Happy Mother's Day

We're almost to the end of April.  The weeks seem to be flying by for me lately. My mom says that is because I'm getting older...sigh.  In case you didn't know, Mother's Day is around the corner, May 11th.  I'm grateful that I get to celebrate the day with my Mom.

Although my Mom won't join us for airplane rides, I thought she would enjoy this card.  It features:

• Lawn Fawn - Just Plane Awesome | stamps + lawn cuts
• Lawn Fawn - Plane Awesome Sentiment Trails | stamp + lawn cuts
• Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rainbow | lawn cuts
• Concord & 9th - Quintessential Scripty Sayings | die
• Pretty Pink Posh - Fancy Cake | die
• Lawn Fawn - Pint-Sized Patterns Falling Leaves | 6x6
• Lawn Fawn - Stripes 'n Sprinkles | 6x6

I was going through sets that have a Mother's Day Sentiment.  When I saw the Just Plane Awesome Sentiment Trails I thought that would be a cute card for my Mom.  Bonus points for being postal friendly.

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Ink Blending and Die Cutting Only

Today we are creating a fun card using nothing but ink blending and die cutting techniques. It was really fun to pull this card together and when I was finished I realized that I didn't stamp or color a single thing. It was a woah moment.

First off, I recently ordered a couple of die and stencil sets from Waffle Flower which is what started this whole journey...just playing with new goodies, having no plan in mind. That's how I ended up with my sentiment and those beautiful little butterflies - Waffle Flower's Multiple Butterflies Combo and Overlapping Birthday Combo.

This is kind of funny but in that same order was the Mama Elephant Classic Card Quads. I immediately thought it would be a perfect background for the fun stenciling I had just done. So I chose 1 style and cut it 4 times from white cardstock. Then I layered the Pretty Pink Posh Deco Leaves stencil over the top of 2 at a time. I inked one blue and one green to go with my sentiment since the butterflies were already pink.

After removing the stencil, I didn't like how white the panels still were so I added a light layer of the same color over top and thought it flowed much better. Then I added foam tape and squares to the back of everything.

After adding everything to a white card base, I came in with some Wink of Stella glitter brush pen on the butterfly wings for just a little sparkle. 

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

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hey friend

 Do you like vintage goods, thrifting, treasure hunts? I do! Here's how I was inspired this week:

Who doesn't love pretty vintage pyrex?  My card today features:

• Concord & 9th - Kitchen Classics | bundle stamps + dies
• Pretty Pink Posh - Friend Shadow | die
• Lawn Fawn - Stripes 'n Sprinkles | 6x6

I love the retro feel of this card and love how it turned out.

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Strawberry Shaped Cards for Spring

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. This week I have a couple of sweet little strawberry shaped cards using Lawn Fawn and Mama Elephant goodies together. This is a fun way to use your larger shape dies in a different way so be sure to dig through your stash and see what you've got!

The base of my cards are created with the Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Strawberry and a couple of accents from the Stitched Strawberry Frame die set too. Although you absolutely could create this without the frame die set. The only thing I borrowed from it was another layer on my topper leaves and the extra leaf attached to the stem.

I cut the layers from yellow, pink and green cardstocks and then did some ink blending on all of them to add deeper color before using liquid glue to adhere them together. Then I cut another full strawberry from pink cardstock, scored it about 3/8" from the top and glued that flap to the back of my strawberry to create my card.

Next, I went digging for a fun critter to add and a sentiment of some sort. At first I was going the punny route but didn't find anything that spoke to me, so I landed on sweet Mama Elephant Little Agenda bunnies and Spring Banner Greetings. I also had commitment issues on my sentiment banner color so I did one of each for fun. I still don't know which I like better.

After the bunny and sentiment banner were added with foam squares and strips, I finished things off with black glaze pen on the bunnies' eyes and glossy accents on their strawberry and the center of the flower on the big strawberry too.

I have no plans for these at the moment but I think pulling out my envelope punch board to make a custom sized envelope would be super cute or tying them to the handle of a gift bag would be adorable as well. Maybe even lunchbox notes!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

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