St. Patrick's Day Card

We've got a DT Reveal up today at the Just Imagine Crafts Blog. The theme was all things green. Perfect for St. Patty's Day.

For this card I started with a green background and punched the edge using Kreaxions punch #920. Then I stamped the swirlys with Versamark ink and embossed them (for some reason they look black in the photo). I stamped and embossed the shamrocks with black ink and mounted them on gold and white paper and popped them up on the card. It seemed like too much green so I added the orange twine.

Please stop by our blog and check out all the other cards in our DT reveal.

Acetate Easter Card

Here's another Easter card for one of my granddaughters.

I have such a hard time making Easter cards for kids so I was very happy when I found these little felt chicks. The polka dot paper is really clear acetate with pink polka dots. I love how it looks on this card. The rest of the paper was from my scrap pile. Using the acetate makes it hard to photograph. No matter what I tried I got a reflection. Oh well!!!

Happy Scrapping!

Easter Card

I've got an Easter card up today on the Just Imagine Crafts blog. Isn't that little bunny so cute!

The doily was made using Kreaxions punch #920 with insert A and the star stencil. To punch the decorative corners I again used Kreaxions punch #920 with insert C.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Hello

I've got a Sunday Card sketch challenge up today at Turtle Soup. We're having a March Sketchathon this month so please stop by and check out all the awesome card and layout sketches.

Here's today's sketch

And here's my take on it

I really had fun with this. I spread a light coat of gesso on the background paper to lighten it up, then mixed texture paste with some orange gelato and used a stencil to apply it. After it dried, I sprayed some white color shine on to give it a bit of sparkle and then distressed the edges. Added some washi tape, twine and a hello sticker. 

So, if you like sketches please stop by Turtle Soup and play along!

Thank You Card

I've got a sketch challenge up today at Turtle Soup. We are having a sketchathon this month so stop by and check them out. Today's sketch is a card sketch. This is my take on it.

Here's the sketch

There are lots of great sketches for both layouts and cards in our month long sketchathon. If you like sketches be sure and check them out and play along with us. Hope to see you there!

Butterfly Hello

I've got a card up today on the Just Imagine Crafts blog.

I used Kreaxions punch # 920 with insert C to make the decorative corners. To make the doily I used the star stencil and Kreaxions punch #920 with insert A and then cut it in half. I then used the negative star pieces along the top and bottom. I stamped and embossed the sentiment and added the punched butterflies. All these papers came from an old Mariposa paper stack I've had for ages. I like it but always forget I have it. 

My last Valentine card!

Here's my last card for Valentine's Day this year. This was for my granddaughter.....we have called her a little monkey for many years. I'm sure she'll get a kick out of it. This is also for the DT Reveal over at the Just Imagine Crafts blog. The theme is all things love and red.

I used Kreaxions punch #917 to punch the hearts out along the side. I cut the tree with my Cricut and added leftover hearts, from the same punch used on another card, as leaves. I found the monkey stickers at Hobby Lobby. 

Hope you can stop by the blog and see all the other DT's cards. 

You & Me

I've got a challenge up at the Turtle Soup February Mini Crop today. I'm looking for layouts with photos of kids and layers of long strips of paper.

This layout is done with all scraps. Since most of my scrappy stuff is in storage I have been able to use up a lot of my scraps. I love it when that happens!

Please stop by and check out our mini crop. Lots of fun challenges going on and of course there is a random prize drawing. The crop runs from today through Sun, Feb. 28th. Hope to see you there!

Hippo Birdie!

Here's a birthday card I made for a couple of challenges. It fits a crash your stash challenge at Turtle Soup and an online crop challenge at Scrapbook Generation where you had use a funny sentiment.

I've had these stamps for quite a while and thought they would be perfect for the Scrapbook Generation challenge.

Say it with Flowers

Here's a birthday card I made for the Just Imagine Crafts blog. I'm slowly but surely learning how to use the Kreaxions punches for more intricate designs.

I started with some water color paper, added some gelatos and used water to blend them. I then used the Kreaxions circle cutter to cut my circle and used template B to mark my punching lines. I punched along the marked lines with Kreaxions punch #920 to make the doily. I adhered the doily to the water color paper and backed it with purple cardstock and added it to my card base. Added a few raised stickers, stamped and embossed the sentiment.