Monday, March 18, 2024

Easter Treats


Two very kind and thoughtful friends sent me the products I'm using in today's post. Vicki of Stamped Smiles sent me this amazing folding carton die from Taylored Expressions along with that wonderful little sentiment die. Also my sweet friend Lynn  (who is taking a break from blogging) sent me this adorable little bunny die recently so I had to use him on these cartons. He's holding a tiny little egg with an itty bitty heart in it, so I die cut the heart in 2 different colors and swapped the negatives LOL These cartons are filled with Easter goodies and are going to my awesome neighbors. His is the green version, and hers is the one with flowers. I added 2 tiny sparkly stickers to the sentiment panels on each one and tied them with some vanilla colored twine.


I decided to create a basket to hold these cartons so I made one with pink cardstock and added SU! embossed basket weave panels to all 4 sides, along with an Echo Park die-cut Easter sentiment. I attached some pink ribbon to the handle and then attached it with my Crop-0-Dile and some silver eyelets so it will hold the weight of the cartons.


Here's the finished gift I'll be sharing with them on Easter.

         

I made another one of these box/baskets (which I'll share later) and I thought it would be easier to adhere the embossed panels before putting the box together. Well look what I did in my haste to make it easier! LOL I put the panel on upside down and didn't realize it until I glued the box together. LOL Before I took it apart to fix it, I thought I'd take a picture to show that I'm as human as everyone else and make big mistakes too! LOL I actually had a good laugh once I saw what I'd done 😄
 

I'm going to share this project with the NBUS #60 challenge since these bunnies and cartons are having their first outing. Darnell is also working on her monthly I.D.E.A.S. for 2024 and it's embossing.


Thanks for stopping by and I hope your week ahead is a great one for you. Keep smiling 😊

Carol

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Happy St. Patrick's Day


 Today it's all about the Shamrocks and wearing of the green because it's St. Patrick's Day. I embossed a white panel with a Spellbinders LetterPress Embossabilities folder and gathered up all my tiny bits of green cardstock and die-cut lots of shamrocks with a TE die, placing them on the circle portions of the embossed design. I dotted each shamrock with green glitter stickles to make it a bit festive. I liked this just as it is and decided to add the sentiment inside.

I'm heading over to the Snippets Playground #476 with this card, since all those tiny shamrocks were cut from snippets of green.

Thanks for stopping by and may your day bring you good luck always!

Carol

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Happy Easter


 I found this older Penny Black duckling image in a box of stamped images and colored it up to make an Easter card. I used a SU! basketweave embossing folder along with stitched circle dies and 2 different Easter sentiment dies. I added 3 sparkle stickers just for fun.

Sharing this with the following challenges:

Must use an Embossing folder with an optional theme of adding bling

Critter Crazy Challenge #84 - A/G with a featured critter


The Allsorts Challenge #772 - Feathers and/or Fur or A/G

Easter comes early this year and right on the heels of St. Patrick's Day and the first day of spring, so March is a month to celebrate. Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do.
Carol

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

the Bunny


 I have loved this bunny from the first time I saw him. A dear friend sent me some die cuts of him (thank-you again) and then another dear friend bought the die and sent it to me (another huge thanks) and I haven't been able to put it down too much since I got it LOL I made this card with 3 of those little bunnies hiding in the grass along with 3 tiny eggs that are hidden with them. The large pink panel was done with a Papertrey ink stamp embossed with white EP and a Gina Marie Designs Venetian label die. The sentiment was a snipped portion of a SSS pre-printed one, and the pre-embossed woodgrain cardstock is also by SSS. The grass dies are by SNSS and I stenciled in a few pale clouds in the sky for those stamped SNSS birds to fly in. 

I'll share this with the Retro Rubber Challenge #226 - Spring is on the Way
(Must use stamps more than a year old)
Papertrey Ink Polka Dot Parade - 2013
Sweet n Sassy Stamps - Serene Silhouettes 2009


A Bit o' Green

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all the best possible day.
Carol

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Sending Sunshine


 With all of the rain we've been getting lately, it's time to spread a little sunshine - even if it's done with a card.
I stamped this Inkadinkado gnome mage and colored him with Copics, then die cut him with a stitched rectangle die and matted with black.
I used some layered sunburst stencils from Pink Fresh to create the background, using 3 different yellow inks and die cut that panel with a stitched rectangle too.

