Cute Little "Pupkin" ~ Spellbinders

Hello friends ~ I was given the opportunity to work with this cute little "Pupkin" from Spellbinders.

 

He's super cute, and not too spooky.  

 

I cut him out of Elizabeth Craft Design Soft Finish Cardstock and colored him using Distress Oxide Inks and small blending brushes.

 

He's mounted onto rectangles cut using Spellbinders Pinking Edge Birthday Add-Ons.

 

This sweet little fella is newly released and you can find him as well as all their New Arrivals at Spellbinders. 

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Glittery Happy Birthday Card ~ CCS

Hello friends ~ I have a lovely floral birthday card up over at the Cutcardstock blog today.  

 

 

Today's card uses a plethora of pretty colors and textures, all found at CutCardStock.

 

 If you'd like to see more details on how this card was made, please visit the cutcardstock blog today.

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Simple Designer Paper Cards

Hello friends.  I've been keeping quite busy working outside in the gardens and haven't spent a whole lot of time indoors, let alone in my craft room.  We recently had a couple of rainy days that kept me inside, so I set to work in my craft space to add a few cards to my stash and perhaps put a small dent in the massive pile of design paper I've held on to for years.

I also recently purchased a few dies from Honeybee Stamps.  This Lovely Layers Birdbath was one of them.  I love feeding the birds and was quite taken by this recent release.

 

 The embossed details on the birdbath, and the layered details give this a wonderfully realistic feel.  

 

 

The printed papers came from various packs.  I went through and pulled out papers that I thought complimented each other and made up a few backgrounds and then added the die cuts to the card fronts.

 

This Lovely Layers Topiary somehow made it into my cart as well.  Funny how that happens.  It's hard to see on the vase, but there's a pretty embossed detail.  I used a textured cardstock to cut the vase out of, so it lost some of the detail.  On smooth cardstock, the design really stands out well as you'll see in the photo below. 

 

 

 The sentiments were also pulled from various sets from PTI and Pinkfresh Studio.

 

I believe this sentiment is from an older Sweet N' Sassy Stamps set.

 I'm happy to have put a small dent in my patterned papers and added a few cards to my stash at the same time.

 

I'll be entering one of these cards into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ Anything Goes

Love Those Pretty Papers ~ (I did not use the option of "Wedding")

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Tropical Flamingo ~ CCS

Hi friends~  I have a fun, tropical card up over at the CutCardStock blog today.

 

 You'll find more details there and a list of supplies I used to make it.

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Jewel Tone Sunshine

Hello friends!  I've been busy working outside in the gardens, enjoying all things spring, but I thought I'd pop in here and share a card I made using the beautiful colors from Beautiful Blossoms Challenge.

 

 The jewel tones are brilliant!  Don't you think?

 

I had this beautiful piece of water colored background paper in my stash. I had printed it on my home printer and it fit the color palette perfectly.

 

 

 The nest is from The Greetery and the bird is from Spellbinders.  The scale of the bird worked well with the nest, so there you go!  The flowers are die cut and then I stenciled the centers in through the holes before removing the die.  These super old flowers are from PTI.

 

 

The colors are quite brilliant, but I like it!

 

Sometimes I just need to make something really bold and beautiful.  Add in a feathered friend and it's a match made in heaven.
 

I'll also be entering this card into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~  Flowers

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Things With Wings 

Here is the printable I used.  It was a freebie I found on the internet.  You can click on the image to open it, right click and save it to your computer so you can use it too!

and here's a bonus image! 

 Happy spring and happy gardening!

 

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A Pretty Gift Set For A Special Occasion

Good morning friends~  I made this gift set back in February, to celebrate a dear friends special day, and I never got around to posting it.  As it turns out my dear friend Marcia, over at Color Hues is starting a new challenge using these colors, so I thought this would be the perfect time to post this project.

The deliciously sized cupcake die is from Pretty Pink Posh.  I added some sweet polka dotted lemons from Spellbinders because every project should have some polka dots.

