Fancy Gatefold Card

Hello Crafty Friends,

 I found this card on Pinterest and loved it, so I had to try it.

I started with a regular 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 piece of Kiwi Slice Cardstock.  I folded this piece as usual for a gatefold card.

The magic comes when  you stamp the image on the front.  I stamped and masked the flowers on the front with the bow from Cottage Bouquet from Fun Stampers Journey.  I then colored the image with my Color Burst pencils, also from Fun Stampers Journey.

Then you place the pieces on the front in such a way that it opens like this.

I used the Good Life Paper collection from Fun Stampers Journey and embellished the insides with it.

Here is the inside, where I stamped one flower and colored with my color pencils.

Here is where I got the instructions.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment.

Happy Birthday Elephants

Hello Crafty Friends,

Birthday cards are always fun to create.  Birthday cards for kids are even more fun to make.  I recently bought this Lawn Fawn set and saw this idea on Pinterest.  I knew I needed to create this.

The card base is created with Tangerine Fusion Cardstock and pattern paper from Fun Stampers Journey.

I stamped the elephants and colored them with my colored pencils.

The sentiment is stamped from a set from Spellbinders with Black Licorice ink.

Simple card, but a fun card to send to the next kid's birthday.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment.

Sorry I'm slow

Hello Crafty Friends,

I love sloths.  There I said it.  I think they are cute.  I think after I watched the "Zootopia" movie and Flash, my love for sloths grew.  If you have never seen the movie, I highly recommend it.  It is a cute movie with a great message too.

The card base is created with Butter Cream Cardstock from Fun Stampers Journey, a layer of Coastal Village cardstock from Recollections and then a layer of corrugated paper. 

I then stamped the sentiment from Lawn Fawn on Pool Play Cardstock from Fun Stampers Journey. 

I then stamped the sloth with the tree branch and the party hat on Butter Cream Cardstock and colored the image with colored pencils.

I then stamped the inside of the card with a sentiment from the same stamp set.

I would imagine that a sloth would send out birthday cards late.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment.

Warmest Wishes

Hello Crafty Friends,

We are getting closer and closer to Christmas and I am having so much fun creating Christmas cards.  I love Christmas, so Christmas card making is one of my favorite things to do and I can work on them way before Christmas season.

The card I have for you today is a design I had in my mind since I saw this stamp set.

 

I started with a Fresh Forest cardstock base.  I then added a layer of this beautiful wood grain paper that a friend gave me.  I think it fits the card perfectly.

I then stamped the lantern with Black Licorice ink on Whip Cream Cardstock, fussy cut the lantern and added a piece of acetate to the back.

I then stamped the candle and colored with my Color Burst Pencils.

The pine needles and pinecones are a die from Fun Stampers Journey that I cut out with Fresh Forest, Oatmeal Cookie and Hazelnut Blend cardstock.  

To finish the card I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set with Candy Apple ink on Whip Cream cardstock.

Thank you for stopping by and looking.  I hope you found some inspiration.

I pick you

Hello Crafty Friends,

First of all, Happy Veteran's Day.  Thank you to all have served for my freedom.

Today I have a quick and easy card.

I first started by embossing the background with Barn Wall from Fun Stampers Journey.   I then cut up some pattern paper I had in my stash and added that.
I then stamped the image and the sentiment on a piece of Butter Cream cardstock.  I colored the apples with my Color Burst Pencils.
I added some Natural twine to the card, by criss crossing the twine a few times.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey except the pattern paper.

Pumpkin Spice Everything

Hello Crafty Friends,

I have a Pumpkin Spice Card that I had a lot of fun to create.

I used the masking technique on this card. 

I colored the images with my colored pencils.
I used a plaid embossing folder and swiped it with ink to create the card background. 
I then added a strip of burlap ribbon and tied with with some twine.

Cardstock, Ink, Circle Die, Embossing Folder, Colored Pencils, Twine: Fun Stampers Journey
Images: Pink and Main
Burlap Ribbon: my stah

Twisted Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I have a fun fold card.  The card is a unique fold and was fun to create.

The card base is made from Summer Days Cardstock, which measures at 4 x 10.  I scored the the card into three parts and then the two end parts,  score in half diagonally.
I then cut the pattern paper to fit the triangle areas.

I used Pool Play cardstock for the center part.

All images are from Lawn Fawn. 
Colored with Fun Stampers Journey Color Burst pencils.
All other materials are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

5/1/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope you are having a great day for this first day of May.  This year is flying by.

Today, I would like to share with you a shaker card.  I love making shaker cards, but I think this one is my favorite.

