Hello Bluebird Release Sneak Peek - Day 2

It’s Day 2 of the Hello Bluebird Sneak Peeks of the October release and I’m here today with a group of tags that I created featuring the adorable new Merry Makers stamp set and dies which will be available October 23rd at 7pm MST.

The new Merry Makers stamp set is perfect for creating either Christmas tags or adorable card scenes! To create my Christmas tags, I stamped all of the images from the set, die cut them and then colored them using copic markers. 

I used the Nesting Square dies and die cut white card stock squares as well as red, teal and green. Next I blended on some tumbled glass distress oxide ink along the tops of each white square, stamped my sentiments and then added white snowdrifts that I die cut using the new Snowy Countryside Square Scene die. I adhered my images using foam tape and added some snowflakes that I had die cut using the Frosty Flakes Dies.

I punched holes in the tops of each tag and threaded on some red and white bakers twine and added some glitter to all of the snowflakes and they were done.

Hello Bluebird Release Sneak Peek - Day 1

Hello, crafty friends! I’m excited and honored to be guest designing with Hello Bluebird again for their holiday release! This release is filled with adorable stamp sets and dies for fall, thanksgiving, Christmas and winter and I can’t for you to see it! The new release will be available over on the Hello Bluebird site on October 23rd at 7pm MST.

Today I’m sharing a card that features the new Autumn Days stamp set and dies. This is such a sweet fall set with not only two girl images but cute critters and elements to create a fun autumn scene.

To create my card I started out by stamping my images, then used the coordinating dies to die cut them out, then colored them using copic markers. Next I used the Nesting Deckle dies and die cut a piece of white card stock which I ink blended scattered straw, wild honey and vintage photo distress oxide ink on. Once that was done, I adhered my images and created my scene popping up the girl, chipmunk and squirrel with foam tape. I heat embossed my sentiment on black card stock using white embossing powder and added my sentiment below the images.

Print Shop: Daisy Days - CTD711

Hello! It’s Wednesday and time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we have the colors turquoise, yellow, brown and green to create with.

During the sale that The Greetery just recently, I purchased one of the sets that has been on my wish list the Print Shop: Daisy Days which comes with the stamp set and stencils and the dies which are sold separately. I love how you can use this stamp set and dies as a whole or how you can cut pieces of it apart to create something different.

The products I used to create my card: Print Shop:Daisy Days & dies, The Print Shop:Spring Mix (for my sentiment), taken with teal card stock with impression plate, vellum, white card stock, Love to Layer:Scalloped Circle dies, foam tape, brown and blue Stickles glitter.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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Apple-solutely Awesome

Hello and Happy Labor Day to those in the U.S! Today I’m popping in to share a card set and apple themed gift bags using the new Lawn Fawn Apple-solutely Awesome stamp set and dies.

I originally wanted to make tags to go with my gift bags but decided square cards would work. 

Supplies I used to create my cards: Apple-solutely Awesome stamp set and dies, Outside In Stitched Square dies, Copic markers, Cloudy Stencil and tumbled glass distress oxide ink, Everyday Sentiment Banners die, white gel pen and foam tape.

I put two gift bags together, one for my son’s doctor and another for his nurse. Having your son go through chemotherapy each week, you appreciate having good doctors and nurses to take care of your child. I wanted to give them each a little 

something. I used the square cards I created as a kind of gift tag by putting each card in a clear cellophane bag and punching a hole in the top and tying them to the gift bags with bakers twine.