Patterned Paper #23

Hi and welcome to my blog. I can't believe that Christmas is almost here and that I only have one more card to make for my scrap patterned paper series! Here is a Christmas card that I made using die cut snowflakes cut from various patterned paper scraps.

The snowflake dies are from Spellbinders and the snowman is a Sparkle N Sprinkle stamp that I colored with alcohol markers and fussy cut. The saying is also from Sparkle N Sprinkle. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to make the "snow" at the top of the card.

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

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  December 2019

Patterned Paper Series #3

Happy Valentine's Day! Welcome back to my patterned paper series. On my card today I used some punches and dies to cut hearts from patterned paper scraps.

I arranged the hearts across the card. The cute cat stamp is from Penny Black and it was colored using Tombow markers. The saying was computer generated. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a Happy Valentine's Day!

Challenges entered: 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies: Challenge #23 - Critter

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  February 2019  

Double D Challenge:  Hearts

Penny Black Saturday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Patterned Paper Series #1

Happy New Year everyone! I hope that the new year will hold many blessings for you.

For the past few years I have had a running series on my blog. Last year was shabby chic. I have tons of paper scraps as I know most of us do! I will never use up all the pieces, but I am hoping I can make a little dent in my stash with this patterned paper series this year. I hope to find different ways to use patterned papers on my cards.

Today I made a card with snowflake dies using three different blue patterned papers from my stash. The dies I used are the Build A Snowflake 5 dies from Spellbinders.

I stamped the cute penguin from Inkadinkado, colored him with alcohol markers, fussy cut him and pop dotted him to the card. I used a swirl stamp behind the sled to show motion and added glitter over it. Rhinestones were added to the centers of some of the snowflakes.

Thanks so much for stoppng by. I will be posting my patterned paper ideas every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month!

Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - January 2019

Shabby Chic #21

Hi Everyone! Welcome to my blog. Thanksgiving is coming soon! I want to show you a shabby chic Thanksgiving card I made. I love this image from Inkadinkado. I colored it using alcohol markers, cut it out using the Gina Marie Stitched Oval die and sponged the edges with brown ink. I filled in the "stitching" with a brown marker.

The frame, brown embossed panel and swirl are Spellbinder dies. I added red metallic dots and a bow for embellishment. The card base was also sponged around the edges with brown ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you will have a blessed Thanksgiving.

Challenges entered:

Addicted To Stamps:  Anything Goes - Option (Ribbon)
Simon says Monday Challenge:  Thanks/Thanksgiving
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Thanks/Thanksgiving

Shabby Chic #19

Welcome back to shabby chic day! I have made a shabby chic Fall card using one of Dina Wakely's birds. I colored the bird using alcohol markers, fussy cut it and pop dotted it to the card.

I used two of the Spellbinders small circle dies for the frame. Behind the frame I stamped the Hero Arts Italian Poetry background. The Memeory Box Fresh Foliage die was used for the leaves over the circle frame. I cut apart the Flowers Frame from Precious Marieke to add to the right corner. The edges of the patterned paper were distressed and brown ink was sponged on the edges. I am entring this card into the CropStop challenge with the theme "Anything Goes." They carry a lot of great crafting products!

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

Challenges entered:

CropStop Challenge:  Anything Goes

Love To Scrap:  Fall Back

Pink Fresh:  Fussy Cutting/Diecutting

The House That Stamps Built:  DCC103 It's Up In The Air

Shabby Chic #13

Hello! I hope you are enjoying your day. I am back with another shabby chic card. For some reason I had a hard time getting this one together. I found the Spellbinders background die (Bow Elegance) in one of my bags that had already been cut out. I adhered it to white glitter card stock. I stamped the flower (by Recollections) onto another Spellbinders die, colored the image with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, and pop dotted it to the center of the card. I added the Memory Box Fresh Foliage and Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly dies for embellishments. Ribbon and pearls were also added.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by. I hope you have a blessed day!

Shabby Chic #11

Hi and welcome to my blog! I have always loved this sweet stamp from Stampa Rosa. I found this imge in my stash that had been smooshed with silver and gold metallics, but they brushed off! I wiped off all the silver and gold and used some metallic rub ons instead to make subtle colors on the image. This time the colors stayed on.

I cut out the image using the Spellbinders small oval die, the leaves are from a Memory Box die - Fresh Foliage, and the frame is from the Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8 die. 

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

Challenges entered:

Cuttlebug Mania:  Frame It

Shabby Chic #9

Hi! I hope you are having a good day. Well, it is May and on my shabby chic card today I am using a cone flower from Tim Holtz. I just love cone flowers with all their pretty colors! Aren't these gorgeous?





Here is the card I made with the stamp.

