Miss Daisy Stamps - Becca's Butterfly

Hello, my friends!

I have a new card to share with you today, 
using an image from Miss Daisy Stamps.

This one is called "Becca's Butterfly" 
which you can find HERE.
This lovely image comes with a full sheet of fabulous sentiments,
including the one I used on my card.

I have also used a pretty digital paper from We Are 3 Digital Shop at Stamping Studio.
The paper collection is called Summer Butterflies.
The paper used on this card is called Summer Butterflies Fluttering. 

I thought this was a really pretty combination of image and paper.
So I actually coloured the image to match the papers.
Then to make the image stand out from the background,
I die-cut some solid cardstock and placed it behind the image.
It looks like she's standing in a doorway of a secret butterfly garden! ;o)
I popped the butterfly and the sentiment up on foam tape, 
then I framed it all with the same dark cardstock.
Finally, I added some rhinestones to the corners,
and Stickles to the butterfly, bows, and flowers.

Here's a closer look at the sweet image,

and the butterflies in the background.

Other Materials Used:

Papers: Recollections - Cardstock;

Colouring: Spectrum Noir Markers;

Die: Sizzix - Framelits Tags Rounded;

Bling: Crafts - Rhinestones, Stickles - Star Dust.

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Here are all the links:

Miss Daisy Stamps Shop

Miss Daisy Stamps Create & Share Group on Facebook

Stamping Studio Facebook Group

Tutti Designs - You Inspire Me

Hello, my friends!

It's Monday, and I'm back with a new Tutti Designs share!

Today I have combined three dies but I'm featuring the Musical Stave Die,
which you can find HERE.
I love this die! 
There's something about it that makes me want to add it to everything! lol

I began with a white card base. 
I added a layer of blue. 
Next came the largest of the Nesting Stitched Rectangles die, of patterned paper. 
I added this piece with foam tape.
I cut the Nesting Stitched Oval out of white cardstock,
added the sentiment, and adhered it to the center of the rectangle.
Finally, I cut the Music Stave from the same blue,
and adhered it in place over the oval. 

Then I just added a sparkly ribbon bow to the top.

Here's a closer look at the detail in the great die:

One last look at the finished card:

Other Materials Used:

Papers: Graphic 45 - Secret Garden Patterns and Solids;

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black;

Stamp: Inspired by Stamping - Heartfelt Gratitude;

Ribbon: Celebrate It.

Tutti Designs Dies Used:

Musical Stave Die

Stitched Nesting Ovals 

Stitched Nesting Rectangles 

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I'll be back next week with a new project.

In the meantime, here are all the links you'll need:

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Blog

Tutti Designs Facebook Page

Tutti Designs Pinterest Page

My Precious Daughter Tags for Swedish House Crafts

Hello, my friends! 

I'm happy to be sharing my first DT project for Swedish House Crafts today!

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If you're not familiar with Swedish House Crafts, let me tell you a little bit about them.
It's a wonderful online shop, located in the United Kingdom.
They carry a specially selected assortment of Swedish made papers, stamps and dies. 
You really have to go take a look at all the unique and inspiring products. 
They are happy to ship anywhere in the world,
and great customer service is definitely a priority to the owner! :o

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Okay...now onto my project:

You all know how much I love to make tags! 

 These gorgeous Pion images were shouting at me to make them into tags! :o)
The sentiments were even included. 
Take a look:

I simply trimmed out the images, and distressed the edges with both a tool and ink. 

I matted everything with a coordinating cardstock. 

Then I layered everything onto a cardstock tag base.

Each tag was decorated with flowers created with Gummiapan Flower Dies. 

Then finally, some seam binding was added to the top of the tags.

Here's a closer look at the pink tag. 

The flowers here were made using the Flower Dies 5 Set. 

The leaves were created with the same dies. 

They make such pretty flowers! 

I made one large one for the bottom of the tag, 

and some smaller ones for higher up.

Here is a closer look at the purple tag. 

Another beautiful image and sentiment set. 

The flowers are made with the Gummiapan Flower 3 Dies Set. 

It makes a completely different flower. Isn't it pretty?

Here's a look at the different flowers side by side:

Here's another look at the two tags together. 

I have two precious daughters. 

When they were little, one's favorite colour was purple, and one's was pink! :o)

I hope you enjoyed seeing my tags today!

These are the products I used from Swedish House Crafts:

Pion Design - Images From the Past

Gummiapan Die - Flowers 5 Dies

Gummiapan Die - Flowers 3 Dies

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Here are all the links you'll need:

Swedish House Crafts Shop

Swedish House Crafts Blog

Swedish House Crafts Facebook

Tutti Designs - Tools Die

Hello, my friends!

It's Monday, and I'm back with a new Tutti Designs share!

