Tag: Crafts

  • Cherry Blossoms Lantern Birthday

    Another fun filled day at The Ink Pad with Jane yesterday. After we closed up I made my way over to the Subway at Union Square and on the way I stopped in a looked around Urban Outfitters and Burlington Coat Factory. I’m obsessed with getting a new backpack, a really specific one. It has to be small but hold a lot and have a lot of organization inside! I have been looking for this backpack for a long time! LOL! Anyway, I stopped and got some pizza on my way to Kim’s and watched Kingsman: The Secret Service again while I had dinner. This morning I’m off to visit my friends Jon and Mary for a bit and then I’ll head back down to The Ink Pad for another fun day with Jane! I’ll make my way back home this evening, I’m going to see if Kim wants to have dinner before I go!

    Today I have a card using some new Mama Elephant Sets! The base is Neenah Solar White 110lb with a strip of Scotch Black Glitter Washi Tape down the left side. The main panel is a piece of Solar White 80lb that I used my Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool and some Hero Arts Tide Pool Ink on to give it that subtle blue color that I love so much! The images and greeting are from the Mama Elephant Lunar Extras Photopolymer Stamp Set. I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black, along with the string for the lights, and colored them in with Copics. They are cut out with the Coordinating Mama Elephant Lunar Extras Creative Cuts and adhered to the panel with Foam Tape. My greeting is stamped in Versa-Fine Onyx Black Ink and the panel is adhered to the card with Fun Foam and SNAIL. A simple card but I love the way that blue background makes the images pop along with the strip of black tape! I hope that you enjoyed today’s card! I thank you for stopping by today! Have a super Sunday my friends! 🙂

    Cherry Blossom Laterns Birthday-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Lunar Extras Photopolymer (Mama Elephant)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Onyx Black (Versa-Fine) and Tide Pool (Hero Arts)

    Markers: Copics

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah)

    Dies: Lunar Extras Creative Cuts (Mama Elephant)

    Embellishments: Black Glitter Washi Tape (Scotch)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot and Fun Foam

    Piglet MAT

  • Thanks Notecard Set

    Ahh… the day after Christmas. I hope that everything that you got was exactly what you wanted and that you will not have to be returning or exchanging anything! I had a lovely Christmas! My brother, Erika and Daniel showed up at my parent’s around 12:00 along with Taylor. The first thing that my brother did was to take Daniel outside to take some pictures. I also took a few and here is one of the cuter ones…

    Daniel & Goose 2015

    He so damn cute with his little vest and collared shirt along with his tie! Love that little boy to pieces! He gots lots from Santa and the rest of the crew. His favorite was his Thomas the Tank Engine train and track that he got. He played with that for quite a while. We had a tickle war, one of my favorite things because he has the best laugh! Andrew and his girlfriend Kayleigh stopped by for a bit and then after my brother left I FaceTimed Tracey and got speak to a big part of the gang over in London! We had a very non-traditional Christmas dinner, home-made macaroni and cheese along with some ham, actually one of my favorites! After dinner I came home and crafted for a bit and then watched Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, very good just like the rest of them! Not a bad Christmas at all! I hope that yours was just as good! This morning I’m off to Manhattan for the weekend, I’m going to stay at Kim’s and hang at The Ink Pad, Saturday with Barbara and Sunday with Jane. Should be a fun relaxing weekend!

    So after Christmas what’s the next card that we need? Why Thank You cards of course! I made a quick and simple set using a Winter stamp. I love when you can use a stamp for other things than what it was intended for! My cards are all Neenah Solar White 80lb Card Stock. I stamped them all with the Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow Background Stamp, two with Simon Says Stamp Mint Candy Ink and the other two with Simon Says Stamp Hydrangea Ink. Across the middle of each one is a strip of Recollections Silver Glimmer Tape. I used the Hero Arts Thanks Stamp & Cut Set to cut out some Black 110lb and adhered them to the cards with Multi-Matte Medium. The rest of the greeting is stamped in Versa-Fine Onyx Black Ink. Like I said really simple and that Falling Snow Background Stamp just looks like fun confetti! I hope that you like the set of Thank You cards for today’s post! Thank you so much for stopping by and have a spectacular Saturday! 🙂

