out of trouble! We finally hit the 70's here and the sun is out and it's been a real mood lifter for sure. I don't remember a time when it was so late in the year before it got warm. I'm grateful for the nice sunny days and being able to get out more. I hope you're having a good week too!! 

    I'm back today with more information and more projects about the brand new 2023 Color Release from Concord and 9th! Did you get some goodies earlier this week? Or are you waiting to see more projects? I have to say that the new colors are SO pretty. I've been using them on everything!! Including my projects for the new Greetery Release! I made four+ projects for Concord and 9th and I'll be sharing throughout the month. Today is all about swatches!! Wooohooo! I do love a good swatchbook. I LOVE to organize and I love to make swatches too! Well, Concord and 9th invented a new and easy solution for making our color swatches and I'm excited to share with you today! Supplies are listed at the bottom of my post. 

    With the new supplies, you can make individual color swatches AND these amazing color combination swatches! There is a Swatchbook stamp set (with all the colors) and a Swatchbook die set. I have the most fun making these to share with you!! Here is my first set of swatches. I'll be making more for SURE!!

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    The brilliant part of this is that you can save color combinations!!! Don't you love it?? I mixed and matched new colors and old colors together to create this set of combos. I have so many ideas and I'll be making lots more!!! Also, I'm excited to have a tool to help me if I run into a creative block in the future.

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    In addition to my swatchbook, I also made a small booklet with all the new colors of cardstock. I decorated the cover with Concord and 9th supplies. All the supplies are detailed at the end of my post! 

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    The stamp set has that cool bold font with the title sentiment. I added some crafty elements to the cover (of course!) Feel free to use my color combinations if you like!

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    Here's a close up of my cardstock swatches….

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    When Concord and 9th first came out with their colors (about two years ago) I made this swatchbook!! I'm not sure if I'll keep the old and new colors separate or eventually combine them into one book…. In total there are now 48 colors + black and white. LOOOOOOVE!!!

     

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    The die set has this rectangle die that makes the pieces to put into your book. I went ahead and die cut the rectangles die (it makes six rectangles in one pass) in all 50 colors. Now I have this stack of color blocks to put onto new swatches and color combos. I think this is the way to go because when I get an idea for a combination, I can put it together on the spot!! 

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    I used this swatch for my card I posted on Monday!!

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    I used this retro fresh color combo swatch for a project I'll be sharing later in the month! As you're probably noticing, my favorite new color is definitely Lemongrass! My other two favorites are Dragonfruit and Tidepool!!

     

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    At some point soon I will probably make a swatchbook with the ink pads…. The ink pads are sooooooo juicy and vivid!! Great for blending and stamping and of course for Turnabout stamps!

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    Here is a photo of all the 25 new ink pad colors!

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    Okay, that's it for today's post! Happy swatching!! Hee hee. Enjoy the rest of your week and I'll see ya soon! XOXO In the comments leave me a note telling me your favorite new color and if you got some of the new goodies!!

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    CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply list for today's projects!! (affiliate links used)

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  • Introducing: Concord & 9th 2023 NEW Color Collection! Ink pads and papers! And More!

    Hi friends! It's going to be a fun crafty week! Happy Monday! How was your Easter? I hope you had a lovely weekend with loved ones! We had bright sunny skies and it was so uplifting! Looking forward to a very busy week this week. Hope you are doing well! My Easter card photo didn't post correctly yesterday – it's there now if you would like to see it! I'm still having intermitent problems with my website hosting service – with posting photos. It's making me crazy! Really frustrating!! So thank you to the people who gave me a shoutout that my photo was missing!! 

    Today's post is something VERY exciting! Today is the official launch day of the NEW COLOR COLLECTION from Concord and 9th! 25 (yes 25) new colors of ink pads, reinkers and cardstock!! WOOHOOOOO! I was very happy to be included in the launch festivities and I've been using the new colors for a couple of weeks making projects to share with you. Excellent! I looooove all the new colors but my favorites so far are Lemongrass, Tidepool and Dragonfruit! And I used those colors today along with some new stencils and dies…. There is a loooooottttt of new! Everything is already available in the C9 Store. I have a photo of all the new colors farther down in my post, and you can CLICK HERE to see my post about the original C9 colors. The new ink pads are juicy and easy to stamp or stencil with!! 

    My finished card is a big 5.25" x 5.25" square card made from white cardstock. I layered Lemongrass cardstock and then that gorgeous bold floral. I used the brand new Flower Press Stencils to make the floral and I used the brand new Just Say More dies for the sentiment and the hearts…. SO much color!!! 

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    Who wouldn't want some BIG hugs in the mail?! My colors are listed in the photo above! The swatch strip is another new product launching today, and I'll talk more about it in a post later!! (YAY)

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    There is a huge Instagram Hop today – with prizes at every stop!! Head on over to Instagram to enter to win!!

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    These floral stencils are so fresh and modern! And perfect for mixing and matching your favorite color combos…. They stencil so nice and easy. I splashed on some white paint for an artsy effect.

     

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    These are the 25 new ink colors! Aren't they fabulous???

     

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    And these are the 25 new matching cardstock colors!! The supplies I used to make my swatchbook are in the supplies link at the bottom of my post. I do love making swatches, don't you?! 

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    I wrapped a strip of vellum across the bottom of my card. Then I die cut a circle and mounted it as the 'ground' for my big sentiment. I love this font! I added a few matching hearts and some enamel dots. This card layout would work in any colors!!

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    That's it for today's exciting news and projects!! Head on over to Concord and 9th to check out all the new items and the new colors!! I will see you back here real soon, my dearies! XO

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  • Friday Fun with The Greetery and Beautiful Birthday Balloons!

    Hey hey hey everyone, my crafty friends! I've missed you a lot and I think I'm back to sharing! I really really miss blogging, sharing, and interacting with all of you. I have to be honest, I haven't been myself here lately and so I've been cocooning and taking care of myself. I am exhausted and mentally and physically just not feeling well. When I don't feel good it is very hard for me to create. 2023 has already been a super hard year at our house – lots of stress and anxiety for both myself and my dear husband. If it can break, or go wrong, it has….and I am burned out.  We always turn to the Lord for comfort and He always provides for us. We will be fine as we always are. Just seems like a lot of tests lately. My soul hurts and I want to be my old loud, crazy, silly self. But not yet – sometimes there is just the need for a season of rest and quiet. I have been creating the past few days and I have SO many projects coming up. SO much good stuff from our favorite companies. I look forward to sharing with you and hearing from you. I hope you are doing well, and getting crafty. I hope to inspire you and be inspired by you! XOXO

    Today, I'm up on The Greetery blog with a fun, pretty in pink, birthday card! My card features all supplies from The Greetery, including the gorgeous Balloon Bouquet stamps and dies along with the awesome Square Dance Stencils. My finished card is an A2 card base in white, layred with pink and some stenciled gingham….and more of course….

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    Here's a side view of my layers…. I die cut out an Arch with the A2 Arches Dies to serve as a frame for the stenciled gingham. I made my focal balloon with the floral spray, and then die cut more balloons from vellum and pink cardstock. Love this soft look!

