Home Decor Frame using New Wild Whisper Supplies and IKEA Tolsby Frame with VIDEO!

Hi there crafty friends!! I'm back today to share a pretty frame I created with the new March Wild Whisper No Place Like Home release! If you missed the post showing you all the amazing goodies in this release - be sure to check it out HERE.

Here's a sneak peek at this fun double sided frame - you can check out all the details over on the Wild Whisper blog with close ups and all the product links!

Here's the other side. I love the little flowers I fussy cut peeking out! I just can't decide which side I like better ;)

And here's the video where you can see me put it together!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to Wild Whisper where you can see all the amazing goodness they have in their shop, along with their fantastic blog with tons of inspiration!

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New Wild Whisper Supplies!!

Good morning crafty friends!! I hope you're having a wonderful weekend! I've spent the last week doing some spring cleaning in my craft room and around the house, so I haven't been as creative as I usually am. However, I did spend most of Saturday over the weekend in my PJ's playing with some new papers and crafty goodies I just got from the Wild Whisper store 😀 So, I figured I'd share with you what I got and give you a first hand closeup look at this beautiful new collection, No Place Like Home.

You can watch the video below or go to YouTube here:

And here are some photos:

Love, love, love the Gold Sweetheart Confetti sequins!

The No Place Like Home card pack has so many beautiful designs! And this Weathered Wood embossing powder is awesome!!

I love the house pattern in the No Place Like Home 12x12 paper pack!

Thanks so much for stopping by! You'll definitely be seeing me use these wonderful products from Wild Whisper this month - so make sure you subscribe to my blog and check back for lots of crafty fun! Have an awesome week <3

Happy Birthday Masculine Card using Wild Whisper Products!

Hello! Hope you've all had a wonderful weekend! We celebrated my husband's birthday on Friday and I made this birthday card for him using some wonderful supplies from Wild Whisper! I layered the beautiful papers from the Focus On You 12x12 Paper Pack in the background, using more of the masculine colours in the collection, and stamped the camera and feathers from the Focus On You Wild Whisper Stamp Set using a gradient ink pad. I love that you can use all the elements from these paper packs - and the strip of cameras at the bottom of one of the patterned papers was perfect to add as a border along the top of my card! I added a sentiment from one of the Tim Holtz chit chat sticker packs and used my Dylusions Paint Pens to add some hand drawn stitching lines.

I fussy cut around the feathers and then popped one up with foam dots when I got them layered they way I wanted. I added a bit of Stickles for bling - cause every birthday needs bling! Then, I topped it with some gorgeous sequins and a cork star from SpiegelMom Scraps as well as some of the Focus On You sequins, which were designed exclusively for Wild Whisper by SpiegelMom Scraps! They coordinate beautifully with the collection!

Here's a look at the inside, where I added another of the Tim Holtz stickers and a Happy Birthday stamp from the Wish Big Pretty Cute Stamps set. I wanted to coordinate the envelope, so I used the camera from the Wild Whisper stamp set again with some of the stamps that look like a flash! P.S. I used my 3 new ink colours from the Tim Holtz Oxide Distress Inks for the flashes and I LOVE how these inks stamps! I'll definitely be sharing more on these as I build my collection ;)

Here's a Project Life page I made with the PL App! If you want to try the recipe for the Pumpkin Spice Bread that I used to make Mike's gluten free cake you can find it HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope your weekend was fantastic and you got some time for yourself!

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Kitty Bee Designs - Snow Bun!

Howdy crafty friends! I'm back today to share a cute little winter snow bunny card using the Snow Bun digital stamp from Kitty Bee Designs. We are set to get more snow this week, and I figured I might as well enjoy what's left of the season! I coloured this super sweet image in with Hobby Colour and Prismacolor Markers and added some white gel pen highlights and Stickles before cutting him out with a Spellbinders Nestabilities die and my Cuttlebug.

I am really loving purple lately, and I was excited to use this pretty paper from a Heartfelt Creations paper pad - Celebrate The Season. It has lots of gorgeous blues and purples, and even though there are wonderful Christmas images in it, there are also lots of snowy winter papers and images. I fussy cut out the mittens and skates and used the papers from the pad. I sponged Distress Inks around the edges and used my sewing machine to stitch around my layered papers. A few pretty sequins from the SpiegelMom Scraps Plum Dreamsicle sequin collection, a bit more Stickles and a couple drops of some Silver Nuvo Drops add some bling!

