MFT Stamps – You Make My Days Sunshiny

Hello everyone. Thanks for stopping in today. I recently made a few purchases from MFT Stamps and have been playing with a set here and there when I have a moment. Today I have a card featuring one of those stamp sets and the mini slimline outside the box level up dies that I also snagged finally!

For some reason I really fell in love with these sweet critters from the Outdoor Adventures stamp set. I stamped the images, plus lots of extra grass patches, and colored everything with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and set them aside to work on my box card pieces.

I cut the main pieces from a yellow dot texture cardstock in my stash and the stitched panels from green. Then I cut a snow drift insert to act as my water and a grassy hill insert for my ground. The back panel is cut from the same blue as the water but I inked the edges with different colors to offset them a bit.

I stamped the sentiment from the You Make My Days Sunshiny stamp set on the stitched panel and then started assembling everything. I used scrappy tape for all of the box pieces and liquid glue to add the images to the inserts.

Once everything was together, the sky looked really sparse so I went digging and found the sunshine and clouds in the same set as the sentiment so I stamped, colored and cut them out too. I think that really finishes off this fun scene, don’t you?

Products used today:
Mini Slimline Outside the Box Level Up dies
Mini Slimline Outside the Box Snow Drifts dies
Mini Slimline Outside the Box Grassy Hills dies
You Make My Days Sunshiny stamps
Outdoor Adventures stamps and dies
Scrappy tape – 1/4 inch
Bearly Art liquid glue

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Pink & Main – Ribbit!

Hello everyone! I can’t even begin to explain how excited I am to share today’s card. Do you ever create something that you’re just so perfectly happy with that you’re beaming and love looking at it over and over again? That’s seriously how I am with this card today. I don’t know what it is exactly but I love it so much and I really hope you do too!

I started this card by stamping a few images from the May Stamp of the Month – Ribbit, and colored them with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and they sat on my desk for a few days because I just couldn’t decide what I wanted to do. Then one night, it all just came together!

My background panel is embossed with the Wide Stripes embossing folder and adhered to a white card base. Then I cut a couple of frames using the A2 Layering Rectangles dies and the Hooray paper pad. Those are adhered with EZ Squeeze liquid glue. Finally I cut the largest Double Stitched Dome from another piece of Hooray paper and popped it up with foam squares. I arranged my images around the dome and popped them up as well.

Totally flying by the seat of my pants, I placed the whole thing in my MISTI and stamped the RIBBIT! sentiment in the center of the dome between that adorable from and the log at the bottom. I seriously love it!

Finally, for finishing touches I added a massive scattering of Silver Glossy Dots around the whole design and glossy accents on things like the cattails and frog’s tongue. I also added unicorn Stickles to the dragonfly wings for extra sparkle.

Isn’t this card so cool!?! I just love it so much and can’t wait to share it with someone soon!

Products used today:
Ribbit stamps and dies
Double Stitched Dome dies
Layered A2 Rectangle dies
Wide Stripes embossing folder
Hooray paper pad
Silver Glossy Dots embellishments
Stickles – unicorn
Glossy accents
Foam squares

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Miss Ink Stamps – I’m Bacon You a Cake Slider Pop Up Card

Hello everyone. Thanks for stopping by today. This project was an absolute blast to create and by the time I was adding sentiments, I was cracking up. It was so great! I hope you enjoy it too.

Here’s a look at the card all folded up flat like it would come out of the envelope. For the front I used the Punny Farm Pigs stamps and dies from Miss Ink Stamps. I colored everything with my copic markers and cut it all out. Then I took an A2 panel and inked up the Scene Builder: Clouds stencil on it plus an extra for underneath. I layered the Sparkles stencil over the top and chose a peach ink for that to tie in the color palette I used in my coloring.

Next, I cut the main front panel with the Heffy Doodle Slider Card die and also created a peach card for the pull out portion. Using all the pieces as my guides, I stamped sentiments on the inside panel and the pull out one as well. I added some confetti around “Happig Birthday” and a cupcake below “I’m Bacon You a Cake” for fun.

Here’s a little look at the pull out panel. I just think all the puns are so fun!

I used scrappy tape to adhere my pieces together and added it all to a white card base. Then I trimmed the stamped strings off the balloons and added string to them instead. I pulled them taut and adhered them to the back of the piggy. I connected the two with a strip of acetate and glued the pig to the card panel below the fold line only. Be careful here or your mechanism won’t work.

