Easter Bonanza!

 I'm giving you fair warning that this is a long post.

Many thanks to all who stay until the end.

I've been making Easter cards for days,

so here we go.

The sets I used for this card are from

The Greetery

called Empty Grave and Print Shop Floral Frame.

I also used Gina K. Designs Wisteria Lane  patterned paper

and a Pierced Feature Frame from Papertrey Ink.

The cute bunny wreath is from a new set called Bunny Hop

and the pretty Easter bow is a new set called

Put A Bow On It from

The Greetery.

I also used the Window Pane Plaid stamp from The Greetery

and Master Layouts 4 from Gina K. Designs.

This card is a CASE of a card I saw on Pinterest by Nicky Noo Cards.

I thought it was adorable and had to create my own.

The stamp set is Simply Spring Borders by Papertrey Ink

and the die is called Snow Drifts Cover Ups by My Favorite Things.

The bunnies are a set from Papertrey Ink called So Sweet.

The yummy carrots are new from The Greetery

called BotaniCuts Carrots.

The sentiment is from a set called Empty Grave and the

sentiment die from a set called Pretext Sentiment both from The Greetery.

I used Bitty Big Hawaiian Shores patterned paper from Papertrey Ink 

and Master Layouts from Gina K. Designs.

The Bunny cards are a set from Papertrey Ink

called Bunny Blessings and Egg Stripes.

The stenciled background is called 

Garden Gate Stencil also from Papertrey Ink.

The Easter die is from a new set from

The Greetery called

Let's Have A Word - Easter.

Easter cards for the Grands!

This sweet little card is from a new company to me called

Colorado Craft Company

and is called Happy Easter.

I used Bitty Big Lilac Grace patterned paper

from Papertrey Ink

and Master Layouts from Gina K. Designs.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Just Us Girls #241 - Color

This week Lisa is our hostess at Just Us Girls with a color challenge.  The colors are Kraft, Orchid & White.

Here's my card

These colors were a bit of a challenge for me.  I used two flower stamps from the Gina K. Designs set Spring Blessings & two leaf stamps from the GKD Blossom set along with Memento Lilac Posies ink and Gina K. Designs Kraft ink to make the background.  The lattice motif die is from Spellbinders and I cut it using a limited edition color from Gina K. Designs called Wild Orchid.  What a lovely, vibrant color!  The beautiful bird image is from the GKD Spring Blessings set.  He blends into the vine and leaves he is perched on.  I added a fourth color (charcoal brown) as a neutral.  Thanks for coming by to look!

GKD Spring Blessings & Blossom

Spellbinders Lattice Motifs

Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish

Savvy Dies Hello

Memento Lilac Posies ink

GKD Kraft ink

GKD Pure Luxury White, Kraft, Wild Orchid & Charcoal Brown CS

Please visit the Just Us Girls page to see the beautiful cards the rest of the team and our GD, Barbara, have come up with this week.  I hope you will be inspired and want to play along.  We would love to see your beautiful creations!

Just a reminder:  If you are a winner in any of our May challenges, you will be in the running to be chosen as our Guest Designer for the July challenges.

Just for fun!

I was home alone today, so I was able to spend some quality time in my craft room.  I had a couple of cards I wanted to work on. The first one is a birthday card for my grandson.  I had an idea of what I wanted, but I didn't have the patterned paper I needed.  I pulled out a stamp set by Melanie Muenchinger called Lots of Letters.  This set is available at Gina K. Designs.  Besides a set of lower case letters, this set contains a set of numbers and various circles and squares.  I decided on a single square with a stitched edge.  I was able to create this wonderful background using GKD Sweet Corn, Blue Denim, Powder Blue & Red Hot inks.  The bicycle stamp and sentiment are from the GKD Enjoy the Sunshine stamp set.  I used the Verve Pennant Trim die to make the pennant, and as luck would have it, the mailman delivered my Lots of Letters 2 stamp set today, so I was able to add Donovan's name.  The Lots of Letters 2 set is a wonderful companion set to the Lots of Letters set.  It contains a set of capital letters and various other flowers, pennants, circles, leaves and lines.

GKD Enjoy the Sunshine, Lots of Letters & Lots of Letters 2

Verve Pennant Trim & Arrow die

Lil' Inkers Stitched Circles & Stitched Sentiment Flag

Spellbinders Standard Circles

GKD Pure Luxury White, Sweet Corn & Red Hot, & Blue Denim CS

We have a nephew getting married in June, so I wanted to make a card for them.  I pulled this set out by Becky Oehlers called I do!  I have had it for a while and not yet gotten it inky, so it was way overdue.  It contains this wonderful hexagon border stamp that I love, and bride, groom, the plus & equal signs.  I used a die from Verve called Heart Quartet for the hearts, and Martha Stewart border punch called Beaded Ruffle.  I accented the ruffle and the dress with some pearls from Recollections.  All in all, I think it turned out to be a really cute card.  Thanks so much for coming by to look!

GKD I Do!

Verve Heart Quartet die

Martha Stewart Beaded Ruffle

Recollections pearls

GKD Pure Luxury White, Moonlit Fog & Cherry Red CS

Seize the Birthday - No Toppings

Welcome to a Seize the Birthday Challenge

This time at Seize the Birthday it is "Anything Goes" as long as it's for a birthday.  There are no toppings.  I just bought some really cute stamp sets from The Cat's Pajamas, and this is one of them.  It's called Hang in there, baby!  This little sock monkey brought back so many memories.  I love him floating away holding onto a balloon!  I used the Let Your Dreams Soar sentiment on the front, and a Gina K. Designs Happy Birthday sentiment from Signs of Spring on the inside.  I would, also, like to give a big shout out to Jodene because today is her birthday!  Happy Birthday, Jodene!  I hope you have a fun day!

The Cat's Pajamas Hang in There, Baby!

GKD Signs of Spring

Doodlebug Day to Day patterned paper

Lil' Inkers Stitched Circle die & Stitched Sentiment Flag

Doodlebug Sprinkles

GKD Pure Luxury White, Sweet Corn & Red Hot CS

Please visit the Seize the Birthday page to see the beautiful cards the rest of the team have made this time.  I hope you will be inspired and want to come and play along.  We would love to see what you create!