New Inspiration

Hello blogland. It has been 7 years since I have posted anything to my blog! I'm thankful it is still here :) A lot has changed in the world and in my life since then. I have been paper crafting off and on in those years, and still make videos, just haven't posted much on any social media accounts. I need to get my own creativity back as the projects of mine lately have been following someone else's idea. Now, there is nothing wrong with that, but I have lost my own touch. A good way for me to do that is to enter some challenges, as this blog is full of them! I have decided to enter the monthly challenge for Pinkfresh Studio which the theme is Summer Splash.

This is the card I created, and it uses Pinkfresh Studio's Painted Daisies stamp and layering stencil. Right now, I only have their purples inks in cubes, the greens and yellows are Distress Ink colors. I have ordered Pinkfresh peach colors of inks in the full-size ink pads and should be in this week! I did need some good peach colors, so will be excited to play with those.

The sentiment is from their Scripted Greetings die set and I used some black metallic paper for it. I did not add any other embellishments as I wanted to keep the focus on those pretty florals. Here is a photo inspiration they posted if anyone is interested in playing along.

Thank you so much for stopping by my much-neglected blog! :) Have a wonderful week!

Slim Jim Inspired Gift Box

I have not posted to my blog for a very long time! I have still been crafting all this time, a little sewing of handbags as well. I have made some videos too, but nothing that needed a post for measurements. This gift box I made was modeled after a Slim Jim box, and I thought it would make a perfect paper craft project. So here is the video, and below are the measurements and scoring.

Card Stock: 

9" x 8 1/4" score long side at 2", 5 7/8", 8" score short side at 2", 6 1/4" then go back and score at 1" down to first horizontal score line, then at 7 1/4" down to first horizontal score line

8" x 5 1/4" score long side at 2", 5 7/8", score short side at 1/2" on both edges

Designer Paper:

3 3/4"x 3 1/2"

3 3/4" x 1 3/4"

Diorama Card

I decided to make a Diorama card today using my newest May Spellbinders monthly club dies. This month has these word borders which have many great uses. I also used rectangle dies from C.C. Designs. The pretty papers are from Echo Park. Here is another view:



I probably won't be posting here on my blog much. I don't get many visitors or comments, and it takes time to do a good blog post, so I haven't had the ambition to do so. I do however get lots more attention from my Pinterest boards(link at sidebar), Instagram, and my Splitcoast Stampers board. So if you'd like to see what I've been making, check those links out.

Thank you for taking the time to visit, I hope to see you around my other pages!

Smiles All Around

I'm playing along with the Your Next Stamp challenge #87 following the sketch AND color theme this time:

The cute animal images are from the YNS Box Full of Cuteness set that I colored with Letraset markers and fussy cut out. The layout was easily made with YNS stitched circle dies and papers from Woodlands, Hugs & Kisses, and Just for Fun 6x6 paper pads. I stamped the card base with the YNS Mini Heart Ink Splatter before gluing anything down. It helped fill in some of the blank spaces. I glued the animals down at fun angles, then added a sentiment from the YNS Smiley Happy Critter Crew Set One. To finish it off, I added some YNS gumdrops in matching colors.

Very cute, and a perfect card to send for any reason. Thank you for visiting!

House Mouse

I recently bought my first House Mouse stamp, this one is called hopeful mouse. He's so very cute. I quickly colored him with Copic markers, and fussy cut him out. This image is very small, so I decided to pair him up with a large tulip from a piece of 12x12 paper from Echo Park Happy Summer collection. I fussy cut the flower out, added a small strip for grass, and the sun is a sticker from the same collection. I had a Stampendous 'hello' sentiment stamped out, but didn't like the look of it anywhere on the card front, so I just left it without one.

I am joining in the Anything Goes/optional let's eat theme at House-Mouse Challenge blog, that I found recently through Annie.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Coffee Rush

I have missed quite a few of the Your Next Stamp's challenges. But I am happy to have found some time to make a quick card. I'm following the sketch this time for challenge #86:

The sentiment just makes me laugh! It comes from the YNS set What Not Sentiments One. The little go cup is from the YNS Ellie Loves Lattes set that I quickly colored with Spectrum's and fussy cut out. All the patterned paper is from the YNS Crazy for Coffee pad. I also added some YNS gumdrops as accents.

A cute and fun card for any coffee drinker(like me!) Thanks so much for having a look!

Magical Birthday

I decided to color with my Copic markers to get me back in the mood for crafting. It has been a few months since I picked up a marker, and decided to use this cute image from C.C. Designs called Nymph Lucy. I bought her awhile back, and am just now inking her up.

She is stamped onto Bristol 300 Series paper and die cut with a C.C. Designs die. Everything on this card except the paper and ink are from there. I have lots of their stuff :) I kept a simple design and did add some Wink of Stella to her wings and flowers for a bit of sparkle.

I have found a new challenge blog through Aletha, called Papercraft Business. They are on their 5th challenge, which is an anything goes theme, with the option of Birthday. It is a month long challenge, but I happened to come across them yesterday :)

Thank you for visiting today!