Merry Everything!!

Merry Christmas crafty friends! 

I was able to sneak off into my craft room again this week, and decided I needed to make one more Christmas project this year. So I've just got a quick shaker card to share with you!

This jolly little Santa is from the My Favorite Things BB Jingle All The Way. I colored him with various Copic markers.

The shaker frame was created with the My Favorite Things Die-namics Stitched Square Scallop Frames. To make the shaker, I cut the frame with my Big Shot 7-8 times and then stacked all of the fames together. I find that this gives the shaker material lots of room to move around. 

(And don't mind the sequin that is stuck to poor Santa's head...I couldn't get it to move, so he's stuck with it there!)

I used the My Favorite Things Die-namics Basic Stitch Lines on my patterned background paper. And finally my sentiment is from the BB Jingle All The Way stamp set. 

Supplies: 

PaperTrey Ink White card stock

Echo Park I Love Christmas 6x6 paper stack

My Favorite Things BB Jingle All The Way

My Favorite Things Die-namics Stitched Square Scallop Frames

My Favorite Things Die-namics Basic Stitch Lines

Pretty Pink Posh Sequins

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas today!

For My Favorite Gamer!

Good morning! Once again, it seems like it's been forever since I posted last! But I'm here today sharing a super special birthday card. 

My oldest kiddo turns 15 today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAMIEN!

Damien is a die-hard gamer and upcoming YouTuber. :) So when I saw the Level up stamp set and Game Controller die over at My Favorite Things, I had to have it just for this card! I created the base with some of the rectangles from the Simon Says Stamps new In Stitches die collection.

I die-cut several of the controllers out in order to give the die a little bit of dimension. I added some black hemp twine for the cord (even though he has wireless controllers, oops!) and then some glossy accents onto the colored buttons. It's a simple, clean cut layout for a birthday card, but I think it turned out great! 

Supplies:
PaperTrey Ink white cardstock
Echo park All About a Boy 6x6 paper stack
Bazzill cardstock
My Favorite Things Level Up stamp set
My Favorite Things Die-namics Game Controller die
Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle Dies
hemp twine
glossy accents

Thanks for stopping by!

Make Today SUPER!

Good morning...and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Since 2014 came and went so fast, it's that time again to think about resolutions and starting over with a clean slate...

And I hope you ALL Make Today SUPER!

I have so many stamps that there are some brands that I haven't even gotten around to using! So today, I pulled out the Super stamp and Super Dies 1 and 2 sets from Paper Smooches. Aren't they adorable? (And then after I had been reminded of just how great these stamps are, I had to go a place another order!) 

For today's card, I created a standard A2 sized card. I used the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle and Stitched Circle Dies to create the top layers for my card. I cut the little super hero out on X-press It Blending paper, stamped the image, and colored it in with Copics. For the city scape silhouette behind him, I used the die set and cut them out of some black card stock.

I wanted to fill in the little "windows" of the dies with some yellow. Which brought me to another technique that I hadn't done for a long time...some inking with Tim Holtz Distress Inks! After that was all said and done, I decided I needed to ink up the night sky too. :) 

For the sentiment, I used the My Favorite Things Simply Fabulous Sayings stamp set and the Paper Smooches Super set. I added some foam tape to the back of the white layer to pop it up and some enamel dots to finish it off.

Supplies:

Neenah Solar White card stock

X-Press It Blending Card

My Favorite Things Simply Fabulous Sayings

Paper Smooches Super

Paper Smooches Super Dies 1 & 2

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle Dies

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circle Dies

Distress Inks:

Squeezed Lemonade

Wild Honey

Chipped Sapphire

Salty Ocean

Copics

Enamel Dots

I hope your New Year's Day is SUPER!

Happy Birthday Damien!

Today's birthday card is a special one for my oldest son who turns 14 today! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAMIEN!!

I can't believe what a great young man he is becoming. We've got a couple surprises for him later on today, and I hope he has an awesome birthday!

I used a label shape in my Silhouette Library to create my card base and additional layers. I cut the game system and controller from the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Get Your Game On cut files. Next to basketball, the XBOX is my kiddos next favorite thing to do. :)

Supplies:

PaperTrey Ink Vintage Cream cardstock

Echo Park That's My Boy 6x6 paper stack

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Get Your Game On

My Creative Time Chocolate Greetings

My Favorite Things Birthday Greetings

Enamel Dots

Thanks for stopping by!