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Hi friends! I'm so excited this week because it finally cooled off and it feels like Fall! This makes me giddy with excitement! The house is cool in the mornings and we can cozy up and have our coffee and watch the leaves fall from the trees across the street. I am renewed!! But, alas, we are also at the same time making all kinds of Christmas projects! Today is a big Instagram Hop to celebrate the new release from Pretty Pink Posh. If you have Instagram, be sure to pop over and leave some comments for a chance to win a prize from PPP! Here is my card for today's Instagram Hop!
I used new and old supplies from PPP to create a cheerful winter greeting! My finished card is a white A2 card base covered in pretty green stripes. I layered kraft paper (because I LOVE red, white and kraft together)... That adorable hat I made in traditional colors and added sparkly snowflakes and a tweet little birdie.... Such a happy card!
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CLICK HERE TO SHOP THE PPP NEW HOLIDAY RELEASE!!
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Hello sweet crafty people! How are you doing this week? It's so nice to have you visit me at A Blog Called Wanda! If you're new here - welcome! We like to have a good time here! Today is a fun celebration BLOG HOP of the new release for October - Holiday 2024 from Pretty Pink Posh! I am excited to be part of a big multi day blog hop to celebrate the wonderful Holiday new release - stamps, dies, stencils, and more! All with a Christmas/Winter/Holiday theme. I love how cheerful this release is - and you're going to love it too! Great news -the new release is available for shopping now! Enjoy the hop, and I'm excited to share a card with you today! I made another card with the new release and I'll share that next week! I always feel like once it's October, you blink and it's Christmas! So it's time to start on those Christmas cards!!
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My card for today features lots of brand new goodies - and a familiar theme from our friends at Pretty Pink Posh - cupcakes - for every occasion! I had SO much fun making this happy confection! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered in striped paper, white layer, vellum and then my featured cupcake! I used traditional colors and lots of bling bling! I want to take a giant bite of this cupcake for sure! I stenciled some aqua snowflakes on the background and used bits of gold cardstock for accents... I think it screams Christmas! I used the brand new Big Christmas Cupcake Dies, the Cascading Snowflakes stencils, and the Holly Jolly Shadow Dies!
Well, I truly hope this new release puts you in the mood for the Christmas season!! It's so fun being part of this great blog hop!! The links to the other bloggers for today are at the very bottom of my post! Be sure to visit all the blogs and leave your comments!! Remember to come by next week and see the rest of my projects! It's my pleasure to share with you today! XOXO
PRIZE INFO: There are THREE $30 gift certificates up for grabs (one winner each day). Winners will be picked randomly from comments along the blog hop. All comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 10/22/2024. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog. GOOD LUCK!!
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ALL THE SUPPLIES FOR TODAY'S CARD ARE LISTED HERE!
ALL THE SUPPLIES FOR TODAY'S CARD ARE LISTED HERE!
That's it for my project for today! I hope you have a fantastic and creative day! I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, happy crafting! XO Wanda
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THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!
THE FIRESIDE COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE!
It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new Fireside Collection Holiday 2024 to you this week!! And, I hope you love it as much as I do!! Happy Crafting!! If you scroll back to my last two blog posts - from yesterday and Monday, you can see all my projects from the new release, and the accompanying supply lists. If you have any questions - reach out!! Thanks for all the love and kind comments this week! Happy Creating! Can't wait to see what YOU make!
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it helps me so very much and I'm so grateful!! XOXO
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Welcome back to day two of the new Fireside Collection new release week from The Greetery!! How did you like yesterday's cards? What do you love so far?? Have you started thinking about Holiday cards? I'm not quite ready, but it's always good to get a jump start on Christmas cards!! Thanks for the comments and for being here to share the excitement with me this week! It's my pleasure to be able to introduce the new Fireside Collection items to you!! Be sure to look at yesterday's post to see my first three cards. I have four more projects to share today!! And then release day will be tomorrow, Wednesday, October 2nd at 10am EST! Prize information, Supplies, and the links for today are all at the bottom of this post! Join me in some more fun today! Let's get in the holiday spirit! Join me!
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My first project for today is Santa's mailbox! This project features the brand new Arch Box (Large), Fancy Feet, Post Box Details and North Pole Post! There's a lot of new stuff happening here and I love it ALL! I created a bright red mailbox complete with glittery gold accents and even some snow! I have many memories of the giant red mailbox for Santa at Macy's over the years and that was my inspiration for this project. The box is super easy to assemble and has lots of accent stamps and pieces. You can even make it open from the front instead of the top! I added some pretty holly leaves to complete the look. The red pieces were inked with a darker red Distress Ink to give just a bit of depth. I used white paste for snow... This was really fun to make! And, when you see all the elements, you'll see that it's not just for Christmas!! I can't wait to make more projects!
ALL THE SUPPLIES FOR THIS PROJECT ARE LISTED HERE!
ALL THE SUPPLIES FOR THIS PROJECT ARE LISTED HERE!
My next project for today is a postcard that's meant just for Santa!! I used the brand new Dear Santa stamps and the brand new North Pole Post stamps and dies, along with other Greetery postage themed items! I even made a candy cane pen! To make the pen I die cut one white pen and one red pen and hand cut out the stripes and glued them on! I was smiling the entire time making it! Isn't that the most gorgeous font?? And the stamp set has matching leaf design elements... So fun. I used accents of lime green and aqua to make it nice and bright and cheerful.
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My third project for today features the brand new Flourished Phrases Merry stamps, dies and stencils. I combined the new items with the Big Beautiful Bow and the Snowflakes 2, among other pretty Greetery things! I stenciled the Merry phrase onto white cardstock and then die cut it with an oval die. I wanted to try a different layout for this Flourished Phrase... I added a big red bow and some gold snowflakes... A tiny bit of glitter glue and some gems complete the look. The finished card is a white A2 card base, layered with Christmas green gingham...
ALL THE SUPPLIES FOR THIS PROJECT ARE LISTED HERE!
And....my final project for release week is a pink confection of a card! This card features the brand new Ribbon Frame stencils and dies, the new Rosemary and Berry dies, and the brand new Scripted Holiday Sentiments (GORGEOUS) stamps! My finished card is an A2 cream card base, layered with stripes and vellum for a soft look. I used pink cardstock and dark pink in for my ribbon frame and then accented with green and red foliage. The sentiment was heat embossed with sparkly silver embossing powder. It's a clean and simple design with a simple message - peace....
ALL THE SUPPLIES FOR THIS PROJECT ARE LISTED HERE!
That's it friends! It's been a pleasure sharing the FIRESIDE Collection new release with you! Thank you for your support and kind comments - and for sharing my love for The Greetery. We all love The Greetery! Have a great day! Happy Shopping tomorrow!! And thanks for joining me this week! XOXO
PRIZES INFO: Betsy will be giving away $50 gift cards as part of the new release week. To enter to win, please leave a comment on everyone's blog posts for today and yesterday! She will announce the winners on The Greetery Blog!! YEAH!!
THE NEW RELEASE IS LIVE TOMORROW 10/2 AT 10AM EST!!
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Hello, my creative, talented and crafty friends! It's a gooooood day today! It's time for a warm, wonderful, classy and amazing new release from The Greetery! The new release is just in time for us to to get ready for the holidays! I look forward to Betsy's holiday vision every year, don't you!? It's very beautiful with all the classic themes of the holidays - Ribbons and bows, and greenery, and Christmas cards...and even a cozy fireplace! It's very lovely! I think you're going to love it!
The new release is called Fireside Collection! I used mostly traditional colors of Christmas and lots of gold accents. The design team will be sharing products and projects today and tomorrow and then the new release will be available for shopping on Wednesday, October 2nd, at 10am EST! Just two more days to wait. I had a really fun time with this release - as always though!! I'm excited to share it with you.
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I will be sharing three cards today, and four cards and projects tomorrow! The cards for today all have a theme of cozy Christmas... Loads of beautiful inspiration from the entire design team for the next two days. My supplies, prize information, and links to everyone's blogs are all at the bottom of this post. Let's get started! YEAH! Are you ready for Christmas?!
My first card today features the brand new Fireside Dies and the brand new Warm and Cozy Stamps AND the brand new Hung with Care dies! Lots of NEW on this card! My finished card is a horizontal A2 card base, layered with pretty red patterned paper (inspired to look like wallpaper)... All those pretty dies are the star of the show! I created a warm living room scene with a fireplace and a big beautiful Christmas tree. The mantle is all decorated for Christmas Eve with stockings hung and greenery. I even added a couple of deer decorations! My home decor for this card is classic and clean - white and grey... The floor is made using the Herringbone Die and the tree was made using the Frosty Pines Dies. I have fun mixing and matching new and old Greetery supplies to create the perfect scene. I really enjoy this type of crafting cards!
ALL THE SUPPLIES FOR THESE CARDS ARE LISTED HERE!
ALL THE SUPPLIES FOR THESE CARDS ARE LISTED HERE!
My second card for today features the brand new Have A Spine Book Dies, the brand new Bookish Holiday Frames and the brand new Christmas Story! These dies all work together to make beautiful books! Genius! My inspiration for my book came from a church hymnal! I used the previously released Heaven and Nature Sing suite of products to decoration the cover of my book/hymn book! I used pretty blue and kraft, with touches of gold to create the look. The background under the arch is a new stamp/die combo that is meant for this book! I used clear embossing ink on kraft paper to create this tone on tone look. Isn't it cool that the sentiments fit perfectly along the spine of the book? Betsy thought of everything. My finished card is an A2 card base, layered with kraft and rich blue cardstocks. My design elements include gold paint splatter and bright blue pearls.
ALL THE SUPPLIES FOR THESE CARDS ARE LISTED HERE!
ALL THE SUPPLIES FOR THESE CARDS ARE LISTED HERE!
My third card for today features the brand new Winter Crest stamps, dies and stencils. A new addition to the Crest series - it's so lovely! My finished card is a cream A2 card base layered with green and striped papers... Arches in cream and vellum serve as a backdrop for the pretty crest and greenery.... I ink blended the top of the crest and added splatters... I finished with pearls, twine and a perfect gold star. This card is clean and simple - and relatively flat for mailing. A good one for mass production too!
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That's all for today, but I'll be back tomorrow with the rest of the new release! Thank you for your support and kind comments - and for sharing my enthusiasm for The Greetery. We all love The Greetery! Have a blessed and happy day! See you tomorrow bright and early! XOXO
PRIZES INFO: Betsy will be giving away some $50 gift cards as part of the new release week. To enter to win, please leave a comment on everyone's blog posts for today and tomorrow! She will announce the winners on The Greetery Blog as usual!! YEAH!!
THE NEW RELEASE IS LIVE WEDNESDAY 10/2 AT 10AM EST!!
THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING VIA MY AFFILIATE LINKS - IT HELPS SO MUCH!!
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Happy Friday! It's been a fun and crafty week! LOTS to share this week! YEAH! Love it all! So many good new releases to play with and share! Wishing you a great weekend ahead. Sunday is the first day of Fall! So happy! Do you have fun weekend plans? I think we're going to try and go see Beetlejuice movie! But not much else going on this weekend. I have lots of work to get done. Sending some Fall good vibes your way!! Today's post features the brand new Falloween Release from our friends at Honey Bee Stamps. It's a combination release of Fall and Halloween. Gosh, so many great new products to love! I made two cards to show you today - let's get started!
First up is this Halloween card featuring the brand new Scaredy Cat Dies! OMG a cat! So dang cute and fun! I gave him green eyes like my Lucky!! Some adorable bats and a cute spider LOL! I absolutely had the best time making this card!! It's a slightly larger card this time - about 5" x 6" to make more room for that big sentiment up top. For my card, I layered orange gingham and an ink blended panel... I die cut and shaded all the elements and added white gel pen accents. I used Copic markers to shade the smaller pieces. I created a pumpkin patch scene for my kitty cat....
