Seasons Spring Seed Packet Holder

     Here is the perfect spring card. It has a pocket up front that is the size of a seed packet. Anyone would be happy for receive a packet of flower seeds at this time of year. 

     The sentiment is a sticker matted on brown eyes paper - "Life Began in a Garden". The sentiment is flanked by copper mini brads.
     Decorating the pocket are three stamps on stakes which are embossed with a wood grain folder. The stamps looks very much like seed packets themselves - the kind used to mark seed rows in the garden.

     Here you can see that the pocket is only 1/4 inch deep. Actually there is plenty of room to for two packets of seeds.

     The card is complete with a piece of ephemera or journaling card. This is a great place to add a handwritten sentiment and sign the card. Inspired by: Gloria Stengel.

Inside of Card

This pocket fits nicely on an A2 card.

     I will be making 16 cards and 4 calendars with this Graphic 45 Seasons Paper. All of these SEASON cards can be made using:

• one sheet of each of the patterned paper 
• one sheet of each of  Prints and Solids

In order to make All Seasons cards and calendars, you only need purchase the following items once:

• Tags and Pockets
• Chip Board
• Ephemera
• Stickers

Stay tuned for more cards this year.

Spring

Spring Double Gate Card

Spring Shutter Card

Spring Seed Pack Holder - You are here!

Spring Center Step Card

Spring Calendar

Summer

Summer Poppy Block Card

Sweet Summer Pocket Card

Summer Pen Nib Butterfly

Summer Embroidery Hoop Easel

Summer Impossible Calendar

Autumn
Autumn Joy Fold Plus
Autumn Patchwork and Feathers
Autumn Shaker
Autumn Scarecrow
Autumn Calendar

Winter

Winter Birdhouse

Winter Cozy Snow Day

Winter Pop Up Gift Card Holder

Winter Box on Card 

Winter Calendar 

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Graphic 45 - Seasons

     Card Stock: My Colors - Brown Eyes

                                        Kraft

                      Bazzill - Sawdust

     Ink:Distress - Frayed Burlap

     Embossing Folder: Darice - Woodgrain

     Embellies: Ribbon - Seam Binding Ecru

                    Brads - Copper

Challenges

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Spring - #44 - *

Dream Valley Challenges - Spring Colours - #44 - *

Everybody Art Challenge - Spring - #6 - April 10

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Spring Flowers - #24 - Top 5

Pixie's Crafty Workshop - Anything Goes - #46 - *

Simply Create Too Challenge - Green - #74 - *

Easter Bunny Pail

     We are having Easter brunch at my house this year. My husband's nephew with 3 boys is going to be joining us. It is their first trip to the Houston area. In addition to the 3 boys, we will also have my 3 grandchildren. We will be having French Toast, sausage, bacon, fruit, etc. For whomever is still here later in the day, we are planning to put some hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill. I'm not sure about this as this is my husband's domain. I never know what is going on the grill.
      In addition to the brunch there will be a Easter egg hunt in the back yard. Since the age of the participants ranges from 1 to 9 years old, we have decided to color-code the eggs. Each child will have a color and is only supposed to pick up items of that color.
     I tried to find baskets or pails in 6 colors, but couldn't find what I was looking for. The result is that I attempted my first vinyl project.

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     A friend of mine came over last week and gave me some tips on how to do vinyl on my Silhouette. I was shocked at how easy it was. 

Puppy Dog Tails

     I am always needing "Welcome Baby" cards. I have had this Photo Play paper for a little over a year now. I decided it was time to break the seal!
     I was going to use the giraffe ephemera, but ended up with this puppy dog tails sentiment instead. 

     I used a Burniston die to make this puppy. There is a complimentary die set that had the dog bowl and bone. 

Sketch # 118 by Lisa Hidy

Inside of Card

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Photo Play - About a Little Boy: Lullaby

                                                                             Naptime

                                                                             Ephemera

                                                                             Element Stickers

     Card Stock: Bazzill -Stormy Medium

                      My Colors - Desert Cactus

     Ink: Distress - Hickory SMoke

     Dies: Burniston - Cat and Dog

                               Nature Edges

     Punches: Martha Stewart - Embossed Button

                   ek - Flower Set

     Embellies: American Crafts - Gray Organza

Celebration Tag Accordion

     I was asked to design something to show off the "Celebration" collection by Maja Designs. I just love the papers from this company. One thing that is really fun about this company is that they rarely discontinue paper collections - they just add onto them. As a result, there are always lots of choices of papers to coordinate for a project. I ended up using both sides of 10 different papers for this one.

     Here is pic of the accordion with the belly band. Let's take it off and see what is inside. 

     There are four two-sided panels with pockets to hold lots of tags. When it is flips around it looks like this: 

     The tag bases come from 3 sources - Stamps of Life, Spellbinders, and a Silhouette file. There are 10 tags in all.

