You Bake Everything Better - Hero Arts/Your Paper Insider

I got these great vintage casserole dishes from Hero Arts a while ago and decided the papers in the latest Your Paper Insider box were perfect with them!  I added frame and stenciling from Miss Ink Stamps.

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Gracias - Caffeine Fueled Paper Play!

I have this one up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters!

I hope you'll join me there for links and details!

I'm playing along over at Double Trouble and you should too!

 

Hello Sunshine - Caffeine Fueled Paper Play

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters!

I hope you'll join me for the details!

 

Oh Happy Desert

Hello!  We've had some stuff going on here that has made it hard to find time for crafting, but a friend asked me for a cactus card for a friend's birthday so I found some time to get this done and I have to say I loved it!

Some of these things may be retired, but this one was for fun so ... but if you can find these things, I highly recommend!

Cacti - Hero Arts

Background desert dies and roadrunner - Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Medallions - My Favorite Things

Flowers and Oh Happy Day - Miss Ink Stamps

And of course lots of Deco Foil from Therm O Web

Have a great day!  Thanks for stopping!

 

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Get Oolong

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers with some more Cat's Pajamas!

I hope you'll come visit me there for links and details!

 

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play-Brewtiful Coffee Bunny

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers with this one.

I used that adorable Coffee Bunny and the fabulous Rainbow Infinity Dies from Hero Arts along with a few other things.  Hope you'll join me over there for links and details!

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Hero Arts Guestie - Christmas Cards from Non Holiday Sets!

I am so excited to be guesting over at Hero Arts this month!  I've used some Non Christmas stamps to create some Christmas Cards!

You can head over to the Hero Arts Blog for links and details for these projects.

I hope you'll head over there to check it out!

I'm also playing along with the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!  This month the twist is Holly!  Create a Christmas Card with a coffee, tea or cocoa theme and add some Holly to play along.

And the 2022 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is happening right now!  Be sure to head on over there to see all of the sponsors, prizes, inspiration and to play along!

But I'm not done yet!

I also used another non Christmas set (Flower Power) from the shop to make a Christmas card:

Isn't she a beauty??  I used the Flower Power stamps set and a succulent set from Hero Arts for this non traditional card and how about that awesome frame!?

Hope you'll check out all of the details up on the Hero Arts Blog!

Thanks so much for stopping!  Come again soon!

 

July 2022 Paper Crafters Unite Against Racism

It's time for another Instagram Hop with Paper Crafters Unite Against Racism!  It's a good reminder to check in and see how we're all still working towards a world without racism.  It's forever a work in progress and every day is an opportunity to learn something new, understand better and take action to make the world a better place.

I've combined a couple Hero Arts stamp sets for today.  I chose that regal lion that was gifted to me by a crafty friend and is retired.  I'm a Leo and I have a lion tattoo on my shoulder and this is the first time I've stamped this fellow and I am in love!

I chose the lion because it symbolizes Strength, Bravery, and Wisdom.  I thought it was perfect for today's Instagram Hop along with that perfect sentiment from the Hero Arts Power To The People stamp set. It takes bravery to face our own weakness and there is strength in acknowledging our faults, learning, and growing and we have opportunities to do this every day. We just have to recognize them.

I went with a lot of gold and the sunburst cover die was just right for the backdrop.  And can I say... I'm terrible with layering stamps but this one was easy peasy!

Hope you'll join us over on Instagram for a lot of great inspiration both for learning and growth and crafty inspiration!

 

Paper Crafters Unite Against Racism - April 2022

Hello!  Today I'm participating in the Paper Crafters Unite Against Racism Hop over on Instagram.

I thought this would be a good opportunity to share some of the things I've learned in the last couple of years.  I'll start by sharing the card I've created for today's hop:

I started this one by stamping and coloring that awesome image from the Hero Arts Power To The People stamp set.  I used various E Copic combos to color all of the hands.  If you are looking for good skin combos in all shades, go to Pinterest and search Color of the Day Copic Jennifer Dove and you will find a wealth of color combos including for hair and skin!  You can thank me later.

I decided to create a rainbow background using a cool technique I learned while at Jenn Dove's Coloring Bootcamp.  Here's a quick video:

Fun right?  There are lots of ways to use this technique!

