May Your Day Be Like A Fairytale

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Slimline Pop-up card with you all.

I have been playing recently with some of the amazing papers from Whimsy Stamps. For my card today I decided to use one of the papers from the Enchanted Kingdom Slimline Paper Pad. 

To decorate my background I used stamps from MFT Stamps Magical Friends and Magical Dragons stamp sets.

I used an older fairy tale sentiment from CC Designs which I added to a speech bubble from Whimsy Stamps Comic Speech Bubbles die set.

For the inside of my card I used Pinkfresh Studio's Cloud Border Stencil to add clouds to the background of a teal cardstock which I sponged using white ink.

Along the bottom of the card I added two rows of clouds using the cloud border from Honey Bee Stamps Horizon Borders die set. I added a birthday sentiment to the bottom right hand corner of the card.

I used Karen Burniston's Katherine Label Pop-up die set to add the pop-up mechanism to the top of the card. I added some clouds and the flying dragon to the pop-up. 

Unicorns & Rainbows

Hi everyone,

My Grandson loves My Little Pony, so when I saw that Kraftin' Kimme Stamps were releasing this cute Unicorns & Rainbows stamp set which looked similar to the My Little Ponies I had to order the set .... I know he will be excited when he sees I have stamps of them! 

And of course I had to play with them  right away!

I decided to create another Twist Circle Pop Up Card using the new Twisted Circle Pop Up die set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs which is being released this month. 

I used white card for the card base and then used my Copic markers and Copic airbrush to apply color to the card, I also added Copic Blender Solution over the inked card to get a mottled effect.

Along the base of my card I used the cloud from Susan's Garden Clouds & Grass Die set. I also added Joset Designs Rainbow from the Rainbow Sky die set on the left hand side of my card.

I added one of the sentiments from the Unicorns & Rainbows stamp set and added four of the unicorns. The Unicorn on the rainbow is attached using a mini action wobble from Art Impressions to add extra movement.

For the front of my card I replicated the inside of the card using the left over rainbow which I added to the right hand side of the card.

I also added another of the sentiments from the stamp set.

Here is a photo of my card when it is half open so you can see how the Twist Circle works, the circle twists from the upright position and faces right.

Stamps: Unicorns & Rainbows - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Paper: White; Lavender

Dies: Twist Circle Pop Up; Labels & Circles - designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs; Rainbow Sky; Clouds & Grass - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other: Black Ink; Candied Apple Distress Ink; Carved Pumpkin Distress Ink; Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink; Twisted Citron Distress Ink; Salty Ocean Distress Ink; Dusty Concord Distress Ink; Wilted Violet Distress Ink; Spun Sugar Distress Ink; Mini Action Wobble; Foam Tape; Copic Blender Solution; Copic Air  Brush; Copics

Magical Birthday

Hi everyone,

Today I finally got to play with a stamp I purchased back in March that I just had to have .... Penny Black's ... a wizard. Being a Harry Potter fan I just had to get this as it would make a great birthday card.

I also used the Couture Creations Figure 8 Knot die on the left side of the card.

Keeping with the wizard/magical theme of this card I added the "poof" stamp from the Stampers Anonymous Crazy Thoughts stamp set.

Stamps: A Wizard - Penny Black; Crazy Thoughts - Stampers Anonymous; Magical Birthday - Stampa Rosa; Gift Card Greetings 2 - MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Red; Blue

Dies: Figure 8 Knot - Couture Creations

Other: Black Ink; Blue Ink; Copics

Magical Day

Hi everyone,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Our challenge hostess for the month Anne Harmon continues to issue the challenges.

Spring brings lots of changes to our landscapes.  Make a scenic card, and be sure to add some RED! 

I received this fun Mushroom Home Stamp/Die set recently from my friend Maryann which I have been wanting to play with since my birthday but haven't had the opportunity. So I decided to make this work for our challenge this week.

As you can see I have created a pop-up card using the Lots of Pops Pop Up Card die set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I used cloud and grass designer paper to set my scene and then added the various elements to my card.

