4/23/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend celebrating Easter with your family.  The past couple of days have been tough, hence why I have not posted in a while.  But, I am back.

Today I want to share one of the cards we made in my April Card Classes.

The card base is made from Cool Pool Cardstock with a layer of pattern paper I bought from Hobby Lobby.  I then stamped the sentiment from the Peony Blooms Stamp set, stamped with River Stone ink on Whip Cream Cardstock.  I then backed it with a piece of Cool Pool Cardstock.
Before I attached the sentiment, I die cut the Blooming Clusters from Sweet Pear Cardstock and attached it to the card.  I then adhered the sentiment to the card.

A simple card, but one that is very lovely.

All supplies, except the pattern paper, is from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

4/17/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

Easter is this week and I have my banner I created with Doodlebug Designs paper and embellishments.
Here is a close up look at the individual eggs.

I cut the eggs and the letters with my Cricut.   I used some of the icons from the paper line as my end cap pieces. 
I then added some paper flowers I had in my collection.
To finish the banner, I tied the pieces together with a light blue tulle.

4/15/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I have another card and last one to share with you that have summer fruits on them. Today it is a mixture of oranges and lemons.

The base of the card is Whip Cream Cardstock.  I then stamped the lemon and oranges slices from the stamp set Make Lemonade with Black Licorice ink on Orange Creamcicle and Lemon Drop Cardstock.  I die cut the pieces out and then added them to the card.   I then wrapped and tied a bow with Lemon Grass Thread. 
To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment from the set Inside Out with Black Licorice ink.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

4/13/19

Thank you for joining us for  

the Rain Rain Go Away BLOG HOP

This is a blog hop featuring projects with rain, clouds, umbrellas, or rainbows!



You should have arrived from Holli's blog, if not,

Connie Can Crop , is the beginning of this interactive hop! 

This is a one day blog hop, but you have until Sunday at 10pm to finish hopping and leaving your love for all of these talented crafters.

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AND

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is giving away this gorgeous Easter kit by Simple Stories

AND

Crazy About Cards

is giving away this awesome package containing a wreath kit, a stamp set, 2 rolls of twine, and 2 rolls of washi tape

 AND

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is donating an awesome envelope punch board, stickers, and a pen.

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You will have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments on every blog to be eligible to win. 

Winners will be announced on Wednesday 4/17/19 at Connie Can Crop.

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Now on to the card I created for today:


I have been loving make shaker cards this month and today I have another one, but with a twist.  I made it into a double shaker card.

  
The card base is created with Whip Cream Cardstock and a piece of Create and Bloom Pattern Paper.  I then cut a square (the same size as the cloud icon inside) out of the front panel of the card.  I then built the shaker open from the back of the front panel.  
If you have never made a shaker card before it is very fun.   

The standard layers of a shaker card are:
1. cardstock
2.acetate
3. Foam squares or strips are easier
4. Add your "sprinkles"
5. Another piece of Cardstock.  In the case of this card, I used another piece of acetate.

When finished, I had something that looked like this:

I then added the square icon from Doodlebug inside the card.

 

To finish the card, I added the sentiment on the front stamped with Black Licorice on Pool Play cardstock.

I hope you will try this type of card soon.

Be sure to hop over to Shannon's Blog.

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Connie

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Rebecca B.

EK

Nikki 

Holli

Kim

Shannon 

Jearise

Cindy

 Alicia

Veronica

Liz

Sarah 

Julia

Tristan

Sue K.

Miranda 

Rebecca Ann

Charlotte

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4/11/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I want to share another fruit card with you.

The card base is made from Whip Cream Cardstock and then a layer of Lemon Drop Cardstock.  I stamped some lemon slices from the Make Lemonade Stamp set with Lemon Drop ink onto the Lemon Drop Cardstock.
I then layered a piece of Whip Cream Cardstock that I cut into a banner and threaded a piece of Black Licorice Gingham Ribbon through the top.  I adhered this to the card using foam squares.
I then stamped the lemon and the lemon slice on Lemon Drop, Limeade Splash and Whip Cream Cardstock with Black Licorice ink and fussy cut them out and paper pieced them together.  I added them to  my card using foam squares.
I stamped the sentiment from Embroidered Greetings in Black Licorice Ink on the card front.
To finish the card, I added a strip of Black Licorice Sparkle Tape and a strip of Lemon Drop Sparkle Tape along the bottom.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More- ATG
Crafty Creations Challenges- ATG
Creative Moments- ATG

4/9/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today, I have another fruit card to share.  Today the card is about lemons.

The card base is Whip Cream Cardstock that I stamped with the slice stamp from the Make Lemonade stamp set with Lemon Drop ink, randomly on the left side of the card, across the bottom.  I then stumped the lemon slices with Black Licorice ink on Lemon Drop Cardstock.  I fussy cut these pieces out and added them to the card.

I then die cut the Hexagon Strip from Limeade Splash Cardstock and backed it with a piece of Lemon Drop Cardstock.  I tied a bow with Whip Cream Thread around the piece and adhered this to the right front.

I finished the card by stamping the Sentiment from the Inside Out stamp set with Limeade Splash ink.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin Challenges- ATG

Through the Craft Door- ATG

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge- ATG

4/7/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

Spring is here and one thing I love about spring is all the fruit that we can eat during the season.

This week I am going to share a few cards I made to celebrate all the fruit that is coming into season.

The card basse is Tangerine Fusion Cardstock.  I then stamped the layer with the Make Lemonade Stamp set and Tangerine Fusion ink.  I then stamped the sentiment from the Embroidered Greetings stamp set with Black Licorice ink.  I then placed a strip of Black Licorice Sparkle Washi Tape.  Lastly, I wrapped a piece of Journey Twine Licorice Twist Thread.
I then stamped the orange pieces on a scrap of Tangerine Fusion with Black Licorice ink from the same set.  I fussy cut these piece out and placed them on the card with foam squares.
To finish the card I added a layer of Journey Glaze to the orange slices.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Pink Gem Challenge- ATG
Catch the Bug Blog- ATG
Di's Digi Designs Challenge- Add or Show Texture