Baby, Congratulations

Hello crafty friends. I have a super cute baby card to share with you this week.

For my card:

• I wanted to use the JENNY GIRAFFE - 859G but make it for a girl. So I started with the 4 IN 1 FASHION ACCESSORIES - 927D using the bow and stamped that on white cardstock.
• Next, I masked the bow then stamped JENNY GIRAFFE - 859G on acetate to see where she would stamp. I liked the bow to where I wanted it on JENNY GIRAFFE - 859G then removed the acetate and stamped JENNY GIRAFFE - 859G.
• I then colored the image with copics.
• I sponged a few stars on the background, popped JENNY GIRAFFE - 859G up on dimensionals and added congratulations from the GRAD SAYING - 622G in pink.
• The card was finished with a few scattered yellow sequins.

Thank you so much for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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Wee Bit Irish

Hi Everyone,

Inspired by Nancy's whimsical card last week, I decided to do the same, and use the Wee Bit Irish Greeting  to make a card in that theme. 

I began by stamping Michelle Monkey a few times in random spots on the card, leaving room to place my sentiment.  I colored them up, stamped in some tiny shamrocks using the Small Shamrock Group, and added a few hats that I fussy cut from the Top Hat St. Patrick's Day Greeting stamp.

All that was left for me to do, was add the greeting and adhere the panels to a green card base!

Happy early St. Patrick's Day!
Karin

 

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Spooky

Hi Everyone,

My card today was an attempt at using up some of my paper scraps.  I save extra paper and scraps in folders marked with the general name of the color and have grand plans for using them up.  That rarely happens.  Until such a time as this, when they are bursting at the seams!

Anyway, I used my circle punches in various sizes and papers in Halloween colors for the background.  The greeting is new from DRS Designs, (So Spooky It's Scary Halloween Greeting 218E) and I die cut it and added some orange ink as well.  

After attaching the circles, I tied on a bit of orange ribbon before attaching the sentiment with some foam tape.  To add to the Halloween theme, I attached a left-over Leaning Ghost and a couple of die cut bats.  

Thanks for visiting today!

Karin

 

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Congratulations Baby Card

 

Hello crafty friends. Today I am sharing a baby card I created using the adorable JENNY GIRAFFE - 859G.

For my card:

• I stamped JENNY GIRAFFE - 859G on white card stock and colored it with copics.
• Next, I cut a heart aperture out of white cardstock and then embossed the layer.
• The heart layer was placed over the JENNY GIRAFFE - 859G.
• I finished with die cutting the Congratulations sentiment 4 times out of white and layered. I then colored the top layer with copics so that it would match the colors in JENNY GIRAFFE - 859G.

Thank you so much for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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Cute as a Button with a Tutorial

 

For my card today I thought I would have a little fun with it. I had never tried the Basket Weave and thought I would give it a try. It is so easy and a great way to add a little interest to your cards with no extra tools needed besides scissors. I used the tutorial on splitcoaststampers.com HERE.

One thing I did that made it a bit easier is when I folded the weave, I used my scoreboard to score the pieces. This helped to keep the cardstock from tearing while I was folding them.

For the rest of the card:

• I stamped MICHELLE MONKEY - 871E in black ink, colored with copics and then fussy cut the image.
• Next, I cut the 2 pink layers and added to the front of my basket weave.
• I then stamped the CUTE AS A BUTTON GREETING - 753B on a coordinating pink on white card stock.
• I added some pink bakers twine and a pink button.
• I then popped MICHELLE MONKEY - 871E up on dimensionals.

I hope you give the Basket Weave a try. It is very easy and really adds a lot of fun to a card. Thank you so much for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

 

Hi Everyone,

Being pressed for time this week, I wasn't able to make any new Valentines, so I thought this was the perfect chance to highlight a couple of my favorite cards from years past.  

This card's post can be found here, but here are the links to the stamps:

4 in 1 Fashion Accessories

Candy Heart Background

Every Beat of My Heart Greeting

Heartbeat

And this card's post can be found here, and the links to the stamps are below:

4 in 1 Fashion Accessories

Jungle Jim the Elephant

I'm Wild About You Greeting

Small Silhouette Heart

Here's hoping your Valentine's Day is extra sweet!

Karin

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Sweet Baby Girl

Good morning!

Isn't this just too adorable?

It makes a sweet baby card doesn't it and of course you can change the colors to blue for aa boy.

I used Jenny Giraffe for my image today partnered with a few paper dies to make this card.

The background is from Lawn Fawn, stitched rectangle is Rubbernecker, frame from Pink Fresh

the words Baby Girl are from Amazing Paper Grace and Sweet is from the Stamp Doctor.