Inside, I used a stamp from my stash and another strip of that beautiful paper!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Kitty Bee Designs store HERE and the Kitty Bee Designs blog HERE for lots of adorable images and sweet ideas on how to use them!

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FCCB #295 - Sequins!

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge on the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge  Blog!

Challenge #295-Sequins
Make a project that has sequins!

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Winner will receive a $25 gift code!

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

For my project this week I've created a couple pocket pages with some winter photos, Simple Stories Snow Fun paper and embellishments, the Winter Frolic Cricut cartridge and of course sequins from our awesome sponsor SpiegelMom Scraps!!

A few weeks ago the Free Cut Of The Week in Cricut Design Space was the Winter Frolic cartridge. I cut a whole bunch of diecuts and put them together all at once. It was a lot of work, but now I have a whole bunch of winter diecuts that are all ready to go. I was able to grab two snowmen for the first page and pop them on easily. After figuring out where I wanted my photos and the cards from the cut apart SS paper I started adding my embellishments - some stickers from the paper pack, some washi tape and sequins and cork from the SpiegelMom Scraps collection.

I find it easiest to add sequins by placing them on my page and moving them around until I feel like they look great. Really, I don't think you can go wrong with bling ;) And, I just got a new Pick Up tool, which is awesome! so I can then pick them up one by one and put a drop of Glossy Accents underneath.

I find adding 2 or 3 embellishments in a cluster in a couple different areas always looks pleasing. 

For my second page I used the sledding diecuts and more embellishments. I even added some washi and sequins right on my photos!

This adorable heart sequin was in a valentine mix and looks great added to my journaling card. Even with a few different sequin mixes there is such a variety that you have a great selection.

I used a date stamp and a paper embellishment to add the date to my page. I find it makes it so much easier when I'm putting pages away in my scrapbooks to already have the date on it!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope things are warming up a bit wherever you are - and that you have a wonderful week. Be sure to head over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog to see all the awesome sequin projects our Design Team has come up with - and give our awesome sponsor  SpiegelMom Scraps some love!! You can find their Facebook page here and their blog here with lots of amazing inspiration!

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Kitty Bee Designs Challenge #88 - Color Challenge!

Hi Friends! I hope you've been having a lovely week so far! I've had lots of fun creating projects lately and here's one more for you!  It's time for the midweek inspiration for Challenge #88 over at the Kitty Bee Designs Challenge Blog - Aloha Friday!

Challenge #88

Use At Least 2 Colors From This Image:

Image from Design Seeds

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 A Day For Daisies

All Dressed Up

For my project this week I'm using an adorable image - Warm Hands Warm Heart from All Dressed Up that I coloured with coloured pencils. I love the look of this cozy knitted hat! I added some shading with a few darker coloured pencils and added some white gel pen for highlights. I cut her out with one of my favourite tools - my Cuttlebug, using a Spellbinders Die and then traced around the outside of the die to create a black border that is slightly larger, fussy cutting by hand.

 For my pink background I sponged on Distress Inks and added a row of pink stencilled hearts on the left hand side, adding a subtle effect. I grabbed some ribbon flowers, lace and a paper flower from my stash along with some lovely SpiegelMom Scraps sequins to embellish.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge to see all the inspiration from the other awesome Design Team members - and enter your own project HERE for a chance to win!! Have a wonderful weekend!

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All You Need Is Love and Coffee!

Hi friends! Happy Valentines Day! I really think that sentiment sums it up ;) One of my fav things my hubby does is the awesome lattes he makes on the weekends. I don't think I could live without coffee some days! So here is the Valentines card I created for him. These Coffee Faces and Coffee Sentiments clear stamps from Pretty Cute Stamps are a couple of my favourites, and I love how many different sentiments for so many occasions are included!

I started off with a piece of resist kraft printed background paper from a Tim Holtz paper pad. I used my pinks, reds and tea dye Distress Stains to colour the paper that I first had sponged with Picket Fence Distress Ink (to give it a lighter base). I love how the resist pops through!

Then, I layered on a square journaling card and added some CMTH coffee stain stamps. I used the coordinating SVG files from Pretty Cute Stamps to first cut out the images with one of my favourite tools - my Cricut Explore, and then I was able to easily stamp the images before colouring with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers. I added the sweet faces on after, heat embossing the white one.

