A Jillian Vance Design - Somebunny Special

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Rubbernecker Stamps New Release IG Hop - Day 3!

So excited!  Today we're sharing some great and fun new sets from Rubbernecker Stamps AND there's a fun IG Hop to go along with it!  Today I'm sharing some Easter fun using a couple of the new sets!

Here's how I was inspired:

I LOVE LOVE the adorable new sets over at Rubbernecker.  I stamped, cut and colored bunces of them and filled up this cool slimline with as many as I could...lol!

I love how these sets all work so wonderfully together!

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A Jillian Vance Design Springtime Hootie!

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with this cutie pie!  If you'd like links and more details hop on over there and give us a visit!

Thanks so much for stopping and be sure to checkout the Crafty Elves post for January before you go!

 

Somebunny Special - Miss Ink Stamps

Welcome back!!  Let me start with sending out love and hugs to everyone!  We sure do need as much as possible with all of the craziness out there!  I'm making one more trip to the grocery store to see what I can "gather" and then hunkering down.  I've been working from home since Tuesday.  I love not having to commute, but I do miss some people.  I hope you are doing well both mentally and physically and if you want to chat you can find me on the Interweb still!  

Today I'm sharing this one using the quite adorable Springtime Bunnies from Miss Ink Stamps!

I stamped and cut out with my Brother Scan N Cut bunches of images from the set knowing I'd want to use all of them and multiple times!

I used some dies from Trinity Stamps including that cute frame and the landscape cuts.  And one of the clouds was the perfect place to put my sentiment and one more chick!  And I made my background using some Distress Oxide Ink and the Scene Builder Stencil.

Short and sweet today!  Have to be on my way and get back home!  I'll tell you my pups are very happy right now to have me home all day.  I'm dreading the hubby possibly being home as well... idk... let's hope that doesn't happen!!!  LOL!

Stay safe and healthy!  I'll be here as often as possible sharing some inspiration.  There is a lot scheduled to be going on over the next couple weeks and hopefully it will help keep your mind occupied and happy for at least some of the time.

See you soon!

The Cutting Cafe - Easter Inspiration!

Welcome to some Cutting Cafe Inspiration!  This time around we're sharing projects made with some of the many awesome Easter themed files available over at the Cutting Cafe!  I'm using the Easter Shaker Cards file today.

This is a very cool set of Shaker Cards/Overlays... there are various egg overlays including this one with the tulip shape on it and a few others.  There is also a bunny shaped card included in the set (and you'll be seeing that one soon!)

With this tulip overlay egg shape, there is also an extra layer for the tulip which I cut in green and the flowers which I cut in a darker pink.  I filled my shaker with the Springtime Blend from Sparkle Blends.  And I loved the tulip SO much I decided to cut an extra and do this:

I've been wanting to play along over at the Tag You're It Challenge for a  while since it's all about Coffee Break.. of course I needed to play along!  

I used my favorite tag die from Stamplorations and this cup was perfect for that beautiful tulip to be placed into!

I chose that pretty Hugs die from Stamplorations and cut it from green glitter paper to keep it pretty, sparkly and still kinda subtle.  I think maybe I should cut a bunch of these tulips in a bunch of pretty spring colors!

Be sure to check out what everyone has created over at The Cutting Cafe Blog!  Comment there for a chance to win three files of your choice!

 Hope you enjoyed your visit here today!  I'm playing along with the following challenges:

As previously discussed over at Tag You're It it's all about the Coffee Break

Over at Stamplorations Cutplorations Challenge there's a pretty Easter/Spring themed photo

The Cutting Cafe - Popcorn Box Inspiration

Welcome to some Cutting Cafe Inspiration!  This time around we're playing with the Popcorn Box File!  I know... I know... those kinda don't look like popcorn boxes and that's definitely not popcorn in there!  But I was in an Easter mood, so I decided to do something different!

I picked out some real old papers that were in the right colors.  I cut the small popcorn box once in white cardstock and then again in the design paper.  I used the DP cut to trim each panel down by just a bit to layer the lighter papers over the cardstock for a sturdier box.  You could definitely cut these out of any kind of paper and put them together as is, but I knew my load was going to be a bit heavier than popcorn, so I re-enforced it a bit!

This set also comes with some really cute striped layers that you can print on your printer and cut out to layer on yours or if you print and cut on your machine, some of the cut files have stripes on them!  If you actually want yours to look like a popcorn box ...lol!

The file comes with a large and small popcorn box with all of the cuts and folds in all the right places... even with the layers specially cut it took me minutes to put the base of these together.  Then I took out that adorable Happy Easter From Your Peeps stamp set from The Cutting Cafe Shop and stamped, colored and cut out a couple images.

I used my dies to add the stitched grass and clouds and then stamped one of the sentiments from the set on black cardstock with Versamark and heat embossed it in white.  I love to add these little label type sentiments to my cards lately!  So sweet, right?

And you know I'm not one for staging my photos too much, but ... I mean... they're Easter Baskets!!!  And while I was in Walgreen picking up some candy ...

This little cutie pie asked if he could come home with me and of course I said yes... I may or may not be playing with this adorable wind up chick while eating some chocolates as you read this!  You'll never know!

So these will go to somebody... I haven't decided for sure yet... maybe I'll just pick someone randomly at work... or if I can figure out how to mail them a little surprise in someone's mailbox...

I'm playing along today with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge... Simon Says to Create a Scene... oh... I'm creating scenes wherever I go!!  

Now be sure to hop on over to the Cutting Cafe Blog and comment there for your chance to win three files of your choice!  And then see what everyone else has done with this cute Popcorn Box!  And come back soon!  Thanks for stopping!

Paper Sweeties Plan Your Life Series - April 2018!

Welcome to the April edition of Paper Sweeties Plan Your Life!  I cannot believe it's April already!  Just a couple more weeks and tax season will be over!  I've decorated my printable planner pages today with an Easter theme using lots of Paper Sweeties stamps and dies!

I love the Basket stamp and die set!  There are so many things you can put in a basket... and of course for Easter it's obviously going to be some Easter Eggs!  Today I cut my basket from some basket weave printed paper and I wish I'd bought more of this because it's the perfect size to go with this die!

Since the whole basket wouldn't fit without covering up some of my calendar, I sliced off the edge and used it over here on my second page!

I cut some eggs from some design paper using the dies from the Hippity Hoppity Easter Wishes set and tucked them in each of the baskets.  And this adorable bunny from the Basket Add On: Hoppy Easter looks sweet as a girl...

... Or as a boy!   Then I colored up a few flowers from the Hello Spring sets and had the leftover part of a wreath from a previous project that was stamped and cut using the Kindness Matters sets.  Finally my grass using the squiggly die from the Sweet Borders!  Along with some of my most used planner sets and my planning is started for April!   What are your plans?

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Come back soon for some more fun and hopefully a little bit of inspiration!  Be sure to check out what everyone else has made for you today:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Lilian Forsyth 
Lisa Bzibziak (You Are Here)

Maria Patrick

Vicki Dutcher

See you soon!

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Paper Sweeties March 2018 Blast From The Past-Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of Paper Sweeties March 2018 Blast From The Past!  We're sharing projects made with previously released Paper Sweeties goodness!  Today I decided to use my favorite cup to color some Easter eggs!

I started with a Scallop Circle frame cut from vellum so as not to cover up my background paper, but still bring my images all together.

I diecut the cup using the Keep Calm and Drink Coffee Sweet Cuts!  Then I stamped the drippy paint on using an image from the You Add Color To My Life stamp set.  Then I used the stamped image to apply some Nuvo Drops to the cup to look like drippy paint.  Mine is a little bumpy and I kept trying to smooth it by adding more drops, but this is what I got.  Not quite my vision, but I suppose messy paint is messy paint.  The paint brush is also from the same set and those pretty polka dot eggs are from the Hippity Hoppity Easter set.  I enhanced the dots also with some Nuvo drops.

The sweet sentiment is also from Hippity Hoppity Easter and I cut a banner using the Sweet Borders Sweet Cuts and heat embossed it on to add another shot of that bright green I used on the green egg.

I'm playing along with the Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge which is Anything Goes and this week's challenge is Tic Tac Toe:

I'm playing along the bottom row here with Flowers, Any Shade of Pink, and Polka Dots!  You should check it out and play along!

Now, check out what everyone has created for you today!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin
Karen Letchworth

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak (You Are Here)
Lori Turner
Mackie Robertson 

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Nancy Salkeld

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