Scrappy Friends Card

I made 8 of these fun little cards for some local scrappy friends of mine :)  

The main image is from Lettering Delights - the Craft Queen Graphic Set

"Happiness is..." was stamped from Pink By Design's set called Country Living.

The sentiment along the bottom was spelled out using a couple SP & Company sets.  The "a" is from Fashionista Alphabet.  The words "Fantabulous" and "Friend" are from Mix 'n Match Friends.

I just used various patterned papers from my stash, a Stampin' Up marker to do some doodling, and some embellishments from the $1 bin like a couple flat backed purple pearls and a button - which I threaded with slivers of cardstock.

The border punched used on the side is EK Success's Open Scallop.

Some Bunny Loves You Tag

I made this tag to go on my daughter's inexpensive little Easter basket.

It was my project for Tracy over at Craft Junkie Too today.  She has challenged us to make an Easter project.  Be sure and head on over to her blog today to see what the other gals came up with and submit your own project to join in the fun :)  

I know you can't see very well in the above photo, so I'm including a close up shot of the tag.  You can click on the photo to see it larger for more detail.

The tag is cut from the Easter 2010 cartridge at 3.5 inches.  I went around and did lots of stitching lines with a pink marker.  

The basket is from Doodlecharms and is cut at 3.75 inches.  I embossed it using the Oriental Weave Cuttlebug folder and added a sticker from my stash that says "Some Bunny Loves You."  

The eggs are all from Doodlecharms as well and are cut at the same size as the basket, 3.75 inches - so they are proportionate to fit inside it.  I hand doodled all the details on each egg.  

I hung the tag from the basket using some cute ribbon. 

The plastic eggs in the bottom of the basket were decorated by my little daughter.  It was a fun project I let her do one day.  I gave her the plastic eggs and some Easter stickers and let her decorate them herself. Now she can hunt for the pretty eggs she decorated.  She'll be sure to have fun :)

Thank You Bunches

Here's a very simple card that I think turned out really beautifully.  

I used a full 6 by 6 inch square from the Basic Grey Kioshi collection's 6 by 6 inch pad.  I used some Lullaby Blush Foam Thickers to spell out "Thank" some flat yellow letter stickers to spell out "You" and some Daquiri White Foam Thickers to spell out 'Bunches."

The buttons are just from the $1 bin at Michaels.  I took some white letter stickers I had and cut a few tiny slivers out of them to thread the buttons with.  Then I finished off by tying some ribbon from Michael's into a bow.  I positioned the bow next to the bouquet to kind of be like the bow holding the bouquet together - although since it's facing the other direction I don't really think that "works" the way I had it in my head. *LOL*

Really easy one!!!!  That's all I did :)

Winner of Rain Boots Stamp Set

I have just chosen the winner from Saturday's blog hop to win SP & Company's Rain Boots stamp set :)

Random.org chose number 62

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LesleyfromWI said...

Cute card. Love the little Easter eggs!  

Congrats!!!

Lesley you haven't left me an e-mail and your blogger profile is private so you will need to contact me first since I have no way to e-mail you :)  Please contact me via the contact me page on my blog within 1 week to claim your prize.

 

If I don't hear from Lesley I will chose another winner next week.

Thinking of You Spring Easel Card w/ Video

Today's project is for the brand spankin' new challenge over at Scrapbookaholic by Abby!  The theme this time is anything spring.  You'll want to go check it out so you can see the whole design team's projects and also submit your own for a chance to win a fantabulous prize :)

For my card today I created an easel card, but I used kind of a different shape and different measurements than are considered traditional for this style.

I have decided to include a video tutorial as well as a written explanation - so you can choose which format works best for you if you want to duplicate this card :)

Here's the video:

Here's the written instructions:

To make the easel base I started off with a piece of cardstock that was 4 inches wide by 9 inches long.

I scored it at 2 and 3/4 and 5 and 1/2

The piece in the front that is holding the card upright is 1 and 1/2 by 4.  I tied the ribbon around it before attaching it with pop dots.

This is what the base of this card would look like from the side with no embellishment.  Just remember, I tied my ribbon on before attaching the bottom piece.

To create the main scene on the front of the card I cut an oval shaped card from the Smiley Cards cartridge at 4 inches.  Then I cut it in half.  This gave me 2 ovals with a flat bottom, so I could make 2 cards out of that.  If you don't have an oval shaped card just cut an oval and then trim one of the longer sides flat on your paper trimmer.

The grass and stems are all one piece cut from Straight From the Nest at 2.5 inches.

The flowers are all from Serenade and cut at 1.25 inches.

The flower centers are just circles from Plantin' Schoolbook cut at .5 inches.

I finished off the card with a stamp that says "Thinking of You" from My Pink Stamper's Everyday Occasions set stamped in Stampin' Up's Pixie Pink.

I went around the card with A Stampin Up Marker in Tempting Turquoise to create stitching lines.

I added Stickles in Waterfall, Yellow, & Fruit Punch to the flowers as a finishing touch.

Now, I want to highly encourage you to go join in the fun over at Abby's Blog!!!

Here are the rules to enter your project into the challenge!

Link your ORIGINAL post with your project up to Mr. Linky (on her blog)

Mention that your project is for her challenge

Project must be entered by the deadline before Mr. Linky closes.

Project must be on the challenge topic.

Have fun!

You can read the rules over on her blog as well when you go to link up :)

So... head on over to Scrapbookaholic By Abby to see all the other designers' fab projects - and also to enter your project for your chance to win!

Happy Spring Project for Jen's Craft Corner's Spring Blog Hop

Hello and welcome!  I just got my first ever order from Peachy Keen stamps and just had to try them out on this project :)

If you are participating in the Spring Blog Hop for Jen's Craft corner you should have arrived from The Purple Scrapbooker.  If not, and you would like to go ahead and start the hop, you can go to the start of the hop at Jen's Craft Corner. 

