Cranking out Christmas Cards

Where has this year gone?  I made a promise to myself to make my cards this year so I have been slipping in some time for a little card therapy.  For my first card I used those cute Yeti's is from MFT Stamps  Beast Friends which is an adorable stamp set.  I used the The Stamp Doctors Card in a box Die to make the box card. I wish you could really see how shiny and bright this card is.  Fun little box and so easy to make especially with the dies.

I LOVE this moose stamp  from Whimsy Stamps.  I needed a masculine card and this stamp was the 

perfect choice. The background wood stamp made the card pop. I also used the Notched Rectangle Dies from Whimsy Stamps. The pine needles and cone are from Sunny Studios.

                                              

                                                                   Whimsy Studio

                                                                 The Stamp Doctor

                                                                          MFT

                                                                    Sunny Studio

                     Hope you liked them,  off I go to make more cards. Have an awesome day!

Winter

I just got my order from Lawn Fawn and must say the Shadow Box Mountain add on is a must have.  I enjoyed playing around with this die set, nice therapy after a grueling past week and weekend.  Just wanted to share my little creation.

Twix or Treat!

I have been really lax about posting, too much going on and this has a lower priority than what I have been dealing with I guess.  I have been keeping up with new releases and am in love with the new release from The Greetery.  They have come out with such stinkin' cute stamps and dies and the design team is over the top!  They even have a Look Book with adorable creations to inspire you or me in this case.  I immediately had order their Candy Pop dies and the Christmas Care-A-Van stamp and die, which I wasted no time in playing with.   I decided I was going to make Halloween treats for the grand kids.  I played around making the bubbles deep enough to fit a Twix bar in.  The die actually goes through foam board I got from the local DollarTree.  I ended up adding 2 foam middles and it fit perfectly. I can see I am going to have tons of fun with these dies and no I am not getting paid any commissions to plug them, I just love them that much and wanted to share.  Hope you have a Happy Halloween!

Friends

I think I am a sucker for pink, black and green combo. I love that combination.  I saw some really adorable cards made with the Fabulous Flamingo stamps from Sunny Studio Stamps.  I also used the palm tree from Seasonal Trees stamp set.  The card design is from a tutorial at StampingBella. Hope you like it.

The base warped because I used a brayer on it and it apparently shrunk when it dried, will try again without using the brayer.

Cherries anyone?

I can't resist a good deal especially when it is an adorable stamp and since Stamping Bella was offering 25% off this cute chick I had to get it.  The sale is only for the month of March so if you love this little Cherry Chick you need to go grab it.  I really love all their chicks. Thanks for stopping by!

Hear me Roar!

I have had this set for sometime now and have no idea why I haven't touched it until now.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these adorable little guys. After I colored them I decided I would just go ahead and use the same paper for all of them and challenge myself to get a theme going. These Loveable Leopards  make the cutest little cards don't you think? They are from My Favorite Things.

 

                                                               Have an awesome day!

What's inside the Bunny Box?

Yay! I finally finished my bunny box made from The Stamp Doctor's A2 Box for Cards.  It seems I am always making cards that are too thick to fit in an envelope and this box is perfect for those fat cards.  It also can be used for Easter Treats (which I haven't bought yet).  I used the Nested Oval Dies and the Stitched Nested Oval Dies to cut the window from The Stamp Doctor's Paper Pack Easter#1 paper, then cut out a bunny from the Bear-Bunny Paper Piecing Dies.  I decided to have the Bunny looking into the box so I didn't use all the pieces that come with this versatile die. The grass is from the Grass Tops Die and I cut out eggs from the same Paper Pack Easter#1 set. The heart swag on top is from La-la Land Crafts called the Heart Garland Die. Fun little box that I definitely will use tons!  Thanks for dropping by, happy crafting!

The Stamp Doctor

Nested Oval Dies

Stitched Nested Oval Dies

Paper Pack Easter #1

Grass Tops Die

Bear-Bunny Paper Piecing Dies

La-La Land Crafts

Heart Garland Die

Clean Kitty

I finally got around to playing with my March La-La Land Crafts Club kit.  Poor kitty got stuck in the washer and I think his friend thinks it is a purr-fect place for him.  Love the dies in this kit, I know it is hard to tell but the washer door is popped out like the newer models with a shaker bubble. Have a crafty weekend!