I added a couple diecut hearts and sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps and popped up the coffee press. These neat beans on the bottom of the card are included in the PCS coffee set.

Inside, I added some extra coffee stain stamps and the I Love You A Latte sentiment from the PCS Coffee Sentiments set. The Happy Valentines Day stamp is from the Tim Holtz Crazy Talk set, and I decorated the envelope to match.

Mike was very happy to get open his card this morning, and of course he got some chocolate to go along with it! We always do a little something special with the girls and they loved opening some handmade cards, chocolate and little stuffed animals. I was very lucky to get beautiful white roses, a lovely card and some yummy candy! I think making someone feel special, whether its for Valentines or any day, is something they will carry with them for a long time.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have a day filled with love, and of course a little craftiness!

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Love Makes The World A Better Place!

Hey there! I'm back with a cute card I just had to share using a FREE download from Verve Stamps! Now, be quick - this download on the Verve Blog is only available until February 15th, but in case you miss it, be sure to follow their blog for digital freebies offered every so often - and you can pick up some awesome stamps in the Verve Store as well.

I wanted to create a pretty card for a family member to thank them for a recent stay, and say Happy Valentines as well. I printed out the PDF download and cut out this sentiment included in the set. I used my Hobby Colour Markers to colour in the hearts and then added a bit of Distress Ink around the edges before layering on some patterned papers.

Of course, I added some sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps! I also placed a couple drops of pink Izink ink and used my new Silver Nuvo drops - love!! 

I just love this sentiment - and I hope I can pass on a little happiness and love! Thanks so much for joining me today! Have a wonderful Monday and a very Happy Valentines Day tomorrow <3

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Kitty Bee Designs - Bee Mine!

Hi Crafty Friends!! I'm back today with a super cute digi image to share with you from Kitty Bee Designs - Panda Balloon and Bouquet Valentine Digital Stamp! Seriously, how cute is this little guy with his sweet bunch of bamboo?!! I started off by adding some Distress Inks and water to a panel of watercolor cardstock. I love the technique of adding inks to a splat mat, spritzing with water and laying watercolor paper on top. It turns out different every time, with lots of lovely layers and interest.

After I printed him out on white cardstock, I used Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers to color in the stamp - using a light grey to add a little shadow around the white parts. I added some pretty silk ribbon and pink lace and popped up the panda with some foam dots.

Inside, I stamped a pretty script sentiment from Lawn Fawn.

I matted my watercolour background on a layer of purple cardstock and added some lovely sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps for some shine!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the Kitty Bee Designs blog for lots of wonderful inspiration - and their sweet shop for lots of adorably cute stamps!

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FCCB #293 - Snow!

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #293-Snow
Make a project about Snow!

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To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

Any project that doesn't use a Cricut element will be deleted.

For this week's challenge I've chosen to use some cool snowflake cuts from the Gypsy Wanderings Cricut cartridge and cut the pretty snowflake border from the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge. It has finally warmed up here a bit, but we still have snow on the ground and there are a few snowman to be seen around the neighborhood. I must say that my favourite snowman are these cute watercoloured ones that I can create in my jammies! 

I stamped the snowman and snowgirl from the Snowmies stamp set from Pretty Cute Stamps (our sponsor this week!) on watercolour paper and used Distress and Tombow Markers to watercolour in my images. I've been loving purple lately and decided to pull some pinks and purples from the Pink Paislee background paper for a pretty winter feeling. I used the snowy background stamp (see image below) included in the set to add white heat embossed snow as a resist in the background before adding some blue watercolour.

I used some snowflake and heart stamps from the Little Llama Pretty Cute Stamps set - there are two sizes of snowflakes in this set and I used Distress Inks to add them to my wintery scene. I added a sentiment stamp from the Snowmies set right below my snowmen.

Inside, I added the outside cut to the negative snowflake I put on the front, some matching paper and a couple more snowflake stamps.

I love the fun, wintery look of this card. These lovely sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps, including these NEW snowflake sequins (so pretty!) add some shiny glimmer as a finishing touch!

Here's a peek at the cute stamp sets I used above:

 Snowmies 

Little Llama 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope your week is fantastic :) Be sure to head over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog to see what all our other awesome Design Team members have come up with for this challenge - and enter your own Snow project with a Cricut cut for a chance to win a fab prize from our wonderful sponsor Pretty Cute Stamps! You can find the PCS Blog here with lots more inspiration too!

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