Spring Showers

 Hi there! Today I’m up over on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog sharing an interactive card I created featuring the adorable new stamp set Spring Showers.

The Spring Showers stamp set is such a fun set with all of the cute characters, kites and umbrellas, I knew I wanted to create something with kites flying up in the air and with the Sliding Window dies I gave it a go.

To create my card, I started out by stamping my images from the Spring Showers stamp set and coloring them using Copic markers then die cutting them out using the Spring Showers dies. I also stamped the sun from the Sunny Sentiments stamp set, colored that and die cut it using the Sunny Sentiment dies. Once all of my images were colored and die cut, I started on making my sliding window. To put together the Sliding Window card, I followed these easy directions which you can find here or you can watch a video tutorial here. 

There are three pieces needed to create the Sliding Window card, a card base, a piece of card stock cut 4 7/8” x 3 1/4” and your top panel which is 5 1/2” x 4 1/4”. For my top panel, I used a piece of white card stock and a piece of rainbow striped paper from the Spring Fling paper pack and die cut them together using the Sliding Window main rectangle die and the tab die. After that I used my paper trimmer along the top of the flap of the striped paper to cut the center portion out so the white card stock underneath would show through. On that center white card stock and the 4 7/8” x 3 1/4” piece of white card stock I blended on some tumbled glass distress oxide ink. Next I cut thin strips of clear acetate and attached my kites, clouds and sun to the end of them, popping up the orange kite with foam tape. The ends of the clear acetate strips were then adhered to the bottom of the center ink blended piece on my top panel. After that I used the Sunny Sentiment grass die which I cut from green card stock for a grassy ground. I adhered the three children with foam tape and added some flowers and a butterfly. For kite string I used some black thread and attached just a sliver of a glue dot to the back of the children's hands and then onto the centers of the kites.

To finish my Sliding Window card, I blended on some mowed lawn distress oxide ink on the lower half of my card base and stamped some grass from the Spring Scenes stamp set, adhered my 4 7/8” x 3 1/4” pull panel and adhered my top panel with the striped rainbow paper and my images.

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Love Jar Kit Card Collection

 Hello there! Thanks for stopping by! Today I’m sharing a collection of cards that I created using the fun Love Jar Kit by Queen & Company. The Love Jar Kit comes with a large assortment of beautiful paper crafting supplies from the stamps, paper, foam cut outs, rhinestones, embellishments, shaker fillers and more. For all of my cards I used the pretty papers from the kit along with the mason jar shaker pieces (foam, acetate and backer piece) and dies and I used the flower stamps with the additional Love Jar Flowers & Stems dies.

 For each of my cards I created, I stamped my stems in simply chartreuse ink and my flowers in lovely lady, hibiscus burst, raspberry fizz and harvest gold inks then die cut them out. I used papers from the kit for my backgrounds and to die cut the mason jar, lid and scalloped piece for under the lid. I die cut three of the rectangle tags using the die from the kit and for each card I stamped a different sentiment. 

 For the shaker fillers inside each card, I used clear and pink  Pastel Diamond Toppings, some Mini Wood Hearts and some flowers which are all included in the Love Jar Kit.  I used some of the bakers twine in gray, pink and yellow to tie on each of the tags on my cards and adhered my flowers with foam tape. Other than making the actual shaker which is easy and fun to do, adding the embellishments on the flowers is really fun.

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Love in a Jar Shaker Card Kit

 Hello! The sun has decided to make an appearance today which makes me happy since we’ve been having so many rainy days and flooding in our area. I’ve been itching to get out into the garden and do more work. Today I’m sharing another shaker card that I’ve created using the fun Love Jar Kit by Queen & Company. Everything included in this kit is so pretty from the floral stamp set to the coordinating papers and of course the beautiful embellishments and toppings. My favorite part of creating cards using this kit is deciding on what fun toppings to add inside the shaker and it seems like once I start adding embellishments to the flower, the whole card comes alive.

