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Elizabeth Craft Designs Parrot Die Set

June 22, 2023 1 Comment

ALWAYS say YES to the Elizabeth Craft Designs Parrot die set! We all need this fabulously cute and joyful little parrot in our lives.You will find a variety of different ways to use this fun loving die set on the various Elizabeth Craft Designs social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Here is an adorable project that I found on their blog featuring this happy little fella.This beautiful card creation was designed by one of their design team members – Tina Guigui Dornbaum How stinkin’ cute and happy is this birthday card?! Tina used a variety of Elizabeth Craft Designs products to create this card including another fun die set called Playful Flowers. For all the STEP-BY-STEPs and all the product details CLICK HERE to visit the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog. AND remember – always say yes to the Elizabeth Craft Designs Parrot die set! Cause why not! Have…

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CARP! i missed your birthday ~ Mixed Media

May 8, 2023 No Comments

Good Morning! Kim here, haven’t seen you for a bit! Last December I officially backed away from Design Team assignments, life was taking up too much time and creative deadlines were harder to meet! I promised Jackie & Katharina that I was still their biggest fan and would send along a blog post whenever time permitted…so here I am! I find myself using up a lot of mixed media stash that I have these days; and there is a lot! This fun card for my nephew is a perfect example. I will often sit a have a gel plate printing session with my Ranger inks, paints and gel plates, they continue to be my favourites. Once complete I store all my prints in a ziplock bag to use in my art journal, card making and scrapbooking projects. That being said I cannot tell you exactly my process for the background,…

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Thank You Card by Katelyn Spencer featuring Elizabeth Craft Designs and Simple Stories

April 24, 2023 No Comments

Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans! For today’s blog post, I’m sharing with you how to create this Thank You Card using Wildflower Paper Pack from Simple StoriesA varity of dies from Elizabeth Craft DesignsSuper Stock from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine, a variety of inks from Ranger Ink and adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. You’ll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my card at home. To start, you’ll need the pink gingham and grey patterned paper out of the Wildflower Paper Pack from Simple Stories. Die cut a 4” Stitched Indented Rectangle from Elizabeth Craft Designs out of the pink gingham paper. Die cut a 3 ¾” Fitted Indented Rectangle from Elizabeth Craft Designs out of the grey patterned paper. Die cut a 3 ½” Stitched Indented Rectangle from Elizabeth Craft Designs out of a piece of cream cardstock. Sand the edges of both…

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Art Impressions Mini Critter Pots

March 20, 2023 No Comments

If you haven’t started playing with the Art Impressions watercolor stamp collection – well – you are missing out! Their HUGE collection of adorable stamps and EASY to follow video tutorials will have you creating stunning little watercolor creations in no time at all! Check out this card, designed by Mercy Sauer as seen in the Spring 2023 issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine. Mercy used the WC Mini Critter Pots stamp set to create the images of her card. Along with some of the Art Impressions WC florals and blooms to create the plants inside the pet planters! So stinkin cute I tell ya! Be sure to visit the Art Impressions website AND their YouTube channel. You will LOVE what you are going to find! Happy Monday Friends! AND don’t forget to pick up your copy of the Spring issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine where Mercy’s cute little card was…

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Welcome Little One Card Set by Katelyn Spencer featuring Echo Park Paper Co.

February 27, 2023 No Comments

Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans! For today’s blogpost, I’m sharing with you how to create these two Welcome Little One Cards using The Our Baby & Our Baby Boy Collection from Echo Park Paper Co.Dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs, Super Stock from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine and adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. You’ll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my cards at home. To start, we will create the New Arrival Card. Out of the Our Baby Boy Patterned Paper Pack from Echo Park Paper, you’ll need the mint star paper and the multi coloured star paper. Die cut a 4 ¼” Fitted Rectangle from Elizabeth Craft Designs out of the mint star patterned paper. Die cut a 3 ¼” Fitted Rectangle from Elizabeth Craft Designs out of the multi coloured star paper. Distress the edges of both papers. Next, you’ll need the…