    Thanks Notecard Set-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set & Dies: Falling Snow Background (Simon Says Stamp) and Thanks Stamp & Cut Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

    Ink: Mint Candy and Hydrangea (Simon Says Stamp) and Onyx Black (Versa-Fine)

    Card Stock: Solar White 80lb (Neenah) and Black 110lb (Recollections)

    Embellishments: Silver Glitter Tape (Recollections)

    Adhesive: Multi-Matte Medium

    Tools: Big Shot

    Piglet MAT

  • Merry Christmas!!

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    A very Merry Christmas to you all! I had a somewhat productive Christmas Eve. I had lunch with Heather and then came back home and did some crafty things. After dinner I sat down and watched one of my favorite movies, The Holiday. Today I’ll watch Love Actually, another favorite! And yes, I was at Target last night at 9:00 getting some last minute things! It wasn’t too crowded so I was in and out in no time!

    Today’s post is a short one! I have two more ornaments and a card to share with you. I won’t bore you with the details! LOL! Just some pictures and a supply list so you can take a quick peek and get back to your festivities!

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    Daniel Xmas Card 2015-WM

    I hope that you enjoyed them and thanks for stopping by! Have a very Happy Christmas!! XO 🙂

     

    Products used:

    Ornaments:

    Stamp Sets: Season’s Tweetings and Making Frosty Friends Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Tide Pool (Hero Arts)

    Markers: Copics

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah)

    Dies: Scene It: Basic Backer (Papertrey Ink), Season’s Tweetings and Making Frosty Friends Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

    Embellishments: Chunky Glitter (Martha Stewart) and Black & White Baker’s Twine (Hemptique)

    Other: Ornament (Nicole)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot

    Card:

    Stamp Sets: Making Frosty Friends Photopolymer, Owen’s ABC’s and Trim the Tree (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Markers: Copics

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah)

    Dies: Making Frosty Friends Lawn Cuts and Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot

    Piglet MAT

  • Merry & Bright Snowflake Spinner Card

    Happy Christmas Eve everyone! It’s going to be in the high 60’s here today, I like that temperature for Christmas Eve! Yesterday it rained all day, again, still better than snow! I went to the mall with Brian in the morning, yes, he had to go to the one that they had the shooting at on Tuesday! It wasn’t too crowded and he got all of the stuff that he needed to get. After that we came back to my house so I could get the plates off of my old car and finally turn them in. Christmas week is a good time to go to Motor Vehicles, I was in and out in 15 minutes! After that I hung around the house and FaceTimed with Andrea for a while and worked on some crafty stuff. Today is Michael’s birthday! A very Happy Birthday to you Mr. Trent!! I hope that you have a wonderful day! I have a bunch of last minute projects to get done today so I will be a busy little boy! Are you all done?!

    Today I have a relatively easy and fun spinner card for you! I started by cutting a circle out of a piece of Neenah Solar White 110lb and one out of Solar White 80lb with the Simon Says Stamp Nesting Circles Craft Dies. Next I used the Simon Says Stamp Nadine Snowflake to cut out two pieces of Solar White 80lb and a piece of Aqua Smooth Glitter Paper. I applied some Elmer’s Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive to the backs of all of the pieces and then sandwiched a piece of DMC Silver Thread between the white snowflakes before adhering the glitter one. A layer of SNAIL is applied to the back of the front panel and the thread is placed on it before adhering it to the base. I ran the card through my Big Shot in a piece of folded computer paper to make sure that it was adhered together really well. Another piece of the Aqua Smooth Glitter Paper along with some Solar White 110lb is then cut out with the Simon Says Stamp Merry & Bright Craft Dies. Some more spray adhesive adheres them to each other and the card. Not too complicated but it’s a really fun effect when you open the card and the snowflake spins around changing from aqua to white! I hope that you enjoyed today’s card and that you are finished with your Holiday preparations! Thanks for stopping by and have a productive Thursday! 🙂