La-La Land Crafts Club

Happy Egg Hunting

With Easter right around the corner I thought I would hop to it and make an Easter card.  Now that I am done I am craving chocolate.....wouldn't you know.  Almost everything I used is from The Stamp Doctor.  The paper is from the Paper Pack Easter #1, on the cover I used the Large Chocolate Bunnies Die, the Grass Tops Die, the Nested Oval Dies#1 and the Stitched Oval Nested Dies#1. The bunny inside is made using the Bear Paper Piecing Die and the Bunny Add-On Die. Grass is from the Egg Carton CIB Add-On Dies and the inside I used the Nested and Stitched Oval Dies again.  It was a very therapeutic morning for me :)  Hope your day is going well too!

The Stamp Doctor

Paper Pack Easter #1

Large Chocolate Bunnies Die

Grass Tops Die

Nested Oval Dies #1

Stitched Nested Oval Dies #1

Bear Paper Piecing Dies and Bunny 

Add-On Dies

Egg Carton CIB Add-On Dies

Free Hugs

I usually do not do cactus cards just because I have lived around cactus my whole life and I would rather fantasize about pine trees but I loved how these oval dies from The Stamp Doctor, which I recessed, made this cacti card look.  Just a simple card but I like how it turned out. If you end up hugging a cactus, watch out for the pokies!

The Stamp Doctor

Stitched Nested Oval Die#1

Nested Oval Dies #1

Have a great Day ya'll!

Flip Flopping

I bet you thought I was talking about the type you wear on your feet but nope I am referring to The Stamp Doctor's Flip Flop Card Die #2.  I watched a video tutorial on you tube for this card and decided I had to try it. Very easy to follow tutorial and she offers great tips along the way. To accent the card I used the Simple Sentiments Stamps, the ZigZag Border Die and The Tags #1 Stitched Die.
The flowers are from Happy Day Stamps and leaves are from the very versatile No See All Seasons Tree Die Set from Whimsy Stamps. LOL I just noticed my musical notes are upside down.....Ishkabibble as I always tell my grand kids.  Thanks for stopping by!

The Stamp Doctor

Flip Flop Card Die #2

Tags #1 Stitched Die

ZigZag Border Die Set

Simply Sentiments Stamps

Happy Day Stamps

Whimsy Stamps

No See All Seasons Tree Die Set

I am on a Roll at the Farm

With the weather being beautiful, in the 70-80 degree range, I guess I have farm stuff on the brain! We have chickens and cows so these were right down my alley. I should have put a dog stealing an egg since one of our dogs (or both) seem to have found out where the hens are laying.  Their coats seem to be much healthier with all the protein they are consuming.  I have been having a blast playing with all the farm sets I have so I decided I would post all three cards in one post.  I used the  A2 Card in a box#2 from The Stamp Doctor for this happy birthday card box, the stamp set is From the Herd by La-La Land Crafts.  The second card is also using From the Herd by La-la Land Crafts.
On the third card I used Best of Cluck from Sugar Pea Designs.  This one reminded me of the dogs because of the little cracked egg. It "cracked" me up.  Hope you enjoyed these farm cards as much as I did making them! Sunshine to you all!

 

The Stamp Doctor

A2 Card in a Box#2

Grass Tops Die

Egg Carton CIB (grass)

Whimsy Stamps

No-See All Seasons Tree Die (flowers)

La-La Land Crafts

From the Herd

Sugar Pea Designs

Best of Cluck

Unicorn

I have had this cute unicorn paper for quite a while now and wanted to make something with it but nothing sparked me until I saw this cute little unicorn from Paper Smooches.  The set is called Spectrum and the unicorn is adorable. Just wondering if there is such a thing as a gray dapple unicorn. I was able to top it off with La-La Land Crafts Flag Banner Die which I love.  Yes I know I love every die I have :). I love all the magical sparkle and hope you do too. Thanks for checking it out.

Paper Smooches

Spectrum

La-La Land Crafts

Flag Banner Die

Cat's Life

I have been wanting to play with two different dies from The Stamp Doctor but just wasn't sure what I wanted to do.  I joined La-La Land Crafts Club and received and adorable set that happened to have cats in it and it hit me what I could make.  The first die is an A2 Card in a Box#2 and the second is Cat's life.  I pulled a little cat from the La-La Land Crafts set, went to coloring and even though I had a hundred interruptions from the grans kids I was able to finish.  Hope you like it, it was fun like a cat's meow! 

The Stamp Doctor

A2 Card in a Box#2

Cat's Life

La-La Land Crafts

 

Adorable Paper

These NEW papers from The Stamp Doctor are adorable and just in time for Easter.  Go check them out here.

Love how bright and cheery they are!

                                                                   The Stamp Doctor

Paper Pack Easter #!

Scootin Newton

What a fun little cat to color. He is from the collection at Newton's Nook Designs.  This little set is called Newton Scoots By, not only is the cat adorable but the sentiments are cute too.  I used the Scalloped Border Dies, which comes in a set of three, from The Stamp Doctor on the top of the card.

The Stamp Doctor 

Scalloped Border Dies

Newton's Nook Designs

Newton Scoots By

Oh Buoy and calves!

Today started out crazy with one of our calves getting out into the property next door.  I chased him from one end of the field to the other and he finally went under the fence where the guide wire was missing.  As I was "sewing" the fence with baling wire up walks Jenn and Miss Boo.  Being the good friend she is, she jumped right in and started "sewing" too. After we finished and went our separate way, she went over and took a picture of our new bull calf born yesterday.  She got a great shot! Thanks my friend, and Boo thanks for picking up all the "bubble gum".





All the running and frustration must have inspired some creativity in me so I came in and made this card using the Ahoy, Matey! Clear Stamps from Whimsy Stamps along with my new FAVORITE Kinetic-Straight-Waves-Die also from Whimsy Stamps.  This Die set is AWESOME. It is designed to give you 5 different waves along with three cute little star fish. I felt so much better after I played....lol.

Whimsy Stamps

Ahoy, Matey! Clear Stamps

Kinetic Straight Waves Die Set

Enjoy your Day!

 

Dino-mite

I had a little time this morning before the hustle and bustle of carpooling grand kids around and decided I needed to go play with my new Dinosaur Friends clear stamp from Whimsy Stamps.  I love these adorable little guys, their expressions are just too cute and the sentiments are perfect.. I used the Tri-Fold Shutter Card Die and the Tri-Fold Shutter Card Layers #2 from The Stamp Doctor which made making this card so much easier. The layers are all pre-measured and took no time to cut out. The grass is from an Egg Carton CIB Add-On Die and I needed clouds but didn't have any handy so I used a die from the Tags#1 Stitched die set. I love the blues and greens together and the orange just made it pop. Hope you try one out, I enjoyed my therapy session making this card:).

Whimsy Stamps

Dinosaur Friends

The Stamp Doctor

Tri-Fold Shutter Card Die

Tri-Fold Shutter Card Layers  #2

Egg Carton CIB Add-On Dies

Tags #1 Stitched

Hope you have a great day and thanks for dropping by!

Lollipops

Yesterday I was sick and had no desire to do anything but sleep so that is what I did.  When I woke up today I felt so much better that I wanted to play with my new die from The Stamp Doctor.  I made this little Lollipop Holder and used the cute little Spike Monster to dress it up.  On the back I used the XO Die. This is such a simple fast little gift, I wish I had it before Valentine's Day, I would have made some up for the grand kids classes.  I guess there is always next year.

 The Stamp Doctor

Lollipop Holder Dies

Spike Monster Stamp and Die Combo

XO Die

Fun Day!

 My daughter's in-laws are in town and her mother-in-law Mary is a crafter also so Jenn agreed to give a little impromptu class on coloring with Copic markers.  She taught techniques and blending skills on these adorable images by Lee Holland. What started out to be just a few hours of playing turned into a whole day (sorry Kirk).  I can't thank Jenn enough for putting everything together, everyone's cards turned out adorable and we all had fun laughing and learning.

You can find these digitals and more on Lee's Etsy site HERE.

Whimsy Stamps Wish Upon a Star Clear Set

Make It Crafty Chipboard Sentiment

Some can be found on Whimsy Stamps as well

La-La Land Crafts  Small Star Die

La-La Land Crafts Rainbow in the Clouds

This little card is one I made some time ago and never posted so I thought I would share him with you, my grandson loves foxes but I never gave it to him.  Wished the sentiment said Hello, little foxy one instead.  If I remember right the fox was from a Sugar Pea collection. 

Hope you all are inspired to go create something fun!