 

 

 

 

 

     My favorite panel is the one that contains the dancers. They were too tall for the panel. I had to cut off their feet - what a waste. I ended up adding a strip with the feet across the top of the pocket. I didn't want to put a tag in the pocket, because they would be hidden behind it. I decided to make an acrylic tag with card stock border. Inspired by: Gloria Stengel.

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Maja Designs- Celebration

                                                   (Party, Anniversary, Congratulations, 

                                                    Welcome, Festivities, Glamour, 

                                                    You're Invited, Birthday, Ephemera, 

                                                    Ballroom Dancing)

     Card Stock: Bazzill - Graystone

                                   White 

     Ink: Distress -Hickory Smoke

            Momento - Tuxedo Black

     Embellies: Really Reasonable Ribbon - 3/8" Satin Swiss Mini Dots  

                                                       (Shell Gray, Metal Gray)

                    Ric Rac - Gray 

                    Twine - Blue, Gray, Black

                    Elizabeth Craft Designs: Starfoam Stickers

                    Eyelets - Mini and Regular White

     Punch: 1/2" corner punch

     Silhouette File: Tags designed by Higgledy Piggledy

     Dies: Spellbinders - Back to Basic Tags

             Stamps of Life - Stitched Tags

     Stamps: Gina K - Stippled Flowers

                  Theresa Momber - French Flair

Seasons Spring Shutter Card

     This is the second card in my Graphic 45 Seasons card collection. This one is a shutter card. I think this is one of the easiest fancy folds to decorate. After matting all of the surfaces, it takes little else to make it look finished.

     I used some ephemera for the sentiment "bless this nest". I added some butterflies punch from a retired Martha Stewart punch.

     The center panel contains a "Spring" tag, a metal key, a chipboard embellishment, ivory organza ribbon, and more butterflies. I made a second card and matted the tag on brown, which was a big improvement.

     I die cut this tag from a Spellbinders die, matted it and added an organza ribbon bow. This is a good place to sign the card. Inspired by: Gloria Stengel.

     I will be making 16 cards and 4 calendars with this Graphic 45 Seasons Paper. All of these SEASON cards can be made using:

• one sheet of each of the patterned paper 
• one sheet of each of  Prints and Solids

In order to make All Seasons cards and calendars, you only need purchase the following items once:

• Tags and Pockets
• Chip Board
• Ephemera
• Stickers

Stay tuned for more cards this year.

Spring

Spring Double Gate Card

Spring Shutter Card - You are here!

Spring Seed Pack Holder 

Spring Center Step Card

Spring Calendar

Summer

Summer Poppy Block Card

Sweet Summer Pocket Card

Summer Pen Nib Butterfly

Summer Embroidery Hoop Easel

Summer Impossible Calendar

Autumn
Autumn Joy Fold Plus
Autumn Patchwork and Feathers
Autumn Shaker
Autumn Scarecrow
Autumn Calendar

Winter

Winter Birdhouse

Winter Cozy Snow Day

Winter Pop Up Gift Card Holder

Winter Box on Card 

Winter Calendar 

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Graphic 45 - Seasons

     Card Stock: My Colors - Brown Eyes

                                        Kraft

     Die: Spellbinders - Fancy Ribbon Threader

     Punch: Fiskars - Apron

                EK - 1/2" corner

                Martha Stewart - Butterflies

     Ink:Distress - Frayed Burlap

     Embellies: Ribbon - Ivory Organza

SunKissed Layout

     Graphic 45's "Sun Kissed Collection" is used here to scrap some Destin Beach pictures.

     An unusually shaped tag is made using two stickers from the coordinating sticker sheet. The "Set Sail" and "Fun in the Sun" tags are from the pattered paper. All three buttons from the sticker sheet were matted and ivory seam binding added .

     A faux postcard was made using one of the 4 x 6 pictures. I place acetate over the picture, then used Stazon to stamp a postmark. I mounted a stamp sticker on a stamp die cut. The collage under the picture is made up of fussy cut images, mounted stickers, a bottle cap, a button with seam binding, and a couple small sea shells.

     For the title I used a journaling card cut from the patterned paper. Another collage under this consists of matted stickers, burlap flower, a punched button, purchased flower, and a sea shell.

     I trimmed a 1/2 inch ecru strip with fish tail cuts at each end and placed several banners across it. I used a strip from the patterned paper "Building Sand Castles and Memories" over the top of it. I finished it off with more flowers.

Banners

     Two tags made using the patterned paper.

