Flower Shaker

Hello Stamping Friends!

Happy Thursday!

I have a fun card to share with you using products from Brass & Bliss Craft Co.!

When I first seen the '5907-04D Spring Flower w/Outline Die' I knew I just had to create a shaker card with it!!

I just love how it turned out!!

I love the large added butterfly as well!

Brass and Bliss Products Used:

5907-04D Spring Flower w/Outline Die

38001-01 Comfort & Thanks

5908D Flag Banner Dies

5709-02D Monarch Butterfly Die

Details on how I created this card can be found here!

Have a lovely day!

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D2BA New Release

Hello Stamping Friends!!

I have a cute card and layout to share using NEW products from Dare 2B Artzy!!

Check out my beautiful card:

I am so in love with how this card turned out!!

So many pretty details!

So pretty!!

D2BA Products Used:

Little Wonders

Little Wonders Die Set

Horizontal Center Step Card

Spread Your Wings Paper

Nectar-Kissed Paper

Sweet As Honey Paper

Let Hope Bloom Paper

Feelin' Groovy Enamel Dots

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Here is the pretty layout I created:

I love how it turned out!  It's been awhile since I created a layout, so it felt so good to create one!!

The Nature's Whimzy Collection is so beautiful!!

D2BA Products Used:

Rectangle Framelit Die

Double Dot Circle Framelit Die

Friends Double Layered Word Die

Sweet As Honey Die

Let Hope Bloom Die

Little Wonders

Little Wonders Die

Little Wonders Paper

Nectar-Kissed Paper

Sweet As Honey Paper

Let Hope Bloom Paper

Feelin' Groovy Enamel Dots

Check out all D2BA's products here!

Have a beautiful day! 

Birthday Butterflies

Hello Sweet Stamping Friends!

I have a birthday to share with you today using products from My Creative Time!

A simple but pretty female birthday card:

I wanted to feature some of the new layers in the 3.75 x 4.75 Card Die Add-ons die set!  I just LOVE this new set!!

The floral oval frame is so pretty!!

All MCT Products Used:

Everyday Word Dies

Butterfly Dies Plate

3.75 x 4.75 Card Dies

3.75 x 4.75 Card Die Add-ons

Spring 2024 6 x 8 1/2 Paper Pad

Spring Solids 2024 6 x 8 1/2 Paper Pad

Use code KENDRA for 10% off your order in the MCT Shoppe!!

Have a lovely day!

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DD Jan Blessings Box

Hello Stamping Friends!

I'm sharing projects today using products from Divinity Designs January Blessings Box!!

I just love this Blessings Box!

Pretty paper, beautiful stamp set and awesome dies!!

The box has two beautiful layering butterfly die sets!!  I just LOVE them!!

This card features the Butterfly Layering Combo 3!  

I just love the font used in the Beautiful Day stamp set!

Divinity Designs Products Used:

Stamp Set: Beautiful Day
Paper: Watercolor Wildflowers A2 Card Fronts
Custom Dies: Butterfly Layering Combo 3, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer, Scalloped Rectangles, Pierced Rectangles, Pierced Circles
Other: Bearly Art Glue, Foam Mounting Tape, Crystal Rhinestones 

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Here is another one featuring the Butterfly Layering Combo 3:

The first card features the larger butterfly in the set and this card features the smaller one!  I love that this die set has two different sized butterflies!  

Isn't the Watercolor Wildflowers A2 Card Fronts beautiful? I sure think so!!  I love the colors in the paper!!

Divinity Designs Products Used:

Stamp Set: Beautiful Day
Paper: Watercolor Wildflowers A2 Card Fronts
Custom Dies: Butterfly Layering Combo 3, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer, Scalloped Rectangles, Pierced Rectangles, Rectangles
Other: Bearly Art Glue, Foam Mounting Tape, Crystal Rhinestones 

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Lastly, this card features the other pretty butterfly die set, Butterfly Layering Combo 2:

So pretty!

Divinity Designs Products Used:

Stamp Set: Beautiful Day
Paper: Watercolor Wildflowers A2 Card Fronts
Custom Dies: Butterfly Layering Combo 2, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer, Rectangles, Pierced Rectangles, Ornamental Oval Set
Other: Bearly Art Glue, Crystal Rhinestones 

Have a lovely day!

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MCT Mini Release

Hello Sweet Stamping Friends!

Welcome to My Creative Time's May Mini Release!!

MCT is releasing 2 dies today!

They are called Tall Bubble Cover Die and Cute Bubble Cover Die!!

You should have arrived here from Jessica's Blog, if not be sure to start on the MCT Blog, so you don't miss any of the fun!!

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I am featuring the NEW Cute Bubble Cover Die:

I love this new die!!  I had fun piecing some of the little circles in the bigger circles, thought it added a nice touch!  At first I was going to do the circles a different color, but I didn't want to take away from the butterfly!

