Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving | Grateful For You


Happy Thanksgiving friends. I know it is tomorrow but why not get this party started. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy the people you are sharing it with. Please remember to give thanks go God for all his amazing blessings. 

I am grateful for you all and who have followed me along the way of this crazy craft life. Today I am sharing a card that I designed using Taylored Expressions: Handlettered Thanksgiving, Fineline Leaf Background, Pierced Lattice Cutting Plate and Open Scallop Circle. 


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut a panel A2 size on white cardstock and ink blend yellow, brown, orange and green. I went light with the colors but you can really do what you prefer. If you like bolder colors, I say go for it. 

Stamp the Fineline Leaf Background using brown ink on your ink blended background.

Die cut the Pierced Lattice Cutting Plate on your stamped background. 

Adhere your panel to your card base using liquid glue.

Die cut the Scalloped circle from the Open Scallop Circle on kraft cardstock. Add some foam tape to the back and adhere it to the center of your card. 

Stamp the sentiment from the Handlettered Thanksgiving stamp set on white cardstock using black ink. Die cut using the coordinating dies. Add some foam tape to the back and adhere to the center of the circle. 


Simple.... right? 
Well thank you once again for stopping by.
Have a blessed Thanksgiving.

May God bless your family. 

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Bella Blvd | Merry Mingle | Christmas Shaker and More


YAY! for the Christmas season. I have to say I can't get enough of this fun Bella Blvd Merry Mingle collection. It is full of Christmas fun and the possibilities are endless. You know already that I am the card creator, so today I have for you two cards using the Merry Mingle collection. 


First up we have a shaker card. I know you all love a good shaker card.... right? Creating shakers is easy and I am going to walk you through it now. 


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Die cut a scalloped rectangle on the Cookie Exchange backer paper. Make sure your scalloped rectangle covers almost the entire card. I know most companies offer die cuts or you can machine cut this pattern on your machine. Adhere the rectangle to your card base using liquid glue.

Die cut or machine cut a decorative rectangle that measures 4 x 5. You want your rectangle to have at least an opening in the center. This will be for the shaker part. I used a die cut on the It's A Party backer paper. 

Now cut another rectangle measuring 4 x 5 on the Clear Cuts Cheerful acetate. Adhere this Clear Cut to the back of your decorative rectangle using tear tape. 


Flip the decorative rectangle over and add foam tape to the areas where you can't see the foam from the front. I only wanted the shaker to be in the center so I made sure to close that off with the foam tape, so the sequins stay's in this area. 

Cut a 4 x 5 piece of white cardstock. In the center of your white cardstock put a small pile of fun shaker bits. Make sure it is in a pile and not spread out. Because we are going to flip the top right over it once we pill the foam tape protector off the foam so it will adhere to the top of the white panel. Now we have a shaker. 

Adhere this shaker to the center of your card using liquid glue. 

Now let's decorate the front with some of the new Merry Mingle Ciao Chip. I choose the JOY sentiment and added some foam tape to the back. This will give the sentiment just a bit more dimension. 

Let's also add the BE MERRY Doohickey sticker to the center of the wreath using foam tape. It is already sticky but I wanted the dimension. 


Next up we have layers of the Merry Mingle papers mixed with the Clear Cuts. 


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut three strips on the Let's Get Ugly paper measuring 1 1/4 x 4 1/4, 2 1/4 x 4 1/4 and 1/2 x 4 1/4.

Cut two strips of the Clear Cuts Cheerful measuring 1 x 4 1/4. 

Cut two strips of the Let's Get Ugly backer paper measuring 1 x 4 1/4.

Now let's adhere this fun strips to the card base. I started from the top and worked my way down. You will need foam tape and liquid glue. 

Use foam tape on the top one. Leave some room to the tuck the Clear Cut under it. The third adhere to the card overlapping the clear cut. 

Repeat process for the rest of the pieces. The foam should only be on the Let's Get Ugly paper only. 

Cut a rectangle measuring 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 of the Making Spirits Bright backer paper and add some foam tape to the back and adhere it to the center of your card. 

Pick out this fun sweater image from the Merry Mingle Ciao Chip board and add it to the center of the small rectangle. 

Pick out the sentiment and the heart from the Ephemera Words and adhere to your card. 

And to finish let's add the Bella-Pop Cookies & Cocoa Tree cardstock sticker to the center of the sweater. 


I know I said it before.... but don't you just love Christmas? This new Merry Mingle collection just makes me love it even more. All the patterns are happy and colorful. 



Thank you so much for stopping by today.
Have a festive crafty kind of day. 

Monday, November 25, 2024

Santa Card…


Happy hello blog friends... Today I am feeling Jolly with this fun Sizzix Tim Holtz Santa Greetings and Christmas Cutouts. I used all the pretty paper from the Your Paper Insider Box 1 collection. This paper is amazing by the way. I know you can't see all the textures on these papers but it is all different and the quality of the paper is outstanding. 

