Happy Easter

April 12, 2020
SSS-CZ Clean Lines Faith, CZ Inlaid Crosses

Hi there & Happy Easter to everyone! Popping in quick to share this simple card featuring the CZ Clean Lines Faith stamp set along with the CZ Inlaid Crosses die set.

SSS-CZ Clean Lines Faith, CZ Inlaid Crosses

I adhered the skinny strips of solid colored cardstock and then die cut the cross into the panel. I embossed the sentiments from the CZ Clean Lines Faith stamp set and popped them up in the center.

SSS-CZ Clean Lines Faith, CZ Inlaid Crosses

My daughters helped me make an Easter brunch today. It was really good, but we are missing grandma and my oldest daughter. Holidays certainly feel different during the quarantine, don’t they?

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Sending you hugs today and remember…God love you and so do I:) Thanks so much for stopping by!

Pinkfresh Studio’s 6th Anniversary

April 7, 2020

Hi there! Today I’m joining Pinkfresh Studio for their 6th Anniversary Instagram Blog Hop! Pinkfresh, Altenew & Waffle Flower all celebrated 6 years this month! Time flies when you’re stamping rainbows and eating french fries, doesn’t it?

Pinkfresh Studio-Layered Bouquet, Slim Braided Circles, Classic Word dies

My project features the Slim Braided Circles die. I blended some gorgeous Pinkfesh inks behind for the color. I also flicked some of the ink by smooshing it onto an acrylic block and flicking it on the blended background with a wet brush. I used the Layered Bouquet stamp set for the blooms & the Classic Words dies for the sentiment.

Pinkfresh Studio-Layered Bouquet, Slim Braided Circles, Classic Word dies

This is an Instagram Hop, but I thought I would post it here as well to give more information about the products that I used. The giveaway below is for Instagram only, so you must enter there to win:)

PRIZES
-(1) Grand Prize valued at $250 from the Pinkfresh Studio Instagram post
-(6) $60 gift card codes randomly selected from all the other Instagram stops

You have until Tuesday, April 14th to follow, heart & leave comments on all the Instagram posts.  We will pick & post/tag the winners in the Pinkfresh Studio Instagram post on Wednesday, April 15th.

Check out Pinkfresh Studio on Instagram to see the full hop list!
You can check out my post HERE!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Perfect Shapes Star

April 5, 2020

Hi there!! I’m back again to share a quick peek at a project that I have over on the Simon Says Stamp blog. I used the Perfect Shapes die set to create this colorful star. For the sentiment I used Just Because Word Mix 2. You can check out the video of this project HERE!

SSS-Basic Shapes, Just Because Word Mix 2

Also, I wanted to mention that am joining Jeff Lindberg and crafty friends for his Craft Cocktails-Brunch edition today at 2pm EDT. Come and hang out with us over on his YouTube channel HERE!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Waffle Flower Year 6 Blog Hop

April 5, 2020

Hi there! Today I’m excited to join Waffle Flower for their sixth year celebration!

Waffle Flower- Color Combos Die, Big Dots Sentiments

For my project I used the Color Combo Die and die cut a bunch of colorful little squares. I adhered them onto a panel in rainbow fashion. For the sentiment I used the Big Dots Sentiments set.

Waffle Flower- Color Combos Die, Big Dots Sentiments

Here’s a video to show you how I created my project.

Giveaways:
To celebrate its 6th Anniversary, Waffle Flower has been hosting lots of giveaways on its YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.

For today’s hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $100 gift certificates to THREE lucky winners. You can leave a comment on this blog and along the hop by 11:59pm EDT on April 8th, 2020 for your chances to win.

Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts in this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower Blog on 4/10/2020.

We are also hosting an Instagram Hop among all team members that will go live at 12:00 noon EDT today! Don’t forget to join us there!

All of our giveaways open to worldwide participants age 16 and above!

Specials:
We do not want to encourage impulsive purchases so we are not hosting a sale. Use what you have or join our giveaways here on the blog and on our YouTube, Instagram and Facebook! Stay calm and healthy!
From now till 11:59pm EDT on April 8th, all orders placed at waffleflower.com will receive a mysterious gift! It’s a brand new product that will be released on April 10th! Sneak Peeks starts tomorrow!

Blog Hop
Waffle Flower Blog (Nina)
Alix Davis
Arjita Sepaha Singh
Channin Pelletier 
Elyse Robinson 
Galina Filippenko 
Jeanne Jacana   
JJ Bolton 
Keeway Tsao 
Mindy Eggen 
Natalia Zubkova 
Rebecca Keppel 
Cathy Zielske 
Kathy Racoosin 
Kelly Latevola 
Laura Bassen 
Lydia Fiedler 

Altenew 6th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3 + Giveaway

April 4, 2020

Hi from Schwenningen, Germany! Today I’m excited to join Altenew for their 6th Anniversary Blog Hop.

Altenew-Line Art, Hope

I’ve created a very simple and colorful project featuring the Line Art stamp set.

Altenew-Line Art, Hope

I stamped one bloom repeatedly using Altenew inks and added a circle opening to frame the sentiment from the Hope stamp set.

Altenew-Line Art, Hope

Here’s a video to show how I made this card.

Prizes
Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 10 lucky winners. There are also 14 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

Be sure to leave comments by 4/12/2020 for a chance to win one of 37 prizes! Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/18/2020.

