Isn’t it Punny?

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Now, I don’t know about you, but I LOVE puns! And CTMH has come out with a FANTASTIC set of punny stamps! They generally do pretty good with them, but this one, is so much ‘riskier’ than they normally do, and I LOVE it! (Did I mention that I love it yet?) And it’s pretty fantastic that I can show them off AND play in this week’s H2H challenge!

I used the Seas the Day Cardmaking workhop, which means that the stamp set also has dies! AND, to make it even better, it’s beach themed! Now, how could you go wrong with this? I don’t even know! These cards are adorable, the puns are funny, and I can see so many cards being made with this set! (Not just the ones in the workshop!)

I didn’t even do much changing on these cards!

I only added a bit of shading behind a few of the images, to help them pop!

There are some fun, older techniques on these cards, that I forget to use, all the time!

I didn’t even change much on the cutting! Only a smidge to help conserve paper, because I want to make more cards!

And check this out! This is the first of the White Daisy that they want you to cut the die cuts from. It is the exact same size as they have (this is not an adjusted cut) If you count all of the things needed (12 shells, 8 anchors, 4 hearts, 4 crabs, and 4 whales) you can see that I am only short by 4 shells! So, you can either cut into the 2nd sheet of white daisy that they include, or you can find a piece of white daisy from your stash that is large enough to cut 4 shells from!

I am going to do a youtube live on putting these together on Thursday, 3/19! It would be fantastic if you joined me on the video! I know you will LOVE having this workshop! You can find my YouTube channel here.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Make sure you go and see what the other ladies have made for the Punny challenge over at H2H, and you can play along too! The challenges are always open until the end of the month!

CTMH Items used:
Seas the Day Cardmaking workshop
Smoothie Ink
Sapphire Ink
Mink Ink
Mint Ink
Liquid Glass
Mini Glue Dots
Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors
Paper Trimmer

It’s a beautiful day for a card!

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Welcome back to our normally schedule blog posting! Danielle and I have been getting back on track, and you should be seeing the fun and fantastic artwork that we come up with! I know it’s really fun for us to do for you! I have been slacking a bit on the videos, but I know that Danielle has been doing awesome, and I will be upping my game, I promise!

Today we have this Dahlia fun fold card for you. The original poster has a video on how to put it together. I know Danielle has one as well. I have photos and words… so, between the three of us, you should be golden!

I struggled at first as to how to finish this card, because this flower is so large! However, I think I came up with a fantastic solution! This card turned out so very pretty! Let’s walk through the steps, shall we? Let’s start with a photo:

I used the 2nd largest stitched circle thin cuts. You will have to put space between your petals with this size, however the next sizes up (both in stitched and basic) are too large for this. You could cut these circles on your cricut and not have a problem!

I cut 8 circles in the B&T paper and 1 circle in the white daisy. (This could be done in any scrap paper, and you may want to use a smaller size) This paper is from the These are my People special that is available until April 30th!

You can see the different steps in the photo above. First you fold in half. Then you fold in half again, so you have quarters. Then you fold a small pinched oval up from the rounded edge (from fold line to fold line), and you do it again on the other side. Then you open your circle up, keeping the pinched ovals folded. Then you fold the straight folded edge (of your pinched oval) to the back side, lined up with the center fold line. Then you repeat on the other side.

You will do each of these steps for all 8 of your B&T paper pieces. Then you will line them up and glue them to the white daisy circle.

It sounds complicated, however it really isn’t, I promise!

Once you get your flower done, it’s time to dress up the rest of your card! I used more stamps on this card than I normally do, but they all fit so well together!

So, what did I use? Well, I used the paint swoosh from the These are my people stamp set, the you make me happy from the Operation Smile set, and the inside sentiment comes from the Sentiments & Stitches set.

The paint swooshes are stamped in canary ink and all of the sentiments are in sapphire.

You can also see little arrows in the background, those are also from the These are my people stamp set. I wanted to give a little extra to the background, and this is how I did it! I added some vellum above it to help soften it a bit more. Then I finished it off with a few of the white acrylic hearts. Isn’t it adorable?

I really like how this card turned out! I would LOVE to see your creation with this dahlia fold! I hope you make it and share! Now, make sure to hop over to Danielle’s blog and see her card (which is also super cute!)

CTMH Items used:
These are my people workshop
White Daisy Cardstock
Card Base & Envelope
Carolina Cardstock (from the workshop)
Vellum
Canary Ink
Sapphire Ink
Stitched Rectangles Thin Cuts
Stitched Circles Thin Cuts
Liquid glass
You Make Me Happy Stamp Set
Sentiments & Stitches Stamp Set
Micro Glue Dots
White Acrylic Hearts (from workshop)
Non Stick Micro Tip Scissors
Paper Trimmer

Fun Desk Organizer

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Hey there, crafters! Danielle and I are at it again! Today we are making this super fun desktop caddy for all sorts of things! First taught by Sam of Pootles Paper Craft (I do so love her videos!), it looked like fun! The directions are easy to follow! The only change I would make is that any of the measurements that are 1/4, change to 1/2. Her’s are 1/4 because that is the size of the cardstock that she has. So, here in the US, you could change that to 1/2 and have a smidge more space for your glue.

