Happy Thursday, everyone! I am sharing bunches of daisies today. I am pleased to announce that this set is part of the design team cards for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge starting today at 1pm. My elements are encouragement, yellow, and a matching envelope. My card was inspired by one made by Kulbir for the new Stampersanonymous release; and my envelope was inspired by my Flower Fairy card.

Why not tiptoe over to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge and check out the amazing creations from the talented design team members.

Back to making….

These are actually very easy and fast projects.

The card: Using white card stock, cut your white border to 4.25in x 5.5in and emboss. Cut your inside layer from the same white card stock using the deckle trimmer. Trim Posit-it tape using the deckle trimmer; this will give you the jagged edge to your coloring. Use the cut Post-it tape to create a white border. Stamp using black ink. Color the background using a Copic Marker and the flowers with watercolor pencils. Stamp your sentiment with embossing ink on black cardstock and emboss. Cut a yellow background layer and apply your layers to your black card base.

The envelope: Using yellow cardstock, create an envelope base. Fold the envelope to allow it to fit into your stamping platform. For this technique, you stamp the image twice, once before and after painting. I find it easiest to leave the envelope on the platform while I paint to avoid poor realignment. I stamped with ink, painted the petals with acrylic paint, allowed it dry, and stamped a second time. Repeat for the other corner.

*Technique note regarding stamping platforms. I did not find this technique to work on my Misty platform, as the stamp has to fall off the edges of the envelope, and Misty needs to be bigger for this to happen. If you have the Misty platform for scrapbooking, it will work beautifully. I used the Tim Holtz platform, as you can allow parts of the envelope to be off the platform, and held the envelope in place with low tack tape.

Supplies used:

• Cardstock: White White by Fabiano, yellow and black from the stash.
• Stamps: Stampendous Daisy Thanks, Stampersanonymous Tiny Text CMS394
• Ink: Versamark Onyx Black, Versamark embossing ink
• Paint: Golden Zinc White
• Watercolor pencils: Tim Holtz Mustard Seed, Rustic Wilderness
• Embossing Folder: Sizzix – Tim Holtz 3D Foliage
• White Embossing Powder from Ranger
• Deckle Trimmer by Tim Holtz
• Envelope Punch Board by We R Memory Keepers
• Guillotine trimmer (mine is so old I have no idea who made it)

Challenges entered: SSS Monday Challenge, SSS Wednesday Challenge, As You Like it Challenge (Daisies are my favorite as they are cheery & bright), Cupckae Inspiration Challenge, Double Trouble (Round & Round the Garden), Park Hopping My Happy Place (Flower & Garden Festival), Can You Handle The Pressure, The Alphabet Challenge (the card)

Hello, everyone! Eden here bringing you a Mother’s Day Card with a vintage vibe. Emily is taking a long journey on her bike and is thrilled to see a strawberry field. She dismounts her bike, picks a few berries, and has a feast fit for a king. Of course, she has paid the farmers for their produce and is happy to be on her way home.

Challenges entered: Craft Roulette, Lawnfawnatics, Park Hopping My Happy Place (Strawberry Caterpillar Roller Coaster Roevenrshagen Amesmentt Park, Germany), Double Trouble Challenge,

Happy Saturday, everyone! Rosie and Bernie are sharing their memories of last Christmas when they traveled to Hann’s Christmas Tree Farm in Oregon, WI. Oh, the memories of Santa, Mrs. Claus, and choosing their own tree to harvest. They were surprised that it fit into their VW van. This pair does love their vintage ride. Santa himself took this picture of them just before leaving the farm.

Challenges entered: Craft Roulette, Tic Tac Toe Challenge (Cute, Family, Coloring), NBUS Challenge, Park Hopping My Happy Place (Santa’s Village where it’s always Christmas), Dream Valley Challenge

Good morning, everyone! And welcome back! I’m back with a new card today. Yep, it is a card in the shape of a tag. Amazingly enough, I have created a one-layer card. WOW! Lots of inky fun layers. The background is ink rolled onto paper with a brayer in a random pattern with images stamped to add interest. The Dreamfinder & sentiment are stamped with black ink just before distressing the edges. For the inside, I cut down the sides of the tag, stamped the lines, and added the circle punch. The supplies are listed below. Enjoy!