Since all the pieces of the cat are black - I used a small sponge dauber and white ink to add just a hint of an outline around each piece. This makes it all pop!! I layered two pieces of each part to make it a bit thicker.
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How can a spider be cute??? She is though!!!
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LOOOOVE this sentiment!!!
Next up is this sweet sweet scarecrow just ready for pumpkin picking! He's outstanding in his field! LOLZ! This card has a LOT of pieces but it was really fun to mix and match fall colors and patterns for my fall scene. I used loads of Honey Bee dies for this one. I'm featuring the brand new Scarecrow dies but there are lots of older favorites too!! My finished card is an A2 card base, layered with kraft and then ink blending to look like an Autumn sky.... I put him into a farm cart full of gourds and pumpkins.... Also I added a sweet leaf banner for him to hold.... The scarecrow and his plaid shirt finish the look so nicely!
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White gel pen accents and Copic shading on all the pieces. I used denim looking paper for his overalls!!
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Thanks for sharing some fun and creativity with me this week! Have an awesome weekend! XOXO
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Hello my friends! How's your week going? Can you believe it's almost October?! Gosh! I do love this time of year and wish it would go by slower!! We've been out and about enjoying the nice weather and Fall activities!! Hope you're doing great! As promised, I'm back with another Autumn card I made with the awesome new release from Pretty Pink Posh! Yippeeeee! Today, my card combines two yummy things - cupcakes and pie! Hahaha. Today is also a big Instagram Hop for the new release, so if you're on Instagram, be sure to pop over and leave a comment for a chance to win a prize!!
CLICK HERE TO SHOP THE NEW PPP RELEASE - FALL/AUTUMN 2024!
My card today features the brand new Big Fall Cupcake Dies set and the brand new Fall Script Die, along with lots of my previously released PPP favorites! My finished card is a cream card base in A2 size. I layered vellum, gingham, and a pretty eyelet panel. Then my cupcake is the star of the show! There are so many fun details on this card. Boy, was it fun to make!! I die cut all the pieces from several dies sets (SEE my supply list). I inked each piece of the dies for shading and ink splattered some pieces too. My eyelet panel in ombre inked with Distress inks and a blending brush. Bits of gold, and then some pretty pearl accents complete the look. Makes you hungry, right?! That little pie slice is seriously the cutest thing ever!!
That's it (for now) of my projects for the new PPP Fall 2024 release! Boy, I hope you can tell how much fun I had making everything. Truly a joy to create with these stamps and dies. I am ready for Fall and all the things.... Take care today friends and be blessed!! XOXO
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Hi everyone! It's officially going to be FALL this week! And I am here for it! I hope you had a great weekend and hope you're doing well! I am SO EXCITED about Fall and Halloween crafting! We had a great weekend - we went to a Fall Vintage Show at one of our favorite places and we went for a mini road trip to some crafting places, and out for coffee and church, and the weather has been amazing! I started a HUGE cross stitch project this week (my biggest one ever) and it's a Halloween Sampler. I will definitely not finish in time for this Halloween, but maybe next year's Halloween! It's so cool. Once I get some done, I'll share it with you!
I saw this quote the other day from the artist Georgia O'Keeffe: “I have done nothing all summer but wait for myself to be myself again.” And this is me totally! I am renewed by the Autumn breezes and the changing light....
Today I'm sharing four fun projects I made with the new Halloween collections from Photoplay Paper! Their Halloween stuff is awesome! And everything is such nice quality and easy to work with. Three of my projects today have a vintage theme and one is pastel Halloween (Love this trend)... I have a list a mile long of all the things I want to make in the next six weeks or so. Better get bizzzyyyyyyy.
First up today is a circular card! I always forget how fun it is to create a circle card! I used all papers from Photoplay and mixed and matched papers, stickers, gems and a bit of ribbon from my stash. I die cut the card base from black shimmer paper, then layered polka dots in black and white and orange. Everything is splashed with dark silver ink. I added gems and an epoxy shape too. Bits of glitter glue on each piece add the right amount of sparkle. The card opens at the top and there's plenty of room inside for a message. The collection is called Creepin' It Real! Traditional colors and themes for spooky season!
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Next up is a cool witchy poo card! This card is an A2 card base layered with black shimmer paper and orange spider web papers... Then I used ephemera and stickers from the collection, and gems and glitter.....and more papers! It's kind of a mixed media piece! I made the broom myself with a stick from our front bushes! I'll talk more about that in a minute...
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Here's a close up of my handmade broom! EEK. So fun to make!! I got a small twig from our front yard.... I cut a strip of the plaid patterned paper about two inches wide. I used scissors to cut into the paper strip about three quarters of the way up. Then I glued the strip onto the twig by carefully wrapping it tightly around the twig. I glued the entire way to keep it nice and tight/compact. After it was dry, I spread the 'bristles' out with my fingers. I wrapped the top with twine and a bow and a gem. And then I added a little bit of glitter glue to it! LOVE this part of my project!
Next up is a little half medallion/rosette decoration! Instead of making a large round rosette, I just made a half one! I added circles to the top and then decorated with stickers and ephemera.... And another epoxy shape.... Aren't those ghosties sill in their florals? So fun!! The whole thing is splashed with gold paint for good measure. Love that bat paper!!
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I might end up gluing this onto a card front - or maybe decorating a Halloween project!!
And lastly for today - another cute little ghostie! I again used new stamps and dies and stickers from Photoplay Paper!! I love the trend of using pink in Halloween cards so I used pink and peach here. Clean and simple design with a bit of gingham and lots of white space. Super fun and easy!!
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That's it for today! Have an awesome week and we'll see you very soon for more fun cards and projects! XOXO
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OOOOHHHHH I feel all warm and cozy inside now! And I want pie! Ha! I do love these Flourished Phrases - they are so pretty and fill up the entire card. You just have to add a few accent pieces.... I hope I've inspired you to do some fun Fall crafting! Have an awesome weekend my friends! XOXO
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Hello sweet crafty people! How are you doing this pre Autumn day!? It's so nice to have you visit me at A Blog Called Wanda! If you're new here - welcome! We like to have a good time here! Today is a fun celebration BLOG HOP of the new release for September - Fall/Autumn 2024 from Pretty Pink Posh! I am excited to be part of a big multi day blog hop to celebrate the awesome Fall new release - stamps, dies, stencils, and more! All with a whimsical, cute, happy Fall vibe. I do love everything crafty for Fall - leaves, pumpkins, apples, and sunflowers... Great news -the new release is available for shopping now! Enjoy the hop, and I'm excited to share a card with you today! I made another card with the new release and I'll share that next week! (hint, there's pie) Can't start early enough on the fall crafts!
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My card for today features the brand new Apple Shaker Dies and the brand new Fall Icons and Fall Foliage stamps and dies. September to me says "apple picking" and "apple donuts" LOLZ. How do you like them apples? Well, I like them very much! My finished card is a white A2 card base. Layered with classic red and classic gingham.... The kraft layer was die cut with the gorgeous Leafy Vines die. (love) I used the Apple Shaker Dies - but not as a shaker! I heat embossed that pretty new sentiment right on the front of the apple... It's SO cute. I stamped, colored and die cut out the little apple from the Fall Icons set and used that as an accent. A bit of twine and some paint splatters make it complete.
Well, I truly hope this new release puts you in the mood for the new Fall season!! It's so fun being part of this great blog hop!! The links to the other bloggers for today are at the very bottom of my post! Be sure to visit all the blogs and leave your comments!! Remember to come by next week and see the rest of my projects! It's my pleasure to share with you today! XOXO
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THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!
THE AUTUMN AIR COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE!
It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new and beautiful Autumn Air Collection to you this week!! And, I hope you love it as much as I do!! Happy Crafting!! If you scroll back to my last two blog posts - from yesterday and Tuesday, you can see all my projects from the new release, and the accompanying supply lists. If you have any questions - reach out!! Thanks for all the love and kind comments this week! Happy Creating! Can't wait to see what YOU make!
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Welcome back to day two of the new Autumn Air release week from The Greetery!! How did you like yesterday's cards and theme? What do you love so far?? Are you an Autumn girlie like me? I'm so excited for fall to arrive. We had a day of rain last week and it was so delightful!! Thanks for the comments and for being here to share the excitement with me this week! It's my pleasure to be able to introduce the new Autmn Air items to you!! Be sure to look at yesterday's post to see my first three cards. I have three more projects to share today!! And then release day will be tomorrow, Thursday August 29th at 10am EST! Prize information, Supplies, and the links for today are all at the bottom of this post! Join me in some more fun today! I am super excited to share one fall card and two Halloween projects! Let's go!
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Today's first card features the brand new Grateful Greetings stamps/stencil/die combo and the brand new Autumn Crest stamp set. I also used previously released Might Oak Botanical Dies! (A favorite) My finished card is an A2 kraft card base. I layered a cream panel and then my focal images. I stenciled and die cut out the Grateful word and added a smaller sentiment on a banner. I used warm fall colors.... The leaves were die cut from colored cardstock and then ink blended and covered in coarse glitter!! A few hearts complete the look. This is a wonderful and special card for Thanksgiving. Makes me feel cozy!
This release includes some new Honeycomb products! Yeah! There are new Halloween Honeycombs - a spider, a pumpkin, a candy, and more! For my next card I featured the brand new Honeycomb Spider - but without the honeycomb. He is not a scary spider - he's friendly with his sparkly eyes!! I used the Plump Pumpkin dies and the Rustic Stars to create a happy Halloween greeting! I ink blended some yellow on my background scallop layer.... A few gems and white paint splatters are my accents.
My final project for today also features the brand new Halloween Honeycombs! I used the pumpkin and the candy ones to create some fun decorations. This is such a happy and cheery project!! I die cut the paper pieces from colored and glitter cardstock and then affixed the matching color honeycombs... I sprayed the honeycombs with shimmer spray, but it's kind of hard to see in the photo - it's a subtle touch that looks pretty in person! I made banners from the Tear Strip Tags and added BOO! to each one, using the Tear Strip Tags Halloween stamp set. These would be great in some cupcakes (trim the straws shorter) or as table decorations. I used paper straws and attached the honeycomb elements to the straws using my hot glue gun.
That's it friends! It's been a pleasure sharing the AUTUMN AIR Collection new release with you! Thank you for your support and kind comments - and for sharing my enthusiasm for The Greetery. We all love The Greetery! Have a great day! Happy Shopping tomorrow!! And Happy Labor Day weekend this weekend! XOXO
PRIZES INFO: Betsy will be giving away $50 gift cards as part of the new release week. To enter to win, please leave a comment on everyone's blog posts for today and yesterday! She will announce the winners on The Greetery Blog!! YEAH!!
THE NEW RELEASE IS LIVE TOMORROW 8/29 AT 10AM EST!!
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Hello, my creative, talented and crafty friends! It's a gooooood day today! It's time for a warm, wonderful, classy and amazing new release from The Greetery! The new release is just in time for us to celebrate Fall and it's VERY pretty!! It's also FUN - because there are some cute Halloween items too! The release is called Autumn Air! Think leaves and florals, and beautiful sentiments, and more! You're gonna love it. It's warm and inviting and you know me, I used LOTS of fall colors!! The design team will be sharing products and projects today and tomorrow and then the new release will be available for shopping on Thursday, August 29th at 10am EST! Just two more days to wait. I had a really fun time with this release - it's right up my alley! Because we all know I'm a Fall girlie! I'm excited to share it with you.
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I will be sharing three cards today, and two cards and one other project tomorrow. The cards for today all have a theme of gratitude and warmth Perfect for all the Fall occasions and holidays. Every card has golden yellows and pretty oranges... Loads of beautiful inspiration from the entire design team for the next two days. My supplies, prize information, and links to everyone's blogs are all at the bottom of this post. Let's get started! YEAH!
