Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Vintage / Shabby Easter Cards

Hello friends~ Just thought I'd share a couple of cards I made for Easter.  

I pulled out all the supplies for these cards except for stamps.  There is no stamping on these cards. 

I bought a sweet set of 6x8 Mintay Papers called Spring Is Here.  It is filled with soft colors and patterns that play really well together.  

There are a few cut apart pages included in the pad with the most adorable spring images.  I had to fussy cut the images and if you know me, you know I hate fussy cutting.  Thankfully they weren't too difficult to fussy cut.  I sponged some walnut stain DOX ink around the edges of both images. 

I mounted a floral frame using foam tape to add dimension and added some Prima Flowers and string bows to each of the cards. 

If you look closely, you'll see that I added a paper doily in the color Swimming Pool from Doodlebug and some tea stained cheese cloth behind each focal point.  

That added to the vintage / shabby look.

These cards are too bulky to be mailed but I think these kinds of cards are best when hand delivered anyway.   

Here's a list of products I used:


I'll be adding one of these cards to the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes
Cut It Up Challenge ~ Colors of Spring
Alphabet Challenge ~ Vintage / Retro
The Card Concept ~ Spring Has Sprung
I was inspired by the title "Spring Has Sprung".

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Monday, March 11, 2024

Happy Easter Bunny Duo ~ Poppystamps

Hello friends~ Hippity ~ Hoppity on over to the Poppystamps blog to take a look at this cute, clean-and-simple card I've made, featuring the Thoughtful Bunny Duo from Poppystamps.


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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

First Signs of Spring ~ Double D Challenges

Hello my friends.  It's the first Wednesday of the month so that means that Double D Challenges has started a new challenge.  This one is dear to my heart as I look eagerly for the "First Signs of Spring".  

I haven't used the Hourglass Frame Die from The Greetery in quite some time.  I think it was due for some love.  I cut two frame layers, one from white cardstock and one from this pretty glittery cardstock.  I glued them together to give the hourglass frame a bit of depth.

The darling bunny from the Springtime stamp set is just what this hourglass needed to help me pass the time crafting, while I wait for spring to arrive.

I think this umbrella looks like it's twice his size, but he seems to be managing it well.  I added some clear embossing powder to the umbrella for added interest.

I popped the hourglass onto the softest piece of pink gingham printed paper.  
Where are you spring???  I'm counting down the minutes until you arrive!

Please do hop on over to Double D Challenges for a look at what my talented team mates have been up to.

Here's the inspiration board to help jumpstart your creativity.

Here's the prize that you could win when you play along.

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Easter Whimsy

Hippity hoppity, Easter is on its way!  I've been finding so many fun things in my craft room since I've started cleaning it.  I really should do it more often, but cleaning takes away from my creative time.  

Truth be told, I start to clean and then I find some marvelous treasure and I sit down and start making.  Such is the life for a creative, I guess.  I surrender!


I found these darling leftover snippets from a 12 Kits of Occasion from so long ago and set them on my desk.  I happily discovered that the colors matched the colors on this vintage lamb I had printed and cut a while ago.  

A match made in heaven!

Bring on card #2!  More of those snippets, hard at work.  


And the inside greeting for both cards:


Our temps have dipped back down so I guess I'm stuck inside.  I wonder what treasures I'll unearth today??

While I'm at it, I'll be entering one of these cards into the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes
Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Anything Goes

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Cheeky Monkey!

Hello friends!  I was playing around cleaning in my craft room one day and found this unopened packet of a-dorable die cuts from Pretty Little Studio and just had to make a card. 

Is this not the cutest little cheeky monkey you've ever seen? This card gave me the opportunity to find printed papers in my scrap box to use up.  I found this scrap of polka dotted paper that almost matched his little cap perfectly!

I've mounted this little guy onto a fun stitched Plaid Tag from Impression Obsession, from my days with DRU.  I don't know if it's still available, but it's a favorite of mine.  

I colored a piece of white seam binding and once dried, tied it up into a crinkly bow. I do love it when a card just falls together so easily.

I'll be entering this card into The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge, using polka dots and also Word Art Wednesday, where anything goes.  
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I just discovered that Cut It Up Challenge is also dots & or stripes, so I'm entering this card into that challenge as well.  

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