Kitty Bee Designs - Definitely Tea Panda

Hello! I'm over on the Kitty Bee Designs blog today sharing a card using this adorable little Kitty Bee Designs Definitely Tea Panda digi stamp! It is finally spring here in Alberta (this week anyway ;) so I'm definitely in the mood for some bright spring colours. And, being a tea-lover this was a super easy image to have fun with! I used a pretty pink polka dot paper that was included in last month's Sampler Kit from Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine and then layered on some sweet papers from Your Next Stamp.

I coloured this cutie up with Jane Davenport Magic Wand coloured pencils and added some white gel pen highlights before cutting her out with a stitched die. The sweet little sentiment from Your Next Stamp worked perfectly heat embossed on black cardstock with white powder! Don't be afraid to pull out other stamp sets you have to combine them with your digis. I added a few pretty SpiegelMom Scraps sequins and a cute cork heart to finish it off.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to check out the Kitty Bee Designs shop to see all the sweet images available as well as the Kitty Bee Designs blog for much for inspiration! And don't forget we have a bi-weekly challenge on the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge blog where you can enter for a chance to win a prize from our awesome sponsors.

Linked to:
SSS Monday Challenge - flower power
Word Art Wednesday - AG
DL Art Thankful Thursday April Challenge
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper April Challenge

SpiegelMom Scraps - Tea Party Pocket Page Layout!

Hi friends! I hope you're having an awesome week! I wanted to share a pocket page layout I posted on the SpiegelMom Scraps Instagram feed last week using photos of my girls having a lovely tea party. Our theme this month is 'recycling' and 'flowers' so I chose to use lovely flowery prints from the Maggie Holmes Bloom paper pad along with amazing vintage pieces from the 7gypsies Architexture Enjoy Stash Paque, including pieces taken right from the packaging - which is one of the cool things about the Architextures products!

I printed a couple cards directly from the Project Life app and used some tea stamps from Pretty Cute Stamps to decorate them along with the beautiful SMS sequins. I love when you find tiny flowers in the sequin mixes!

This vintage tea pot and cut from the Stash Paque is so lovely. I also used some of the 7gypsies Architextures Tall Base Swirls on this card, which are dimensional stickers you can cut, colour and layer!

I used some alphabet dies to cut out the 'TEA' from a diecut piece of the packaging and added some 'party' stickers included in the Stash booklet.

Here's a look at the lovely SMS sequin mixes I used for this layout - Hello Colorful You, Vintage Spring and Sunflower Fields.

Be sure to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off all your purchases at the SpiegelMom Scraps Shop!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a happy and very crafty week ahead!

Canvas Corp Brands - Cozy Moments November Challenge!

Hi friends! If you haven't checked out the monthly challenge on the Canvas Corp Brands Creative Studio Blog, you are are going to be so excited! There is a wonderful mood board and a challenge open all month long for you to link up anything you are inspired by the theme to create. This month the challenge is Cozy Moments, and here in Calgary, Alberta it has been really chilly - so definitely a challenge I have lots of ideas for ;) For this challenge I'm sharing a gift set I've created using Canvas Corp canvas coasters and papers, 7gypsies Architextures and Tattered Angels mists. You can head over to the Creative Studio Blog to see closeups and step by step details on how I created this set - perfect for gift giving or just keeping cozy!

Here's a look at the gorgeous inspirational mood board - we'd love to see what you come up with for this challenge. There is a wonderful prize pack to be won, no specific requirements other than following the theme, and the challenge is open until December 5th.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you're keeping cozy!!

Raccoon Tea Bag Holder!

Hi! I'm popping in with a cute and quick tag and tea bag holder using the sweet raccoon from this month's challenge over at the Gerda Steiner Designs October Challenge! If you played along last month you would have received this guy free!! If you want to purchase this adorable digital image and play along in October by linking your project using him, then you'll get November's image free. I just love this idea, and I was really excited to create a cute tag with this little cutie!

I used a very easy tea bag folding tutorial on YouTube and a piece of 6x6 patterned Lawn Fawn Knit Picky paper to create this cute holder. I'm thinking this will be a perfect stocking stuffer or teacher gift! 

I used a tag die from Your Next Stamp to diecut around the racoon image and coloured him in with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour markers. A little stamp from a Lawn Fawn tag set was just perfect to decorate his little wooden sign!

I added a little black bow and some pretty SpiegelMom Scraps sequins!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the challenge and all the fun projects for this month!

Cookie Jar Card!

