Thinking of Ewe Card by Samantha Mann

 

Thinking of Ewe! 

Let someone know they are in your thoughts with this adorable card by Samantha!

For this card she features a sweet trio of sheep from our Baa Stamp Set. She colored these adorable fluffy sheep in neutral colors, adding pink to their cheeks and accents with a white gel pen. She cut the sheep out using the coordinating Baa Die Set. 

For her card base, she used our Bokeh Stencil Set to add the fun bokeh background in a gradient of pink to peach, created with distress inks. She added more texture with white paint splatters and then she cut this background out using our Frames & Flags Die Set to give it a fun scalloped edge. 

To create the customized sentiment she stamped the "thinking of" sentiment from the Baa Stamp Set, embossing it in white on a black strip of paper. Then she cut the letters to spell "EWE" on the right side of the background panel, using the Essential Alphabet Die Set to complete the sentiment. Super creative!

We hope you enjoyed this lovely card today and are inspired to create custom sentiments for your cards too!

To say hello to Sam and see more of her amazing creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!  

 

Happy Mother's Day Card by Maria Russell

 

Mother's Day Greeting! 

Today we are sharing a beautiful Mother's Day Greeting created by Maria! 

For her card she used the beautiful oval floral frame from our Best Mom Oval Stamp Set, coloring all the flowers in fun bright colors. She used the Oval Frames Die Set to cut the image out with a scalloped edge. Then she hand cut around the inside edge of the flowers to make it into a frame. Such a lovely idea! 

For the card she created a beautiful background panel using our Basketweave Stencil with white texture paste over a light pink background. This really adds such a fun spring feeling to the card. She cut it out to be slightly smaller than her white card and then layered the floral frame on top in the center. 

She embossed the Happy Mother's Day" sentiment from the Best Mom Oval Stamp Set in white on black cardstock and cut it out by hand before adding it to the center of her card. A few gold gems add a lovely finishing touch! 

 

This lovely card is perfect for Mother's Day but you could easily add a different sentiment in the center to make this into a spring birthday or friendship card too! 

To see more projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs

 

Hoppy Easter Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

  

HOPPY Easter!

Today we are sharing a bunny filled Easter card by Tatiana that will leave you ready to hop into spring crafting!

For this card, Tatiana started by stamping and coloring the fun big circle image filled with Easter goodies from our Spring Roundabout Stamp Set. She used fun bright spring colors on all those little images, adding fun white gel pen accents too. She cut the image out using the Circle Frames Die Set to add it to her card. 

For the card base she created a fun bunny background using our Bunny Tails Stencil Set. This fun stencil has two pieces, one for the bunny silhouettes and one for the tails. She used the bunny silhouette stencil with several fun colors to create colorful rows of bunnies. Then she used the second stencil with white texture paste to add fluffy white tails! Adorable!

For the finishing touch she added the sentiment "Hoppy Easter" from the Hoppy Greetings Stamp Set, stamped and embossed in white onto a black banner that was die cut out using the small banner from our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. 

We hope this card has inspired you to get a jump start on your Spring crafting! 

Thank you,Tatiana, for the inspiration! To see more of her beautiful work, you can visit Tatiana at her blog, Tatiana Trafimovich!

Llama Birthday Fun Card by Samantha Mann

Llama Birthday Fun! 

Today we are celebrating a fun birthday with this adorable card by Samantha!

For this card she featured the adorable llama from our Loveable Llamas Stamp Set. She colored the llama in fun neutral tones with added dots for texture on the fur. She also colored the blanket to add to his back and the potted cacti to add onto her card. These images were all cut out using the coordinating Loveable Llamas Die Set. She also added a bow tie and birthday hat to accessorize the llama, stamped from the Pug Hugs Stamp Set and cut out with the coordinating Pug Hugs Die Set. How adorable is that!?

Then, for her card base, she created a starry background on the top half using our  Cascading Stars Stencil with distress inks. 

