Happy Saturday!

It's time to share some inspiration for this month's

Polkadoodles Card Making and Craft Challenge.

 My inspiration card this week is Spring themed.

I used Butterfly Flowerpots as the focal which was

colored with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut.

My background is comprised of white card stock on which

the sentiment from 

Spring Flower Mothers Day Friends Greetings Sentiments Printable 

was printed.

The bottom of the card is a patterned paper from

Winnie Daisy Fairy Printable Paper Patterns 4.

I added 3 gems to complete my card design.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have great weekend!

3 Stenciled Cards, 3 Mediums

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today I'm sharing my latest Clear Scraps project and

these cards make perfect Valentines.

Clear Scraps has a great assortment of stencils that can be used in a variety of ways for your crafting. I really am not one to do a lot of stenciling but I have the 4 x 6 Love Stencil and thought it would make a great card. 

So, although my cards look the same, I used the stencil with 3 different mediums on cardstock.

For the first, I taped the stencil down on a panel of white card stock.

I traced inside the lines with a glitter gel pen.

A shimmery ink was then rubbed over the stencils with a finger dauber.

The second card stock panel is stenciled with a gold metallic texture paste.

For the third panel I decided to do some heat embossing.

I applied Versamark ink over the stencil with a finger dauber.

Remove the stencil.

Apply embossing powder over the panel and heat.

Once the stenciling was done, I trimmed each panel down to 4 x 5 1/2 inches.

To put the cards together I created white card bases measuring 5 x 6 1/2 inches.

I cut metallic card stock to 5 x 6 1/2 inches, plain solid color panels to 4 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches, and glitter card stock panels to 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches. A 1/4 inch strip of metallic card stock was cut to 4 3/8 inches. 4 hearts were die cut to add as embellishment.

Adhere the metallic card stock to the card base and the stenciled panel to the glitter card stock.

Take the stenciled piece and adhere to the solid card stock piece.

Adhere to the card base.

Add the die cut hearts to the cards to complete.

Thanks for checking out my Stenciled Cards.

Be sure and check out more Clear Scraps inspiration 

by following on social media

Clear Scraps Blog

Clear Scraps Facebook

Clear Scraps Instagram

Clear Scraps Pinterest  

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Linking up to:

A Place to Start - playing ATG

Make My Monday Challenge - Love

A Perfect Time to Craft - ATG

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Hearts Galore

Pearly Sparkles - Love is in the Air

Crafty Calendar - Hearts

613 Avenue Create - Lots of Love 

My Time to Craft - Hearts

Crazy is our Fame - Stencils are our game! - Stencils/option red or pink

March Mayhem InstaHop

It's New Release and InstaHop Day at

Pajama Crafter Stamps!

March Mayhem is HERE!

Get ready to stamp your way into the shenanigans & madness with our FOUR brand-new stamp sets! Whether you’re feeling lucky, sporty, or just need a fun sip, we’ve got you covered! Be sure to check out the fabulous Emerald Isle papers too!

Here’s how to join the March Mayhem and see these sets in action! Follow along, get inspired, and maybe even be the LUCKY winner!

1. Leave a comment and a like at each hop stop for a chance to win TWO of the stamp sets from this release!

2. Follow me and @pajamacrafterstamps.

3. A winner will be chosen randomly from all comments left by February 18 at 11:59PM EST. The winner will be announced on the Pajama Crafter Stamps Instagram and Facebook on February 23.

I've used the new You're My Pot of Gold Stamps and

Emerald Isle 6x6 Paper Pad

My card is a rocker style.

The cute leprachan image was colored with Prismacolor pencils.

I stamped several of the clovers and a sentiment included in the set.

The rainbow was stamped with the Rainbow Dreams Stamps.

The card base and clouds were die cut.

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This hop is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram or Facebook. By entering, entrants confirm they are 13+ years of age, release Instagram and Facebook of responsibility, and agree to their terms of use.

Let’s make this celebration a slam dunk for your crafty fun!

Hop order:

@pajamacrafterstamps 

Joy - @joywilsonink

Michelle - @michelle.langley.design

Kelly - @stampedbykelly

Betsy - @betsybirgeart

Angie - @bowdangel

Judy V - @createdjust4udesigns (That's me!)