The box that I received is THIS ONE


Create card from white cardstock and adhere a piece of pretty bright green cardstock to the base using liquid glue. 

Die cut the Christmas Cutouts on yellow, teal, green, white, grey pink and blue cardstock. Adhere the sentiments to your card using liquid glue. Make it colorful. 

Die cut all the pieces out for this cute Santa Greetings. Adhere all the pieces together and then add the santa to your card using foam tape. 


That is it... lots of die cutting and gluing and you have a fun and colorful card. This Santa for sure is Jolly.

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a Jolly kind of day.

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Sending Joy & Cheer....


Happy Thursday everyone. I hope you all have been enjoying your week thus far. Next week is Thanksgiving. Who is cooking turkey? We had a mini vacation to CO to visit my mom and we has us a little Thanksgiving early dinner. I did not eat much turkey and I have to say I think once a year is plenty.. LOL Turkey is just not my thing. This year we are going to rotisserie a chicken on the grill and serve it with potatoes, stuffing, corn, rolls and of course homemade apple pie. No pumpkin pie here... My mother in law makes the best homemade pies. We are a little spoiled. 


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

On a white panel measuring 4 x 5 1/4 ink blend yellow, pink, purple, blue and green. 

Place the Whimsical Christmas stencil on top of your ink blended background and stencil the design using Lawn Fawn Yeti Pigment Ink. Set aside and let dry completely. Pigment ink needs more time to dry. 

Once dry adhere the panel to your card using liquid glue.

Die cut the largest Eyelet Oval on white cardstock, leave the die in place and place the stencil right on top of the paper and die. Keeping the die in place will keep the edge from being stenciled. Use the same inks and stencil this fun Whimsical Christmas design on the oval. 

Add some foam tape to the back of the oval and adhere it to the center of your card.

Stamp the sentiments from the Sentiment Strips Christmas stamp set on white cardstock using black ink. Die cut using the Sentiment Strips dies. For the backers die cut on gold glittered cardstock. 

Die cut the Bow from the Bows die set on gold glitter cardstock and adhere to the top of the oval. 

I added a little more color with the Doodlebug Design Sprinkles Summer Assortment.


Lots of Christmas cheer on one card. This time of year is awesome and I am just in the mood for more and more... So until next time.

Thank you so much for stopping by.
Have a blessed day!

Saturday, November 16, 2024

ScrapbookPal | Pinkfresh Studio Inspiration


Welcome everyone. I am so excited to share that I am one of the new Content Creators for ScrapbookPal.com You will see me create with product from ScrapbookPal.com. This is an online craft store that carries all our favorite companies. Plus they always have some amazing deal going on. So head on over and sign up for there newsletters to get all the updates and what's new info. 

Today I am creating with:


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

On a white panel A2 size ink blend two pinks from dark to light. Mix Copic Opaque with water and splatter your panel with it. Make sure to let dry completely before adhering to your card base. 

Die cut the large die from the Pinkfresh Studio: Dotted Fancy Frames die set on white cardstock and stamp the oranges from the Framed Art Stamp Set using Tsukineko: Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink pad
 ink. Fill your background and leave it uncolored. Add some Crafty Foam Tape to the back and adhere it to the center of the ink blended background. 

Die cut the Framed Art Dies on white and kraft cardstock.  On the Kraft part of the frame stencil the fun patterns using Pinkfresh Studio: Inks purple, pink, blue and green.  There are many different shades of these colors... use the ones you love. 

Adhere the white part of the frame top/bottom to the kraft base using Bearly Art: Precision Crafty Glue. Add some Crafty Foam Tape to the back and adhere it to the center of the card. 

Add some burlap twine on the top or ribbon, whatever you have in your crafty stash and tie a bow at the top. 

Stamp the sentiment and the orange image from the Framed Art Stamp Set on white cardstock using Tsukineko: Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink. Use the coordinating Framed Art Stencils to add the color to the image and die cut using the coordinating Framed Art Dies. Add some Crafty Foam Tape to the back of the image and adhere it to your card.  Use some fine scissors to cut around the sentiment and adhere to the card also using Crafty Foam Tape


Don't you just love the simplicity of this set? So many fun ways to use this set. I hope that I have inspired you today. Make sure to check out ScrapbookPal.com for a great deal on your favorite crafty supplies. 

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a crafty fun day.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Joy Joy Joy...


Happy Wednesday. I am all about Christmas, but most of you who have followed me for years know that already. I skip over thanksgiving and head right on over to Christmas. I love this time of year and actually thinking of putting up my tree. 

Today I am all about JOY JOY JOY and this Pocket Full of Happiness: Joy To The World die was perfect for creating today.  Super easy with this ink blended background.... so let's get started.


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

On a white panel ink blend Concord & 9th Oceanside, Wildberry and Watermelon. Sprinkle a little Copic Opaque mixed with water on your ink blended background. Make sure to let dry completely before adhering to your card base. 

I also used the coordinating colored cardstock to the inks to die cut the JOY die. 