My first card today features the brand new Oakwood stamp/stencil/die combo in a GORGEOUS leaf cluster! My card also features the brand new Pierced Plaid die for the background on the arch. My finished card is an A2 cream card base and I stamped and stenciled with autumnal toned Distress Inks. I used my MISTI to get the perfect placement of the leaf veins... I heat embossed the sentiment in gold embossing. I used the Square Dance Die for my background. Pretty arches, a touch of vellum, and gold paint splatters complete the look. This is one of my favorite things Betsy has ever made - those leaves are divine!!!
My second card today features the brand new Autumn Crest stamp/die/stencil combo along with the brand new Crest #1 die. I also featured the previously released Autumn Harvest Dies for the pumpkins... My finished card is an A2 cream card base layered with rust paper, more cream cardstock and just a touch of vellum. I ink blended the crest background to make the sentiment pop out more! I used brown gems as accents and also (you know me) gold paint touches. These branches are so elegant and pretty - perfect for a Thanksgiving greeting.
My third card for today features the brand new Mum's The Word stamps/stencil/die combo along with the brand new Strength for Today stamps and dies (LOVE). My finished card is a white A2 card base, layered with gingham and then a pretty stitched oval inside to highlight the sentiment. The sentiment is heat embossed in gold and I added a bit of aqua ink blending to balance out all that delicious yellow. I am a November baby so this is my birth month flower! So old fashioned and feminine.... This is a really pretty set, and when you use the dies, it makes a perfect flower frame. I used pearls as my accents here...
That's all for today, but I'll be back tomorrow with the rest of the new release! Thank you for your support and kind comments - and for sharing my enthusiasm for The Greetery. We all love The Greetery! Have a blessed and happy day! See you tomorrow bright and early! XOXO
PRIZES INFO: Betsy will be giving away some $50 gift cards as part of the new release week. To enter to win, please leave a comment on everyone's blog posts for today and tomorrow! She will announce the winners on The Greetery Blog as usual!! YEAH!!
THE NEW RELEASE IS LIVE THURSDAY 8/29 AT 10AM EST!!
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Hello my friends! As promised, I'm back with MORE Halloween projects I made with the awesome new release from Pretty Pink Posh! Yippeeeee! Today, it's all about the candy! Candy corn, and candy buckets! Today is also a big Instagram Hop for the new release, so if you're on Instagram, be sure to pop over and leave a comment for a chance to win a prize!! I have two more projects to show you today and they are both classic Halloween! Bright and colorful and plain old fun. To see my other projects from the new release - CLICK HERE!
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First up is this overflowing candy bucket that looks just like a happy meal pail from years gone by. PPP nailed this concept and this die set is so great! I die cut out a bright orange pail and filled it with lots of candies, stars and more! Just what you want your pail to look like when you get home from trick or treating! I ink blended and stenciled the background in golden yellow and put the sentiment right onto the lid. Lots of glitter paper and glitter glue, some splatters, and white gel pen accents complete the look. Oh and a spider too! Ha. My finished card is an A2 white card base layered with orange and white gingham of course. This card is a party!! All the supplies are HERE or at the bottom of my post.
Here's a side view to see my layers and assembly. And you can see all the shimmer and shine!!
Here is my ink blended and stenciled background layer. The yellow makes it all 'glowy' I think!
I stamped the sentiment directly onto the pumpkin bucket lid...and it fit perfectly. Such a cheery card!
Next up I made some pretty and retro Candy Corn treat bags! I used the new Candy Corn Shaker Dies along with the Halloween Icons stamps and dies and the Halloween Sentiment Strips. I used glassine treat bags and filled them with Candy Corn - it's prefect! The candy corn shapes are lined with gingham papers in the yellow, orange and white color scheme. I filled each section with sparkly gems from my stash and ink blended the white outer shape to match the colors of the candy. I stamped and die cut little pumpkins to put on the twine bows. The sentiments were heat embossed on black paper using white embossing powder - again - keeping it classic. I do really love to make these glassine bags!! I always include some doilies for the right look. The bags were splattered with black paint and then I also added some gems... Can't wait to give these away! All the supplies for this project are HERE or at the bottom of this post.
A close up of the tiny little tags! LOVE!!
That's it (for now) of my projects for the new PPP Halloween 2024 release! Boy, I hope you can tell how much fun I had making everything. Truly a joy to create with these stamps and dies. I am ready for Fall and all the things.... Take care today friends.
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Hi there my creative and crafty friends! I'm back - two days in a row! August is always that strange time each year...when one day I'm posting Fall projects, one day it's Halloween projects and the very next day it's Christmas projects! Ha! Everyone is trying to get all their holiday new releases out in time for us all to make our cards and other things! So today....it's Christmas! Today is my day up on The Greetery Blog today to share. And of course I'm posting here on my blog too. The inspiration came from the beautiful Birth Month Blooms Cuttables from the recent new Greetery release. I just loved the Holly graphic and felt a vintage Christmas card would show it off! It's never too early to start making your holiday cards, right?!
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Hi ghoulfriends! How are you this lovely late Summer week?! It's so nice to have you visit me at A Blog Called Wanda! If you're new here - welcome! We like to have a good time here! Today is a fun celebration BLOG HOP of the new release for August - Halloween 2024 from Pretty Pink Posh! I am excited to be part of a big multi day blog hop to celebrate the awesome Halloween new release - stamps, dies, stencils, and more! All with a fun/cute/spooky vibe. It's adorable, and bright and cheerful and happy with just a bit of spooky!! Great news -the new release is available for shopping now! Enjoy the hop, and I'm excited to share some cards with you today! I made LOTS of projects and I'll be sharing the rest of them next week. Can't start early enough on the fall crafts!
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My first card today features the awesome new Candy Bucket Dies and the new Stitched Ghosts Dies! Gosh, these dies are SO great! It's a set of buckets that look like the old Happy Meal buckets of days gone by. Such fun memories! I used bright lime green to make a Frankenstein bucket and it came out so cool! I added some cute ghosties coming out of the top and a fun sentiment too! I tried something different and used PINK for my background ink blending! I kinda like it because it's different.... And pink and green is always a winning color combo. I used graphic gingham, white gel pen accents and a few gems to finish it off. The finished card is an A2 white card base. All the supplies are HERE or at the bottom of my post!!
A side view to show the layers and assembly...
The sentiment is perfection!!!
My craft room is haunted! (They're cute though!!) Hee hee.
I ink blended just the top of my white panel and faded to white at the bottom....
My second card is a POP UP card, again featuring those SUPER cute ghosties!! This was the first idea that popped into my head when I saw the ghost dies! A gang of ghosties! I just adore their facial expressions. They are having a GOOD time for sure! I assembled my pop up card base using white cardstock and used orange plaid for the accent papers. I used the new Batty about You set for the sentiment and a bright orange Stitched Pumpkin for the front. Oh, and I couldn't resist a few bats too! This card folds down flat and I would use an A4 envelope to make sure it fits in - since I extended over the top of the back panel. It's hard to see, but the ghosties have glitter accents on them, and cute pink cheeks done with Copics. All the supplies for this card are HERE or at the bottom of my post!
A side view of my layers and assembly...
And a top down view so you can see how I placed them inside the pop up base.
I shaded the pumpkin with a bit of orange ink and a blender brush. White pen accents on everything too!
Here is the card folded down flat for mailing!
My third card for today! I couldn't stop making things! This card features the brand new Bat Shaker Dies and the Batty About You Stamp set!! I chose purple and black for a moody color palette. My finished card is an A2 card base layered with purple plaid! The background of the bat shaker is grey gingham and I filled it with the new Halloween Magic Beads. I stenciled the background using purple and yellow inks... And stamped some extra bats behind the big shaker bat. Can a bat be cute? I think he is! LOL. All the supplies for this card are HERE or at the bottom of my post.
Here's a top down view of the shaker bat!!
The perfect sentiment!!
Well, if this new release doesn't put you in the mood for spooky season, I don't know what will! LOLZ. That's it for my projects for today!! It's so fun being part of this great blog hop!! The links to the other bloggers for today are at the very bottom of my post! Be sure to visit all the blogs and leave your comments!! Remember to come by next week and see the rest of my projects! It's my pleasure to share with you today! XOXO
PRIZE INFO: There are THREE $30 gift certificates up for grabs (one winner each day). Winners will be picked randomly from comments along the blog hop. All comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 8/19/2024. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog. GOOD LUCK!!
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One of my favorite releases of the year every year - the PPP Halloween Release - is LIVE now! Here are some sneak peeks. I've made five projects (so far) and I'll be sharing everything starting tomorrow. If you want a jump on shopping - here's your cue! It's SO GREAT!! See you tomorrow morning with my first set of cards! XOXO Happy Monday!
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Hey friends! Happy Friday! And, today is the 9th of the month, which means that there is a NEW RELEASE from Concord & 9th today! Yahoooo! The new release is available today, August 9th, at 11am EST! It's SO GOOD! And also, Concord and 9th today is celebrating their NINE year anniversary! Congratulations to some of the best people and creativity out there! I'm so very happy for their continued success! I have a card to share today made using the new release, and then, since it's their anniversary, I thought I would share some of my favorite C9 cards from the past nine years! Yay! The release today is their Autumn release and it's really good!! (As always!)
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My card today features the brand new Door Decor stamps and dies, along with the lovely Playful Pumpkins Dies from last year. I created a warm and inviting Happy Fall card and I love how it came out! My finished card is not a rectangle! But it will fit into an A2 envelope.... You could also attach the door to an A2 card front if you want. I kind of like the different shape! I used warm Autumn tones for my color palette. I would sure wish that my front door was this pretty!
I started by die cutting out all the pieces! I cut the base from cream cardstock and then I die cut the doors from woodgrain cardstock. I lined the back of the windows with vellum for just a bit of a frosty touch! The matching stamp set has sentiments that fit perfectly onto a little banner.... I die cut the leaves from yellow, orange and rust cardstocks (all from C9)....
I die cut some Playful Pumpkins out to adorn the front porch. For the doors I splattered on some brown and white inks to make it look a bit weathered.
The doors open wide and welcoming! I lined the inside with some gingham cardstock and then stamped a second sentiment onto a stitched circle... SO CUTE!
As usual, the dies are genius! There is an arched leafy piece and a straight leafy piece. You die cut out the base and then layer on the leaves on top! You can make this greenery for Christmas too! It's really all so lovely.
I die cut out a whole bunch of leaves. I inked each leaf with a small dauber and my C9 ink pads. Then I just glued them onto the arch base! Easy and fun.
Now, if you want your card to open, be sure to only glue down one side of your banner and your leaf arch!! Here's the inside of my card...
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In honor of Concord and 9th's anniversary, I went back through my blog posts and found some of my favorite cards I've made for them over the years! I'll show the photos here and if you want to learn more about a card, just click the photo and it will take you over to that blog post for more information! Yeah!
Let's party indeed!! It's Friday!! There are new stamps and dies!! So much good stuff. Have a blessed and happy day, and a wonderful weekend!! Keep on crafting, my friends! XOXO
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Hey friends! Happy Monday! Happy August! I have a fun project to share with you today! There's an awesome blog hop today! If you're new here today because of the Blog Hop - welcome! Today's post is part of a giant blog hop to celebrate the new Magical Holiday Collection from Pinkfresh Studio!! Beautiful, classy, cheerful stamps, stencils, dies and hot foil plates just in time for your holiday projects! So happy to be here in the lineup to share a card with you. The blog hop links, prizes information, and supplies information is all at the bottom of my post. Enjoy the hop everyone! Wishing you a heart filled with joy! XO
My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with white + snowflakes, then vellum, then the festive images! This card features the brand new Holiday Bicycle stamps, stencils, dies combo along with some of my previously released Pinkfresh Studio favorites. I chose bright, happy colors and added some sparkle too!
I started by stenciling and die cutting out the holly and pine branches for the top of my card. After I stenciled/die cut them, I used my wonderful Pinkfresh Studio ink cubes and small and large blending brushes. I used white paint spray to add some snow! Then I stamped and stenciled the bicycle/packages and die cut them out with the matching dies. I made a cute little pink bicycle!! This image is just so adorable, with those snowflake spokes!
Here's a close up of the leaves clusters at the top of the card and that perfect sentiment.... Love the saying, and the font!
The bottom layer was stamped with the Snowflake Background stamp and pretty aqua ink.... Adds just a touch of snow!
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog on this fun blog hop day! It's always my pleasure to bring you new things, and to work with my friends at Pinkfresh Studio! Wishing you a happy and creative day, my friends!
PRIZE INFO: Pinkfresh Studio will be giving away the full new release on the Pinkfresh Blog & YouTube channel!! They will also be giving away a total of TEN $25 gift cards along the hop. The lucky winners will be picked from the comments left on all the blog hop stops! Pinkfresh Studio will pull the winners & post them on August 13, 2024 on the Pinkfresh Studio GIVEAWAY PAGE. You must check that page & claim your prize within 2 weeks. Don't forget to look! Good Luck!
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THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!
THESE ARE THE DAYS COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE!
It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new and beautiful These are the Days Collection to you this week!! And, I hope you love it as much as I do!! Happy Crafting!! If you scroll back to my last blog post - from yesterday, you can see all my projects from the new release, and the accompanying supply list. If you have any questions - reach out!! Thanks for all the love and kind comments this week! Happy Creating! Can't wait to see what YOU make!
Thank you for shopping via my links -
it helps me so very much and I'm so grateful!! XOXO
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Hello, my creative, talented and crafty friends! It's going to be a great day today, because I'm here to tell you about a NEW RELEASE from The Greetery! The new release is called These are the Days! It's calendar/planner themed - which is so perfect and fun. Are you a planner girlie? I am! And Betsy has created a suite of products for us the use to make our own calendars and also calendar themed cards and planners. I love this idea so much and I know you will too. One of the best parts of the new release is a collection of florals called Birth Month Blooms. There are flowers for every month of the year and corresponding words that make gorgeous botanical projects! SO much good stuff.
This month only has one release day - today - and the entire team will be sharing our projects and the new products on our blogs. TOMORROW is release day and the release will be available for shopping at 10am - July 30th!
SHOP THE NEW RELEASE TUESDAY JULY 30TH AT 10AM EST!
I will be sharing three projects today - two cards, and a calendar!! Loads of beautiful inspiration from the entire design team today. My supplies, prize information, and links to everyone's blogs are all at the bottom of this post. Let's get started!
My first card today is a special birthday card - and I used the calendar items to show the recipients birthday! This card features the brand new Calendar Basics stamp set, and the brand new Birth Month Q2 stamps and dies. My finished card is an A2 cream card base, layered with some pretty rose gingham. I wanted a bit of a vintage feel to this card - with the roses and the gold....
I started by stamping two gorgeous rose clusters using pink and green inks. (THESE ARE MY FAVORITE INK PADS FOR 2/3 STEP STAMPING) I die cut the roses using the matching dies. I stamped the vertical calendar grid in black.
Here's a close up of the beautiful roses stamps! I splattered gold paint on them too!
The roses were affixed to the calendar using foam tape. I heat embossed happy birthday in gold, and circled my friend's birthday date! This is a GREAT way to mark a special date - birthday, wedding, anniversary, Christmas....by circling it on the grid! Love this!
My next project is a lovely 2025 calendar! Gosh I really really like this concept! There are new Pre-Printed calendars that you can decorate as gifts or for your own desk. I used the 2025 calendar and decorated each page using the new preprinted monthly flowers!!! This is awesome. The Spiral die cut cuts out holes at the top of the calendar and then you use the binding to wind it through the holes to make it able to flip!! Betsy thought of everything. I'm going to show you a few of the pages....
For each page, I die cut a kraft rectangle and stamped the name of the flower onto it. I then die cut out the preprinted flowers for each month... My first thought for this project was mass production as friend gifts - so I went with the preprinted florals instead of stamping them - much faster!!
On each page I used Stickles glitter glue to add little bits of shimmer and shine. I also splattered white paint onto each rectangle.
My final project for today is a card made using the brand new Birth Month Q3 stamps and dies, and the new Spiral Bound Die.... The sentiment is from the brand new One Fine Day stamp set. I used pretty shades of yellow and magenta and a bit of ink blending. My finished card is an A2 white card base....
I stamped and die cut out the Aster florals - soooo pretty! Here is a side view of my card layers. (THESE ARE MY FAVORITE INK PADS FOR 2/3 STEP STAMPING)
I die cut a scalloped rectangle and ink blended just the top part using bright yellow ink... The lovely sentiment is heat embossed with gold and then die cut with the matching die.
These colors together just say SUMMER to me! So fresh and cheerful.
Here is a close up of the die set that looks like spiral binding - genius!!
I hope you're loving this calendar themed release! Here is another photo of the calendar cover. I decorated it with Stickles and a few gems just to jazz it up!!
That's all for my introduction to the new release! Thank you for your support- and for sharing my enthusiasm for The Greetery. We all love The Greetery! Have a blessed and happy day! See you tomorrow for Release Day.
Betsy will be giving away gift certificates to some lucky winners as usual (Awesome)! To enter to win, please leave a comment on everyone's blog posts for today! She will announce the winners on The Greetery Blog. Good Luck!!
THE NEW RELEASE IS LIVE TUESDAY JULY 30TH AT 10AM EST!!
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CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the full supply list for today's card! (Affiliate Links Used)
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Hey friends! Happy weekend! I hope you're doing great! I'm relieved that yesterday here in Sacramento we broke our two week streak of days over 100 degrees! Whew, that was hard! It's been so hot, and literally that just shuts down my brain! We had a cool morning on Saturday and it was enough to renew my spirit! You know what else renews my spirit? The thought that Fall is just a moment away! Yeah - my favorite season is next! And, today, I have something super duper fun and exciting to show you! The first Halloween cards of 2024! And a FABOOOLOUS card kit Boo Box from Catherine Pooler!
The CP BOO BOX is a Limited Edition card kit full of stamps, dies, patterned paper, embossing powder and more! If you buy the kit you will also get access to videos and ideas from different designers! The items in the kit are ONLY available in the kit and won't be released separately later. And when the kits are gone, they're gone. I'm predicting a sellout for sure. This is the best box of this type I've ever seen and well worth the price. On my Instagram Stories later this morning I will be posting a full unboxing video to show you everything!
Details to know: You can sign up to be on the waitlist (no payment or obligation required) and if you sign up, you will get an email to buy the kit early before it goes on sale for general purchase! Kit goes on sale at noon EST!
I'm sharing two cheerful and bright Halloween cards today that I made with supplies from the Boo Box! Let's get started! First up is some spooky cute ghosties and a bit of sparkle too! My finished card is an A2 card base layered with gorgeous orange stripes, vellum and a tag! This card is so fun!
The Boo Box has two large stamp sets and one sentiment stamp set, along with lots of standalone dies and a big background stamp. I think my favorite images are these adorable ghosts! I stamped and die cut them out and added pink cheeks with a Copic Marker! I die cut the spooky die from both glitter paper and black paper and stacked them. I stamped some yellow stars in the background....
The Boo Box includes a die set with a great tag and add ons for the tag!! Love that! The little bat is included in the tag dies set.... I tied a bow at the top and attached the bat!
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My second card for today features lots of Halloween icons in a grid pattern.... My finished card is an A2 white card base layered with that awesome plaid patterned paper... The Boo Box includes a great grid die set and I die cut out some of the grids and added the classic Halloween icons - cat, bat, witch hat and pumpkin!
That little cat makes me smile! I added the sentiment in the center of my card and placed the grids around the sentiment. A few splatters of black paint and some glitter stars complete the look!! I added glitter glue accents to all the images too.
Here's the BOO BOX! And not everything is shown! It's AMAZING - so many great things - literally everything you could need to make your 2024 Halloween cards!
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Happy 4th of July! Happy Independence Day! Happy Birthday America! Sending love and good wishes for a fun and fabulous holiday today! I hope you have a fun day and get lots of BBQ and fireworks! I am looking forward to the 4th of July in our neighborhood. Everyone is always outside enjoying the warm evening and lighting off cool fireworks displays and the atmosphere is so jovial and happy. I have been making tons of patriotic cards and projects to show you, and today I have one last patriotic card! I used lots and lots of brand new supplies from the amazing new Summer 2024 release from Honey Bee Stamps. What an awesome release - so many good products. I have many more ideas! Check it out here!
This card features the brand new Eagle Dies, The Land of the Free background stamp (LOVE), the new Because of the Brave sentiments, and more... My finished card is an A2 cream card base, layered with blue stripes and then more (lots more) layers and elements! I used a traditional Americana color palette and kept it vintage too.... Everything classically USA. (By the way, are you excited for the Olympics?!) I used it all -- patterned paper, glitter cardstock, vellum, wax seal, and distress ink! Oh and don't forget the gold splatters!
Here's a side view of all the layers and elements on my card. For the sentiment I die cut out the large letters from gold cardstock and then layered the vellum sentiment over the top.
I double layered the letters USA with gold and dark brown cardstocks. I stamped the sentiment onto the vellum using Stazon black ink using my MISTI.
The star of the show are these new Eagle Dies!!! WOW. The layers are easy to understand and easy to put together - and it really looks like an eagle!! I added gold paint to the tips of his wings for some extra pizazz!! Isn't he marvelous?? In this photo you can also see that I used a background die on the circle just behind the eagle. I thought it looked really vintage....
This new background stamp is great! I stamped it in gold/yellow ink and then used distress inks around the edges. I crumpled the stamped panel into a ball in my hands and then unfolded it flat and this way it looks like old paper/cloth. I splattered gold paint on that panel also.
Hands down, Honey Bee has the best wax seals and melts! This new 3D star is perfection. I made my seal in blue wax to fit the color theme. It is affixed using foam squares.
Look at the detail in that wax seal! Perfection!
And lastly, here's a patriotic photo of me out in our front yard last week! We were getting ready to go somewhere so I took a quick photo to update my Facebook profile pic! Yes - I am very patriotic! :-)
That's it for today! And I think that's it for the 4th of July projects! I have some patriotic stitching but I didn't finish them all! Boo! Seems there is never enough time for stitching! And my eyes get tired after a while - so I am very slow. I need to be better about starting earlier with that. As usual, never enough time! Happy 4th of July everyone! XOXO
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Happy Monday! Happy July! It's going to be a good week! There's a fun holiday involved! Yeah! I am very into Americana themed items - crafts, home decor, clothes, cards, stitching.... Well, you get the idea! Our home is very decorated for the 4th of July with lots of flags and good things. I am wishing you a good week and a fun holiday with family and friends! I recently made it a goal to read more....Summer is a great time for lazy afternoons reading!! I have been an avid reader since I was very small and lately life just got busy and I stopped reading and I miss it!! Anyone else have a giant stack of books waiting on the nightstand?? I recently updated my Amazon Summer 2024 reading list if you want to check it out!!
My project for today is a home decor piece made from paper!! And card making supplies!
My project is a Paper Pinwheel Wreath! Made from patriotic papers and 4th of July theme. It's made from lots and lots of pinwheels hot glued onto a wreath form. It was a very fun project and it came together quickly and easily. This would be a really good group project because it's the same thing made over and over again and it's easy to finish in an afternoon. Here is my wreath and where it's hanging in our home - on the cabinets between the kitchen and our nook. All my supplies are at the bottom of my post or CLICK HERE!
I photo'd it on this white door so you could see the size and scale against a plain background...
In my stash, I had these buttons from Michaels so I added a few of them!
I used the AMAZING 3D Pinwheel Dies to make this project. I made about 30 large and small pinwheels but it only ended up taking about 14 pinwheels to finish my wreath. I actually thought it would take a lot more!! I die cut all my pinwheels first - sooooo easy.
Here they are before assembly - small and large ones!
I folded them over and used colorful brads to finish/close them up! This could not be more fun or simple!
