Category: cards

  • Baking Up Some Thanks

    Baking Up Some Thanks

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up.I really love the colors in this week’s inspiration and had planned on doing something with them but then I remembered I had the Mom’s Kitchen collection from Echo Park just waiting to be used so I dug it out and went along with the theme.

    I embossed the mint cardstock with an embossing folder from Unity. The recipe card, is just that, a recipe card – Echo Park has some fun ones! I just cut it down and used a notebook punch to add some detail.

    I adhered the stickers to some scrap paper then fussy cut them out and mounted them on foam squares. The thanks die is from CTMH and I love the gingham washi tape in the Mom’s Kitchen collection so I added a bit of it too.

    check out this week’s inspiration and be sure to play along

  • Thank You Teacher

    Thank You Teacher

    There’s just something about school/teacher themed things that speak to me 😁 IYKYK

    So when this new Unity KOMpanion kit was released (and the cute paper pack to coordinate) you know I had to have it. I kept the card pretty simple as I wanted the image to be the focus. I believe the alphabet background die is from Reverse Confetti (retired now) but I can’t remember. I stamped the Teacher’s Like You image, coloured then fussy cut out and mounted on foam squares. I stamped one of the sentiments from the kit but cut off the teacher part so I could use this old (again retired) teacher die (from PTI?).

    For the tab at the top (a PTI die) and the pencil (I fussy cut from the paper) I used the Apple Seeds & ABCs paper pack.

    Now this cute stamp set is part of this month’s KOM or you can get it individually but do so soon as it is on SALE right now!

  • Garden Tea

    Garden Tea

    Happy Friday1 I am really looking forward to this weekend as we don’t have to go anywhere and I can putter, craft and get caught up around here! It has been a very busy couple of months, I feel like a hamster in a wheel – and I don’t even work full time LOL

    Anyways, I was up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog the other day with another card for this month’s Lattes & Layers challenge which is bloom.

    For this card I went with Lilacs… which are in bloom around here right now and I love it! One of my favorite flowers/scents… in fact as I write this I have a lilac scented wax melt going and it is amazing.

     just yesterday received a box of goodies from Unity and this new Lilac Lane paper pack was part of it. Isn’t it lovely?! I would love to be sitting in a garden of lilacs, while sipping my morning tea (hence the wax melt… LOL) I used the Tea & Besties stamp from Unity.

    Once adhering all the pieces I fussy cut a few of the lilacs from the pattern paper to embellish the corners.

    This fun stamp set is ON SALE right now (only $11.20 REG $28) and you definitely NEED these gorgeous papers! (click on images for direct links)

  • Sweet As Honey

    Sweet As Honey

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and I was inspired by the cute little bumblebee

    Itt gave me a good excuse to finally ink up this stamp from Stampin Up! I have paired it with some papers from SU as well. For a bit of whimsy, I added some stitching, including a ‘flight path’. The little bee is mounted on foam squares for dimension.

    Here’s this week’s inspiration. Come join us!

  • Hooray You Did It

    Hooray You Did It

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and I bet you can tell how I was inspired.

    I actually thought I had a couple of frog stamps but in one of my purges I must have gotten rid of them so I found this fun set of frogs and decided they would be perfect.

    The collection comes with both coloured in and line drawing Clip Art. I was in a hurry and decided the coloured version was perfect. I printed, cut out and mounted on foam squares. The paper is from Echo Park and the die and sentiment are from Honey Bee Stamps. I also mounted the sentiment of foam squares.

    Now here is the collection of the cute frogs

    Now come on over and play along at Inspired By!

  • Still Kickin’

    Still Kickin’

    Oh my gosh, I love this fun new stamp from Unity called Still Kickin’ (it’s ON SALE right now)

    I stamped then coloured with copics. As always, I mounted him with foam squares. I almost added the word A$$ with dies but decided against it LOL, though I do think it might have been funny.

    I paired him with the Boho Baby Bear paper and just added a touch of color. Now go grab this fun set while it is on sale!

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  • Coffee Date with Amy

    Coffee Date with Amy

    Hey everyone, happy Friday! I am having a coffee date with Amy today. Both of us have played along with this month’s theme at Lattes & Layers which is Bloom. To make things even more exciting…Amy is having a giveaway 😀 you’ll have to check out her Instagram for more information on that. 

    For my card, I reached for the Bailey Girl stamp set from Unity (she’s ON SALE right now), there’s just something about her… IYKYK

    So many things I love about this card. I love the fun papers from Stampin Up, paper piecing (I would totally wear that hoodie) and fussy cutting

    I mounted here on foam squares for some dimension.

    Now don’t forget to check out Amy’s card HERE

    And be sure to grab this stamp set while it is on sale.

  • Thinking of You

    Thinking of You

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and it is so pretty. I was inspired by the colors, flowers and sketch for my card.

    I knew which papers I wanted to use and dug into some Stampin Up. I purchased this paper pack just for these beautiful flowers and this card made my fussy cutting heart happy LOL I do really like to fussy cut images from pattern paper. The sentiment is also from Stampin Up. As always, I added some stitching and this time I just adhered the images to the card rather than mounting on foam squares.

    Now come on over and play along with us.

  • Diminish All Your Troubles

    Diminish All Your Troubles

    I am up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog today with a new monthly theme challenge and this one is Bloom.

    I dug into some Stampin Up Papers and paired it with an old Papertrey Ink Stamp set. This stamp set has survived many purges over the years as I am a tea drinker and couldn’t bear to get rid of it.

    I mounted the teapot and sentiment on foam squares.

    Now if this inspires you at all, would love to see how. Come on over and play

  • You’re the Zest

    You’re the Zest

    I had fun creating some themed gift baskets for Mother’s Day. For this one I used the new Lemonade collection from Echo Park for my You’re the Zest basket. Not only was the theme perfect but the colors matched the contents of the basket very well!

    I layered some paper, added the Die and then created some tags out of scraps. I adhered the lemon stickers to some scrap paper then cut out and mounted on foam squares. The Sentiment is from Sunny Studio Stamps.

    And here is the basket, would love to know what you think?