Blog Hop Order
Altenew Blog
Laura Bassen
Therese Calvird
LauraJane
Ellen Hutson LLC
Nathalie DeSousa
Seeka
Nenette S. Madero
Scrapbook & Cards Today
Sveta Fotinia
Ilda Dias
Craft Stash
Laurie Willison
Laura Volpes
Bumbleberry Papercrafts
Arjita Sepaha Singh
The Hedgehog Hollow
Jenny Colacicco

United We Craft Blog Party

April 4, 2020

Hi there! Today I’m excited to join many, many other talented card makers for the United we Craft Blog Party with Simon Says Stamp!

SSS-Stitching Panel die, Love & Valentines-Word Mix 2

I created another stitching card. This time with my favorite, beloved triangles. I used the Stitching Panel die by Simon Says Stamp and some yarn that I picked up at the drugstore. Of course, embroidery floss would work, too. I’m just having fun with the fuzzy texture of the yarn lately.

SSS-Stitching Panel die, Love & Valentines-Word Mix 2

For the sentiment I used the Love & Valentines Word Mix 2 stamp set. I mounted it on another vellum circle and popped it up onto the stitching panel.

SSS-Stitching Panel die, Love & Valentines-Word Mix 2

I attempted to get my family involved and catch the stitching on cards bug. My two daughters, Bailey & Emma, are always ready to try something crafty. The others, well, I tried, that’s all I can say:) I think the girls will want to try this again.

stitching together

Here’s a video to show you my attempt at getting the family crafty during this quarantine as well as how I created my card. Let me just say that my family is in rare form here. This is, what feels like, day 1,999 of being pent up in the house together, so we are loopy and sarcastic and please know that we do actually love each other…..I think:)

Make sure and check out the Simon Says Stamp blog to see a list of all the card makers joining the Blog Party! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Stitching Panel

March 31, 2020

Hi there! Today I have a fun card to share featuring the Stitching Panel die by Simon Says Stamp.

SSS-Stitching Panel, Just Because-Word Mix 2

I’ve had some pretty yarn sitting on my desk now, waiting to either be stitched on a card or made into pom poms. I haven’t really stitched on many cards, but I can see how it can easily become addicting. I have so many other patterns that I want to try. Pinterest has a plethora of stitching patterns and embroidery color inspiration.

SSS-Stitching Panel, Just Because-Word Mix 2

For the sentiment I used the Just Because Word Mix 2 stamp set. I used the Nested Circle dies to cut the sentiment as well as some vellum to mat the sentiment. The Stitching Panel die creates a rather large panel. I only used about half of it and carefully trimmed it smaller to be mounted on an Ivory card base. I highly recommend the Tool n’ One to help pop out the stitching holes.

SSS-Stitching Panel, Just Because-Word Mix 2

If you look closely you can see that I messed up a little bit on my pattern with a few of the white squares, but I probably shouldn’t point that out, right?:) By the way, I am very happy to report that my daughter’s chocolate chip cookies came out perfect. I kid you not, they looked like they were from a store. They are also long gone, but now I think she might have caught the baking bug. Is that good or bad? Oh boy! A moment on the lips, forever on the hips:) Thanks so much for stopping by!

Simple Masked Designs

March 29, 2020

Hi there! Today I’m sharing a few super simple graphic projects that use very limited supplies. You probably have everything you need to make these today!

SSS-Nested Circle Dies, Sentiment Strips-All Things Happy

I was inspired by some beautiful art that I’ve seen by Andy Westface and others on Pinterest HERE and HERE.

SSS-Nested Circle Dies, Sentiment Strips-All Things Happy

I created circle masks using the Nested Circle dies and blended the color using Altenew inks.

SSS-Nested Circle Dies, Sentiment Strips-All Things Happy

For the mountains I simply masked off the angles using post-it tape.

SSS-Nested Circle Dies, Sentiment Strips-All Things Happy

For the sentiments I trimmed some of the Sentiment Strips-All Things Happy.

SSS-Nested Circle Dies, Sentiment Strips-All Things Happy

For the card below I embossed a sentiment from the CZ Simple Sentiments No. 1 set.

SSS-Nested Circle Dies, Sentiment Strips-All Things Happy & Simple Sentiments No. 1

Here’s a video to show you how I created these cards.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alles Gute

March 27, 2020

Hi there! Today I’m sharing my first German card. The sentiment means “All the Best”…at least I think that’s what it means. I have been known to get these things wrong from time to time:)

Stamp Corner - Stempel Set - Ich flieg auf Dich

I used the Ich flieg auf Dich stamp set from the Stamp Corner shop. Ich flieg auf Dich translates, “I’m flying on you”…which doesn’t really make sense, but sometimes things don’t really translate well. There are three German sentiments in this set. The one that I used actually says, “Alles Gute Kommt von Oben, which means, “Everything good comes from above”. I love that phrase, but I shortened it to fit the composition better.

Stamp Corner - Stempel Set - Ich flieg auf Dich

For the image I masked off the bear to make it look like he’s hanging over the hot air balloon basket. I masked off the heart balloon as well to blend the color using Spun Sugar & Worn Lipstick. I colored the rest with Copics and fussy cut the whole thing to pop up onto the background. The pattern paper is by Pinkfresh Studio as well as the enamel dots.

Stamp Corner - Stempel Set - Ich flieg auf Dich

Hope everyone is staying safe & healthy during this crazy time. Are you getting much crafty time in? I am having a hard time focusing with everyone home and trying to get these kids to do their homework. We spend 90% of our time translating the directions from German. It is a struggle and makes me appreciate the teachers so very much. Luckily math is math no matter where you are. Reading, however, is another ballgame. I am amazed at how quick the kids are picking up the language, though. Tonight is pizza night so that’s all that matters. Wishing you a wonderful weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by!