The lovely butterfly and sentiment is from the Amazing Things stamp and die set!!

All MCT Products Used:

Cute Bubble Cover Die

Amazing Things

Cute Card Dies

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This sale will end on Sunday, May 23, 2021 @midnight PST.

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Your next stop in the hop is the talented Miss Ruthie's Blog!!

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Make sure you head on over to My Creative Time Blog to see 
all kinds of wonderful inspiration from the DT!

Have a lovely day!

Butterfly Birthday

Hello Sweet Crafty Friends!

I have a fun  card to share today using Lisa Horton Crafts products!

I absolutely LOVE the new In the Loop and Butterfly Flourish stamp sets from Lisa!!

I used a piece of pattern paper from the Capri paper pad!  I just love these gorgeous papers!!!

The large circle cluster was then stamped on the left side of my card base from the In the Loop stamp set.

The 'Happy Birthday' sentiment is also from the In the Loop stamp set and was stamped on another piece of pattern paper from the Capri paper pad!

I stamped the small and medium butterflies from Butterfly Flourish stamp set on different pieces of Capri paper as well.  I then fussy cut them out and added to my card base!

I finished the card off by adding some random gems!

Have a lovely day!  

Butterfly Hello

Hello Sweet Crafty Friends!

I am so excited to share my first project with you today using Lisa Horton Crafts products!

Tomorrow is the day!! Lisa will be on Create & Craft TV at 1pm UTC sharing her new products!!  They are sooooo amazing!!

I'm a huge sucker for butterflies, so I am very excited about the new EDGEcuts Collection Butterfly Flourish!!

I used the largest butterfly shawox from the set to die cut the window for this shaker card:

I then used the middle sized butterfly die to die cut from a piece of vellum.  I added to the center of the die cut shadow.  I really love the look!!  

I added some new pearls to the butterfly!!

I used the new Mermaid Tails: Lilac Set for the lovely glitter inside my shaker card!  I love the new Mermaid Tails!!!  Yummy!!

The designer paper used is from the new Capri paper set!

The stamped 'Hello' is part of thew new In The Loop stamp set!

Along with all the fun new products, I am also super excited about some fun new stencils coming soon!!!

I was going to get out some paste and created a fun background, but decided I wanted to keep it elegant and not take away from the butterfly, so I thought it would be fun to use the stencil to emboss my paper. These stencils are so thick and create an embossed background so beautifully!!

Here is a look at how to use the stencils to create an embossed background:

I used a Big Shot, so this may slightly be different between machines, I'm not sure.  But don't be afraid to experiment and have fun!!  That is exactly what I did!

Open the main plate to TAB 1 and place in your Big Shot, add a cutting pad, your stencil and then paper:

Then add your crease pad and another cutting pad:

Run it through your Big Shot!  
Use those muscles!! 

So easy and fun!!!

*Note I've learned from another crafter that if you lightly spritz the cardstock with water before running your sandwich through the Big Shot creates deeper embossing.  I did not do this with this piece, as I mentioned before these new stencils are made with really nice thick material and I didn't think I would need to spritz the cardstock. 

Here is a look at the cardstock:

How fun is that?!

So nice to have multiple uses for your supplies!  This new stencil I used is called Pennies in a Line!!

Have a lovely day!  

Be sure to tune into Create & Craft TV tomorrow for a look at all the NEW products!!!

Sweet Packages

Hello Stamping Friends!

Time for a new challenge at Your Next Stamp!!

Click here to find the current challenge!

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The theme this time around is...
Anything But a Card

What a fun theme!!  I just love creating fun packages!!

Today I decided to create some fun treat toppers to add to some candy packages that are filled with some gummy butterflies!

I used the awesome Treat Topper Die Set to create the toppers!  The sentiments are from the Cool Tag Banner Sentiments stamp set!

Yummy!!

YNS Products Used:

Cool Tag Banner Sentiments

Treat Topper Die Set

Stitched Butterfly Die

Black Olive Ink

Summer Plaid 6x6 Paper Pad

Gumdrops

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Be sure to check out all of the lovely products at Your Next Stamp!!
You'll love them!!

Have a lovely day!

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Hello Friend with IBS

Hello Stamping Friends!

Today I am on the Inspired By Stamping Blog!!

I decided to finally try a fun background technique I have been wanting to do for a long time now!  You know how it is...there is NEVER enough time in the day to do everything you want to do!

So I finally decided to take some time to give it a try and I am so happy I did, I love how this card turned out!!

I started by grabbing a few supplies:

I started by grabbing my Distress Inks I wanted to use, in this case; Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet and Dusty Concord! 

I grabbed a Round Blending Tool for each color.  And began to have some fun!!

I pressed the tool onto my ink pad lightly and then pressed it onto my white cardstock!  I repeated this step a few times!

It started to look something like this...

 How fun!  Just think of all the fun possibilities!!!

I continued with my other colors as well until I was satisfied with my background...

