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!

Easter Trinity

Happy day friends,
I have a trio of Easter cards (more on the religious side) to share with you today.
Here's the first:

I die-cut the cross (Spellbinders) and the "blessed" dies (Simon Says Stamp) out of two different shades of gold cardstock. I ink blended the background with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. The grassy hill is from an old stamp I had from Posh Impressions by Dee Gruenig. It was one of the first stamps I ever bought for crafting *Ü* I did first and second generation stamping to get a couple shades of green.

I adhered just the "b" and "d" so that the rest of the letters would be floating over the cross & that gave it some cool dimension.

Here's the simple innies:

 That is another old stamp from Hero Arts.

Here's card #2: (this one is going to my Grammy *Ü*)

I used the Easter Lilies Stamp (Heartfelt Creations) and stamped it twice to create a wreath of lilies. I used hot press watercolor paper and heat embossed the image in Liquid Platinum embossing powder (Ranger). I colored the images with the ZIG Clean Color Real Brush markers using water and a paintbrush. I used the clear Wink of Stella Brush to give the Lilies some shimmer.

Here's a closer peek at that shimmer:

I heat embossed the greeting on vellum using the liquid platinum powder and scattered some sparkling clear sequins (Pretty Pink Posh).

Here's the innie:

 The crosses are also from the same set.

To complete the trio, here's card #3:

I used hot pressed watercolor paper again to stamp the cross image from the Cross and Lilies set (Heartfelt Creations). I colored these the same as the previous card with ZIG CCRB and WoStella, except I used gold embossing powder (Ranger). I stamped the Stained Glass Background (Heartfelt Creations) in versamark ink and heat embossed it in gold embossing powder. I die-cut the Decorative Oval Window Die (Heartfelt Creations) out of gold cardstock. Then I stacked everything with foam tape for lots of dimension and layers *Ü*

Here's another peek:

 Capturing the shimmer of the Wink of Stella on camera is like capturing Bigfoot... :(

Here's the simple innies:

 I used Vintage Cream cardstock (PTI) for this card.

Thanks so much for peeking today! I have some Spring cards to share soon.
Hope you have a Sunday Funday *Ü*
Tootles,

You're my type of chick

Hi again friends,
Today I have an Easter/Spring card to share.
Here it is:

 I used the My Basket of Eggs Pure Innocence stamp (My Favorite Things) for the image. I colored her with the no-line coloring Copic technique which I enjoy, but is challenging.

Here's a closer peek:

 I masked her with Eclipse masking paper and then ink blended the background with Distress inks. I used a few of the iridescent sequin from the Sweet Pea mix (Pretty Pink Posh.)

Here's the innies:

 The sentiment is from another PI set called One Sweet Chick.

I used this week's MFT Sketch #269

Thanks for popping in today!
Have a great *Ü*

Some bunny is back!

Hi ya friends!
Nooo, your eyes are not deceiving you---I'm back today after a little hiatus from the blog-o.
Today, I thought I'd share 3 Easter cards I made. Why 3? I like 3...3's a good number *Ü*

The first card went to Grammy:

 

 

As you can see, I'm still a more is more kind of crafty girl. It's a simple card really (if you take away all the layers, heat embossing, and tons of fussy cutting) it's just white & gold. I used lots of Heartfelt Creations goodies since my Grammy luvs their stamps. All the lilies were colored with Copics & have a swish of clear Wink of Stella.

Here's a peek of the innies:

 Clearly time has not improved my photog skills :(  sorry for the blurr...

Card 2:

I used a different HC stamp for the main image. I heat embossed it twice & layered just the cross on top and then a cross die cut and then a lily.

Here are the innies:

Last but not least, I wanted to make a more colorful card.

I used pink, blue, & gold. The blue behind the cross got a big swish of Wink of Stella in clear so it looks shimmery IRL.

Thanks so much for peeking today! I've been a super busy little teacher but I'll be back from time to time to share more crafty concoctions as time permits  *Ü*  Have a happy Sunday!