I went with black cardstock, because I knew that it would pop any color off it. I decided to pair the new Mix In papers with it, because they are so springy!

This thing fits so much stuff! And you can re-arrange the boxes inside (a bit, at least!)! Here you can see them all split apart. So you could grab one that has the items that you need, if you need to move to a different area!

You should totally go and check out Danielle’s creation (it’s so bright and springy!) and then go watch Sam’s video on how to put it together!

Mini Layout ~ Our Story

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Welcome back to Mini Wednesdays! Danielle and I both had life ‘get in the way’, I’m sure you can understand, we don’t always get to do all the things we want to do! Today we have an easy layout sketch for you, and it’s so versatile!

Super simple, right? The sizes may not be perfectly aligned in the sketch, but it is simple enough! We have a 4×6 photo in the center, matted, and the 6×8 page, matted. Everything else is just ‘extra’! This could be the perfect cover/title page for a book, or even works well paired with another page (which is what Danielle did!)

I stuck with the sketch pretty closely! Now, I may (and probably will) add a 4×6 flip flap to the page when I get it into a page protector. Then I can add another 2 photos and not take up another whole page.

I used two different stamp sets here, and they work so wonderfully together! I just *LOVE* that little clip! The clip and the sentiment on the right (in the next photo) are from the Yesterday & Today cardmaking workshop! SO STINKIN’ CUTE! The “Telling our story” comes from the New Beginnings stamp and die set. Both of those sets have thin cuts with them, so no fussy cutting that silly little adorable clip!

Now, this little sentiment is in the cardmaking workshop as well, but it works perfectly for this page, because I am going to use it to scrap the trip that I surprised my hubby with to New York a few years ago. I don’t know what photo I will use for the front just yet, but it will include him, at least! (since it was HIS birthday!) I stamped it on the middle sized bracket from the Stitched Bracket thin cut set.

The fun blue paper comes from the current Mix In paper packet. It is the perfect “Giants blue”, which is why I went with the candy apple red for the sentiment. I used a tiny bit of thin foam tape under the clip to add a bit of dimension.

I hope you like my page! And I hope you play along! I know that Danielle and I would love to see what you do! So, hop on over to Danielle’s blog and see her project, and then play along with us!

Don’t you love pockets?

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I know I love pockets, and it stresses me out when I don’t have pockets! (one of my new pairs of jeans don’t have front pockets! WHAT??) Anyway, Danielle found a super cute little pocket box that someone created with dies. We don’t have those dies, so she asked me to create a cricut file for it. So, I did! You can find that file here.

This cute little pocket box/bag thing is adorable! (Even if I do say so myself!) I decided to fit a set of 4 little cards in it! These cards are 3×4 and the envelopes are just slightly larger.

I left the front of the pocket box blank, so it could be reused after the cards are gone (if wanted). The cards themselves are all the same, with the exception of the paper on the front. I used the 2nd largest circle die cut for the vellum, and the banner from the Spruced Up Cardmaking Workshop kit. (I am LOVING all of the uses I have found for these stamps and dies!) I made sure to put a panel of white on the inside of the cards (not photographed), so that a special pen wouldn’t be needed for the notes. The “Way to Go” comes from the Say it in Style stamp set, and I slightly curved the sentiment to fit on the wavy banner.

These cards were SUPER fast to put together! The box is not quite perfect, but it’s close enough! 😉 If for some reason your machine doesn’t score well (like mine) The plain strip is scored in half, length wise. And the piece with the triangles cut out, if you just line up the points of the triangle, and score, you will be good! (You can score between the triangles, however, it will naturally fold at that point. Just make sure to do that before you start gluing things together!

I hope you like this fun project! I would love to see your little pocket box! Now, if you haven’t already been, hop over to Danielle’s blog and see her little pocket box!

Bright Mini Wednesday

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Welcome back to another Mini Wednesday! Today Danielle and I have this fun page that we used for our inspiration that we found on instagram!

I have done a few torn pages in the past, like this one, but I don’t tend to do it, but I do LOVE the look when I see it on other pages. I thought it would be fun to do with this one, because it’s different, and if you play along, it’s not quite as intimidating, because it’s just a 6 x 8 page!

This page actually came together really quickly! I used papers from the Celebrate Today and Mix Ins paper packs. I cut the top piece to 3 inches and the bottom piece to 2 inches, and tore one edge off each. The grey pieces were just 2 inches each and torn. The photo spot is perfect for a 3 x 4 photo (and I can even add a flip flap when I put it into a page protector, if I wanted more photos or even to add some journaling!)

