Quick and Easy Cards

You know my favorite type of card is a Quick and Easy Card!!!

Here is my 5 minute card ...

Supplies:

Crushed Curry and Whisper White cardstock

Ink: Crushed Curry

Basic Grey ribbon

Kaliedoscope Designer Series Paper

Crazy Mixed up love stamp set

Go check out other Super Simple Cards at SSI Blog!

Friday Favorites

What is your favorite item this Friday?

Mine is...

Just Sayin' Bundle

Here is my card...

I just love these adorable speech bubbles!!!

Supplies:

Just Sayin' Bundle

Bermuda bay ink

Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Pack

Check out what my other design team members' favorites are at SSI blog!

Shaped Cards

Do you always create cards that are rectangles?

I usually do...

the challenge at Practical Scrappers today is to create shaped cards.

Here is mine....

I created a pennant shaped card!

Supplies:

Simply Celebrate

Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper

Cardstock: Gumball Green, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate, Tangerine Tango

Ink: Black

rhinestones

gold twine

Do you ombre?

I love the Ombre technique...

Use colors of the same family that fade from dark to light or light to dark!

Here is my take on Ombre!

Supplies:

Petal Parade

Retro fresh washi tape

Lots of Thanks

Ink: Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie, Crisp Cantalope, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze

Check out the other Ombre projects at Practical Scrappers Here!

Watercolor Wednesday

Do you love watercolors?

I do...

I just love the new stamp set...

Happy Watercolor!

Here is my card

Go check out other Watercolor cards here...

I used this picture for the color inspiration...

Supplies:

Happy Watercolor

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant, Pear Pizzazz, Gumball Green, Always Artichoke

SSI Layout Sketch

One of my favorite features each month is my sketch at SSI!

This month I created my 1st 2 page layout.

I hope you like it!

Here is the sketch....

Here is my take on the sketch!

More pictures from our cruise to the Bahamas.

Here we are on the private island, Great Stirrup Cay.

What a perfect day we had... our own Cabana, swimming in the ocean at the end of November!

Trip of a lifetime!

Check out what everyone else created with my sketch!

Hope you play along!

Twirling Twine into Butterflies

At Practical Scrappers today, we are showing you Ten things to do with Twine.

Mine is how to create these adorable butterflies!

1. wrap twine around 2-3 fingers depending on how big you want your butterflies.

I only wrapped it around 2.

2. Then tie the twine together at the ends.

3. Take a coordinating twine to wrap around the center.

4. Tie it in a double knot allowing the twine to get close between your fingers.

5. Slide off fingers and you have a butterfly!

Hope you enjoy making these adorable butterflies like I did!

Supplies:

Very Vanilla and Coastal Cabana Cardstock

Twine: Crisp Cantaloupe, Summer Starfruit and Coastal Cabana

Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper

Apothecary framelets

2 1/2" circle punch

Yippee-Skippee stamp set

Spring-a-licious Flowers!!!

Bring on the flowers for Spring!!!

Thank you so much for joining us for our March Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop!  Temperatures are on the rise and there is just one short week until the official first day of Spring!  We are all so ready to put away our snowflakes and break out the flowers in our craft rooms!  Stampin' Up! has so many options for Spring-time flowers and we are showing you just a few of those today!

As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number  11 on the Stylin’ Stampin’ Squad blog hop –  Kim. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn’t work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

I am currently in love with Stippled Blossoms and Hip Notes!!!

 Also, the Fresh Prints Designer series card pack!!!
Love Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay and Real Red together!!!
It is not a color palette I would have chosen on my own.

 My 3D project I created today!
I used the new scalloped tag topper punch to create this little gift package!

First cut paper to 5" x 2"

Punch longest 2 ends in scalloped tag topper punch.

Score 2" in from each side.

 I put 2 washi tapes inside the gift package!
You could add candy inside instead!

Up next... Tonya

Blog Hop Participants:

Blog Hop Participants

1. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
2. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun
3. Diana E. of Stampin' Fun with Diana
4. Cynthia R. of Ink-A-Doodle Creations
5. Erica B. of Stamping Starlette
6. Anastasia R. of Stampin' Blondie
7. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
8. Bree R. of Craft-Somnia
9. Heidi B. of Stuck on Stampin'
10. Shellie G. of Craft Smashup
11. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
12. Jennifer C. of Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life
13. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
14. Donna S. of Organized Chaos
15. Jamie H. of Unique Ink
16. Darla R. & Nancy K. of Stampin with Darla and Sisters
17. Kathy P. of Katrina P's Creative Corner 

Stippled Blossoms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$18.95

Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack

$6.95

Hip Notes

$11.95

Coastal Cabana 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim

$8.95

Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

$22.95

Decorative Label Punch

$16.95

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Drip Dry Watercolor Technique!!!

Do you love to try new techniques?

I do!!!

Here is a new one to me...
I am sharing it on the SSI blog today as well!

Drip Dry Watercolor technique

Supplies you need:

watercolor paper

aquapainter

re-inkers

paper towel and area where water can land so that it doesn't hurt your work space

(I used a glass cutting mat)

Step 1:

Get supplies ready

put reinker in something you can easily clean

I used the lid of an embellishment case

Step 2

Wet water color paper slightly with clean aqua painter.

Step 3

Pick up color and drip vertically down the watercolor paper

Step 4

Let the watercolor paper dry for 10-15 minutes

Step 5

Embellish, stamp, add to card front!

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial!

Here was my inspiration...

We had an ice dam that leaked through our log walls...

this was my way of turning my lemons into lemonade!

Here is each card...

Thanks for stopping by...

hope you try out this technique!!!