I used the stamp set Peony Blooms for this card.  I stamped the small peony flower with Rustic Rose ink around the white cardstock that I then die cut with the Journey Ovals, with the Peaches and Cream Cardstock to make the window.
I then attached the Whip Cream Cardstock and Peaches and Cream Cardstock together.  Then, I started to make my shaker sandwich. 
1. Cardstock
2. Acetate
3. Foam tape
4. Cardstock
I used some sequins from the Sunrise Mix for the shaker part.
I then stamped the big peony flower image on Whip Cream Cardstock with Black Licorice ink, die cut it with the matching die set and colored the image with the Color Burst Pencils.
To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment from the Peony Blooms stamp set with River Stone ink on the Peaches and Cream Cardstock and added that to the card.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

4/3/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

I have a beautiful floral card to share today.

The card base is Cool Pool Cardstock and then a layer of Whip Cream Cardstock, that is die cut with Journey Circles, stamped the sentiment from Peep Peep ATS with Rustic Rose ink and attached to the card with foam squares.
I then stamped the Cottage Bouquet with Black Licorice ink on Whip Cream Cardstock.  I then die cut them using the matching die set.  I then colored the flowers with Journey Color Burst Pencils.  I added the flower with foam squares to the card.
The "star" of the card is the Baby Bow die that I cut with Bubble Gum Cardstock.  This little bow die is new to Fun Stampers Journey and it is a must have.  I can't wait to create more with this die.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments- ATG
Digi Choos Day Craft Challenge- ATG
Through the Craft Room Door- ATG

3/29/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I have a fun card to share with you.

The base of the card is Kiwi Slice Cardstock, with a layer of pattern paper from the RSVP Prints.  I then cut a scallop into the base, using Journey Scallops.  I attached a piece of acetate between the pattern paper and the card base.   I stamped the frog from the Stick Around stamp set on Limeade Splash Cardstock and Whip Cream Cardstock with Black Licorice ink, then used the matching die to cut out the frog.  I fussy cut the eyes and placed them on the frog. 
I colored the frog to give him dimension with Journey Color Burst pencils.
The sentiment is from the same stamp set and was stamped with Black Licorice ink on Limeade Splash cardstock.
To finish the card, I used micro glue dots on the frog's toes to add him to the back of the acetate piece.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Tic Tac Toe, Nature, Green, Pattern Paper
Cuttlebug Mania- Frog
The Crafty Addicts- ATG

3/9/19

Thank you for joining us for  

the SHAKE IT UP BLOG HOP

This is a blog hop featuring projects with parts that either move or shake! 

You should have arrived from Shannon's blog but if you didn't head over to Connie Can Crop , she is the beginning of this interactive hop! 

This is a one day blog hop, but you have until Sunday at 10pm to finish hopping and leaving your love for all of these talented crafters.

We have three awesome sponsors for this hop!!

Action Wobbles is giving away a 13 pack of Wobbles!!

AND

Simply Stamping with Narelle is giving away this adorable stamp set...Bella & Friends

AND

Wendy Bellino is giving away Two (2) Club Scrap page formulas. Each includes thirteen PAGE FORMULAS with cutting instructions (12x12 scrapbook format). Delivered as printable .pdf files.


What do you need to do to win? Easy... become  a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects. Free Shipping to our USA friends but Worldwide will be asked to pay shipping if they win.

You will have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments on every blog to be eligible to win. 

Winners will be announced on Wednesday 1/16/19 at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

Now on to my project.

I have been having so much fun with this set, Magical Unicorn.

I created the shaker card part by cutting two clouds with Cloud Dream die set into a piece of Whip Cream Cardstock.  I then built the shaker card up and filled the shaker with small images from the same stamp set and some Journey Sparkle Dust.
I then stamped, die cut and colored the unicorn and added that to the card.  
The sentiment from the same set was stamped with Black Licorice ink on Whip Cream cardstock and added to the front.
A very simple design, but what a great interactive card for someone special.

I hope you found some inspiration from my project share.  Don't forget to  to hop over to Cindy's blog.

Here's our line up in case you get lost along the way.

Connie
Rebecca B.
Amanda
AudRey
 Alicia
EK
Shannon
Kim
Cindy
Sarah
Julia
Nikki
Holli
Sue K.
Jearise
Veronica
Miranda
Sue N.
Narelle
Wendy

Be sure to join us next month for our

Rain Rain Go Away Themed Blog hop!

2/25/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I am changing gears and sharing one of the cards that we made in my card classes this month.  I think this might be my favorite one too.

The card base is made from Whip Cream Cardstock and a piece of Good Life Pattern paper.
I then die cut the Bloom Cluster from Fresh Sage Cardstock and the Summer Branch from Journey Vellum.  I cut these in pieces and attached them to opposite corners from each other.
I then die cut from the Good Life Pattern Paper, the blue striped circle.  I attached this to the front of the card using foam squares.
Next, I stamped my sentiment from the Cottage Bouquet set, with Black Licorice ink.  I also stamped the daisy from the Cottage Bouquet set with Black Licorice.  I colored the flower with Color Burst Pencils.
I attached the sentiment with adhesive and then added the flower with a foam square.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

2/23/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I have another card to share that I made using the On the Bright Side stamp set from Fun Stampers Journey.