I adhered the other piggy, cake and gift with foam squares only on the bottom portion so the slider still moves but they stay put. Then I finished everything off with a scattering of fun sequins.

Products used today:
Punny Farm Pigs stamps and dies
Scene Builder: Clouds stencil
Sparkles stencil
Heffy Doodle Slider Pop Up dies
Pawsome Stamps campfire sequins
Scrappy Tape 1/4″
Foam squares

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Jane’s Doodles – You Warm My Heart

Welcome friends! I have a sweet watercolor card to share with you today featuring Jane’s Doodles stamps and stencil, paired with my new LH Colors watercolors for some sparkle and texture in the background.

I knew I wanted to create a card with these sweet kitties and pups from the Jane’s Doodles Cats and Dogs digital stamp set, so I printed them out and colored them with my copic markers. I used the scan-n-cut to cut the image out and set it aside to play with a watercolor background.

I cut an oversized panel of watercolor paper and slopped some water on it with a big brush. Then I added limeade and pool party from the LH Colors Summer Fun collection randomly on the paper. I heat dried it a couple of times in the middle to get some layers but when I was finished I wanted it to have more texture. So, I pulled out the Hearts stencil and inked it with salvaged patina distress oxide ink. Then I splattered some watered down twisted citron distress oxide on the panel to bring in the limeade watercolor. Once the panel was dry I cut it down with the largest of the Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables dies.

Last, I inked a white panel with twisted citron distress oxide ink for my base panel but didn’t like how bright it was so I toned it down with tea dye distress oxide very lightly. I glued that panel to a card base and popped up the watercolor panel with foam tape. Before adding my critters, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Love You and cut it out with a Pink & Main Large Sentiment Strip die.

Finally, I added the sentiment strip and critters with foam squares on the lower right corner of the card. To finish things off I just added glossy accents to all of their noses.

Products used today:
Jane’s Doodles Cats and Dogs digital stamps
Jane’s Doodles Hearts stencil
Jane’s Doodles Love You stamps
Pink & Main Large Sentiment Strips dies
Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables dies
LH Colors – limeade and pool party
Glossy Accents
Distress Oxide Ink – twisted citron and salvaged patina
Foam squares and tape

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Pretty Pink Posh – Happy Mail

Hello again! I’m so glad you’re here. Today I have an absolutely ADORABLE card featuring a new layering stencil from Pretty Pink Posh and some previously released stamps and dies. I just adore this puppy and was so happy to finally ink him up for this card. He is just the cutest!

I started my card by stamping the image and sentiment from Sending Love and colored it with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut him out and switched to inking up my background.

I took a white piece of cardstock and inked up the base layer of the stencil with light gray ink. Then I added a light teal ink to the second layer, adding a darker blue for the postage marks. Last, I spread red glitz glitter gel through the final layer for red sparkly hearts all over this fun background.

While the glitz was drying I die cut the Spring Circles tag shape from vellum and the circle from teal cardstock. I popped the puppy up with foam squares on the circle and popped that up on more foam squares on the vellum. Then I added the sentiment to the bottom of the box and used tape runner to adhere the whole thing to the stenciled panel.

I added the panel to a white card base and switched to just a couple of simple finishing touches. I added Stickles to the labels on the box and glossy accents to the puppy’s nose, tongue and collar tag.

I just think this is such a cute card and perfect for literally any occasion! I hope you liked it too!

Products used:
Layered Letters stencils
Sending Love stamps and dies
Spring Circles dies
Glitz Glitter Gel – red
Stencil Pal
Foam squares
Stickles – unicorn
Glossy accents

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Lawn Fawn – Happy Trails Thank You Cards

Hi again! Today I’m popping in with a pair of thank you cards featuring an older Lawn Fawn set called Happy Trails. It’s a 3×4 set that I’ve had for ages and I always have so much fun creating with it. Today I’m making two thank you cards because we just bought our first travel trailer and I wanted to do something for a couple of guys at the dealership that were super amazing with us!

I’m not usually one for making the same card twice so I created completely different cards using the exact same images. And I seriously love them both! I started by stamping the car, trailer and a bunch of trees and colored them all with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and split them into two piles to start making cards!