 To create my shaker card, I started out by die cutting a bunch of the stems, flowers and leaves along with the tag using the Love Jar Flowers & Stems dies and then stamped the flowers in harvest gold, lovely lady, hibiscus burst and raspberry fizz ink then stamped the stems in limeade ice. I stamped the rectangle tag with one of the sentiments from the stamp set that comes with the kit and die cut the jar, lid to the jar and yellow scalloped piece for under the lid from papers from the kit. Next I adhered the papers that I chose from the kit to my card base. After that I assembled my shaker, I used my anti-static powder tool all inside the opening where my shaker bits would go and then added some of the clear and pink Pastel Diamonds Toppings, some of the sweet wooden hearts and three of the pink flowers from the kit. Once my shaker bits were added, I adhered the pre-cut acetate and die cut aqua paper to seal it up then added the lid and tied on my tag with the pink bakers twine from the kit. After that, I added my stems and adhered my shaker to my card front then adhered the flowers with foam tape. I used a mix of petite posies and rhinestones in pinks and yellows for the centers of my flowers.

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Love in a Jar

 Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Today I’ve got a fun shaker card that I’m sharing where I used some new (to me) products from Queen & Company.

 Usually shaker cards are a bit of a struggle for me with all the cutting of foam tape, acetate and having everything line up just right. Well after receiving the Love Jar Kit and some other supplies from Queen & Company, I can tell you it was so much easier to make a shaker card. Everything is pre-cut and ready to go which made it much more fun.

To create my card, I die cut a bunch of the stems, flowers and leaves along with the heart tag using the Love Jar Flowers & Stems dies and then stamped the flowers in a rainbow of colors and the stems in new leaf ink. I stamped the tag with the heart image from the kit in red ink and then stamped the for you sentiment. Next I used a piece of gray dot paper from the Love Jar Kit along with the mason jar lid die and die cut it out. After that, I used the Dots Paper Pad and die cut the mason jar, the red polka dot for under the lid, the yellow polka dot for my background and the red dotted paper for along the bottom of my card. Once all of my pieces were cut, it was time to assemble my shaker. I arranged my stems how I liked them onto the pre-cut white paper shaped as the mason jar and glued them down. Then I removed the backing to the pre-cut foam mason jar piece and adhered that on top of my stems. Next I used my anti-static powder tool all inside the opening where my shaker bits would go and then added some of the Love Jar Flower Toppings from the kit along with some clear Pastel Diamonds Toppings. Once my shaker bits were added, I adhered the pre-cut acetate and die cut aqua paper to seal it up. I wanted my stems to come out of the opening in the lid and not behind it so what I did was to use a piece of press n seal along the top of my stems coming out of my shaker and then cut the stems right at the top of the jar then adhered the lid to the jar, insert my stems through the hold in the lid and glue them from the back. Super easy and gave me the look I wanted. All that was left to do then was to tie on some yellow bakers twine from the kit and add my tag then adhere everything down, popping up my flowers with foam tape and added some fun yellow Goosebumps and some rhinestones from the kit.

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Waving Hello

Hello hello! Happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a good week. Today I’m sharing a mermaid Magic Picture Changer card that was so fun to create.

 To create my card, I used the Lawn Fawn stamp set Mermaid for You along with the new Magic Picture Changer dies. I started out by tracing the square openings of the magic picture changer dies onto white cardstock so that I would know where to stamp my images. For the first square, I stamped the mermaid sitting and then masked her off so that I could stamp the boulder and fish. I then masked off both the boulder and fish as well as the mermaid and used some salty ocean distress oxide ink and wave stencils to create a background for my mermaid. Once the stamping, masking and background were done, I colored my images using Copic markers and die cut it using the magic picture changer die. The second square opening (the one you see when you pull the tab) was created exactly the same way but I used different images from the set. 

 Once both of my magic picture changer pieces where die cut, I used the Magic Picture Changer Add-On die and die cut a piece of blue Really Rainbow Scallops paper. I used a white card base, then added a piece of pacific point cardstock which I die cut using the Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables die. Then I used two pieces of tempting turquoise cardstock and die cut them using the Stitched Wave Borders dies. On the die cut wave pieces, I blended on some salty ocean distress oxide ink along the edges. After that, I die cut a piece of kraft cardstock using the Stitched Hillside Borders die and blended on some vintage photo distress oxide ink for the sandy bottom of the ocean. For my sentiment I used the Wavy Sayings stamp set and stamped it onto a Simple Wavy Banners. For the fish and sea life, I used the stamp sets Fintastic Friends + dies and You Are Sublime + dies.