To create the customized sentiment she stamped the sentiment from the Loveable Llamas Stamp Set, using masking to use the only the words "have a" and "fun on your birthday" by themselves, embossing each on their own black banner.  Then she cut the letters to spell "llama" from the center of her card, using the Essential Alphabet Die Set. She added the black banners with the stamped words onto each side to complete the fun sentiment running across the card! How cool! 

We hope you enjoyed this amazing card today and are inspired to create some fun and creative birthday cards of your own! With a little creativity you can put together fun custom sentiments too!

To say hello to Sam and see more of her amazing creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!  

 

Flying Butterflies Card by Farhana Sarker

   

Flying Butterflies! 

Today we have a unique and creative card by Farhana featuring a kitty and butterflies that are suspended by fishing line!

For this card, she started by creating a card front with an oval window. She covered her card front with clouds using a printed paper from our Springtime Paper Pad. Then she cut the oval out of the center using our Oval Frames Die Set. 

Next, she stamped and colored the kitty with a butterfly net from our Captivated Kittens Stamp Set. She colored the kitty in neutral tones and used the coordinating Captivated Kittens Die Set to cut the image out. She added the kitty to the lower corner of the oval frame. 

To create the fun suspended butterflies she stamped a bunch little butterflies from the Newton's Blooms Stamp Set, Gnome Garden Stamp Set, Daffodils Stamp Set and Bitty Bunnies Stamp Set. She colored all these pretty butterflies, make two of each so they could be two sided. She cut them all out with the coordinating die sets.  Then she adhered them to fishing line, back to back, with the fishing line glued between them. Then she attached the fishing lines at the top and bottom. The little butterflies look as if they are suspended in the sky and can spin back and forth too! Here is an image of how that looks from the inside of the card:

And here is the finished card when it is closed. She also added the sentiment "Meow's it going?"  from our Captivated Kittens Stamp Set, stamped onto the stitched rounded edge banner from the A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. 

What a fun technique! How cool would it be to receive a card like this in the mail!?

You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.

 

 

Time to Celebrate! Birthday Card by Jennifer Jackson

A Birthday Celebration!

Hello! Jen here today with a super fun birthday card! If you're like me, you can never have too many birthday cards on hand so it's essential to take some time and make some for your collection! 

To create this celebratory card I started with the big circle image from our Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set. This image is jam packed with fun birthday icons and I colored them using copic markers in shades of teal, yellow, pink, and red. I cut the image out using our Circle Frames Die Set to give it a fun scalloped edge. 

For the card, I chose a yellow card base and added sparkly confetti over the top using our Confetti Stencil with a glittery texture paste. I love how much this sparkles! Then I layered the circle over the top wiht a strip of black and white striped washi tape and a red banner from our Frames & Flags Die Set behind it. I also cut a teal banner using our Banner Trio Die Set to hold the sentiment, embossed in white. I love this layering of pattern and color! A bit of white baker's twine adds a finishing touch. 

This birthday stamp is just one of the many fun designs in our Roundabout line. You can visit our Circle Card Front category to see them all! 

Happy Crafting!

Easter Egg Treat Box by Ellen Haxelmans

 

A Special Easter Treat!

Today Ellen is sharing how you can decorate a simple treat box to make a special Easter treat! 

She started out by stamping the adorable image of the bunny and Easter basket from our Hop Into Spring Stamp Set. She used fun spring colors and added extra dots to the rabbits fur for a fun special detail! The image was cut out using the coordinating Hop Into Spring Stamp Set. 

She framed this image by using the decorative square die from our Frames Squared Die Set and cutting out a piece of yellow polka dotted paper from our Springtime Paper Pad. Then she adhered this to the top of a cute little purple easter egg holder. So cute!

Don't forget to embellish the inside:

Inside the lid, she added fun custom sentiment. The letters to spell "Happy" were cut out of a blue polka dot paper from our Springtime Paper Pad using our Essential Alphabet Die Set. The speech bubble was cut out of a yellow polka dot paper from our Springtime Paper Pad using our Speech Bubbles Die Set. The word "easter" is from the Spring Pile Up Die Set. 

What a special way to present a treat!

 To see more adorable creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!