Happy Birthday

Hello - Today's card followed this week's Mojo Monday's Sketch 345 and I paired that up with Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Die Crazy.  This was an easy one, except when it was time to adhere the doilies and used some tacky adhesive, and that didn't go well!!  I had to re-do the purple doily and flip the cardstock!!  Oh well, just a little hick up.  I got these adorable Delicate Doilies free with my $60 (and then some) order a while back :)  They are for sale now at My Favorite Things.  I kept it pretty simple, only adding the Mister Huehy's Shine spray mist to the Sahara Sand paper for a little bling.

Stamps:  SU Made For You
Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black
Paper:  SU Sahara Sand, Wisteria Wonder, Pink (not sure which one), Rose Red cs and Specialty Sweet Shop DSP
Accessories:  MFT Delicate Doilies, Fishtail Flag Stax and Layers, Studio Calico Mr. Huey's Shine spray mist, SU Envelope Punch Board


 

Hello

I have a confession to make. I have this issue, mostly when using my Stampin Up and CTMH stamps, to only want to use other products from the same company when creating a project. I'm not sure why, and I'm really trying to break away from this 'issue'!!  Sometimes I like to make a card with products exclusive to one company, but other times not so much. And it's always the SU and CTMH stamps that I hesitate to mingle with my other products. For instance using a SU stamp and a My Favorite Things die would bother me but not so much when the stamp is Paper Smooches. Weird I know, lol. But I'm working through it. I am so not OCD but this does seem like it a bit. 

This tag was good therapy for my 'issue'. The stamped Hello is from an exclusive stamp set from Scrapbook and Card's Crop and Create Delivered Spring Kit. I didn't use it with the kit :). The chickenwire background image is from The Crafter's Workshop.  The tag die is MFT. The bling is Hero Arts that I've had forever. The eyelet and twine are SU. The inks are SU and Tim Holtz. The button, crocheted flower, linen thread and ribbon are actually items I received from a blog giveaway by Danielle Lounds aka Fat Cat Stamper. You can find her blog on my side bar. And yes, the tag was inspired by her as well. I've received a couple of her tag sets through her giveaways and they're fabulous!!  I'm always inspired by her work. 

It's been ages since I've used my Tim Holtz distress inks. So glad I did. And I'm happy that I combined so many different products for the tag. So many more possibilities :). I can't wait to get some more stencils and some embossing paste. 

Stamps:  SCT exclusive Spring Kit stamp

Paper:  MME 

Ink:  SU Early Expresso, Tim Holtz Straw distress inks

Accessories:  MFT Tag die; Hero Arts gems; The Crafter's Workshop Chickenwire stencil; Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher; SU Jumbo eyelet and Early Espresso twine; crochet flower, button, linen thread and ribbon from stash (Danielle Lounds)

Easter Treats

Happy Easter!  Had to share these adorable treat bags I made for my neighbor's granddaughters.  Everything used was Stampin Up except for the tags, those are my new My Favourite Things Traditional Tag and Pierced Tag Stax dies, LOVE them.  You can see the piercing in the close ups.  I had so much fun making these.  It was my first time using the Designer Frames embossing folder too.  I added some Wink of Stella around the embossed frame for a touch of bling, girls gotta have bling. The sentiment was actually punched out using the Word Window punch, but I didn't like the rounded ends, so I made them into flagged ends instead.

And of course my daughter asked me to make a card for her boyfriend, so I cased this, you can find the original here, Bada-Bing!  Paper-Crafting! - another one who always inspires me.  We thought the colours were good for a boy card.

Smooches

Yippee!!!  My Paper Smooches haul arrived this week!!!!!  My daughter had her wisdom teeth out yesterday so I made this 'adorable' card for her!!!!  A close up of the kitty shows a little sparkle on the stripes and eyebrows :)

It's the first time using my MFT fresh cut grass die too :)

Stamps:  Paper Smooches Chubby Chums and Sentiment Sampler (inside)
Paper:  Cosmo Cricket Togetherness, PTI Stampers Select
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, copics
Accessories:  Paper Smooches Chums Die, MFT Frest Cut Grass Die, Spica Clear Glitter Pen