All of the items on my card were things I already had in my stash. All the dies are Spellbinders dies. The butterfly is from Tim Holtz's Butterfly Frenzy die. The background and flower were colored using Twinkling H2Os. The saying is from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

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

Challenges entered:

Double D Challenge:  May Flowers/Inspiration
Stamping Sensations:  Close To Nature
The Paper Girls:  Friendship

Shabby Chic #5

Hi! I hope you are having a good day. It feels like Winter here today. I am looking forward to warmer Spring weather this weekend, so I made a Spring card in anticipation of it! I am back with another shabby chic card and once again I used a shaped card created by an svg cut. When looking through my stash I also found some tags from K&CO. that were the exact shape as my card, so I used the tag for the center of the card. I framed the saying from Sparkle N Sprinkle with a small die cut from my stash. The butterflies ( Sparkle N Sprinkle) were stamped on acetate, colored with alcohol inks, fussy cut and heated with a heat tool to bend the wings. The topper die is from the Spellbinders Butterfly die set. I stamped a Hero Arts script stamp, using light blue ink, across the base of the card and sponged the card with Distress ink.

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

Challenges entered:

Heartful Challenge:  Anything Goes + stamp

Jo's Scrap Shack: Always Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Easter/Spring Inspiration

Sunsational Challenge:  Anything Goes

Shabby Chic #4

I hope you all had a Happy Valentine's Day! I am here again showing you another shabby chic card I made. February is a good time to think about making wedding cards, so here is one I made using an svg cut for the base. I used a dotted swiss heart embossing folder to add texture and then I used a lot of scraps from my stash. The two hearts were stamped on patterned papers and fussy cut.

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

Challenges entered:

Sugar Peas:  Mix It Up Challenge 40

Shabby Chic #3

Hi! Valentine's Day is right around the corner! I want to show you a shabby chic Valentine I made using scraps from my stash.

I started with the heart frame that I found in my stash of images. The heart was made by stamping with peg stamps. I stamped the Sparkle N Sprinkle birds and colored them with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. I fussy cut the heart using decorative scissors. All of the rest of the pieces, swirls, borders, ribbon, pearls and buttons also came from my stash and were added as embellishments. I used Tim Holtz's distress tool to rough up the edges of the pink patterned paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a very Happy Valentine's Day!

Challenges entered:

AAA Challenge:  All You Need Is Love 

Frilly and Funkie:  All You Need Is Love

Modsquad Challenge:  Have A Heart

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  It Must Be Love

Sugar Peas:  Mix It Up Challenge 40

Birthday Twisted Pop Out Card

Hi Everyone! Welcome to my blog. I want to show you a a twisted pop up birthday card I made. I like to make birthday cards that are fun and this type of card is perfect for that. Here is the link on how to make one -- twisted pop up card

I used scraps from a birthday paper pad I had and the images are from Penny Black's Critter Party stamp set. The saying on the inside was computer generated.

Here is the card opened.

I colored all the images with colored pencils. The candle was cut from a paper scrap and adhered to the inside of the card. All the images were cut out using the Spellbinders Small Circles dies.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

One Crazy Stamper:  Anything Goes

Penny Black:  Anything Goes/Option Use Some Scraps

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

The House That Stamps Built:  Sketch J3118

Christmas Fawn

Hi and welcome to my blog. Are you ready for Christmas? I actually have all my Christmas shopping done and I can now do a little creating. I made a Christmas card using this sweet stamp from the Artful Stamper. At Cropstop, their challenge is to use any products they sell at their store. I used the Spellbinders Labels 39 Decorative Accents die for the red frame. The image was colored using Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. It was cut out using Spellbinders Labels 4 die. The die was edged using a silver paint pen. I added flowers, cord, punched ferns and a chipboard snowflake as embellishments. Clear Stickles glitter was added to the sowflakes and snow. Silver pearls were also added for accent.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful Christmas season!

Challenges entered:

Cropstop:  Link Party #35
Inspiration Destination: Anything Goes
Sugar Peas:  Anything Goes
The House That Stamps Built: Tic-Tac-Toe ( Christmas, Red&Green, Glitter )

Fancy Fish

Hi Everyone! Welcome to y blog. I hope you are having a good day. I just love all the great stamptangle stamps we have at Just For Fun stamps. There are so many ways to use them and they have such a unique look. You can take a peek at them here. I decided to use the small Stamptangle Fancy Fish on this card. I found a new technique and thought the fish would go perfectly with it.

I used patterned paper and several pieces of different colors of card stock. I cut circles using Spellbinders Small Circles dies from each piece, each circle getting smaller. I layered all the card stock and patterned paper on top of each other to make a porthole. The fish was stamped, colored with markers, fussy cut and pop dotted to the card. I added green rhinestones to the fish and porthole for embellishment. The saying is from the Sentiments 3 unmounted sheet. I stamped just part of the saying since it did not fit on the tag. Clear Stickles was added across the card for waves.

You still have a few days to join in the Just For Fun Hot Hot Hot challenge. You might even win a gift certificate to the store. 

