Hello crafty friends! Spring is definitely in the air here in Western New York, and we are soaking up the sunshine and enjoying the fragrant blooms that are starting to emerge in our flower beds. We are not fans of the cold and tend to hibernate during the winter months, so it is truly invigorating to be able to spend time outdoors once again! We have a special…
We have a plant-loving family member who celebrated a big milestone birthday this month. We felt this was the perfect opportunity to break out the die sets we have recently acquired that create adorable house plants. It was so much fun to build these adorable pots of greenery. Focal Point: Various plants and pots were diecut using various green, brown and tan scraps of cardstock. We enhanced the…
Hello friends! What is your favorite color? Although we agree on many things and have similar tastes and styles, naming a favorite color is not one of them. Michele loves all things Teal but Maureen is fond of the warmth and happiness emitted by Yellow. Either way, we are in 100% agreement that both colors can be used to generate pretty cards. Today we are sharing a card…
Hello friends! Have you ever seen a new product release that just spoke to your soul and you knew that you just had to have it?? That’s how we felt about the Capturing Summer Collection from The Greetery and today we are sharing a card we made using many of the products from this collection. Is there any better setting for a welcome home card than a rocking…
Hello and welcome! We are so grateful for your visit. Today we are sharing a masculine birthday card. Masculine cards always seem to be more challenging for us to create, but we knew that the recipient of this card is a beer-lover, so we used that information as the starting point for our design. We searched through our stash to see if we had anything that we could…
Hello crafty friends! We are happy that you stopped by. We used a variety of products to make today’s card – some old and some new. We paired the Cosmos Flower Frame die from Simon Says Stamp with their brand-new Outline Leaves background stamp and we are pretty happy with the results. Focal Point: The Cosmos flowers were cut using Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock. After running the die…
We have a soft spot for adorable critters and these peeking giraffes by Whimsy Stamps are just too cute for words! The Foliage Frame slimline die from Trinity Stamps set the lush jungle scene and the stitched alphabet die from Heffy Doodle paired well with the overall look we were going for. Focal Point: This stamp set comes with three adorable giraffe images. We stamped them onto white…
Hello friends and welcome! We have had quite a bit of happy mail delivered the past few weeks (Shhhh….) and have been itching to try out our new products. This gorgeous foliage set from Papertrey Ink called “Growth” was first on our list! It is absolutely perfect on a slimline card, and we are so happy with the finished project! Focal Point: The plants, pots, lamp and…
Hello and happy Sunday! Today’s project was created using a few new products that we recently ordered from Rubbernecker and Miss Ink Stamps. We think the result is TOAD-ALLY adorable. 😊 Focal Point: The frog and mouse images were stamped onto white 80 lb cardstock using My Favorite Things Extreme Black ink which is copic-friendly. The images were colored with alcohol markers and shading was added with colored…