Author: Laurel Seabrook

  • I Don’t Need A Morning Routine

    I Don’t Need A Morning Routine

    Hey everyone, I am up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog today. I took a break from Fall and Winter cards to create this fun one. I am sure there are a few of us who can relate to this sentiment?! I no longer have kids in the house but I have 2 dogs and 1 cat and they all want in and out at different times (different doors LOL) in the morning so there’s no such thing as sitting and enjoying a full cup of tea without interruption. 

    I paired the Rise & Decline – September Uniquely Unity stamp set (which is on sale right now too!) with the Our Groovy Summer collection by Echo Park.

    I used some of my scraps from the paper, just adhered and stitched them on. Then once colouring her, I fussy cut out and mounted on foam squares. I also used the Thinking Out Loud stampset and stamped the sentiment inside one of the talking bubbles and it too is mounted on foam squares.

    That’s it for me today. I hope you have a great day.

  • I Don’t Need A Morning Routine

    I Don’t Need A Morning Routine

    I am up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog today. I took a break from Fall and Winter cards to create this fun one. I am sure there are a few of us who can relate to this sentiment?! I no longer have kids in the house but I have 2 dogs and 1 cat and they all want in and out at different times (different doors LOL) in the morning so there’s no such thing as sitting and enjoying a full cup of tea without interruption.

    I paired the Rise & Decline – September Uniquely Unity stamp set (which is on sale right now too!) with the Our Groovy Summer collection by Echo Park.

    I used some of my scraps from the paper, just adhered and stitched them on. Then once colouring her, I fussy cut out and mounted on foam squares. I also used the Thinking Out Loud stamp set and stamped the sentiment inside one of the talking bubbles and it too is mounted on foam squares. 

    That’s it for me today. I hope you have a great day.

  • Fall is…

    Fall is…

    We just got back from a wilderness resort/retreat and it was amazing! My kind of holiday, not hot, in the wilderness and super cozy.

    For this week’s inspiration over at Inspired By I was inspired by the theme, the sketch (loosely) and the pumpkins.

    I used the Here Comes Autumn collection from Echo Park once again.

    To emboss the main panel I used a Stampin’ Up embossing folder to add some dimension and then stitched some scraps on. I then mounted the quote snd elements on foam squares 

    That’s all from me today. Need to catch up around home! Have a great weekend and I can’t wait to see how you are inspired.

  • Handmade Halloween card trio

    Handmade Halloween card trio

    Today I am sharing a few cards I created as part of my DT assignment for Echo Park using the Handmade Halloween collection

    Such a fun collection to work with. I love the more neutral colours rather than purples, greens and oranges.

    There are free instructions for these up on the Echo Park website.

    Do you create Halloween cards?

  • Making Christmas Magical

    Making Christmas Magical

    Time for another Christmas card! For this one I have used the Holiday Hustle stamp set from Unity (she’s on sale this month!) Raise your hand if you can relate to this sentiment! I absolutely love Christmas, my favourite time of the year, but that’s not to say it isn’t exhausting LOL.

    I paired her with the Peppermint Pines paper pack (also on sale). For the inside panel I embossed it with a snowflake embossing folder. After colouring her with copics I fussy cut out and mounted to foam squares. Of course adding some punched snowflakes for some interest as well.

    I added some ‘fluff’ to her cuffs and collar using some Martha Stewart glitter. I like how they turned out.

    Now be sure to grab these while they are on sale!

    Playing along with the Krafty Chicks challenge

  • Thanks

    Thanks

    I combined a couple of challenges today and it gave me a good excuse to dig into the Home Sweet Home Collection by Carta Bella

    When I saw the challenge from The Card Concept I knew I wanted to use this collection.

    I was inspired by the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. I combined the papers with some of the elements, added stitching a die cut sentiment (CTMH) and called it done.

    Of course, playing along at Simon Says challenge and the Time Out Challenge (gingham, basket)

    That’s all for today. Hope you have a great weekend.

  • Cozy Fall

    Cozy Fall

    Hey everyone, I am here to share my take on this week’s Inspired By Challenge.. So many ideas I had with this one because there are so many fun elements in the photo! I decided to go with the fall theme, the coffee and an animal.

    If this image looks familiar, yes I did use this stamp last week too. It is just so darn cute! It is from the Mice & Cozy stamp set from Unity, which is on sale right now!

    For the coffee cup die cut I used an old CTMH die – it is actually to make a shaped card, but it was the perfect size to allow the stamp to fit on the coffee sleeve. I used the Feels Like Fall collection from Echo Park once again too.

    That’s all from me today. I hope. you have a great day. Be sure to grab this cute stamp set while it is on sale!

    Also playing along with:

  • Greece Card Trio

    Greece Card Trio

    I made these cards awhile ago as part of an assignment for Echo Park Paper and was so busy during the summer I forgot to share them.

    I really like this paper pack as I have been to parts of Greece and makes me really want to scrapbook some of the photos… I haven’t scrapbooked in awhile, maybe this is the boost I need!

    There are FREE instructions for these cards up on the Echo Park Website:

    https://echoparkpaper.com/greece-card-set-digital-instructions/

    Have you been to Greece? I can see this collection being used for a travel journal, notebook, scrapbook….

  • A Little Fall Hello

    A Little Fall Hello

    I LOVE fall and making fall cards so this week, I was all over the Inspired By Challenge. I was inspired by the leaves, theme and sketch and had fun on this one

    I used the Feels Like Fall collection by Echo Park. After adhering the die cut background (die from CTMH) I dug out an old punch and punched the leaves. Once they were down I stitched on them

    I then used the Mice & Cozy stamp set from Unity, coloured it, fussy cut it out and mounted on foam squares. The Fall die is from Honey Bee Stamps.

    I then just added a few buttons.

    That’s all from me today. Have a great weekend!

  • Hello Friend

    Hello Friend

    Ok, last one (for now, LOL) of this Snobert stamp, but I know I will be playing with him all winter haha

    This time I have paired him with the Snowy Winter Greetings paper which is also from Unity. For the center main panel I embossed it with a folder from CTMH. After colouring him I mounted on foam squares then added glitter to the pom pom and trim. As always I finished it off with snowflakes!

    Once again, don’t miss out on this stamp set while it is at this amazing SALE price of only $12.99 (reg. $29.99) – click on image to shop!