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Hello crafty readers! Today I am on the Birch Press Design blog sharing two cards made using my favorite spring themed die from Birch Press Design called the Petal Egg Layer Set. There are just so many color combinations that could be used to create the perfect Easter card using these beautiful layering dies.   Card details:The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using Layer Plate C of the Butterfly Garden Layering Plate, I die cut the first layer from white cardstock. I saved some of the extra butterflies off to the side (to use as added 3D pieces at the end). Using the Petal Egg Layering Set, I die cut Layer B from purple glitter cardstock (from the Twinkling Jewel 6 x 6" glitter pad) and Layer A from white cardstock. I created a background using blue and purple alcohol inks on Yupo paper. Once this dried, I fussy cut the shape of the egg to fit it behind the egg as the third or base layer.  I stamped the sentiment "thinking of you" from the Contempo Greetings stamp set in Versamark ink on a piece of purple Vibrant Violet cardstock. I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and then used the coordinating Contempo Greetings die to die cut it out. I adhered the greeting to the front of the egg using 3M foam adhesive. Lastly, I added a couple white butterflies (from the background) to add more texture.  I created a second card using the same instructions (as above), but I simply changed out the background mat to a purple cardstock from the Vibrant Violet paper pack.  I hope you have enjoyed these Easter inspired cards. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, Crystal
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Happy Good Friday, friends! Today I am sharing two simple treat boxes that I created for Easter, though you could change them up to work for any holiday or event. These boxes would be perfect for a small amount of candy, gift cards, jewelry or other little trinkets. They measure approximately 4" x 3" x 2" and were made using the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Treat Box and the digital "Oh La La" stamp set from 88 and Clear.  Project Details:*A full list of supplies is located at the end of this post. To begin, I printed the digital "Oh La La" stamp set onto 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and colored the images with Copic markers. I used my Brother Scan and Cut 2 e-cutting machine to electronically cut the images out (in lieu of fussy cutting). One treat box was made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and the other was made from Cotton Candy cardstock. I adhered the boxes together with red line tape for added strength. I embellished the boxes with strips of cardstock, patterned scalloped circles and gingham ribbon. I stuffed a little piece of green tissue paper in the box and filled them with Peanut M & M's.   Happy Easter! I hope you have wonderful holiday weekend! XO, CrystalList of supplies:
Hello readers! As we are getting closer and closer to Easter this coming Sunday, I have resigned to the fact that I didn't send any Easter cards out. In my defense, I sent out both St. Patrick's Day AND Valentine's Day cards this year, so I feel like that evens things out! However, last weekend I did find the time to put a couple cards together to share with you for some spring and Easter inspiration this week.  Card details:*A full list of supplies is located at the end of this post. The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I created the background using Adirondack alcohol inks in the colors Sherbet, Lemonade and Watermelon. Using the Altenew Watercolor Stripes Cover Die, I die cut the frame from white cardstock. I stamped the tulip layers in a variety of orange, yellow and pink inks to really show the depth and dimension of this beautiful layering stamp set. I also stamped the leaves in varying shades of greens. I die cut both the leaves, steps and tulips using the coordinating Triumph Tulips dies and adhered them to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I stamped the sentiment in the lower right corner using Memento Tuxedo black ink. Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the tulips for added sparkle.     Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, CrystalList of supplies:
Hello friends and welcome back from the weekend! Today I am on the Birch Press Design blog sharing three cards made using the beautiful Petal Egg Layering Dies for this trio of Easter inspired cards.      You can visit the Birch Press Design blog for detailed information on how I created these cards. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, CrystalHello readers and welcome back from the weekend! I hope you found a little time to do something crafty. Today I am sharing another card that I made for the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge #120. This week we have a sketch challenge to inspire you. Our challenges run for two weeks, thereby giving you more time to create, so I have designed a second card to share with you this week that was still inspired by the same image seen below:  Here is the Easter themed card I created inspired by the sketch and using the new "Hop into Spring" stamp set:  Card details:The base of this A2 sized card is made from lemon yellow cardstock. I cut a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Lawn Fawn Gotta Have Gingham paper in yellow to adhere directly to the card base. I cut a 4 1/4" x 3 1/4" piece of