I just love this sweet giraffe though, she is a favorite with me.

How about the sweet little baby boys though?

Hey, how about this?

I used the same background die in blue and then used green for another splash of color

to mat and for the words.

This time I used Jungle Jim the Elephant.  He looks like a boy!

I hope this has inspired you to use your stamps 

in other ways.

Thanks for visiting!

Robin

 

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Congrats!

Good morning!

I used a paw print embossing folder in the letterpress style by inking the folder with a brayer

then running it through the cutting machine.

I stamped Let's Play Puppy on white then die cut with a Cottage Cutz die.

I stamped the Dog Paw Print on white, die cut then stamped the sentiment New Pet Congratulation then popped it up on my Dog Paw Print Background. 

To embellish I added black pearls to each corner.

My next card uses the cute as can be Jenny Giraffe

I also used Jungle Out There and Expect The Unexpected.

The paper die is from Pink Posh.

Hope you like today's cards.

Now go get crafty!

Robin

 

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Herd it’s Your Birthday

 Hi Everyone,

I went with one of my tried-and-true card layouts for my share on the blog today.  When I make this for a vertical card, I only use 4 circles and place the greeting at the bottom.  However, making a horizontal card let me use the Cow Cutie image a couple of more times, and that let me place the Herd Birthday Greeting in the center.  Using those punches makes it a quick card too :)

I know it's hard to see in the photo, but if you're wondering about the background, it's just a paisley and flower embossing folder that I added some red, yellow and green ink to, before running it through my machine.  

Thanks for peeking in today!
Karin

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Background Papers

Hi Everyone,

I'm having fun stamping background papers recently, so here are some that match the adorable Cow Cutie stamp you've been seeing on the blog.

I stamped the top portion using the Camouflage Background in black ink to match the cow spots, and the Checkerboard Background in red along the bottom.  I covered up the seam with a punched border and attached the cow to a paisley dry embossed die cut.  I finished it using the new Udderly Wonderful Birthday Greeting because it's just perfect.

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The only change I made, was putting the top portion on the front in a die cut and stamp the rest inside.  

I couldn't resist stamping the Cutie Cow one more time too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

 

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Easter Blessings

 Hi Everyone,

My offerings today are super simple and quick to make.  With Easter coming up, here's a card made using an embossing folder and the Lily Cross Easter Blessings stamp.  I added some chalk to the rays, but if you don't have this (Darice) embossing folder, I think something similar could be made using a ruler and a yellow marker. 

And here I'm using the Simple Easter Bunny for my Easter dinner place cards. Only 6 more to go!

Hippity Hoppity Easter's on its way!

Thanks for visiting!
Karin

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Birthday Greetings from Jungle Jim

 

Ever since I can remember, my aunt's favorite animal  is an elephant and I know she would love this card for her birthday.

• I stamped JUNGLE JIM THE ELEPHANT - 842K on white card stock and colored with copics.
• Once colored I fussy cut the image.
• Next, I die cut the center circle and popped the frame up on dimensionals.
• I added the largest greeting from BIRTHDAY MULTI GREETING - 219P to the frame.
• I then finished off the card with a few punched balloons that were colored with copics and tied them together with bakers twine.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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Sweet Valentine's Day!

Good Morning!

DRS stamps: Jenny Giraffe, I'm Wild About You, Sweet Valentine's and Flower Hearts.

Ok, so my giraffe on the left side is leaping in the air for joy! LOL!

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Placing him there was actually best for viewing him while the card is open.

This is a flip card.

Shown open below, the sentiment circle actually flips.

I used colored pencils for coloring these images. 

I used a die to create this special fold although I have done plenty of these cards 

by cutting with different shaped dies and scoring myself, it isn't hard.

The die I used is from Sizzix.

The heart dies are from HC.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

 

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Celebrating Autumn and Birthdays

Hi Everyone,

Even though it's so warm outside and doesn't feel like October here, I'm celebrating fall with my card share today.

I have a love of hot drinks, so I made a fall themed coffee cup that I paired with a cheerful greeting.

The cup and die cut embellishments were layered onto a woven, scarf themed background.

Here are the stamps I used:

Woven Plaid

4 in 1 Harvest Designs

Paper Coffee Cup

Autumn in the Air Greeting

"Brew"tiful Day Greeting

I needed a quick birthday card, so I took inspiration from this card and simply used monkeys instead of cats, along with a fun greeting that I split in half.