Happy Monday! Today, I wanted to share with you this cookie jar card I made using my Cricut and some of the adorable stamps from the Pretty Cute Stamps Milk and Cookies stamp set.

I love these happy little cookies with their cute little faces! I bet they'd also look cute as white chocolate chips with cranberries... Hmmm, now I'm getting hungry!

I used a cut file by Lorrie Nunemaker for the sentiment inside the card by changing the file to the write feature and then colouring in the letters and mixing bowl with markers. The other baking supplies are from a cut file from the My Treasured Kutz store.

I used the heart stamp from the set on my little tag tied with twine and included a Biscotti Tea to send along to a friend - 'cause who doesn't love cookies and tea?!!

Here's a close up of this sweet stamp set. I love all the cute accessories they have!

Milk and Cookies 

Thanks so much for joining me today! Have a happy, crafty week!

Paper Pieced Tea Cup Girl!

I just love this sweet little Gorjuss Girl!! So much so that I simply had to make another card, this time paper piecing the tea cup and dress and adding some watercolouring with Distress Markers. I have been meaning to sew on my paper forever!! and I finally did it! It was really so easy - I'm not sure why I didn't do it before, lol! After I stitched around my edges and applied the papers to my card I gently bent the edges up to give the card some dimension. I will definitely be doing this again :)

I followed the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches (shown below). Here's a close up of this sweet girl! 

Inside I stamped this sweet little bunny and coloured him in with coloured pencils. I added the end of the banner I had hand cut from the front of the card. I added the cute tag that comes with this stamp set onto the Gorjuss Girl preprinted envelope and added a bit of shading with coloured pencils. All ready to give to a friend!

Thanks so much for joining me today! If you want to see another card featuring this cute stamp set click here. I hope you had a great week and get some crafty time for yourself this weekend. 

Linked to:

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge blog- Feb Link Up

613 Avenue Create - AG

Crafting From The Heart - AG 

DL Art - Thankful Thursday February Linky Challenge

Paper Play Sketches - AG with a sketch

Word Art Wednesday - AG

PDE Linky Party - AG!

Tuesday Morning Sketches - #337

Drink Me, Tea Cup Card!

I'm posting over at the Scrapendipity Way of Life Blog today and thought I'd share a card made with a sweet stamp I picked up from the Scrapendipity Truck at the make 'n take last week. I just love the Gorjuss Girl stamps and had to have this little one in a tea cup!

I stamped on watercolour paper with Archival Ink and then used Distress Markers to watercolour my image in and used some Teresa Collins papers for my background, matching my markers to the papers.

Inside, I added this single sweet little bunny, which I also watercoloured. A little Abandoned Coral Distress Marker adds a little touch of pink to his ears and cheeks.

This card and the colours remind me of Spring - and I seem to be thinking more and more that I am ready for winter to be over!

Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope you have a lovely, crafty week!

Linked to:
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge blog- Feb Link Up

613 Avenue Create - AG

Crafting From The Heart - AG 

DL Art - Thankful Thursday February Linky Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - AG

PDE Linky Party - AG!

Pretty Cute Stamps - May Sneak Peek!

Sooo exciting!! You are going to love the New Releases this month from Pretty Cute Stamps! I'm totally loving this adorable Tea-rriffic set! 

For my project today I made a card and tea gift set by paper piecing these sweet stamped images. I created a stenciled background using the Tim Holtz Doily stencil and Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean and Cracked Pistachio. After layering papers from a 6x6 paper pad - Front Porch by Pebbles,  I diecut a star from a Spellbinders die out of watercolor paper and added Distress Inks and a spritz of water to put my tea set on. 

 Inside, I stamped this lovely tea bag stamp and this awesome sentiment on more of that Pebbles paper!

I love how happy this little set is! I made a band with another teacup to decorate my tea bag and added some more stamps to coordinate the envelope as well. 

Thanks so much for joining me today! Be sure to stop over at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog to see the rest of the awesome projects the design team has come up with for this release! There's also a really great free cut file for you to download today! 

I will be back tomorrow with a look at all the stamp sets and another fun project in the New Release Blog Hop!

Giveaway!!

You could win a $15 gift certificate to Pretty Cute Stamps from me just by liking my Facebook fan Page and leaving a comment on the Giveaway post! 

Linked to:

DL Art - Thankful Thursday May Linky Challenge 

Sister Act Card Challenge - AG cards

Cookin' & Craftin' - Thursday Link up

Crafting From The Heart - #61 AG

Create And Inspire - AG 

Mojo Monday #399 Sketch