I then grabbed the Butterflies stamp set and inked the pretty butterflies with my StazOn Opaque White Ink and randomly stamped them on the background I created...

Above is a look at one of the stamped butterflies!  Continue reading to see my finished card!!

Here is a look at my finished card:

I absolutely LOVE how it turned out!!

I used the Fresh Bouquet stamp set for the lovely 'Hello' sentiment and the Big Wonderful stamp set for the 'friend' sentiment!

I finished off the card by adding some lovely IBS Flowers and some silver rhinestones!!

Joanna has been lovely enough to offer one of my followers a $20 Gift Certificate to the store!!  Be sure to find me on Instagram here, for details and the giveaway!!

Be sure to check out all of Inspired By Stamping's products!

* Can't be combined with any other coupons or used on sale/clearance items.

Happy Shopping!!! 

Have a lovely day!

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YNS June Feature Day

Hello Stamping Friends!

It's Feature Day at Your Next Stamp!!

Feature Day Theme Is....
 2 or More YNS Stamp Sets

Not a problem!!  So many of the YNS stamp sets go together so well!  It's easy to combine them together!!!

I used some of my distress inks to create a fun background and then used the Butterfly Ink Splatter to add butterflies all over my background using both Lovely Lilac Ink and Purple Passion Ink!

I stamped the 'Make Today' from the Whatnot Sentiments Set Nine stamp set on my background.  And stamped the 'Fabulous' from the Whatnot Sentiments Set Ten stamp set in white ink on a piece of pink cardstock!  I then used the coordinating Whatnot Sentiments Set Ten Die Set to die cut the sentiment out! (LOVE that you can do this!!)

Such a fun Just Because card!!

Be sure to check out the other DT projects on the YNS Blog and leave a comment for your chance at winning a stamp set of your choice!!

Be sure to check out all of the lovely products at Your Next Stamp!!
You'll love them!!

Have a lovely day!

Butterfly Box

Hello Stamping Friends!

I am on the Your Next Stamp Blog today sharing a tutorial using the awesome Butterfly Gift Box Die!!

I absolutely LOVE creating 3D projects, they make such special gifts!  And are so fun to fill with special little treasures!! 

I am going to share with you today, how to create these cute little boxes!

Grab a few supplies:

Butterfly Gift Box Die

Die Cutting Machine

Paper (Hugs and Kisses)

Stamps (Garden Phoebe for sentiment)

Ink (Cherry Blossom and Black Olive)

I decided to use a piece of pattern paper to create my box, which is from the Hugs and Kisses paper pad.  Grab two pieces of paper and ran them each through a die cut machine using the box die. 

Fold on appropriate scored lines!

It should look something like this:

Now begin assembling the box!  But before I started, I decided to ink the edges with Cherry Blossom ink first!

Attach the two die-cut box pieces together, by adding adhesive to the pattern side of the end tabs.

I circled the flap in the photo above to show where the tape goes, as it may be hard to tell in the photo.  Each end tab needs adhesive added to it to put the box together.

Then connect one adhesive tab to the other die cut piece, to look like this...

Then fold around the box and add the other flap to the inside, to complete the box...

Now to enclose the bottom!!  

For the bottom, add adhesive to the pattern side of two of the flaps across from each other and then to the non-pattern side of the opposite two!

As the photo shows, the adhesive pattern side is down already and the box is in a square shape.  Adhere them  to each other where they overlap and then fold the other two down.  

Set the box on your table and reach inside to push the flaps together more, if you like.

Oh so fun!!

Now to die cut the butterfly!!!  Like the other box I created previously, I decided to grab some glittery paper!!  As I love glitter!!

Die cut each butterfly piece once!

Use your scissors to slightly cut the slit open on each butterfly.

Add glue to the glittery side (the pretty side) of the rounded part of the die-cut butterfly. Adhere it to the inside of the box flap, lining it up so the slit is just above the top of the flap.

Do the same to the second wing, attaching it to the flap across from the flap the first butterfly is adhered to.

Hold the box so the front is facing you.   Then carefully run the back and front flaps (the ones without butterflies) in your fingers to give them a slight rounded bend, being careful not to crease the paper.

Then fold in the rounded back flap first, then the front.

 

Piece together the butterfly flaps, by bringing the left wing/flap above the right wing/flap and sliding the two slits into each other.

The finished top:

So fun!  So glittery!!  I love it!!

The box is perfect just the way it is, but if you'd like, you can add embellishments, images and/or sentiments to it!

Which is what I did!  I ended up die-cutting the banner from the Cool Tag Two Patterns Die Set!  I then stamped the 'you make me smile' sentiment from the Garden Phoebe stamp set in the center!

 I added a Gumdrop on each side of the sentiment!!

A cute package, sure to put a smile on someone's face!

I hope I have inspired you to create some of your own Butterfly Boxes!!  They are so easy to create with this die!!!

Have a lovely day!