Ornate Butterfly - Crafter's Companion

Hey peeps.  So have you taken the time to fill up a shopping cart over at Crafter's Companion?  If not you are missing out on all these fabulous new dies for the spring summer collection from Die'Sire Classiques.  These dies are so much fun and fantastic for your spring cards.  Let's check out my newest card.

Wildflower Trio - Crafter's Companion

Hey peeps.  As promised I'm back with another card using one of the fabulous dies from the new Die'sire Classiques Spring/Summer Collection from Crafter's Companion.  I am so over the moon with these dies.

This stamp set is called Wildflower Trio.  This die set has three incredible dies.  They are perfect for making your spring and summer cards for family members and friends.  I decided to use the flower die and die cut it twice.  Once in green for the stems and then again in pattern paper to make the flowers.  The sentiment is from the Sheena Douglas A Little Bit Sketchy True Colors stamp set.

Here's a little closeup of my cute wildflowers.  Using this die with pattern paper the designs are endless.  Super cute and easy die to make fabulous flowers with.  To finish off my card I used some ribbon to tie the flowers together and some white ric rac down the end to add back a pop of white to my card.  You really need to head on over to Crafter's Companion and do a little spring shopping.

Well that's it for today peeps.  Hope to see you back here real soon.  I would love to see what spring cards you are creating.  If you would like to share them, send me an quick email at gotjoycreations@yahoo.com and I'll feature them here on my blog.

Go forth and be crafty~

A Little Country Cottage - Crafter's Companion

Hey peeps.  How's everyone doing? I know it's just the second day of the week but I do hope everyone's week has started off great.  I'm back today to share with you a card I made using the new Die'sire Classiques Collection Country Cottage die.  This die is part of the Spring/Summer collection over at Crafter's Companion.

I loved making this adorable scene card.  I added some curtains to the inside of my windows because you know a good set of windows need to be dressed.  LOL  This die even embosses the shingles and the bricks on the cottage.  So darn cute.

Here is a closeup so you can really see the detail on this die.  I also love the adorable door.  I die cut the door once again so I could have a little red door on my cottage.  For the grass around my little cottage I used my Spectrum Noir makers.  I also colored the sky with my markers but used some white paint to make my fluffy clouds.  The sentiment is from the Sheena Douglas A Little Bit Sketchy True Colors stamp set.  I love the sentiments in this set.

Well it's time for me to get back to making cards and working on some dt assignments.  I hope you enjoyed my card today.  Make sure you come on back later in the week for more fantastic cards using Crafter's Companion products.

Go forth and be crafty~

Your Next Stamp Blog Hop

Welcome back peeps.  So glad you decided to return and join in on the fun for Your Next Stamp April New Release Blog Hop!  We have some GROOVY projects to share with you today using some ADORABLE new stamps and dies!!!  The DT has had a blast playing with all of the new goodies, and we know you will too!

The hop starts on Stephanie’s blog, and if you’ve been hopping along, you should have arrived from Suzanne’s blog.

Check out my projects:

This fabulous card was made with the new Spring Fling Rainy Day and Spring Fling Garden die sets.  Aren't they just the cutest ever?!?  We have had a blast working with these new dies.

 And on to my next project:

For this project I used the new Spring Fling Cute Bike and Kite dies along with the picket fence, puffy clouds and grass dies already available at Your Next Stamp.  Do you see a theme here?!?! :-)

As always we have some fabulous prizes to be won!  Just make sure you leave comments on all of the DT blogs for your chance to win!  Winners will be announced on the YNS Blog Saturday, April 27th.

Karen is also offering some amazing specials at the Your Next Stamp store!  You will receive 15% off your order using code YNSAPRIL2013 valid April 24th-April 28th.  Plus, she has loaded up the YNS Bargain Bin and Retired Stamp Bin with awesome deals!

Now it’s time to hop on over to Peggy’s fabulous blog, but don’t forget to leave a comment before you go!  Thank you so much for stopping by and happy hopping!

Your Next Stamp - Tasty Tuesday

Morning Peeps.  Time for another Tasty Tuesday at Your Next Stamp.  This month's inspiration came from this photo from Karen.  Ohhh,,,they look yummy!!  I could eat a stack of those and have no shame.  LOL






Since the photo already put 10 lbs on me I decided to look forward to spring with my photo inspiration card.  I used all YNS die cuts on my card.  I LOVE how this card turned out.  Especially since I didn't have to color anything and I could use of some of my scrap paper.  The sun is from the Whatnots Seasons Set One, the trees from Tree Trio and the grass is the Fun Spring Grass.  I picked the sentiment from Poppy The Groundhog. 

And since the groundhog didn't see his shadow I'm hoping for an EARLY spring.  Well, thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed your visit.  I hope you join in on the fun.  Make sure you swing by the YNS blog to see more creations.

Hugs and love~

Your Next Stamp Sneak Peak

Hey peeps.  Boy do I have some exciting news for you.  Your Next Stamp is releasing the most adorable mini dies and images this week.  Here is a sneak peak of the Smiley Happy Critters.  Isn't he the cutest?!?!  The sentiment is from this set as well.  The large hearts are from the soon to be released Whatnots Seasons Set One that will be released this week as well.  Oh man, you are going to fall in love with this new release.










 


Here's a closeup of my card.  I put some googly eyes on him and colored the image with my Copic markers.  See the adorable heart die cut closeup?  Perfect size for a cute card.  Make sure you swing by the Your Next Stamp blog to see what the other ladies have done.  We will be having a blog hop on Wednesday so make sure to come back and check out my blog.

Hugs and love~

SCS Featured Stamper

Hey peeps.  So glad you are here today.  Did you like my little storage tip for your Spellbinder dies?  There is always more to learn when it comes to storage in your craft space.

Today I'm in my stamp room creating cards for upcoming challenges and release but I had a chance to swing by Splitcoaststampers and join in on the Featured Stampers challenge.  A big congrats to Rita for being chosen this week.  Her gallery is wonderful so check it out.

For my card today I used the trio balloon and grass dies from Your Next Stamp.  I love these adorable dies.  So many possibilities for birthday cards, thank you cards and the list goes on and on.  The only stamping I did was the sentiment and the clouds.  Can you believe I didn't even break out a Copic for this card?  YIKES!!  But I must admit it was nice to just go back to the basics.  The cloud paper is from My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Fly a Kite pack and the balloons where cut from Stampin Up Petals and Paisleys paper pack.

Well hope you enjoyed your visit today.  Come back tomorrow for a sneak peak of a stampset from Your Next Stamp.

Hugs and love~

YNS has DIES!!!!

Stop the press.....YNS has DIES!!  Yup that's right.  Karen is launching a line of dies at Your Next Stamp.  This is the first one to be released.  It's called holiday lights.  Don't cha just love it!!! 
YNS Dies are made in the USA of quality steel and are designed to work in all major die cutting machines. These dies cut through all sorts of different materials – paper, acetate, cork, felt and much more! Karen will include directions (in  pdf format) in every package plus she will post a link on the YNS blog so you can see them in action and have an online reference.  How cool is that?

Here's my card with the new stamp and die.  I love this new die.

Check out what some of the other DT members has done with their lights:

Karen (our lovely YNS owner)
Kerri
Maureen
Peggy
Amy
Jenny P

So many creations with just one stamp and die.  But wait.  There's more.  You have a chance to win the entire set.  That's right...the stamp and the die.  All you have to do is leave a comment on the blogs above then enter your name on the YNS blog for your chance to be the first one on the block with this set.  People will be so jealous. ;-)  Good luck everyone.

Hugs and happy stamping~