Butterfly Gala Card Class

Hello! It's been a while since I've posted but I'm excited to announce my next card class.

Details:

You will make 4 springy cards using the Butterfly Gala stamp set and punch. This is a must have set for your collection! You will be able to use the stamps to color in the butterflies or I will have markers and watercolor pencils available for you to use as well.

DATE: May 23rd 7pm

LOCATION: My House, Frenchtown NJ

COST: 
        Option 1: $20 (includes all the supplies to make 4 cards)
        Option 2: $40 (includes the cost of the bundle + shipping. The supplies for the cards are free!)

RSVP: May 13th (I will need at least a week to order the bundle if you choose that option).

Contact me to sign up!

Bright Birthday Cards

Hello! So I lied and I have a non-craft fair post today. :) While I'm still working on craft fair items, I did have to squeeze in some time to make a couple of birthday cards for a birthday party this past weekend. I'm sure I probably had some cards laying around that I could have used for the party but I love the excuse to make new cards, ha! And I LOVE how these came out. It's hard for me to not love a water color background card.

I knew I wanted to use the Brights DSP paper stack. The older girl loves blue so I went with the Pacific Point polka dot paper and then I used the Melon Mambo polka dot paper for the other card.

I used white Shimmery card stock for my water coloring. For the blue card, I used Pacific Point and Coastal Cabana ink. For the pink card, I used Melon Mambo and Gorgeous Grape ink. After I got the water color to my liking, I added some additional splatter with the Coastal Cabana and Melon Mambo markers.

The numbers were die cut with the Large Number framelits. I'm so sad these are retired because they are perfect for birthday cards. I also used the retiring stamp set to stamp "th" on the little banners next to the number.

I had to find some way to add in my favorite ribbon of all time!! The polka dot tulle ribbon is peaking out from behind the little banner next to the number.

Then I decided to use the Well Wishes framelits to die cut Happy Birthday from silver foil paper and the Lovely Lipstick foil paper (SAB - sold out). And after I put the cards together I used the Glitter Enamel shapes for some extra sparkle!! I love how these colors are so bright and coordinate perfectly with the cards.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Welcome Home Decor

Hello! I'm back again with another home decor piece. As I mentioned in a previous post, I am participating in a craft fair at the end of the month at a local brewery. I wanted to have a few home decor items for sale along with my cards. I feel like people are more interested in home decor pieces than cards. But I guess we'll see how the event turns out. Maybe I'll be left with a bunch of home decor pieces that I will need to add around my house, haha!

For today's item, I spruced up a wood piece that I got from Michaels. I cut the letter from the Large Letters framelits. I actually cut 3 of each letter so that each letter had some thickness to it when I glued it on the board. I also stamped part of the letters with one of the butterflies from Butterfly Gala to give it a little pattern.

The daisies were punched using the Daisy punch. Behind the daisies are some leaves that were punched with Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist card stock. I also added a swirly green leaf that was die cut with Mossy Meadow card stock.

For the finishing touches I added some flower wood elements (retired) with a Gold Faceted gem in the middle. I also added a few Iridescent sequins. I will find any place to add those sequins, ha! I think those are probably one of my most used crafting items!

Everything on the wood was adhered with a glue gun with the exception of the sequins because those were a little more tedious to glue with the glue gun. Also, to give the letters dimension, I still used Mini Dimensionals on the back and just added a dot of hot glue to each dimensional.

I had so much fun making this! It's so fun to come up with other ways to use paper besides making cards. I have one more home decor item that I'm working on and hope to share this week. And after that I have plans for one final home decor piece if I have time. So for the rest of this month anything I share will probably be craft fair related. :)

Have a great day!

Decorated Note Pads

It's hump day!! I'm back sharing another group of items for my upcoming craft fair I'm attending. While I was searching pinterest for craft fairs items, I came across these little notepads that Angie Juda put together. LINK. I thought they were super cute and look easy to put together. Plus I knew that I had all the supplies I needed to make them right away. She uses coaster boards for her notebooks. I didn't have any of that but I found a bunch of card board that I had saved from My Paper Pumpkin boxes. This is one of those times, something useless I saved was turned into a project! :) The white note books were also items that I bought a while ago but never did anything with.

Originally I was going to use DSP from different packs but then as I was looking through the Share What You Love DSP stack, I found so many that I wanted to use, that I just stuck with the paper from this pack. I also like this paper because it's a little thicker than the regular DSP.

The front and back of the notepads use different paper. That's the fun thing about Stampin' Up! DSP, the 2 sides have different designs but coordinate so well together. I had a ton of binder clips at home that I have gotten from work so I dressed them up with the DSP as well. I added some coordinating ribbon (some of the notepads use retired ribbon) and a sweet little flower blossom.

If you notice, the flower blossom above isn't one of the colors you receive. I didn't like how any of the colors matched this particular DSP so I colored the Petal Pink flower with my Blackberry Bliss blends marker. Fun right!

Here is a look at the rest of the notepads I put together.

Aren't they so cute!! I think I'm going to take one of these to have at my desk at work. Maybe it will make my day more exciting to write some notes on a cute note pad!! :)

What do you think? Which one is your favorite??

Valentine's Banner

It's Monday again! These weekends just go by way to fast. Actually the month of January flew by as well! I've actually had this banner hanging on my mantel for a while now, I just haven't had the chance to write up a post about it.