Justine - @stationarybyjustine 

Angy - @angyhughescrafts 

Judy R - @joy_in_a_jar

#pajamacrafterstamps #marchmayhem

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linking up to:

 Creative Creases - ATG w/Fun Fold

Creative Fingers Challenge - ATG

Cut it Up - This Makes Me Smile (Cute little leprechaun)

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge - ATG

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark

A Perfect Time to Craft - ATG

Love to Craft Challenge - ATG

Love to Scrap Challenge - ATG

A Place to Start - ATG w/ Twist Things in the Sky

613 Avenue Create - ATG/Twist Lots of Love

Celebrate with Birthday Benny

Hello there!

Popping in this morning with an inspiration card created for

Conie Fong Art & Design!

I have used a cute digi called

Birthday Benny.

I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut.

My simple background was created with 3 candles.

They were done with a border embossing folder.

I embossed the 3 candles, inked and fussy cut.

Benny is popped onto the card with foam tape.

I die cut the sentiment and added gold punched stars.

Be sure and visit Conie's Etsy Shop for this digi and a whole lot more.

Also, I hope you'll join us over on Facebook at

Conie Fong Art & Design Group.

We'd love to see your creations using Conie Fong digis there!

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Linking up to:

Craft Rocket Challenges - Happy Birthday

A Perfect Time to Craft - ATG

Creative Crafting Uncles - Birthday

A Place to Start - playing ATG

613 Avenue Create - playing ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - ATG

Pink Tulips

Happy Wednesday!

It's the second Wednesday of the month and that means

it's time for a new challenge at

Crafty Gals Corner!

The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Fill in the blank - Pink_____ ~

(hearts, candy, bows, flowers, etc.)

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

LeAnn's World 101

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Pattie's Creations

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Using: Potted Spring Tulips

Pattie's Creations

I colored the digi with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut.

My card background is a simple white with a die cut frame and border.

The image is popped with foam tape, as is the die cut sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you join i this month's challenge!

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Linking up to:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge - ATG

Creations in Pink - ATG w/Mainly Pink 

Crafts Galore Encore - ATG

Ally's Angels - ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG option

A Place to Start - playing ATG

613 Avenue Create - playing ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge - ATG

Craft Rocket Challenges - Happy Birthday

Creative Fingers Challenge - ATG

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge - ATG

Ink Blending & Die Cutting Creates a Pretty Card

If you like making pretty, quick cards, do some ink blending and die cutting.

Hey there! Today I'm sharing a card project for CutCardStock. 

I like the look of cards with ink blending, but it is not something I do a lot of. 

It’s a pretty easy technique and can be done in many ways with

 different kinds of inks and blending tools. 

Inking on plain card stock is a great alternative to patterned papers. 

Materials

I am using this card stock for this card: Cougar Natural Card Stock, Gold Bright Foil Card Stock and DCS Discount Amaranth Pink Card Stock.

Also using inks, blending tool, dies, and adhesives.

Inking

Choose three inks to blend. I am going with a pink, orange and yellow. A panel of Cougar Natural Card Stock is the base and blending is done with a brush.

Die Cutting

Die cut three rectangular panels. Cut two panels from the inked card stock and one from a plain piece of the Cougar Natural Card Stock.

The Gold Bright Foil Card Stock is perfect for focal and sentiment die cuts.

Next, adhere the two inked panels to a piece of the gold card stock and the plain natural panel to a piece of gold foil.

Constructing the Card

Cut a piece of DCS Discount Amaranth Pink Card Stock to 10 x 6 1/2 inches. Score fold along the 10 inch side at 5 inches to form a 5 x 6 1/2 inch card base. Adhere the larger gold panel to the card base.

Center the smaller panel over the larger and adhere with foam tape.

Add the focal die cuts to the center.

The sentiment goes on the bottom of the card.

Embellish the focal die cut with tiny pink pearls to complete the card.

I appreciate you taking a look at my card featuring ink blending and die cutting. I hope you give this technique a try!

Join us over on the CutCardStock Facebook Page and the newly revamped Facebook Group Creating with CutCardStock for more inspiration.

And even more inspiration can be found on the CutCardStock Creative Blog.