Lucky Unicorn Shaker Card with Heffy Doodle

I finally made a full front shaker card. It's taken me this long, but I did it! I wanted to participate in the latest Heffy Doodler Group challenge - Shake Your Shamrock. I don't have the Lucky Friends set so I decided to use a unicorn set and color them in green and gold!

Doodles Paper Playground has a perfect Sparkle Blend for this challenge called Leprechaun's Gold. I waned to really show off all the awesome bits in the blend which led me to finally trying a full shaker card. Okay, technically, it's a half inch smaller because I left a border between my shaker and the card base, but it's basically the same thing, right?

Have you made a full front shaker card before?

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New at Scrapbook.com - Brutus Monroe!

I got an exciting box in the mail last week! Scrapbook.com sent me some Brutus Monroe products that are now available for sale at Scrapbook.com. From stamps, stencils and dies... to inks, embossing powder, Chroma Mists and Glitter Glaze!

This evening I'm sharing how I used these products to create two cards - an A2 sized floral card and a mini slimline with a punny gnome. I loved mixing the different style products to create these cards. Let me know in the comments which card is your favorite!

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On Point Cactus Birthday Card with Lawn Fawn

I've been really trying to make projects using my new Lawn Fawn goodies, if you couldn't tell... 

For my April birthday cards I used the new Plant-A-Succulent Lawn Cuts die set and some succulent patterned paper from my stash! The paper is retired, but there are lots of beautiful cactus related paper out in the world so I think this card can still be easily reproduced. I use my monthly birthday cards to really try and use up paper that I've been hoarding. 

You can see watch the video down below to see how I take Crafty Al's latest Sheet Load of Cards sketch to create these cuties; make sure to watch on YouTube so you can click the link to her channel for more information about these monthly sketches!

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You Are the G.O.A.T. Gate Fold Card with Lawn Fawn

For the latest Craft Roulette (Episode 102), I was so excited for these "easy" parameters! I made a gate fold card using happy colors (#teampurple), an acronym and a random half & half by putting half of the patterned paper on each side of the gate fold pieces.

When I saw acronym, I remembered that I had the new You Goat This stamp set from Lawn Fawn waiting to be used - it had an acronym in the sentiments for the set! So I made the feature of this card on the band and added the sentiment explaining G.O.A.T. on the inside of the card. I think I will save it for a Mother's Day card!

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Coloring Guide: Berry Special from Lawn Fawn

It's the beginning of the month so it's time for a new coloring guide! Of course I just had to use one of my new Lawn Fawn sets from their latest release. I picked Berry Special (pun intended) and shared how I color in the strawberries, the strawberries on a vine, two of the mice and a cute basket. You can click the photos down below to enlarge them or you can head over to my Instagram to save my post!

My card example for the color guide uses the latest Lawn Fawnatics sketch challenge as inspiration for the layout. The circles were added using the Bubbles Stencil and some Distress Oxides, a few sequins from a retired Sparkle Blends and some Pops of Color is a pretty seafoam color that I thought matched well.

If you'd like to see my coloring process and listen to my latest news, watch the video down below!

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Cute Dragon & F*ck-A-Doodle-Do from Ink Road Stamps

Today I have a quick video sharing how I made this cute but snarky card today on Instagram and TikTok. You can see my Instagram video down below. 😊 I paired a Cute Dragon with a snarky sentiment from F*ck-A-Doodle-Do. I kept things simple so I could let the dragon and my Distress Oxide background really shine. I used two colors to create a warm background to match how I colored my dragon.

What other animals do you think would be fun to pair with this stamps set?

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Halloween on the Last Day: Pop-Up Mummy with Penguin Palace

Hi Friends! Maybe I should be changing my Halloween videos to the first rather than the last day of the month... February was just a super busy month for me. Going back into the office, softball starting, Girl Scout cookies, and on and on... But I'm getting adjusted and am working on setting up my ideas for March. I'm still aiming for weekly posts: 2 YouTube videos, 1 Instagram tutorial/video and 1 blog post (no video).

Today is a video sharing some Halloween inspiration! I wanted to use this cutie mummy from the Penguin Palace Mysterious Egypt set. As I finished this card, I really wanted to make it clear that I don't associate Egyptian culture with Halloween, I just think of a mummy raising and coming out of the tomb can be used to make a cute Halloween card. Hopefully everyone is okay with my card and I don't offend anyone...

It's also an interactive card using the Penguin Palace Twist-N-Pop Surprise dies and I created two small scenes to place in the center with the cute polaroid die cuts. I hope you enjoy the video down below and know that you can easily adapt this card for any time of the year. There are some really cute sentiments in the stamp set that can make it a really great motivational card or for someone embarking on a new journey.

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