Category: cards

  • 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?

  • Clothes Pin Inspired

    Clothes Pin Inspired

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and I love it. I love this time of year when I can start hanging clothes outside to dry – would be perfect if I had a clothesline but a clothes rack works.

    I was inspired by the colors, roses and the sketch to create my card. I used a stencil from Stampin Up! so it went together very quickly. The die is from MFT and I thought it was perfect for the sketch.

    I hope you come play along with us!

  • Mouse & Me cards

    Mouse & Me cards

    My cards were up on the Echo Park page the other day. I used the new Mouse & Me collection.

    If you are a Mickey Mouse fan (and who isn’t?!) then this collection is a must have! There are so many ways that you could use it.

    I had fun creating a fold out pop up card for one of them and there are FREE instructions for all three cards up on the Echo Park website.

    Now go check out all the fun things available in this collection

  • Smile and Shine

    Smile and Shine

    Hey everyone, the new Inspired By challenge is up. It is such a pretty one. I was inspired by the colors, sketch, flowers and umbrella to create my card.

    I thought the new Silly Goose collection by Carta Bella worked well. I love the soft pretty colors and how can you not love the cute little geese.

    Now come and play along we would love to see how you are inspired!

  • Buzzing by with a hi

    Buzzing by with a hi

    I made this card awhile ago and forgot to share it. It is a newer stamp from Unity called Hip Hop Honeybee. I just love those big cute eyes and his sneakers!

    I coloured with copics and then added some gloss to the eyes. I have also used the Thinking Out Loud stamp set – a talking bubble is always a nice touch don’t you think? I paired that with some old CTMH paper, which…. my stock of it is finally getting quite low. I loved it when it released and bought a couple packs of it.

    here’s the links to the stamp sets (the Thinking Out Loud one is ON SALE so don’t miss it!

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    Playing along with the Simon Says challenge Things with Wings

  • Happy Birthday

    Happy Birthday

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and I was inspired by the theme and the colors to create my card. I bet you wouldn’t guess that I used a very Easter themed collection for this? It is the Easter Basket collection from Echo Park, love when paper packs are versatile.

    The Cake stamp and die is from CTMH one and I paired it with a notebook stamp and die from Stampin Up. I paper pieced the cake and mounted it on foam squares. I then topped it with the birthday die from Echo Park. This was one of those 11th hour type of cards and luckily for me, it all went together well.

    Now check out this week’s Inspired By Challenge, I hope you play along!

  • Let’s Go Shopping

    Let’s Go Shopping

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and it is a fun one. I love the colors. The Cafe made me think of a little cafe in Europe so I decided to use the French Girl collection from Echo Park. I was inspired by the colors and the sketch and instead of a cafe, I have a boutique. Reminds me of when I shopped on the Champs Élysées – window shopping of course because it was much too expensive for me LOL!

    I adhered the stickers to some scrap paper then fussy cut them out so that I could mount on foam squares.

  • I find my happiness

    I find my happiness

    I am up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog today with a new theme challenge for the Lattes & Layers. This month is all about rainbows.

    Looking for inspiration? You could incorporate Rainbow by using:
    • an actual rainbow in your design
    • a rainbow of layered colors or patterned papers
    • ombré or tone-on-tone color palettes
    • mugs, cups, or drink elements with colorful accents

    I have used the You Are My Sunshine collection from Echo Park. The mug is from the I Like Big Cups stamp set by Creative Worship stamps, and the sentiment is from the You Are My Sunshine: Life Is Good Stamp Set also from Echo Park

    Now come and play along and let me see those rainbows!

  • Sending Thoughts

    Sending Thoughts

    Have you seen the newest Unity stamps yet? So many beautiful ones including this month’s Uniquely Unity The Gentle Goodbye (on sale right now)

    I wanted to keep the design simple so that the image stood out. I used some old Stampin Up! papers. After colouring the image I lightly brushed over it with some glitter glue for interest.

    I used the postage stamp nesting dies to cut it out

    Be sure to grab the stamp and die from Unity

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  • Spring Has Sprung

    Spring Has Sprung

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and it it very fitting for the month of April. A rainbow of gum boots! I was inspired by the gum boots and used the In Full Bloom collection by Echo Park Paper

    The gum boots stamp is from CTMH and believe it or not, I have some pink ones like this, some baby pink Hunter boots…. I mounted all the images on foam squares for some dimension. The Spring die is from Echo Park as well.

    Now I would love to see how you are inspired… come on over and play along!