The elves used on this card are ones I have had for years from Art Impressions, it was fun pulling them out and I used my Scan N Cut to cut out each image ... I am loving not having to cut out these images :). I also used the Scan N cut to cut all the elements on the mushroom house so I could have them in white rather than the kraft color I used for my mushroom.

Here is another view of my card taken at a different angle so you can see the pop up part of the card a little easier.

The sun is from the Oval Pull Card die set.

For the front of my card I have created another scene similar to the one on the inside but with different elves.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Anne Harmon
Joanne Grzelak
Liz Williams
Lois Bak
Lynn McAuley
Maryann Einam
Vicky Gould

Stamps: Mushroom Home - Stampendous; Magical Castle - Hero Arts

Paper: White; Tan; Red; Yellow; Blue Sky DP - Echo Park; Green Grass DP - Doodlebug Design Inc.

Dies: Lots of Pops Pop Up Card; Rectangle Pull Card - designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs; Stitched Ovals - Elizabeth Craft Designs; Fence; Circle Stax - MFT Stamps

Other: Black Ink; Frayed Burlap Distress Ink; Foam Tape; Copics

Fairy Special!

It’s day 3 of the Paper Pretties sneak peeks in readiness for the release of the new Paper Pretties stamps which are to be released this coming Wednesday 14th September.

Today the Paper Pretties Design Team are featuring the Fairy Special stamp set. This is such a delightful stamp set which consists of 3 adorable animal fairies and a 5 sentiments to go with them.

As I had to make a circle card last week for a challenge, I decided to create another one while I had my gypsy out and my Cricut machine. I then decorated it using this adorable elephant fairy!

Here is the inside of my card, I stamped the sentiment in the centre of the designer paper.

• Join us for our release Blog Hop this Wednesday 12 AM EST 14th September, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.
• New Release Stamps available in the Paper Pretties Boutique from Wednesday 12 AM EST 14th September.
• Don’t forget to check out the Paper Pretties Blog to see who else is previewing the new stamps today.

Stamps: Fairy Special -  Paper Pretties

Paper: White; Grey; Lost & Found DP – My Mind’s Eye

Other: Black Ink; Cricut; Wild Card Cartridge; MFT Die-namics Open Scallop Border; Ribbon; Button; Twine; Foam Tape; Copics

Fairy Merry Christmas!

Hi all!

I have another Paper Pretties sneak peek for you today. These stamps will be released by Paper Pretties this coming Friday 15th October.

This time round I used the new Christmas Fairy stamp set … is she just adorable!!!!! The purples match a lot better in real life then they do on the photo.

And here is the inside of my card, using one of the sentiments included in the set. I just love this sentiment, it is so perfect for this image.

Join us for our release Blog Hop this Friday 5AM EST 15th October, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.

New Release Stamps available in the Paper Pretties Boutique from 7AM EST Friday 15th October.

Don’t forget to check out the Paper Pretties Blog to see who else is previewing the new stamps today.

Stamps: Holiday Fairy Meg – Paper Pretties

Paper: White; Lavender; Purple; Mitten Weather DP – Cosmo Cricket

Other: Black Ink; Oval Nestabilities; Oval Punches; Glitter Glue; MS Icicle Border Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

For Someone Special!

Hi everyone,

It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge over on the Paper Pretties Blog.

This week the challenge is to use either glitter dots, rhinestones or pearls on our card.

For my card today I used Garden Fairy Katie … isn’t she just adorable!!!!!!! I decided to use some glitter dots on my card today … which are available from the Paper Pretties Boutique. I also added some tiny pink rhinestones to the dots on the Fairy’s wings.

For the inside of my card I added one of the sentiments from the set and also partially stamped the fairy in the lower right hand corner.

Want to play along with us:

How to Enter: If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword PWC119.

Don’t forget to include link to your card on the Paper Pretties Blog, so everyone can see it too. You don’t have to use Paper Pretties stamps to play, but of course if you have them we would love to see you use them. One random participant will receive a Paper Pretties Stamps set … seeing the Paper Pretties Blog for more details.

Stamps: Garden Fairy Katie – Paper Pretties

Paper: White; Purple; Lilac; Pixie-licious DP – Cosmo Cricket; DP – Basic Grey

Other: Black Ink; Long Rectangle Nestabilities; Glitter Dots; Pink Rhinestones; Grosgrain Ribbon; Button; Divine Twine; Oval Punches; Foam Tape; Copics

Back To School!

Hi everyone,

It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge over on the Paper Pretties Blog.

This week we are to use “Back To School” as the inspiration for our cards/project.

Paper Pretties does has two fun school themed sets in the Boutique … Back to School Sophia and Look Out World Cooper. As much as I love these two sets … I wanted to play with the new release stamps which I hadn’t used as yet and one of them was this cute Dragon from the Imagine set …. all I had to do was figure out how I could make a dragon relate to back to school LOL.

Now I guess if you were Harry Potter this wouldn’t be much of a problem LOL … cause dragons would fit in … and after some thought I decided that I would create some bookplates which could be placed on or inside books. Here’s what I came up with.

First up I measured the size of the nestabilities die which I would be using and then create a box about that size in my Photoshop program. and then I typed in the text…. This book belongs to I printed these out on a piece of card and then die cut the shape and finally stamped on my image.

Here are the bookplates all packaged up ready to give away.

Want to play along with us:

How to Enter: If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword PWC116.

Don’t forget to include link to your card on the Paper Pretties Blog, so everyone can see it too. You don’t have to use Paper Pretties stamps to play, but of course if you have them we would love to see you use them. One random participant will receive a Paper Pretties Stamps set … seeing the Paper Pretties Blog for more details.

Stamps: Imagine – Paper Pretties

Paper: White; Purple

Other: Black Ink; Labels Nestabilities; Copics

Footprints27

Hi everyone!

Happy Monday …. it is time for another challenge with my CCEE Stamper friends. This week we have another CNFS (Catchy Name Featured Stamper) challenge. This is when we pick someone over on SCS who has a catchy user name and create our cards around that name.

This month Dawn our challenge hostess selected the name “Footprints27” …. her instructions to us were that we had to create a card that have footprints on it …. doesn’t matter what kind as long as they were footprints!

When I read this challenge I had two stamps in mind … I ended up going with this wizard and footprint inkpad to create my card. I really dug into the archives of my stamp collection to create my card today hehe! I stamped the wizard and ink pad onto my card and then masked them so I could create my floor and wall. The wall was stamped first and then I used my copic airbrush system to apply my color over the bricks.

Don’t forget to check out the rest of our cards over on our CCEE Stampers blog which goes live at 12.00 AM.

Recipe:

Stamps: Wizard & Ink Pad – Visual Image Printery; Brick Wall – Imaginations

Paper: White; Black; Juna Purple; Elegant Eggplant

Other: Black Ink; Label; Grosgrain Ribbon

Knightrone!

Happy Monday everyone!

Once upon a time there were a group of 8 stampers who called themselves the CCEE Stampers ...... hehehehehe ..... I just had to do that!

Well as you know Monday's mean challenge time with my other CCEE Stamper friends and this week we have another CNFS (Catchy Name Featured Stamper) challenge ... this is one of my favorite challenges that we do each month as someone selects the name of somebody over on SCS who has a Catchy User name. We then create our cards around their name and send them the card. This month it is my turn to pick someone. Can you guess who it is hehe!

Yeap you guessed right! It is Knightrone aka Jessie Rone. For this challenge the instructions were that we must use something to do with KNIGHT's not nights on our card.

For my card I actually CASED a card I created a number of years back for a friend. The inspiration for that card came from something I saw in a Stampers Sampler mag and I knew as soon as I saw it that I had to figure out how to make something similar. This isn't a card I would want to make too often as it has numerous complicated cuts & folds in it, but I did enjoy doing this one for Jessie.

This time round I did update my card a little by using a different Knight & Princess ... these are one of the Doodle Factory stamps by Starving Artistamps.


Don't forget to visit our CCEE Stampers blog to see what the other girls came up with this week. You can also see the details on how you can play in this challenge if you wish.

Recipe:
Stamps: Doodle Factory Fantasy Set - Starving Artistamps; Bricks - Stamp It (Aust); Ivy - Lucy's Stamps; Font - Karen Foster Snap Stamps
Paper: White; Purple
Other: Black Ink; Slate Adirondack Ink; Foam Tape; Copics

A Fairytale Ending!

Once upon a time in a land far far away ..........

My card today is for today's sketch challenge over on SCS. I used the Elzybells Fairytale stamps to create my card .... I just think these are adorable!!!

I used the script cuttlebug embossing folder to create the texture on my blue base panel. The sentiment is one from "A Fairy Tale Ending" set also from Elzybells, I stamped it so that it was in two lines rather than one and then used my circle nestabilities to cut out my circles. I didn't have the color ribbon I wanted so I used white grosgrain ribbon and colored it with my alcohol markers.


Recipe:
Stamps: Knight & Princess; Sentiment - Elzybells
Paper: White; Soft Sky, Blue Bayou & DP - SU
Other: Black Ink; Soft Sky SU Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Script Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Grosgrain Ribbon; Blue Brads; Foam Tape; Copics

Fairy Tale Princess Shadow Box

Here is another shadow box I created recently using the Doodle Factory Fantasy stamps by Starving Artistamps.

Sorry about the blank panel where the sentiment should go, but I just received a stamp set from one of the DT's that I belong to that I just HAD to use on this card because it works soooooo perfectly with this theme ... unfortunately it isn't due for release until July so I can't post it on my blog just yet. I didn't want to wait 2 months to share this card with you as probably by then I would have forgotten I hadn't posted it.

Recipe:
Stamps: Doodle Factory Fantasy - Starving Artistamps
Paper: White: Pomegranate - SU; DP - DCWV
Other: Black Ink; Pomegranate SU Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Pink Brads; Corner Rounder; Score It Board; Spica Pens; Foam Tape

Once Upon A Time!

Yesterday I posted a card that I did for a challenge with my fab/sassy friends, the challenge was to create a card fit for a Princess. Last week I discovered a set called Doodle Factory - Fantasy available from Starving Artistamps which I thought would be perfect for this challenge .... as I had been looking at some of these stamps for a while and kept putting off purchasing them, I finally bite the bullet and ordered a couple of sheets. I had hoped that the stamps would arrive before I had to make my card for yesterdays challenge .... but on Tuesday when they hadn't arrived yet I went with plan B ... which until I had seen these other stamps had actually been plan A anyway.

Of course these stamps turned up yesterday after I had already uploaded my card. Of course I had to play with this new set and I decided to also do Julee's Mojo Monday Sketch which you can find at Poetic Artistry's blog.

I used my long rectangle nestabilities to create the scallop layer of the main image. The sentiment was created using my Karen Foster Snap stamps. I stamped the castle on my white card and the princess on a piece of scrap white, cut out the princess and layered her on my castle piece using foam tape. The Pink areas of the castle & the lavender areas of the dress were both colored over with my clear spica pen to add a touch of sparkle. I also added 2 purple gems to the princess' dress.

Recipe:
Stamps: Princess & Castle from Doodle Factory Fantasy - Starving Artistamps; Karen Foster Snap Stamps; Cloud - Mostly Animals
Paper: White; Elegant Eggplant & Pale Plum - SU; DP - Papertrey Ink
Other: Black Ink; Celeste Blue Impress Ink; Elegant Eggplant Grosgrain Ribbon; Purple Brads; Long Rectangle Nestabilities; Clear Spica Marker; Purple Gems; Foam Tape