Purple Anemone ~ Double D Challenges

Are you ready for a new challenge from Double D Challenges?  This week, the theme is "Purple, Blue & Green".  

I used Honey Bee Stamps "Lovely Layers Anemone" to make an oversized purple bloom, layered over a blue, geometric background.  

I splattered some white paint and clear glitter to the edges and layered the flower using foam tabs to add dimension.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps Bitty Buzzwords, "Be Mine".

Here is a handy list of links that will bring you directly to the products I used today:

Honey Bee Stamps "Lovely Layers:  Anemone
Honey Bee Stamps Bitty Buzzwords:  Be Mine
All Honey Bee Stamps Products

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Tropical Bouquet

Happy Monday stamping friends!  I'm popping in with a quick share, with a card I made using Honeybee Stamps Tropical Bouquets. 

 I am in love with all the options available in this set.  Not only are there multiple flower and leaf options, but there are also beautiful vases to put the flowers in.  

I created a simple, yet colorful, tropical flower vignette for this card, and stamped a verse from PTI's "A Cheerful Heart".

I recently took advantage of a free card making class through Honeybee Stamps, where we made this card above using the Tropical Bouquets set.  The sentiment from Sea Breeze is now retired but they've replaced it with an even larger Paradise Collection set, which is now on my wish list.

This card will be entered into the Flower Challenge, where the theme is CAS

Here's a list of products or similar products that I used today:

Honeybee Stamps

Tropical Bouquets

Sea Breeze

Paradise Collection

Papertrey Ink "A Cheerful Heart"

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Tinsel Time Holiday Express ~ Spellbinders

Hello crafty friends ~ It's Tinsel Time at Spellbinders and I'm so excited to be a part of it!  Tinsel Time is Spellbinders newest release, and it is filled with super cute winter and holiday themed sets that are perfect to help you get started on your Christmas cards for the year.  Truthfully, I am woefully behind in my Christmas cards, so I really need to ramp up the volume and get making.

I was so delighted when I received the Holiday Express dies in the mail.  My dad loved trains so much.  He volunteered for many years, to be "Mr. Conductor" at the Maine Narrow Guage Railroad's annual Polar Express rides.  

This picture was taken the Christmas before my dad passed away.  I cherish this photograph of my dad, my daughter and me.  It hangs on my refrigerator, and it brings me smiles of joy when I see it. You can see more pictures and read the full post about The Polar Express HERE on my blog.

My first card is a CAS slimline card, using a panel from Mini Slimline Envelope & Nested Card Creator die set.  I wanted this train to look like a gingerbread train with white frosting, so I cut it out of both brown and white cardstock.  I sponged on a bit of Gathered Twigs DOX ink to the edges of the brown pieces to look like the gingerbread was baked.  It turned out so cute!

My second card features the Holiday Express, Tinsel Time Sentiments and the Starburst Glimmer Hot Foil Plate. 

I started by embossing the aqua colored background using Starburst Glimmer Hot Foil Plate.  I wanted to see if I could use the hot foil plates to emboss, and it turned out well, I think.  If I were to try it again, I might try lightly spraying the cardstock with water first, to avoid tearing.  

I cut the train out of soft colors and added gold accents to the gifts in the train car.  I added some colorful sequins for the puffs of smoke.  All in all, I'm pleased with how this card turned out.  I love the pastel Christmas colors!  I could see this train filled with so many fun things, birthday balloons, animals, etc.  What would you put in the train cars?

I enjoyed creating both of these cards and I hope you will check out the full collection. Thank you so much for shopping with my links if you choose to. Happy crafting!!

Here's a list of products I used today:

Mini Slimline Envelope & Nested Card Creator

 Holiday Express

Tinsel Time Sentiments

Starburst Glimmer Hot Foil Plate

 *Affiliate disclosure: I only use, review, and blog about products/companies I like and will continue to use. Some of the products shown on my blog use affiliate links. These affiliate links allow me to earn a small commission when products are purchased through those links. *This is at no cost to you!* Please do not feel obligated to use my affiliate links. If you choose to use these links, thank you so much! It helps support my blog and bring new content to you.

Before I go, I wanted to let you know that Spellbinders is currently having their Christmas In July Bonus Event.  You'll find slashed prices on past holiday collections – up to 40% off. There are some gems from the past, so get shopping!

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Happy Birthday Sunshine! ~ DRU

Hello folks!  I have two great nieces that are enthralled in everything fairy-tale-ish right now.  They love unicorns, fairies and magic wands. 

 

I made today's card for the new Dies R Us challenge, where the theme is "anything goes", featuring Marianne Designs Unicorn.  You can purchase Marianne Designs Dies as well as hundreds of other European dies, during Special Order Events, offered at Dies R Us. 

Dies R Us has a number of rainbow dies available in the store.  I colored each strip using Distress Oxide Inks and sponge daubers.  Pair a cloud die with a "Sunshine" word die, and you have the makings of a very magical card!

The Unicorn die can be made as a unicorn or a horse, making this versatile as well.  Some star shaped sequins finish this card of perfectly.

Here is a list of links that will bring you directly to the products listed at Dies R Us:

Marianne Designs Dies (Special Order Event)

All Rainbow Dies

All Cloud Dies

All Sunshine Dies

Distress Oxide Inks

Please pop on over to the Dies R Us Challenge blog to see more amazing inspiration and join in on the fun!

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Winter Garden Release ~ Spellbinders

Hello everyone, happy Thursday!  I'm so glad you've stopped by!  Today's cards feature the wonderful new release from Spellbinder's called "Winter Garden" from Susan Tierney-Cockburn.

