Having Fun With Mr. Rabbit

 Hi everyone! It's been a long minute since I last posted. With so much going on over the last couple of years I had to take some time away from crafting and sharing. I have SO missed being in the community learning and sharing. 

Today I'm sharing a tag I created while watching the replay of Tim Holtz's last video. I wasn't able to watch it live, but am so glad I went back. In case you missed it, here it is. 

I used mostly all of the same products that Tim used, except I did change a color or two. The distress world has always been something I want to really get into but have such a hard time figuring out color combos and what products work best. Watching his videos has been a huge help. 

I am in love with Mr. Rabbit. He is so sweet and very dapper. I can't wait to see what others have come up with. 

I haven't quite decided if I am going to make a card out of this tag or use it as a bookmark. I can already see he would make me smile each time I opened my book. 

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Easter Blessings

Over on Facebook I'm part of a group called The Scraproom.  Every month they have new challenges and since I'm home I have tons of time to craft and play lol.

This layout is based on their Freaky Fast Friday template. They give you a few different measurements for patterned paper and then you move them around until you find the perfect layout for you. Then you add your photo/photos, title and embellishments. 

Here is what I came up with. I used a kit I received that I just really didn't care for. I honestly didn't know if I was ever going to use it so when I found this old Easter pic of my mom, aunts and uncles it was perfect. 

I did some stenciling on the right hand side of the page just to break up the white space. I used the paper embellishments and decided not to add any others. 

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Amazing Happy Memories

I finally took a break today from card making to create a layout using some old photos from when I was a kid.  I'm putting all of my mom's photos together in a book since they were originally in magnetic photo albums and most are so discolored that I don't want them to get damaged more.

I love flipping through these photos and picking the ones to work with.  Looking back I had no idea I spent so much time with my one aunt (she always said so, but littles don't remember). She is and has always been my favorite so it's neat to see these and know why I always felt so close.

I was three in these photos and my sister was five. We still look the same just all grown up lol.

For the layout I decided to use a die cut file from Hip Kit Club. I've been enjoying their videos and the monthly club is amazing. I really wanted to use some of the paints that I received so I decided to paint behind the flower. I think I should have used a black pen and marked around the flower cut (I might still do so) to help it pop off the background better.

Here is a close up of the top embellishment cluster and some of the painting I did.  The purple and blue have some shimmer and the pink is a flat paint. They really worked well together and went on the paper really well.

Happy Easter CC70

Good morning everyone! I hope you have a fantastic day so far.  I wanted to share a card I made for a Easter Card challenge over at Soul Scrappers.  I found this one to be a bit challenging as I don't really have a lot of Easter supplies on hand.

I ended up finding some cute eggs on Cricut and a egg wreath for the background.  I dug through my stash of stamps and even found one that said Happy Easter! 

I used some thin washi tape to add some more color and Nuvo drops as my embellishments.  I like how they give just a bit of flair.

Happy Easter

Here is a card I threw together this morning.  I created it for the challenge over at  The Paper Players and since it's Easter why not make an Easter card! I've recently started distressing the edges (again) and love the look of it.  It's an older technique but one I find myself going back to often.

This is the sketch for this week. Once I figured out what image I was going to use it just all came together.

 

 

It's a bit hard to see in the picture but I used a dotted embossing folder on the background to create some dimension.  

Supplies:

SS: blessings4kitclub (the stamps of life), crazy about you (stampin up)

INK: pistachio pudding, calypso coral, coastal cabana, vintage photo, black memento ink

CS: light blue, dark brown, happy day dcp (my minds eye)

ACESS: dotted embossing folder, basic jewel rhinestones