pink floral paper from the Lawn Fawn Spring Fling paper pack. I adhered a think 4" by 1/2" piece of pink cardstock to the lower third of the card (notching the right end). I die cut a scalloped circle from lemon yellow cardstock using the Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Stitched circles. I lined the scalloped circle with a white stitched circle. I cut a piece of grass using the Lawn Fawn Grassy Hillside dies and adhere it to the bottom of the circle. On a separate piece of Neenah Solar White smooth carsdtock, I stamped the bunny and basket image. I colored the image and die cut it using the coordinating dies. I adhered the image to the card using 3M foam adhesive. I stamped the sentiment in the upper right corner of the circle in Memento Tuxedo black ink. Lastly, I added some clear Wink of Stella to the bunny and basket for added sparkle.    Will this sketch inspire YOU to create? Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along for a chance to win?! We will randomly select one linked entry to receive a $20 store credit to the Newton's Nook Designs online shop! We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday, so that all entries have a chance to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs blog. Please make sure you review the challenge rules page before you link up your project! The deadline to enter is Friday, April 10th, at midnight CST. XO, CrystalList of supplies:
Hello friends and happy Monday! I hope you all had a nice weekend. I am excited to be sharing my card for the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge today. I frequently hear from friends and fellow stampers that they aren't creative enough to design something on their own, or that they don't know what colors to use. They feel frustrated before they even begin because they don't know where to begin. I understand! Yes, I've been there too! That's the concept behind a card challenge. It can help to inspire you and get the creative juices flowing by giving you a place to start. Challenge #120 by Newton's Nook is a sketch challenge. Let the image below be your inspiration for creating a card (or scrapbook page) and see where this challenge takes you!
Here is the card I created inspired by this week's sketch. I used the beautiful new Easter Lily stamp set by Newton's Nook as the focal point:
Card details:
*A full supply list is located at the end of this post.
The base of this A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using the Stitched Rectangle frames from Gina Marie Designs I cut the first layer from kraft cardstock. I found a miscellaneous piece of orange and pink floral cardstock to adhere to the krat mat and placed two piece of linen thread around before adhering directly to the card base. On a separate sheet of Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock, I stamped the Easter Lily in Versamark ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. After this cooled, I die cut the carsdstock using the Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Stitched Nesting Circles. I adhered the scalloped circle to the card using 3M foam adhesive. I added a little bit of peach watercolor from a Zig Clean Brush to the center of the lilies for a little hint of color. Lastly, on a separate piece of Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock, I stamped the sentiment in Orange Cream ink and punch it out with a circle punch. I adhered the circle to the card using 3M foam adhesive. I tied a small bow with the linen thread and adhered the bow using a mini glue dot. 
Will this sketch inspire YOU to create? Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along for a chance to win?! We will randomly select one linked entry to receive a $20 store credit to the Newton's Nook Designs online shop!
We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday, so that all entries have a chance to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs blog. Please make sure you review the challenge rules page before you link up your project! The deadline to enter is Friday, April 10th, at midnight CST. Thanks for visiting and I hope to see your creations there! XO, CrystalList of supplies:
Hello readers and happy Friday! I'm excited to be sharing an adorable new stamp set from the Spring Fling release at RG Avenue. Unfortunately, the large weekend "Spring Fling" stamping event in Arizona had to be canceled last weekend, but this new "Oh La La" stamp set is now available online and it just might be my favorite set from this new release!
Card details:
*A full list of supplies is located at the end of this post.
The base of this slimline card is cut from gray cardstock. This slimline card measures 8 1/2" x x 3 1/2" wide. I adhered a piece of 8 1/4" x 3 1/4" piece of Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock directly to the card base. Using the Whimsy Stamps Slimline Postage Stamp Die, I cut the frame from Pink Glitter paper. Because the "Oh La La" stamp set I had was the digital stamp set, I printed out all the images from my computer on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I colored the images with Copic markers and add a few highlights to some of the images using a Uniball White gel pen. I used my Scan & Cut 2 machine to cut out all of the images electronically and then I adhered the images to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the bunnies, swan and cat for added sparkle. 
I hope you have enjoyed this sweet card! Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!
