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You Are So Lovely


Hi friends! Happy Friday. Today is the start of the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I had a blast hopping along to all the company blogs and entering their giveaways. So I thought I'd pop in with a card featuring products from one of the sponsors, Not 2 Shabby Shop.

This is actually the first card I made featuring products from their Cottage Charm Spring Quarterly release. It had been a while since I created in a vintage style, and the card ended up being a little darker than I had envisioned. I set it aside since I wasn't super into it, but it's grown on me during the past month, so I thought I'd share it today.

I started with the gorgeous Cherry Blossoms Background, stamping in a grey Versafine Clair ink, then watercoloring with Zig markers and adding a bunch of splatters.  I sponged around the edges with Old Paper distress ink, which is where I think things went a bit darker, because I usually reach for antique linen. But sometimes you have to experiment, right?  I distressed the edges and matted with a gold foil cardstock, which I also distressed.


Next I pulled out the Cup of Tea stamp set. I embossed the sentiment in gold onto a square die cut, then aged a tag die cut, adding a bit of gold and some splatters. I then stamped the tea cup with the butte4rfly on it, watercolored and cut with the coordinating Cup of Tea Dies. I then selected a few ephemera pieces from the Beautiful Blossoms Ephemera and added some watercoloring to the orignial coloring to make the flowers match the pinks in the background. I sponged around the edges with more Old Paper ink and then finished off with a scrap of lace behind my collage of elements.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Be sure to hop on over to the Not 2 Shabby blog and enter their giveaway, then hop along, since all the hop stops are hosting their own giveaways. 

Not 2 Shabby is also having a sale, so you can use code: SPRINGCOFFEE15 and save 15% off!

Easter Eggs Ahead


Hey crafty friends! Today I'm hopping by with a little Easter inspiration with some favorite Jaded Blossom supplies. I think the Happy Easter Gnomie set is one of my favorite stamp sets.  It's so fun to color up these bunny gnomes.

So I started with the gnomie, coloring him up with Copic markers, then cutting with the coordinating Outline Dies. I layered some Doodlebug papers for the background using the Rectangles 2 and Scallop Rectangles 2 Dies.


The sign is cut from white card stock using the North Pole Sign and I added a bit of shading with some gray Copics. I cut the sign portion from patterned paper and then embossed the sentiment from Bunny Trail in white. I finished with some little grass die cuts courtesy of the Mushroom House Die, then scattered a few enamel dots for accent.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have an egg-straordinary day!