Monday, March 18, 2024

Easter Egg Hunters...


Happy day blog friends.. Today I have got Easter on my mind and I think that This Calls For Confetti has exactly what I needed with their Easter collection. 


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

cut a plane on white cardstock A2 size and stencil these fun egg patterns using the This Calls for Confetti: Easter Eggs Plate and Stencils. Mix it up with lots of color. 

Die cut the Easter Eggs Plate on white cardstock and then ink blend more of those fun bright colors. I choose colors that blend well together and that will go with the colors of the eggs. Sprinkle a little Copic Opaque on your panel. Add some foam tape to the back and adhere it to your stenciled egg background. Try and line it up so the patterns fit into the Easter egg panel. 

Adhere your panel to your card base using liquid glue.

Die cut the large Easter Egg die on black cardstock and rub-on one of the Easter Rub-On Transfers. Add some foam tape to the back of the large Easter Egg and add it to your card. 


It is full of Easter egg fun.... don't you just love it?

Make sure to check out This Calls For Confetti HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by.
Have a wonderful day. 

Friday, March 15, 2024

Dreams Come True...


Happy Friday blog friends.. Welcome to another fun post for Heffy Doodle. Today it is all about these Cozy Kitties. This set is so fun to create with, so let's get started.  


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

On a white panel A2 size ink blend teal, purple, pink and peach. Die cut the Metric Storyboard Backdrop on your ink blending background. Adhere to your card base using foam tape.

Ink blend a little more color in each of the windows but just put ink on the lower half. 

Stamp out all these cut images from Cozy Kittens and Mewniverse stamp sets on white cardstock using black ink. Color the images using your favorite medium. Die cut the images using the coordinating dies. 

Time to create your scene. Use liquid glue and foam tape when placing your images. 

Finishing with stamping these fun sentiments directly onto your card. 


Nothing like a cute card full of kittens.... right?

 Thank you for stopping by.
Have a wonderful day!

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Picket Fence Studios March Release...

Welcome blog friends..
Today I am so excited to be joining the March Release for Picket Fence Studios as their guest designer. 
Lot's to share so let's get started.


Picket Fence Studios supplies used:

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut a panel A2 size of vellum and a panel on white cardstock. 

Take the white panel and stencil this amazing new The Center Polka Dot stencil using bright inks. Adhere the stenciled panel to your card base and set a side.

Stamp out this cool new The Right Pair of Boots stamp set on white cardstock using black ink and color it using your favorite medium. I colored mine using Copic sketch markers. I fussy cut around the image and added some foam tape to the back and added it to the center of my Vellum A2 panel. Now add some adhesive to the back of the vellum but only in the places where you will not see it show through... like behind the boot. Add it to your stenciled background. 

Stamp the sentiment from the The Right Pair of Boots stamp set on white cardstock using black ink and fussy cut around the sentiment. Now add some foam tape to the back and adhere it to your card. 

Finishing with a few of those fun new Bee Sting Sequins here and there. 


Picket Fence Studios supplies used:

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut a panel A2 size on white cardstock and stencil The Center Circle stencil using the Paper Glaze Luxe. Use all three colors for a color background. Make sure to let dry completely before handling. Once it is dry adhere it stenciled panel to your card base using liquid glue.

Stencil part of an A2 panel on white cardstock using the Paper Glaze Luxe and make sure to let dry completely before die cutting. Once it is completely dry you can die cut the You Are so Extra die. Center the die so the lower half is on the textured part. Die cut the You Are so Extra die two more times on just plain white cardstock and adhere those to the back of the textured die cut. 

Die cut the You Are so Extra backer on black cardstock and adhere it to the rest of the sentiment. Add more foam tape to the back of your sentiment and add it to your card base. 


Picket Fence Studios supplies used:

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Die cut the frame only from the Pinking Shear A2 cover Plate die set on white cardstock. Leave the die in place as it will act as a mask for the edges. Take your Pint-Size Bright Rainbows Paper Pouncers and pounce some yellow ink on the panel. You will see how fast your colors fills the space evenly with the Paper Pouncers. Remove your die and see how the edge is still white. 

Stamp this beautiful flower from the new Brighter Days Gerbera Daisy stamp set on white cardstock using black ink and color the flower using your favorite medium. 

Die cut the flower using the coordaitning Brighter Days Gerbera Daisy die set and add some foam tape to the back and center it onto your pretty yellow background. Don't you just love how the flowers pops?...

Stamp your sentiments from the Brighter Days Gerbera Daisy stamp set on white cardstock using black ink and die cut them out used the coordinating dies. Add some foam tape to the back and add them to your card. 

Finishing with those pretty All About the Yellow Sequins here and there. 


Picket Fence Studios supplies used:

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut a panel 4 x 5 on watercolor paper. We are going to create a simple background with the Liquid Pink Blossom Paper Splatter Watercolor and some water. Using a wet brush pick up some of the Pink Blossom and brush it on your watercolor paper until you are happy with the amount of color on your panel. With the left over color I sprinkle a little also for the darker spots on the background. 

Cut a piece of misc. black and white designer paper 3 x 5 1/2 and adhere it to the lower half of your card base. 

Die cut the Garen Topper Cover Plate on white cardstock. Pick some ink colors that you love and use those fun Pint-Size Bright Rainbows Paper Pouncers to add the ink to each of the branches. Once you are happy with the color sprinkle a little Copic Opaque on it and let dry completely before adhering it to your watercolor background using foam tape. You might have to trim a little on each side to fit the watercolor background. 

Stamp the sentiment from the Like a Wildflower stamp set on the lower half of your image. 

Add some foam tape to the back of your watercolor background and adhere it to your card base. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today.

Make sure to check out the entire Picket Fence Studios release.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Butterfly Hugs...


Happy Tuesday everyone.. I have been cleaning up my designer paper scraps so I picked out a few that I think would look good together and well this is how this card came together...


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut a panel A2 size on white cardstock. Cut some 1/2 inch strips of 5 different designs of designer paper and adhere them to your panel using liquid glue. Trim off access. 

Die cut the large frame from the Avery Elle's Scalloped Pierced Rectangles Keep both the pieces together and flip over and add some foam tape. Adhere the background to your card base. 

Die cut the I-Crafter Butterfly Burst die on white cardstock and adhere it to your fun background using liquid glue. 

Stamp the sentiment from the Taylored Expressions Sending Hugs stamp set on white cardstock using black ink and die cut it using the coordinating die. Add some foam tape to the back of your sentiment and adhere it to your card. 


A very simple card with lots of fun designs. I love using my scraps this way. Sometimes I only have enough for small strips. I really love all the patterns mixed up like this. 

That is all for today.
Thank you so much for stopping by.

Monday, March 11, 2024

Cottontail Farms...


Welcome everyone.. It is Monday once again and I am starting out my week with a This Calls For Confetti card. I just love their Easter/Spring release. I love all the Easter egg creating going on right now. 


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Die cut the Easter Eggs Plate on a piece of the BOO! 6x6 paper pad design paper. Yes, I am using Halloween paper, but as you can see it is a really pretty plaid design and well it is pink, so I think it is perfect for this kind of card. Get lots of use out of those paper pads. Adhere your die cut panel on your card base using liquid glue.

Pick out 6 colorful sequins to fill the spots of the eggs. I am using all This Calls For Confetti sequins colors (Opaque Iridescent Pink, Opalescent Living Coral, Fresh Breeze Sequin Confetti, Bahaman Blue, Blue Hibiscus and Iridescent Light Purple). I added liquid glue to one egg at a time and then sprinkled the sequins on. Press the sequins into the glue and move on to the next color. I filled 6 of the eggs and let dry. 

Cut a 1 1/2 x 4 1/4 pink strip. I choose a pink closest to the plaid pink. I ended up using The Stamp Market Raspberry cardstock. I picked one of the Easter Rub-On Transfers (white) and added it to the strip. Adhere your strip to your card covering the last 3 eggs using foam tape. 


This card was simple to create and I might say fun. I love sequins and look how colorful it made my card. My card has lots of dimension so you know I am happy.

That is all for this fine Monday.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Friday, March 8, 2024

Pretty Pink Posh March Release Blog Hop...


Welcome everyone..
I am so excited to be guest designing for Pretty Pink Posh.
This blog hop is full of SPRING fun.

Release is available as of March 6th so make sure to check it out but first hop along for a chance to win one of the $30 gift certificates to Pretty Pink Posh. There are 3 GC (one winner each day)
There is a different hop each day started on the 6th, 7th and you are here today.
(winners will be picked randomly along the hop and comments must be left by 11:59) 


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut a panel on white cardstock A2 size and stencil the new Layered Floral Vines using colors that you love. I went with a green and purple ink and for the last stencil that adds the center of the flower I added embossing ink and heat embossed gold embossing powder. Adhere your panel to your card base using liquid glue.

Die cut this adorable new Bunny Face Shaker on white cardstock for the front, back and those cute whiskers. Die cut the ears and nose on pink cardstock and the cute little smile on grey cardstock.  Die cut the bunny again on acetate. 

Adhere the acetate to the front of the open face bunny using tear tape. I die cut a sheet of foam tape with the open face so it fits perfectly behind the bunny without seeing the lines of the foam tape. You can also just place the foam tape all around the shaker part of the bunny on the back, just make sure you have no gaps. Fill the bunny shaker with the new Springtime Shaker Beads. Peel the protectant layer of the foam tape and adhere the solid white die cut bunny to the back to close up your bunny shaker. 

Time to decorate the cute bunny. Adhere the ears, nose, whiskers and mouth. I left off the eyes but you can add them if you like. Add more foam tape to the back of the bunny shaker and adhere it to your pretty Layered Floral Vine background. 

Stamp the sentiment from the new Sentiment Strips Easter stamp set on white cardstock and die cut it using one of the Sentiment Strips dies. Add a little more color to your sentiment using the decorative scalloped Sentiment Strips die. Adhere them together and then add to your card. 


