Bee Thankful!

Happy Spring, All! Sharing another project with you today for

Action Wobble!

How about giving this sweet Thank You card using a cut file from Miss Kate Cuttables!

After putting together my base and piecing together my bee, I put the little guy on an Action Wobble and attached it to the base. The card measures 3.5x3.5". It is Easy Peasy and so cute!!!

Supplies: 

Action Wobble: Royal Shoppe 

Happy Bee: Miss Kate Cuttables

Cardstock: Bazzill

Designer Cardstock: Doodlebug Design

Twisted Gumball Twine: Trendy Twine

Tiny Tags Tag & Sentiment: My Craft Spot

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings!

I will enter this into the following challenges:

Scrapbook Blessings Club: #18 Anything Goes or Optional Twist
Addicted to Stamps and More: #91 Anything Goes

Open-Minded Crafting Fun: #8 Easter or Pastel Colors

Pause, Dream, Enjoy Linky Party: #8 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers: #32 Anything Goes/Easter

Sister Act Card Challenge: #53 Anything Goes

Totally Paper Crafts: #215 Tag It

Craftitude: #63 Anything Goes or Spring/Easter

Stuck on You Sketches: Die Cut Challenge - Spring

Creative Cutting: #32 Spring

For My Sweet Friend

It's another midway post for

Craftin' Desert Diva's Linky Party!

This week we have a color challenge.

I know that Easter was yesterday, but I want you to know that these sweet chick cards can be used for so much more. The tag on mine says For My Sweet Friend. But these could be given out all spring with a tag that says Hello or Thank You or how about Thinking of You. The opportunity to give a smile with one of these cute 3.5x3.5 cards is endless! The set of spring cards comes with four different designs and the Tiny Tags stamps will give you many options for a sentiment.

For the eyes, I masked off most of a face stamp from the Winter Faces Assortment by Peachy Keen. Masking is a great technique on stamps to only use the portions of a stamp you want. It helps you to use your stamps in a variety of ways that you otherwise would not be able to.

Supplies Used:

My Scrap Chick Cut Files: Spring Faces Cards

Doodlebug Designs: Hello Spring

Trendy Twine: Bubblegum Tafffy

My Craft Spot: Tiny Tags
Peachy Keen Stamps: Winter Faces Assortment

Bazzill: Cardstock

I hope you will join us at Craftin' Desert Divas and enter into the Color Challenge Linky Party! You have until Sunday to enter.

Here are the colors for the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope to see you here again soon. Please leave a comment. I like to know what you think. And if you like what you see, please hit the follower button that we might become friends. I would enjoy stopping by your blog as well!

Blessings!

I will enter this card into the following challenges:

Scrapbook Blessings Club: #18 Anything Goes or Optional Twist
Addicted to Stamps and More: #91 Anything Goes

Rhedd and Rosie: #30 Anything Goes

Open-Minded Crafting Fun: #8 Easter or Pastel Colors

Pause, Dream, Enjoy Linky Party: #8 Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge: #255 Birds and Feathers

Creative Fingers: #32 Anything Goes/Easter

Sister Act Card Challenge: #53 Anything Goes

Totally Paper Crafts: #215 Tag It

Craftitude: #63 Anything Goes or Spring/Easter

Stuck on You Sketches: Die Cut Challenge - Spring

Cardz TV Card Challenge: #5 Easter

Creative Knockouts: #33 Furry and Feathery Friends

Papertake Weekly: Happy Easter

Scrappy Mom Stamps: Hippity Hoppity Easter Projects

Die Cuttin' Divas: #161 Tic Tac Toe

Creative Cutting: #32 Spring

Alphabet Challenge Blog: E is for Easter

Twine it Up: Spring has Sprung

Crafting By Design: April Anything Goes



YOLO!

Happy Wednesday, everyone!!! I hope you are having a great week.

Today I have a project for you using a stamp from

Craftin' Desert Divas!

Who doesn't need a great idea for a cute boy card. If you are anything like me, you know that these are the hardest to come up with.

 

 

My sentiment comes from the #Teenage Dream set from the last release.

 

 

When I saw this stamp all I could think of was the Olympics a few weeks ago and how Shaun White did not medal at all in Snowboarding when trying for his 4th gold medal because he botched his YOLO. My boys were so disappointed! But I told my boys that what counts is that he tried. Like it is said - You Only Live Once!

 

 

I had used this image for some birthday invitations I had made for my son last summer; but I had a couple of the images left over and decided to make this card thinking the image was perfect for this sentiment. The cut file would be a lot of fun to use! This will make a great card for the Tween and Teen years!

Supplies Used:
Craftin' Desert Divas: Teenage Dream stamp set
SVG Cutting Files: Sk8r Boy
Echo Park Paper Co.: Sweet Day
Cardstock base: Hollo's (Local Paper Warehouse)
 

 Blessings,

                      

 

PS. Mark your calendars as the next Craftin' Desert Divas Stamp Release is coming soon!