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

Challenges entered:

One Crazy Stamper:  My Favorite Things (dies, fish stamp, ribbon)

Stamp Sensations:  Anything Goes

The House That Stamps Built:  Anything Goes A2317

Flower Shaped Card

Hi Everyone! Welcome to my blog. I love shaped cards and you can make so many different shaped cards these days using all the wonderful dies out there. I made a flower shaped card using Spellbinders Blossom 3 dies. I placed the large flower die on red folded card stock and made sure the cutting edge was on the top of the fold so that when it was cut, the card would open. I cut 2 more smaller shapes using patterned paper and yellow paper.

I love the cute hedgehogs from Penny Black. I used this one from the Wonderful Day stamp set. I cut out the image using the Gina Marie Stitched Circle Die. I went around the stitching with a fine point Sharpie pen. This was pop dotted to the center of the card. The snail was also pop dotted to the card. The butterfly was cut using Tim Holtz's Butterfly Frenzy die and added to the bow.

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

Challenges entered:

2 Crafty Critters Crazies:  Challenge #5 Use a Critter

Dies R Us:  Anything Goes/Die

Penny Black:  Shaped Card

Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Challenge #170 Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown:  Anything Goes (DT)

Butterfly Flurry

Hi and welcome to my blog. I hope you are having a good day. I found a butterfly in my image stash that I had stamped onto acetate and colored with alcohol inks. I wanted to make a card with it and I decided to make the card into a butterfly shape as well.

I used teal patterned paper and cut out the butterfly shape using the Spellbinder nested butterfly die. I then used cream card stock and cut with the Spellbinders Crisscross die. Next I cut out the butterfly again from the Crisscross die to lay it over the butterfly. I took my Magic Matter tool to make a bigger shaped butterfly card base. I attached the teal crisscross layer onto the cream card base just in the middle so that it pops up a little. You can see it here in the next picture.

I curled the butterfly by using my heat gun. Wire was added for the antennas. I used cream seam binding to make the bow and then added the butterfly on top. Pearls were added to the butterfly's middle and crisscross pattern.

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

Challenges entered:

Butterfly Challenge: L is for Layers + Color Cream

Dies R Us:  Shaped Cards + Dies

Scrapy Land:  Add Pearls and/or Lace + Die

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! I hope all you mothers out there have a wonderful and blessed day.

On my card I started by adding patterned paper to the card base. I cut white frames using the Spellbinders Labels 8 dies and ran them through a dotted swiss embossing folder. I stamped the Just For Fun large colorblock butterfly twice with pink ink, fussy cut them and added them to two corners of the card. I stamped the Just For Fun Happy Mother's Day saying onto the cuttlebug scroll label die and pop dotted it in the middle. The scroll was edged with pink ink.

We have a new card challenge this month called A Mother's Love. We would love for you to join in and you might even win a gift certificate to the Just For Fun store!

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

Challenges entered:

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes
Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Frame It Up
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Going Dotty
Stamping Sensations:  Butterflies, Fairies and Fantasy

Bits and Bobs #9

Hi and welcome to my blog! It is another bits and bobs day! I had fun looking through my scraps to make a Mother's Day card. This image is an old one that I have had in my stash for a long time. I colored it with Spectrum Noir markers and cut it out using a Spellbinders Small Circle die. I made the frame awhile back using the Heartfelt Creations Butterfly die set. I placed the die on the fold of my patterned paper to make a complete frame. The bottom border was made using a scrap of patterned paper and the Spellbinders Bracket Borders 2 die. I then added embellishments I found in my stash.

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

Challenges entered:

Dies R Us:  Flowers + Die

heARTful Challenge:  Anything Goes + Stamp

One Crazy Stamper:  Anything Goes

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes + Die

Eat Cake

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am forever needing birthday cards so I have made another one using this cute House Mouse stamp! The red border was made by using Martha Stewart punches. The white frame was made by using a Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Square die. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and cut it out using a Spellbinders Small Circle die and matted it on the larger blue circle. I love paper piecing, so I paper pieced the icing on the cake using green patterned paper.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope your day is wonderful!

Challenges entered:

Crafting When We Can:  Animals

House Mouse and Friends:  Food and/or Drink

Modsquad:  Ya Wanna Piece of Me

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes + Die

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Happy Birthday

Winter Wonderland

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am glad you stopped by today. I want to show you a card I made using the Snowy Park stamp from Penny Black. We had a winter wonderland a couple of weeks ago and then we had spring weather. I know winter will come back. Our weather here in the south is so unpredictable!

I cut out the image using Spellbinders small oval die and sponged a little blue and purple Distress inks for the sky. Olaf White glitter from Sparkle N Sprinkle was used on the snowflake punch and trees and ground of the image. The image was layered on decorative Spellbinders dies and then layered on patterned paper. Blue rhinestones added the finishing touch.

Thanks again for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!

Challenges entered:

Dies R Us:  Winter Blues
Penny Black:  Anything Goes
Sparkle N Sprinkle: Anything Goes With Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder,                                          Flocking