Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge #7

 Hello my beautiful ladies!  I am here with an entry for the Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge #7 - Patriotic!  I wanted to dive into my stash and use something I haven't used before.  Thus the searching wasn't very hard!!! lol  

I reached for my MFT stamps, which I love, but sadly don't use enough.  One of the sets has a good sized star and a tag die.  I went ahead and embossed the star on some red vellum from my stash and then cut it out with the tag die. 

Then I grabbed my new Lawn Fawn Dies to spell out Happy 4th of July.  They needed to be grounded so I placed them on strips of watercolored paper scraps I had on my desk from a previous project. 

For some texture I used my Studio Calico Star Stencil and some embossing paste for the background. To finish it off I used some bakers twine and some shiny star sequins!!!  

Materials: 
MFT Stamps & Dies 
Lawn Fawn - 123s Dies & Quinn's ABCs Dies
Martha Stewart Bakers Twine
Star Sequins
Studio Calico Star Stencil
Embossing Paste
Stampin Up Card Stock
Watercolor Paper
Watercolors
Red Vellum


Happy Stampin!
~Danielle

A Sweet Birthday Treat!

Hello my crafty friends!!! Today, I bring you a card for the current  Sugar & Spice Crafty Challenge - Sweet Treats.   I LOVE LOVE LOVE this cupcake from Neat and Tangled.  This card has TONS of texture from the embossed acetate to the twine.  I used some of my homemade enamel dots using the Pony Beads ( I don't recommend it).  Use the Perler Beads!!!  Check out my How to video to see why here! 

I ended up making this card for a swap...my first ever....we will see how that goes.  I get 8 birthday cards back.  It will be fun to see other peoples style. 

Materials:

Neat & Tangled: Sketchy Cupcakes

Acetate

Embossing Folder

Staples

Lawn Fawn Twine

Home made enamel dots

Misc patterned paper

Nestabilites Scalloped Circle Dies

Happy Stampin!

~Danielle

Hello Spring!

Hello everyone! I am playing again with the Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge!!!!  There is still time to play, head on over and play along!!

This time the theme is Pastel and Eggs.  Though Eggs were optional!  This was a perfect time to use my new Unicorn Mint Ink from Hero Arts!  I also  used some Brilliance inks that were collecting dust in my room!  I just stamped directly onto some Kraft Cardstock and I love the look! 

Quick Tip! When stamping on Vellum always hit it lightly with a heat gun to make sure it's dry before cutting it out or touching it.  No smudges !!! 

Materials:

Brilliance Inks

Hero Arts - Unicorn Mint

My Cute Stamps - (discontinued)

Vellum

Kraft Cardstock

White Cardstock

Uni Ball Signo White Gel Pen

Happy Crafting!

~Danielle

Minty goodness!

Hey everyone!  I am back with an entry for the 2nd challenge from Sugar & Spice Crafty Challenge!   If you didn't know already I won the 1st challenge!!! WOOT WOOT!!!!  Ok enough bragging. But, I was super excited to win scrappy goodness all the way from Japan! oh yeah and snacks too!!!  I can't wait to taste them all! :-) 

Ok, back to the new challenge, this time its about MINT CHOCOLATE!   I love the theme! Why? Cause my honey pie loves everything mint! Especially Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream.  That leads us to my card below. 

It is really CAS (Clean and Simple).  I used some stamp sets from Mama Elephant and some Washi Tape!  Really fun simple and easy to mass produce!

Materials:

Georgia Pacific White Cardstock

Washi Tape

MFT Ink -

Stampin Up Ink

Mama Elephant Stamps

Happy Stampin!

~Danielle

Come Fly Away with Me!

So there is a new challenge blog out there in world wide web!!!!!  Check out the Sugar and Spice Challenge Blog!   I was excited to find out that it is comprised of a few YouTube crafters.  

The first challenge is "Rainbow"!  What a great theme!!!  So I have been getting a bunch of new items in and I just have to play with them.  For this card I combined some Paper Smooches Dies and Lawn Fawn Stamps to create this fun card! 

Materials:
Paper Smooches Wise Dies - Balloons
Lawn Fawn Stamps  - Hello Sunshine
Lawn Fawn Twine
Kraft Cardstock
Amy Tangerine - Plus One
Uniball Signo White Gel Pen
Sprinkle and Sparkle Embossing Powder
Wink of Stella Glitter Pen - Clear

Happy Crafting!
~Danielle