Tag fronts

Tag backs

Materials:
     Patterned Paper: Graphic 45 - Sun Kissed - Kids At Play 
                                                                   Splish Splash
                                                                   Under the Sea
                                                                   Sand Dollars 
                                                                   Sun Kissed

     Card Stock: My Colors - Soft Blue

                                        Velvet Night

                                        Wildflower Honey

                                        Harvest Orange

                                        Ecru

     Die: Burniston - Rectangle Pull Card (Stamp)

                             Tag Book Pop Up

     Punch: Martha Stewart - Embossed Button

               ek - Dotted Wave Small

     Ink: Gina K - In the Navy

            Stazon - Jet Black

     Stamps: Hampton Art - Vintage Post Card

     Embellies: Ribbon - Ivory Organza

                                 Ivory Satan w/gold trim

                    Eyelets - Mini orange and large brass

                    Sea Shells

                    Burlap flowers

                    Recollections - Flower Stickers

Challenges

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add a Tag - #22 - *

Deep Ocean Challenges - Shabby/Chic - #16 - *

Dream Valley Challenges - Vintage - #14 - *

Frilly and Funkie - Get in on the Action - #5 - Random Winner

Paper Girls Challenge - Vacation Fun - #3 - *

 

Tropical Blooms with Bubbles

     A friend of mine celebrated her birthday yesterday. I made this card for her. She and her husband were here last evening. We had dinner on the patio and surprised her with a fun little strawberry short cake with a candle on top.

Card and Envelope

Sketch #177 by Heather Hall

     When this card is opened, the insides twist and open showing 4 panels. This is a newish die from Karen Burniston. I watched a video in order to figure out how to make it. I was SHOCKED at how easy this was to construct.

     The flowers are from Gina K's January release called "Tropical Blooms. They are made with a three-stamp process. The MISTI came in especially handy. The stamp on the card front was a two-stamp. The bubbles in the background are sponged with Gina K's Fresh Asparagus and a Dutch Doobadoo stencil. I may have gotten a little carried away with the bubbles. They were so much fun. I'm thinking that a few less and a little lighter might have been better.

     The sentiment is separated between one of the twisted panels and a tag collage. The tags have white rick rack in the eyelets.

     The peach was added with Gina K's Peach Bellini ink. There is NO patterned paper on this card. The color was added to the sentiments and hearts using ink and dauber. I used an ek bubble edge punch to make more bubbles -- because there weren't enough. TeeHee!

Just the envelope

Materials List:

     Stamps: Gina K - Tropical Blooms

     Dies: Gina K - Tropical Blooms

             Burniston - Twist Panel Pop-Up

                              Katherine Label Pop-Up

                              Word Set I - Greetings

                              Word Set II - Birthday

             Elizabeth Craft Designs - Fitted Frames I - Lace

                                                 Lace Squares

                                                 Tags Pivot Card

     Ink: Gina K - Fresh Asparagus

                        Peach Bellini

                        Honey Mustard

                        Warm Cocoa

                        Jellybean

     Stencil: Dutch Doobadoo - Bubbles

     Edge Punch: ek - Bubbles

     Embellishments: Rick Rack - White

                             Elizabeth Craft Designs - Starfoam stickers - Gold/Silver

Easter Bunny

     These are the pictures from last Easter. I needed to get them in the book before taking new ones this year.

          I love this sketch. You have all month to try it out, post it to the Sketch N Scrap blog, and then be entered for a prize.

Sketch #148

     This page follows the sketch. I used Echo Park's "Easter" collection. The title is a new die cut from Stamps of Life. I purposely placed it above the word "bunny" on the word strip.

     The word strip is continued on to the second page as a connector between the 2 pages. I die cut the year "2017" with a Burniston die and added it below the word Easter.

     The bunny is "Lucky the Rabbit" - a die set from Burniston. I used some pink dotted swiss paper from the collection for the ears, nose and feet. The eggs on the layout are old dies from Echo park. I fussy cut mats for them.

 

     I need to stop making personal rules. I have a no sticker rule, but here I am using them. I used the tree, a flower, and a pink bunny on this layout. The shiny flowers are also from a sticker set. The grass (Burnistion die) grounds the rabbit and the tree.

This is a flap.

     I found this stamp - "The ears are the best part" at Hobby Lobby a week ago. It was on the clearance rack for 50 cents. It made me laugh, so I bought it. After stamping it I made a flap for it. I used a utility knife to slice a spot to pull the ears of a sticker bunny through. A fun place for one more pic was created. I placed 2 magnets - one behind the pic and one on the back of the bunny mat - to keep the flap closed.

Flap opened

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Echo Park - Easter

     Card Stock: My Colors - Expresso Bean

                                        Day Lily

                                        Pink Punch

                                        Lemon Sorbet

     Ink: Gina K - Dark Chocolate

     Stamps: Echo Park - Some Bunny Loves Me

                  Whimsies & Wishes - The Ears Are the Best Part

     Dies: Karen Burniston - Numbers

                                       Lucky the Rabbit

                                       Outdoor Edges

             SOL - Easter Statement

             Echo Park - Decorative Eggs

    Embellies: American Crafts - Flower Stickers

Challenges

Animal Friends Challenge - Easter - #11 - *

Brown Sugar Challenge - Easter/Spring - #35 - March 31

Crafty Friends - Springtime - #91 - *

Creative Shopping (Kreativeinkauf) - Happy Easter - #14 - *