Here inside is the rest of the greeting and another monkey :)

Here are those stamps:

Michelle Monkey

Walk on the Wild Side Birthday Greeting

Want more stamps and project ideas?  Visit the DRS Designs store!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Karin

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Oktoberfest & Thanksgiving

 Hi Everyone,

My first card is a nod to my German heritage!  I'm a first generation American and once September rolls around, all the clubs here in the Cleveland area start with their Oktoberfest celebrations.  I'm not even joking when I say my dad, LITERALLY goes to ALL of them.  Me?  I've never been to one.  Even one time.  Anyway, I'm celebrating with my card today!

The background was made to look like the German flag and I stamped a row of Small Beer Mugs, doing a bit of masking to make the line, and the new Brew-tiful Day Greeting was a perfect completion to the card.

Here I paired the new Tipsy Turkey image and the Get Basted Greeting.  I can't help but think of the college students that all come home for Thanksgiving, and gather for a reunion night on that Wednesday with their friends.

And since I had the Small Beer Mug stamp still on my table from the last card, I added it for embellishment here too. 

Cheers to you, a happy autumn season, and whatever holidays you celebrate!

Cheers!
Karin

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Jungle Out There

 by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! Our spring weather has backslid a bit..woke up to temps in the upper 20's this morning & it's not supposed to get above the 50's for a day or two. Hopefully it wasn't below freezing for too long so maybe the blooms will survive. The dogwoods & azaleas are almost at peak right now. 

So..I made this bartered green bg a few days ago then couldn't decide what to do w/ it. I used an embossing folder on it that looks like a jungle full of leaves. That led me to the greeting & the collection of cute animals. After I colored & fussy cut them, I added them over & under the wide deckled frame where I put the greeting along the bottom. In case you can't tell, a lot of the tiny inside pieces around the animals are still there. When I have tiny areas like that, I'll usually just color them in to match the bg so they disappear. It's a little bit of time saver.

Here's the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs: Jimbo & the Gang,  Jungle Out There  (inside:Walk on the Wild Side, Jenny Giraffe )

paper:  Staples 110# white

ink:  Memento tuxedo black,  Kaleidacolor Fresh Greens

accessories: Rubbernecker Deckle Rectangle, Rectangle Stitch dies, Copic Markers, Sizzix Tropical Leaves embossing folder, brayer

Jimbo & the Gang 891P	Jungle Out There 908D	Walk on the Wild Side 935F	Jenny Giraffe 859G
RN Deckle Rectangle dies 5176D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Kaliedacolor ink pads	Sizzix Tropical Leaves folder #662827
Speedball Pop-In Brayer Kit .

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Have I toad you...

Happy Monday everyone. Trust you had a good weekend and found some time to get creative. I have a couple of fun cards to share with you today. The first one uses the new Have I Toad you greeting and I paired it with the toadstools and little frog. 

I started by stamping and masking the toad stools, colored them with Copics and die cut. This little frog was stamped, colored, fussy cut and glued on top of a toadstool. I used the splatter background on white CS, die cut the panel and attached it to a kraft card base. After attaching the main image I added the greeting with some foam adhesive for dimension. I think that tiny frog is so cute with his bow tie!

This next card uses the adorable chick on a nest image which I stamped, colored with Copics and die cut. The background on this card was created uses a TH stencil. I added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to some of the dots and then added the cute as a button greeting. 

Thanks for stopping by today. 

blessings,

shelia

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Bunny in the Tulips

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! We're having another wild weather week here. Thunderstorms, heavy rain & lots of wind. The weather alerts keep going off & the power keeps blinking on & off. Fun times! 

I have an Easter card today, using the cutest little bunny behind image. I stamped & colored him then used my out of the box to die cut him in an oval shape & added a dk green oval frame around him. I wanted just a bit more color, so I stamped the tulips on a scrap, colored & fussy cut them. Then I cut slits in the grass to insert the tulips. Since all of this is on the oval, it's a no layer card w/ the greeting stamped directly on the card front. I had a lattice I die cut out of some mint green that was spritzed w/ bleach & thought it added a nice element to this CAS card. 

Here's the inside & below it are the Copics I used. No oranges..I just blended the reds & yellows to get that color on a few of the tulips. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs Tails Up Bunny, Spring Crocus, Happy Easter Everybunny (inside:Decorated w/ Love  )

paper:  Staples 110# white, mint green, dk green, X-Press It

ink:  Memento tuxedo black (Kaleidacolor Baby Powder also used on inside)

accessories: Rubbernecker Slimline Inside Circle Lattice, Oval Stitch Frame,Oval Stitch dies, Copic Markers

Tails Up Bunny 600G	Spring Crocus 1066H	Happy Easter Everybunny 048D	Decorated w/ Love 569G
RN Slimline Inside Circle Lattice die 5332-01D	RN Oval Stitch Frame dies 5123D	RN Oval Stitch dies 5008D	Copic Sketch Markers
Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	X-Press It Blending Card

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