Honey Bee House Builder Card

Hello everyone, anyone else getting annoyed with the this staying at home stuff?  Because I’m a two time Heart Transplant Recipient, I’m used to choosing my needs versus wants.  But it just about broke my heart when Golds Gym closed all the St Louis area locations.  I’m a swimmer and their pool was perfect for me.  Open all day and I could go around noon and practically have the pool to myself.  I miss my swim time - calms me and wears be out.  Enough about me…lets talk card making.

When Honey Bee Stamps introduced their Home Building Honey Cuts, I fell in love!  They have since added a Christmas, Halloween, Sweet Shop, Farm House add on, stencils and paper pads.  Oh the possibilities!  I haven’t bought it all, but I’m getting closer - lol.  While I will admit that looking at all those dies, it did seem a bit overwhelming.  But now that I’ve done a few….loving it!!!!  

You need the House Builder Honey Cut for the house base.  For this one I added the Farm House Add on Stamps and honey cuts along with the shutters from the Gingerbread House.  Home Essentials Paper Pad takes care of roof, siding, front door and chimney.  Stencils work if you don’t have the paper pad.  I will tell you that teeny tiny door handle takes some coordination to adhere, thank goodness for reverse tweezers!  This card makes me so happy - I think I giggled the whole time putting it together.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!  It’s keeping me sane now!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by my unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

How Awesome You Are Card

These are such strange times right now!  And, when you throw in another major life experience, like an child with an undiagnosed illness that requires a hospital stay or purchasing and closing on a new home things are bound to be more complicated!  Both have happened to family members and I'm sure it's happened to others, but isn't heart warming when you see kindness happening!  These are not my stories to tell but just a glimpse into situations that continue to arise all over.

Todays card is one to send love during these times.  

First step was stamping the background with Heart to Heart with Versamark ink and sprinkled clear embossing powder and heat set.  Picked rasberry and spun sugar ink was blended then a shimmer spray was applied.  The sentiment was stamped with charcoal ink and re-stamped with Versarmark and clear embossing powder was heat set for shine.  The piece was then die cut with stitched rectangles.  Next came the bow* made with 7/8 inch organza ribbon and attached.  Foam tape adds dimension to Razzle Berry card stock and finally Valerie ice gems were added with connect glue.

* I learned how to tie these bows from www.amazingpapergrace.com tutorial.  I could not find the same online tutorial but I recommend checking out her site!

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by my unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

You Sparkle and Shine Card

Today's card was made using Concord & 9th Gem Turnabout Bundle.  Actually, I bought the stamp and then, later, the die and just really love how this card turned out.  Caution though, take care to not use a super juicy ink pad.  Some of the smaller images on the stamp can easily blur with a juicy pad.  

Four colors of Hero Arts ink were used:  Dusty Blue, Sapphire, Navy and Soft Granite.  All stamped with the Gem Turnabout in my Misti.   Using my Gemini Jr to die cut the Gem Dies and Stitched Rectangle from The Stamps of Life.  Versamark ink stamped the sentiment and silver embossing powder was heat set for a shiny greeting.  A stardust pen adds more sparkle to this card and finally the shiny black back ground paper was from a My Monthly Hero Card Kit.  Foam tape add dimension and Valerie Ice gems were attached with connect glue.

Have a great day and keep on crafting.

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by my unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

Miss You Card

Today's card is made with a die set that I've had my eye on for quite a while.  I've been a member of Spellbinders Small Die of the Month club for 6 months, and a perk is getting reduced prices for previous club kits.  The October 2018 Large Die of the Month is  Truckin Through the Seasons with accessories and the sentiment fits on the tailgate.  They have since added additional sentiments and this month's Small Die coordinates with the truck. So guess who finally brought the truck and some accessories....

First using Berrylicious card stock from My Favorite Things, I die cut the truck and used scraps for the rest.  My Gemini Jr made quick work of die cutting with one pass, connect glue made attaching all the pieces fast!  

The Hexagon Stipple Plate from Honeybee Stamps and is backed with foam tape leaving room for the bakers twine.  As an after thought, I added a vellum piece for the window.  Miss You is also raised with foam tape.  

Have a great day and keep on crafting!


Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by my unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

Hello Friend Art Supplies Card

Todays card is for all the crafters!  I fell in love with this stamp set and decided to buy it on a Wednesday - well, let me tell you, on Wednesday Lara at Ink Road Stamps has a gift with purchase and that's how my order grew....sound familiar?  So take a visit to Ink Road Stamps on Wednesdays to get your shop on!

Holly Pixels Art Supplies Background stamp his stamped on Bristol paper and watercolored with Altenews Water Colors.  Details were added with a white gel pen, sparkle pen and glossy accents.  I backed this piece with blue card stock and attached to my card base.  

That's' when I decided it needed more.  Using Concord & 9th craft dies I die cut the scissors and layered them.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts Monthly Kit and is heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Both the scissors and sentiment is raised with foam tape.  I made two of these and they are going out to two special friends!

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by my unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

Hey There Cupcake Card

Hi there, today’s card is a cupcake birthday card. In my opinion you can never have too many birthday cards! This card, is made with the April My Favorite Things card kit, (which is no longer available, but the individual items are linked), two My Favorite Things paper pads and an additional die-namic that was a gift with purchase.  These are usually available for purchase in the following month.

This card kit came with dies and special pouches to make shaker cards. The center panel is from Party Patterns paper pad and the plaid is from Sweet Celebrations paper pad. I die cut the cupcake bottom in the included kit card stock land inked with purple ink.  After I Decided which pattern papers I was going to use I placed the cupcake shaker pouch where I wanted it to be on the card and then die cut that out of Party Patterns paper.  I assembled the shaker by adding sequins and gems that I had on in my stash, I then attached the die cut pink cupcake topper with tape. When it came time to attach the shaker pouch firmly to the card back, I added two one inch strips using Sweet Celebrations pattern paper and decided it needed just a little bit more. So I cut two very thin strips of shiny silver paper to add as accents.

Then using the Hey There Cupcake die-namic, I cut out of the included bright pink card stock from the kit. Cupcake has two additional layers of white card stock that are then glued together and topped with the pink for dimension. I did something a little different with the hey there die-namic, after running through the die cut machine the letters were still in place. I turned the scrap with letters still in place over and used a dot runner over the letters.. I then flipped it over and placed it on the card front and using a craft pick I pressed the letters down while removing the excess. This way I got perfect alignment with the letters.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!  It’s keeping me sane now!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by my unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

Magic Iris Easter Card and Sheltering In

Every year, my best friend and I plan a wonderful weekend attending the CK Convention.  In fact, we drove to Nashville before it started coming to St Louis.  We sign up for several classes and I designate a healthy budget for shopping.  This year Becky had a golf trip scheduled and would not be able to attend. (her trip was planned before we knew the CKC dates)  So my sister and decided to purchase a ticket to the vendor fare.  It was going to be shopping in the AM, hubby and I had tickets to see “Fluffy” the comedian, and a family wedding the next day.  Big weekend plans for us. 

Then the “Corona Virus” happened…. My immune system is compromised - two heart transplants require a drug regimen to keep me alive.  When I received these precious gifts I agreed to be a good steward, so careless risky decisions are a no no!  No CK Convention, Fluffy was postponed and we made the decision to miss the wedding.  Missing the wedding was a hard one!

What to do, what to do….support online small business is in order.  After all, I still had my budgeted money.  My dear sweet man, offered to later travel out of town to another CK Convention.  Since a “sheltering order” was now in effect, I shopped online.   Several companies were still shipping and having sales, so I shopped.  Scrapbook N Memories, Concord & 9th, My Favorite Things and Echo Park was where my $$ went.  This past week was delivery week, four shipments arrived and I started playing with new goodies!

I was totally smitten with Lawn Fawn’s Magic Iris dies and  I bought them all.  Today’s card uses the Add On die, Easter Before N After stamps, cloud dies from Yay Kites and Plane and Simple.  Cotton tale cutie, grass die and a die strip from a Hero Arts kit were used.  Images were colored with copic markers and cut with Gemini Jr machine.  The mechanism goes together quickly and was fun to assemble.  Arranging the scene was the best part.  A shimmer pen gave my clouds sparkle!  

Have a great day and keep on crafting!  It’s keeping me sane now!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by my unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)