I'll share this with these challenges:


*Optional theme Easter/Spring

Here's wishing all of us a lot more sunshine in the coming days of Spring.
Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!
Carol

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Spring Has Sprung (almost)


 I recently unearthed a little pack of Penny Black stamped images I've had for a long time so I decided it was time to make cards with them. This cow image is too much fun and I added a SNSS sentiment that works perfectly for the cow springing into the air LOL I stenciled a little blue sky in and added some pale green grass with a Copic marker. I added a stamped butterfly and tiny bee image from SNSS just for fun. The sentiment panel was a snippet of watercolored paper that was leftover from a previous project and I added another flower and another little bee to it just for fun. It's all on a spring green card base. Spring is almost here where I live, but we're not quite there yet. It's just around the corner though hopefully. I'm really weary from all the rainy days we've had since the beginning of the year.

Sharing this with the following challenges:

The Double D Challenge - first signs of spring


the Penny Black Saturday March Challenge - use a PB image/sentiment - A/G
optional "Easter"


optional "Easter / Spring theme"

Thanks for taking the time to visit and I wish you all the best possible day!
Carol

Monday, March 4, 2024

Easter Bunny and Egg snippets


Today I have 2 Easter cards made with that cute bunny that's making himself well known around blogland. In this first card I gave his ears and face a little color before placing him atop of a big Easter egg, done with a SSS die and lots of colorful snippets. The Easter greeting is a die-cut from Echo Park done with white snippets while the grass was done with a SNSS grassy border die and a snippet of green.


 For this version I used a white card base and assorted snippets of purple, lavender and other colors to create the egg. I use a blue bunny for this one and stenciled in a little blue sky.

I'm sharing the first card with the Snippets Playground#475

Thanks for stopping by and may your week be off to a great start.

Carol

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Easter Bonnet


 I've had this Penny Black Easter Bonnet stamped image in my stash for a long time and with Easter just around the corner, I figured it was time to color it and make a card with it. I used Copics and glaze pens to color the image and mounted it on a piece of bright yellow cardstock. I found a strip of designer paper that seemed to match the soft coral cardstock and found another strip of dark purple cardstock that coordinated with the big bow around her neck, so I embossed that with a SU! dots ef and punched the end with a hexagon punch to give it a fishtail look. The sentiment is a pre-printed one from Simon Says Stamp and I had a narrow strip of the yellow cardstock, so I glued it behind the sentiment just for fun.

I'm sharing this with

A/G *optional "Easter"

 the Allsorts Challenge #770 - Spring or A/G



Thanks for the visit and as always, I wish you the best possible day.

Carol

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Happy Heart Day


 I made this card with remnants from my stash that have been around for quite some time. The big February panel is a die-cut from a sheet of calendar months cardstock I bought at Tuesday Morning when they were still in business. I added a stamped circle on it and inserted a tiny red heart along with some red enamel dots. The heart dsp is by Lawn Fawn, the heart border punch is by Martha Stewart, and the happy heart day punched element is by SU!. The tiny bear in the corner is by SSS and the washi tapes have been in my stash forever.

I'm sharing this card with the Alphabet Challenge - X is for X-tra hearts

I hope everyone is enjoying the extra day in February this leap year. I know my sister-in-law is enjoying it. Today is her birthday and I think she's still a teenager as she only has a birthday once every 4 years 😉

Thanks for stopping by and I wish everyone the best possible day.

Carol

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

St. Patrick's Day Card


 I rummaged through my large assortment of embossing folders and found this Spellbinders M-Bossabilities that I haven't used in ages. It's called "Letterpress" and I thought it would make a good background for some shamrocks to make a St. Patrick's day card. I used Taylored Expressions dies with 3 different colors of green cardstock to make the shamrocks, and then used a paper punch with some gold mirror card to make the centers. The inside looks like this:


I will share my card with these challenges:


Shopping our Stash SOS516 - It's Not Easy Being Green

with an optional twist of squares and/or circles.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you the best possible day today.
Carol