Category: Echo Park

  • Hello Autumn

    Hello Autumn

    Hey everyone, I am heading out today for our last camping trip of the season. Then I will be fully into fall mode! For this week’s Inspired By Challenge I was inspired by the theme and the sketch.

    I used the Here Comes Autumn collection from Echo Park. I kept it simple as we just had company leave and I was getting ready for camping and didn’t have a lot of crafty time! The embossed vellum was done using a Stampin’ Up embossing folder. 

    The little acorn is a sticker that I adhered to some scrap paper and fussy cut so that I could mount on foam squares. 

    Cute story. My father in law picks up all the acorns that drop on his boulevard each year as he doesn’t want any oak trees growing. When I was teaching grade one, I told him they would be fun to have in class for the kids to count, sort etc. Each year he would give me a bucket full and always be sure to tell me how many was in it. LOL

    Can’t wait to see how you are inspired this week.

  • No Work. All Play

    No Work. All Play

    I love this week’s Inspired By theme. I love to travel, and having a daughter who lives in Germany means we travel at least once a year to Europe. I was inspired by the theme and the sketch.

    For my card I used the It’s Time to Travel collection from Echo Park and paired it with the Happy Retirement stamp set from Unity. I retired from teaching full time, and just substitute teach at my old school so we are able to travel anytime of the year. But, hubby is retiring anytime now, so I made this card for him! 

    Once I had the pattern paper adhered and stitched I then went through the It’s Time to Travel sticker book, adhered some stickers to scrap paper, cut out stapled the stamped sentiments and mounted on foam squares. I then just added a couple more stickers to finish it all off. 

    Do you like to travel? Where is your next trip going to be?

    Can’t wait to see how you are inspired this week.

  • You’re the Berry Best

    You’re the Berry Best

    Hey everyone, happy Friday. The new Inspired By Challenge is up and this week’s inspiration just gives me all the feels. Who else just loves vintage and the stories that are behind the items? 

    I was inspired by the theme, the colors, the gingham and sketch (I guess pretty much everything) for my card. I pulled out the Strawberry Fields collection from Echo Park. 

    To tell the truth, I attempted some die cut strawberries using my Silhouette but lately I fight more with it than use it and for this card I fought more with it and thus decided to do my tried and true… fussy cutting LOL.

    I actually was able to use some of my scraps on this card which always makes me happy. I added stitching and scallops to carry out the homespun feel. I left the bottom with no sentiment as I thought it could be added later – either teacher, mom, friend… when I decide to use the card.

    I fussy cut the strawberries from pattern paper and then mounted on foam squares. 

    That’s all for me today. Hope you have a great weekend and can’t wait to see how you are inspired. 

  • A Little Bunch of Happy

    A Little Bunch of Happy

    Although I am eagerly awaiting fall’s cooler weather, our new heat pump has me not ‘hating’ the heat quite as much. And thus I was in a sunny, flowery mood when I created this card using the new Sniffs & Stems stamp set from Unity (which is ON SALE as a Spotlight steal so be sure to grab it!)

    It was a good card to use up some of my scraps that were sitting around on my desk from my Echo Park projects. After adhering the papers I of course added some stitching. I then colored this cutie, fussy cut out and mounted on foam squares.

    Now I hope to spend some time in my craft room doing a cleaning – I figure if I do it every so often it won’t become such a big job like it usually is LOL. How often do you clean yours? or is your always neat and tidy?

    Be sure to grab this stamp set while it is on sale!

  • Cat Lover

    Cat Lover

    I was up on the @echoparkpaper page the other day with my cat lover cards. Such a fun collection to play with and if you’re a cat lover you definitely need this!

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

  • Groovy…

    Groovy…

    Hey everyone, the new Inspired by Challenge is up. I was inspired by the boho vibe and decided to create 2 cards. with the Our Groovy Summer collection from Echo Park

    For my first card, along with the boho vibe I picked out the happy face and incorporated that using an old Technique Tuesday die (remember them?!). To be honest I am not sure I have ever used the die LOL. I also added some of the Washi tape from the collection that had some smiles.

    Next up I decided to use the scraps to incorporate the happy face and the sketch (loosely) to create a second card.

    Can’t wait to see how you were inspired.

  • You’re the Zest

    You’re the Zest

    Everyday I check on my lemon tree to see if I am going to get any this year. Lots of flowers but no lemons yet.

    So seemed fitting to play with the You’re the Zest stamp set and pair it with the Lemonade collection

    Not much to say as I kept it pretty simple. I used scraps for the background and mounted the lemons on foam squares

  • Mom’s Kitchen

    Mom’s Kitchen

    I am up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog today. I am sharing a coffee card, but it should be an iced coffee as it is so hot here this week – which does give me a good excuse to hide out in my craft room where it is cooler LOL

    For my card this week I have once again used the Spill the Coffee, Darlin’ stamp set from Unity – which, if you don’t have it yet, be sure to grab it while it is on sale! I created a project for my daughter using the Mom’s Kitchen collection by Echo Park for my daughter and while the paper was out I thought it worked well with this image.

    After layering the papers and stickers I finished it off with some stitching. I then coloured her and mounted with foam squares for dimension.

    That’s it for today, I am off to find some coolness… now be sure to grab the stamp set while it is on sale!

  • Recipe Binder

    Recipe Binder

    About 18 years ago or so (pre Pinterest) my husband started cooking, thus printing off recipes. I made him this simple binder as a stocking stuffer to hold them.

    He still digs it out once in awhile too.

    Little did I know, little eyes were watching and remembering…

    A few months ago my daughter Danica (now 28, married and living in Germany), said she prints off recipes (I thought I was the only one still doing this 😆) and would love to keep them in a binder and that it would be more special if it was one I made.

    The Mom’s Kitchen collection was perfect for the challenge (I mean project 😏)

    Because the front has to go inside the plastic on the front, I could have too much dimension. Thus stickers were key here.

    I added tabs to the inside pages, but left them blank so she could add her own since she is going vegan. Of course stickers added.

    Echo Park has these cute recipe cards so I tucked some in just in case she wants to write out some. Ideally I would write out some of her favourites but her favourites from childhood include meat (meatloaf being one of them 😆)

    My oldest daughter is heading to Germany, taking my granddaughter there, so she can tuck this in her suitcase.

    Hope this is what my daughter envisioned.

    Do you still print out recipes?

  • Purr-mission

    Purr-mission

    I played with the Pam-purr Yourself stamp once again. It’s basically the same sketch/layout as the other day but different papers.

    Once again paired with Echo Park Paper – this time the French Girl collection.

    Of course, the speech bubble is from the Thinking Out Loud stamp set… it’s such a fun addition to cards!

    Now, be sure to grab the stamps while they’re on sale!