Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m so glad to be back on the blog with this cheerful spring themed card featuring two lovely Bee Friends getting busy collecting pollen from those beautiful pink Daisies.

I started off by cutting a large Eyelet rectangle panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, I masked the scalloped edges off with washi tape and created a cute brick pattern using the Brick Background stencil along with kitsch flamingo oxide ink. Next I splattered water all over the panel and used a paper towel to dry it, I mixed some picked raspberry oxide ink with water and added pink splatters to my panel, and then I did the same with copic opaque white ink. I also cut a vellum panel using the second largest Stitched Torn Rectangle die, added white splatters to that panel, and then put both of my panels aside to dry.

I stamped the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink, cut them all using the matching dies, and colored everything using my alcohol markers. The flowers and leaves are from the Daisies stamp set, and the bees are from the Bee Friends stamp set. When the coloring was done, I added highlights and details to each image using a white gel pen.

Back to my panels, I temporarily taped the Stitched Torn Rectangle vellum panel to my Eyelet Rectangle panel using washi tape, and attached all the images to the vellum panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. Next I removed the washi tape, applied liquid glue at the back of my vellum panel, but only behind the images, stuck my vellum panel to the brick panel, next the brick panel to a 5,5 x 4,25 inches dark pink panel using 1mm foam tape, and finally the dark pink panel to a matching card base using double sided sticky tape.

I white heat embossed “Bright spring wishes” from the Easter Banner Greetings stamp set on light pink cardstock, cut it into a wavy banner using a Banner Greetings 3 die, and then attached that banner to my card using foam squares. Finally I applied white blizzard nuvo drops to the bees wings for a touch of shine. And that’s it!

Thank you so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Hello Crafty Friends! Catherine here, and I’m sharing a cheerful, floral scallop box card that’s perfect for spring! I used the Potted Daffodils and Spring Blooms stamp and die sets to create this sweet design. 

To begin, I die cut the shadow box card base from white cardstock. The set includes scalloped background, front, and side panels so you decorate it just the way you want. For the background, I blended Salvaged Patina and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide inks using the Layered Cloud Stencils to create a soft sky effect. Then I die cut the scalloped front and side panels from turquiose cardstock. 

Once everything was cut, I assembled the shadow box together and added a few stitched clouds from Stitched Clouds Dies for extra dimension. 

I stamped and die cut the pretty florals from the Potted Daffodils and Spring Blooms stamp and die sets with the coordinating dies. I colored the images with Copic markers listed below. I borrowed the adorable bunny from the Easter Tags stamp set for added cuteness!

Copic Markers: 

• Yellows- Y11, Y04, YR23, YR24, Y21
• Pinks- RV11, RV10, RV000
• Greens- YG03, YG01, YG0000
• Clouds- BG70, BG000
• Bunny- BG000, BG70, R20, RV11, RV000

To finish the card, I added a “Hello My Friend” sentiment from the Potted Daffodils set stamped in black ink and added touch of glitter to the flower centers for some sparkle!

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you enjoyed this card! 

Hi friends! It’s Christina, fluttering in to share a shaker card featuring the beautiful Butterfly Shaker Dies and some pretty Spring Florals. My color palette was inspired by the colors of the Serene Shaker Beads that I used to fill my shaker, and the sentiment I chose makes this card design perfect for any occasion. Take a peek at my supplies and then we’ll get started on this striking design!

Butterfly Shaker Dies
Notched Rectangle Dies
Banner Greetings 1 dies
Spring Floral Dies
Floral Wreath Builder Dies
Hummingbird Floral Stamp Set – sentiment
Serene Shaker Beads

Let’s start with the background panel. I trimmed a piece of blue gingham patterned paper slightly smaller than 4.25 x 5.5 and layered it onto a blue A2 cardstock panel. Before moving on, I added a blue Notched Rectangle to the center of the panel.

Next, I created the Butterfly Shaker element. I used lavender cardstock and die-cut the backer piece once and the butterfly frame piece seven times. To create the walls of the shaker, I stacked and secured the frame pieces with glue, sandwiching a piece of die-cut acetate between the top two layers to be the window. Then I filled the shaker with Serene Shaker Beads and secured the backer piece onto the stacked frames. To finish the shaker, I die-cut the butterfly body piece from white cardstock and attached it to the front of the shaker.