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Adorable Monster Dies by Elizabeth Craft Designs

February 13, 2023 No Comments

In the winter issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine we featured this adorable little card in a huge readers gallery highlighting designs with a “Brick” theme of some sort.Tina Guigui Dornbaum from Laval, Quebec put together this show stopper! Of course the brick work in the background caught our eye but the real show stoppers were the dies that she used from Elizabeth Craft Designs. These dies are so adorable and we think need to be in your craft stash! Everyone needs a little monster in their life right?!?!?! Be sure to pop on over to the Elizabeth Craft Designs website to see the entire monster theme collection. Happy MONSTER Monday friends! The spring issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine is currently being shipped to our subscribers! YAHOOOOOO!!!! It’s a beauty! Find us at your favourite local scrapbooking store OR subscribe today!

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Happy Birthday from the Herd!

October 17, 2022 1 Comment

Hello Creative Scrapbookers! Kim here, just popping in with a very quick card share and a reminder that it’s OK to keep your projects simple! This easy card is simply layers of paper below my stamped and watercoloured image! I love how it turned out!I’ve been working at mixing my old stash with newer stash these days, it feels good pulling it out from far away corners of my craft room. This Stampin’ Up stamp is a favourite oldie for work birthdays! I paired it Wild Whisper cardstock and coloured my stamped image with Tonic Studios’ Nuvo Water-colour Pencils. Easy-peasy and ready for “the herd” to sign! Hope this inspires a quick and easy card making session! For amazing inspiration…subscribe to Creative Scrapbooker Magazine!

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Masculine Birthday Cards by Katelyn Spencer

September 27, 2022 1 Comment

Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans, For today’s blogpost, I’m sharing with you how to create these two Masculine Birthday Cards which uses the Simple Vintage Lakeside Collection from Simple StoriesDies from Elizabeth Craft Designs, Super Stock from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine, Ink from Ranger Ink and adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. You’ll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my cards at home. To start, we will create the Boat Happy Birthday Card first. Out of the Simple Vintage Lakeside Paper Pack from Simple Stories, you’ll need the Nature’s Story, Relax & Unwind and On Lake Time Papers. Die cut a 4 ¼” Fitted Rectangle from Elizabeth Craft Designs out of the fern side of the Nature’s Story patterned paper. Die cut a 3 ¾” Fitted Rectangle from Elizabeth Craft Designs out of the green patterned side of the On Lake Time patterned paper.…

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Say YES to the Front Porch Series by Art Impressions

September 22, 2022 No Comments

I am seriously in love with the Front Porch Series by Art Impressions Rubber Stamps. At present there are 7 different themed sets and of course the base set…. AND YOU need the base set in order to play with the others. From Harvest, to Easter, to Parties to Christmas and more! You can have some serious fun decorating the front porch! AND who doesn’t love doing that! Here is an example of some of this set in action. This card was designed by Renee Matares. Renee created the card using the Front Porch base set as well as the Front Porch Garden and Front Porch Farmhouse sets. JUMP on over to the Art Impressions website to see the entire collection. But be warned – you will want them all! giggle giggle! CLICK HERE Renee’s card was published in the Fall issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine that is on newsstands…

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It is CARNIVAL Week over on the Therm O Web blog!!!!

September 15, 2022 1 Comment

YAHOOO!!! Get your carnival on ALL WEEK LONG over on the Therm O Web blog! They are sharing gorgeous projects with step by step instructions and photos showing you just how they were created! I LOVE THAT! The theme is carnival so get ready for circus tents, Ferris wheels and MORE! And of course the heart and soul of all the projects are created with our favourite Therm O Web projects that include some of their NEWEST and HOTTEST release! Here is JUST A TASTE of one of the designs you will find over on the Therm O Web blog created by one of their design team members Justin Adkins!Oh my goodness this makes my heart POP!!! Justin used a variety of Therm O Web products including their NEW Deco Foil A2 Toner Card Fronts HAPPY EVERYTHING. Now YOU MUST CLICK HERE for all the details, products used and step…