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    The Balloon Bouquet stamps are SO pretty and unique!! I used soft pink and green distress inks to stamp the flowers. I really like this color combination. I used the same green distress ink to gently ink blend the bottom of that one large balloon. I stamped and heat embossed the happy birthday sentiment in my favorite silver glitter embossing powder.

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    I used the Cake Pops Banner and stamps to make a smaller sentiment of hip hip hooray! The 'strings' were die cut from silver glitter cardstock.

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    The Square Dance Stencils make a gingham/buffalo plaid and you can use up to three different colors to make your plaid. I wanted it to be super soft, so I used all three of the stencils with the SAME color of pink ink! Fresh and pretty!

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    I am completely obsessed with these glitter drops and added lots of pretty pink sprinkles to finish off my card! (supplies are listed below)

     

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    That's it for today! Happy Friday! I hope you have a fun weekend planned! It has been very very cold here!! The snow line is LOW – like only about 20 miles from us. We are staying in this weekend except for church. I hope you're ready to see a lot of me next week – cards are coming! XOXO

    CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply list for today's birthday card (Affiliate Links Used)

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  • Pretty Pink Posh – Birthday Celebration February 2023 New Release! Gift card holder birthday card!

    Hello crafting pals! Happy Saturday! Hope your week was awesome! We have had a couple of weeks of sunshine here and the flowers are going crazy. We already have about 20 fully bloomed daffodils, and the tulips are sprouting! Tons of blossoms on all the trees and lots of camellias too. It feels good to be outside this time of year and I like it that it's still cold at night. I've been busy with tons of activities, mostly at church, and not as much crafting. Life is good here at the moment. Today I'm here on the blog as part of the giant Pretty Pink Posh Ninth Birthday Celebration! One of my favorite companies is nine years old this month – yay and congratulations to Pretty Pink Posh! 

    In order to celebrate PPP's birthday, there is a huge four day blog hop and also next week a big Instagram hop! Today is my day to join the blog hop and I'm glad you're here! I'll have another card next week too! Yippee! Prizes, supplies, discounts and the link list are at the bottom of my post today. Let's get started!

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    My finished card is an A2 cream card base. I layered pretty purple cardstock and purple gingham as my base. My card features the brand new Gift Card Bag Die, The brand new Birthday Sentiments stamps and dies, and the brand new Wish stamps and dies. I used a color palette of purple, green, yellow and cream, with bits of gold and some sparkly glitter!

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    The star of the show is the awesome new GIft Card Bag Die! It perfectly holds a gift card for any occasion. I made a fun birthday card with mine to use all the new supplies! I die cut the bag from cream cardstock and gently inked just the bottom of the bag using Distress Ink and a Blender Brush. I heat embossed the sentiment in gold onto a vellum strip to go across the bottom of the bag. The sentiment is brand new and I LOVE it!

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    The top of the bag die has a pretty zig zag edge which just adds a nice detail. When I die cut the bag, I die cut a purple handle for it. I used a previously released die set to make some matching purple bows for the top. I tucked in some crumpled up vellum to look like gift bag tissue!

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    I colored everything with Copic Markers and added white gel pen accents. I splattered on gold paint and purple ink to the bag for a bit of artistic interest. I used a scallop circle and another cream circle to serve as my focal point for the birthday icons.

     

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    Here is my card with the coffee gift card tucked inside!! Fun fact about me – I collect Starbucks cards! For over twenty years! I have hundreds of them and so I can always find one that matches a theme or is perfect for the person! This one has a pretty birthday cake on it. 

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    My gift bag was attached to the card using foam tape to leave room for the vellum tissue and the gift card. I'll need a larger envelope, but that's okay!

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    Thank you for stopping by today! Enjoy the wonderful blog hop! Hope you have an awesome weekend! XO

    There are EIGHT $25 gift certificates up for grabs from Pretty Pink Posh (two winners for each day of the hop!) Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop comments so be sure to comment on ALL the blogs!! Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 2/15/2023. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog! Good luck everyone!! 

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    CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see my supply list for today's card (Affiliate Links Used)! 

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    TODAY'S BLOG HOP LINKS LIST! ENJOY THE HOP!

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  • Doodlebug My Happy Place Shadow Box!

    Hi friends!! How was your 4th of July? I hope you enjoyed a lovely and fun holiday! It was nice here and the hubs of course had the day off so it was a nice long weekend together. We went to the zoo and I visited my favorite – the flamingos! We did some other fun running around in the amazing weather. After the heat wave of last week, it just felt so good to be outside! We are pretty low key about things for the 4th. Our neighborhood does a lot of fireworks so we can pretty much stand outside and see tons of them! Ha. Our church had everyone wear red, white and blue to services and that was super cool – to see everyone unified like that. It was awesome. And now, it's somehow July!! Another year rolling along so quickly. I hope you are doing well!! 

    I'm here today to share another fun Doodlebug project! I made another Shadow Box Insert – with the new My Happy Place Collection!! It's SO freaking cute. You guys already know how much I love this one!! Guess what? A new collection is on it's way to me right now – Seaside Summer!! I about lost my mind when I saw the previews from Doodlebug. I CAN'T WAIT! Sea animals and beach houses and the prettiest colors….  Anyhoo, back to today's project! If you haven't tried a Doodlebug Shadow Box – please make one! I guarantee you will love it! Get some friends together, get everyone a kit and just enjoy an easy project together…

    Here is my completed and framed shadow box! It's on our entry way table right now with some cute home decor items. The frame is re-used of course from my other shadow box project (LINK HERE). 

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    The next photos are of the finished box and also of the insert before I put it behind the glass, so you can see all the details. The kit comes with the stickers, and the gems, etc. that you need. I always add a few heart sprinkles in there too. Because that's my fav. 

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    I added a sticker here on the bottom of the frame. I used temporary tape runner so I can peel it off when I switch out the insert.

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    That's it for today my friends! Thanks for popping by to see me. It's always nice to have you here in my little creative space. Wishing you a great week. XOXOXO

  • Doodlebug My Happy Place – Circle Mini Album!

    Hi everyone!! How are you this fine Monday?! I hope you had a delightful weekend! Did you get in some crafting time? Or maybe some time outside in the sun? We had a good weekend and it's hard to believe it's already Monday again! I have something really fun to share with you today! After a very long wait, there is a beautiful new collection from Doodlebug! Yay! It's called My Happy Place and I am obsessed with the color palette!! For my first project, I made something I hardly ever make – a mini album scrapbook!! Oh, what a super fun project and a joy to create! I had fun mixing and matching papers and all the adorable embellishments….I hope you like it! There are tons of pictures in this post. The project was super easy too – I hope you try it!

    The front and back of my album were made with super thick cardstock and die cut with a Scalloped Circle Die. The inside pages are slightly smaller, and various sized circles decorated with papers and embellishments. For the cover, decoration, I used two of the 12×12 papers and then went to town with stickers and Sprinkles and shapes. These colors are so beautiful together!! I splashed on some white paint and added hearts too! You know I always add some hearts. Here is the link to the super thick cardstock – it's the best for album covers or nice thick tags and swatches! I use it a lot!

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    The "love grows here" embellishment is a cardstock sticker – so beautiful!! I added flowers, hearts, splatters…all the good things! Look at that pretty scalloped edge on those circles!

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    I used some ribbons from my stash to tie around the pink binder ring. It just adds some more color and texture.

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    Here's the first page! Washi tapes, and stickers, and chunky twine…oh my!

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    And the next page…A slightly smaller circle with stickers, flowers and gingham….

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    Next up, butterflies and flowers Pretty in PInk! (and black…) LOVE!

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    The next page is a patterned vellum circle…adorned with a pretty sticker and a mix/match of Sprinkles and Jewels!

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    And the next page….

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    And the last page, and inside back cover. I added some pretty pom pom trim!! 

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    And this is the very back! 

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    One of the brand new things in this collection is this gorgeous key ring!!! Oh GOSH! It's lovely! I hope Doodlebug makes more of these! You can clip it onto your handbag, or tote or even on your scrapbooking bag (or scrapbook!) 

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    Thanks friends, for spending part of your day here with me! I hope you will go out and create and have a fun week! See you soon! XOXOXO

  • Doodlebug Cute & Crafty Pop Up Card!

    Hello there my cute and crafty friends! Happy Monday! How are you??? I haven't been blogging that much lately, but this week there is going to be A LOT of content! I can't wait to share all of the things I've been making behind the scenes! This week's blog posts have Doodlebug (today), Pretty Pink Posh new release, and The Greetery new release! I hope you'll have fun joining me here all week as we celebrate Spring crafting and lots of color! 

    I went through a pretty 'dry' period creatively lately, and I have had to learn over the years to just ride it out and not force anything creatively. It never works. In the meantime I have taken three part time jobs! Gosh I've been so busy and it's been wonderful to be out of the house. I also started a new Bible Study at church on Wednesdays that has been really good for my soul. The topic is on point for me! I am so happy that my creative mojo is now flowing again and the projects I have for this week are all ones I Iike a lot. Hope you've been doing great and I hope the renewal of Spring is making you joyful! Sending you a big crafty hug from my craft room to yours!

    Today I want to share a fun pop-up card made with the Doodlebug Cute & Crafty Collection! It's my day up on the Doodlebug Blog too!  I just absolutely love this happy collection full of artsy, crafty things! And the rainbow colors make the collection just that much more fun. Pencils, Markers, Paints and more…. I used lots of elements from the Cute & Crafty Collection to make my super crafty pop up card! The pop up die is from Lawn Fawn (Supplies listed at the bottom of my post!) Let's Craft! This card would be perfect to send to your crafty friends!

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    Here's a side view so you can see all those cute art supplies inside! I added white gel pen accents to all the embellishment pieces and also added some tiny hearts and gems. I used stickers, sprinkles, and cardstock pieces!! 

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    Here is the front flap of the pop up card!! Live. Love. Create! 

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    I can't wait until we can all craft together in person again! Soon I think! 

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    The right side panel has this adorable ink pad and smiling stamp!

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    And the left flap has some sweet scissors and washi tape!

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    The box was made from a set of Pop Up Box Die cuts! It's soooo easy to make. I used Doodlebug 12×12 Gingham Paper to make my box. It folds flat like this for mailing – and fits into an A2 envelope! Genius right?? I added a pretty rainbow heart to the front. I will tie it with some twine to make it more festive.

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    Here's the top down view. To make the box, it's two die cut pieces that adhere together. Then you die cut three inside pieces to attach your design elements to. Pencils, Markers, Paints….

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    Here is my matching envelope! I decorated it with stickers and hearts. Then I went back and used my white gel pen to add some dots to it. This makes me ridiculously happy!!

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    Okay, that's it for today!! I'll be back almost every day this week! Hope you'll join me for the fun and creativity! Have a wonderful week, everyone! 

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  • Happy New Year and Cheers to 2022!

    Hi friends! One more day until it's another new year! Can you even believe it? I can't! I'm gonna say – good job on making it through this past year. We did it! We made it! It's been a hard, crazy, mixed up time – that's for sure! But here we are on the brink of new opportunities and a fresh start. I am sending everyone a giant hug for the new year. I wish you nothing but peace, happiness, health and love in 2022. I do really hope that we get a break and we can get back to hanging out with our friends and having fun. Thank you so much for encouraging me this past year and for always showing me kindness and love. I am so grateful for all of you!!! This crazy crafting community is such a bright spot in all the darkness. Bless you and thank you! Happy New Year! 

    Before I forget!!! THE GREETERY is having a HUGE sale right now – for one more day! If there's something you've had your eye on, pop on over to check out the sale items! Yay!

    I have one final card for 2021 to share with you! Of course, it's a New Year card! I went with a super muted and 'quiet' color palette and also a different sized card. I felt like making something just a bit different!! I used lots of kraft cardstock and lots of mixed embellishments to give the aura/feeling of champagne bubbles! Let me know what you think! The finished card is 6.5" x 3.5" and it's three layers of kraft. I distressed the edges and each layer is attached with foam tape so the card has lots of dimension and depth.

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    The main element is that AWESOME swirling stars die cut! Oh man, I love it!! All those stars are one die cut. I used it twice, once on each side of the card. The other main element is that beautiful script happy new year die. I used rich black cardstock to make it pop. 

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    At first I had the script words directly onto the top card layer. But it felt like it needed something so I added a vellum circle to highlight it. I used my favorite gold paint to splash gold all over the card. Can you see it?

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    I went through my embellishment bins and found items in a 'champagne' color palette: gold, cream, bronze, clear… This is the first time I've tried mixing lots of different embellishments together and I have to say I really like it!! Seems super festive.

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    I die cut some gold stars to add onto the card and the vellum part.

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    Happy Happy Happy HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you! From my craft room to yours – happy 2022!!!

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  • Vintage-y Halloween Medallions! Happy Halloween Week 2020!

    Hello friends! Happy Monday! Happy Halloween Week! Can you believe it? Just like every year, I ran out of time to make all the Halloween projects I wanted and intended to make…. So this might be my last Halloween post for this year! If I find time, I'll try to post one more thing but there's no guarantee! LOL. The weather finally changed here in Sacramento over the weekend and it was in the 70's all weekend. Perfect!! It's been so hot and I've been so ready to wear a sweater. Fall is here I hope! I got a super cool new Halloween sweater that I need to wear this week!! I spent a big part of the weekend organizing my new makeup desk! It's been something I've wanted for years, and we finally made it happen for me! (My early birthday present)… We removed this huge chaise lounge chair in our master bedroom and we bought me a beautiful farmhouse desk to fit in that space. It's perfect!! One fact about me: I love makeup and beauty supplies almost as much as I love art supplies… It's the same thing, kind of. Makeup eye shadow palettes are just like water color palettes and applying makeup is like painting a picture!! Right? Any other makeup junkies out there? I bought a beautiful and super cool makeup mirror using my credit card points so now it's all set up. It makes me super happy. 

    Okay…on to the project for today! I made some cool, vintage-y, spooky paper medallions/rosettes! I absolutely love this kind of project where I can mix and match papers and elements and textures. I will use these to tie on a package or I will hot glue some ribbon on the back and hang them on door knobs, etc. I used mostly papers, stamps, stickers and other elements from my extensive Tim Holtz collection! I also used some of my favorite Papertrey Ink supplies. A lot of the things are out of stock now (they're older supplies) but really you can use whatever you have in your stash to recreate these! Just play and have fun!! 

    Here are my final three rosettes… Everything was made with Tim Holtz Halloween Paper pads, black cardstock, cream cardstock and orange cardstock. I embellished using stickers, ideaology charms, paper banners, glitter and stamps!!

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    I have this little bottle of old silver glitter and it's the perfect touch for these kinds of projects! In this one, I edged the text circle with the glitter. The pumpkin is from the Snarky Cats Halloween stamp set and I used Distress Inks to watercolor it. The tiny banner was free hand cut with detail scissors. The bat is a Tim Holtz charm.

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    For this one I splattered glue and glitter all over it!! I used a big silver owl charm (Tim Holtz) as the center piece of this one. Lots of die cut stitched circles….and again lots of paper. I also splattered white paint and Hickory Smoke Distress Ink liberally over lots of the pieces. I used an old out of production SIzzix Die for the two small rosettes. The large one I made by trimming paper and scoring with my Scor-Pal.

     

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    I used one of my favorite ever dies (Parisian Lace from PTI) to make a black doily for this one. Then I used spiderweb stickers and number stickers and a spider charm to decorate it! I used a long banner die (PTI) to make the banner going across it. 

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    Here's a close up of that yummy glitter!!!

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    Here are my 'naked' rosettes! These are SO easy to make! If you have a medallion/rosette die, it cuts the strips for you and score them… But if you don't, you can still make these! Cut paper strips and then on your Scor-Pal score every 1/4 inch across. Fold all the score marks and then glue the ends together. To hold it together I like to die cut a circle to glue it onto. This also serves as your base/foundation for all the other goodies.

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    Use any papers for this! SO much fun to experiment. I love how the diamond harlequin one turned out!!

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    The next photos are all close ups of the various elements on each rosette. 

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    Thanks for coming by to check out my spooky post for today! I hope I've inspired you to create! And I hope you have a happy and fun week ahead! Happy Halloween!! This year has been a weird one, but here we are at the end of October. We made it this far. XOXO

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  • Penguin Palace Stamps – New Release Blog Hop!

    Hello! Glad to see you today! Welcome to Penguin Palace Stamps – first ever Blog Hop!  I'm thrilled to be joining a group of talented artists in featuring Penguin Palace's latest Fall 2020 Release. They have super cute stamps and tools for creating! The main feature of the new release is a creative, innovative and very cool new stenciling system. It's called Stencils 360! I had a lot of fun creating with the new system and am excited to show you! Sharon at PP did an awesome video showing the system and how it works – CLICK HERE to watch! I stenciled some pretty florals using the new Botanical Gardens stencil… Let's look! 

    This is a big card – to feature more of the pretty design – it's a 5.5" x 5.5" square. I kept it simple, with a pretty pink card base and one layer. The sentiment is also a brand new PP stamp set – Words from the Heart 2. 

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    I stenciled the panel using Distress Inks in bright floral shades and using blender brushes. It's SO SIMPLE to get this multi color design! Hint – you don't have to clean your stencil off in between each color…and it's all ONE stencil! Genius!

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    After I stenciled the entire 'image' I stenciled a few extra yellow flowers and cut them out with my detail scissors to add an accent. The sentiment was stamped onto a circle and attached to the card with foam tape. 

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    Isn't this cool?? The Stencils 360 system is a big grid with markings for you to follow as you spin your ROUND stencil inside the larger grid. Here are some photos of it on my work table…

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    To do this you stencil each color and then spin!!! So easy!!!

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    Check it out!!!

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    Here are the parts of the system…

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    Each stencil has a shape on it, and you rotate the stencil according to the same design on the outline piece.

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    Truly – May you be happy – ALWAYS!

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    PRIZE INFO! Hop along to each blog and leave a comment.  A winner, chosen at random, who comments on each stop on the hop will win a prize of a $40CAD Gift Certificate to the Penguin Palace store!  Comments for prize close at 11:30pm PST on 7 Oct 20.  The lucky winner will be announced on 8 Oct 2020 on the Penguin Palace Blog. Good Luck!

    Thanks for stopping by today to see this fun new concept in stencils. I'm happy to be able to share it with you today. Please head over to the Penguin Palace website to learn more, watch videos and shop! XOXO 

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  • Sending a Squeeze!

    Hello friends! What day is it? It's Friday!  I'm excited to have a project over on The Greetery Blog today! I'm posting here too because sharing is caring! Every Friday on The Greetery Blog there is a feature called TGIF = The Greetery Inspiration Friday = and one of us on the design team shares a card or project with everyone. Well, today is my day! Yeah! I'm sharing a bright and cheerful card for you this Spring Friday! As the season changes to Spring I am always inspired to use vivid and happy colors in my crafting. Right now I am making everything with yellow! I guess we can all use a little sunshine, right? And I know I could use a squeeze! (I'm definitely a hugger)
     
    I'm featuring one of my very favorite The Greetery stamp sets – Lemon Blossom. So fresh and pretty, and so many different ways to use this stamp set. I combined it with the beautiful Windowpane Background Stamp. Reminds me of a pretty tablecloth with a big bowl of lemons. I even made my husband go out in the backyard and get some lemons to use in my photo shoot! LOL! The finished card is an A2 kraft card base.
     
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    I used a MISTI to stamp and heat emboss the background in white embossing powder onto a sheet of teal cardstock. Then I die cut that layer out with the awesome Crimped Dies. Then I added a layer of vellum, die cut from the smallest size of the Crimped Dies. 
     
    I wanted to try something a bit different with the lemons, leaves and flowers stamps. So I stamped the images onto colored cardstock instead of white! I used a slightly darker shade of the same color to stamp onto the paper. I used the matching dies to cut out everything. 
     
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    The Lemon Blossom stamp set has the word "squeeze" in it! I paired that word with the "sending a" word dies. At this time, I know I miss squeezing my friends…so this is the perfect card to send.
     
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    I finished off the card with a few clear gems in the flower centers. I also used white paint to splatter white ink onto the die cut pieces and the background. That is one of my favorite techniques! 
     
     
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    Wishing you a beautiful weekend full of happiness and creativity! Take care friends. I'll be back on Monday with a pretty water color card I made with Altenew stamps and dies! XOXO
     
    Please head over to THE GREETERY BLOG to share some love and look around at all the other inspiration there! I'm so blessed to be part of this creative team!
     
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  • Introducing The Greetery – Fresh Air Collection – Day 2!

    Welcome to day two of the project sharing for The Greetery's March Release! I hope you saw my post from yesterday (if not, scroll down and you'll see it!) The new release is called the Fresh Air Collection. And, boy, is it a breath of fresh air indeed! Pretty florals, new clouds dies, stripes, alphabets, and a sweet little convertible car! It is my distinct pleasure to share these new things with you! I love being part of this amazing team! Full list of our wonderful team members' blogs is at the bottom of this post. 

    The new products go live in The Greetery Shop on Friday, March 27th at 10am EST! Mark your calendars! Quick note from Betsy – a few of the dies have been delayed in production because the factory had to shut down due to the corona virus situation… She predicts the dies will be available in early April – so two weeks' delay. We are all adjusting on the fly these days, right? 

    The products being introduced today are: Print Shop Fresh Floral stamp + stencil + dies, Fresh Floral Background stamp, Slim Alphabet Dies, and Alpha Buds stamps + Dies. You are in for a treat!! I used the florals and the slim alphabet to create two totally different cards to share with you. One is vintage and feminine and the other one has a big rainbow on it!  Please pop over to The Greetery Blog to see the cards and information from Betsy! 

    My first card today is an A2 size vintage style card with tons of yummy, pretty layers! I used the new floral background and the floral stem in a favorite color combination of pink and green…

    The Greetery New Release Fresh Air Collection. Print Shop Fresh Floral stamps and dies, Fresh Floral Background, Slim Alphabet. Vintage card. Distress Ink. Birthday card. Wanda Guess Greetery Design Team

     

    In this photo you can see all the layers… Pretty cream postage stamp layer, green, and another cream layer with a stitched border. Everything was inked up with a sponge dauber and Vintage Photo Distress Ink… That background stamp is SO gorgeous! I stamped it in a mid shade green to look like wallpaper. YES!

    The Greetery New Release Fresh Air Collection. Print Shop Fresh Floral stamps and dies, Fresh Floral Background, Slim Alphabet. Vintage card. Distress Ink. Birthday card. Wanda Guess Greetery Design Team

     

    For the floral panel, I used cream cardstock. I stamped the background stamp in green using my MISTI for a nice impression. Then I used one of the word stamps from the Pretty Postmarks set to add the faint text on top of the floral. Then I splattered the panel with gold paint. THEN…I inked the edges! I really like how this came out. Very vintage!

    The Greetery New Release Fresh Air Collection. Print Shop Fresh Floral stamps and dies, Fresh Floral Background, Slim Alphabet. Vintage card. Distress Ink. Birthday card. Wanda Guess Greetery Design Team

     

     

    The Greetery New Release Fresh Air Collection. Print Shop Fresh Floral stamps and dies, Fresh Floral Background, Slim Alphabet. Vintage card. Distress Ink. Birthday card. Wanda Guess Greetery Design Team

     

    I stamped and die cut out the floral stem and smaller flowers. I used cream cardstock and edged everything with distress ink. I heat embossed the sentiment onto a strip of vellum and wrapped the vellum around the top layers. Finished off with a pearl for a bit of shimmer and some ribbon from my stash. These florals are so beautiful!!

    The Greetery New Release Fresh Air Collection. Print Shop Fresh Floral stamps and dies, Fresh Floral Background, Slim Alphabet. Vintage card. Distress Ink. Birthday card. Wanda Guess Greetery Design Team

     

    Okay, put on your sunglasses!!! This next card is a rainbow! The finished card is an A2 white card base. I used the Crimped edges dies to make my layers along with some golden yellow cardstock. I used the Fresh Florals set to stamp sprigs, leaves and flowers in a dark grey ink. I used vellum for this card also.

    The Greetery New Release Fresh Air Collection. Print Shop Fresh Floral stamps and dies, Fresh Floral Background, Slim Alphabet. Vintage card. Distress Ink. Birthday card. Wanda Guess Greetery Design Team

     

    I die cut the letters of the rainbow using the new Slim Alphabet dies and my favorite tropical cardstock. I glued the letters onto a vellum strip… The sentiment is from the Top Dow Day stamp set featured yesterday. I LOVE that sentiment!!

    The Greetery New Release Fresh Air Collection. Print Shop Fresh Floral stamps and dies, Fresh Floral Background, Slim Alphabet. Vintage card. Distress Ink. Birthday card. Wanda Guess Greetery Design Team

     

    The fonts in this stamp are PERFECTiON!!!! I used my circle dies to create this sentiment piece. Love the bright yellow with that saying.

    The Greetery New Release Fresh Air Collection. Print Shop Fresh Floral stamps and dies, Fresh Floral Background, Slim Alphabet. Vintage card. Distress Ink. Birthday card. Wanda Guess Greetery Design Team

     

    To finish off, I attached some rainbow stickers from my stash (sometimes it's good that I'm a craft hoarder!)…

    The Greetery New Release Fresh Air Collection. Print Shop Fresh Floral stamps and dies, Fresh Floral Background, Slim Alphabet. Vintage card. Distress Ink. Birthday card. Wanda Guess Greetery Design Team

     

     

    The Greetery New Release Fresh Air Collection. Print Shop Fresh Floral stamps and dies, Fresh Floral Background, Slim Alphabet. Vintage card. Distress Ink. Birthday card. Wanda Guess Greetery Design Team

    Thank you for stopping by today! CLICK here to visit The Greetery Blog to see more inspiration! Please also remember to leave a comment on everyone's blogs to be entered to win a $50 gift card to The Greetery Store! Scroll down to see the links to all the blogs for today! Happy Crafting! See you soon. XOXO Hope you are doing well and staying healthy. 

    CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply links for today's projects. (Affiliate Links Used) The new items will be for sale on Friday the 27th at 10am EST! 

    SUPPLY GRAPHIC DAY 2

    MORE INSPIRATION FROM OUR TEAM TODAY!

    Kay Miller

    Laurie Willison

    Dawn McVey

    Heather Nichols

    Keeway Tsao

    Angelica Conrad

    Lizzie Jones

    Kelly Lunceford

    Norine Borys

    Wanda Guess

  • Happy World Card Making Day 2019! Hey Ghoulfriend!

    Hello everyone! WOWZA, first of all, thanks for all the lovely comments on my last few blog posts! You sure know how to make a girl feel good! I really enjoyed sharing the new Greetery release with you!! Thank you!! Today is WORLD CARD MAKING DAY! Yipppeeee! I've been saving a super fun card to share today. I love it so much and wanted to post it on WCMD! Are you celebrating with friends today, or at your local store? There are so many activities and sales going on. It's a fun celebration for sure. What better thing to celebrate than card making! I hope you have a good day and that you get in some creative time! 

    My card today uses loads of new supplies from Lawn Fawn. The finished card is a five inch square because I thought that big round pumpkin looked better on a square! Hee hee. Lots of layers on this one too… White card, then stripes, then black, then that gorgeous background die… I'll give you all the details, but let's look! Hey Ghoulfriends!!

    LAWN FAWN HALLOWEEN STAMPS AND DIES. STITCHED PUMPKIN. BOOYAH STAMP SET. HALLOWEEN. DISTRESS INKS. WANDA GUESS

     

    I started this card by making my own card base from Neenah Solar White cardstock. I layered some Halloween Stripes (from my LSS) and then black. The top white layer was made with one of my all time favorite supplies from Lawn Fawn – that background die….swoon. It's perfect for every card! I set that all aside and set to work on the images.

    LAWN FAWN FALL HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARD

     

    I stamped the two little ghosties and the word bubble in black ink, and die cut them with the matching dies. I did a tiny bit of Copic Coloring to give them some color… The sentiment was heat embossed with white ink onto black cardstock. I set all those pieces aside…

    HALLOWEEN CARD IDEAS STAMPING AND DIE CUTTING

     

    BOO!

    LAWN FAWN BOOYAH STAMP SET GHOSTS AND PUMPKINS FOR HALLOWEEN

     

    The pumpkin, stem, face, and leaves are all from two brand new stitched pumpkin die sets. I mixed and matched both sets to make the pieces. I used Distress inks to ink all the edges of everything, and the center of the pumpkin. I used my white gel pen to add accents over the face pieces.

    LAWN FAWN STITCHED PUMPKIN DIES. HALLOWEEN CARD

     

    Before I attached the pumpkin to the card, I used a bit of twine around the stem. I added glitter enamel dots to the leaves and gently folded the leaves up with my fingers. 

    LAWN FAWN GHOSTS BOOYAH

     

    Lawn Fawn has a new product out called Liquid Stardust. OOOH LA LA!! It's like pure liquid silver. So gorgeous and sparkly! I put some onto a stamping block and then used a small paint brush to splatter it all over the pumpkin and leaves. It's hard to see in the photo, but trust me… IT'S AMAZING!! I want to put it on everything!!

    HALLOWEEN CARD IDEAS HANDMADE CARDS

     

     

    RUBBER STAMPING IDEAS FOR HALLOWEEN

     

    I turned the card towards the light to try to capture that shimmer from the Stardust. Oh man, that's pretty! The elements were all attached to the card using foam squares in different shapes and sizes. I used liquid glue to glue the two pieces of the pumpkin together. 

    LAWN FAWN HALLOWEEN. A BLOG CALLED WANDA. WANDA GUESS

    Thank you for coming by to celebrate part of your World Card Making Day with me!! SO happy to see you and share this card today. CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies I used for today's card. (Affiliate Links Used). Let me know in the comments what you're doing today! XOXO

    HALLOWEEN CARD SUPPLIES

     

    I started to write a separate post for you about all the different sales going on for WCMD, but then I soon discovered, practically every crafty site is having a sale! It's amazing the deals!! So, here's my list of places I shop – easy to click on links of your favorite store and see what's up today. Enjoy! Happy crafting! Thank you to everyone who uses my affiliate links – I am very grateful! 
    BEST PLACES TO SHOP FOR STAMPING SUPPLIES

     

  • Reverse Confetti September New Release Blog Hop! Fun Halloween Gnomes!

    Hey everyone! I'm back! Two posts in one weekend! Yay! Today's card is a cool and spooky (not really spooky) Halloween card made with super cute new stamps and dies from Reverse Confetti! It's time to launch the Reverse Confetti September 2019 Release with a fun and fabulous blog hop! There are loads of stops on this hop – lots of ideas for using the new items. Be sure to scroll to the end of my post to see the entire list.

    I am totally in love with the new stamp set called Halloween Gnomes! EEEP! They are so funny! And the stamp set comes with a village and trees and teeny tiny headstones. Oh my! It was really fun to put this card together. I also used the new paper pad to decorate a treat box. I love the Treat Tubes that RC sells. They hold lots of goodies.

    Reverse Confetti Halloween Gnomes stamp set. Distress Ink BLending, Copics, Halloween card by Wanda Guess

     

    Reverse Confetti New Release Holiday 2019

     

    My card started with a white A2 card base. I layered some kraft paper and then the top layers are white paper covered with Distress Inking. I colored the background with moody blues and the grassy area with olive greens. It came together just right! I splattered white paint onto the background to look like the night sky.

    Reverse Confetti Halloween Gnomes card

     

    I stamped and die cut out all the images and colored them with Copic Markers in Halloween tones…Orange, Purple, Black and Green… I stamped the sentiment directly onto the green hill.

    Distress Ink Blending Halloween Card

     

    Here's a close up of the Treat Tubes! I wrapped patterned paper around, and then a bit of twine and finally a spiderweb and BOO! So easy to make lots of these! 

    Halloween treats ideas

     

    Here's a close up of Mr. and Mrs. Gnome! How cute are these??? And that tiny bat??! 

    Reverse Confetti Halloween Gnomes stamps and dies

     

    I added a bit of Diamond Stickles to certain areas and put the whole card together with foam tape.

    Reverse Confetti stamps and dies. Halloween projects and cards

     

     

    Halloween sky - distress ink blending

     

     

    Halloween card ideas!

    Thank you sooo much for coming by my blog today to see my project! The Reverse Confetti New Release is available in the store now! CLICK HERE to shop the new items. CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the exact supplies I used today (Affiliate Links Used). The full blog hop list is below – many of my favorite crafters!! Enjoy the hop! I'll be back with LOTS of posts next week!! Stay tuned. XOXO

    Reverse Confetti stamps and dies

    BLOG HOP LIST FOR TODAY!

    Reverse Confetti Blog

    Amy Kolling

    Michelle Short

    Tricia Barber

    Kelly Lunceford

    Becky Roberts

    Lisa Henke

    Heather Hoffman

    Leanne West

    Amy Tsuruta

    Kathy Schweinfurth

    Julee Tilman

    Audrey Tokach

    Jeanne Jachna

    Susan Wymer

    Deanne Kuntz

    Samantha VanArnhem

    Wanda Guess

    Francesca Vignoli

    Olga Matyushevskaya

    Olga Moss

    Ali Farmer

    Therese Calvird

  • Happy Owl Card!

    Hi everybody! How's your week going? Are you ready for the long weekend? We have no plans yet. I have lots of stamping crafting projects that need to be done, so maybe I'll spend a lot of time in the studio! Plus, I started another crochet project AND a new Halloween cross stitch project. Yikes. But sometimes I'm in the mood for one thing over another, so I like having choices. LOL. Last week when I went to pick up the new Lawn Fawn release, I also bought some other cute things at my LSS. Today I'm sharing a cute card made with new supplies from Echo Park. Echo Park is by far my favorite paper company. I always buy their paper pads!! The card features a new paper collection and a sweet little owl die cut set!

    The finished card is a kraft A2 card base. Then one more layer of kraft. The stamped sentiment is from Ellen Hutson and the Greenery die is from Waffle Flower. I love combining collections like this!

    Echo Park Summer Adventure paper. Owl card with die cuts and stamping. Card ideas. Wanda Guess

     

    This card is mostly paper crafting and die cutting. Just one little bit of stamping!! I used patterned papers in subtle patterns to die cut all the pieces of the owl. It was super easy to put it together. Isn't she adorable!!?? I made her in pretty autumn shades. But I like that pop of navy with the warm colors.

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    I layered blue paper and then a white layer (splattered with black paint) before attaching the owl and leaves, etc. 

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    I added a couple little banners of color and then a sentiment banner. I used my Tiny Attacher to staple the banners onto the card! (If you don't have a Tiny Attacher, you need one!)

    Echo Park Summer Adventure paper. Owl card with die cuts and stamping. Card ideas. Wanda Guess

     

     

    Echo Park Summer Adventure paper. Owl card with die cuts and stamping. Card ideas. Wanda Guess

     

    You are my favorite! This paper collection has the cutest summer/camping theme! If you're a scrap booker you might love it too!

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    That's it for today! Have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend! The end of Summer and the beginning of FALL! I'll be back soon! CLICK HERE to see the supply list for today or CLICK on the graphic below. (Affiliate links used). Take care until I see you again! XOXO

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  • Purple Onion Designs – Sunny Meadow Fair Collection by Stacey Yacula!

    Hi friends! Happy Weekend! I hope you're out enjoying Spring! A couple of my craft gal pals are in town today so we're off stamping and eating…and probably drinking coffee too! It was a really good week last week. I feel like I got so much accomplished. And today is a play day – no worries or responsibilities today. Yeah! Today's blog post has two super fun cards made with brand new stamps from Purple Onion Designs and Stacey Yacula!

    I've been a fan of Purple Onion Designs and Illustrator Stacey Yacula for a long time! So when they reached out to me recently and asked if I'd like to help launch their new release I was really excited to say yes! Her illustrations are adorable and sweet and so fun to stamp and color. They all coordinate so nicely too. The stamps are all sent in a different format – old school – unmounted red rubber. The red rubber stamps so clean! I miss the old days when rubber stamps were RUBBER! LOL. So to use them, I just use my clear blocks! No mounting foam needed. I roll a piece of washi tape up into a fold, stick it on my block, and then put the stamp on it. Then I stamp on a mat or fun foam. Works like a charm! 

    The new collection is called Sunny Meadow Fair! EEEK. So cute. CLICK HERE to read about the new release on their blog. CLICK HERE to shop the collection on their website. Have fun looking at their cute stamps! I made two cards with a farm theme! Let's get to it! 

    First up is this sweet birthday card with the adorable cow and her bird buddy! Finished card is A2 with a white card base. 

    Purple Onion Designs. Stacey Yacula Sunny Meadow Fair collection. Copic Markers. Handmade cards with stamps!

     

    Purple Onion stamps do not have matching dies, so I did a bit of fussy cutting on this one. Not too bad though! (Again, old school which is fine with me!) I stamped the cute fence stamp and colored it with Copics on a white stitched rectangle panel. I layered pretty red and then my favorite gingham to make the images pop. 

    Purple Onion Designs. Stacey Yacula Sunny Meadow Fair collection. Copic Markers. Handmade cards with stamps!

     

    The cow, balloon, bird and sentiment are all attached to the card with foam tape. I used the cloud stencil from My Favorite Things to make the background clouds, with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. 

    Purple Onion Designs. Stacey Yacula Sunny Meadow Fair collection. Copic Markers. Handmade cards with stamps!

     

     

    Purple Onion Designs. Stacey Yacula Sunny Meadow Fair collection. Copic Markers. Handmade cards with stamps!

     

    That cow is TOO SWEET!!! I love her!!! 

    Purple Onion Designs. Stacey Yacula Sunny Meadow Fair collection. Copic Markers. Handmade cards with stamps!

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    My second card is another cute farm scene! This time with a happy chicken and her baby chicks! Strolling among the sunflowers! This card has an A2 kraft card base, layered with yellow gingham and then a white panel. 

    Purple Onion Designs. Stacey Yacula Sunny Meadow Fair collection. Copic Markers. Handmade cards with stamps!

     

    I started by stamping (with masking) the sunflowers and the fence. Then I stamped the sun up in the corner, and the babies along the bottom. I hand cut out the sentiment and the mama chicken and mounted them with foam tape. Really fun to color these images with Copics. They make you smile for sure. 

    Purple Onion Designs. Stacey Yacula Sunny Meadow Fair collection. Copic Markers. Handmade cards with stamps!

     

    A few accents with my handy dandy white gel pen!

    Purple Onion Designs. Stacey Yacula Sunny Meadow Fair collection. Copic Markers. Handmade cards with stamps!

     

     

    Purple Onion Designs. Stacey Yacula Sunny Meadow Fair collection. Copic Markers. Handmade cards with stamps!

     

     

    Purple Onion Designs. Stacey Yacula Sunny Meadow Fair collection. Copic Markers. Handmade cards with stamps!

    That's it for this sunny Saturday! I hope you've enjoyed this peek at the new Purple Onion Designs collection! I have been stamping like a FOOOOOL! I have so much to share in the next week or so. Stay tuned and I'll see you soon! XOXO Love from my studio! 

  • Just Saying Hello!

    Hello friends! Just saying hello with some fun and fresh cards for Spring! How is your week going? Mine is already flying by! My husband has this week off from work so we are doing some stay-cation kinds of things. Yesterday we drove up to Lake Tahoe for the day and saw the awe inspiring snow pack from this winter. Holy cow! I’ve been going to Tahoe since, well, a long time, and I’ve never seen that much snow up there. It’s piled everywhere!! It was crazy. It was a beautiful sunny day and we drove around and drank coffee and enjoyed a day together. We’ve also been binge watching Netflix and reading books. Somehow I never really give myself permission to spend the entire day reading…know what I mean? What a delightful extravagance! I’ve already read two books this week. The rest of the week I have some client work to do for an awesome new client (YAY!). Lucky is super happy to have both of his parents home all week. He’s really the one in charge here. This Saturday we are going to see a comedy show at the Paramount in Oakland and I’m really looking forward to that. What’s new with you?! 

    Today I have two cards to share – both the same layout and supplies. Just changed up the colors and sentiments. Clean and simple design. I wanted to use a couple of new products and they ended up going together so nicely! I used the new Strawberries dies from Elizabeth Crafts, and the Skinny Stripes Die from Ellen Hutson. Fresh, yummy strawberry cards!

    Elizabeth Crafts Strawberries dies. Hello Bluebird stamps. Ellen Hutson Skinny Stripes dies.

     

    These cards started with me wanting to die cut those sweet Strawberries Dies from Elizabeth Crafts. They are sooooo pretty! So I die cut the leaves, strawberries, background layer, and stems out of some of my favorite colors of cardstock. Next I used Distress Inks and a small sponge dauber to add ink around the edges. Then I splattered them with Copic Opaque White ink. I set them aside to dry to think of a card idea! (or two)! 

    Elizabeth Crafts Strawberries dies. Hello Bluebird stamps. Ellen Hutson Skinny Stripes dies.

     

    I have had the Ellen Hutson Skinny Stripes Die for a while and it was sitting in my in basket. PERFECT! I love the colorful stripes with the pretty berries. I made two cards A2 size out of white cardstock. Then I cut a white paper layer 1/4 inch smaller and die cut the stripes out of that paper. I layered yellow and teal cardstock behind the stripes! SO fabulous!

    Elizabeth Crafts Strawberries dies. Hello Bluebird stamps. Ellen Hutson Skinny Stripes dies.

