You're Fintastic! Mermaid card for my daughter

My daughter, who is a freshman, recently had the opportunity to participate in her first overnight trip for the High School Swim Team! I was so excited and nervous for her because I had never missed a swim meet up until then. I wasn't able to travel to Moab, Ut for this particular swim meet and I wanted my daughter to know how much I was thinking about her and wanted to give her lots of love and encouragement, so I put together a little bag full of her favorite swim meet snacks and this super cute card.

I have always called my daughter My Little Mermaid and felt that it was fitting to make her a mermaid card. 

Not too long ago I started trying to create scenes on my cards and now I have fallen in love with that style. I had soooo much fun creating this underwater scene of encouragement! 

I used Neenah 80lb solar white cardstock and blended together Distress Oxide Inks of Cracked Pistachio, Broken China and Mermaid Lagoon with my Picket Fence Lifechanging Blending brushes. I splattered some water on the ink and blotted it off to give it a cool water effect.

I used my MISTI with some Versafine Onyx Black ink to stamp the mermaid and all of the sea life and other sea creatures. I mainly used the Beautiful Mermaids stamp set from Simon Says Stamp but some of the fish and also the sentiment are from Lawn Fawn's Fintastic Friends stamp set. 

I colored in all of my images using Prismacolor pencils. I used the coordinating dies from the mermaid set and my Cuttlebug to cut out those images and had to fussy cut the Lawn Fawn images because I don't have the dies for those. 

I adhered the images onto the water background using Tombow Mono Multi Glue and used Scotch foam tape to pop up the Mermaid. 

Some clear Wink of Stella was used on the Mermaid tail, seashells, and headband, then I added some Pretty Pink Posh sequins for a little more sparkle and I think they also look like bubbles! 

Thank you for visiting with me today, happy crafting!  

Happy Halloween Spider Pillow Box

It's my favorite time of the year! I love Fall & Halloween!

Making fun Halloween projects for friends and family is one of my favorite things to do during the season. Pillow Boxes are so fun to decorate and work great for giving small little gifts or treats. 

The Lawn Fawn Pillow Box die is such a great investment, you can use it any time of the year for just about anything! I used this die to cut my Pillow Box out of some grey cardstock and then started into the decorating! 

Using my MISTI tool I stamped the Simon Says Stamp Spiderweb background cling stamp with some light grey ink, then used some Versamark ink to stamp the "Happy Halloween" from Close to my Heart (no longer available) in the center of the box. I used some black embossing powder with my heat gun to melt the powder and give a cool raised and shiny effect. I used some Simon Says Stamp Deep Purple and Cobblestone inks to shade around the edges of the box to enhance the lines and make my Happy Halloween Sentiment stand out more. 

Thank you for visiting me today, I hope I inspired you to make some fun treat boxes for your friends and family! Have a wonderful day and Happy Crafting!!

Love gives us a Fairytale!

Good evening to you all, I hope you had a wonderful day today. Tonight I want to share with you a card that I think turned out pretty cute!

Sorry for the bad lighting, it was a gloomy day and not the best for photographing the card, but I had to get this post up so that I can participate in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge that ends tomorrow morning! The theme is Have a Heart and they are showcasing My Favorite Things products. I was so excited because I actually have a couple of stamp sets from MFT!!

With this card, I practiced my water coloring and tried my hand at creating a scene with the most adorable images from My Favorite Things. These stamp sets are so much fun, I just got them a little bit ago and couldn't wait to play with them. I look forward to many more projects with these super cute images. 

I had so much fun making this card, it took me quite a while since I am new at building scenes and don't have that much experience with watercolor, but it is one of my favorite mediums to use, it's so relaxing.

Supplies: 

Canson XL cold press watercolor paper

I actually just used some simple Crayola Watercolor Paints

(I am saving up to get me some good paints like Daniel Smith or Dr. Ph Martin's.) 

Silver Black Velvet brushes in size 2 and 6

My Favorite Things Once Upon a Time stamp set

My Favorite Things Knight in Shining Armor stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Love & Quotes stamp set

I used my Misti from My Sweet Petunia for all the stamping

Versafine Onyx black ink

Clear embossing powder (for the sentiment)

I used the Outside in Stitched rectangle die from Lawn Fawn to cut out my panel

Be Creative Tape was used to adhere the panel to the card base

The card base is made from Neenah 80 lb classic crest solar white cardstock

Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh in 4mm clear, 6 mm clear, 4 mm pink blush, 6 mm pink blush, 4 mm pink peonies, 6 mm orchid

I adhered the sequins using a Marvy Jewel Picker and Ranger Multi Medium Matte 

I used a Clear Wink of Stella brush pen to add a little shimmer to her dress, and the castle; I used a silver Wink of Stella pen for the Knight's sword. 

I created links to some of the products that are still available to the company websites. Most of the products I used can be found on Amazon, at Simon Says Stamp, Ellen Hutson, and many more online stores

Thank you for stopping by, I hope I sparked a little creativity in you! Happy Crafting!!

You Mean the World to Me

Hello and good day everyone, today I am finally getting around to sharing my cards that I made for my card swap group for the month of February. I know I am a month late, but better late than never right?