Now, I haven't decided if I should turn this into a card, or a little wall hanging.  It will be one or the other.

It measures 6 inches square.  I used a full sheet of some Erin Lee Creative Paper from her My Favorite Things Stack for the base.

The grass along the bottom is a Stampin' Up patterned paper punched with the Martha Stewart grass punch.

The eggs along the bottom are from Recollections by Michael's.

The kids are both cut from the Cricut Lite cartridge called Playtime.  Their faces are from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids face assortment.  To the little girl I added dew drops in her hair, and real blush to her cheeks using a q-tip (since I don't have any chalk.)  The patterned paper for her dress is from Echo Park's Little Girl collection, and the heart on her dress is a sticker from that collection.

The little boy has a couple metal Irock embellishments on his overalls.  I created them using Coordinations cardstock as I thought it looked nice as denim.  

The stickers that spell out the sentiment are from the Echo Park Little Girl collection.

I have some great blog candy for you today!  It's a perfect stamp set for Spring!!!!

This beautiful set is by SP & Company and it's called Rain Boots.  I really love my set of it and have used it several different ways!  It's photo-polymer so it's clear and super high quality to stamp well with any ink. 

For your chance to win this great set please leave a comment on this post :)  You don't have to follow me if you don't want to, but you may want to leave an e-mail address in your comment if you won't be checking back to see if you won.  If you do follow me, then that's awesome too ;)

I am now officially closing the comments for this post to chose and announce the winner.  Thank you for all your wonderful, sweet words :)

If you want to continue the hop please head on over to Lisa's Blog Crop & Create! 

Here is a full hop lineup list in case you need it :)

Jen - Jen's Craft Corner -  You Should Have Started Here

Momo - Made By Momo

Kristin - Li'l Sweet Pea's Place

Raechel - Raechel's Cards

Monica - Stampin Daisies

Linda - Linda's Creativity

Julie - A Little Bit of Bling

Patti - Pattilynn Creations

Lauren - Lauren's Creative

Jen - The Purple Scrapbooker

Amber - Staying Crafty (You are HERE)

Lisa - Crop & Create - Go here next!

Libby - Beach Creations 

 Nicole - Scramp It

Amber -  Amber's Crafts And Stuff

Playing With Rub Ons

My friend sent me some awesome Stampin' Up stuff, including a set of rub ons that I thought was really cool.

These are a couple cards I made and they worked up SO quickly!  So much fun!

For the owl card I created a window in the card and a frame for it using some Nestabilities dies.  The bottom is punched with the Fiskars Threading Water punch and the top edges are rounded at 1/2 inch.

The images and sentiments for both cards are the rub ons.

Here are the insides:

I also did just a tiny bit to the backs too.  The rub ons were so fast and fun I couldn't help myself.

How rewarding it was to put two cards together this quickly!

Some Fun News & Crazy Spring Cleaning

Hello all my fabulous crafty friends :)  Today I want to share with you something fun I 'll be participating in.  The Whimsical Wednesday challenge blog.  It's going to be a ton of fun!  The  new blog is open now and they are already having give-a-ways!!!  They have Peachy Keen Stamps and the Shabby Vanity as their sponsors for that first give-a-way and you won't want to miss your chance!!!  Why don't you head on over to Whimsical Wednesday now and enter to win :)  If you have a little time to spare be sure and visit my new teammates, they are all super talented and you're sure to find their blogs fun and inspiring!  I have them listed in my sidebar now as well for future reference so you can check them out from their also :)  There will be a fun blog hop coming up on April 1st with prizes and fun to help introduce the new team.

I have been away from my computer a lot this week.  I caught the spring cleaning bug and I am positively going NUTS cleaning, organizing, and getting rid of things!  I am feeling really proud of what I'm accomplishing, but I am falling behind on e-mails and my favorite blogs and will try to get completely caught up this weekend after I finish the last of my cleaning.  If you don't get a response from me by Monday you may want to contact me a second time.  My apologies.  It's unusual for me to fall behind on e-mails, but it does happen from time to time.

Anyone else spring cleaning?  Do you have any little cleaning & organizing tips or tricks to share with me today?  If so leave them in the comments below :) 

May Your Day Be Filled WIth Color Card

This was a fun card to put together using a little of this and a little of that!

The green patterned paper is from Stampin' Up

The Label is a die cut from Basic Grey

The buttons were from the $1 bin at Michael's and are threaded with hemp

The sentiment is from Lucky Day by SP & Company

The ribbon is a Target $1 bin find

The pink polka dot paper is from Echo Park and is border punched with the Fiskars Threading Water Punch

Quick and simple!

Card Class I Taught

 

Here are some simple cards I taught in a class on Monday evening.  I did the class for some members of a local moms group for a nice moms evening out activity.  I figured a boy card, a girl card, and then a feminine thank you card were a good mix.

I'll keep these descriptions really brief today.

All Stamps from My Pink Stamper

Patterned Papers are all DCWV

I did die cuts with my Cricut for easy assembly

Airplane card - Airplane is from New Arrival and is on an Action Wobble.  I used the sentiment "You're my hero" as I intend to donate this card to a sick little boy, however the girls at the class chose the sentiment "Happy Happy Birthday" instead.

Monkey Card - Monkey is from Life's a Party, sentiment is on Nestabilities cuts.  It says "Celebrate Today" I know the light ink is hard to read when it's photographed. 

So Super Sweet Card - Heart and Flourish are from Straight From the Nest - I had to hand cut the pink heart away from it's flourish.  The embossing is the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug Folder.  The border punch is Eyelet Lace from Stampin Up.