My BIG ~ Memorable Adventure

I'm jumping on the bandwagon and joining my friends to post pictures and projects from my trip to The Craft House in Newton, Kansas.

If you want to visit a place that is bright and cheery and so inpirational, then check out the pictures of this beautifully restored Victorian home here.

Colleen, Linda, Nancy, Kara & Marcia have all been my blogging buddies for the past several years now and we finally had the chance to meet and spend a weekend together.

I love that we all had so much more than stamping in common.  We shared stories, joys and life struggles just like close sisters would.  

I have to say that I am forever blessed by these gals friendships and even more, the gift of getting to meet each one in real life.  They are my sisters at heart. 

Our first morning after coffee and breakfast, we learned some coloring techniques from a master coloring artist, Kara Lynn.

Here's my finished card:

I still can't believe I colored that!  

 Nancy brought her Finetic Pearl Colors.  These are so pretty used on dark cardstock.  Just look at the shimmer!

I loved this Blooms Fill-In from Concord & 9th.  Oh, the color possibilites!  And they just came out with a new one using Posie's.  Sweet!

Another "Kara" inspired card using PTI's Brushed Birds and Distress Oxide Inks.

I had the best time at the Craft House meeting all these wonderful gals.  Thanks so much to Meg, the owner of the Craft House for making this beautiful old house available to crafty groups like ours and for making it so bright and inspirational.  

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A "Twofer" for you!

Good morning friends~  It's been snowing like crazy here on the east coast so what else is there to do but spend the day in my craft room and play!

I missed the last "Twofer Card Challenge" and I was determined not to miss this one!

 I used this cute image from Stamping Bella called Gardening Chicks.

  For my first card (Get Well), I stamped the image on water color paper and colored it using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens.  I mounted it on MFT Plaid Patterns and added a Dee's Distinctively Secret Garden Flower, that was also water colored.

For the second card (Easter) , I masked off the stamp and just used one flower and bird from the image.  I die cut it using Memory Box Half A Dozen Eggs.  I also cut three of the same sized eggs from these fun polka dotted papers from ECD ~ Thinking About Rio De Janeiro.

I also wanted to share this darling card using MFT's Friends Furever image that sweet Kara from Bright Hope Creations helped us all color when we were at the Craft House in Kansas.  I learned so much from Kara and I'm hooked on learning more!  Thanks so much Kara~ love you girl!

You can find all the details of Darnell's Twofer Challenge here.

Here's some links to help you easily find the products I used:

Stamping Bella, Gardening Chicks

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens

MFT Plaid Patterns

Dee's Distinctively Secret Garden Flower

Memory Box Half A Dozen Eggs

ECD ~ Thinking About Rio De Janeiro

MFT's Friends Furever

I'll be adding one of these cards to the following challenges:
Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Easter / Spring
The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Birds
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes
Use Your Stuff ~ Die Cuts

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Spring Tulips In A Mason Jar ~ PTI Create Along With Us

Good morning friends~  I'm playing along with PTI's Create Along With Us 

 I used Mix & Mat Postal Die for the background and added the beautiful tulips from Friendship Jar Spring Fillers.  This set continues to be a favorite of mine from year to year.

  I cut the Friendship Jar out of vellum and heat embossed the edge in clear embossing powder.  Then I stamped the water image using Hawaiaan Shores ink and heat embossed in clear over top of that.

The sentiment from Banner Style was just what this card needed to finish it off.

I was inspired by this card of Betsy's.

You can find all the details and play along here.

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Hugs in a Pop-Up Box

I like to mix die companies when I'm creating cards or projects. With  Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Box Card - Pop-Up die, the possiblilities are endless.

 I hope you'll visit the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog to find out all the details on these fun pop-up box cards.

Products used:

Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Box Card - Pop-Up

Elizabeth Craft Designs Birds

Elizabeth Craft Designs Mushrooms

Elizabeth Craft Designs Pair of Leaves 1

Elizabeth Craft Designs Leaf & Berry Branches

Dies R Us is having a Design Team Call running through March 16, 2018.

You can find all the details by clicking HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sugared Daisies

Spring is on its way to the east coast and I'm getting into the season using some fabulous products from Dies R Us.

You can find all the details over at the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog.

Dies R Us is having a Design Team Call running through March 16, 2018.

You can find all the details by clicking HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!