On my desk.... I used a wreath form (in the supplies) and acrylic paint. I painted the wreath form blue (I forgot to take a photo of that part!) and then I used hot glue to attach all the pinwheels to the wreath form. (I only burned myself once! Ha) I glued them right under the part with the brad.
You, again, could make this project with any theme! I am definitely going to make a Halloween one. I have so many cute Halloween papers! As I continue to try to use my stash!!
After the entire wreath was assembled I generously splattered on rich gold paint for a little bit of shimmer....
My trusty sidekick Lucky was right there on my desk when I finished my project.... So I snapped a quick photo of him inside my wreath! How fun is he??!!
That's it for today! Happy July! Happy 4th! I'll be back on Thursday with a cool card with a VERY Americana theme! I can't wait to show you! I hope you'll try to make a paper wreath!
CLICK HERE to see another project I made last year with the same patriotic pinwheels idea!
CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply list for today's wreath! (Affiliate Links Used)
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Hey Lady!! Hello my little ladybugs! I'm flying by with a quick post today to let you know that there's an adorable new Card Kit from Taylored Expressions today! It's available now and I love love love it! I made this sweet card using items from the kit. There are stencils and stamps and matching dies...and more! I think you'll like it too. You can shop it here!
My finished card is an A2 white card base layered with gingham and then one of the printed sentiment panels. I used the stencils, stamps and dies to cut out all the ladybugs and affixed them to my card using foam squares. I added a little swirly path for the one ladybug.... And some glittery pink gems! All my supplies are listed at the bottom of my post or HERE.
When I stenciled the ladybugs I used two ink shades for an ombre look. I also used dark pink instead of red for some hip ladybugs. Ha! I used matching pink gingham paper and it's all so dang cheerful!
Here are some photos of everything that comes in the Hey Lady Kit!
And, the full kit! See that big die??? It die cuts out ALLLLL the ladybugs at once! Genius!
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Hey hey hey friends! Are you ready to hit the beach today? It's full on Summer now! I'm inside the craft room with the fans on and it's 105 degrees today. Nope, not going anywhere. LOL. All the lights out and lots of water! Hope you are having an awesome weekend. I have so many fun Summer crafts to share with ya lately - so excited! Today's post features the awesome and fabulous Resort Release from Catherine Pooler and Sizzix. I loved it the second I saw this release and wanted to create with it! Think beach umbrellas and towels, cute swimmers, a stenciled pool deck, and adorable sentiments. It screams "Let's Hit The Beach!" I am sharing three cards all made with the Resort Bundle.... Let's gooooo!
My first two cards feature a retro 50's/60's color palette or aqua and lime and yellow.... I do love a retro vibe. For this first card I used those perfect beach umbrellas to make a clean and simple card. My finished card is an A2 white card base. I layered soft aqua and then my top panel....
The sentiment is perfect! Each beach umbrella was made with two step stamping in my MISTI and then I added a matching pearl to each one. You can see my subtle shadow line on the umbrellas. I did this using a C2 Copic Marker. It's, again, subtle, but I do think it makes a difference!
Each umbrella was attached to the card using foam squares. I inked just the top of the panel to mimic the warm golden sunshine. I do really love these colors together!!
The stamps align to perfection!!! I stamped the outline in black first and then my colors inside second.
Next up are these adorable synchronized swimmers ready to jump in! This finished card is an A2 white card base. I used the pool deck stencils to make the background and then feature the swimmers and another great sentiment.
For the background - instead of using all four of the stencils in the pack, I only used two of them - the ones with triangles and squares. This made my design a little less busy and left some white space. I do like the result. I added some waves across the bottom of my card for them to jump in/out of!!
The swimmers have these one piece suits, and also a bikini option. The possibilities are endless!! I love their tiny swim caps. I added a few shadows using Copic markers on their swimsuits.
For my final card, I went with a nautical color palette of red, white and bright blue! I created a shoreline with festive umbrellas and a towel... My finished card is an A2 card base in white, layered with blue and also some kraft.
I hand tore the kraft cardstock in an irregular way to look like sand. Then I put some white paint along the edge and splatters to look like the waves. I stamped the sentiment sideways and it's nice and big. I used all red/white umbrellas for a French Riviera vibe.
This entire release is literally so HAPPY and fun! I could see making some pool party invitations or birthday cards for summer parties. Any color would look good and there's a sentiment for every occasion. I hope you'll check it out!!
That's it for today's Summer cards! I'll be back soon with more more more! I hope you are finding time to get your craft on lately! I'm still working on some 4th of July stitching. I'm starting to accept the fact that I may not finish....but I'll keep working on it!! XOXOXO
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Hi everyone! It's almost Friday! And it's the official first day of Summer 2024! I am excited for Summer for a few reasons....mostly the Olympics! And also, because when Summer is over - it's FALL! Lolz. I've been working on some patriotic stitching and other 4th of July projects to share. It's been hot here in Sacramento and we're due to get 100's again starting this weekend. I could do with a little road trip to the beach! Well, my card is the perfect beach card! There is an AMAZING new release from Honey Bee Stamps and I have been making projects with it. Today's card is perfect for this first day of the new season! All the new dies are so great - and I do love paper piecing a good die cut card together. This card was super fun to make - colorful, happy and beach themed! SHOP the new release here! I'll be sharing another card made with the gorgeous new Americana themed items soon. Yay!
My finished card is an A2 white card base. Layered with sky blue stripes and then my beach scene.... I used Summer colors of aqua, lime, hot pink and yellow.... My uncle, and then my mom both had VW vans and they are so cute and fun. Really brings to mind certain memories doesn't it?
When I'm making cards like this - with lots of pieces and bits - I usually die cut out everything first and put the pieced in little stacks. Then I sit down and ink the pieces if needed and assemble them. Once all the elements are assembled I will play with them until I get the right scene look I want. I really wanted both the palm trees and the umbrella in there, so it took some time to get it just right. Tip: Once everything is the way I want, I'll take a quick iPhone photo for reference in gluing it all down.
I used this pretty new sentiment set - I adore this font! I stamped it in aqua ink to match my van and then die cut it out with the matching dies. I created a 'beach' by freehand cutting a kraft strip to go across the bottom of my oval. I added a little white beach fence too!! All my supplies are listed at the bottom of my post.
I used two different shades of green for my palm trees, and added some pearl coconuts!!
I die cut a yellow surfboard and inked it with yellow and orange distress inks for a sunset look! The windows in the van are vellum and I added white gel pen accents to them. The headlights are grey pearls...
I just had to add a couple of seagulls flying by. I added gems to the pieces and a little bit of Stickles Diamond glitter glue too. If you zoom in on this card, you can smell the ocean! (I wish) LOL!
Hope you had a great week so far! Happy SUMMER! Wishing you a fun Summer full of everything you enjoy!! Our favorite coffee shop is hosting a social club on the weekends where no phones are allowed and there will be live music and good conversation! What a grand idea - we'll be stopping by there tomorrow night. And then next week some fun art festivals. Yeah! See you soon! Lots of projects to share before the 4th of July! XOXO
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THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!
THE GARDEN PARTY COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE!
It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new and beautiful Garden Party Collection to you this week!! And, I hope you love it as much as I do!! Happy Crafting!! If you scroll back to my last two blog posts, you can see all my projects from the new release, and the accompanying supply lists. If you have any questions - reach out!! Thanks for all the love and kind comments this week! We are ready for Summer! Happy Creating! Can't wait to see what YOU make!
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it helps me so very much and I'm so grateful!! XOXO
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Welcome back to day two of the new Garden Party release week from The Greetery!! How did you like yesterday's cards and theme? What do you love so far?? Are you a tea girlie or a coffee girlie? I like both!! Thanks for the comments and for being here to share the excitement with me! It's my pleasure to be able to introduce the new Garden Party items to you!! Be sure to look at yesterday's post to see my first three cards. I have four more cards to share today!! And then release day will be tomorrow, Friday June 14th at 10am EST! Prize information, Supplies, and the links for today are all at the bottom of this post! Join me in some more fun today! Today has a purple and yellow theme! Two lemon cards and two purple flower cards! Awesome!!
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My first card today features the brand new Garden Gateway Dies and the brand new Impressionist Garden stencils and dies, and the new Bloom and Grow Sentiments! LOTS of new things on this fun card! My finished card is a white A2 card base, layered with purple and white (stenciled with clouds) to make the background for my garden gate. It's really just the happiest card.
Here's a close up of the gorgeous Impressionist Garden stencils and the pretty arch in the gate. I added Copic Marker accents to all my different pieces. The way the flowers were designed, they fit right over the beautiful arch. (Betsy = genius!) I just love how this looks.
I die cut the gate from white cardstock and added dark gray accents. Here's a close up of the pretty signs in the stamp set. The little flourish is just the perfect touch.
I used the Sitting Pretty Accessories dies to add a spider plant, some clay pots, and a sweet sleepy kitty cat!!
Next up is this big bold lemon card featuring the brand new Large Lemon Stencils and the brand new Squeeze The Day stamps and dies! Gosh, this might be one of my favorite Greetery things EVER!!! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with gingham white - to properly feature that gorgeous lemon.
I heat embossed the sentiment in gold for a pop!! I stenciled the lemon, leaves and florals using bright inks and blender brushes. I also used a paint brush and gold metallic paint to add gold accents to the stenciled areas.
My third card today features the brand new, beautiful, Botanicuts Wisteria Dies and the brand new Scalloped Gingham Stencils! OOH LA LA! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with the gingham stencils and then a bit of vellum, and then a white oval!! All these layers meant to properly feature this new floral dies!! The sentiment is in dark grey for good contrast.
Here's a close up of the beautiful flowers and leaves. Just the right look and scale.... I die cut out everything and used Distress Inks to edge a darker color on all the pieces.
The brand new A2 Stitched Scallops Dies are going to get used in my craft room A LOT!!!
And last for today, but certainly not least, is this bright and cheerful lemonade card!! This card features the brand new Sippin Summer stamps and dies, the brand new Trendy Tumbler Dies, the brand new Squeeze the Day stamps, and the brand new Palm Border Die!! Whew, that's a whole lotta new! Yeah! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with gingham, then vellum, then white. I used the Palm Border to frame my drink to look like we're out sippin in the backyard!!
This close up shows all the different lemony elements!! This is a series of stamps and I used my MISTI to align everything just right! The set even comes with an adorable little straw!! I splattered silver paint onto my pieces to look like bubbles... For my accents I used Stickles Diamond Glitter and little yellow hearts.
I adore this happy font in all the sentiments!!
That's it friends! It's been a pleasure sharing the GARDEN PARTY Collection new release with you! Thank you for your support and kind comments - and for sharing my enthusiasm for The Greetery. We all love The Greetery! Have a great day! Happy Shopping tomorrow!! XOXO
PRIZES INFO: Betsy will be giving away several $50 gift cards as part of the new release week. To enter to win, please leave a comment on everyone's blog posts for today and yesterday! She will announce the winners on The Greetery Blog!! YEAH!!
THE NEW RELEASE IS LIVE TOMORROW 6/14 AT 10AM EST!!
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Hello, my creative, talented and crafty friends! It's a gooooood day today! It's time for a fun, happy, awesome, pretty, and amazing new release from The Greetery! The new release is just in time for Summer and it's VERY pretty!! The release is called Garden Party! Think tea parties, flowers, lemonade, pretty backgrounds, and more! You're gonna love it. It's fresh and bright and you know me, I used LOTS of color!! The design team will be sharing products and projects today and tomorrow and then the new release will be available for shopping on Friday, June 14th at 10am EST! Just two more days to wait. I had a really fun time with this release - it's right up my alley! I'm excited to share it with you.
SHOP THE NEW RELEASE FRIDAY, JUNE 14TH, AT 10AM EST!
