Crafts – Page 183

February 11, 2013January 6, 2016

Pals Paper Arts 152

Ahh… back to Monday we go! Well that was some weekend her on Long Island. Between the snow and the lack of snow removal getting around has been fun. It’s raining today so hopefully that will get rid of the white stuff. I’m sure it will cause some other issues, like flooding, but what can you do? I had a nice weekend all in all. I got some crafting done and I’m actually almost caught up! I’m sure that won’t last long! But I love it!

Today I have a card that I made for the Pals Paper Arts challenge. This time they have provided a color challenge…

Some Primrose, Pool Party and Red, a good color combo indeed. The base of my card is Very Vanilla Card Stock. I stamped the greeting in Real Red from the Curly Cute Stamp Set right on the base. The strip across the bottom starts off with a piece of Primrose Petals. On top of that is a piece of Pool Party that I embossed with the Delicate Designs Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The flowers are from the Secret Garden Stamp Set and are stamped in Primrose Petals and Real Red. I used the Secret Garden Framelits Dies to cut out the flowers and adhered them to the strip with Stampin’ Dimensionals. It’s a nice clean card with just enough detail to make it fun. I hope that you enjoyed my card for the Pals Paer Arts color challenge. Thanks for spending some time with me today and I hope to see you back again! Have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals and Pool Party

Ink: Primrose Petals and Real Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Curly Cute and Secret Garden Clear Mount

Framelits: Secret Garden

Embossing Folder: Delicate Designs

Tools: Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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February 10, 2013January 6, 2016

The Paper Players #132 :-)

Hello from the tundra! There were a lot of snowblowers running yesterday around here. My car was dug out early and I ventured out to help my friend Heather dig out. We had some Subway for lunch and then I stopped to see Kim and came home and did some crafting. One of my friends is in Florida, one cousin is in Mexico and another is in Australia. I have to say that I am jealous on three counts! I would rather be anywhere but here right now!

On a positive note it’s Sunday and that means it’s time for this weeks Paper Players Challenge. This week the lovely Ann has given us a color challenge…

I have to say that these are favorites of mine! I reached for the Patio Party Designer Series Paper first and then I thought no, I’m gonna think outside the box! The base of my card is Primrose Petals Card Stock. I used a piece of paper from the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack for the background. The greeting is from two sets, The Best of Love Stamp Set and the You Rule Stamp Set, both are stamped in Primrose Petals on the DSP. The crown is also form the You Rule Stamp Set and is stamped in Summer Starfruit. I used my Paper Snips to cut it out and added just a few, well maybe a lot, of Basic Jewels Rhinestones and Large Basic Jewels Rhinestones to give it the much needed bling that it deserves! Who wouldn’t want to get this blinged out card for a thank you or a birthday?! I hope that you enjoyed my Paper Players Guest Designer Card for this week’s color challenge from Ann. Hop on over to the blog and see what awesome creations my fellow designer have in store for you and upload one of yours! Thanks for visiting, have a good day. This is Justin signing off form ice station NY!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Primrose Petals and Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Print Poetry Stack

Ink: Primrose Petals and Summer Starfruit Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: You Rule and Best of Love Clear Mount

Embellishments: Basic Rhinestones and Large Basic Rhinestones

Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 9, 2013January 6, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches #72

Hello from really snowy Long Island. Boy did we get walloped last night! I think we got about 16 inches of snow. 🙁 I will not be leaving the house today, my car doesn’t like the snow at all. When I let Winston out last night at 11:45 it was a blizzard. Sigh, guess I’ll get a lot of stuff done around the house today! I did watch Skyfall last night and I have to say that I really enjoyed it, but I’m a big James Bond fan so my opinion may be a little swayed!

