Hello Kitty butterfly garden gate album

I picked up a couple of dies from the store over the weekend. The newest release from Sizzix arrived last week and there were a bunch of them that I wanted to get my hands on. Lol! When I first saw this fence die, I knew I had to have it. It is designed by Eileen Hull. You can make it into a mini album or a card like I did in the photo.

I used some older dies to make this card. I used the Hello Kitty butterfly sizzlit die since I had some extras already cut out. I have a hard time throwing the extras away. The grass is a deco strip die that is also no longer available. The flowers came off of a Hello Kitty deco strip die. I can't remember the name of the die. The clouds are punches from Fiskars.
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You're so sweet!

Hi and hope you're having a great Sunday! I've been wanting to use this jar die and stamp set by Stephanie Barnard but never got around to it until today. I decided to make a shaker card since I haven't made one in awhile. Believe it or not, the strawberry stamp is by Hero Arts. It was on one of the teaching kits and I thought it would be cute to put it in the jar.

 The white background is embossed with a Tim Holtz embossing folder. I used a banner framelit die to cut out the sentiment stamp.

Sorry I haven't been around much but I am still dealing with my heart problems. My doctor keeps increasing the dosage on the meds that I take and now the heart part is fine but I'm feeling miserable because I am so dizzy and can't see straight. It's scary to be driving but I have to drive.
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Busy week update

Hi, I've been quite busy with Cheri in town since last week and this week. I thought I'd share some photos here. We did a couple make & takes last weekend and we have a couple this weekend. I posted our make & takes on my sidebar. Hope to see you at one of the Ben Franklin Craft stores this weekend!

 I had Cliff take a photo of us before I forget.

Here's Cheri trying to show me how to make the flowers using the new Susan Tierney flower dies that just arrived at the stores. If you love making flowers, these are the perfect dies for that.

Here's the card that we made last week Saturday at J's. This is one of the new Doodlebug dies and stamps called "sweet treats".

And the brand new Sizzix Big Shot machine that should be arriving at the stores this month!
I'll be posting the rest of the make & takes later. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!!

Doodlebug Designs clear stamps and dies

Lately, I have been seeing a lot of paper companies coming out with dies and matching stamps that coordinate with their lines. The newest one is Doodlebug Designs. I love how you can stamp the image and then take a die to cut out the image. So much easier than hand cutting.

These stamps and dies are from the "baby boy" line. They are so cute and also coordinate with the double sided papers.

I made little cards to use on baby gifts.

I decided to use Hero Arts stamp sentiments. These are from an older clear set.

The embossing folders are from Sizzix.

Hope you're having a great Thursday! Thanks for stopping by today!!!

It's Your Day

I'm sort of on a roll making cards which is good news since I somehow lost my mojo along the way. Yesterday was my husbands birthday and for us it is the dreaded tax day! Poor guy! Anyways, I made him a quick and easy card using a Sizzix die. How cute is this dog?

The papers are old and from my scrapbooking days.

The stamp sentiment is from Hero Arts "it's your day" set. I stamped on the inside of the card but didn't want to take a photo of it since I wrote a message to my husband.
Hope your day is going well and thanks for stopping by!!!

Hello Kitty birthday card

Hi and hope your weekend is going well! I've been going through all my craft supplies and trying to purge out all the really old stuff. I have piles of brand new dies unopened and never been used and this Hello Kitty die is one of them. I wanted to keep the card simple since the background die cut has all the circles.

I used Sizzix Hello Kitty "in bathing suit #2" die. The background circles is a die from Cheery Lynn Designs called "lattice circles".

And the stamp sentiment is from Hero Arts called "it's your day". Love this stamp set!
I really have to make a birthday card for my husband and planned on doing it today but got side tracked after finding the Hello Kitty die. Lol!
Well, have a great weekend and thanks for coming by to visit me!!!

Happy Easter candy/card box

Happy aloha Friday!!! I finally had a chance to make something today. I love this cute Hello Kitty bunny die and eggs die. I used a candy/card box svg cut file that I got from Eunice last month. She comes up with some amazing projects and makes them into cut files. You have to check her blog out.

Well, hope you have a great Easter holiday weekend and thanks for stopping by today!!! Sorry such a short blog post but I have to finish up some paperwork before tomorrow.