Beach Week in Review + 3 Videos!

Hello there friends, I had a Beach week on my YouTube Channel recently and it was great getting to create several cards using beach-themed stamps from my stash. I created a simpler card and a stepped up card with an interactive feature!

Day 1 features the Gina K Ocean-Minded Stamp set

The larger card has a pop-up Adirondak chair. So fun!

Here's the video if you'd like to see how these cards came together.

Day 2 features the Hero Arts Color Layering Waves and Color Layering Sea & Sky stamp sets.

This set features a slimline card and a pop-up box card!

Here's the video, if you're interested

Day 3 features the Hero Arts Beach Heroscapes Stamp set.

For these cards, I created a one layer card, A interactive window card with an awesome brick technique I saw Vickie from Clips and Cuts do. I loved the way that came out! The third was another pop-up card this time with a pop-up beach ball.

Here's the video if you'd like to check these out:

Note: The Pop-Up dies I used are retired---I know, I know...BUT there are some updated dies available that are actually easier to put together that the ones I have and they are wafer dies, not the Bigz dies I have. You can check them out here ---> Adirondak Chair,  Surprise Ball.

Hope you're well and staying safe.

Until next time...

 

Crafty Catch-Up!

Hello crafty friends,
I know it's been way too long since I posted. That was right before the shut down happened and Distance Learning began. I just finished on Friday and cannot stress enough how relieved I am. I was glad to see my students (when they managed to turn on their video), but am worried for the ones I didn't hear from. I'm hoping it was simply because they didn't want to bother. My district made the decision to give all students, regardless of their grade at the time, a "credit" for their semester grade. So that meant that if they had an A, they got "credit" on their transcript. If they had an F, they got "credit" on their transcript. Ah well... more on that later...

Since I was crazy busy trying to learn a million tech things, I totally neglected my poor little blog. So let's catch up why don't we? Remember, I post regularly on Instagram, so that's the best way to see what I'm up to when you don't hear from me here...

A Reveal Wheel Card: Fortune Teller Tabby-Lawn Fawn

 

Interactive Birthday Slider Card: Peek-A-Boo Fair- Avery Elle, Coaster Critters-Lawn Fawn 

Guess What? There's a YouTube Tutorial on how I created this card---- HERE.

 Watercolor Aloe Thank You Card: Aloe My Friend- Darcie's
Guess What? There's a YouTube Tutorial on how I created this card---- HERE.

Slide and Bump Interactive Birthday Card: Peek-A-Boo Fair- Avery Elle
Guess What? There's a YouTube Tutorial on how I created this card---- HERE.

 Hello Kitty Easter Cards: Hello Kitty Sizzix dies
Guess What? There's a YouTube Tutorial on how I created this card---- HERE.

Make-up Shaker Birthday Card: Make Me Up kit- Queen and Company

 

Watercolor Hummingbird Birthday Card: Hummingbirds-Pretty Pink Posh, YOF Lily of the Valley- Papertrey Ink.

Mother's Day Orchid Inside Tunnel Cards: Orchid- Hero Arts

 Slimline Mother's Day Cards

 Boba Tea Mother's Day Shaker Card: Boba Shaker Combo dies- Mama Elephant

 Boba Tea Hello Card: Boba Tea- Mama Elephant

 You can find more deets on the instagram posts or the videos. I will be back with a (LARGE) crafty haul to share.
Tootles!

Sympathy Cards

Hello friends,
Sadly, I have two sympathy cards to share today.
Here's the first:

I used the Peony Bouquet stamp set (Altenew) and water colored with Distress Inks (shaded lilac & wilted violet) I used a bit of mowed lawn on the leaves and pumice stone in in the background. The "with sympathy" die ( Lil Inkers) was cut with silver cardstock.

Here's a peek of the innie:

The sentiment comes from the "With Sympathy"stamp set from Papertrey Ink. It has really lovely sentiments and anytime I make these type of cards, I reach for this set.

Here's the second card:

I heat embossed the Antique Flowers & Butterflies stamp set (Hero Arts) with white embossing powder (Hero Arts). I then took the curved edge die from the Basic Stitched Edge dies (My Favorite Things) to die cut the bottom edge. I used the same edge die to die cut a silver piece of cardstock to layer below it. Then, with the remaining blue piece, I ran it through the chain embossing folder (lifestyle crafts) and adhered it underneath.

I don't think anyone likes to make sympathy cards, and I hope it's a long time until I have to make another...

Thanks for stopping by friends!
Until next time...

With Sympathy

Hi friends,
Today I have a sympathy card I made for a friend who lost her grandmother.
Here it is:

 I stamped the flowers from the Delicate Pretty Poppies (My Favorite Things) and heat embossed them with white embossing powder so I could do some ink blending with Ripe Persimmon, Abandoned Coral, and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks. I die cut the Stitched Oval Frame (MFT) and popped it up with foam tape. I layered the poppies and the Fanciful Flourishes die (Cheery Lynn) and adhered them to the oval frame.

Here's another peek:

 I ink blended the background & spritzed it with water. I heat stamped the sentiment from the With Sympathy stamp set (Hero Arts.) Lastly, I tucked in few Sparkling Clear sequins (Pretty Pink Posh).

Here's the innie:

 Both images come from the With Sympathy stamp set (Hero Arts).

I used this week's MFT Color Challenge #42

Thanks so much for stopping by today.
Have a great week!
Tootles,

Lucky and Love

Hello there friends,
I have a couple of cards to share today.
Here's the first:
 I'm getting ahead on my St. Patty's Day cards.  *Ü*

I used the Wishing You Luck ALM stamp (My Favorite Things). I don't think MFT still makes this line, sorry, but I'm using what I've hoarded got. I can't tell you how many things went wrong with this image...ugh, but I decided I was going to use it and make the best of it. She's colored with Copics, & the background is ink blended with Distress Inks. While I had the masking fluid on her, I spritzed the background with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls mist (Ranger). I stamped the shamrock on another piece of cardstock, colored it, & popped it up with foam tape. The plaid paper is from the Subtle Plaids 6x6 paper pad (MFT). The "lucky" die cut is from the Wonderful Word dies (Papertrey Ink).

Here's a peek of the innies:

 The sentiments are from the Card exchanging friends stamp set (Simon Says Stamp) and the shamrocks are from My lucky charm stamp set (Lawn Fawn).

I used this week's MFT sketch #268

One more card to share...
This one went to my Grammy for Valentine's Day:

 I used the Color Layering Orchid in a Pot stamp set & coordinating dies (Hero Arts). I bought both orchid sets from the last Hero Arts release and they are fantastic!
 Here's another peek:

Thanks so much for stopping by the ol' blog today.
Until next time...
Tootles!

Bouquets and Balloons

Hello there friends,
I have a couple of birthday cards to share today.
Here's the first:

 I used the Color Layering Large Orchid stamp set and coordinating dies (Hero Arts). As soon as I saw it, I KNEW I had to have it! *Ü* ---You know I *heart* Orchids just like my Grammy! I used a little strip of gold glitter washi tape & some black striped vellum washi tape to anchor them and tie in with the sentiment stamped & heat set with black embossing powder. I embossed the background with the Tribal Chevrons embossing folder (Darice).

Here's another peek:

 I added clear Wink of Stella to them. If you've seen orchids up close, you know they have their own natural wink of stella shimmer to them, so I was trying to mimic the shimmer that nature already provides.

Here's a peek of the innies:

The sentiment comes from the LJD Pretty Poppies stamp set (MFT). I have a video of how I created this card coming soon!

 I used this week's MFT sketch #266 for BOTH the inside & outside of my card.

 and I took my color palette from the MFT color challenge

 My second card:

 Different kind of feel than my first, but so much fun! I took inspiration from a card Betsy Veldman created a while ago. She used vellum for her balloon shakers. I used my fuse tool (so I wouldn't have to sew) to create the shakers.
Here's another peek:

These really shook easily! I used the Shaker Shapes: Balloon dies (Papertrey Ink) and the balloon strings came from the Party Balloons dies (Lawn Fawn).

Thanks for hanging in today!
Have a wonderful rest of the week!
Tootles,