Now for today’s post which is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches. This week Cindy has provided us with this sketch…

This was one of those cards that as soon as I saw the sketch I knew what I was going to use. I got some new goodies from Mr. Brown today so I used some of those too! The base of the card is Crumb Cake Card Stock. I used some Whisper White that I stamped with an image from the new Sent With Love Stamp Set in Cherry Cobbler for the top half of the background. The bottom half is a piece of the Sent With Love Designer Series Paper. Across the middle is a piece of Cherry Cobbler that I embossed with the Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The greeting is from the Dude, You’re Welcome Kit and is stamped in Island Indigo and cut out with my Paper Snips. For a little added detail I stamped another one of the images from the Sent With Love Stamp Set in Versa-Mark and heat embossed it in Cherry Cobbler. I adhered it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals and tilted it ever so slightly for a little imperfect tag on a package look! I love the Sent With Love Stamps and DSP. I have wanted a plane for the longest time and the patterns in the DSP are great! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. Thank you so much for checking in with me today, I hope you are having better weather than we are and that you have a great day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler

Designer Series Paper: Sent With Love

Ink: Island Indigo and Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stamp Sets: Sent With Love and Dude, You’re Welcome Kit

Embossing Folder: Chevron

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 8, 2013January 6, 2016

Create with Connie and Mary 238

Happy Friday everyone! Did you all enjoy the Stylin’ Stampin’ Blog Tour yesterday? I liked doing some cards with fabric, it was a nice change of pace. What is on for the weekend? We are supposed to get up tp 18 inches of snow here tomorrow night so it looks like if that’s true I’ll be crafting a lot this weekend and I have no problem with that at all! I’m hoping that they are wrong because we all know how I feel about snow!

Today I have my Create with Connie and Mary Challenge card for you. This week we have an In-Color challenge…

I was feeling something super clean and simple so this is what I came up with. The base of the card is Calypso Coral Card Stock. I took a piece of Whisper White and drew a line up on the left side 1″ in to help me line up the stamp from the Oh, Hello! Stamp Set that I inked up in Calypso Coral. I used a Hi-Polymer Eraser to erase the line when I was done. They are great because they leave no trace behind at all. If you don’t have one you really should get one! The greetings are from the Ciao, Baby! Stamp Set and are stamped in Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade. I used the Petite Curly Label Punch to punch them out and adhered them to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Like I said, super clean and simple. I hope you enjoyed my Create with Connie and Mary Color Challenge card today. Thanks for stopping by and keep your fingers crossed that weather man is wrong!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White and Calypso Coral

Ink: Calypso Coral, Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Oh, Hello! and Ciao, Baby! Clear Mount

Punch: Petite Curly Label

Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 7, 2013January 6, 2016

Stylin’ Stampin’ Blog Tour February 2013

Good morning! How are you today? Everything is chugging right along this week so no complaints from me! Today I have my post for this month’s Stylin’ Stampin’ Blog Tour. This month we are featuring projects that use fabric. You may have arrived here from Kim Ryden’s blog. She had some neat projects didn’t she?! Today I have two cards for you and both contain some linen fabric.

First up I have what I like to call the mummy card. The card starts off with a base of Primrose Petals Card Stock. For the background I used a piece of River Rock, which has to be my most under used color. To give it a little extra detail I used the Essential Paper-Piercing Pack and Paper-Piercing Tool to make the scallop along the bottom. The panel is created with some linen fabric that I picked up at a craft store. I cut it into strip and used some Sticky Strip to hold it in place around the back and also to adhere it to the card. The little bandaids are form the Patterned Occasions Stamp Set and are stamped in River Rock and Primrose Petals. I cut them out with my Paper Snips and adhered them to the linen strips with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is form the same set and is stamped in Primrose Petals and punched out with the Word Window Punch. I really like the Primrose with the River Rock. They go quite nicely together. After seeing the card you can see why I call it the mummy card!

Next up is a card that contains an item that I forgot I had and it’s the first time I’m using it! The base of this card is Whisper White Card Stock. I cut out a piece of Whisper White with The Lattice Bigz Die and backed it with a piece of Bashful Blue. Before I adhered it to the Gumball Green piece I used some White Stampin’ Emboss Powder to emboss the Thanks so much form the Oh, Hello! Stamp Set. The butterfly is a piece of burlap that I cut out with the Beautiful Butterflies Bgz L Die. For the body I made a paper bead from some First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper. A Mini Glue Dot holds the butterfly and body in place. The flower is some more of the linen fabric that I used on the first card that I cut out with the Fun Flowers Bigz L Die. I used a Stampin’ Spritzer that I filled with some Primrose Petals Re-Inker and half water and half rubbing alcohol to spray the flowers to color them. I put them under my desk lamp to speed the drying and they curled up a little which I was quite happy about. I used some more Mini Glue Dots to hold them on the card and a Large Basic Jewel Pearl is placed in the middle. The card has a nice slightly vintage yet modern feel about it. I really did like making the flower, it was fun!

I hope that you enjoyed my projects for this month’s Stylin’ Stampin’ Squad Blog Tour. Click below to head on over to Heidi Boos blog to see what amazing projects she has to share with you today! Thank you so much for visiting and I hope that you have a wonderful day! 🙂

Blog Tour List:

Shellie G. of Craft Smashup
Annie L. of Love Me Cards
Nancy B. of Lady Stamps-A-Lot
Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
Tonya B. of Stampin’ with Tonya
Dawn S. of Dawn’s Creative Chalet
Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
Justin K of JK Cards
Heidi B of Stuck on Stampin’
Jennifer B of NW Stamper
Bree of Craft-somnia
Diana E of Stampin’ Fun with Diana
Darcy J of Dj’s Stampin Place

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Recover Rapidly Card:

Card Stock: Primrose Petals, River Rock and Whisper White

Ink: River Rock and Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Patterned Occasions Clear Mount

Punch: Word Window

Tools: Essentials paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Thanks So Much Card:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Gumball Green and Bashful Blue

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stamp Set: Oh, Hello! Clear Mount

Big Shot Dies: Beautiful Butterflies L and Lattice

Embellishments: Large Basic Jewel Pearls

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Spritzer, Mini Glue Dots, Crystal Effects, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 5, 2013January 6, 2016

Mojo 279

Hello there! One day down, four more to go! How was your Monday? Mine was actually pretty good. I had techniques class last night and we always have a great time. I have to say that if I could craft all day I would be the happiest person on the planet! Steve Jobs once said that “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” I have definitely found what I want to do!!

Tuesday means it’s time for this week’s Mojo Monday post. Julee Tilman has provided us with a nice sketch this week…

I have some more Valentine’s cards to make so I thought this would be a great sketch for that. I used my favorite stamp set, that unfortunately didn’t carry over, Affection Collection. My card starts off with a base of Very Vanilla Card Stock. The background is created with a piece of Pool Party embossed with the Cloudy Day Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. For the square of Primrose Petals on top of that I used the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and adhered it to the card with SNAIL. The piece of paper is from the More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper Pack and is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. A thin piece of Basic Gray is embossed with the Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The greeting and the image behind the greeting are from the Affection Collection Stamp Set (Vintage). I stamped the scalloped image in Pool Party and cut it out with my Paper Snips. The love is stamped in Primrose Petals and punched out with the Scallop Oval Punch and adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. A button from the Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack has some Pool Party Bakers Twine threaded through and is adhered with a Mini Glue Dot. I love the way that all of the elements of the card go together and the Pool Party/Primrose Petals color combo with the slivers of Basic Gray is just great. I hope that you enjoyed my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card for this week. I really appreciate your visit and hope to see you back soon! Have a lovely day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Primrose Petals and Basic Gray

Designer Series Paper: More Amore Specialty

Ink: Pool Party and Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: More Amore Clear Mount (Vintage)

Embossing Folders: Cloudy Day, Adoring Accents and Needlepoint Border

Embellishments: Pool Party Bakers Twine and Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack

Punch: Scallop Oval

Tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 4, 2013January 6, 2016

Splitcoast Creative Crew February Challenges

Monday… back again! That weekend really flew by! What did you all do for the Super Bowl? I went to my friends house and had a good laugh and played with the little ones. It’s always a good time! I have to order my February 25th Anniversary Stamp Set and the Sent with Love bundle, I can’t wait to get that little plane! Did you order yours yet?!

For today’s post I have my Splitcoast Creative Crew projects for the February challenges. They come up with some good ones over there! I’m going to show you each card and then the products separately at the end. 🙂

My first card is f0r the Focus Challenge. They choose a doily as the product focus this month. I could be a stamped, punched or a paper one, I choose the new Tea Lace Paper Doilies for my project. The base of this card is Whisper White Card Stock. I used the Distressed Dots Background Stamp, inked in Certainly Celery, with some Certainly Celery for my background. Next, I adhered a Tea Lace Paper Doily to the card with SNAIL. The tea cup, and all of the other stamps, are from the Tea Shoppe Stamp Set. The tea cup is stamped in Versa-Mark on Certainly Celery and heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I used my Sponge Daubers to “color in” some areas using the emboss resist technique with Wisteria Wonder. The greeting at the top is stamped in Wisteria Wonder and punched out with the Extra Large Oval Punch. I backed it with a piece of Whisper White that i cut out with the Labels Collection Framelits Dies and adhered it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The tea bag is stamped in Wisteria Wonder on Certainly Celery and punched out with the Large Tag Punch (Vintage) and backed with a piece of Whisper White punched out withe the Extra Large Tag Punch. I punched a hole in the top and used some Wisteria Wonder Bakers Twine for the string. I love the Tea Shoppe stamps with the Tea Lace Paper Doilies, they make a fun card!

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Next up we have a Color Challenge. The colors are Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla and Sahara Sand. The base of my card is Very Vanilla Card Stock. I stamped the Woodgrain Background Stamp in Sahara Sand on Sahara Sand for the background. The greeting and the butterflies are from the Cross My Heart Stamp Set. The greeting is stamped in Raspberry Ripple and cut out with my Paper Snips. For the butterflies I stamped them in Primrose Petals and punched them out with the 1″ Square Punch. Some Pretty in Pink is punched out with the Postage Stamp Punch and used to back the butterflies. All of the elements are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I think the postage stamps work well around the greeting and I like the woodgrain background.

For my final card we had a Holiday Challenge. I went with Valentine’s Day since it the next one! The base of my card is Very Vanilla Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Pool Party with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for my background. The hearts and flag are form the Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set. The large scallop heart is stamped in Primrose Petals, the smaller heart in Pool Party on Pool Party and the flagged one in Primrose Petals. They are all cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Collection Dies. The tickets are from the That’s the Ticket Stamp Set and are also stamped in Primrose Petals and I punched them out with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. All of the elements are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the tickets and the Honeycomb folder is definitely one of my favorites!

I hope you enjoyed my three projects for the Splitcoast Creative Crew for the February Challenges. Go over to Splitcoast and search the gallery for creativecrew to see what the other team members have come up with! Thank you for stopping by to see me today! I hope that you all have a good day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used for Focus Challenge:

Card Stock: Whisper White and Certainly Celery

Ink: Wisteria Wonder

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stamp Sets: Tea Shoppe Clear Mount and Distressed Dots Background Wood Mount

Embellishments: White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and Wisteria Wonder Bakers Twine

Framelits: Labels Collection

Punches: Extra Large Oval, Large Tag (Vintage) and Extra Large Tag

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Color Challenge Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand and Pretty in Pink

Ink: Sahara Sand, Raspberry Ripple and Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Cross My Heart Clear Mount

Punches: 1″ Square and Postage Stamp

Tools: Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Holiday Challenge Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla and Pool Party

Ink: Pool Party and Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Hearts a Flutter and That’s the Ticket Clear Mount

Framelits: Hearts a Flutter

Embossing Folder: Honeycomb

Punch: Ticket Duo Builder

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 3, 2013January 6, 2016

Paper Players 131 :-)

Hello everyone! The weekend is just flying by again as usual. I had a nice morning in Manhattan yesterday, I got all of the things I wanted to get done done! It snowed here again last night, just about an inch and is still bitterly cold. The child and I went to Panera for dinner last night and had some quality time, always a good thing.

It’s Sunday so that means it time to play along with the Paper Players again! Before we get to this week’s challenge I wanted to congratulate Linda on being my choice for Cut Above on last week’s sketch challenge. This week Nance has a theme for us…

Not my favorite, or anyones favorite, card to make. They are unfortunately a necessary thing though. I think they should be as simple as possible so I kept my card just that. The base of my card is Chocolate Chip Card Stock. I stamped the flower images form the Nature Walk Stamp Set in Sahara Sand on Very Vanilla. The greeting is stamped on it too from the Word Play Stamp Set in Chocolate Chip. The bird is also from the Nature Walk Stamp Set and is stamped in Chocolate Chip. I backed him with some Chocolate Chip and adhered him with some SNAIL. Simple but not sad, that’s my rule for sympathy cards. I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for this weeks Paper Players Challenge from Nance. Click on over to the Paper Players blog to see what the rest of the design team has for you and enter you card so we can see what you come up with. Thank you for visiting with me and I hope you have a nice day.

