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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Dim Sum Inspired Birthday Cards with Lawn Fawn

I was so excited to see Lawn Fawn's Year Thirteen stamp set and wanted to make some punny birthday cards as soon as I got the set. This month's sketch from Call Me Crafty Al's Show Us Your SheetLoad was a perfect way to use it. Almost everything I used is from Lawn Fawn and you can definitely make similar cards with your own supplies in case you don't have everything listed at the bottom of this blog post.

Watch my video tutorial below to see how I assemble the card following the sketch, used Distress Oxide inks to make my sentiment banner and how I colored the images from the Year Thirteen stamp set! I also talk about taking a break from a project when you just don't like how it's progressing... Sometimes just taking a step away (or going to bed for the night) helps you come back to the project with a fresh set of eyes and can tweak what you've started to be something you are now proud to make!

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Scary Good Birthday Card with Simon Hurley create.

I have another creation using products from Simon Hurley create. and Ranger Ink today! If you missed my video giving a close up of this card, you can check it out on this blog post. The background is a piece of cardstock that I trimmed down to 4x5-1/4" with my deckle trimmer. Using a domed foam blender, I blended on some Overzealous Ink, but did not worry too much about having a perfect blend.

Using the Warped Circles Stencil, I used the No Diving Lunar Paste and spread it over the stencil to create the vibrant blue on the background. These two colors together just screamed summer and I wanted to keep this color scheme through the rest of the card.

Using a nested die, I die cut an arch that would fit around the circle Paint Swatches Stamp. I stamped the Overzealous Ink again to stamp the circular images it fit nicely and stamped the sentiment in Midnight Snack Ink towards the bottom of the die cut. My little monster is from Mythical Monsters and I stamped it in black alcohol friendly ink and colored him in with my Ohuhu Art Markers.

I fussy cut him out and started layering the card together. I glued the background directly to a top folding, A2 card base. Using foam adhesive, I added the arch die cut to the center of the card. I wanted to pop up my little monster, so I used a thinner foam adhesive to add him and then glued down a few blue pearls to add a bit more shine. I think this is a cute card for a little kid and can easily change out the monster and colors to fit their personalities!

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Crafting with Abi: Timey Wimey Space Man Cards

Abi and I had some fun in the craft room when she had a day off of school. These cards were just for fun and I have no real technique to share... Abi just wanted to make a video for YouTube! So we stamped out our favorite images from our favorite British sci-fi fantasy show in alcohol marker friendly black ink and colored them in with my Ohuhu Art Markers.

You can see how Abi's card came together in the video - I skipped over mine otherwise our "just for fun" video would have been like, an hour long. I think her card turned out so much more fabulous than mine, but I embossed my large sentiment in silver, added my images with foam adhesive and some silver Pops of Color. I wish I would have maybe made my own background by stamping the blue phone box for a tone on tone look, but I just use this as more work on my coloring.

Thanks for watching and checking out our video today. We had some good fun and I do miss crafting with her so much! Hopefully we get some more time over her next holiday off from school.

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Theme Parks Scrapbook: Lunar New Year at Disney's California Adventure

I took a lot of photos during our day at Disney's California Adventure! We picked this day to go because, well Abigail didn't have school, but also it was during the Lunar New Year event! I had planned to use some stickers that a friend gave me when he worked at Shanghai Disney Resort years ago, but I cannot find them right now for the life of me... I seriously searched everywhere, and I know they have to be in a box, high up in the closet or something. So, I will add more to these pages once I find them!

But what I did find when I was digging through stickers and ephemera, were these old photo corners with Mickey Mouse shaped balloons and cute faces with Mickey ear hats on! I have NO IDEA where they came from, so unfortunately I cannot post them in my supply list. I am sure they're from a scrapbook kit I bought a long time ago so I did use them to decorate these pages and will save them for future Disney days.

Of course I used some stamps from Social Paper Plan as she has the cutest stamps of Disney images and they help add cute touches to my scrapbook pages. I am still using my 6x8 album in the Emerald Green Velvet, but I think I might need to get a second one soon! We'll see how many more photos I can shove into this album. I still have two more Disney days to scrapbook and we still have our passes for Universal Studios...

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New Release from Simon Hurley with Ranger Ink and Spellbinders!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Now, my post today is not St. Paddy's Day related, because it's a new release from Simon Hurley create. with Ranger Ink and dies from Spellbinders! I was gifted these new products and I ended up getting them last night due a slight mix up. But not a problem, because I was so inspired by the new products that I ended up making some fun backgrounds with the new stencils and Lunar Pastes... which then turned into me making four cards last night.

In my video today, I'm sharing the unboxing of the products, making the stenciled backgrounds and how my thank you card was made. I am so glad I filmed it because it turned out to be my favorite card that I made! I will have a close up at the end of the video of all four cards, but check back soon for details on the rest of the cards, or find them over on my Scrapbook.com Gallery.

So watch my video today to get all the details of how I made this card. I feel like it's a little different than what I normally make, but I just love it so much. The vintage and slightly grungy but mod feel just makes me so happy. Let me know in the comments what your favorite product is from the new release! See the full release and products I used to make all of the cards here.

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