Neon Stars -- Punches/Dies at Crafting with Dragonflies

Our theme this fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies we're making Cards featuring Punches and/or Dies.

I used dies to create the shaker windows, and filled the shakers with punched stars. The words are from a Jillibean Soup set, and are stamped onto the top acetate layers with StazOn ink. The neon papers are from Target/Kid Made Modern. I finished the card with black & white baker's twine.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
Southern Girls #163: Ribbon or Twine (baker's twine)

Thank you for visiting & hope you'll join the fun at Crafting with Dragonflies, 

Tea in the Garden -- Summer with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers

Have you been hopping with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers? Just love all the Coffee/Tea/Cocoa projects, so many unique designs! This is my second card for this season's Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog hop.

I made a Card-in-a-Box using Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up die set, featuring teapot & cup dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs. 

Inspiration/Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
Spring 2017 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: Coffee/tea/cocoa + Summer

Thank you for visiting! Have a very perky season,

...And a natural preservative!

We have a couple of wedding anniversaries in the family this week, so I made these simple cards featuring salt & pepper packets. This week's sketch challenge at Less Is More gave a place to start with the design, and I was also inspired by the fact that the salt & pepper packets that I used on the solid color card worked so well with this week's CAS-ual Fridays color challenge (Coral, Aqua, Gray).

I made a mask layer from white cardstock using a curved edge die, stamped the circle border from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps (using gray ink on the white & black ink on the coral), and heat-embossed it with a mix of chucky clear powder & glow-in-the-dark glitter. For the white card, I added a bit more clear chunky embossing powder to create a splash effect. I created the sentiment "Love is the Spice of Life" using the fonts Dimestore Hooker & Apple Chancery. The banner was handmade using a simple yet fun technique from s.e.i/Scor-Pal. The pepper packets on the white card and inked with VersaMark & QuickQuotes inks.

Inspiration/Challenges:
CAS-ual Fridays: Coral, Aqua, Gray
Less Is More #334: CAS + Sketch 20

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Miss You a Latte! -- Summer with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers

Happy Summer! A new season means a new Blog Hop with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers, and I always enjoy playing along. This time, I used the Hanging Charm Pull Tab die set from Karen Burniston/Elizabeth Craft Designs. It's in the mail to my folks right now!

The double-sided patterned paper is from BoBunny. The frame & coffee sleeve are cut from an actual cardboard coffee sleeve. The coffee cup is cut from shiny yellow, glitter yellow, and shiny green cardstocks. The sentiment & coffee bean stamps are from Stampin' Up. I added some dimension & detail with gold & red ViVa Pearl Pens. Because this card is sort of meant to lie flat, I put a message section directly on the back. Shows off that yummy paper too!


Inspiration/Challenges:
International Art & Soul Challenge: Flowers
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Use Patterned Paper
Spring 2017 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: Coffee/tea/cocoa + Summer

Thank you for visiting! Have a very perky summer,

Flowers at International Art & Soul

Our theme this fortnight at the International Art & Soul Challenge is Flowers.

I created the shaker on the front with a plastic bag & my Fuse tool, and filled it with flower sequins from Paper Sweeties. The pieces were embossed/cut with a folder/die from Design Objectives Ltd. For the front, I used a black/red Core'Dinations cardstock, and sanded the raised parts to reveal the red. For the inside, I embossed a red paper & lightly inked the embossed portions with black ink. I heat-embossed the sentiment (a rubber stamp from the Artful Stamper) in white.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Creative Craft Cottage Challenges: No patterned paper
Daisy Chain Challenge #9: Monochrome
International Art & Soul Challenge: Flowers
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb #158: Embossing

Thank you for visiting! Hope you'll join us at International Art & Soul,