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip

Ink: Sahara Sand and Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Nature Walk and Word Play

Tools: SNAIL

February 2, 2013January 6, 2016

Fab Friday Sketch 11

Hey there! It’s Saturday and I’m off to Manhattan this morning. I think I’m driving in so there will be no reading on the train today. It is bitterly cold here and quite windy. I went to dinner with Danielle, Anthony and Bill last night to Applebee’s. They have a Southwest Chopped Chicken Salad that is quite good. How are all of you doing today?

Before we get to today’s card did you see the cool little promotion that Stampin’ Up! has from now until April 30th? I have been wanting an airplane stamp for a while and wouldn’t you know it there is one in the new set! I really like the Designer Series Paper in it too. You can get a bundle of the Sent With Love Clear Mount Stamp Set, Sent with Love Designer Series Paper and a package of Calypso Coral Bakers Twine for only $25.50. That 20% off the price if you buy them separately. You can click on the flyer below to download a PDF to take a closer look.

The Best of 25 Years Stamp Set is also available. For February it’s the Best of Love with some nice Valentine images from past sets and one new one…

Now on to the post! Today’s card is for the Fab Friday Challenge. This time we have a sketch…

It was funny that when I saw it I thought that I would use one of these little paper bags that I picked up from the craft store. The base of my card is Daffodil Delight Card Stock. Down the middle is a piece of Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper. On top of that is the little paper bag that I stamped with the Sunshine Clear Mount Single Stamp in Tangerine Tango. The sun over the “o” is a piece of Tangerine Tango that I punched out with the 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch. I put it back in and punched it again to get the “pinked” edge. In the middle is a piece of Daffodil Delight that I punched out with the 1/2″ Circle Punch. For the banner across the bottom I flagged the ends of a piece of Tangerine Tango and stamped an image from the Madison Avenue Stamp Set in Tangerine Tango. The best part is that you can put a gift card or a little note inside the paper bag! I hope that you enjoyed my card for the Fab Friday Sketch challenge. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Daffodil Delight and Tangerine Tango

Designer Series Paper: Sycamore Street

Ink: Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Madison Avenue and Sunshine Clear Mount

Punches: 7/8″ Scallop Circle and 1/2″ Circle

Tools: Paper Snips and SNAIL

Non SU!: Little Brown Paper Bag

February 1, 2013January 6, 2016

Create with Connie and Mary 237

Woo hoo… it’s Friday! The end of another work week and the start of the glorious weekend! Do you all have some good stuff planned for this weekend? I’m off to Manhattan on Saturday morning and then I plan to have a relaxing day on Sunday. There is always so much to do and just not enough time to do it all. If I could give up sleep I gladly would! I could get so much more done!

Today’s post is for this weeks Create with Connie and Mary. This week we have a sketch challenge from the ladies…

A nice clean layout with some great possibilities. The base of my card is Whisper White Card Stock. For the background I embossed a piece of Midnight Muse with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Before I adhered it to the card with SNAIL I used some Sticky Strip on the ends of the Pool Party ribbon from the Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack to hold it in place. The panels are Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper and are cut out with the Scallop Rectangle Clearlit. I used my Stampin’ Trimmer to cut 1/3 off of each one and adhered them to the background with SNAIL. The fun little whale is form the Oh, Whale! Stamp Set and is stamped in Midnight Muse and cut out with the Happy Whale Clearlit. I mounted him to the card with some Stampin’ Dimensionals and used the same to adhere the greeting that is from the same stamp set and is stamped in Pool Party. I punched it out with the Word Window punch, it fits just perfectly! I really like the Pool Party and Midnight Muse together and the whale really is cute. I hope that you like my Create with Connie and Mary challenge card for this week. Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a fantastic Friday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White and Midnight Muse

Designer Series Paper: Sycamore Street

Ink: Midnight Muse and Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Oh, Whale! Clear Mount

Embossing Folder: Perfect Polkadots

Embellishment: Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack

Punch: Word Window

Clearlits: Scallop Rectangle and Happy Whale

Tools: Big Shot, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL