Hey Chick! Birthday Card with Simon Hurley create.

The eyes on these chickens from Simon Hurley + Ranger Ink's set Spring Chickens are the best! I stamped them in brown ink and colored them in with alcohol markers. I'm so glad this set comes with dies from Spellbinders because those little chicken feet would not be the most fun to fussy cut out. I wanted to keep a warm feel so I colored them in with red, orange and yellow.

Using the new Funky Chevron Rubber Stamps, I used Distress Oxides in Ripe Persimmon, Crackling Campfire and Fired Brick to add color. Before stamping down, I sprayed it with water to create a more watercolor look. I cleaned off the stamp and then used Picket Fence to stamp again, but I adjusted the stamp so the design would not line up perfectly.

Once the background was dry, I die cut it with a scalloped rectangle and adhered it to a white cardstock base. I popped up my cute chickens as well as a sentiment that was embossed with white embossing powder on a dark brown piece of cardstock. To add a bit of sparkle, I added some Pops of Color in Copper Glitter.

I love the warm tones and this card was relatively easy to make. I love how using a background stamp can really elevate a card. During Simon's live showcasing the new products, someone mentioned adding googly eyes to the chickens and I think that would have looked so fun on this card!

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Penguin Palace Stencils 360°™ for Easy Christmas Cards

A little while ago I finally splurged on getting the Penguin Palace Stencils 360°™ System! I also bought quite a few different stencils, including Christmas themed stencils. I thought they would be really great to make quick Christmas cards and I have to say, it was was pretty fun to use! In my video today, I will show you how I use the system and three different stencil patterns with Distress Oxides.

Once I was done stenciling my backgrounds, I grab some cardstock from the Christmas A2 Paper Pad from Scrapbook.com to cut out a "Merry Christmas" sentiment cover plate also from Scrapbook.com. I picked some colors that I thought would go well with the design and colors of the stenciled background. Using glue with a fine tip, I adhered the cover plate sentiment die cut to the stenciled backgrounds.

To add some sparkle, I splattered on some gold watercolor with a small paint brush as I thought the solid cardstock just needed a little something to jazz it up. Overall, it was pretty quick to make these three card fronts and I can definitely see myself making more of these quick and easy cards for Christmas!

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Out of This World Birthday Platform Pop-Up with Lawn Fawn

Today is the next Card Hoppin' Video Hop over on YouTube and our March theme is "Use It or Lose It" and the technique is "In or Out." I do not use a lot of 12x12" paper even though I collect quite a bit of it... So my use it or lose it is some 12x12" patterned paper from Lawn Fawn and my technique is "out" with using outer space themed products! I go into a little more detail in my video today, so make sure you check it out.

Now keep in mind, this card is definitely not an accurate representation or to scale (where the moon is larger than the earth)... But I think it turned out really cute and I liked adding in the clouds even though I'm pretty sure there are not any clouds in space. I stamped and colored the images from my stamp set with black ink and colored them in with my Ohuhu Art Markers. I go over the die cuts in my video and how I assemble the box card; make sure to watch the video on YouTube so you can read how to hop along to see the other crafters today!

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Green Ogres Love You "Fairy" Much with The Sassy Club

I'm going to have Smash Mouth stuck in my head for a week because it was all I could think about while I was making this card! I colored in three of the characters from the Green Ogre Stamp Set from The Sassy Club while I was watching Craft Roulette last Friday and thought I could use them on a card to meet the parameters.

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Easter Wishes Notes with Pretty Pink Posh + Plantable Seed Paper!

How fun is it to have a carrot stencil?! I don't know what it is about these cute carrots from Pretty Pink Posh, but it's making me want to make all the gardening cards! I used the Layered Carrots Stencils to make the backgrounds for the cover and inside of these Sweet Notes. The colors I used were Distress Oxides in Carved Pumpkin, Mowed Lawn and Brushed Corduroy. I was able to get four squares from one 6x6" piece of paper which is great as those are the sizes of the stencils as well! The squares were adhered to the Sweet Notes that I cut out of kraft cardstock with tape runner.

I die cut my large carrots from the Easter Mug Additions Dies and used the same Distress Oxides to give them color. I glued them to the front of the card and also layered on my sentiment. I die cut Easter Wishes three times - twice in kraft and once from the Lime Satin Shine Cardstock from my Your Paper Insider (YPI) Box 2. I glued the three layers together with the green on top so the sentiment was nice and sturdy.

I added a few green clay pieces from the Pastel Swirls Mix to add a little more fun and dimension to the covers of the Sweet Notes. On the inside of the note, I glued down a plant marker that I also die cut from kraft cardstock and used a brown ink pen to write "plant us!" so the note receiver knows that the eggs are plantable! They are die cut from the Blue Confetti Wildflower Paper also from my YPI Box 2 into cute little eggs and I attached them with glue dots so it's easy to peel and plant.

Have you ever used plantable paper before in your crafts? I think these are just so cute and I can't wait to take them to my Easter brunch. This week there is also a sale on Spring Products over at the Pretty Pink Posh Shop - go check it out!

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