Die cut the JOY backer on white cardstock and then adhere the colored JOY to the top of the backer. Add the solid piece in the circle and leave out the pieces that die cut out separately. 

Add some foam tape to the back of the JOY sentiments and adhere them to the center of the card. Match up the colors with the inks. 

Die cut the Berry and leave backer die three times on the Oceanside cardstock. Die cut the detailed part on glittered gold cardstock and adhere to the backer. 

Die cut the berry part only on red cardstock and adhere the inner piece to the berry using liquid glue. 

Add some foam tape to the back of the berry and adhere it to the center of the O on the Joy. 


All die cutting and no stamping today. So many fun dies to pick from that can create fun and easy cards. 

Thank you for stopping by.
Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Bella Blvd | Merry Mingle | Christmas Card Inspiration


Welcome Blog friends.. YES, the new Bella Blvd collections are available and today I am all about the new Merry Mingle collection.  I love Christmas and I do make all my Christmas cards. I have so many fun ideas for this collection and here are two of them. 


First up we have a circle card. Yes, you can create different shaped cards and it is easy. Let me share with you all how I create this one. 


Take a 8 1/2 x 11 white piece of cardstock and fold it in half from top to bottom. Use a  5 1/2 inch circle die and place it at the top of the folded cardstock. Now very important let the die hang off the cardstock slightly so we still have a fold in our circle when we die cut the 5 1/2 circle. So when you are done you should be able to open the circle just like a card with a fold at the top. 

Now die cut the same 5 1/2 circle on the Merry Mingle Let's Get Ugly backer paper. Adhere this circle to your white card base using liquid glue.

Pick out the MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Ephemera Words. Let's put some foam tape on the back of Christmas and adhere it to the center of the circle. 

Add some liquid glue to Merry and add it to the top of Christmas and at an angle. 

Find the HAPPIEST SEASON OF ALL sentiment from the Ephemera Words and add some foam tape to the back and adhere it under Christmas. 

How let's decorate it with some holly and berries and how about those fun ornaments and gifts from the Ephemera Icons. Adhere the holly and the ornament with liquid glue and the gift with foam tape. 


For a little sparkle let's add some of the Very Merry Epoxy red circles to the berries. 


Next up we have this card full of Christmas colors and patterns. I could not help myself I just had to use more then one of these fun patterns. 


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Die cut or machine cut a rectangle that has three windows. This shape can be found from many die cut companies that offer die cuts. I die cut this 3 times on the It's A Party backer, Making Spirits Bright backer, Colorful Christmas backer and for the center window I used one of the Borders paper. 

Adhere your background to your card using liquid glue.

Pick out this adorable Santa from the Ciao Chip board and add some foam tape to the back and adhere it to the center of the card. 

Find the MERRY MERRY banner from the Ephemera Words and adhere it under this cute Santa using liquid glue.

We are not done with the Epherma Words yes, pick out the two strings of lights and trim down to size to fit your card. Add some foam tape to the back and adhere it the top and bottom of your card. 


How easy are those two cards? Let all these cute designs in this Merry Mingle collection do all the hard work for you. This collection is bright and fun... don't miss it. 



Thank you so much for stopping by.
Have a festive cardmaking kind of day. 

Thursday, November 7, 2024

2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop


Happy day blog friends.. Today I am linking up to the 2024 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. So get out your coffee stamps and get to creating. There are lots of amazing prizes to be won. 

Today's card was created using Pink & Main: Fall Mice stamp/dies, Farmer's Market Enamel Dots, Leaves Embossing Folder and Branches die set. 


Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

On a white panel measuring 4 1/4 x 5 1/4 ink blend brown and pink lightly onto the panel and then emboss it with the Pink & Main Leaves embossing folder. 

Sprinkle a little Copic Opaque mixed with water on your leafy background and set aside to let dry. Once it is dry, adhere it to your card base using liquid glue.

Die cut the Branches dies on green and brown cardstock and also on vellum. 

Die cut a circle with a stitched edge measuring 2 1/2. Die cut the center with a 1 3/4 circle die. Ink blend lightly with orange ink. 

Stamp out this adorable image and color using your favorite medium and then die cut the image using the coordinating dies. 

Add your inner circle to the card in the lower part of the right side of the card using foam tape. Leave the edges without foam so we can tuck the leaves behind it. 

Adhere your image to the center of the circle using foam tape. 

Add the branches behind the circle only adding liquid glue to the lower half. We want the top part to be flowing. 

Add some foam tape to the top, bottom and right side of the stitched circle and adhere it to the card. 

Stamp out the sentiment from the Fall Mice stamp set on white cardstock using black ink and then die cut on a flag banner and adhere it to the card using foam tape. If you want to add a little ink on the lower half of the sentiment, do that before adhering to the card. 

Finishing with a few of Pink & Main Farmer's Market Enamel Dots. 


Nothing like fall and coffee to celebrate together. Now I am off to get a hot cup of coffee.

 


Thank you for stopping by.
Have a blessed day!