 

 

 

I will enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More: #91 Anything Goes

ABC Challenges: J for Just as You Like

Rhedd and Rosie: #30 Anything Goes

The Chicken Coop's Spring Chick!

Easter is just six days away! I am looking forward to watching my kiddos search for Easter eggs and the time we will have gathered around a table with friends and family! But in all the fun, I will not forget what Easter means to me and my family. It is a celebration of the day my Lord was resurrected from the dead. It is an important time to remember that death has been conquered for those who not only believe in Him; but have asked Him to become their Lord and Savior and have been washed through their own death, burial, resurrection in Baptism. I pray that my friends who do not know Him as Savior will seek Him out this Easter season. I know I will be glad to share the good news with anyone who asks! Many Blessings to you!!!

 

Today I am sharing an Easter card from My Scrap Chick using the Chicken Coop cut files.

 

As Easter is just a few day away, I thought I'd share another card for those of you needing last minute ideas. This chick was very easy to put together and would be perfect for any project where you are making multiples. I hope you will give it a try!

 

 

 Supplies Used:

My Scrap Chick: Chicken Coop

Doodlebug Design: Hello Spring

The Twinery: Lilac Stripe

My Craft Spot: Tiny Tags

Purple Cardstock from my stash

 

I hope you will give this last minute card idea a try!

 

Blessings,

                      

 

I will enter this into the following challenges:
My Craft Spot: #133 Tags and Banners
Creative Cutting Challenge: #32 Spring
Crafting By Design: April Anything Goes
The Crafter's Café: #58 Spring
Creative Card Crew: #59 Spring

Crafty Catz: #226 Animals

Creative Fingers: #31 Anything Goes w/ option to use purple

Craftyhands: #12 Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity: #171 Easter

Craft Your Passion: #209 Bunnies, Chicks, and Eggs
The Squirrel and the Fox: #67 All Creatures Great and Small

Scrapbook Blessings Club - Guest Designer

Today I am honored to be highlighted over at

 

Scrapbook Blessings Club

 

As their Guest Designer, I am able to share three of my favorite past projects as well as a bit about my self. Because I was having a hard time choosing just three favorites, I decided to narrow it down to three of my more recent projects.

 

I will share the post here as it is shared on SBC. Enjoy!!!

 

 

Hi, my name is Melissa Miranda and my small space in the crafting world is M Miranda Creations. I am the wife of a minister and we have three precious children.  I thank God for them everyday as they are a huge encouragement to me in all that I do (including playing with paper). I started playing around with scrapbooking many years ago with my old roommate. We were always doing something fun and we both liked to take pictures; so we decided to make a couple of scrapbooks to remember those days. I again tried scrapbooking after my oldest son was born. I think I made it through four or so months and just stopped. Then about five years ago my father in law sent us some Christmas money and my husband let me buy a Cricut. It changed how I looked at paper forever. I found great delight in taking a flat sheet of paper and turning it into a shape using SVG files. I’ve moved on to a different machine since then, but I have never looked back. My craft supplies have grown along with the mess that comes from having them. LOL! But as my supplies have grown so has my joy in creating. I believe that God is the ultimate creator and being made in His image, I have found a way to reflect Him. He inspires me and brings me joy with the beautiful things around me and hopefully I bring joy to my friends and family who receive my creations as well. I most often make 3D items and cards, but sometimes I return to those scrapbooking days and make a LO. I hope you enjoy the projects I am sharing here today. It was hard to choose just three of my favorite projects, so I decided to share some of my more recent projects. I invite you to stop by my blog, FB page, or Pinterest page and have a look around.

 

Blog - M Miranda Creations

Facebook - M Miranda Creations

Pinterest - Melissa Miranda

 

Here are my projects:

 

 

You can find a short tutorial for my first project here: http://iliketocreate.blogspot.com/2014/03/guest-designing-for-my-craft-spot.html

 

The baby gift bags also have a short tutorial here: http://iliketocreate.blogspot.com/2014/04/miss-kate-cuttables-guest-designer.html

 

 

Favorite technique/tip: I like to add dimension to my projects and I believe there are two ways to effectively do that. The first is by taking an ink pad and a sponge and inking the edges of all the pieces of my cut files before assembling them. I could not craft without my inks. They are a total must have!!! The other way to add dimension is using pop dots or foam tape to create layers. There are a lot of great tutorials on YouTube to help with both of these. Just go to YouTube and do a search and look through the videos until you find the easiest way for you to apply these two dimension building techniques to your projects. I promise you that once you do, you will see a huge difference in the way your cards and other projects look.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you will visit often. I would be glad to make your acquaintance if you would like to hit the Follower button at the top.

 

Many Blessing to You!