Happy Mother's Day!

Hello, I wanted to wish you a happy mothers day!

I made a few cards to send to my wonderful mom and wonderful mother -in-law to let them know how much I love them and appreciate all they have done for me.

Inspiration for this card comes from  Jackie's blog "the Scalloped Edge" -HERE.

 The flowers are cut from metal die from My Favorite Things Die-namic Lily

I use the Birds & Swirls Cuttlebug folder for the embossed background

 Sentiment is from the Happy Easter stamp set from My Craft Spot

The flag banner is the Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax

Close up of flowers, I used my Copic markers to add a bit of color on the inside edges.

Enjoy your day!

Blog Hop Stamp Set Give-a-way My Craft Spot

Woo Hoo... today is the My Craft Spot Stamp Release Blog Hop. I know I've had a wonderful time sharing projects from all 5 new stamp sets: Chalkboard Sentiments, Jar Full of Spring, Banner Sentiments, Stamping All Around Spring 2 and Big Sentiments. And 4 new metal dies: Ribbon Banners Wavy, Small Bow, Fancy Edgers, Heart Border.

All stamp sets and metal dies are available for purchase today at My Craft Spot.

Today the inspiration continues with more ideas from Kimberly and the design team using the new stamp sets, each design team member will have a stamp set or metal die set to give away as well... so exciting huh!!!

If you've just hopped here from my talented friend Gwen's Blog -This and That by Gwen then you are in just the right place for the blog hop, if you would like to start at the beginning of the hop then please go to My Craft Spot -HERE

Blog Hop Order:

Kimberly

Gwen

Robin (you are here)

Heather

Ally

Sherrie

Kate

Tanya

I'm giving away the Jar Full of Spring stamp set, so I couldn't resist playing with the set again.
I'm also using Blue Sky crinkle ribbon and the new Fancy Edgers metal die, the grass shape.

I love the speckled eggs in this set, I hand cut the eggs leaving just a hint of a white edge, I like that look.  I also stamped hand hand cut out the cute chocolate bunny and tucked him in and egg that I cut in half using an old pair of zig-zag scissors. I tucked all the eggs into three layers of the grass.

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The cloud shape is a metal die cut from My Favorite Things, the Die-namics Cloud Trio

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Below is the inside of my card, I used the other half of the egg and added a chocolate bunny... uh-oh... someone got hungry and took a bite of the chocolate bunny. Really I used a tiny heart punch and punched a corner of his ear, looks like I took a bite huh?  Hee Hee.

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Hope you enjoyed today's card using the Big Sentiment stamp set.

And now I'm so excited to give one of the metal die set that I designed away, Jar Full of Spring to one fantabulous winner, for your chance to win, follow the steps below......

1)  please become a follower of my blog (if you are not already)

2)  please leave a comment here on my blog and let me know which of the 5 new stamp sets or metal dies are your favorite from this release.

3) (optional) "like" my facebook page.... be the first to see all the creative ideas I post on my blog.

 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!!!

Your next stop along the hop is my talented friend Heather -Houses Built of Cards.
Thank you for stopping by! 

Have a fabulous time hopping blog friends!

Tropical Thank You -My Craft Spot Project

Hi friends, I have a fun card to share with you today, this card is being featured over at My Craft Spot today. There is a color combo challenge over there this week, to see to colors of the challenge click -HERE.

I used the My Craft Spot  Thank You stamp set along with Mandarin twine, both are available at the My Craft Spot shop -HERE.

This image is from Miss Kate Cuttables, the images can be found -HERE for the drink and -HERE for the strawberry. The flower and leaves is the Hibiscus die-namic die from My Favorite Things found -HERE.

Close up of the Thank You banner

Close up of the flower, I sponged various colors of inks on the leaves and flower.

Thanks so much for visiting today! Head over to My Craft Spot for this weeks "Color Combo" challenge -HERE.  Have a great day!

You Make Life Sweet -My Craft Spot DT Project

Yep, that's right blogger friends, you do make my life sweet! Thank you for following me and leaving wonderful comments from time to time.

It's time for another challenge over at My Craft Spot

This weeks challenge

Flowers

use at least one flower on your project

 For my card I pulled out (for the first time) the Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge... I LOVED making these rolled flowers, the are so easy and pretty!

I love this sentiment from the Sweet Sentiments #2 stamp set, the ribbon color is Buttercup both available at My Craft Spot

The shape that I stamped on is the Die-namic Bracket Tab die from My Favorite Things

My rolled flowers were cut at three different sizes, the blue cut at 4", pink 3 1/2", yellow 3".  Depending on how much you let the flowers un-roll or loosen gives a different size for each, I let go of my flowers before gluing them so they are quite loose, and I do like how they look.  The leaves were cut at 1 1/2" and 1" sizes.

Added some fun zig-zag stitching using my sewing machine.

Remember to head over to My Craft Spot to see more of the design teams "Flower" projects, and join us for this weeks challenge -HERE.

Thanks for visiting my blog... comments are always welcomed and so appreciated, have a wonderful day :)

Monkey for Baby Card -My Craft Spot Project

I'm Wild about you Monkey!

It's Monday and time for another great challenge and it's a wild one over at My Craft Spot!

This weeks challenge is 

Wild About You

Include a wild animal on your project

My husbands niece had a baby boy a few weeks back so I made a tie blanket for him, and a fun matching card to go with. The monkey was a perfect wild animal for the "Wild About You" challenge.

This card is a 6" x 6" size, I used the Create a Critter cricut cartridge for the monkey and the leaves. The monkey and vine was cut at 4 1/2" pg. 46 of the handbook, the leaf on pg. 51 cut at sizes 1", 1 1/4" and 1 1/2" using real dial size.

Side view, I popped up the monkey, so cute!

Close up of the monkey and leaves. I wrinkled up the leaves and then inked them up using Tim Holtz Forest Moss ink pad. The monkey was inked using Vintage Photo ink pad.

I love this little saying "Bundle of Joy"! This is stamped using the Bundle of Joy stamp set from My Craft Spot, it can be purchased -HERE. 

I used my sewing machine and a zig-zag stitch over the tab.

I used one of my die-namics metal dies from My Favorite Things to cut out the tabs to stamp on.

Inside of the card, stamps are from the same stamp set Bundle of Joy from My Craft Spot.

Thank you for stopping by today, and remember to head over to My Craft Spot to see the other "Wild" projects created by Kimberly's fabulous design team, and join us for this weeks challenge... Wild About You!  My Craft Spot -HERE.

Day 5 Stamp Release Party! -So Blessed

Hello all my friends, I hope you have followed along this week for the fabulous Stamp Release Party for My Craft Spot, I know the design team and I have really enjoyed sharing so many inspiring projects with you, and today day 5, the inspiration continues.

We are showing a sneak peek with you of the new Happy Thanksgiving stamp set a beautiful stamp set that is wonderful for your Fall and Thanksgiving cards and projects.

Today I've created a lovely Fall card with loads of leaves and acorns.

I used a spellbinder die image to stamp the saying on, it's a beautiful saying and could be used all year round. 

 The acorns were cut using the Create A Critter cricut cartridge pg. 32 cut in various sizes, I used my Cuttlebug Machine and the embossing folder Swiss Dots to emboss the top of the acorns, then inked the edges using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink pad.

Leaves were cut using Everyday Paper Dolls cricut cartridge pg. 35, I crinkled up the leaves a bit then inked them using the same ink pad.

The swirls are a metal die from My Favorite Things, Die-namics Fancy Flourish.

The brown border is a border punch from Recollections, which I used my sewing machine to sew over with a zig-zag stitch.
Side view of card. 

 The crinkle ribbon is from My Craft Spot, pumpkin spice is the color.

 Inside of card.

Thanks for joining me for day 5 of my sneak peek, please join us tomorrow for the My Craft Spot blog hop where the design team will once again inspire you with a project using one of the 5 stamp sets, as well as each design team members (including myself) will be giving away one of the 5 stamp sets generously provided by Kimberly.
Also all 5 of the stamp sets including the fun Tiny Doily Metal Die will be available for purchase tomorrow at My Craft Spot.

One last thing, remember to head over to My Craft Spot today to see the many other amazing projects made by Kimberly and her design team using the brand new Happy Thanksgiving stamp set, and leave a comment on Kimberly's blog (My Craft Spot) today for your chance to win the Thanksgiving Crinkle Ribbon, this ribbon is perfect for your Fall projects. click -HERE for My Craft Spot. 

Flower Pot Thank You Card -Freshly Picked Cartridge

Hello eveyone, I'm so happy to share another lovely shape card you, I'm also sharing it over at My Craft Spot. This flower pot is cut form the Freshly Picked Cricut Cartridge from page 33 of the handbook and measures approx. 4 1/4" tall and 4 1/2" wide. 