 

The treat box is made using a die from Sizzix.

 

I found this striped gift bag in my stash which coordinated perfectly with the papers and cardstock colors I used.  A simply doily bag topper and bow was all it needed.  

And finally, a framed piece of artwork using stencils and dies from Altenew.

 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Color Hues ~ Blue & Yellow

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 

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A Cherry-ful Day!

Happy Saturday friends!  I've got a card that fits perfectly into the Cut It Up Challenge using the letter "c".

 

 

CHERRIES! 

 

 I used three paper doilies and cherries from Spellbinders.

 

I added some Glossy Accents to make the cherries shine.

 

I think this card is super cheerful "cherry"-ful.

It's a dull, rainy day here so I think I'll go back in my craft room and see what kind of mess I can make in there today (on top of the mess that's already there.  ;o)

 

I'll also be entering this card into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ Anything Goes

Love Those Pretty Papers ~ Springtime

 

Have a great weekend!

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Avian Field Notes ~ Double D Challenges

Are you a bird lover?  I sure am!  I enjoy watching the birds (and pesky squirrels) eating at our feeders every day.  The DD Challenges duo, Darlene and Diane have a fantastic challenge for you this next two weeks, with the theme of "Birds".

 

I'm all in on this one!  I pulled out Honeybee Stamps Lovely Layers Winter Birds to create a vintage style card.  One that you might find in a book of Avian Field Notes. 

 

 

I've tucked in some leaves and berries from Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms.  This is all nestled on top of a wonderful numeric embossing folder from Carabelle Studios.  I rubbed a bit of Walnut Stain DOX Ink over the numbers to give it a time worn look.

 

A couple of Tim Holtz Field Notes stamps are included to finish this entry.

 

I do hope you'll visit DD Challenge to see more avian inspired designs from our gifted team.

Here's the inspiration tile to help you get started:

 

And here's what you could win when you play along.

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Guest Designing for Cut It Up Challenge

Cheerio friends!  Today, I'm happy to be sharing a card as guest designer on the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  My project was chosen as one of the "Top Cuts" back in September and thus gave me the opportunity to guest design for a future challenge.  So, here I am today, creating for the newest challenge #323, "This Makes Me Smile".  

 

 

 Well, the simple answer to "what makes me smile", is that I love working with dies!  Especially vintage-y ones!

This darling, retro looking Lovely Layers Vintage Reindeer from Honeybee Stamps most certainly brings a smile to my face.  I purchased the dies just before Christmas and made up a few of them, but they never made it to a card front until now.

The Greetery's Boxwood Heart framed this deer nicely, with some added flowers from Spellbinders.  A layered pair of hearts adds to the sentiment.

Thanks so much to Larelyn and the Cut It Up team for inviting me to guest design for them.  I enjoy playing along with your challenges!

I do hope you'll all stop by Cut It Up and join in on their challenge.  I'd love to know what makes you smile!

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Gingerbread Bakery

Hello to all!  I'm going to make an attempt to get all my Christmas projects posted and clean out my photo file.  Today's offering is a trio of cards made using Papertrey Ink's Gingerbread Bakery set.

I thought the chalkboard style stamp in this set makes the perfect menu board for all these yummy treats.

 

I bought this set last year and hadn't inked it up until this season of Christmas card making.  I added a tree from their Christmas Tree Farm set and the coffee cup is from my stash.  An older die from Impression Obsession.

 

The woodgrain background gives these cards a natural farmhouse look.

 

 

I had an extra chalkboard sign left over, so I added it to a snowflake embossed background and added some yummy desserts.

 

 

All sugared up!  The Plum Pudding is from Elizabeth Craft Designs and the pie is from Spellbinders.  These yummy desserts make my mouth water for something sweet. 

 

I'll be entering one of these cards into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ All Occasion

Cut It Up ~ Anything Goes

Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~ Anything Goes Christmas

Simon Says Monday ~ Cold & Frosty

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