I cut a brick background using this AJVD die and strips in rainbow colors using this AJVD die set.  I popped the sentiment/image up and added a few sequins.

And here are all of the colors I used to color the hands holding the sign.

Now for the fight against Racism part.  You may be wondering what all of the hubbub is.  Racism is going away, right?  It's only some individuals that are the problem.  It's not you and me for sure.  But did you know that the systems that have been constructed in this country... in the world... support bias against the most vulnerable.  And every individual racist could be gone, yet if we don't change our systems, racism will live.  It's up to each of us to work hard to push for the changes needed to make our systems work for everyone.

I'd like to suggest that regardless of what level of Allyship we are at, we can always learn more.  One of the best resources to get or keep you on your way is a podcast I found by NPR.  It's called Scene on Radio and particularly the Seeing White season addresses a lot of history that I know I never learned in school, but it happened, and begins to give an explanation of Systemic Racism-what it is-ways it started-how it persists.

I hope you'll give it a listen.  If you learn one new thing it will be worth it!  And please do stay with Scene on Radio and listen to all of its seasons.  There is really a wealth of knowedge and it's a great place to start learning about so many things that  you may have been wondering about as well as some really sweet stories.  There is a season on Men (great for men and women as well) and the newest season is on climate.  You can find the website here or find the podcast on your favorite podcast app!  And if you're new to podcasts, I highly recommend them.  You can listen while you craft!  I do every morning.

Thank you so much for stopping and be sure to head on over to Instagram to hop and maybe meet some new paper crafters and/or learn some things.

Come again soon!

 

Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Journals For Life

 

I'm up on the blog over the the Coffee Loving Cardmakers with a new challenge and last month's winner!

I used some sweet products from Journals For Life, Waffle Flower Stamps and Hero Arts!  I hope you'll hop on over there for links and details and to play along!

Here are my colors for this one!  I had to pair it down because they all wouldn't fit in my cup and chose the lightest and darkest of each color family... you can fill in with anything in between... so my yellows were Y11 and Y13 but not in picture was Y15... well, that's not what I just said...lol!  Anywho!   I think you get the idea!

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Sit & Stay for a Little While!

Welcome!  I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog today with some fun products from Ellen Hutson and Hero Arts!

I've fallen in love with the Leading Ladies line of stamps and dies over at Ellen Hutson and I've paired one of them with that cool die from Hero Arts.  Head on over there for links and details!

Thanks again and hope you'll come again soon!

 

Crafty Elves' Countdown To Christmas - April 2021 Edition

 

Welcome to this month's Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas!  We have made the commitment to create a Christmas Card a week for 2021 and every 25th of the month my crafty friends and I share the Christmas Cards we made that month!  Here's what I've got for you this month:

This month I mixed up an old MFT set and an old Hero Arts set and together they are pawfect!

Both sets are retired, but I don't know if I'll ever part with them!  The pups and sentiments are from MFT's Deck The Howls stamp set and the cacti are from the Hero Arts Merry Cactus set.

I am playing along with the Spring Into Christmas 2021 BYSHC Hop!  Check it out here!

I cut various frames... this one is from Impression Obsession.

And I used some papers from the Sunny Studio Stamps Holiday Cheer paper pad... so fun!  I think I'm down to just strips, but pretty sure I'm gonna use some of those next month.

This photo frame die is from Trinity... and I threw on a few snowflake die cuts I had laying around.  I'm pretty sure you can't have too many pup stamp sets, cactus stamp sets, and snowflake die cuts... 

I just love these pups... I've had them for so long and just now got them out and inked them up!  That happens far too often... But I've got more stamped and cut so you might be seeing them again soon!

Decided to make this one a mini slim using some new dies from A Jillian Vance Design... I'm really loving this size card..

And that's me!  Easy Breezy!  

Also, in case you are interested:

That's me for today!  I hope you enjoyed your visit!  Now be sure to head on over to my fellow Crafty Elves' places and see what they've got for you today!  And we've got a special guest joining us this month!

Debra

Michael

Vanessa

And before you go, I have a winner from last month's post:

Verna!  Send me your snail mail at bzscrapper66 at gmail dot com so I can get you out your Happy Mail!

And we're doing it again!  So leave me some love and next month I'll pick someone to send some Happy Mail to!

Thanks again and Happy Hopping!