Bluebonnet Hello

Oh, hi! Bluebonnets pop up all over the place in Spring and they are so pretty! When I found this Bluebonnet stamp and die set from Pajama Crafter Stamps, I simply had to have it! Read on for more details about the card and a little bit of other stuff.

I stamped the bluebonnets onto X-Press It cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored with my Copics and then I used the coordinating die to cut it out. I stamped a white panel using the Messy Mesh background stamp from Whimsy Stamps and Catherine Pooler Tranquil ink. Then I used the Nested A2 Arches dies from Scrapbook.com to cut out the center of the messy mesh background panel. 

I used liquid glue to adhere the bluebonnets inside the arch and used foam strips all over the back of the die cut panel and bluebonnets and adhered it to a piece of light purple-ish blue cardstock and adhered that to a darker purple-ish blue panel. I used the Hello die from the Hello Elongated Frame Die Set by This Calls for Confetti and cut it once from the darker purple-ish blue cardstock and twice from white cardstock. I layered the white "Hello" and then offset it a tiny bit and adhered it to the darker purple-ish blue "Hello." I adhered that to the front panel and then adhered the panel to a white card. Viola! All done.

Now . . .for the other "stuff." When I was giving my blog a bit of a facelift, I decided to remove all the ads. Personally, it always bothered me to have them on here. So, no more ads. I also think it keeps the blog nice and clean. The other thing I decided to do was reformat my "Favorite Places" list by just using bullet points with links. Again, I think it keeps the blog nice and clean. Which brings me to the next thing . . . the list of "Favorite Places" does link to each of those stores, however, none of the links is an affiliate link. My hope is that I inspire you to create something. My goal is to continue to support the smaller stores and I hope you do, too.

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Supplies used:

Bluebonnets Stamp & Die Bundle

Messy Mesh Background Stamp

Hello Elongated Frame Die Set

Nested A2 Arches Die Set

Catherine Pooler Tranquil Ink

Copics used:

Bluebonnets - B66, B63, YG01

Stems - YG17, YG03

Bees - Y15, B60

Behind stamped image (so it wasn't so bright white) - YG11, B60

Wish Big Little Monster!

Oh, hi!  This monster birthday card was very much inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest created by a member of the Whimsy Stamps Design Team. I especially loved how she used the slimline die.

I started out by ink blending my background and then die cut it using the Slimline Stardust die by Whimsy Stamps. Some of the little stars stayed in place and I liked how that looked, so I left them. Next I colored up the cute little monsters from the Monster Birthday stamp set and I used the coordinating dies to cut out the monsters.

For the words, I used the Wish die from My Favorite Things and the Bold ABC die set from Whimsy Stamps. I cut each of them 3 times; once from X-Press It cardstock, which I colored with Copics, and twice from 100# cardstock to add a little bit of sturdiness.

Next, I adhered the background to my card base and then used foam tape to adhere all the elements. Viola! All done.

Supplies used:

• Tuxedo Black Memento ink
• Lime Rickey, Something Borrowed, and Tiara Catherine Pooler inks
• Slimline Stardust die by Whimsy Stamps
• Monster Birthday stamps and dies by Whimsy Stamps
• Bold ABC dies by Whimsy Stamps
• Wish die by My Favorite Things

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Everyone Loves a Parade!

Oh hi! How are you? It's been a while, I know.  And it's not because I haven't been stamping. . . I just haven't been posting. But, I decided that it might be time to resurrect this little blog of mine and I thought a card featuring the super cute stamp set Yankee Doodle Day by Pajama Crafters Stamps would be a good start.

I stamped all the critters and colored them up with my Copics and then cut them out. Yes. By hand. I had an idea for the background, but I didn't want to color all those images and then mess up the background and have to start all over. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

Anywho. . . .after I colored up and cut out the images, I worked on the background. My cardstock of choice for Copics is X-Press It, especially when creating backgrounds like this. I just find the markers blend much better (as long as they are nice and full of ink).

Once the background was done, I adhered those cute little critters to the background panel and then adhered that to my card base. Viola! All done!

Supplies used:

• Yankee Doodle Day Stamp Set
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• X-Press It Cardstock (for coloring)
• 100# white cardstock for card base

Markers used:

• Raccoon - W0, W2, E42, C7, N6, N4, R20
• Log - E89, E87, E84
• Deer - E37, E35, E41, E40, R20, E49
• Hedgehog - E77, E74, W3, E53, E21, E51
• Eagle - E89, E87, E84, E81, E40, Y26, Y15
• Foxes - E09, YR24, YR23, E42, E41, E49
• Bear - E37, E35, E31, E30, E49
• Horns - Y26, Y21, Y15
• Red, White, & Blue: R29*, R27, R24, W1, W0, B37, B18, B24
• Background - YG17, YG25, YG03, YG01, BG96, E55, E35, E31, E44, B000, B00, B01, BG01 

*I used B34 to underpaint the areas where I wanted R29 to be darker.

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HapBee Day! Whimsy Stamps + This Calls for Confetti = CUTE cards!

Oh, hi! I've got a shaker card to share today featuring Whimsy Stamps & This Calls For Confetti. . . and there's a collaboration  hop going on over on Instagram, too!

Supplies used are linked in the video post. Compensated affiliate links may be used at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support!

You can see how this card came together and all the deets about the hop HERE.

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