Squirrel Knocked Out

Oh my, the cluster of golden apples fell and hit the squirrel right on the noggin!  They were not supposed to fall before I snapped the picture and I didn't notice it until I was editing the picture. Oh well, that is a little squirrel that comes in the No-See All Season Tree Die from Whimsey Stamps.  I love all the accessories that come with this die set. I know it says No-See, but this one you do see because I used the Kinetic Straight Basics Die set with it..  The tree fell in the second card and the little squirrel runs back and forth on the fallen tree. This one is a No-See using the same All Seasons Tree Die set and I did use the No-See Kinetic Basics Die set with it.  I loved playing with these dies, they were so easy to use and went together pretty fast.

Whimsy Stamps

No-See All Seasons Tree Die

Kinetic Straight Die

No-See Kinetic Basic Die

Hope you try these fun dies out and get your creative juices flowing!

Hugs!

Nutty For You

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day so I decided yesterday while I was sitting in the dentist chair having my teeth drilled on that my Hubby would get a acorn card in pink .  Why that came to me then is a good question that I do not have an answer too.  Here is my card for him because after 45 years of marriage I am still nutty for him.

I hand cut the acorn but the scalloped strips on the acorn are the Scalloped Border Die from The Stamp Doctor, the squirrels are from Lawn Fawn , sentiment bubble is from La-La Land and the sentiment is from CC Designs.  I even found little acorns at the store in the parking lot, lucky me.  Have a great creative day!

The Stamp Doctor

Lawn Fawn Stamps

La-La Land Crafts

C.C. Designs

Woof Woof

The Stamp Doctor released a new Bear-Bunny Paper Piecing Die and as I was playing with it all I kept seeing was a puppy.  Couldn't help it had to make a pup out of it to go with my Dog Paw Dies.  I did end up making a bear and a bunny too.  Fun little die to play with and so many ideas.

I love how versatile the little pieces are and it goes together pretty fast. There is even a little bow that goes with it too. Thanks for stopping by!

The Stamp Doctor

Bear-Bunny Paper Piecing Die

Dog Paw Die 

What's the Buzz

This bee hive from Whimsy Stamps was calling to me in blue. I love how easy it was to color, the bee's and sentiments add just the right touch. I don't know what it is about bee sets but I love them and I am not a fan of honey :)

Whimsy Stamps

 Bee Hive Rubber Stamp

 Bee-utiful Bees Rubber Cling

Have a great day!

Play Day

What a great day, I was able to have a play day with two of my most favorite friends, Jenn and Vickie.  Vickie and I fell in love with Jenn's card and she offered to help us build our own.  We used the Center Pop Out Die and the Scalloped Border Dies from The Stamp Doctor and the beautiful Sunflower Rubber Cling Stamp from Whimsey Stamps  I was amazed at how easy the sunflower is to color. Vickie and I were able to color it in no time, of course we had an excellent teacher :).

I truly enjoyed making this card and may just make another.  Thanks Jenn and Vickie for a very therapeutic day!

The Stamp Doctor

Scalloped Border Die

Center Pop Out Card Die

Whimsy Stamps

Sunflower Rubber Cling Stamp

Doggone Dog

I just got this stamp and die combo called Doggone Dog from The Stamp Doctor.  The sentiments are quirky which I love, they seem to describe me lately.  I love the play on words with the Yappy Birthday. There is even a complimenting die which is Dog Paw Prints that would work well with this set. This was a quick and fun card to make.

You can grab your fun sets of stamps and dies at the links below

The Stamp Doctor:

Doggone Dog clear stamps/die Combo

Dog Paw Prints Die

Have fun creating!

The Stamp Doctor Therapy

Our family celebrates birthday's on Sunday's with the birthday boy or girl getting to choose their

favorite meal and cake.  This Sunday we are celebrating my daughter and grandson's birthday 

with roast, rice and gravy and hot dogs. What a combo!  

I made this card for my daughter and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this Center Pop Out Die from 

TheStampDoctor . There are step by step videos to help you with this die and many more. I

also used TSD grass, flower and leaf dies. The bee stamp is Bee Friends by Pretty Pink Posh.

This is my grandson's card and once again I used a combination stamp and die set from 

TheStampDoctor.  This is the Spike Monster Stamp and Die which just came yesterday 

so I was excited to try it out.  The card I made is an in and out card, the monster on the first page

is actually popped up on the second page but pops out the die cut area on the front of the card.

I used a video on YouTube by Jennifer McGuire. She has some great videos also. It is a trifold card

card so I put the sentiment and little Spike on the third page.  I had a blast playing and hope you give it a try!