Happy Halloween!!!

I did a few activities leading up to Halloween that allowed me to play with my stash a little more than usual: I have that craft club I was talking about, and we did a few Halloween crafts, so that was cool! I was also playing around with a few new products and wanted to have a little fun!

This beautiful die cut is from Sizzix (Sizzix China link here), and even though I don't think Hallowe'en is a particularly glitter-appropriate holiday, I tried it and loved it!! ha! 

This stamp is from My Favorite Things (it's called Frightful Friends) and I dusted off (literally) the ol' Copic markers to play around. 

(I dressed up as Miss Piggy for our school Halloween Party! So fun to be a blonde!)

Hello there! I am here with a colourful and cheery holiday card!

This was made using a few basics from around the ol' craft room:

Die Cuts (Tim Holtz by Sizzix)

Cardstock

Glitter Glue

SRM Stickers By The Dozen - Christmas

I die cut the words from three different colours of cardstock and left some letters in, and let others fall out. I like that kind of haphazard look! 

If you want to use glitter paper as a background to your design, CUT OUT THE MIDDLE!! That glitter paper is precious, am I right? I used a pen-knife to cut out the middle and now I have another good-sized piece for the future! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Watercolours.... 

So much fun, right? 

I like making backgrounds and being really free with how they're created. 

I bought these Jane Davenport watercolour pens and created this background by dropping different colours around the paper and just kind of let them bleed together. 

This card was made with the piece from above:

And here's a more cheerful colour scheme using the same techniques:

I used dies from Cityscape, Metropolis #661804 to create the lovely silhouette. 

Thank you for stopping by! 

Did you see my Halloween box the other day? I used some of the same materials to make a cute little tag!

I used the Thinlits Die Set: Spooky by Sizzix to make the vampire (kind of like a paper doll project) and a sentiment from SRM Stickers (Stickers by The Dozen: Halloween). 

CLICK HERE to enter! 

I used a 3x3x3 Kraft box as my base. Before I assembled it, I did some stencilling, and misting and created a fun little background for the vampire (Sizzix Thinlits Die Set: Spooky). 

(For all of the stencilling I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks)

Once all of the sides were decorated, I folded the box into place and added the sentiment and vampire!

Sentiment is Stickers By The Dozen: Halloween. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Have you seen the new release from Sizzix and Tim Holtz!! I was so excited to play with the new Halloween stuff, especially. There's nothing that takes away the back-to-school blues than getting ready for the second-best holiday (my favourite is Christmas..... DUH!). 

The background was made with the Skull Damask embossing folder (link below). I embossed it, then drew on the raised parts with glue and pressed some black foil into it. 

I cut the sentiment from some silver glitter cardstock for added BLING. Love it... 

Supplies: 

Sizzix Texture Fades Embossing Folder: Skull Damask

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Vintage Spirits

Hi, there! Today I have a card using a whole bunch of border stamps from SRM Stickers clear stamps. I (like most of you) follow a lot of blogs and file ideas and inspiration in the ol' noggin' for later use - and today my inspiration comes from Kristina Werner. 

I have been discovering new ways to use my new Oxide Inks, and I definitely love to blend with them, but also stamping with them is fabulous. Because it's kind of like pigment, you can layer colours on top of each other and the colours POP! 

Process: 

SRM Supplies: 

I love to play with lots of different mediums and styles - it keeps this hobby of mine (which I have done for over 11 years now) fresh, new, and interesting. 

Today I am sharing some tags made with extra paint from a painting project. 

I have recently started experimenting with Acrylic Pouring and the paint that drips off the side of the canvas is just too gorgeous to throw away!!! 

Here's my painting: 

And here's the pool of paint that ran off the side. I simply dragged some tags through the paint and I had some lovely backgrounds ready to go! 

Some simple, yet striking die cuts paired with a versatile SRM sticker sentiment was all it took to dress these tags up. 

SRM Stickers: Stickers by The Dozen/Thank You

A friend asked me to make a card "for someone special" so with such an open-ended task, the world (or my craft collection) was my oyster. 

I chose to work with the Sizzlits Die Set - Cacti.

I had to explain to my husband and son, but I'm hoping YOU get it. 

YOU are special, just like the colourful cactus with the heart... 

As opposed to the B&W cacti... 

It was obvious to me, anyway! hahaha

I just had a self-imposed long weekend (took a personal day) because I just finished a long run of the musical I directed at school and I was pooped!!! But after a couple good sleep-ins and some much needed "ME TIME" I am ready to tackle June! 

This card is such an easy one to put together - would be a really great project for a card-set. 

The combo of gold glitter and mint green is making my heart sing! 

Have a wonderful week! 

Supplies: 

Woodland Foliage Sizzix Bigz Die - 661717

MFT Stamp set

Teresa Collins Glitter cardstock

Bazzill Cardstock

Distress Oxide Ink - Cracked Pistachio

Hi guys!! I'm here today with some spring-inspired greeting cards. 

Butterflies are a guilty pleasure of mine and I have quite the collection going, which makes mixing and matching elements a snap! 

These cards feature a stamp set by My Favorite Things, and a diecut from Sizzix. I made four cards in total, and a couple of them say "Thank You!" and a couple of them say "Wish" thanks to We've Got Your Sticker: Happy and We've Got Your Sticker: Thanks.

Thank you for stopping by! 

Supplies: 

Die Cut: Sizzix Thinlits (Sheet) Mold 1 - Stereo Staggered Butterfly

Stamps: My Favorite Things

Chinese followers: 

Sizzix is now in China! 

CLICK HERE to go to the exclusive Chinese site for all things Sizzix! 

But the star of the card is definitely these pretty flowers. They were the inspiration for the colours and the focus of the whole design. 

thanks for stopping by!! 

Supplies: 

Sizzix Die Cut: Love Birds 3-D Rose

Distress Oxide Inks: Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Wilted Violet

Stamps: Technique Tuesday - Fringed Dahlia, Lots of Dots, Butterfly Collage

Hi there! I'm sharing a cute card that is fun to construct, cute, and speaks to my scooter-riding soul! 

Before I came to China I was no stranger to two-wheeled vehicles having had my first dirt-bike at the age of four (my parents were nuts!!!) but, I had never driven a bike/scooter on the road as my primary mode of transportation. There are days when it REALLY sucks (when it's below freezing and pouring rain or snowing) and days when it feels so good to have the sun on your face and the wind blowing through your hair... 

Anyway, this die has my name written all over it! 

This die would be fun to give to your kids! Putting it together was like a fun little puzzle, and the colour combinations are endless! Take a look on the Sizzix Website for a helpful video and other colour schemes! 

Luckily, I had the most perfect sentiment ever in my stash of stamps (this one is from Stamping Bella) and a few cute scraps of patterned paper to make this die cut shine! 

Supplies:
Sizzix Bigz Die - Moped

Patterned Paper - MME

SRM Border Sticker

Bazzill Cardshoppe Cardstock

Best Creation Glitter Cardstock

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