Supplies used:

• Paper: Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock, White 80lb cardstock from the stash
• Background Inks: Distress Oxide in Milled Lavendar, Villanous Potion, Uncharted Mariner, Kitsch Flamingo, Antique Linen, Prize Ribbon, Rustic Wilderness
• Stamping Inks: Versafine Onxy Black Ink, VersaClair Inks (Twilight, Green Oasis)
• Stamps: Stampersanonymous The Professor CMS 395, Correspondance CMS225, Glitch CMS403, Composition & Lined CMS332
• Die cuts: Sizzix Die Cuts Framed Tags by Tim Holtz

Challenges entered: Double Trouble Challenge, NBUS Challenge, Park Hopping My Happy Place (Journey Into Imagination – the Dreamfinder), Pamies Inky Pinkies, Craft Roulette, 4 Season Challenge

Happy Sunday, everyone! I have fun news to share! I finally put my hands on a copy of the Crazy Cat and Crazy Bird die sets by Sizzix. YEAH! I finally have the entire set, including things and dogs. WOOO HOO! They are new to me, and I’m thrilled to have them. So, I had to break them in this weekend. I have for you today a z-fold easel card for a missed birthday.

The above picture is what it looks like closed, and the below is with it open.

Supplies used:

• Paper: Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock, Black-Black Cardstock by Fabriano, tan and grey cardstock from my stash
• Distress Oxide Paints: Black Soot, Chipped Sapphire, Antique Linen, Lost Shadow
• Archival Ink in Ground Expresso
• Stamps: Stampersanonymous Crazy Cats CMS 251 and Crazy Things CMS 250
• Die cuts: Sizzix Die Cuts for Crazy Cats and Crazy Things
• Prismacolor Pencils
• Versamark Onyx Black Ink.
• Embellishments: Foundry Wax in Gilded, Distress Grit-Paste opaque
• Stencil: Tim Holtz brick

Challenges entered: Crazy Critter Challenge,  As You Like It Challenge (critters win always, they are just too cute), Double Trouble Challenge, SSS Wednesday Challenge

I was visiting the Critter Crazy Challenge to enter a card for the month and decided to see who won & was chosen as DT favorites for last month. To my surprise, my Cast Your Doubts Aside and Fly was chosen by Carol G as her favorite. WOW! Thank you so much!

Hope your weekend is filled with joy with no stress or strife.

Hi everyone! Welcome to another month on the Park Hopping My Happy Place Challenge. Thank you for joining us for last month’s challenge, and we hope you can join us this month, too.

This card was inspired by Hello Kitty! She has a fantastic meet and greet at Universal Studios Orlando and is found throughout Sanrio Puroland in Tokyo, Japan.

This card was made using my Cricut and files from SVGcuts.com. The sentiment was embossed using Versamark watermark ink & Emerald Creek Aroma Spiced Candy embossing powder.

Park Hopping is hopping over to a new land for inspiration this month, Mythica at Lego Land, UK. Park Hopping pictures are for inspiration only. Any entry inspired by any theme park anywhere in the world is welcome.

Plan a visit to Park Hopping My Happy Place and check out the amazing creations from the talented Designer Spotlight. As always, you have until Sunday, April 30th, 11:59pm US CST time…5:59am(Monday, May 1st) UK time…6:59am(Monday, May 1st) CET to join in with the chance to win a  pin and a pad. This month it is Toontown with Micky and Pluto and “A Magical Place” by Echo Park.

You can also follow Park Hopping My Happy Place on instagram.

please add #parkhoppingmyhappyplace to your entry uploads so we can see them there too

I look forward to seeing what you create this month…

Have a Magical Month!

Challenges entered: Tic Tac Toe Challenge (circle, free=flower,die cuts), NBUS Challenge, AAA Card Challenge (Hello Kitty, Here We Go – comic book), Allsorts Challenge (Hello Kitty is in her garden), As You Like It Challenge (critters win always, they are just too cute), Critter Crazy Challenge