How much are you loving this adorable bunny?


Create cards from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut a panel on white cardstock A2 size and stencil this fun new Easter Word Stencil using purple, pink, yellow, green and teal. Make it colorful and full of spring colors. 

Die cut the Easter Word stenciled background using the largest Eyelet Rectangles die. Add some foam tape to the back and adhere it to your card base. Try and center it the best you can. 

Die cut all the big Easter Cupcake dies on colored cardstock. Pick colors that go with your background. Depending on your scene you might have to die cut some of the images many times. I started with the cupcake and worked my scene from there. I used foam tape and liquid glue depending on how the image sits with the others. Dimension is a good thing with layering images. 

I added some of the little flowers to the cupcake and for the centers I used some of those new Springtime Shaker Beads. They are small but I got them on. 


LOTS of Spring going on here... 


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut a panel on white cardstock A2 size and stamp the large flower from the new Daisies stamp set using black ink. Fill your background and then adhere the panel to your card base using liquid glue.

Stamp the Daisies bouquet, leaves and bow on white cardstock using black ink. Color the images using your favorite medium. Die cut the images using the coordinating Daisies dies.

Die cut the second largest Eyelet Rectangle on vellum.

Add some foam tape to the back of your Daisies bouquet and adhere it to the center of the vellum Eyelet Rectangle. Adhere the leaves using liquid glue and add the bow using foam tape. Flip the vellum over and only put foam tape where you see the flower, this keeps from seeing any adhesive on the vellum when we adhere it to your Daisies panel. 

Stamp the sentiment from the Sentiment Strips Easter stamp set using embossing ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder on green cardstock. Die cut the sentiment with one of the Sentiment Strips dies. Die cut the Sentiment strips decorative strip on white cardstock and adhere them together. Now add the sentiment to the card. 

I added some fine white glitter to the center of the flowers... but I know that is hard to see in the photo. oops...


LOTS of Spring time fun with this Pretty Pink Posh release. 

Make sure to hop along to each of the blog listed below and comment for a chance to win. 

Annette Allen you are here
Next → Zsofia Molnar

Thank you so much for hopping along today.
Have a wonderful day!

Thursday, March 7, 2024

You Are So Great...


Happy hello blog friends.. yay! it is Thursday, so close to the the weekend. I am so ready for it. I hope it does not rain. It has been raining here every weekend for a month now. I'm over it.. LOL  But the good thing is I always have crafting to keep me busy when it rains. 

I just finished this last night and well am sharing now today. I always love a good floral card and well Pinkfresh Studio has such a great collection of floral stamps with coordinating stencils. I did not coloring by hand here it is all ink blending with the layered stencils. I love those kind of sets. Let's get started....


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut a panel out of green/yellow cardstock and emboss with a polka dot embossing folder. I fused the Pink & Main Micro Dots 6x6 Embossing folder. Adhere your embossed background to your card base using liquid glue.

Die cut the Ornate Rectangle Frames on white cardstock. I used both of the dies and took out the center piece and adhere to my background using foam strips. (link below)

I stamped the Pinkfresh Studio Handpicked Flowers on white cardstock using black ink. Use the coordinating Handpicked Flowers layering stencils to add the color. I used Pinkfresh Studio inks (listed below). Die cut the image using the coordinating Handpicked Flowers die. Add some foam tape to the back of the Handpicked Flowers image and adhere it to the center of the card. 

Stamp the sentiment from the Handpicked Flowers stamp set on white cardstock using black ink and die cut using the coordinating dies and add some foam tape to the back and adhere it to your card.


So I would say this is not a typical color I would normally use for a background... but I kinda like it... what do you think?

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a blessed day!

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

March Lunar New Year Challenge....


Happy March everyone. Welcome to another fun Lunar New Year challenge. We are all about the new year and this is the year of the dragon so today I am getting crafty with Trinity Stamps, whom is also one of our fabulous sponsors this month. So make sure to link up HERE for a chance to win one of the prizes.


Let's get started..


Create card from white cardstock 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 size.

Cut a yellow A2 panel and stencil the Trinity Stamps: Layered Fireworks Stencil using Waffle Flower Crafts: My Pleasure ink and Pinkfresh Studio: Sunkissed ink. Blend the ink softly

Adhere your panel to your card base.

Stamp out this fun images from the Trinity Stamps: Dragon Dance stamp set on white cardstock using black ink and color using your favorite medium. I colored mine using Copic Sketch markers. Die cut the images using the coordinating Trinity Stamps: Dragon Dance dies. Add some foam tape to the back of the images and adhere it to your firework background. The dragon head you will have to double the foam on the top part so it has more dimension than the little guy.  

Stamp out the sentiment from the Trinity Stamps: Dragon Dance stamp set on a piece of white cardstock using black ink and then die cut it using the coordinating Trinity Stamps: Dragon Dance dies. Adhere the sentiment underneath the dancing dragon using liquid glue.


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I hope that I have inspired you today to link up. 

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