Archive for March 2020

March Scrapping for Less "Flavor of the Month" A Farmhouse Spring

Saturday, March 28, 2020 // 5 comments

Hello Spring! I hope it is spring where you are or it is loading! We have some fabulous florals and farmhouse images for you this month. So come on and hop with us and check out all the awesome spring inspiration the guest designer and design team have for you today. Stay tuned for a special announcement also! Make sure you head to the Subscriptions page to purchase your "Farmhouse Spring" card kit or even better yet why not subscribe! You save $5 each month and we only ask for a 3 month commitment. Also make sure to enter the Rafflecopter for a chance to win a great prize!

Now, let's get to the inspiration...I don't always have time to be in the blog hop due to the duties of running the business but with the stay at home orders I have been crafting a whole lot. I have always wanted to take the sketches and make a card from each collection with each sketch so this month I did it!! I was able to get some done for the hop and then I will be up on the SFL blog on Sunday so I will bring you the rest of my cards from the kit.

Next up on the Hop is Desiree

Collection 1 Hello Spring

Hello Spring Sketch 1

Hello Spring Sketch 2

Hello Spring Sketch 4

Bonus Card...I did not realize there were so many
ink smudges on the sentiment banner. I will definitely
need to redo that

Hello Spring Sketch 3

Collection 2 Farmhouse Florals

Farmhouse Florals Sketch 4

Farmhouse Florals Sketch 1

Farmhouse Florals Sketch 3

Farmhouse Florals Bonus Card

Bonus Card to show the sparkle on the bow and butterfly

Collection 3 Bloom Wildly

Bloom Wildly Sketch 3

Bloom Wildly Sketch 4

Stay Tuned for the rest of my kit smashing on Sunday on the SFL Blog!

Collection 4 Daisy Garden

Sketches

Banana Split Level

Double Dip Level

Coffee Card Series | Card #5

Tuesday, March 10, 2020 // No comments

Welcome back to Kimberly and Teresa's Coffee Card Series!

I have one more quick and easy card to share with you today. Then, the rest of the week will be some more elaborate cards! These are the cards I am most excited to share! But, everyone needs a quick and easy card to put together at times and what better way to do it than beautiful paper and matching ephemera!

My card for today features Echo Park Coffee paper and a cut apart from one of the sheets. And also, a glitter frame that has been in my stash for who knows how long! YAY!!! for using up stash!

Hope to see you again tomorrow!

Don't forget to stop on by Cardmaking Blonde to see her card for today! And also comment each day for a chance to win a coffee related prize!

Coffee Card Series Week | Card #2-4

Monday, March 9, 2020 // No comments

I sure hope you enjoyed yesterday's card. Today, I have 3 for you. I am so very sorry it is up so late today. My head has been buried in taxes ALL day long. Finally done though!

So, onto the cards...Kimberly and I are sharing some coffee cards with you this week. Check out hers over at Cardmaking Blonde.

My 3 cards were all made finishing off the Echo Park Coffee paper I had from the January 2019 Flavor of the Month card Kit.

This card uses the Echo Park Coffee paper and an MFT stamp set
Sweater Weather in the Woods.
(This set is not in stock at Scrapping for Less , but Sweater Weather on Safari is available)
I also used the Coffee Dot Stencil by Echo Park behind the bear.

For this card I used more of the Echo Park Coffee Paper and the ephemera
that came with the collection.

Finally, for my last card I used a sticker package and more of the paper.

See you tomorrow :)

Coffee Card Series Week | Card #1

Sunday, March 8, 2020 // 4 comments

Good Morning,

Grab a cup this morning and join my good friend Kimberly and I today and the rest of the week for a coffee card series. We have been wanting to do this for a very long time so we finally got together recently and planned it all out! So exciting! Her blog is fairly new so it would be wonderful if you would jump over there and follow her and give her some blog loving! Cardmaking Blonde is her blog...she makes some fab cards and is on the DT for Scrapping for Less!

Ok on to the card for today...it is only 1. Tomorrow will be a group of cards...well cause I was on a roll the other day.

I used the following supplies:

Your Next Stamp "Cup Full of Joy"
Echo Park 6x6 Paper Pad: Coffee
Gina Marie Designs Die: Drop Penant
Copic Markers

I decided to color all the cups a very pale neutral color so it would allow the colors to pop. This sweet card will be going out to someone this week.

Head on over to Cardmaking Blonde to check out her card for today.

Join us every day of this series and comment each day for a chance to win a coffee prize from me. Kim has a prize also. We will use Random.org at the end of the series to choose a winner,

Thanks for joining me today!

March 2020 Sheetload of Cards

Monday, March 2, 2020 // 6 comments

Hello Everyone, I am so very excited to be a colloborator with "Call Me Crafty Al's" sheetload of cards. Using these sheet loads has changed up the game of card making for me. I have recently started donating cards to a couple of different places so I am very thankful for these sheet loads.

So let's get onto March's projects! I used a very old 12x12 paper collection by My Mind's Eye! I love the color palette of this paper.

First up is a photo of my process!

I watercolored the background of my sentiment piece
with some Gansai Tambi watercolors to give that piece a bit of interest.

I used Paris Dusk Memento ink which is a rich Navy Blue
to continue the same color palette throughout the whole card.

I will leave you with a picture of all of my cards...I did make the 9 cards that this sheetload yielded but somehow made it to Oregon (unexpected trip for the adoption ceremony of my new grandson) without 1 of the cards.