Trinity Stamps – You Are Amazing

Hello friends! We’re having another bit of snow this morning so I wanted to pop in and share some rainbows and happiness with you. My daughter and I are dreaming of summer and sunny days so this card definitely comes from that mind set.

I used the new Trinity Stamps Ray Bow die set to create a fun see through front card. I started by cutting the rainbow rays from white cardstock and used blending brushes to add color to each one. Then I took a top fold A2 size card and used the cloud border die in the set to cut the front short. Using the rest of the card front, I cut another matching cloud strip, plus a second set for the bottom too.

I chose my sentiment from the Simply Sentimental – You stamp and die set. I stamped and cut the banner for the second part of the sentiment and die cut “you” from black and silver glitter cardstock. Now to assemble everything.

I glued the rays to the back of the short flap on the card front and then glued the second layer of clouds behind that. It keeps everything more secure and looks nicer on the inside too. Following the rays to the bottom I glued another set of matching cloud borders to that end as well. Next, I used foam squares and strips to add the sentiment to the rays.

After using the excess from the front panel to cut those extra strips of clouds, I ended up with a scrap that had different cloud formations on each side. I used that as a stencil to ink light cloud borders all the way down the inside of the card. Then I added a sentiment from Newton’s Nook on the inside.

Products used today:
Ray Bow dies
Simply Sentimental – You stamps and dies
Newton’s Nook Uplifting Wishes stamps
Blending brushes
Liquid glue

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Avery Elle – You Are Incredible Tag

Hello everyone! I’m so glad you’re here today. This week’s #tagtimesaturday features stamps and dies from Avery Elle. This is one of my favorite companies that I feel like I don’t find the time to create with enough. So when this idea came to mind I was very excited to start crafting!

We are hosting the competition this weekend that this tag is for. And since yours truly runs the gift table, I know what my daughter’s delivery gift will be so I took the opportunity to create a coordinating gift tag.

I started by stamping and coloring the sweet image from Dragon Love with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut him out and set him aside. Then I cut the elements for my tag using the Snowy Tags dies.

I cut the background piece from purple to match the way I colored the dragon’s balloon. Then I cut the scene elements from black and gray cardstocks. I used foam squares to add those to the purple tag and tucked the dragon into the ground piece.

Next, I went looking for an appropriate sentiment and found this gem in Banner Celebrations. I cut a small banner and stamped it before tucking the end behind the dragon and gluing it in place.

For finishing touches today I added black glaze pen to the dragon’s eyes and then white gel pen highlights all around the dragon and the ground. I covered the balloon with glossy accents so it’s really shiny in the light too. So fun!

Products used today:
Dragon Love stamps and dies (on sale, retiring)
Snowy Tags dies
Banner Celebrations stamps
Foam squares
Glossy accents

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Pink & Main – Layered Scallops Mini Slimline Cards

Hello again! Today I’m over on the Pink & Main blog sharing two versions of the mini slimline layered scallops die set. I’m totally loving these dies and how adorable the borders they create are! I paired them with the freebie of the month and the stamp and die of the month subscription.

I had so much fun creating both of these cards! I started with the St. Patrick’s Day cuteness because I really wanted to see the scallops in gold glitter and green. Aren’t they so fun!?!

After cutting the scallop layers and gluing them together I pulled out the new stitched mini slim rectangles set 2 and found the one that fit just inside the scallops. I cut that from white and stamped the shamrock in the February Pup stamp set with The Park ink – first and second generation for different darknesses. Then I used a blending brush and inked a little shadow with the same ink. I stamped the sentiment on the bottom and popped the panel up with foam tape.

I stamped and colored the pup with my copic markers and used the coordinating die to cut him out before popping him up with foam squares.

Then, for finishing touches I added Touch of Gloss to the puppy’s eyes and tongue, shine spots on the pot and buckle on the hat. Then I used Wink of Stella glitter brush pen on the shamrock in his hat and the coins in the pot.

For my second card, I created the scallops using striped paper from the Year Round Dots & Stripes paper pad. I cut another stitched mini slim rectangle and inked it with a blending brush using The Park and Barbershop ink pads. I stamped images from Easter Train and colored them with my copic markers.

I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and assembled everything with EZ Squeeze liquid glue and foam tape or squares. Honest to goodness, I forgot about my sentiment until the end so I placed my card in my MISTI and held my breath. It stamped beautifully but I highly recommend doing that before adding it to your scallop layers.

For finishing touches on this card I used Touch of Gloss on things like flower centers, dots and stripes. Then I added stardust Stickles to all cheeks and steam clouds. Isn’t this Easter train just the cutest ever!

What would you create with these sweet mini slim scallop dies???

