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Our dear friend's daughter is turning 8 this Summer, and I just couldn't resist making a card for her! She is as girly and sweet as it gets, so it didn't take much to twist my arm to pull out all my frilly bits and make something special for her.  I also loved getting to play one more time with Queen and Co's lovely Circle Shaped Shaker Set , and putting a fun twist on the dies in the kit!  I used the circle dies to cut out two circles and coordinating inserts, to create a lovely '8'.  I used papers from the Birthday Bash , Dots , Stripes and Flirty Florals pads. To decorate the card, I added a couple of sweet paper banners, the first stamped with a stamp included in the kit, and the second handwritten with my favoritest ever white pen, the Signo Uni-Ball White pen.  It's super solid and smooth. Now only if I could have gorgeous handwriting or a shake-free hand - maybe I'll practice a bit on those fronts ;) I also added a pink Tulle Blossom , as well a...

Happy Friday!  Something fun and unusual has been brewing up in my studio. Can you guess what it is?  I'm too excited, so I'll just spill the beans! Every now and again, my hubby pops in to my craft space to say hi, and lately, he's been sticking around a lot. I don't mind - actually I love it - but I have noticed something. It first started with him grabbing a few colored pencils and making me a lovely drawing.  Then, a few days later, he picked up a watercolor brush and doodled a bit of color onto a pad.  The next time he visited, I had a set of cards stamped and embossed, and I just so happened to leave one on his side of the table. I colored mine, he colored his, and when we were done, we had each made a little card, and I couldn't believe my eyes!  His card was beautiful and so thoughtfully colored.  We sometimes talk about how much we both loved coloring books in our childhood, so I can see why he really enjoyed taking the time to color. And that is w...

Happy Sunday, Friends! I hope you've all enjoyed your weekend immensely!   I have a jam-packed post lined up today, with five colorful cards - some inspired by challenges, others to showcase some new favorite products. It's been so fun playing with these colorful tones, and the pops of black throughout.  And all the yummy texture... :) To start the post off I'm sharing two cards that I'm entering into  Papertrey's Spot Color Words challenge  and  Papertrey's Transformation Tuesday challenge . First up, for Betsy's awesome Make it Monday Spot Color Word challenge , I am sharing this pastel card. I love this super simple and fun technique! I changed mine up a tad by adding some dimension to the letters and to the rest of the card, but I still followed the general idea (of localized color on a word die).  To learn how to do this, check out Betsy's awesome video  here .    To start this card, I stamped Rustic Wreath and Peonies on Parade s...

It's a special day over on the PTI blog , with a brand new challenge, and a gorgeous inspiration photo!  So today I'm sharing a colorful card inspired by the beautiful florals and homey touches. I really wanted to recreate and emulate the beautiful tones in the inspiration image, but also play up the homeyness vibes, too. I decided on a colorful floral bundle tucked inside a mason jar. To start this card, I used PTI's Gran's Garden dies and stamps for all the florals, and stamped them in colors of Pale Peony, Terracotta Tile, Melon Berry, Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores and Smokey Shadow . For the jar, I used PTI's Friendship Jar stamp  and die , along with a beautiful Spring Rain  stamped filler. To decorate the jar, I used the stamps and the Jar Topper dies . This set will forever be a favorite :) Before I assembled my jar full of flowers, I added a scalloped Journal Card #2 die cut, stamped with some green dotted details to res...