SpiegelMom Scraps - Crazy Bird Christmas Card!

Hello! I'm back today to share this adorably cute Crazy Bird Christmas Card that I'm featuring on the SpiegelMom Scraps blog! These guys are just so hilarious, they make me laugh everytime I see them!

Be sure to check out the SpiegelMom Scraps blog for all the details, closeups and a look at Kelly's page - and don't forget to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off all your purchases at the SpiegelMom Scraps store!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful week and weekend ahead!

Crazy Bird Valentine!

I was so busy over Christmas I just didn't get to use these adorable Crazy Birds on any Christmas cards! So, I was so happy to see they have some sweet Valentine accessories!

For the background I used some Tim Holtz seasonal paper from my stash. After I cut the square piece with the Valentine words I used Versamark around the edges and added some glittery red embossing powder. It has some gold flecks in it - perfect to coordinate with the gold trim I added behind the red border. A couple days ago I used a new Cracked embossing folder that my sister gave me for my birthday; well this NEW Checkerboard folder was also in the package and I used it on the red Coredinations paper - lightly sanding the top to distress it.

I stamped my Tim Holtz Crazy Bird stamp on watercolor paper and used Distress Markers to colour him and his box of chocolates in using lots of pinks and reds. For the bow I used some gold Perfect Pearls with water added and a bit of Stickles in the center to coordinate with the other gold touches on my page. I carefully cut his wing and used some pop dots to make it look like he was holding the heart box.

Inside, I used two of the TH sentiments that match the Crazy Bird stamps and used the Perfect Pearls again to colour in my hearts.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you're having a great week. Be sure to come back tomorrow for a fun blog hop celebrating the Pretty Cute Stamps January New Releases - there will be a FREEBIE cut file and a chance to win a PCS gift certificate!

Linked to:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - New! (checkerboard embossing folder)
DL Art - Thankful Thursday January Linky Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Something New (checkerboard embossing folder)

PDE Linky Party - AG!

Mojo Monday - Sketch 429

Scrapping Everyday Miracles - September Challenge!

I cannot believe it is September already! It feels like it was just June - and now the kids head back to school here in Alberta today! Well, with the start of a new month comes the start of a new challenge over at the Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog, and since it's Tuesday I'm posting over at the Scrapendipity Way Of Life blog - so what better than to combine them :) I'm not quite ready to let summer go, so as you'll see my card is celebrating catching that last bit of summer fun!

This month my project is based on the awesome card sketch by DT member Bev!

I recently picked up the Crazy Birds, Crazy Things and Crazy Talk stamps from the Scrapendipity Truck (we have an awesome scrapbook truck and online store full of amazing papercrafting goodies since our LSS closed!) and I've been having so much fun using them! I also picked up a goody pack of BoBunny Ephemera full of papers from the Boardwalk collection as well as coordinating stamps and accessories. They were a perfect addition to my summer fun card!

I stamped my bird on white cardstock and coloured him in with Prismacolor Markers, which are alcohol based. I added some glasses from the Crazy Things set and popped them up with foam dots, and then I stamped a surf board from the BoBunny Ephemera set and popped it under his wing. He's totally ready to catch a wave! I also used a Tim Holtz sunray stencil on my background along with some Distress Ink to brighten up my card.

Inside, I added a stamped sentiment from the Crazy Talk set - love the handwriting in this set - as well as some shades and a splash of water from the BoBunny set.

Lastly, I had to decorate my envelope! I added another cute bird and a few more stamps and coloured them in with Distress Markers. Time to send some Happy Mail off to a friend!

Thanks so much for joining me today! Whatever your week has in store for you, I hope you get to take some time for yourself to relax a little and be crafty :) Don't forget to check out what all the other Design Team members have come up with and enter your own project for a chance to win a sweet prize!! 

This month I'll be giving away the prize for this month's challenge winner - a gift certificate to Pretty Cute Stamps! You don't want to miss out on your chance for some sweet stamps, so head on over to the SEM blog and get started!

Celebrate With Crazy Birds!

I am so super excited to be a Guest Designer on the Die Cuttin' Divas blog today!! The theme for the challenge this week is Celebrate It! so I thought these Miss Kate's Cuttables SVG files were the perfect start to a celebratory project :) As well, I'm posting at the Scrapendipity Way Of Life blog today. I finally picked up a Crazy Birds stamps by Tim Holtz along with the coordinating accessories and sentiments from the Scrapendipity Truck - so what better time to combine these fun stamps with some awesome diecuts?!!

I used my 6x6 paper pads to diecut the balloons and title with my Cricut Explore. I absolutely love how precise the cut is with the Explore! I know my blade should probably be changed, but it still cut these thin balloon strings wonderfully. I layered the balloons on some pink Simple Stories paper, popping some up with foam dots to give dimension. I actually cut both layers of balloons in the same colour and then used an alcohol marker to shade in the base to save time.

I had some watercolour backgrounds that I've been working on and thought these would be perfect for stamping this cute Crazy Bird, the hearts, his hat and the present on. After stamping I added in some shading details with Prismacolor Markers and used Glossy Accents on his little eyeballs and the heart on the balloon.

I added some white gel pen to the ribbon on the present and popped up the bird to look like he was standing on this cool title.

Inside, I added one of the great sentiments from the set and a couple more hearts.

Thanks so much for joining me today!! I had so much fun playing with these diecuts and mixing them up with these adorable Crazy Birds stamps :) I hope you'll stop over to the Die Cuttin' Divas blog to see all the awesome projects the Design Team has come up with and enter your own Celebrate It project! Have a wonderful week :)