This banner started with the cute heart and pom pom heart garland that I got from Pier 1. It was really cute but I thought it needed something else so I decided to spruce it up with some Stampin' supplies. I used the Be Mine Stitched Framelits along with the Large Letter Framelits to add XOXO to the garland. I used Powder Pink cardstock and the black and white DSP from the Botanical Butterfly DSP. (This DSP is FREE, get it now while you can!)

I did something a little different on each banner but they all have some hearts, a Gold glimmer letter and some Rose Metallic thread.

I also stamped the heart image from Forever Lovely in Powder Pink on each of the banners.

I used the Gold Library clips to attach them to the banner. That way if you wanted to change it out each year you can.

And here is what it looks like on my mantel. It's a cute little addition for Valentine's day. How could you not like some pom poms, hearts and glitter. :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

GDP172 - Valentine's Kangaroo

Hello! I'm going to have a quick post today but I wanted to share the card I made for this week's Global Design Project challenge. (My other valentine's decor project will be posted in a couple of days.....just need to edit photos). This week's challenge can be found HERE. It's a Case the Designer Challenge. I like these challenges to help get the creative juices flowing.

Here is the card to CASE.

I decided to make a valentin'es card with this challenge. Now I just need to hide the card so my hubby doesn't see it. I'm on top of my game by having a card ready for him already, haha!!

I used the Animal Outing bundle for this card. At first I wanted to use it so I could use the Wild About You sentiment but then I realized that I used that sentiment on the anniversary card I gave him back in October so I wanted to use a different saying. I still decided to go with the animals from the set though. Instead of stamping and coloring them, I went the quick route and die cut the kangaroo and leaves from the Animal Expedition DSP. I don't usually do that but it's fun to change it up once in a while and it's so easy. Definitely helps the card making process.

I also used the new Be Mine Stitched Framelits. I really got these dies for that open heart border die. It's soooo cute! I decided to keep some of the hearts stuck in the die because it looked cool. The larger heart die with the "love you" staying is also from the framelits.

After I layered everything on the All My Love DSP, I added some of the Heart Epoxy Droplets to the card. They give it a fun little touch!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful Thursday!

All My Love Home Decor

Hello! I am back again with some new stuff to share. I actually made this well before Christmas when I got some of my pre-order items from convention. But I didn't want to share it until after Christmas when everyone was ready for some Valentine's decor. My inspiration for this came from something I designed back in August (wow, I didn't realize it was that long ago when I made that). You can find it HERE. I used the same words, layout, etc but just changed it up with some new Valentine's DSP. I enjoy making these and it's fun to switch out the art on my frame wall in my living room. I will definitely have to start thinking of what to make for after Valentine's day. Should it be Easter or Spring themed or do one of each? What do you think?

For this Valentine's one I started with Lovely Lipstick card stock as the base. The DSP is from the All my Love pack. If you look closely, you can see that behind the large DSP piece I die cut some flowers from the Lovely Flowers Edgelits dies. It's actually the die that is the corner looking one (see pic below). I cut out 2 of them for each corner. I think it adds a fun little touch.

The rest of the wall art is done the same way as the previous one. I added some of the new All My Love ribbon from the combo pack and sequins (of course).

The frame that I put this is works so well for these kinds of wall art. (Here is the link to the frame at Michael's) However, it's impossible to get a good picture of while it's in the frame on my wall. But this homemade piece really sets off my gallery of frames on the wall. I can't wait to get started on my next one.

Have you made any wall art? What should my next one be?

Stay tuned, I'll have some more Valentine's decor coming your way....hopefully this week!

Have a great day!

Product List

Letters For You Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Ribbon Of Courage Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Lovely Lipstick 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Powder Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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All My Love 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad

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Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

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Large Letters Framelits Dies

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Lovely Flowers Edgelits Dies

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Stitched Labels Framelits Dies

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Banner Triple Punch

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All My Love Ribbon Combo Pack

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Iridescent Sequin Assortment

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Amazing Life Shimmer Card

Hello! I'm here today showing a new stamp set from the Occasions catalog called Amazing Life. I had a little bit of time last night to finally play with some new things. Between the holidays and a round of the stomach bug hitting our house, it's been a while since I've gotten crafty. This stomach bug has not been fun. My son is the only one who hasn't gotten it and fingers crossed, he makes it out ok! Anyway, I didn't have a whole lot of time to make something and I've kind of been in a craft funk. So this is not my best but it's gets the craft ball rolling. I need to get back into some kind of groove.

I received this set during convention. It's one I might not have purchased on my own but there are some pretty cute stamps in the set. I think I will use it more than I thought. The little cake is fun. I started by stamping it multiple times on Gorgeous Grape card stock. Then I stamped one more on Whisper White that I colored with Stampin' Blends and cut out.

On the Gorgeous Grape card stock, I sprayed it with a mix of rubbing alcohol and shimmer paint to make it super duper shimmery. I might have sprayed a little too much in some spots. But that's ok, who doesn't want extra shimmer for their birthday! :)

I stamped the sentiment on Whisper White card stock and colored "cake" with the Flirty Flamingo light and dark Stampin' Blends and the light Lovely Lipstick blend to give it an ombre look. (I used the same colors on the cake).

I finished the card with Black Shimmery ribbon, While Polka Dot tulle ribbon, Silver mini sequin trim and Glitter Enamel dots. Lots of extra shimmer and bling! :)

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!