    Merry & Bright Snowflake Spinner-WM

    Merry & Bright Snowflake Spinner White-WM

    Products used:

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah)

    Specialty Paper: Aqua Smooth Glitter (Recollections)

    Dies: Nested Circles, Nadine Snowflake and Merry & Bright (Simon Says Stamp)

    Embellishments: Silver Thread (DMC)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive (Elmer’s)

    Tools: Big Shot

    Piglet MAT

  • Mason Jar Joy

    And there are a little less than two more days left until Christmas! Am I ready… nope! I got a few more things accomplished yesterday before I headed into Manhattan for a bit to see Isabella. It was a very rainy and damp day here yesterday and looks to be the same today, but it’s still nice and warm! Heather picked me up from the Hicksville Station with some Wendy’s and we ran over to Target to pick up some odds and ends. I stopped back home for a few minutes before heading over to Heather’s for Thirsty Tuesday! We had to do it early this week because Thursday is Christmas Eve! A good time was had by all as usual! I finished my card that I was working on when I got home and then was too tired so off to bed. Apparently I was really tired because I woke up late today!

    The card for today is a simple shaker! I started off with a base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. On a piece of Solar White 80lb I stamped some images from the Hero Arts Winter Scene Photopolymer Stamp Set in Simon Says Stamp Cloudy Sky, Green Leaf, Khaki and Fog Ink on a piece of Solar White 80lb. To create the shaker I cut out the Hero Arts Large Mason Jar from a piece of Cherry Cobbler and heat embossed the sentiment from the Hero Arts Joy to the World Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder. To the back I adhered a piece of Acetate and then a layer of Foam Tape. Some Martha Stewart Chunky Glitter is added on top of the image and then I lined it up and adhered the two piece together. A strip of Recollections Sliver Smooth Glitter Paper is adhered to the base and then the shaker panel is adhered next to that. A pretty quick and simple shaker to make but still a fun card to give! I hope that you enjoyed my card for today! Thanks very much for visiting and have a wonderful Wednesday! 🙂

    Mason Jar Joy-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Sets: Joy to the World and Winter Scene Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

    Ink: Cloudy Sky, Green Leaf, Khaki, and Fog (Simon Says Stamp)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb & 80lb (Neenah) and Cherry Cobbler (Stampin’ Up!)

    Specialty: Acetate (Amazon) and Silver Smooth Glitter Paper (Recollections)

    Dies: Large Mason Jar (Hero Arts)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool

    Piglet MAT

  • NYC Coffee Ornament

    Yet another fun day at The Ink Pad! There was a steady flow of customers all day and one of them just happened to be Julianne Moore! Talk about nice! Such a sweet lady and just as amazing in person as she is in the movies! Anna and I had some Hummus & Pita Co. for lunch and it was quite tasty, for dessert some Starbucks! Still loving that Holiday Spice Flat White! I also got myself a Starbucks Christmas ornament, the black and gold one! See isn’t it nice…

    Starbucks Balck & Gold Holiday 2015

    I love the NYC on it! I also managed to stay awake on the train on the way home and got off at my correct stop! Upon arriving home I had a little crafty time and then watched some TV. I’m back in the city again tomorrow to see my friend Isabella for a bit!

    My crafty project for last night was another ornament, I know, I’m a little obsessed, but they are so much fun to make! The backing for this one is Ivory 110lb Card Stock that I cut out with the Papertrey Ink Basic Backer Die. Another piece of Ivory 110lb is cut out with the Simon Says Stamp Nested Circles Craft Dies. The skyline is cut form Black 110lb Card Stock with the My Favorite Things Die-namics New York Skyline Die and then again with the Nested Circle for a perfect fit. The greeting and coffee cups are form the Lawn Fawn Love You A Latte Photopolymer Stamp Set, I stamped heat embossed the greeting with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder on Vellum also cut out with the Nested Circles and the coffee cups are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored in with Copics. I added some Uni-Ball Gold Gel Pen and Sakura Black Glaze Pen to the black cup and a little Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen to the red one. I adhered the greeting to the rest of the layers with Multi-Matte Medium and the cups are adhered with Foam Tape. A sprinkling of some Gold Chunky Glitter before I used more Multi-Matte Medium to adhere the ornament half and it’s finished! Here’s a little peek at what it looks like before it’s all put together!

    NYC Coffee Parts-WM

    It’s so much fun to put together all of the things for the ornaments and they really do look so cool hanging on the tree! I hope that you enjoyed my ornament for today! Thank you so very much for your visit today! Have an awesome Tuesday everyone! 🙂

    NYC Coffee Ornament-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Love You A Latte Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder (Stampin’ Up!)

    Card Stock: Solar White 80lb (Neenah), Ivory 110lb and Black 110lb (Recollections)

    Specialty Card Stock: Vellum (Stampin’ Up!)

    Dies: New York Skyline (My Favorite Things Die-namics), Scene It: Basic Backer (Papertrey Ink), Love You A Latte Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn) and Nested Circles (Simon Says Stamp)

    Other: Plastic Ornament (Nicole)

    Embellishments: Chunky Gold Glitter (Target Dollar Spot) and Black & White Baker’s Twine (Hemptique)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool

    Piglet MAT

  • Cherry Blossoms Window Hello

    Another fun day in Manhattan at The Ink Pad. I helped Barbara with the Christmas cards and did some other stuff around the store. Kathryn Erbe came in to pick up some markers for her daughter. She was sining along to Sam Smith which I had playing on the stereo. A very nice lady and still has that great smile that she had in Law & Order: Criminal Intent. The train was much less crowded on the way home and that made it easy for me to fall asleep. I woke up just as the doors were closing in Bethpage, that’s my stop! Thankful dad was able to come and get me from the next stop, Farmingdale. I haven’t done that in a while! I had some pizza for dinner and then sat down to make my card for today. I played with some new goodies that I got yesterday which is always fun!

    The card that I made has a nice spring-like feel to it! I’m hoping to coax the warm weather to come back! LOL! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I adhered a piece of Soft Sky to serve as a backdrop for the cherry blossoms from the Mama Elephant Lunar Extras Photopolymer Stamp Set. I colored it in with Copics and then cut it out with the Coordinating Creative Cuts, some Multi-Matte Medium Adheres it to the background. The front panel is a piece of My Minds Eye Wood Necessities 6×6 Paper. I used the Mama Elephant Window Watching Creative Cuts to cut out the negative and then cut it again from Solar White 80lb and pieced it back in. The panel is then adhered to the card with Fun Foam and SNAIL. My greeting is the Mama Elephant Hello Script Creative Cuts, I cut it from some more Solar White 80lb and adhered it to the bottom of the card with more Multi-Matte Medium. I love that cherry blossom branch and it looks so neat through the window! I hope that you enjoyed my simple card for today! Thank you for visiting and enjoy the start of your week!

    Cherry Blossoms Window Hello-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Lunar Extras Photopolymer (Mama Elephant)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Markers: Copics

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah) and Soft Sky (Stampin’ Up!)

    Patterned Paper: Wood Necessities 6×6 Pad (My Mind’s Eye)

    Dies: Lunar Extras, Window Watching and Hello Script Creative Cuts (Mama Elephant)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot and Fun Foam

    Piglet MAT

  • Winter Wonderland Ornaments & The Ink Pad Tags Class!

    Sunday… the day of… rest?! Nah! I had a restful Saturday instead. I got my laundry done and did some crafty things, snuck in some TV. I love when I watch a movie and it makes you think, and not what you would expect to think about either. Anyway, today I’m off to Manhattan to hang out with Barbara at The Ink Pad. It’s going to be another chilly day, only in the 40’s! Where did those 60’s go?! They say they will back in a few days and I’m looking forward to their return! What’s on for you today?

    My project that I have to share with you today is another ornament, this time a shaker! I cut some Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with the Papertrey Ink Scene It: Basic Backer Die. The background is a piece of Black 110lb Card Stock cut with the Papertrey Ink Scene It: Skyscapes Dies. I adhered it to the backer with Multi-Matte Medium. Another piece of Solar White 110lb is cut out with the Sizzix Circles Framelits. I cut it in a little less than half and then stamped my greeting from the Hero Arts Winter Scene Photopolymer Stamp Set in Memento Tuxedo Black. My skyline is cut out of some Silver Glimmer Paper with the Mama Elephant Cityscape Creative Cuts and also adhered with Multi-Matte Medium. I added some Martha Stewart Chunky Glitter and then adhered the ornament half to the backer with more Multi-Matte Medium. A piece of Hemptique Black & White Baker’s twine tied through the top give me something to hang it on my tree with! I really do love making these ornaments and the Scene It Dies make is super easy! I hope that you enjoyed my ornament, they are fun to make and I hope that you will try one!

    Winter Wonderland Ornament

    One more thing before I go! I keep forgetting to post the tags that we made in my Tags Class at The Ink Pad last Wednesday! So here they are!

    TIP LF Gift Tags Class-WM

    Lawn Fawn Tags!

    TIP Mama Gift Tags Class-WM

    And Mama Elephant Tags! I had a lot of fun making the tags and everyone in class liked them too! I thank you so much for your continued visits! Have a serene Sunday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Winter Wonderland Ornament:

    Stamp Set: Winter Scene Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah) and Black 110lb (Recollections)

    Specialty: Silver Glimmer Paper (Stampin’ Up!)

    Dies: Scene It: Basic Backer and Skyscape (Papertrey Ink), Circles Framelits (Sizzix) and Cityscape Creative Cuts (Mama Elephant)

    Other: Plastic Ornaments (A.C. Moore)

    Embellishments: Chunky Glitter (Martha Stewart) and Black & White Baker’s Twine (Hemptique)

    Adhesives: Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot

    Lawn Fawn Tags:

    Stamp Sets: Toboggan Together, Winter Penguin, Love You A Latte and Winter Alpaca (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Tide Pool (Hero Arts)

    Markers: Copics

    Card Stock: Solar White 80lb (Neenah)

    Dies: Stitched Tags, Stitched Hillside Borders, Toboggan Together, Winter Penguin, Love You A Latte and Winter Alpaca Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

    Embellishments: Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen (Zig) and Green Sparkle Lawn Trimmings Cord (Lawn Fawn)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot and Mini Ink Blending Tool (Ranger)

    Mama Elephant Tags:

    Stamp Sets: Mini Messages, Blogging Buddies, Carnival Cupcakes and Carnival Toppers Photopolymer (Mama Elephant)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Markers: Copics

    Card Stock: Solar White 80n (Neenah)

    Dies: Pillow Box Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn), Mini Tags, Carnival Cupcakes and Blogging Buddies Creative Cuts (Mama Elephant) and Tags Collection Framelits (Sizzix-Tim Holtz)

    Embellishments: Black & White Baker’s Twine (Hemptique)

    Adhesives: Scor-Tape, SNAIL and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot

    Piglet MAT

  • Pals Paper Arts 280

    Yesterday was my friend Heather’s Grandfather’s funeral. The service was in Valley Stream and I went with Brian. It was a lovely service to remember a very nice man. I had only had the pleasure of meeting him a few times but on those occasions he was always smiling. The priest said that you should think of the times that you got to see him and remember what stands out most in your mind, for me that was him smiling. From there we went to the National Cemetery for the Air Force ceremony. I have never been to a military service and it was quite interesting to see. No matter when you hear TAPS played, especially on a single trumpet in the rain, it’s sad. But I can still see him smiling. After the service Brian and I had lunch and then I came home and stopped by parent’s to see Daniel, he can always make you smile too! I spoke to Andrea for a bit and then Taylor came over and we went to the mall so she could get some shoes. We stopped at IKEA and I got a few Christmas decorations and then came back home, spoke to Andrew for a bit and crafted before calling it a night.

    I haven’t played along with the Pals in a while but when I saw this weeks’ sketch a card popped into my head so I had to participate…

    PPA 280

    It’s a very clean and simple card but was fun to make! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. My background is another piece of Solar White 110lb, I wrapped some DMC Gold Thread around the bottom and then adhered the background to the card with Fun Foam and SNAIL. The tree is from the Hero Arts Joy to the World Photopolymer Stamp Set (I have been using that a lot lately!) and is heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder on Canson 140b Cold Press Watercolor Paper. I used the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a wet paintbrush to color in the tree. It’s cut out with Paper Snips and adhered to the card with more Fun Foam and SNAIL. The merry is cut from a piece of Craft Smart Holiday Foil 6×6 Paper with the Simon Says Stamp Deco Tree Craft Dies and is adhered to the tree with Multi-Matte Medium. A few Pretty Pink Posh Christmas and Seattle Mix Sequins scattered across the front complete the card. I love the heat embossed and watercolored images, the variation in color is so cool! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge! Thank you for visiting today! Have a super Saturday! 🙂

    PPA 280-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Joy to the World Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Markers: Clean Color Real Brush Pens (Zig)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah)

    Specialty Paper: 140b Cold Press Watercolor (Canson) and Holiday Foil 6×6 Pad (Craft Smart)

    Embellishments: Gold Thread (DCM) and Holiday and Seattle Sequin Mixes (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Dies: Deco Trees (Simon Says Stamp)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

    Piglet MAT

  • Freshly Made Sketches 217

    Happy Friday! Made it through another week! It rained here all day yesterday, but I will take that and 60 degrees over snow any day! I got a late start to my morning, woke up with a headache, never fun. I finally got my act together and went over to my friend Sue’s house to work on some more Etsy stuff. We took a break and had lunch at Panera, I had the Tomato Soup (my favorite) and a grilled cheese, perfect lunch for a rainy day! We stopped at the Post Office and then finished up and I headed home for some dinner with my Parents and Daniel. Daniel and I played with his colored pencils and he told me what color they were and then counted them as he put them back into the container. He’s pretty smart for a two year old! After dinner I came home and worked on some craftiness and then watched a little TV. Pretty good Friday!

    My card for today is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! I want to thank Amy for choosing me as her Perfect Prince for last week’s challenge! You can see the winner’s post HERE and my original post HERE! Now, here is this week’s sketch…

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    I of course saw a shaker card! Shocker! LOL! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. To create the shaker I cut out a piece of Mossy Meadow with the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles for the outside and the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles for the inside window. A piece of Acetate is adhered to the back and then a single layer of Foam Tape goes around to seal in the Chunky Glitter that I actually picked up from the Target Dollar Spot. A piece of Cherry Cobbler is then adhered to the back and seals in all of the sparkly goodness! At the top of the card is the Simon Says Stamp Christmas Token Craft Die that I cut out from three pieces of Solar White 80lb. I adhered them to each other and the card with Elmer’s Multi-purpose Spray Adhesive. For my greeting I stamped the & A Happy New Year from the Hero Arts Joy to the World Photopolymer Stamp Set in Cherry Cobbler and then adhered that to the card with more Foam Tape. I love the dimension that you get when you adhere the die cuts together and all of the sparkly glitter in the shaker is so cool! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! I thank you for taking some time to stop by and see what I’m up to today and hope that you have an incredible Friday! 🙂

    FMS 217-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Joy to the World Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

    Ink: Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Ink (Stampin’ Up!)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah), Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow (Stampin’ Up!)

    Specialty: Acetate (Amazon)

    Dies: Christmas Token (Simon Says Stamp), Large Stitched Rectangles (Lawn Fawn) and Stitched Rectangles (Simon Says Stamp)

    Embellishments: Gold Chunky Glitter (Target Dollar Spot)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive (Elmer’s) and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot

    Piglet MAT