Our theme was a choice of wedding, anniversary, or love; and also based on a sketch by Julee Tilman over at Mojo Monday Card Sketch Challenge Blog I went with a simple love theme that I think is pretty universal.  I love this card, it turned out just like I envisioned from the sketch. 

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Concord & 9th "Map Love" and CTMH "Charming Cascades"
Inks: SU Real Red, SSS Audrey Blue and Versamark
Embossing Powder in Clear, Black and Red
The MISTI was used for all the stamping
I used my Cricut to cut out the circle and scalloped circle
We R Memory Keepers Crop-a-dile Corner Chomper
PPP Sparkling Clear Sequins
Adhesives: ATG adhesive, Scotch Mounting foam, Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Links provided for easier shopping if you are interested in the products I used. Some links are direct to the company and others are to my favorite online craft supply store.-Simon Says Stamp!  Another source for some of these products is amazon.

Thank you for visiting today! Happy Crafting!

Valentines treats 2017

I made some fun treat bags for my son's class and teacher at school for Valentines, and I finally have the time to share them with you. 
I like to have my kids help me design what they want their bags to look like, so my son picked out the colors and the stamps that I used for the toppers and he wrote his name on the back of all 23 of them. I filled the teacher's bag with some yummy treats and paired it with some lotion and a cute notebook.

Supplies:
grey & white cardstock
patterned paper
paper trimmer
Martha Stewart scoring board
Create a box from Colorbok
clear treat bags
MISTI
Stamps: Little Layers Plus(Stampin' Up), Happiest Moments (MPS), Love is(CTMH)
Inks: Antique Pewter(colorbox), Real Red(SU), Angel Pink & Tuxedo black(Memento), Picked Raspberry(distress ink), Versamark
White, black and silver embossing powder
embossing buddy from Stampin' Up
Adhesives: Elmer's glue, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, foam tape & Velcro dot
PPP sequins in sparkling clear, raspberry and pink blush
black ribbon

Leslee's Birthday Bag

Good Morning everyone, today I wanted to share with you a cute little bag that I filled with just a few fun goodies like some crafty embellishments, gum, body spray, etc.. for a friend of mine. We recently went to lunch together to celebrate both of our Birthdays, and I surprised her with this little bag! 

The bag came from a pad by Colorbok called Create A Box. It has a bunch of pre-cut and scored bags and boxes.  I used some Ranger Peacock Feathers Distress Ink to blend in and soften the edges of the box and then I embellished the bag with a stamp and die set from Sizzix & Lori Whitlock. I used my MISTI to stamp the images in Versamark, applied white embossing powder from Stampendous, then heat set with my heat gun from Darice. I used some watercolors to paint my images. I cut out the images with the coordinating dies using my Cuttlebug. To finish it off I applied some Crystal Clear & Marshmallow Sequins from PPP using Ranger Multi Medium Matte and then tied a bow at the top to give it that extra touch.

I tried to give links to most of my supplies, a lot of them are linked to the manufacturer but you can also buy most of them from Simon Says Stamp or Amazon.

Thank you for visiting today, I hope you have a fun and crafty day!

Be Mine Valentine Box-SSS Wednesday Challenge

Good day all, today I am sharing a fun project that I made for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge which is to make anything but a card. They are showcasing products from We R Memory Keepers and I just happen to have a few things of theirs. 
I like how easy they are to make and they are the perfect size to fit a yummy treat with maybe some lip gloss or earrings, etc..  I will be making several of these for some good friends for Valentine's.

I made these little boxes using the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board from an old Laura Bassen video tutorial. I also used a We R Memory Keepers Embossing folder on the white strip to make some thick stripes. I stamped the hearts and sentiment using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and my MISTI. I used my Black Wink of Stella  brush marker on the black part of my big heart to give it some sparkle. Speaking of sparkle I added some Crystal Clear Sequins and Silver Heart Confetti from PPP with my Ranger Multi Medium Matte. I adhered the big heart with some mounting foam tape for some dimension.  On the back I secured my flap with a little Velcro circle. 

I tried to provide links to most of my supplies, I mostly get them from Simon Says Stamp but there are some I get from amazon, or from the manufacturer.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, Happy Crafting!

Birthday Card Set

Hello everyone, today I am sharing a project I made for my Card swap group. This month's theme is Birthday.  We were supposed to make a card and tag for this. We also started to use sketches each month to change things up a bit.
I don't know about you guys but I like to coordinate things together. So I ended up making my tag to match my card and I went ahead and made a matching envelope also.  I love the colors and had a great time creating this set, I hope you like it too!

Supplies:

Stamp & die set from Sizzix-Lori Whitlock

SSS Christmas 3x4 stamp set

SSS Happy & Smile stamp set

Memento Tuxedo Black ink and marker

SSS Audrey Blue ink

I used my MISTI for all of my stamping

 I stamped the sentiment for the card using Versamark and then heat embossed it using Stampendous Marcasite embossing powder.

SSS Nested Circles dies

My Cuttlebug was used for all the die cutting

SU 2 3/8 scallop punch and also the 1 1/4 scallop punch

I colored in the images with EK Success colored pencils

I used my ATG to adhere everything except I used the 3M Mounting Foam tape on the party hat and the small scallop circle on the tag.

I used the Zig two way glue pen to add some Crystal Art Glitter to the hat for an added bit of sparkle.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope I helped inspire you in some way.

Happy Crafting!