The flower pot is cut using Velveteen Paper, and I cut extra layers of leaves an flowers so I could do my wet and wrinkle technique.

I wet the cardstock, wrinkle it up and gently unfold it, then dry it using my heat tool. It just gives the cardstock a bit of a wrinkled look. I have a video showing this technique on another card -HERE.

I've used Kimberly's new"Thank You" stamp set for the two sentiments and love how they've added a beautiful touch with the two different fonts styles. The bow was tied using the Vanilla Bean Crinkle Ribbon. Both the stamp set and ribbon can be purchased -HERE in the My Craft Spot Shop.
The metal Pin Clip holding the "Thank You" sentiment is from Close to My Heart.
I used my My Favorite Things Die-namics "Mini Tabs Foursome" metal dies to cut out the "for your kindness".
Added Recollections flat back sticky pearls to the center of the flowers.

Thanks for visiting, have a lovely day!

Sweet Friend -Sweet Kiki La Rue CC Designs Stamp

For My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party day 3 project click -HERE.

Meet CC Design Sweet Kiki La Rue, my husbands grandmothers name is La Rue and hold a special place in our heart.  Sweet Kiki La Rue is so adorable holding her ice cream cone... she needs to hurry and in this summer heat because it's melting fast. She is from All That Scraps and can be found -HERE.

She is sweet, don't you think?

I paper pieced her dress and headband. 

 I stamped Kiki, then cut out the image using the Spellbinders Lacey Oval die.

The White wrinkle ribbon is from Prairie Bird Boutique, the border punch behind the ribbon is the EK Success Pointed Flower, the flower (rolled daisy) and leaf (leafy flourish) are die-namics metal dies from My Favorite Things. The sentiment is from My Craft Spot Tiny Tags stamp set.

 Inside of card

 Thank you for taking the time to visit today :)

Stamp Release Party at My Craft Spot -Day Three

Today is day 3 of My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party and I'm happy to share with you my project from the brand new stamp set "With Deepest Sympathy".
There are times in our lives we need to remember those loved ones that pass on and also remember those who are left behind and send them an uplifting word, that's why this stamp set is so nice to have on hand. Kimberly has put much thought into designing this stamp set so the phrases will touch the heart of others, thank you Kimberly for creating this set.

Crinkle ribbon from My Craft Spot the colors are Vanilla Bean, Milk Chocolate & Spring Moss

 Video below with all the details:

Close up of the sentiment.

Remember at My Craft Spot is having a give-a-way everyday this week when you leave a comment on her blog posts, today's gift is the Birthday Wishes Stamp Set -HERE.  Then check out the other design teams projects while you're there... they are so inspiring!

I love comments too  :)   Thank you for visiting.

Stamp Release Party at My Craft Spot -Day Two

Hello, I hope everyone had a chance to see all the projects for Kimberly's new stamp set Tiny Tags 2, and do you love the new metal dies over at My Craft Spot... love them!!!  

Today is day two and the stamp release party continues with the new stamp set "Thank You" this is a beautiful stamp set with several wonderful thank you sentiments for the outside and inside of your cards.

For my project today I use the Pagoda cricut cartridge and this beautiful fan image on pg. 64 of the handbook.  I welded two fans together for this fun shape.

Video below:

Inside of card

Head over to My Craft Spot to see the other "Thank You" project created by the talented design team and remember to leave a comment on My Craft Spot blog for your change to win another fabulous project.

Thanks for visiting and I would love comments here too {wink}

Roller Skate Shape Card

Hello everyone I have a fun shape card for you today....

When I was a little girl we had those old metal roller skates that you would adjust the size and attach to your shoes with leather straps... does anyone remember those? Similar to the photo below, well that dates me I'm sure. :)

My card is cut from the Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge, and this shape card is an actual shape card in the handbook, no need to weld the images together.

This great Happy Birthday sentiment is from My Craft Spot's Birthday Wishes clear stamps, and the twine is Blueberry you can fine these items in Kimberly's shop -HERE.

Below is a video... enjoy

Rolled Rose and Royal leaves metal dies (die-namics) are from My Favorite Things and can be found -HERE.

 

 The inside sentiment is from the same stamps set Birthday Wishes.

 

Thanks for visiting... have a fantastic day!