Happy Houseplants

One of the projects I did at my big crafting day with my larger team was the Happy Houseplants kit. I love crafting home decor pieces! So I’m always on the look out for nice frames for different ideas. I also love plants and gardening so this kit is a great combination of the two!

To start I made two of the frames. At first I thought I was only going to make one and save the other frames for some fun home decor pieces. But I couldn’t decide which one of these I liked better, so I made them both. They turned out great! And I think the extra tip of using a Bone Folder to Curl the leaves really helped with this.

Now I haven’t made a home decor piece with the other frames yet. But I did make a card using some of the supplies from the Happy Houseplants kit and a few things from the Annual Catalogue. To make it I used a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock for the card base and a piece of Lemon Lime Twist for the card mat. Then I cut down the kit piece for the snake plant frame to make my card front. On top of that I layered the die cut pieces of the snake plant with the other pot. I added two more plants using the Planted Paradise stamp set using Pecan Pie, Lemon Lime Twist and Garden Green ink. Then I fussy cut them and popped them up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Crafting with You stamp set. I stamped it with Garden Green ink and then framed it with a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock. And to finish it off I added a couple of Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Happy Houseplants

Check out the Happy Houseplants kit, along with the other that are currently available here. There’s lots of different kinds of kits. And new ones are added every month.

You can also check out this post I shared about why I love stamping kits.

#SimpleStamping Thank You Card

This month’s #SimpleStamping challenge from Stampin’ Up! is to make a #SimpleStamping thank you card. And we can use stamps, ink, paper and our favourite retiring product. This was actually a tough choice for me. There are a few things that I’m sad to see retiring. In the end I decided to use the Circle Sayings stamp set as my favourite retiring product.

For my colour combination I went with one I haven’t used before. I’m using Misty Moonlight and Lemon Lime Twist. The card base is Misty Moonlight and I used Lemon Lime Twist for my card mat. Then I stamped a simple background using the rays image with both Misty Moonlight and Lemon Lime Twist ink.

On top of this I layered a Misty Moonlight square that framed a piece of Basic White cardstock that I stamped my sentiment on. I was so tempted to use the coordinating punch. It’s a great and simple way to step up your projects! I stamped the “thank you” in Misty Moonlight ink. Then I framed it with an extra sentiment and some more rays with Lemon Lime Twist. To finish off the #SimpleStamping thank you card, I popped these squares up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals.

#SimpleStamping Thank You Card

If you want to step it up a little bit more, add a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Check out another card I made using the Circle Sayings stamp set here. There’s less than two weeks left to grab this great bundle. Don’t miss out!

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Window Easel Card

I thought of a fun fold card to make once I started crafting with the new Beautiful Balloons bundle. I’m not sure exactly what it’s called, but I’m calling it a Window Easel card. It is an easel card. But I wanted to add a piece of window sheet to make it look like the balloons are floating. Hence window easel card. If it goes by another name, I’d love to know.

For my colour combination I’m using Misty Moonlight and Lemon Lime Twist. I’m so glad that Stampin’ Up! brought Misty Moonlight back! This was a favourite colour of mine back when it was an In Colour. I paired it with Lemon Lime Twist. Two nice bright colours that would help each other pop.

The sentiment inside the card comes from the Beautiful Balloons stamp set. But I cut it out with one of the Something Fancy dies. And of course to make sure the card would stand up like an easel I used a couple Stampin’ Dimensionals.

To add a little something else to the outside I added some of the Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper. The window panel hides on the inside of the card for a nice surprise. Plus the DSP hides some of the back of the panel that sticks out a little bit.

Window Easel Card

To finish off this Window Easel card I added a little bit of bling. Some Wink of Stella Glitterbrush to the balloons and a few of the Flat Adhesive-Backed Pearls.

Window Easel Card

Check out another card I made with the Beautiful Balloons bundle here. And to see ALL the great new products from the new Annual Catalogue, check out my online shop! You can also request your very own copy of the catalogue if you live in Canada and contact me. I’m happy to mail it out to you!

Beautiful Balloons

It’s here! It’s here! The new Annual Catalogue is here! I’m so excited that you all can finally see what’s inside. My pre-order finally arrived a little over a week ago and I’ve been having some fun with some of the new products. Right now I’m crafting with the new Beautiful Balloons bundle. I’ve been looking for a new birthday/celebration stamp set. So I was excited when I saw this one. It’s a great set for birthdays or any kind of celebration really.

For this card I wanted to use some of the returning colours that Stampin’ Up! brought back with the recent Colour Refresh. I still had Pretty Peacock and Lemon Lime Twist along with a couple other old In Colours that are now back. Pretty Peacock and Lemon Lime Twist are definitely not an obvious colour combination. But they do work well together. And just for fun, and an extra splash of colour, I threw in a little bit of Fresh Fressia. I’m so glad Stampin’ Up! decided not to retire this colour!

I stamped a few balloons and confetti in the background with the different colours. Then I did some tone on tone stamping with a piece of Lemon Lime Twist cardstock. I popped that up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals and then layered on a tag and a couple extra balloons.

Beautiful Balloons

Beautiful Balloons is definitely going to become a favourite! I can tell already!

Check out my Facebook Live where I crafted this card here.

Want a copy of the new Annual Catalogue? Live in Canada? Then send me a message. I’d be happy to send one to you. There’s nothing like flipping through the pages of the catalogue!