Products used today:
Layered Scallops Mini Slim dies
Stitched Mini Slim Rectangles Set 2 dies
Easter Train stamps and dies – Stamp of the Month
February Pup stamps and dies – freebie for February with qualifying purchase
Ink pads – The Park and Barbershop
Cardstock – On the Green
Year Round Stripes and Dots paper pad
Touch of Gloss
Ergonomic Blending Brush
EZ Squeeze liquid glue
Foam tape and squares
Stickles – stardust

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Newton’s Nook – A Little Pickup

Welcome friends! Today I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog sharing a little “pickup” card for someone who could use a smile. Oh, goodness I love a good pun! This Farming Fun set from Newton’s Nook is not short on them either! They’re so good!

I thought a sunshine feel for my card giving a “pickup” could use some warm tones, so that’s what I stuck to for my color palette. I stamped and colored the truck with copic markers and cut it out with the coordinating die. The speech bubbles are solid dies so I cut that out and then stamped the sentiment on it.

For my background panel, I blended distress oxide ink in mustard seed and squeezed lemonade fading to nothing at the top. Then I cut 3 of the next-to-smallest die in the Framework set and blended distress oxide ink in carved pumpkin, fading up to nothing. I spritzed them all with a distress sprayer and let them dry.

Next, I adhered the background panel to a card base and popped the rectangles up with foam tape. Finally I added the truck and speech bubble with foam squares.

For finishing touches I added red clay hearts from the Twiddler’s Nook Sweethearts embellishment mix with liquid glue. Then I came in with a bit of glossy accents on parts of the truck -anything “metal” and the window.

Products used today:
Farming Fun stamps and dies
Framework dies
Speech Bubbles dies
Distress Oxide Ink – mustard seed, squeezed lemonade, carved pumpkin
Foam tape and squares
Glossy accents
Liquid glue
Sweethearts clay embellishments

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MFT Stamps – You’re A-MEOW-zing

Hello there! It’s time for #tagtimesaturday and today we’re keeping it super simple and adorably punny! You know I love critters and puns; my daughter is no different. So today I’m using the fun MFT Stamps Best Friend Faces dies with their Trendy Tag and Best Friends Furever sentiment stamps.

Our cats are far from this color but I just had to make a fun orange kitty tag today, partially because my daughter’s school colors are orange and black. I cut two tags – orange and white. On the orange one, I die cut the kitty face and then glued the tags together. This made it simple to inlay the little face details after cutting them from black and pink cardstock. There is a die in the Best Friend Faces set for cheeks and I made sure to add those too.

Once the face was all put together and had an afterthought to ink blend a little depth on the edges. So I carefully added darker orange blending around the sides before popping my sentiment up with foam strips. Then I cut some twine and threaded it through the loop.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the eyes and nose, and stardust Stickles to the cheeks for some sparkle. It’s very simple but so cute and sure to make her smile!

Products used today:
MFT Stamps Best Friend Faces dies
MFT Stamps Best Friends Furever stamps
MFT Stamps Trendy Tag dies
Bearly Art liquid glue
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Foam strips
Blending brush

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Pink & Main – Happy Easter Sneak Peek

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by today. It’s almost time for another Pink & Main release which means I get to share a sneak peek of some of the goodies coming on Friday! I hope you are ready for sweet bunnies and so many things Easter because that’s what we’ve got and it’s adorable!!!

Today I have a card using the new Easter Basket cut & emboss folder. These are such a cool and innovative idea. You get that fantastic embossing and it die cuts the images for you at the same time! I cut these from white cardstock and then used all my Pink & Main dye inks to give them color with a blending brush.

Another thing coming on Friday is a bundle of new embossing powder colors and they are FABULOUS!!! I used grass green today for my sentiment and look at that color pop! I can’t wait to hear what your favorite one will be.

To assemble my card, I adhered the eggs inside the basket with EZ Tear Tape and then added foam tape to the back of that to pop it up on the card base. I added the extra egg with foam squares and carefully hid adhesive behind the embossing on my sentiment to keep it in place.

To finish things off I pulled out the Stitched Bows dies and made the middle size from white cardstock to adorn the top of my basket handle. Isn’t that the sweetest!?! I love it.

Products used today:
Easter Bakset Emboss and Cut Folder
Easter Joy stamps and dies
Stitched Bows dies
Embossing Powder – grass green
Premium Dye Inks – dress shop, night sky, barbershop, lakeside and construction
Embossing & Watermark ink
Ergonomic Blending Brushes
Magic anti-static brush
EZ Tear tape 1/4″
EZ Squeeze liquid glue
Foam squares and tape

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Ellen Hutson – Love You

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!!! I hope you have a wonderful day full of love all around! Today I’m sharing one last valentine that I created over the weekend using some new cuteness from Ellen Hutson and my new distress oxide sprays from Christmas! I’m still getting the hang of these but they’re really fun to get messy with!

I started my card purely because I wanted to dress this adorable fox up and color all the things! Isn’t he the cutest!?! Once I chose all the accessories and stamped everything out, I colored with my copics and used the coordinating dies to cut it all out. I used liquid glue to assemble him and set him aside to figure out what else I wanted to do.

The next thing I thought of was the new Ellen Hutson nested heart dies. These are so fun because each one cuts a heart and a frame. So I cut one from teal cardstock and another smaller one from vellum. Then, coordinating my colors – I used distress oxide spray on a 4×5.25 inch background in abandoned coral and cracked pistachio. I glued the heart down and added the images with foam squares. I don’t like how adhesive shows through on vellum so I carefully used my foam squares to adhere the vellum heart frame at the same time.

I added the panel to a white, top fold card base with foam tape and tied twine around the top for some added interest, and it’s just cute!

Full disclosure, it would have been a million times easier to stamp my sentiment before adhering everything but sometimes I just do things that hard way. 🙂 This is when I thought the small sayings from Ellen Hutson would be the perfect addition. So I carefully stamped “LOVE you” in the bottom right corner while holding my breath and crossing my toes. Phew! Looks fabulous!

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the fox’s eyes and glossy accents to his nose, heart antennae, lips in the speech bubble and cupcake heart too.

Products used today:
Ellen Hutson Heart Eyes stamps and dies
Ellen Hutson Essential Hearts dies
Ellen Hutson Small Sayings stamps
Distress Oxide Spray – cracked pistachio, abandoned coral
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Glossy accents

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Newton’s Nook – Woof You Be Mine?

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I have another sweet chocolate box to share with you today featuring more Newton’s Nook goodies.

If you missed the original post with all of the measurement details, feel free to click HERE to check it out. These are really quick and simple to create. I had a blast making both of mine and will definitely pull the idea back out in the future too!

For this box, I used all red cardstock for my base, lid and sides. Then I found a fun pattern in the Love & Woof paper pad to die cut from the scalloped heart for a background.

I stamped and colored the puppy and a couple of bones from Puppy Heart with my copic markers. After coloring, I stamped my sentiment inside the heart and then used the coordinating dies to cut everything out.

I assembled my box with liquid glue, then popped the scalloped heart up with foam tape. I adhered the puppy with foam squares and used liquid glue for the bones.

To finish the design off I added a few heart embellishments around the puppy. I also added black glaze pen to the puppy’s eyes and whiskers. Then glossy accents to his nose. When the eyes were dry, I came back in with a white gel pen highlight.

Products used today:
Puppy Heart stamps and dies
Love & Woofs paper pad
Heart Frames dies
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Glossy accents
Trinity Stamps Peachy Keen Jelly Drop Heart embellishments

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Spellbinders – Four Petal Collection Release Day

Happy Friday everyone! This month the 10th falls on a Friday which makes it twice as fun when you pair it with the new Spellbinders release!!! Today I’m sharing a card using some of the new Four Petal Collection. These dies are gorgeous and so fun to create with!

I started with light and bright cardstocks and cut all my pieces out using the Four Petal Bloom Reflection die set. Then I used liquid glue to adhere all the layers together. I love how these florals are different so it’s inviting to create different colored flowers on the same grouping.

I also chose a sentiment from the new Thanks Enclosed Sentiments set and cut from one of the floral colors of cardstock so it coordinated. The new sentiment set is incredible!!! It’s so packed full of all the words!

For the background, I used the Plaid embossing folder on black cardstock. To enhance the dimension I lightly inked the edges with white pigment ink before adhering the panel to a white card base. For a little shimmer I splattered pearl watercolor on the panel too.

I adhered the floral pieces with liquid glue but popped the sentiment up with foam squares so it would overlap the florals nicely.

Products used today:
Four Petal Bloom Reflection dies
Thanks Enclosed Sentiment dies
Plaid Company embossing folder
Bearly Art liquid glue
Foam squares
LH Colors watercolor – pearl

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Spellbinders – The Painter’s Garden Bird of Paradise

Thanks for stopping by today. I have another fantastic card using of the Spellbinders The Painter’s Garden die sets. Today I’m creating with the Bird of Paradise dies. These were a dream to create with. So fun and easy to create a gorgeous flower!

Today I started with all colored cardstock and used dye inks to give depth and dimension. Once the blending was done, I curved and shaped all the pieces with my fingers and a bone folder. After the flower was glued together I added some extra depth with copic markers where I felt it needed shading, mostly the orange and blue pieces.

I hot foiled the Woven glimmer plate on black cardstock with iridescent foil for a great textured background. Then for the sentiment I pulled out that fantastic die cutting foam again and made a dimensional glittery hello. These dies came from the Showered with Love collection but I loved the simplicity not taking away from the flower.

After everything was assembled, I thought it needed more texture so I placed the card in my splatter box and flicked white paint on it. This absolutely completes the card for me. I couldn’t love it more!

Products used:
Bird of Paradise dies
Woven glimmer hot foil plate
Hot foil – iridescent
Raining Hearts dies
Die Cutting glitter foam
Bearly Art liquid glue
Foam squares and tape

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