To create my photo cluster, I cut a piece of white daisy cardstock to be 4 x 4, tore some scrap pieces of paper, and adhered them down! So simple! Since there is so much white daisy in the tearing of the papers and the papers themselves, I used French Vanilla as my base page, to help the colors pop just a bit more!

I finished off the page with some Silver Loose Sequins, and I think that made the yellow pop even more! I LOVE how it turned out! Oh, and check out this quick bit to see the iridescence of the stars and sequins in this pack! I forgot to add my mink twine to the tag! I will have to go back and add that in! Oops!!

Hopefully you like my page! I would LOVE to know what you think, please leave me a comment to let me know! Then hop on over to Danielle’s blog to see her fantastic page!

It’s time to smile

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It’s time for another card from both Danielle and I! Today’s theme is the February SOTM. This stamp set has a bouquet of flowers, some script and some typewriter type sentiments on it. This set is perfect for cards for some ladies in your life! (add an alphabet stamp set, and it would be perfect for ANYONE in your life!)

I found a beautiful card that I wanted to create with this set. The Spruced Up paper pack has a fantastic paper that is a wood grain paper, so I grabbed my lagoon reinker and the medium flat waterbrush along with the All Purpose Mat, and colored the wood grain paper! It turned out great!! Exactly as I wanted it!

I used some of the mink cardstock from the coordinating cardstock pack for the front of the card. I stamped the bouquet with archival black ink three separate times (well, 5, counting the two little bits in the corners). I did some stamp surgery to be able to stamp the “smile” sentiment without the top part. I used a little bit of the wood grain that was the original color as one of the banners. Add a bit of the white and gold ribbon, and this card is finished!

I am in LOVE with how it turned out! I would love to know what you think! After you leave a comment, head over to see what beauty Danielle has for you!

Have you seen a unicorn?

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Its another 3-D Friday! Danielle and I are at it again! We thought it would be fun to use the file that Close to my Heart made for everyone, FREE! Just click here and you will be able to download the file and cut for yourself! It is designed to be an extra large decoration for your wall, so its a very large file!

We wanted to show that you can use the file for other things, too!

I decided to make a small bag. The bag itself is 5×8, so perfect for a party favor, or maybe you have a small gift for a friend!

Now, I did “cheat” a bit when putting this together. The video on the CTMH post shows how to put it together, and because of how small my pieces were, I wasn’t able to do it the same.

I think it went together really well! What do you think? You HAVE to go and check out her project! (I totally should have done that one!! Lol!!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Beautiful, easy Watercoloring!

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Hey there, Crafty Friends!

Danielle and I are back with another fun project! Today’s project is a card, but not just any card! Today we are using this card as our inspiration. We wanted to be inspired by the design, the water coloring, and the vellum!

Originally I was going to do a BUNCH of different cards to show off different water color techniques, but I left most of the products for those other techniques at home! ACK! So, I went with the “easy” option! Also called faux watercoloring! To do this, you use your ink pad, a slick surface (I used the All Purpose mat), a brush (I used the medium flat waterbrush, and some water.

Now, the papers on the left side of my cards are both retired. I used a zip strip from Craft On, on the pink card, and the cardboard piece of B&T from Hawthorne on the brown card. My ink colors today were raspberry and toffee.

Ideally you would do this on watercolor paper, however, I also didn’t have any of that with me! (Yes, I forgot a whole bag of items when I left for my crop!) So, I just used some white daisy cardstock. While it did warp some, it didn’t warp too much!) I used the Shaker window and confetti thin cuts to die cut my circle from vellum paper. Then I used two different (retired) embossing folders to emboss the circles. I created two (actually four, but I only used two) versions of “thanks” and cut them with my cricut machine. I used a bit of gold embellishing thread and gold glitter paper on the pink card, to help it pop some more. I added a few black dots from the Black & White dots. and decided I needed a bit more black. So, I grabbed the black watercolor pencil, scribbled a bit on a scrap of paper, added a bit of water with the small round water brush, and smacked it on my scissors to get some splashes of color on the rest of the card front.

I think they look pretty fantastic, even if they don’t look like the one that inspired us! I would love to see the cards you make! So, make some, snap a photo, and share with Danielle and I!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Make sure to hop over to Danielle’s blog to see her card too!

3-D Project Friday | Mini Pizza Box

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It’s 3-D Friday! Danielle & I love having all these little projects for you! Today we have a little mini box for you! You can use it for treats or cards or even jewelry!

We used this pin for inspo.

Now, I went a bit differently on the box, so my measurements do not match the ones given in the inspo post, however, I do give my measurements in the video itself.

It was fun to make these little cards to go into the box. I had a specific person in mind for these (and I won’t say just yet, as I know she hasn’t gotten them yet!). I know that she will enjoy giving them to her co-workers on random just because reasons.