Just For Fun March Challenge

Hi and welcome to my blog. I hope you are enjoying your day. Just For Fun Stamps has a new challenge and for this challenge you are to use dies. The two dies I used on my card are the Marianne Birdcage die and the Memory Box Fresh Foliage die. I cut the birdcage from a pewter metal sheet. Most of you already know that I love birds. On my card today I used the Just For Fun Fashion Warbler stamp.

The bird was stamped and embossed with white embossing powder. I colored the bird using Twinkling H2Os, fussy cut it and pop dotted it to the card. The background was made by tapping Distress inks onto my craft mat, spritzing them with water and swiping the card stock through the inks.

I hope you will join us in our new challenge this month. We would love to see what you make! You might even win a gift certificate to the store.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Cuttlebug Mania:  Ribbons and Bows
Simon Says Monday Challenge:  In My yGarden
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes
The House That Stamps Built:  Anything Goes F2818

Happy Easter!

Hi Everyone! Happy Easter! I want to show you an Easter card I made using these sweet Love U Bunnies from Just For Fun Stamps. I colored them using Spectrum Noir markers, fussy cut them and pop dotted them to the card. I used the Marianne Rose Basket die and cut from aqua card stock. The eggs were cut using the Filigree Eggs dies by Memory Box. The background is a piece of patterned paper with different fonts that say Spring.

Just For Fun has an Easter/Spring challenge going on for the month of April. We would love to see your card creations. You might even win a gift certificate to the store!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful and blessed Easter!


Challenges entered:

heArtful Challenge:  Anything Goes + Stamp
Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes + Die
Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Hip Hop
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Spring Color Inspiration

Altered Dies #10

Hi and welcome to my blog. I trust you are having a good day! I want to share another altered die card I made today. I just love the month of  May because summer is on the way and all the flowers are abloom! I made the flowers for my basket by using snowflake dies!

This is a swing card. Here is the card opened.

I used the snowflakes from Elizabeth Craft's Spiral Circle Pull card since they were the size that I wanted. I cut them from several patterned papers.

I then layered these to make my flowers and added pearls to the centers.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

ABC Challenge:  H is for Heavy ( load up on dies )

Crafty Creations:  Monochromatic

Our Crafty Corner #9:  Always Anything Goes

Thinking of You

Hi Everyone and welcome to my blog! I went frilly on my card today. I love shabby chic and frilly but somehow I don't always accomplish that look. It was fun making this frilly card today. I have come to realize that the papers you use really make a difference with the frilly look.

I used several dies on this card. I cut the leaves using the Fresh Foliage die from Memory Box. The birdcage is a Marianne die and the flower was cut from the Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die. I also used a die from Tim Holtz's Alterations Collection on the background at top left of the card. Pink trim was used on the bottom of the birdcage and crocheted ribbon was used for the bow.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Frilly and Funkie:  Opposites Attract ( frilly vs. funkie )
Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Monochromatic ( with ribbon or trim )
Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes + die
Tuesday Throwdown:  Thinking of You
Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes

Bird and Flower

Hi Everyone! Welcome to my blog. I want to show you a card I made using the Just for Fun Zentangle bird. I stamped the bird on an inked background and fussy cut it to add to the card. I used the Delightful Peony dies from Memory Box to cut the flower from another inked background and then I cut from black card stock for the overlay. I died some seam binding for my ribbon and bow using Distress inks. The ribbon was woven through the Maryanne Lace Ribbon Border die at the top.

On the background I also used The Small Window die from Cheery Lynn. Here is a close up to see it better.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered;

Cheery Lynn:  Back to Nature

Dies R Us:  Scallops

Just For Fun:  Birds

Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Flowers/Ribbon or Trim

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes