Juggling Bunny SC272

Hello!  We had an absolutely perfect weather weekend.  We went hiking on Saturday with the pup to Cheesequake State Park.  Despite getting a little lost (the trails were pretty beaten from last weekend’s storm and some of the markers were missing…so we got a little off track) and walking over 6 miles (double what we planned!), we had a lovely weekend.  I even found some crafty time to play along with OCL’s sketch (scroll down if you missed my Saturday post) and this week’s SCS Sketch. 

I used the new Chicken Girl Juggling Bunny digi and printed her on medium weight Copic cardstock.  I used my Nesties Tags Trio to cut out the digi sentiment.  The papers are from the new SEI Happy Day line and I used my circle Nesties for the main image and then finished it off with some fabric covered egg embellishments, a scrap of lime glimmer ribbon and some sparkle gems.

Thanks for popping in today.  I hope you have a great week!  Be sure to check the new section of the store.  I added just a few goodies over the weekend!

Hoppy Easter! OCLDT05

Hello!  Today I’ve got a card for you using this week’s OCL Sketch, as seen here!

I decided to use Hippity Hoppity and cheat a little bit on the sketch.  :)  It’s OK, right?  The images are stamped in Palette Noir and colored with Prisma pencils and gamsol.

I used some new SEI Happy  Day paper along with one of our EXCLUSIVE coordinating buttons.  Isn’t it adorable?  I also used the Quickutz A2 Polka Dot embossing folder for the background.  I finished it off with a silk bow and some fabric Easter Egg embellishments.

Thanks for popping in today! 

Five Minute Friday: Take Time for…

Hello! Happy Friday! Today’s card is a simple topper card using the new Hero Arts set, What’s Perking. I stamped the cup and the checklist in Palette Charcoal and then paper pieced the coffee gripper. The coffee has some Glossy Accents on it and the steam is Liquid Pearls Platinum. The designer paper is from Basic Grey’s Lime Rickey line. It’s so bold and bright and summery! I finished it off by just layering the checklist over a tiny scrap of red ruffle edge faux suede ribbon. See! Keep those scraps! I love the little checklist. You can check off coffee, tea, donuts, brunch, a walk or a friend – or a combination like I did here!

I’m hoping for a calmer weekend than last. Last weekend we got pretty pummeled by the Nor’Easter (including a pretty bad hailstorm, as seen here) and have some house damage. I know people with far worse – trees fallen on their house and/or car, etc. so we were pretty lucky. Still, it was stressful and I’m looking forward to a quieter and more productive weekend. The weather is supposed to be GORGEOUS so I think I'm in luck!

Have a good one. Thanks so much for stopping in today!

Product Updates

Just a quick product post update. Basic Grey Kioshi and Green at Heart are now in stock along with various coordinating accessories. I LOVE both of these lines. Kioshi is very pastely and perfect for Easter or Spring cards. Green at Heart is bright pinks and rich greens – very earthy and pretty. There’s also some new ribbon in. Several of the new crepe ribbons were chosen at CHA because they coordinated so nicely with these lines and the new SEI lines, Happy Day, Claire and Jocelyn. (Claire and Happy Day also have EXCLUSIVE polymer buttons that are being made especially for i {heart} papers. You won’t find them anywhere else! )

I’ve added some ribbon suggestions to the paper pad pages of these two new BG collections to help you matchy match your ribbons.

We also now have white cardstock perfect for your Copics! This cardstock is manufactured in the US and was developed under the watchful eye of Sally Lynn MacDonald, Regional Copic Certification Instructor…so she knows her Copics! It is 8-1/2” x 11” and is available in a Detail Blending Weight, which is a medium weight 80lb paper and also in a One Sheet Wonder, heavyweight 120lb paper. The heavier weight allows you to do one layer cards with no bleed-through.

For comparison purposes, here are my opinions. The medium one is perfect for printing your digis or layering. It is heavier than Stampin’ Up’s white, but easily ran through my printer (HP Laserjet 1012) and is about the same brightness but not quite as smooth.

The heavier one feels the same as PTI’s white but is a bit smoother. I haven’t tried running it through my printer yet. My printer can handle PTI but it doesn’t really like it and needs to be hand fed. It’s a bit of a baby that way. :)

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Have you missed some posts recently? Be sure to check out the new section of the store to see everything recently added (newest items are at the top!)

Thanks for popping in today. See you on Friday for Five Minute Friday!

Going Green IHP DT Challenge

So in honor of it being St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow, the IHP DT Challenge this month is Going Green – but not in the traditional green for St. Patrick’s Day way.  The goal was to use this sketch from PaperCraftPlanet and use a recycled item on your card.

Here is my take on the sketch.  The strip of letterpressed paper on the left side is my recycled item.  I’ve been holding onto this for well over a year (since Valentine’s Day 2009).  My friend does letterpress and is actually in the process of opening her own retail store in Chicago and sent this Valentine’s Day card out.  As soon as I saw it I knew I’d want to use that pattern for something since it was a dead on match for PTI’s Raspberry Fizz.  This was the perfect chance!

I also used my new Hero Arts set, What’s Perking.  Mmm…I love my coffee!  I made the scalloped edge with my new Classic Scalloped Petite Borderabilities.  I used my Oval Nesties for the greeting.  Both the greeting and mug are stamped in Palette Charcoal.  The mug is colored in with my Prismacolor pencils and then I used Crackle Accents on the mugs part and Glossy Accents on the flowers.  The coffee inside the mug has a touch of cinnamon Stickles.  And the finishing touch was three little gems.  I {heart} pink, even for St. Patrick’s Day.  :)

Be sure to check out the rest of the team’s projects here:

Carolyn
Cathleen
Deb
Gretchen
Kendra
Loretta
Lori
Lynn
Megan
Tracy

Thanks for popping in today.  Have a good day!

i {heart} copics DT CGD cards

Hi there!  I’m swimming in rain from this awful Nor’Easter.  We sprung a small leak in our dining room so we’re working on trying to figure that out.  But, I wanted to share with you the cards that the i {heart} copics DT girls made for this week’s Fabulous Friday Challenge.  Please come play along!

This week they all used some of the new Chicken Girl Design digis and here are their fabulous cards. Click through to view the full photo album.

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I’ll be back on Tuesday with the core IHP DT Challenge and hopefully a dry dining room!  Happy Sunday!

Five Minute Friday: Butterfly Birthday CAS57

Hello!  Happy Friday!  I’ve got a few things for you today.  My hand is mostly healed (at least enough that I don’t need the butterfly stitches anymore) so I’ve been getting busy in the studio.  So, with that, here’s my Five Minute Friday card, which is also happens to be this week’s CAS57 challenge.  Bonus for me!  :) 

I used some paper from the new SEI Happy Day collection and my Nesties Labels 8.  Then I used my Circle Nesties to frame the butterfly from my Lemonade Woolies.  I’m almost out of them!  What will I do??  I stamped my greeting from Birthday Sayings in Palette Cote D’Azure.  I finished it off with some Sparkle Blossoms in the corners.  Tada!

Next up, in case you missed it on Wednesday (and because I’m so excited about it!) I wanted to mention again that our Chicken Girl line of stamps has gone digi!  This month we’ve got 9 new images available (buy them as a collection and save or buy them individually!)  and today all of the design team over at i {heart} copics are doing their challenge with them.  Hop on over and join in the fun!

I’ll be back on Tuesday with our IHP DT Challenge.  I hope to see you then!  Have a great weekend!