I will be sharing three cards today, and four more cards tomorrow. The cards for today all have a tea party theme - tea pots, and tea cups and pretty fine china too! Great for birthdays and invitations and encouragement cards. My cards have lots of gingham, well, because it's me! Loads of beautiful inspiration from the entire design team for the next two days. My supplies, prize information, and links to everyone's blogs are all at the bottom of this post. Let's get started!
My first card today features the brand new Pours Tea Dies, and the brand new Brew-tea-ful Stamps and Dies! The sentiments are SO cute! I also used some of my favorite Greetery supplies with the new items. The center of my tea pot features the gorgeous Botanicuts Strawberries dies.... Shades of pink and red - so feminine!! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with gingham and then accented with white and kraft.
Here's a close up of all my layers and elements. I used the Cozy Coaster to make a little tablecloth for my tea pot.... I die cut out all the pieces and inked the edges of everything using Distress Inks and blending brushes. I used a bit of gold just on the lid of the pot. These dies have scrumptious pierced dot details. Love it so much.
The sentiments have matching dies - looks so professional and polished!! I added a few little hearts for good measure....
Those pretty little strawberries were attached to the tea pot with foam squares.
My second card features LOTS of new products! The new items are the Sips Tea Dies and Stencils, the Brew-tea-ful Stamps and Dies, and the Flourished Frame Die!! Everything works together so nicely. This card was Bridgerton inspired!! Pretty pastels and touches of gold!! My finished card is a cream A2 card base layered with the new frame (in gold) and then the focus elements of the tea cup and floral spray.
This gorgeous flower spray can fit into either the tea cup or the tea pot - genius! It's multi step stamping and it comes out like a dream. The tea cup has matching stencils so I stenciled a darker shade of aqua. I used a gold leafing pen to add gold accents onto the cup.
I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of vellum using Stazon in and wrapped it around the card. In the background, I stamped words and added paint splatters. Just look at that tiny tea bag tag!!!! SO sweet.
Here's a close up of all the detail on the gorgeous new frame die.....
My third card today features the brand new Fine China stamps, dies and hot foil plates! Reeeeeallly elegant and classy and so very pretty! Gorgeous layers of dies and hot foil and then petite floral elements. I used shades of blues with gold for my finished plate. My finished card is a white A2 card base layered with blue cardstock, vellum and then a Greetery Arch. The star of the show is the fine china for sure.
This close up shows all my paper layers....so scrumptious! I ink blended just the top portion of my arch to ground the white of the plate. The foiling comes out PERFECTLY. I used a gold pen to add small accents to the blue floral spray.
The included sentiments in the stamp set are classy!!!!!
That's all for today, but I'll be back tomorrow with the rest of the new release! Thank you for your support and kind comments - and for sharing my enthusiasm for The Greetery. We all love The Greetery! Have a blessed and happy day! See you tomorrow bright and early! XOXO
PRIZES INFO: Betsy will be giving away some $50 gift cards as part of the new release week. To enter to win, please leave a comment on everyone's blog posts for today and tomorrow! She will announce the winners on The Greetery Blog as usual!! YEAH!!
THE NEW RELEASE IS LIVE FRIDAY 6/14 AT 10AM EST!!
THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING VIA MY AFFILIATE LINKS - IT HELPS SO MUCH!!
CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the full supply list for today's card! (Affiliate Links Used)
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Hi everybody! How are you? Have you been crafty this weekend? What are you up to? I am up to staying cool! Oh yeah it's hot hot hot here! I'll be inside with my iced coffee, thank you very much! LOL. I have a set of cards to share today and there are six total - I seem to be making multiples lately!! You guys know that I looooooove Anna Griffin supplies and especially the AG card kits. My cards today were made with the new Anna Griffin Wildflower Meadow Card Kit! The kit makes 12 cards total (with items left over) and I made half of them the other day. I will save the rest for a different crafting session. I adore these kits because you can sit down and just craft - you don't have to come up with all the ideas. You can just mix and match the elements in a way you like. I always add my own special details on the kit cards: paint splatters (gold or white), pearls and gems, and Stickles too. I do love to add a bit of sparkle.
I buy my Anna Griffin supplies directly from her website, or from HSN and now from Scrapbook.com! I have a nice little collection going now, but I've been a fan since day one of her scrapbooking journey!!
CLICK HERE to see some other Anna Griffin card kits!!
I won't go into great detail on each card - the were all made with elements from the card kit. The kit comes with envelopes too and all occasion sentiments. Now I have a very nice stash of cards made!! Everything is 3d and accented with gold foil. So pretty. Every card is A7 (5"x7") size. I am smitten with the color palette of this kit - super feminine and pastel. Kind of makes me think of Marie Antoinette for some reason!!
And here's a photo of all the cards - perfect for saving on Pinterest!
That's it for today! Have a great day today and a good week to come! XOXO
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Hey hey hey hey friends! Hope you're doing great today! I have a super fun blog post to share with you today! FIVE cards and LOTS of pictures! So grab some coffee! I had so much fun making these cards and can't wait to share them all with you! Wishing you a great week ahead. Summer is OFFICIALLY here in Sacramento and we are going to have three days over 100 degrees this week. Whew. Yikes. (Just in case you ever wondered why I love Autumn so much!) The hubs and I celebrate 31 years together tomorrow (not our wedding anniversary but our 'together' anniversary). I'm not sure how that happened, since I am clearly so young. Ha!! We are going out for a nice dinner at The Melting Pot! We haven't been there in many years and I'm really looking forward to it very much. A little fondue, a little champagne. Yeah! Okay, that's probably enough chit chat, let's talk about projects!
Concord and 9th is one of my most favorite companies! I love everything they do! A few months ago, they released the Carpe Denim dies and stamps, and lemme tell ya, I about lost my dang mind! SOOOOO cute and SOOOOO fun! Right up my alley for sure. I bought the dies right away. Time got away from me, and they have been sitting on my desk... While the dies were sitting on my desk I kept thinking of more and more ideas! When I sat down to create, FIVE cards came out! Honestly, I could have made tons more, I had so many ideas. I just ran out of time. I am a jean jacket girl for sure. I have been a jean jacket girl since about 7th grade (the 1900's) and in my closet currently I have 16 different ones! One has stars, one has bling, one has embroidery, one has patches, some are dressy and dark, some are distressed, some are slouchy, and all are loved! I do love a jean jacket! How about you - are you a jean jacket girlie too??
All five cards are A2 white card bases and I kept the layouts clean and simple and graphic. I used the Carpe Denim dies on all the cards. Each card is generally the same clean layout. I used my new favorite gingham papers (Supplies are at the bottom of this post) and all the gorgeous cardstocks are from Concord and 9th. For the denim jackets I used papers I bought at Hobby Lobby. I had this project in mind and I went to the paper racks at Hobby Lobby, and just looked for blue/denim like papers that I thought would work. I ended up with three different types of denim and I like all of them for different reasons.
First up is my crafty girl denim jacket!! This card uses crafty sentiments and dies, paint brushes, stamps and scissors too. I would absolutely wear this jacket with a giant stamp on the back! Ha. I used DB scrapbooking letters to spell out crafty on the back. I used a fun sentiment, hearts, and bits of glitter to make it 'extra'! I loved using tiny silver and gold pearls on all the cards to look like clothing hardware. The creative possibilities are endless really. I had so much fun.
Next up is my 80's inspired denim jacket! Brought back memories of the skating rink and my neon phase! Hee hee. I made cardstock stripes for this one to make it super colorful and fun. All those cute decorations and patches come with the Carpe Denim set. I splattered this jacket to make it look acid washed (I'm totally dating myself here). A vellum circle grounds the card. The sentiment is perfect!!
Besides crafting and coffee, one thing you know I love is pizza!! So I made a pizza jean jacket! I used red gingham here of course. I used the super dark denim paper for this one. I gold embossed the pizza word on the back. The sentiment and the pizza are from the Love you more than sets!! A heart background and red heart accents to match the pizza. You gotta pizza my heart right here....
So this one is just plain silly and fun! I used the Celebration Squad dies to make a girl! I know that it's not the exact right scale, but I couldn't resist!! I gave here a boho chic jacket with big hearts on the back and a matching bow in her hair! A fun girlfriend card for sure. I used the pretty C9 gingham paper and the vines background to keep it feminine and pretty.
And lastly, I had to make an Autumn themed jean jacket! Of course! I used orange gingham and kraft paper for a warmer feeling to this card. I also used those uber cute elbow patches on the jacket. I used the Playful Pumpkins stamps and dies to make the pretty pumpkin and the sentiment. I added leaves in warm fall tones and that gorgeous background die. Makes me want to go to the pumpkin patch right now! Wanna come?!
Okay, that's all five cards. The next set of photos are some close ups of all the little details. Because you know I love all the little details.... All the supplies are listed out at the bottom of this post! I would love to also see YOUR ideas!!
EEEEK. Those tiny paint brushes are everything!!!
I used lots of different icons, gems and sparkles to make this card very 80's! The stripes were cut to 1/4 inch using my paper trimmer. Really a fun and easy technique.
Um, how adorable is that tiny pizza slice?? And heart pepperonis? C'mon! I used Copic Markers to shade all of my elements on all the cards.
Hey girl! She has a pretty boho braid in her hair! I used enamel dots here to add little pops of color.
How pretty is that leafy background??? LOVE.
And here are all five cards together in one graphic - perfect for saving on Pinterest!
Okay friends! That's it for today's cards! I hope I made you smile, and hope I got your creative juices flowing toooooo. That's my goal, to encourage you to craft and make you have a moment of fun in your day! Have an awesome week! XOXO
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Hey friends! WOOHOOOO! It's Friday! And there's an awesome blog hop today! If you're new here today because of the Blog Hop - welcome! Today's post is part of a giant blog hop to celebrate the new Happiness release from our friends at Pinkfresh Studio. Beautiful, classy, cheerful stamps, stencils, dies and hot foil plates just in time for Summer! So happy to be here in the lineup to share a project with you. The blog hop links, prizes information, and supplies information is all at the bottom of my post. Enjoy the hop everyone! XO
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My card for today features the brand new Cheers Suite - stamps, hot foil, dies and stencils. Who doesn't love a fruity Summer cocktail!? I know I do! Cheers indeed! I really enjoyed working with the new supplies so much. PFS makes it so easy to get beautiful results. My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with aqua and more white and then some pretty vellum. I used the matching stencils and then lots of glittery accents to make my refreshing drink...
The fruits all come with the stamp set with the drink - it's perfection! I stamped the entire stamp portion and stenciled it in using Pinkfresh inks and blending brushes. I used the matching die to cut everything out for my focal element. I used fresh summer shades of pink, yellow and green...
Here's a side view of my layers...
In this photo you can see the glitter accents. The background panel was die cut using one of the awesome background dies - in diamonds... I splattered gold paint over the vellum layer. For the sentiment, I heat embossed in gold and die cut it out using the matching die.
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog on this fun blog hop day! It's always my pleasure to bring you new things, and to work with Pinkfresh Studio!! Wishing you a happy and creative day, my friends! Cheers to drinks poolside this weekend!!
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PRIZE INFO: Pinkfresh Studio will be giving away the full new release on the Pinkfresh Blog & YouTube channel!! They will also be giving away a total of TEN $25 gift cards along the hop. The lucky winners will be picked from the comments left on all the blog hop stops! Pinkfresh Studio will pull the winners & post them on June 11, 2024 on the Pinkfresh Studio GIVEAWAY PAGE. You must check that page & claim your prize within 2 weeks. Don't forget to look! Good Luck!
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ENJOY THE INSPIRATION TODAY AND HAVE FUN!
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Hello creative and crafty friends! Happy Monday, I mean Tuesday! It sure feels like Monday though! Ha. Hope you had a nice long weekend and official kick off to Summer. We stayed home the entire weekend.... We have so much to do around here and I have lots of projects to get made and photographed. We've had lovely weather and we're now ready for the season to change. I hope you are doing great!
Today's card is finally an idea from my head getting made! Yeah for that! Have you seen the GORGEOUS washi tapes from Pinkfresh Studio? I've made lots of cards with them before here on my blog. They are so amazing and lovely to work with. Everything from PFS is simply the highest quality!! I got the Butterflies Washi suite a few weeks ago and been dying to use it!! So, my card features those pretty butterflies.... Let's get to it!
My finished card is an A2 size white card base....layered with some mossy green paper from my stash, and then another layer of white cardstock. The butterflies are the star of the show here....
If you've never used the PFS washi tapes - they are so cool and easy! It's a giant roll of washi printed with the gorgeous design (butterflies).... You roll the washi onto cardstock of any color (I used bright white) and then press it down really good. The matching dies cut out ALLLLL the design at ONE time! So, with one pass, I got like 15 butterflies, and the leaves too.
I stamped and die cut two of the Floral Envelopes dies for my butterflies to come flying out of. I affixed the envelopes to the card with foam tape. Then I arranged all the leaves and butterflies in rainbow order. I tucked some of them inside the envelope. Wouldn't you just love to open a card and have butterflies come flying out?!
Here's my side view. You can see that the washi tape elements are accented with beautiful gold....and the colors are vivid and clear.
I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment using gold embossing powder. I stamped on vellum - and then die cut the banner with the matching dies. (All my supplies are listed at the bottom of my post)
For my finishing touch, some splatters of gold ink, and pretty gold glitter drops!
CLICK HERE to see all the washi tapes that PFS has!!! Okay, friends, that's it for today! I'll be back on Friday with another Pinkfresh Studio card - we're having a blog hop! Yay! See you then and until then, happy crafting! XOXO
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Hello lovelies!! Happy almost Friday! Hope you had a great week! We've had sunny weather and I feel like Summer is in the air finally. The new release from Pretty Pink Posh continues this week with an Instagram Hop and I wanted to share my card with you here. If you're on Instagram, make sure to stop by my post and leave a comment for a chance to win a PPP gift certificate! Woot! The new release is full of everything perfect for early Summer celebrations... I shared my other PPP new release project last week - so please check out my patriotic cupcake card too!
My card for the Instagram Hop features the brand new Champagne Flute shaker dies and the brand new Bows dies (LOVE)...along with the new celebration shaker beads. I decided to make a classy wedding card and used silver, white and Tiffany Blue as my color palette. I love how this card came out. One of my friends' sons is getting married and I'm going to give her this card to use!! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with blue, white and vellum... The shaker champagne flutes are the star of the show!! Cheers!!
Here's a side view so you can see all my layers and pieces. Those new bows are *chef's kiss* for sure! Those dies are going to get used a lot!! The shakers were made separately and then glued onto the card. I used lots of layers and vellum for that wedding look.
I used silver cardstock for the flutes and then used white glitter cardstock for the inside of the flutes. I mixed together some clear diamond gems with the new silver/gold/white beads. It looks sooooo pretty in person!! I used foam sheets and acetate along with my precision glue to make the shakers. They just always come out perfectly with PPP dies.
I used gray and vellum cardstocks for the "congrats" sentiment across the bottom of the card.
This color blue always makes me think of weddings....
I put a big vellum heart behind the champagne flutes and added gems to look like bubbles!
Okay friends! That's it for today's post! I'm wishing you a very happy day. POP FIZZ CLINK! See you soon! Be sure to create something today and remember to have some laughs too! Crafting and laughter are good medicine! XOXO
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Hi friends! How's your week going friends? So nice to have you visit me at A Blog Called Wanda! If you're new here - welcome! We like to have a good time here! Today is a fun celebration of the new release for May 2024 from Pretty Pink Posh! I am excited to be part of a big multi day blog hop to celebrate the May new release - stamps, dies, stencils, and more! All with a get-ready-for-Summer vibe/theme. It's fun, and bright and cheerful and happy!! Great news -the new release is available for shopping now! Enjoy the hop, and I'm excited to share a fun patriotic card with you today!
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My card for today features the brand new Big Celebration Cupcake Dies set - the latest in the Cupcake Collection!! I also used lots of other favorite PPP supplies and went with a 4th of July theme! The way this year is going, the 4th is going to be here fast!! My finished card is an A2 card base, covered in blue gingham and then an eyelet panel and an ink blended panel.
Here's a side view of my card so you can see all the parts, and layers! I love those little firecrackers! So fun!! I used the numbers from the Graduation set (supplies are at the bottom of my post) to make 1776 in red to accompany the 4th of July banner. I love the blue gingham combined with red, gold and white. Really festive!
I ink blended the top part of the panel using yellow oxide inks and then stamped on some fireworks for a nice background. I added lots of blue gems for sparkle! And there's glitter glue on the cupcake too! (I love sparkle!)
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Those fireworks are SO fun! Easy to make and layer and pop into your cupcake. I love how PPP left slits in the cupcake top so you can tuck items into the frosting - such a great idea.
Lots of gold stars to finish off the accents for this card!!
Well, if this new release doesn't put you in the mood for celebrating Summer, I don't know what will! LOLZ. That's it for my project for today!! It's so fun being part of this great blog hop!! The links to the other bloggers for today are at the very bottom of my post! Be sure to visit all the blogs and leave your comments!!
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THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!
HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE GREETERY!
CONFETTI ENCORE COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE!
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It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new Confetti Encore Collection to you this week!! And, I hope you love it as much as I do!! Happy Crafting!! If you scroll back to my last two blog posts, you can see all my projects from the new release, and the accompanying supply lists. If you have any questions - reach out!! Thanks for all the love and kind comments this week! We are READY to PARTY! Happy Creating! Can't wait to see what YOU make!
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LET'S KEEP THE PARTY GOING! Welcome back to day two of the new release week from The Greetery! We are celebrating five years of awesomeness from The Greetery - with the fabulous new Confetti Encore Collection! How did you enjoy all the projects from yesterday's posts?? What is your favorite thing so far?? Thanks for the comments and for being here to share the excitement with me! It's my pleasure to be able to introduce the new items to you!! Be sure to look at yesterday's post to see my first three cards. I have four more cards to share today!! And then release day will be tomorrow, Friday April 26th at 10am EST! Prize information, Supplies, and the links for today are all at the bottom of this post! Join me in some more fun today!
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My first card for today features one of my personal favorites from the new collection - the brand new Party Hat Die! It also has a matching Stencil! I used the Party Hat Die along with the lovely Make A Wish dies and the Twisted Crepe Dies. I really love this card! I chose colors in kind of a 50's retro vibe. My finished card is an A2 white card base layered with dusty blue and then more white, with all the focus on that marvelous hat.
That big bold sentiment in gold is perfect for this hat!! die cut out a bunch of hats in different colors and then hand cut the stripes and it came out cool. You can do so many things with this die! Tags for gifts, cards, a banner.... I'm going to be using it a lot!
The topper on the hat is SUPER fun! I used gold glitter cardstock and teal cardstock and then I painted gold paint on it. It looks really cool in person! A big yellow gem in the center makes it! I used a corner rounder to continue that retro vibe and attached my streamers in matching colors....
Warning - my next card is going to make you hungry for a treat!! Yay! This second card for today features the brand new What's The Scoop Stamps and Dies! The mostest perfectest ice cream set ever!! You can also use it with the new Honeycombs (more to come on that))!! My finished card is a white A2 card base layered with my new favorite gingham and vellum and more!! I created a happy, minty card. Of course totally inspired by Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream! Yum.
The dies that spell out SCOOP are so cool!!!!! I love the frosting pieces that go on top of the letters!! I used mint green and rich chocolate brown shades for my card, I die cut out all the pieces and then used Distress inks to shade all the pieces before splattering on white paint!!
The die set also comes with the cherry on top! It's delicious! I assembled my cone and used brown enamel dots to make 3D chocolate chips. I want to lick this card!! I stamped the sentiment onto a little flag. I used two sizes of arches to make the frame for my cone and sentiment.
A couple of little red hearts for a pop of color...
You can use any colors to make your own favorite flavor of ice cream! I was also thinking how cute this would be in pink and brown for strawberry ice cream!
My third card for today is very fun and also interactive!!! Betsy has come out with new colors of Honeycomb Balls! In pretty party colors! Yippeeeee! Don't worry, they fold flat for mailing! Betsy thought of everything! My finished card is an A2 card base layered with coral stripes and white cardstock to feature those honeycomb balloons! The suite is called Hey Honeycomb!! (Is anyone else thinking of the Honeycomb Hideout right now?! Hee hee). I used Hey Honeycomb Basics, Sentiments and Balloon dies!
I used the brand new It's Your Day die for the sentiment again, this time in silver!! I love the coral and blue honeycomb balls to make this party card. The honeycombs fold flat and then the recipient fluffs them up. Isn't this so cool???
Silver strings, crystal gems, tiny hearts, and silver metallic paint splatters complete this look! I even paint splattered the balls!
And finally - the super cool part!!! Stamps and dies that show the person how to fold open the interactive parts! Oh, and those little hearts?? They're adhesive! So the honeycombs stay put!! Great idea Betsy!
My third card today is another interactive card!! I had lots of fun with this new release! This card features the brand new Award Winning Dies! My finished card is an A2 card base, layered with an ink blended panel, and then my sweet little award. I made it such that the award comes off the card! My thought was that the birthday guy or gal could wear it on their shirt on their special day! Or pin it on their bulletin board or cubicle wall! It has a pin back on it - you'll see as I go along. The new dies make the prettiest layered ribbon/award!! SOOOOO many uses for this! Prizes, cards (think grad for sure), banners, and more. The new Inflated Sentiments stamps fit perfectly inside that top circle. Genius!
I used stripes and gingham and gold and stars and MORE! This is a sparkly creation!! Hee hee.
I die cut two sets of the bottom flags and layered them.... No end to the possibilities with this die set!
Here is a look down from the top of the card. I attached a pin back to the back of the award and then attached it to the card using a zig zag circle that I hole punched two holes in. FUN!
And here is my detached from the card award!!
That's it friends! It's been a pleasure sharing the CONFETTI ENCORE Collection new release with you! Thank you for your support and kind comments - and for sharing my enthusiasm for The Greetery. We all love The Greetery! Have a great day! Happy Shopping tomorrow!! XOXO
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Hello, my creative, talented and crafty friends! It's a gooooood day today! It's time for a fun, happy, awesome, party themed new release from The Greetery! The Greetery is celebrating their FIVE year anniversary this month! How amazing is that? Feels like yesterday when I got the email from Betsy telling me of her new business and asking me to join the fun! So honored to have been on this journey! So I feel like that calls for a party! The new release is called Confetti Encore Collection!! It's everything for celebrations - birthdays, graduations, parties, or any other fun occasion. You're gonna be in the mood to shake it and dance, and eat cake and ice cream after you see everything!! The design team will be sharing products and projects today and tomorrow, and then the new release will be available for shopping on Friday, April 26th at 10am EST. So glad you're here to join me in the fun today.
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I will be sharing three cards today, and four cards tomorrow. All seven cards are birthday cards! We can never have enough birthday cards on hand, right? Two of my cards are interactive too! I used tons of colors, and fun papers to make it a par-tay. Lots of inspiration from the entire team for the next two days!! My supplies, prize information, and links to everyone's blogs are all at the bottom of this post. Let's get started!
Each of my cards this time has a completely different vibe and style. I love it. I really got into the colors this time around and had fun with all the new stamps, stencils and dies. My first card for today features the brand new addition to the Four Square Tags series - Birthday! I used the new stamps along with the Four Square Dies, and some other Greetery favorites. My finished card is an A2 kraft card base. I layered paper from my stash with a vintage color palette and gold....
As you can see, this time around, I didn't make FOUR Four Square tags.... I made ONE! So this is cool - I didn't cut my paper into a square first, so I could make a longer tag from the die! I made one cream tag with the criss cross top for the focus point of my card. I used cream cardstock for that vintage look. I inked the edges with Distress Ink.... I used the gorgeous Ticker Tape Stamp to stamp the confetti on the tag and then generously splattered gold paint. My sentiment is from the brand new Four Square Tags Birthday set and I heat embossed in gold....