Please say healthy and remember, "By staying home, you just might be saving the life of someone you may never meet." XO, CrystalList of supplies:Hello friends and readers, I am happy to debut the third post of my newer series called "Crafty Finds." This series will feature a variety of craft tools, stamps, papers, dies and accessories/embellishments that focus on a particular season or holiday relevant to the current time of year. Sometimes the most cumbersome and time consuming part of crafting is finding the right item(s) we want to use! Hopefully this series will help you find that perfect stamp set or die, as well as introduce you to products and companies you might not be familiar with. For this edition of my Crafty Finds series, I'll be focusing on Easter. *Given that we are currently facing uncertain times during this worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, I can't stress enough the importance of "living within your means." Crafting products are certainly a non-essential item when some are facing the extremely stressful challenges of illness, job losses and financial instability in the economy. Please shop responsibly today and always. -Stamps-
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I hope you are enjoying this new series and, more importantly, that you will find it useful. I'd love to hear YOUR thoughts, so please comment below. I'm already looking forward to creating my next board for Mother's Day. XO, Crystal
Hello friends and happy Saturday! I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far. I am at a monthly shoebox swap this morning with some regular crafting friends. That always leave me inspired to come home and continue crafting, but I know that I still have a little more organizing to do in my craft room before I sit down to create later this afternoon. Today I am sharing two sweet cards featuring the "Love Sent" digital stamp set from RG Avenue. As we will soon welcome in March tomorrow, I'm beginning to feel ready for all things spring!
Here is the "Love Sent" digital stamp set from RG Avenue that I used to create these cards. I wrote a lengthy blogpost answering many common questions about using digital stamps that you can also read here.
Card details:
*A full supply list (with shopping links) is located at the end of this post.
The base of this A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I cut a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Passion Pink cardstock for the first matted layer. Using the Lawn Fawn Reversed Scalloped Rectangle dies, I cut another piece of Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock for the frame. I placed a piece of Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes paper behind the frame (I did not watercolor this myself). I cut a couple piece of grass from the same Watercolor Wishes paper pack and used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside (grass) die. Because this is a digital stamp set, I printed out the images froma PDF file, colored them with Copic markers and ran the entire sheet through my Scan and Cut machine to electronically cut the images out, in lieu of fussy cutting. Lastly, I adhered the images to the card using foam adhesive for added dimension. 
I hope you have enjoyed these sweet animal cards. Even if you don't have this exact stamp set, you could probably substitute one you already own and achieve a similar spring look. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderful weekend!
XO, CrystalList of supplies:
Hello readers and welcome back from the weekend! I hope you found a little time to do something crafty. Today I am sharing another card that I made for the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge #117. This week we have a sketch challenge to inspire you. Our challenges run for two weeks, thereby giving you more time to create, so I have designed a second card to share with you this week that was still inspired by the same image seen below:
Here is the card I created using the sketch seen above:
Card details:
*A full supply list is located at the end of this post.
The base of this A2 sized card is made from white cardstock. I had previously created an alcohol ink background where I used pastel colors and mounted that onto a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Melon Mambo cardstock. I stamped the sentiment repeatedly in Melon Mambo ink on a strip of Melon Mambo cardstock and ran it through a stitched scalloped die before adhering it to the center bottom of the card. I also cut a 3 1/2" x 1/2" piece of silver glitter paper, notched both ends and adhered it to the center of the card. I cut a 4" x 2" piece of white cardstock to create a tag and punched the top of the tag with a scalloped tag topper punch. I stamped the sentiment in Melon Mambo ink on the top of this tag. I stamped the kitty and chicks image from the "Newton's Peeps" stamp set in Memento Tuxedo black ink on white cardstock and colored the image with Copic markers. I added a few highlights with a white gel pen. I adhered the kitty image to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added height. Lastly, I put a coat of Clear Wink of Stella on the basket for added sparkle. 
Will this sketch inspire YOU to create? Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along for a chance to win?! We will randomly select one linked entry to receive a $20 store credit to the Newton's Nook Designs online shop!
We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday, so that all entries have a chance to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs blog. Please make sure you review the challenge rules page before you link up your project! Deadline to enter is Friday, February 28th, at midnight CST. Thanks for visiting and I hope to see your creations there! XO, CrystalList of supplies:
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