You DA best!

 

Hey friends!

Today I'm sharing a card for the FAN-tastic card group

on Instagram where fans of Simon Says Stamp

post our monthly cards.

The theme is always Anything Goes unless it's September

and then we showcase any STAMP-tember set :)

It has turned into quite a wondeful FAN-mily!

I've barely been home and running in too many different directions

and quite honestly, barely had time to throw a card together :(

I reached into my scraps pile where I found these die cut strips

and created a few background panels.

I LOVE this die cut from Simon Says Stamp and CZ Design ~

totally something my son says, LOL!

I die cut that from gold cardstock and layered white underneath,

purposely peeking it out just a smidge for a tiny border.

For the first panel, I messed up the placement.

Sadly, it was glued!

So once I peeled it back off, rather than toss the panel,

I just cut smaller hearts from what was salvagable.

Ta-da!

Finally, the sentiment is from Shine Bright clear stamp set.

I felt like it needed a little something something and rolled with it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Garden bunnies!

 

Hi friends!

Happy Friday!

Today I have a card to share featuring the adorable

Whimsy Stamps bunnies.

Be sure to see the youtube unboxing here

and a CUTE shorts here! 

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My card features the cutest bunnies from Whimsy Stamps

and they are Bunnies in the Garden.

I colored them with prismacolor markers

& added them to a background of the Fabulous Florals paper pack.

The frame around the bunnies in the flower garden 

is the Mix & Match Marquee die set.

Thanks for stopping by!

The ProCRAFTinator's Club - March!

  Hi friends!

Today's card share is for 

~ The ProCRAFTinator's Club ~

where a group of us friends share our projects

made from a kit, class, camp or retreat!

This idea came from chatting with friends

and how so many of us are proCRAFTinating on our classes,

camps and kit/subscription boxes!

All those kits, past and present, online classes and camps ~

We're dustin' them off and creating :)

For this month, I didn't have to go far.

Concord and 9th just had their Winter camp

and one of the classes taught by Meghan Andrew 

was a beautiful layered die cut floral card.

This card is not my own design but from the class.

I did switch up the colors of the cardstock and added a banner

sentiment rather than stamp the card directly

and popped up a few of the sprigs of florals.

I loved this card so much for the women mommies in my life!

I am planning to make several more in their favorite colors

for Mother's Day :)

Thanks for stopping by!

challenges entered:   A Cut Above - AG

Make My Monday - die cuts

Path of Positivity - Something you wouldn't normally make

3M ~ Happy Snowman!

 

Hi friends!

It's time for the March 3 Musketeers debut!

And it's CHILLY 'round here!

Not ... actually ROUND here.

I'm in Florida .... it's quite HOT!

Here is where you can see what the 3M is all about.

My card took quite the detour this round

so I'm guessing Chilly wanted to stay a little longer

with Jeanette, our hostess this month 💙

She sent the 3 of us this adorable Penny Black snowman

stamped image and this is my take!

It's sooo simple - just fussy cutting and pretty paper!

I did add a sentiment to my card and this one is from Mftstamps

called Snow Buddies.

You can see Jeanette's card here

and Barb's card here!

I'll be up next month so be sure to come back 

and see what April will be!

Thanks for stopping by!

Secret Stamp Challenge!

 

Hi friends!

There's a new lil something to share today ~

and the secret is out of the box!

Some months ago, I found a pack of 4 brand new

 Hanna Stamps clear stamp sets bound together at the thrift store.

I could hardly believe my eyeballs!

They are a company that has long been gone from the industry 

and I'm grateful for whomever donated them for someone to love.

Since there were 4, I immediately set aside the French Parisian one

for my sweet friend in Paris (scroll to bottom to see all 4!)

That left 3 more and I had the idea to send 2 of them to 

Jeanette and Barb, reminiscing of the days we'd sent a mystery supply

to each other and create something out of it.

Based on the 3 left, I chose 

*the motorcycle girl for Jeanette (she rode back in the day!) 

the gardening girl for Barb (it reminded me

of her greenhouse she has adjacent to her home),

and by default - and the only one left - I got the maid, ROFL!

And finally, here's my card:

I confess I drew a blank!

I just couldn't figure out what to do with this image

and ended up with a cas card.

This sentiment though ... 😆😆😆

Here are Barb's card and Jeanette's cards

and finally, the 4 together :)

This was a lot of fun!

Thank you Barb and Jeanette for joining me

in this fun adventure!

I'll enter this to:  Craft Rocket Challenge - For the girls

Cards4Calz - For a special lady

Carnival Fair!

 

Hi friends!

Today we're heading to the county fair! 😃 

This week, my Wednesday card group

 - Cards For All Seasons - 

has a fun theme of carnivals!

That could be anywhere from a literal carnival, county fair, 

to Mardi Gras and carnivals in other countries.

We even included masks, masquerades, ticket stubs or big tops

and even just fun carnival colors ~ and hopefully this inspires you, too!

I created a Fun Fair with carnival rides in honor of my 4 kids 💚

Their schools always had a fun festival every spring 

after the standardized testing period ended as way to celebrate

months of preperation and studying and test taking.

It was always grand and I made sure to always run one of the booths,

which we also made from scratch!

 For this cheerful card, I used 2 different Lawn Fawn stamps:

Admit One and Coaster Critters.

The background is blended with my distress inks

and I colored it with prismacolor markers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Entered to:  Lawn Fawnatics:  Birthday

Daisy Chain Challenges - Animals

Love to Craft - AG

Conjurer of Dreams - AG

Spring is here! It's smell AWFUL!

      

Hey friends!

Today I'm sharing a hilarious card for my friend Geeta's 

Giggle Group!

I have been on a major purge and while destashing my stamps,

found some that I'd forgotten that I had.

This Big Grumpy from Taylored Expressions has been with me for years.

I had so much fun sorting through the accesories stamps,

like Easter and Halloween!

I used the flower pot from the Easter set 

and ended up taking the potted plant

 and trimming it so I'd have just the flowers. 

 Grumpy is sitting in a garden!

Thanks for stopping by!