With the shaker element done, I moved on to die-cutting the florals for my design. I started with colored cardstock, choosing mint and clover green for the leaves and pale yellow for the larger flowers. I chose white cardstock for the small flowers and the centers of the yellow flowers. Before assembling them, I added a darker yellow ink to the centers of the yellow flowers for some dimension. 

Now it’s time to put it all together. First I attached the Butterfly Shaker to the background panel and then created a frame of pretty florals around the butterfly, following along the Notched Rectangle. Then I tucked a wavy banner with a white heat-embossed sentiment under the butterfly and slightly behind some of the flowers. The last step was to attach everything to a card base. 

Thank you so much for checking out this shaker card featuring the beautiful Butterfly Shaker Dies! See you again soon!

Hello Crafty Friends! Catherine here and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today! Pretty Pink Posh’s Easter / Spring release is pure cuteness overload, filled with watering cans, flowers, Easter chicks, and so many sweet springtime elements! For my project, I created a flower shaker card featuring the Chick Holder and the Daffodil Shaker dies. 

To begin, I created a soft rainbow background by ink blending Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac and Spun Sugar Distress Oxides on an A2 panel of white cardstock. I then ran the panel through my die cut machine using the largest die from Stitched Torn Rectangle die set. 

Next, I die cut the grass border using Nature Essentials. I partial die cut the border to extend the height of the grass. I die cut the edges of the border with the bottom of the Stitched Torn Rectangle die. The grass was ink blended with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide and splattered with water and green watercolor for added texture. I adhered the border onto the bottom of the front panel. 

I die cut two clouds using Stitched Cloud dies and softly ink blended the edges with Tumbled Glass. 

For the chick, I die cut the Chick Holder and beak, then ink blended them with Scattered Straw and Carved Pumpkin and Dried Marigold Distress Oxides. I added cheeks from the Bear Holder, ink blended with Kitsch Flamingo and die cut the eyes from black cardstock. A small flower, ink blended with Kitsch Flamingo and Scattered Straw, was added for a sweet finishing touch. 

To create the flower shaker, I die cut the frame, base, and stem with white cardstock using the Daffodil Shaker die set. I ink blended the frame edges with Spun Sugar, the daffodil base with Tumbled Glass, and the stem with Mowed Lawn. I then die cut an additional flower from acetate and adhered it to the back of the frame. A second frame was die cut from double sided foam tape and layered over the acetate. I sprinkled Springtime Bunny Clay Confetti onto the flower base and sealed everything with the acetate flower frame. 

For the sentiment, I stamped “Happy Spring” from Easter Word Scenes stamp set and die cut it using the coordinating die. I colored the sentiment with Copic markers listed below:

• Pinks- RV11, RV10, RV000
• Blues- B00, B000, 
• Greens- YG01, YG00, YG000
• Purples- BV000

I adhered the daffodil shaker, chick, clouds, and sentiment onto the front panel and finished the card with a simple white border.

Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope you enjoyed my daffodil shaker card!

Aren’t the colors of Spring refreshing and vibrant? Melissa Phillips here with you today and I can’t wait to share with you how I created my Spring Greetings card. Let’s get started!

I love Pretty Pink Posh stencils and like to start each card by creating my own stenciled background. For today’s card, I used the Tiny Bows Stencil on a block of lilac cardstock, ink blending in Seedless Preserves from Ranger. I then cut a block of diagonal striped paper and adhered it down the center of my card.  

Next came the beginning of my focal point, starting with the Fall Circles die. It was die cut from patterned paper and then I layered on a die cut Notched Rectangles die cut from aqua cardstock. This provided the perfect spot for my tiny basket full of eggs. I used the Easter Holder Additions dies, sponging color on my eggs, carrot and flowers.

To finish things off, I used the Easter Greetings stamp set and dies for my sentiment and added a butterfly from the Butterfly Border die set. Butterflies make everything better, don’t you think?

It’s been such a treat to create for you today. Happy Springtime crafting! Thanks for visiting!

Melissa

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m so happy to be back with this lovely baby themed card I’ve made to celebrate the birth of the sweet Kaia. The idea here was to create a half paneling wall with a wooden board on top to put baby items and decorations on, and maybe have enough space for a cute stuffed teddy bear to sneak a peek and keep a close eye on Kaia while she sleeps. And I’m usually a fan of bright and bold colors, but here I went for a soft and lovely color palette using papers from the Our Baby Girl 6×6 paper pack by Echo Park.