I'll jump right in to my first project.  I created the background for a slimline card using Hex Kaleidescope Slimline, in white on white.  

I added Winter Garden "Winter Evergreen Foliage & Ladybug" branches and the bird from "Just A Tweet".  

I heat embossed a sentiment from Christmas Time Sentiments in gold, onto a white strip of cardstock that I fish-tailed on each end, to look like a banner.  I love the simplicity of the Winter Evergreen Foliage & Ladybug die set, but since this is a winter / Christmas card, I chose to not use the ladybug.  ;0)

My second card features the Helleborus flowers, using the foliage from Winter Evergreen Foliage & Ladybug as a base for the floral vignette.

I tried to color the Helleborus similar to this photo that I found on the internet.

I used Splatter Embossing Folder on the printed paper in the background and Layered Mix & Match Sentiments for the greeting.

Thank you for spending part of your day with me.  I so enjoy reading your comments and knowing that you've stopped in for a peek.

I hope you enjoyed today's projects.  You can find the entire new release at Spellbinders and take a peek at what's COMING SOON.  I've listed links to the products below for your convenience.  Hope to see you again soon!

Winter Evergreen Foliage & Ladybug
Hex Kaleidescope Slimline
Just A Tweet
Christmas Time Sentiments
Helleborus
Layered Mix & Match Sentiments
Splatter Embossing Folder
Entire Winter Garden Collection

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Bee Kind

Words to live by ~ "Be Kind".   That's Time Out Challenges theme of their current challenge.  If we all dug a little deeper into our hearts when dealing with others, perhaps the world would be a better place.

I pulled out some older supplies to make this card.  It's always fun when I revisit papers and dies that have been sitting dormant for a while.

Honey Bee Stamps Honey Jar came to mind, along with the Honeycomb sentiment from Papertrey Ink.  

Echo Park has the most beautiful, printed papers!

That's it from me today! 

 There's still time to join in on the challenge over at Time Out Challenges.

I've linked the products I used, for your convenience, below.

Honey Bee Stamps Honey Jar
Papertrey Ink Quoted:  Honeycomb
Echo Park 6x6 Paper pad

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Poppy Gift Set ~ Sizzix

Good morning, folks!  I spotted this "Green Thumb" challenge over at The Paper Players and I can't believe I almost missed out on the chance to join. 

 I love playing in my flower gardens during the summer months and playing with paper flowers in my craft room all year long!  

I've had the Sissix Wild Blooms #2 sitting in my NBUS pile for far too long!  

I die cut everything out of white and sponged color on using DOX inks.  These flowers look like poppies to me.  What do you think?

I had a flower left over so I made a tag to go with the card, using Impression Obsession's Plaid Tag.  I love the stitched crosshatch layer, and the pinked edge on the bottom..... Sweet!!

Lots of fun was had in the making of this gift set.  

There's not much time to play along with this challenge over at The Paper Players.
I'm seriously getting my card in just under the wire.

ETA:  Many thanks to Nancy and the The Paper Players team for choosing my card as their "Headliner"!

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Sea Turtle Wobbler Card ~ Double D Challenges

Good morning, friends ~ There's a new challenge starting up over at Double D Challenges and this week the theme is "creatures under / in the sea".

For today's card, I made a wobbler card featuring this cutie little Elizabeth Craft Designs Sea Turtle.

The background is stenciled, using the Placid stencil from Art-plorations and DOX inks in Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire.  I used the land portion of the Eliabeth Craft Designs Palm Trees dies set to create a coral reef, adding elements from the Seaweed collection.

  

Here's a quick video, showing you the wobbler in action.  Sorry for the poor video technique.  I have much to learn about making videos, but you get the idea.  

Here's a list of products I used that can be found at Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Elizabeth Craft Designs Sea Turtle

Elizabeth Craft Designs Seaweed

Be sure to visit Double D Challenges for more amazing inspiration from my talented team members.

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Spellbinders Amazing Paper Grace July KOTM

Did you have a happy 4th of July?  Did you do anything special?  We spent the day in Boothbay, visiting the Botanical Garden and then walking around Boothbay Harbor, enjoying a lobster roll for lunch, with our daughter and son-in-law.   The sky was bright and clear, the temperature was in the mid to high 70's with low humidity and the gardens were just amazing. What a delightful day we had!

Today I'm introducing you to Becca Feeken's newest Amazing Paper Grace release for July for Spellbinders, called "Tiara Trifold". The die set has such a pretty tiara design on the top.  The delicate lattice die adds a beautiful ornamental element, as though you're walking through a garden gate.

Becca made this die super easy to use, to create a delightfully fun triple folding card.

The die set comes with 13 cutting dies, including the sentiment and these pretty greens and florals.  

I added a stamped sentiment from Beautiful Sentiments Inside & Out and the bird from Sweet Birds On A Branch to the third panel.

I love how this card turned out.  It's a peaceful reminder of the beauty that surrounds us every day! 

Thank you for spending time with me today.  I enjoy reading your comments and knowing that you've stopped in for a peek.

I hope you liked today's project.  You can find the entire new release at Spellbinders and take a peek at what's COMING SOON.  They're also having a Star-Spangled Sale that you won't want to miss.

I've listed links to the products below for your convenience.  Hope to see you again soon!

Spellbinders
Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month
Card Kit of the Month
All Club Kits
Sweet Birds On A Branch
Beautiful Sentiments Inside & Out

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