I used the Loopy Bow Die to make the pretty bow for the top of my tag. I had some paper flowers in my stash that fit the theme.... And lovely pink pearls to complete the look. This card is very girlie!
I attached the tag to the card using foam tape and also attached the sentiment with foam tape! I do love that dimension!
Now....for a totally different look! For my second card I used the brand new Celebration Streamers Stencils and Stamp combo and the brand new It's Your Day die! I made a rainbow! This new set is very cool! My finished card is an A2 white card base, with just one more layer of white featuring the design. The stamp/stencil combo is neat - you stencil the streamers on first and then use the matching stamps to add the darker shaded portion so it looks so realistic! To make it a rainbow, I carefully used small blending brushes to change colors for each streamer! (My ink colors and fav blending brushes are linked at the bottom of my post).
This is a cool one layer card - perfect for mailing! I used the new dies for the sentiment in gold and vellum. Super sparkly and festive!!
Lots and lots of gold paint splatters here!! And a few gems and stars too!!
And my last card for today features the brand new Flourished Phrases - Birthday!! If you loved the LOVE and HELLO versions, you're going to love the birthday version! My finished card is a white A2 card base, layered with a new gingham paper pad I just got (You need it) and then my focus layer with the design. The matching die for this stencil is perfection and so detailed. Fantastic!! I used pretty shades of aqua and yellow.
Here's my tip for getting the die cutting perfect on this one - because of the swirls.... I inked the words first in shades of aqua and teal (LOVE)! Then I die cut it out. After it was die cut, I went back and stenciled the yellow swirls onto the already die cut part!! I added glitter to the words for sparkle!!
For the background, I stamped some starbursts from the Make a Wish stamp set in yellow and then added gems. This card could be stamped in annnnny colors to make it feminine, masculine, mod, vintage, whatever the mood!!
That's all for today, but I'll be back tomorrow with the rest of the new release! Thank you for your support and kind comments - and for sharing my enthusiasm for The Greetery. We all love The Greetery! Have a blessed and happy day! See you tomorrow for the rest of the party! XOXO
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Here's a side view of my layers and the dimension in those cool tulips dies....
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This card would be great for any occasion. I do love a nice "thinking of you" card, don't you? You could change the colors of the tulips to match your favorite colors, too. Would be super pretty in bright red don't you think?!
That's it for my project for today! I hope you have a fantastic and creative day! I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, happy crafting! Have a great weekend! We are going to see the Goo Goo Dolls in concert tomorrow night and I am so excited! XOXO
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Hello and Happy Friday! Happy GOOD Friday! Easter weekend is upon us! I have time to squeeze in one more Easter card today! Hope you had an awesome week and I'm wishing you a lovely Easter with your family and friends. Easter came so fast this year! I don't prefer it when Easter is in March - it seems like it just happens too fast! Well, ready or not it's here! And then on Monday it's already April!! Spring crafting continues!
My card for today features a wonderful new stamp set from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous release just in time for Spring this year. I have seen soooo many great cards and projects people have made with the new set!! The new stamp set is called Mr. Rabbit and it's the sweetest vintage bunny wearing a suit (of course), and the stamp set comes with different accent elements. I got out all my Tim Holtz supplies and created a vintage style Easter card in pretty blues.... My finished card is an A2 kraft card base, layered with plaid, and blue, and then cream. I added tons of stuff to this card, as I love to do!!
I started my card by stamping the bunny image in brown ink three times! I stamped him once on the cream rectangle panel, then twice more on scrap paper. I fussy cut out one bunny, and then fussy cut out his suit lapels and his bow tie. I colored the bunny image with Copic Markers and added glitter to his ears. The reason I stamped him on the cream rectangle first is so that the whiskers would show. I was worried I wouldn't be able to fussy cut them perfectly!
I die cut out an oval using the Tim Holtz Vintage Labels Dies and stamped Happy Easter in brown ink.
I stamped two Easter eggs in brown ink and colored them with Copic Markers. I also used a generous amount of glitter to make them look like sugared eggs! SOOO fun!
The flowers are from a Tim Holtz ephemera pack and I loved the blue tones for this card!! All the pieces are inked around the edges with Distress Ink!! I also added glitter to the flowers (you know me!)
I hand dyed some crinkle ribbon using different colors of Distress Inks. I wrapped the ribbon around the bottom of my card when assembling, and tied a pretty bow!!
The most fun part I think is that I made him a REAL flower boutonniere! Ha! I have Baby's Breath flowers all around my house right now as part of my Easter decorations. I snipped off a few tiny flowers and made him a flower spray for his suit jacket!! Hee hee. I wrapped a tiny strip of blue paper around the stems to hold them in place. They will dry out and look vintage!!
Okay, I think that's all the elements! Now, for my assembly process.... I stamped the polka dots in the background on my cream panel (the polka dot stamp is part of the new stamp set). I used foam tape to adhere the rabbit onto the card. Then I glued on his coat lapels and bow tie. I tucked the flowers under the rabbit and I placed the eggs near the bow. The sentiment is also attached with foam tape at the top of the card. I glued on his boutonniere and added a few sparkly blue gems.
Here's a close up of my layers. The plaid paper is from a (many) years old paper pack in my stash....
Happy Good Friday. The most important day. I took this photo the other day in front of our church because the clouds were spectacular! I feel like this photo conveys the mood and importance of this somber day.
Thanks for stopping by today! Thanks for your support and kindness. Again, wishing you and your family a lovely Easter!! XOXO
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Hi friends! Hopping in today with a quick project to share! I gotta get all these Easter things shared!! Just a few more days. Hope you are having a great week! When I made my pop up bunny cards the other day, I had some Anna Griffin supplies left over on my desk and I got an idea! Let's make a home decoration! I used a pretty mini cloche that I have had (empty) in my craft room for a while. I put in some stickers, added some glitter and a bow, and there we have it! Done! It came out so pretty and I will put it away with the Easter decorations for every year. I am kind of obsessed with cloches and the cool ideas that people have for how to decorate them. So this project was right up my alley. I will be looking at my crafting supplies a bit differently now! Ha. Wishing you well...today and every day.
Here are some photos of my finished project...
I die cut a cross from gold paper and put it inside next to the bunny and flowers. I added a bright spring green bauble to the top using a bit of hot glue.
I added some hand dyed blue ribbon to the bottom to match the blue ribbon around the bunny's neck. It's very sweet!
That's it for me for today! I'll be back on Friday with one last Easter card! I hope you'll hop back then! Have a fantastic day! Would you consider supporting my blog content by clicking on the links below?! XOXO
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Hi creative and crafty friends! Happy weekend! I hope you have a fun weekend planned! Yesterday we went to the Sewing Expo here in Sacramento and enjoyed a day out and about. It was mostly sewing and quilting things but I generally just enjoy being around crafting so it was nice. Tomorrow night we're going to a concert at church, and then it will be one week until Easter! Our weather turned a bit and it's cloudy and rainy again, but hey, that's spring around here!!
Today's post has a TON of pictures! I made four cards and I'm sharing lots of pictures of all four cards because each one is similar, and yet very different. And we know I love the details! I recently bought the Bunny Easel Dies set from Anna Griffin and it makes the most perfect Easter cards! I loooooooved making them! I usually buy my Anna Griffin items from HSN or direct from her website. As far as I know, everything is still available (for next year....)
I made a quick little video of the cards too - if you want to take a look - here's the link!
Each finished card folds into an A7 envelope (5"x7") and I chose pastel pink envelopes which looks so nice!! The main die that does the folding part is a very long die, so you will need the extra long cutting plates for your die cutting machine. After I die cut the bases, I went to town mixing and matching colors and embellishments.... I also used some other Anna Griffin Dies/Embossing Folders to make the crosses. All the flowers and sentiments are from AG also.
I used loads of papers from my scrapbook paper stash! I used pretty florals and ginghams of course. I used metallic paper and also cream cardstock for the bunnies. Really just mixed and matched without too much effort or analysis.
I combined pearl embellishments and ribbons from my stash too! I'm trying to use everything! LOLZ. (Are you in that same boat??!)
Each card is sooooo different! They all fold up and then the bottom tucks into the labels so it stands up straight for display!
I embellished the bottom part of each card too. I splattered on gold paint everywhere!! And clear diamond Stickles... and and and.... Hee hee.
I love these 3D flower embellishments and added glitter to most of them...
OOOOOHHHHH those lilies!!! And the gorgeous fonts...
The die cut for the top layer bunny is SO incredibly detailed and pretty.
I put some pink art chalk on this one for her ears and cheek. If there's one thing I hoard more than paper...it's ribbon!!
And here is a side view of what the bunny looks like when standing up tall! Be sure to use double sided cardstock for a polished/finished look.
And here is one of the cards laying flat for mailing.
And here are all four cards folded up before I put them in the envelopes!
These dies are really gorgeous and fun to work with. I feel like I could have made twenty cards, just mixing and matching all the pretty elements. I love Easter time and the motifs and colors of the season. I was able to customize each one in my own unique style and it was a very nice day in the craft room creating these to share with you! Are you all ready for Easter? Are you hosting? Let me know your favorite Easter craft this year - I'd love to know what you're making!! XOXO
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Hi again! It's me! Back with some more Easter fun! I'm trying to get everything photographed and posted before next week! Loving all the fun Easter things this year. Our house is totally decorated for Easter. Sunday night For King and Country is doing an acoustic concert at our church and we got tickets!! And we have our schedule all set for our church activities for Holy Week. It's time to get ready for our most important holiday... I'm so excited. Seriously, tho, how fast did Easter come this year???!! Today I'm sharing some very easy treat boxes to make for Easter. I used the new Lawn Fawn Carrot Treat Box dies to make some festive and super cute paper carrots! These are perfect for place settings for your Easter table, or filled with candies for a little treat in the Easter basket!! You guys know how much I love a fun treat box idea! Let's get started!
Here are three of my carrots...ADORABLE! Fun concept, and again, soooo easy to make and customize!
In my continuing efforts to use my paper stash, I used two older paper pads from Lawn Fawn (discontinued)... The Perfectly Plaid Fall and the Let's Polka in the Meadow... You could use solid paper, gingham, polka dots, or any other cute paper that you love! You need an orange paper and a green paper for the leaves. That's it!
To make each carrot, you need two carrot pieces and two leaf pieces. They go together with just a bit of scor-tape. I added green sheer ribbon to the tops and I used some cute dies to add hearts on the front. My supplies are all listed at the bottom of this post.
I used green distress ink to add some splatters to the leaves. I used orange distress ink and white paint to add splatters to the carrot parts. I just like a little visual interest and the appearance of texture....
These are fairly small in size - here is one in my hand. So you could really only fit a very small gift inside! Or of course, candies!! Mine are filled with Cadbury Eggs - my favorite!
That's today's fun Easter project!! Are you getting ready for Easter? Do you make treats or cards for Easter time? Let me know in the comments what you're working on!! I have more to come in the next week. Have a blessed day everybody! XOXO
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Here's a side view of my layers and elements...
I started this card by doing the stenciling first. These are the Fall Folk Stencils and I loved them last year with pumpkins and warm tones... I used both small and large blender brushes with Distress Inks for the coloring and shading. To take your stenciling to the next level - try a darker shade with a small brush for just a hint of shadow. It makes a world of difference! My colors are listed out in my supply list at the bottom of this post!
I die cut an arch out of white cardstock using the A2 Arches dies and layered that over my stenciled panel using foam tape. I die cut the word Rejoice and layered that over the top of the stenciling. Then I die cut a small banner using the Pretext Banners Dies and stamped on He is Risen. I finished off the card with a couple of pink hearts for embellishment.
Thanks for stopping by today to share some crafts with me! Have an amazing rest of the week! I'll see you soon my friends. Keep on creating! XOXO
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