This is the first one I made. It’s a large stitched rectangle blended with distress oxide ink in mowed lawn, twisted citron, peacock feathers and salty ocean and spritzed with water. Then I cut the road border pieces from black and yellow cardstock, adhered them together and to the panel. I added the inside of the simple puffy cloud frames and trees with liquid glue. Then popped up the car, trailer and wavy banner with foam squares.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the wheel hubs and headlight on the car. Then I came in with a black glaze pen for the door knob and white gel pen accents on the windows.

After creating this bright daytime scene, I remembered that I hadn’t even cut apart my Forest Backdrop dies yet so that was a must for this next one!

The frame is cut from Knock on Wood patterned paper and everything else from cardstock in my stash. After cutting all of the pieces, I used liquid glue to adhere all the layers together and to the frame where they go. I also cut two different simple stitched hills – one from brown and the other from green for some layered ground elements. I adhered the hills to a blue panel and popped the Forest Backdrop up with foam strips.

Finally, I added the trees to the background with liquid glue, popped up the trailer and car with foam squares and also decided to add the moon and stars from the Forest Backdrop dies to the upper left corner. I finished the scene off with the same wavy banner on the upper right which balanced the design perfectly.

I added the same finishing touches to this card except for adding Wink of Stella glitter brush pen to the moon and stars in the sky.

Isn’t it so fun to create such different cards when you’re starting out with the same images and idea?!? I just love them and hope the guys do too!

Products used today:
Lawn Fawn Forest Backdrop dies
Lawn Fawn Happy Trails stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Simple Stitched Hillside Borders dies
Lawn Fawn Large Simple Stitched Rectangles dies
Lawn Fawn Road Border dies
Lawn Fawn Simple Puffy Cloud Frames dies
Lawn Fawn Fancy Wavy Banner dies
Lawn Fawn Wavy Sayings stamps
Foam squares and strips
Glossy accents
Wink of Stella glitter brush pen
Distress Oxide Ink – mowed lawn, twisted citron, peacock feathers, salty ocean

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Pretty Pink Posh – Colorful Word Shaker Card

Hello everyone! I’m back with another card featuring the May release from Pretty Pink Posh. Today I created a fantastic background with the new Crafty World layering stencil set and added a shaker element for interactive fun!

This is a three layer stencil set that I inked up with blending brushes and dye inks, with the exception of the white which is a pigment ink and also the layer I started with because of that. These stencils are so wonderfully planned out that I didn’t even mask anything off while inking them up.

Once the stenciling was done, I trimmed the panel down to 4×5.25 inches and added it to a white card base with foam tape. Then I cut the smaller Scallop Circle die from white cardstock 5 times and a regular circle from acetate once. I stamped an heat embossed the sentiment from Craft Sentiments on the acetate and then used liquid glue to adhere all the layers together.

I thought these color wheels were perfect for the crafty theme and the colorful sentiment that I chose. So, I added some to my card front and glued the circle over the top, sealing them in. I placed an acrylic block on top to assure it all dried flat.

Voila! My card is all finished. I thought this would be just perfect to send to a crafty friend.

Products used today:
Crafty Background stencils
Scallop Circles dies
Crafty Sentiments stamps
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn dye inks
Hero Arts unicorn white pigment ink

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Pawsome Stamps – Just Because I Miss You

Hello everyone! Today I have a sweet little card showing how to pull your stamps from one theme and stretch them into anything you’d like. I’m using a couple of adorable stamp sets from Pawsome Stamps and new watercolors from LH Colors for my background!

I recently received this adorable bear set called Hoppy Easter from my crafty friend Katie. I just adore this bear and love all of the cute accessories in the set. However, it’s very Easter and I didn’t have a chance to use it in time but I hate to leave it sit a whole year. So I didn’t! I stamped that cute bear and his bowtie and colored them with my copic markers. Then, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I used liquid glue to adhere the bowtie in place and went searching for what I wanted to use as a grounding platform for my bear.

I landed on this awesome woodgrain textured cardstock from Birch Press Design that I cut into a strip that ended up being 4×1.5 inches. I inked the edges with a blending brush and some brown dye ink for added interest. Then for the background, I cut a piece of watercolor paper, spritzed it with water and embossed it with the Pink & Main Wide Stripes embossing folder. Using these stripes as a guide I watercolored the Mint Chip color from LH Colors on each strip and set it aside to dry.

I went looking in other Pawsome stamp sets to see what sentiments I had available that were not holiday and thought this miss you one was sweet from the Cup of Tea set. So, I stamped it on the woodgrain panel and also stamped the snail and bumblebee to fill in my design a little.