This one was a lot of fun to make.
I started by die cutting scallop borders from Border Basics from Beach Breeze Cardstock, keeping the negative pieces.  I layered these on the card base made from Pool Play Cardstock.
I then stamped the images from stamp set, fussy cut them out and colored each one with Color Burst Pencils.  I then added them to the card using foam squares.
Next, I die cut the clouds from Whip Cream Cardstock with Cloud Dream die set.  I stamped the sentiment with Beach Breeze ink on one of the clouds and then added them to the card front.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

2/21/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

It has been a whirlwind of a few days.  I have been so busy that nothing but work and home is getting done.

I am back though and have some great things to share with you.

Today, I am sharing another card from the On the Bright Side stamp set from Fun Stampers Journey.

I created the background by randomly stamping the images with Black Licorice ink on the Pool Play Cardstock base.
I then die cut Beach Breeze Cardstock, the two scallop borders with Border Basics Die set.  I then anchored these on a strip of Whip Cream Cardstock, that I had stamped with the sentiment from On The Bright Side stamp set and Black Licorice ink.
I stamped the sailboat and lure with Black Licorice ink on Pool Play Cardstock and Whip Cream Cardstock.  I used the Journey Color Burst pencils to color each image.  I then anchored them to the card using foam squares.
I finish the card by adding a piece of Natural Twine around the card and tied it to the lure.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

1/21/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

I had a great weekend and I am so happy to have today off as well.  I needed the extra day this weekend.

Today, I wanted to share with you one of the birthday cards we made in my classes this month.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey.  You can purchase them here.

Stamp: Magical Unicorn
Paper: Whip Cream Cardstock, Pool Play Cardstock
Ink: Black Licorice
Dies:  Cloud Dreams, Magical Unicorn
Silk: Sparkle
Made the background with the Color Splash Pencils
Colored the Unicorn with Color Burst Pencils.

1/7/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today is the first Monday of the new year.  I don't know about you, but I am going to try to see Mondays as a new start rather than a day back to work.

Today I have a card I want to share that is another Special Friend card (see 1/5/19 post).  This time using a different stamp from the same stamp set, but using the same sentiment.

All supplies from Fun Stampers Journey.  You can purchase here.
Stamp: Handpicked for You
Paper: Whip Cream Cardstock, Chambray Shirt Cardstock, Good Life Pattern Paper
Ink: Black Licorice
Dies: Handpicked for You
Accessories: Whip Cream Thread
Colored with Color Burst Pencils

11/19/18

Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope you had a great weekend.  Today is the last card share using the Color Me Fall Background stamp.  If you missed the past 5 posts, check them out.

I love this background stamp because you can do so much with it.  You can use these same ideas with other background stamps also.

Here is the last card I created with the background stamp.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Color Me Fall,  Gather Together
Paper: Oatmeal Cookie Cardstock, Hazelnut Blend Cardstock, Butter Cream Cardstock
Ink: Hazelnut Blend
Accessories: Journey Natural Twine
Colored with Color Burst Pencils.

You can purchase all these supplies.here.

11/5/18

Hello Crafty Friends,

I can't believe it is November.   I love November.  I love the colors, smells and what the month is for.

Today, I am sharing my monthly dashboard I created for November in my planner.

Supplies Used:  (All Fun Stampers Journey)
Stamp: Bountiful Thanks, Annual Celebration
Paper: Butter Cream Cardstock, Haystack Cardstock, Good Life Prints
Ink: Black Licorice, Hazelnut Blend
Colored with Color Burst Pencils

10/15/18

Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope this post finds you doing well.

Halloween is coming.  Are you ready?  Today I have a Scrapbook Layout I created to preserve the memories you are going to make.

Here is the 2 page layout.

Here is a closer look at the title banner I created:

Here is a closer look at the Jack-o-Lantern I colored and added to the layout:

This little pumpkin looks to fun to be spooky!

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Outline Bet, Happy Pumpkin
Paper: Tangerine Fusion Cardstock, Whip Cream Cardstock, Lemon Grass Cardstock, Grape Fusion Cardstock, Orange Creamsicle Cardstock, Black Licorice Cardstock, Fall-o-ween Prints
Ink: Black Licorice
Dies: Border Essentials, Outline Bet
Accessories: Black Licorice Twine, Fresh Limeade Journey Tape
Colored with Color Burst Pencils

10/13/18

Hello Crafty Friends,

It is raining!  Yes, you heard that right.  It is raining in Southern California.  It is finally fall!

Today I want to share with you a card that I am in love with.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Happy Harvest
Paper: Oatmeal Cookie Cardstock, Pumpkin Bread Cardstock, Buttercream Cardstock, Fall-o-ween Prints
Inks: Dark Roast
Dies: Journey Circles
Accessories: Journey Natural Twine
Colored with Color Burst Pencils