Tootles for now,
 

The 411
Card 1
Stamps: Easter Lilies, Cross & Lilies- Heartfelt Creations
Eggcoutrements, Abundant Hope- SU 
Paper: White CS, Gold CS
Tools: Cross & lilies dies- HC, butterly punch-MS, Lattice frame-Impression Obsession, Wink of Stella Clear

Card 2
Stamps: Wrought Iron Cross, Cross & Lilies- HC
Abundant Hope, En Francais-SU
Paper: cream CS, Gold CS
Tools: Script CBEF, Cross & lilies dies-HC, Ribbon Banners- Spellbinders
Other: Gold embossing powder, ribbon, viva decor pen

Card 3
Stamps: Wrought Iron Cross-HC  
Abundant Hope-SU
Paper: Pink CS, Blue CS, Cream CS, Gold CS
Tools: Decorative Oval Window Die-HC, Ribbon Banners-Spellbinders, Deco fan punch-MS, Script CBEF, Wink of Stella clear

Happy Easter

Hello friends,
Happy Easter to those who celebrate. This will be a busy weekend for me, so I wanted to share this card before I get going... to get some Jelly Bellies! Yuuum :)
Here it is:

Sorry, for the crazy lighting  :( I wanted to ink this little girl that I picked up last year (I think). It is called My Basket of Eggs from MFT.
Here's a closer peek:

 She's colored with Copics. All her eggs are Stickled for glittery goodness :) The papers are from the Picadilly collection from BasicGrey & the border is a Marianne Designs die.

I used this week's MFT sketch for my card.

I'll be playing along in the following challenges:
BasicGrey Challenges: Easter
Secret Crafter: Easter
Card Makin' Mamas: Easter
Raise the Bar: Cutesy Easter/Spring
Simply Create Too: Eggs/Bunnies
C.R.A.F.T Challenge: Easter/Spring

Have a great rest of the weekend!

Hoppy Bottoms

Hoppy Friday Friends!
Tear, tear... it's my last day of Spring Break :(  sadly, it just flew by but I have one more card to share before Easter is here. I reeeeally wanted to play in this week's Mojo Monday sketch challenge, but it looked truly challenging, especially with that large fishtail banner across the center.
Here it is:

 After a minute, it hit me! I could turn the sketch this way:

...and NOW I knew what to do!!!
Here it is:

Create a tree as my focal point :)! It marks the third (& final) return of the bunny butt :) I used the smallest Rolled Rose for his cotton tail. I hand cut his little feet & added Cotton Candy Stickles to the footpads.
Here's a closer peek:

The tree is made up of 4 layers: 

The papers are all MME Lime Twist & Howdy Doody. The fence is MFT Woodgrain fence dienamics. The leafy part of the tree was made with the Picot edge Nesties layered on a blossom Nestie.

Bunny will be hopping along with the following challenges:
CRAFT Challenge: Easter/Spring
Papercraft Star: Anything Goes
7 Kids Challenge: Shades of Spring
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Fav tool (My Hello Kitty Big Shot & Nesties)
Anything Goes Challenge: Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments: Bunnies
Tip Top Tuesday: Easter/animal ---> TIP: When using dies, add a piece of wax paper on top of your die for hassle-free retrieval of the die cut :)

That's it for now! Tah tah & tootles!

Bunny's Got Back II

Hi friends,
I'm back with another Easter card. I had so much fun making my last bunny card, I just had to make another :) This time Bunny returns... with a friend... ;)

I made these bunnies completely out of felt. Their tails are made from the Regal Rose & Rolled Rose Dienamics from MFT. I used the Picot Edge Circle Nesties to create a sun peeking from behind the tree & added wood texture embossing on the tree.

 Here's a closer peek at the bunny bottoms:

Look at those little bunny bottoms jumping into their tree trunk holes! The bunnies were made with circle & oval Nesties. They were so fun & easy to make :)

I used this week's MFT sketch:

 Just in case, here's the previous bunny card I made:

This bunny tail was made with the Loopy Flower Dienamics.
So is this the last you'll see of the bunnies??? That remains to be seen...

I almost forgot! The bunnies will be hopping along to the following challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers: Easter
Hooked on Craft: Easter
Make it Monday: Anything Goes
My Craft Spot: Easter
Paper Sundaes: Easter
Basic Grey Challenges: Easter
Craft Your Days Away: Easter
Mark's Finest Papers: Square card

Thanks so much for peeking today!
Gotta Go!

The 411

Stamps: One sweet chick- MFT

Paper: Aqua Mist, White, Kraft- PTI, Picadilly BasicGrey

Ink: Creamy Brown

Accessories: Rolled Rose, Regal Rose Dienamics-MFT, Picot Edge Circles- SB, Circle, Oval Nesties, felt, Viva Decor Pens, Piercer, White gel pen, Woodgrain Texture Plate- PTI