For assembly on my card today, I adhere the bear to the back of the woodgrain and added foam tape to that whole thing before adhering it to the watercolor panel. Then I added foam squares to the snail and bee and popped them in place. Finally I popped the whole panel up with foam tape on a white card base.

For finishing touches I wrapped twine around the top of the card and tied it in a bow. Then I added black glaze pen to the bear and snail eyes and glossy accents to the nose and shell. Last, but not least, I came in with a little unicorn Stickles on the bee wings and white gel pen highlights on the bear’s bowtie.

Remember to look at your stamps and see if they might be flexible in their use. This time I didn’t change anything with the images, just chose specific details like the bowtie, omitted any bunny ears and picked a new sentiment. Super simple but sometimes we forget and overlook something because it was originally intended for a specific theme or holiday.

Products used today:
Pawsome Stamps Hoppy Easter stamps and dies
Pawsome Stamps Cup of Tea stamps and dies
Pink & Main Wide Stripes embossing folder
Birch Press Design – woodgrain cardstock
LH Colors watercolor – mint chip
Thermoweb 3D foam tape and squares
Glossy accents
Stickles – unicorn

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Pretty Pink Posh – May Release Instagram Hop

Hello again! The excitement is still going and today I am apart of the Pretty Pink Posh May Release Instagram Hop! I have this really fun card featuring the Crafty Sentiments stamps along with the Crafty Days stamps and dies.

Seriously, how cute is that koala and his little scissors! I just love him! He is colored with copic markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Then I used the scalloped square die in the set to create a yellow mat for him. I love the teal and yellow together! I adhered them together with foam squares.

Next, I took an A2 size panel and one of the border stamps in the set and repeat stamped it down the page. I cut a 1 1/2″ strip of white cardstock and stamped my sentiment on the left side. I adhered a strip of silver glitter paper to the top and popped it up on the stamped panel with foam tape. With a combination of foam tape and liquid glue I adhered the scalloped rectangle next.

For finishing touches today, I added black glaze pen the the koala’s eyes and nose. Then I glued a scattering of metallic silver pearls across the design for a little shine and interest.

I don’t know about you guys but the person getting this card is going to have to be pretty darn special to me. Hahaha!!!

Products used today:
Crafty Days stamps and dies
Crafty Sentiments stamps
Metallic Silver Pearls
Foam tape
Liquid glue

Don’t forget there is an Instagram Hop going on with a chance to win each day! Today is the last day to enter all three days so head over and comment, comment, comment!

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Pink & Main – Release Day Take 2

Hey friends! We had a bit of a kerfuffle last week and the calendar was marked a week off for release day. So you got a fun sneak peek of an upcoming set and today I’m back for the real release day with that same Bear with Wagon set again paired with a new Gone Fishing stamps and dies as well.

I stamped the images from both sets and colored them with my copic markers before using the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I took all of the small images from Gone Fishing and stamped them in embossing ink on a white panel. I heat embossed them with the new Candy Apple embossing powder, then used my blending brush to ink over the panel with a red ink. I love the tone-on-tone design to bring a little detail to the design.

Next, I inked an A2 size panel with distress oxide ink from chipped sapphire to blueprint sketch and finished the top off with a little salty ocean. I spritzed the panel with water and blotted it dry. Then I flicked vanilla and bluebell watercolor from LH Colors on the panel.

Once it was dry, I trimmed the red panel to 1.5 inches and added a thin strip of black cardstock to the top edge with EZ Tear Tape and popped the panel up on the blue one with foam tape. Next, I added my images with foam squares.

Finally I stamped sentiments from Gone Fishing and Love You More, and die cut them with Large Sentiment Strip dies, popping them up with foam squares. For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the bear noses, fishing pole reel and bobber too!

I had so much fun combining these unrelated sets for a whole new look and a fabulous Father’s Day card idea for any fisherman!

Products used:
Bear with Wagon stamps and dies
Gone Fishing stamps and dies
Love You More stamps
Large Sentiment Strip dies
Anti Static Powder Tool
Embossing Ink Pad
Candy Apple embossing powder
Ergonomic Blending Brush
EZ Tear Tape 1/4 inch
EZ Squeeze liquid glue
Glossy accents
Foam tape and squares
LH Colors watercolor – vanilla and bluebell

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