     

    Here is my pretty strawberry patch before I made them into cards.

    Elizabeth Crafts Strawberries Dies

     

    The sentiments on both cards are from Hello Bluebird stamps. Their sentiments are the perfect size, and so so cheerful too!

    Hello Bluebird stamps

     

    I affixed the strawberries with foam tape on top of the stripes. 

    Elizabeth Crafts Strawberries dies. Hello Bluebird stamps. Ellen Hutson Skinny Stripes dies.

     

     

    Elizabeth Crafts Strawberries dies. Hello Bluebird stamps. Ellen Hutson Skinny Stripes dies.

    Just like that! Two pretty cards to tuck away for a good occasion! I’m really making lots of clean and simple cards lately. Isn’t it interesting how our styles change and we like to make different things at different stages of our creative journey? I love that. I wish you a beautiful, creative and happy day! XOXO

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    SUPPLIES FOR TODAY!

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  • A love letter with watercolor roses…

    Hi friends! It's one week until Valentine's Day and my craft room has been a flurry of hearts and flowers lately! I really got into Valentine's Day this year for some reason. Made lots of cards and had fun doing it too! I am also inspired by the 30 Day Coloring Challenge which is really making me think, and getting me to create something each day. It's leading to all kinds of fun. I'm rediscovering some of my older stamps and dies and trying new/old techniques. This card I'm sharing today took on a life of it's own last weekend. I thought – I'll just mess around with these cool roses dies. Well, before you know it, I was doing all kinds of Instagram stories and water coloring and inking and distressing and embossing…Oh my! And a card was born. I love it when that happens… When creativity takes it's own organic pathway. Something cool usually emerges. So today's card is a "more is more' creation full of techniques and stuff. It was a labor of love – literally! Ha! This post has lots of pictures, and I also saved the Instagram stories of my step by step process if you want to see that too. Let's go!

    Here is my finished vintage Valentine inspired card!

    Altenew Rose Flurries Dies. Vintage inspired Valentine Card. Embossing and Distressing.

     

    The finished card is an A2 size white card base. I covered the top of the card with red cardstock. This way, the inside of the card will be white. Then I layered an embossed layer, then the heart, then the roses and love die! This card is heavy! Gonna need some extra postage for this one! LOL. I used loads of distress inks to 'vintage' it up. It was fun!! The roses are in pieces (you'll see later in the post) and I watercolored them, and the leaves. Like I said – SO FUN!

    Vintage Valentine card. DIY crafting. Roses and hearts. Distress Ink

     

    Here's a close up side view of the roses and leaves. Here you can see all the different layers. I glued them together using quick dry clear glue. 

    Altenew Rose Flurries dies. Altenew Roses. Watercolor Mijello

     

    In this side view you can see all the card layers. The love die was glued on at each end and left 'free' in the center to float over everything else. 

    love die from simon says stamp. embossing folder

     

    I looooooove these Tim Holtz Ideaology charms! This bird was perfect for a love letter!! 

    ideaology bird charm. vintage valentine tim holtz

     

     

    altenew roses dies

     

    Each rose has four die cut pieces. I watercolored them in shades of dusty pink/rose. One rose is dark in the center and gets lighter and the other one is the opposite. I was experimenting to see which one I liked the best. I die cut all the pieces out of watercolor paper so they would stand up to my coloring. When they're dry, you glue them together! It's magic. 

    Watercolor roses step by step

     

    Here are my roses and leaves before all the splattering and distressing! The leaves are in two die cut pieces before you glue them together. 

    Altenew flower dies

     

    I splattered the roses and leaves with Vintage Photo Distress Ink mixed with water. Then I used a sponge and inked around the edges. YUUUMMMMM.

    Altenew Rose Flurries

     

     

    vintage paper roses

     

    Now on to the card… I die cut a heart out of watercolor paper. I used the Tim Holtz Random Quotes stamp set because one of the stamps is a love letter in pretty script! It was perfect! I tried two different ones because I didn't like the first one – it was toooo blurry. On the blurry one, I sprayed the heart paper with water first and then stamped into it. For the second one, the one that I ended up using, I inked the stamp, then sprayed the stamp with water, then stamped onto dry paper. Just the right amount of 'messiness' for this project.

    tim holtz stamps and distress ink

     

    The next step was to ink up the heart and splatter it! (Of course)

    tim holtz random quotes stamp set

     

    I had this cool embossing folder from We R Memory Keepers in my stash. It looks like old wallpaper to me! I embossed it onto watercolor paper. Then I used Distress Inks and water to water color each of the roses! LOVE!!! Then I distressed the edges and inked everything up. Doesn't it look like I just peeled it off the wall of an old house!!?? 

    we r memory keepers embossing folder

     

    Now it was finally time to assemble! I glued on all the pieces with glue and foam tape! Then I added a few pearls! I'm now thinking that instead of a Valentine, this might make a great wedding card?! 

    Altenew stamps and dies

     

     

    vintage handmade valentine

     

    And some random photos of stuff! The light was so pretty the day I was photographing this project!!

    paint brushes

     

     

    watercolor paint palette

    If you're still reading along – yay! It was a long post! I was so excited to share this with you! Hope you have a lovely day! It's almost the weekend! XOXO

     

  • Pretty Pink Posh 4th Birthday Celebration Blog Hop!

    Hi everyone! I'm so super excited to be able to share in the excitement as we celebrate the 4th Birthday of Pretty Pink Posh stamps, dies and sequins! I have been a mega fan of Paulina and her gorgeous designs from the very beginning. And she is the sweetest, kindest person too. I was so happy she asked me to participate in an awesome blog hop to introduce her new release! Everything is adorable and happy…and I had fun making this card to share today. To see all of her designs – CLICK HERE! To see her beautiful design blog – CLICK HERE! 

    I chose to feature the new Birthday Scene stamp. Yes, this is one big stamp! Makes it super easy to stamp and color. These little animals look so cute with their balloons and party hats. These critters made me think of story book animals so I chose water color pencils as my coloring medium. I stamped on cream cardstock with brown ink. This lends an overall vintage and soft feeling to my card. But, of course, I pumped up the color with some of my favorite plaid paper!! 

      Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies

     

     

    JanuaryBlogHop

     

    I used colors of the rainbow, in muted tones, to color the balloons and hats. The animals were made in soft furry colors! I picked up the turquoise blue as my in between layer between the cream and the rainbow plaid. I stamped and colored a present from another PPP stamp set to use as an accent at the top.

    watercolor pencils. handmade birthday card

     

     

    Pretty Pink Posh Birthday scene

     

    I used some of the new sequins to add little pops of yellow to the party scene! I also gently inked the edges of the cream layer with Antique Linen Distress Ink. 

    Lawn Fawn Plaid Rainbow Paper

     

     

    Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies

    PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT: Pretty Pink Posh will be giving away two $50 gift certificates to random comments left on the different stops every day of this hop! That’s right, PPP is giving away a total of SIX $50 gift certificates! All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on my post and the other posts! To see the entire hop list scroll to the bottom of this post. So many great designers in this hop.  Thank you for visiting my blog today! 

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