I started off by cutting the letters to make the word “baby” using the matching dies from the Baby stamp set. I cut those letters three times: out of pattern papers, out of white cardstock and out of dark kraft cardstock. I set the white and dark kraft letters aside, mixed copic opaque white ink with water, added white splatters to the pattern paper letters, and then did the same with liquid stardust for sparkles. When my four pattern paper letters were dry, I attached the white letters to the kraft letters using liquid glue, shifting them a little bit to get a brown border on the edges of the white letters. Next I attached the pattern paper letters to the white letters using 1mm foam, and again, shifting the letters a bit to get a white border on the edges of the pattern paper letters.

Next I cut the baby decorations and teddy bear pieces using the same paper pack from Echo Park for some items and white cardstock for others. I added white splatters to the bear’s head and paws, to the stitched heart, bow and cubes as well, and added liquid stardust splatters to the white squares on the cubes, to the bear’s cheeks and to the yellow bow. Here is a short detailed list of the die sets I used: • Bear Holder – bear’s head, snout, nose and ears, stitched heart • Easter Mug Additions – bear’s paws, cheeks and bow • Baby Mug Additions – small bow, cubes, small heart, star and duck.

I assembled all those pieces to create the cutest teddy bear and baby items, gave the bear a pair of googly eyes, and then moved on to the background. I cut three large Eyelet Rectangle panels: out of light kraft cardstock, out of dark kraft cardstock and out of a stripe pattern paper. I placed the “baby” letters on the stripe panel to see how tall it needed to be and then trimmed that panel. Next I used the second smallest Stitched Strips die to cut a slim strip out of the dark kraft panel. And then I used the Baby Words stencil along with white pigment ink to add more interest to the upper section on the light kraft panel. I mixed copic opaque white ink with water, added white splatters to the panel and then did the same with vintage photo distress ink for a bit of contrast and to match with the brown items on the card.

Next I attached everything, starting with the vertical stripe panel and the slim dark kraft strip above it using liquid glue. On the wooden board I first put the teddy bear, her paws and the cubes using 1mm foam squares and then the stitched heart using 2mm foam squares. I stuck my “baby” letters below the board using 1mm foam squares again, and then worked on my greeting. I white heat embossed “Welcome little one” from the Sentiment Strips: Occasions stamp set on dark brown cardstock, cut it into a slim banner using a Sentiment Strips die, and then attached that banner to my card using foam squares. Finally I attached my Eyelet Rectangle panel to a 5,5 x 4,25 inches white panel and then to a matching card base, I stuck the small bow to the “Y” for more cuteness, and applied glossy accents to the bear’s nose for one more touch of shine.

And that’s it! I hope that this baby themed card has inspired you. Again, welcome to the world sweet and lovely Kaia!

Happy Spring! Debbie here with some springtime vibes! Bringing out the Paper Florist in me! I thought it would be fun to pull out the previously released Vase Shaker Die to use with the new Daffodil Shaker and the Stitched Spring Flower Dies and many more new products. 

I knew this would need to be a 5X7 card once I started to lay out the vase with all the flowers I wanted in it to be a full bouquet. 

I started off with the super fun Mini Checker Stencil on a light blue card stock and ink blended on more blue to keep it monochromatic. Once the ink was applied then with the Vase Shaker Die I die-cut out the whole vase.

Next, with the Daffodil Shaker Dies, Stitched Spring Flowers and the previously released Spring Florals Dies. I die-cut out the flowers and added some ink on each flower to give some dimension to them. I love the sweet Bell flowers from the Spring Florals to give the bouquet the roundness it needs. The Tulips I had to make them to give that spring feel we all love!

For my background panel measuring 4 6/8 X 6 6/8 inches I ink blended blue in the center, I did not bring it out far enough though!  Also I splattered on some Perfect Pearls to give a water splatter look and matted it to the same blue card stock as the vase.

Once I had my flower bouquet arranged I thought the largest Eyelet Diamonds Die was a perfect Doily for the vase. This is where if I brought the blue ink out far enough the Eyelet Diamond would have shown up more. 

I then die-cut out the Large Spring Shadow Die from gold and vellum and adhered together. To complete my sentiment I stamped and white heat embossed the “Greetings” from the Sentiment Strips: Fall set by masking off the Autumn. 

The final touches that I added was a shimmer pen to the flowers, Creamsicle Pearls to the center of the Daffodil, and making the polka dot bow to attach to the vase. 

Thanks for taking the time to read and hope you have a wonderful crafty day!