Today is actually my sweet husband's birthday!
As you may have noticed, I have been making quite a few masculine cards lately.
ONE of them was made with his birthday in mind. 
So every time he sees one of them, he says he wants THAT one for his birthday! 
This is the guy who says..."Oh, no! You don't need to give me a card!"
Now suddenly he wants ALL of the cards! haha 

After I made this card I put it away so that he couldn't see it,
which is apparently what I should have been doing all along! lol

This is using the fabulous Tools Die from Tutti Designs.
You can find it HERE.
I simply assembled the dies on the kraft and ran it through my big shot. 
I wrapped the twine around the bottom,
and then adhered it to the black card base.
Finally, I added the "You are my hero" stamp.
My husband is my hero in many ways,
but with tools is definitely one of them! :o)

Here's a closer look at the detail of the cuts:

There are so many dies here to have fun with!

The options are endless! 

Other Materials Used:

Papers: Recollections - Cardstock;

Stamp: Simon Says Stamp - Kelly Purkey DUDE;

Twine: Stampin' Up - Baker's Twine;

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black.

Tutti Designs Dies Used:

Tools

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I'll be back next week with a new project.

In the meantime, here are all the links you'll need:

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Blog

Tutti Designs Facebook Page

Tutti Designs Pinterest Page

The Project Bin - Christmas in July Blog Hop Day 2

Hello, my friends! Welcome to Day 2 of The Project Bin’s Christmas in July Blog Hop! If you missed yesterday (because I wasn't part of it)

you'll want to go back and catch up! The Project Bin’s holiday hop will give you so many ideas, you'll be able to start your Christmas list!

If you are hopping along, you should have arrived here from Kelly’s blog. If you get lost along the way, or started somewhere in the middle, follow the candy cane trail back to The Project Bin inspiration blog. You won’t want to miss the creativity along the way! Remember: 2 lucky winners have the chance of winning one of the 2 generous gift certificates to shop at The Project Bin store! Woohoo! For today’s holiday inspiration, I have a card to share with you. I used the beautiful new "Joyful Song" Stamp Set. You can find it right HERE. It's my new FAVORITE Christmas stamp! I LOVE all of the wonderful sentiments on it. I kept my card simple to showcase the message of the stamp.Here's a closer look at the crisp image: I did some more stamping on the inside of the card.

Here's another close-up:Other Materials Used: Papers: Kraft Cardstock, Carta Bella - So This Is Christmas; Die: Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Ornate Artisan Tags and Accents; Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ribbon: Celebrate It.

Here's a look at the complete Joyful Song Set: * * * * * Okay, that's it from me! :o) Next up, hop on over to Patricia‘s blog. Be sure to leave a comment at each stop. The winners will be announced on The Project Bin blog this week. We hope you enjoy our Christmas in July blog hop! ♥
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Linking Up To:
Christmas Card Challenges #17
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #342
Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Christmas in July
Sweet Stampin' - Christmas in July

All Dressed Up - Challenge #71

Hello, my friends!

Today is the beginning of a new challenge at All Dressed Up!

The challenges are always Anything Goes but you MUST use an image from All Dressed Up.

There are freebies available at the challenge blog HERE! :o)

This is an image that I colored up a LONG time ago!
It's To Have & To Hold, which you can find HERE.
I think it was right after I started coloring with pencils. 
I finally made a card with it! :o)

Please don't look too closely at the coloring.

Remember...this was done a LONG time ago! ;o)

I wanted you to see a close-up of the fun liquid pearls.

I added it on the bride's necklace and bracelet, the groom's buttons, 

and then I added stickles to the flowers in the bride's hair.

Materials Used:

Papers: Recollections and Bazzill - Cardstock;

Die: Spellbinder Nestabilities - Romantic Rectangles Two;

Color: Prismacolor Pencils;

Bling: Crafts - Rhinestones;

Stickles: Diamond;

Liquid Pearls: White Opal;

Ribbon: Celebrate It.

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Head on over to the Challenge Blog and join the fun! :o)

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Here are all the links you'll need:

All Dressed Up Challenge Blog

All Dressed Up Etsy Shop

All Dressed Up Facebook Page

All Dressed Up Pinterest

Cards and More Shop Blog - INSTA HOP CELEBRATION

Hello, my friends!

Some of you already saw my instagram post yesterday!

We're having a special 10th Birthday Celebration 

INSTA HOP!

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What's an INSTA HOP???

It's like a blog hop but it happens only over on instagram.

It's so easy to participate!

All you do is hop around to all the DT posts,

like the posts, and leave a comment with the word CELEBRATE!! 

Feel free to tag some friends along the way,

so that they can come and play!

We have some very generous sponsors,

and lots of prizes to be won!

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Here's the card you'll see over on my instagram, right HERE:

I hope to see you all hopping along with us! :o)

You'll find a complete list of all of the posts here:

Cards and More Shop Blog