♥ Easter Blessings to You! ♥

Hello. I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far. I'm stopping in today with a fun and quick Easter Egg card that I made using the new Lisette Oval Shadowbox Frame Etched Dies by Amazing Paper Grace for Spellbinders. 

I also used the beautiful Flutter Wing Butterfly Etched Dies. That set comes with 2 different size butterflies. This is the smaller one that I used on this card. I added a 2nd "egg" to the right of the larger one. I will write the name(s) of the recipient on that one for a more personalized card.

You can find all of Becca's gorgeous Dies HERE.

Have a great weekend!

hugs...

♥ Easter Eggs and Butterflies ♥

Hello there! We have a brand new challenge starting today at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! It's ANYTHING GOES!!

The Simon Says DT are showcasing products this week by Stampendous! I am using the super pretty Butterflies Clear Stamp Set. This set has big, small and in between butterflies. Love it! So I decided to pretty up some plastic eggs with them for some Easter decor.

I painted some of the eggs with some Prima Opal Magic Aqua Rose Acrylic Paint. Love the shimmery color. (I need to get me more of this paint in different colors!) Other eggs I either wrapped in some pretty papers from the PhotoPlay French Flea Market Paper Pad (love!) or I added some Prima Pink Glitter or Diamond Dust Glitter to others.

I finished it off with some May Arts Natural Twine, pearls and Prima Flowers.  To form the base for the eggs, I simply hot glued some mini grapevine wreaths together and then hot glued some moss to them and then adhered the eggs. :)

And don't forget, the super sweet and generous Heidi will give the random winner of this challenge a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! Good luck everyone!

Do you use Instagram ?  If so, please add #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too. 

Hope you have a sweet day!

hugs...

♥ Shabby Butterflies and Buttons ♥

I could use these papers and embellishments from the iralamija shop everyday! So many beautiful collages in her store! I especially love these Vintage Buttons Collage Sheets and Shabby Butterflies Collage! So pretty!

I used some papers from the Spring Garden Background Collage as well. This collage comes with 5 different, beautiful papers.

I finished off the card with a white doily, ruler trim, hand dyed seam binding, a pearl and of course, some old, vintage buttons.

Looking for shabby chic, beautiful digital papers and embellies that you can use over and over again? Check out the iralamija shop on Etsy! You won't be disappointed!! ;)

                                              

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♥ Vintage Style Button Card ♥

Hi! What a beautiful day here down at the Jersey Shore! Hot though! Love Summer! Hope you are enjoying your Summer so far! I'm just stopping in with another shabby sewing themed card made with sweet goodies from the iralamija shop!

I used some images from the Fancy Vintage Collage as well as the Vintage Buttons Collage and Shabby Butterflies Collage. Aren't those butterflies sweet? You get 20 different ones in the collage! I could use these collages over and over again! So many beautiful images!!

The background paper is from the Spring Garden Background Collage. You get 5 beautiful backgrounds in this collage.

I hope you stop by the iralamija shop and check out all of the gorgeous collages for yourself!!

Have a wonderful day/night!! ;)

hugs...

♥ Simon Says...Things that Fly! ♥

Hi there! We are finally getting Spring-like weather here. Even though, call me crazy, I like snow and Winter. But I also like Spring too! So I'll take it! :) We just had 8 inches of snow last Thursday and no school for 2 days and now it's almost all melted and in the 50's! Feels like summer compared to what we had! ;) Hope the weather by you is nice!

It's time for a brand new challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! This week we want to see...Things That Fly! Airplanes...Butterflies...Birds...a Kite...etc!

This week the Simon Says DT are showcasing products by American Crafts. I am using the Serendipity 6x6 Paper Pad. It is currently out of stock, but should be back in stock shortly! Such sweet papers in this pad.

I die cut the butterfly using the Simon Says Stamp Butterflies Die Set. I die cut 2 different papers from the pad as well as some Vellum and glued them in the centers. I then added some White Opal Liquid Pearls to them.

I also used a Doodlebug White Doily, some May Arts Natural Twine, a Prima Crystal Heart and the Small Scalloped Circles and Small Standard Circle Die Sets by Spellbinders.

And don't forget, the super sweet and generous Heidi will give the random winner of this challenge a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! Good luck everyone!

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too. 

Hope you have a sweet day!

hugs...

♥ Simon Says...Add a Little Texture ♥

Hello there! It's time again for a brand new challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! This week we want to see cards with TEXTURE.

The Simon Says DT are showcasing Exclusive products by our very own Simon Says Stamp! Love, love, love SSS products!! There is something for everyone! For my shaker card, I am using the Large Hearts Die Set, Butterflies Die Set and the Inside and Out Sayings Clear Stamp Set, all by Simon Says Stamp!

The papers I used are from the Tropical Punch 6.5 x 6.5 Paper Pad by KaiserCraft. I added some texture to the card front using some Ranger Texture Paste and the Mini Reversed Chicken Wire Stencil by The Crafter's Workshop. I also used some White Opal Liquid Pearls, May Arts Natural Twine, Tim Holtz Frosted Film and some Flat Peach Sequins (in the shaker) and some Light Chartreuse Sequins. I raised the top panel using some Foam Dots

And don't forget, the super sweet and generous Heidi will give the random winner of this challenge a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! Good luck everyone!

Hope you have a great day!

hugs...

♥ Simon Says...Emboss it! ♥

Good morning! I hope you all are having a great Summer so far! Today starts a new challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! This week's challenge is...Emboss It! We want to see embossed cards. It can be heat embossed, dry embossed or you can use embossing paste.

I did some dry and heat embossing on my card. I first used the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder by Cuttlebug on the larger butterfly die cut. The Butterflies and Tag Dies are an exclusive by Simon Says Stamp.

I then heat embossed Friend on the tag using Hero Arts White Embossing Powder. The sentiment is from the Friendship Butterflies Clear Stamp Set also by Simon Says Stamp.

I also used the Timeless Rectangles Dies by Spellbinders, some Doodlebug White Pearls, a Maya Road Heart Pin and some seam binding and lace trim. The large butterfly was die cut using some Cherry Wood Veneer Paper by Simon Says.

And don't forget, the super sweet and generous Heidi will give the random winner of this challenge a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! Good luck everyone!

Have you seen the new Simon Says Stamp Store Website?? It looks amazing! You can see it for yourself HERE! Happy Shopping!! :)

Have a sweet day!!

hugs...