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About Makira

I am a mother of three wonderful young teens and we live with a houseful of cats with a dog sidekick. I enjoy crafts of all kinds and have a rather large obsession with anything Disney. I host two craft challenges: Colorful Options Challenge and Park Hopping My Happy Place Challenge.

Shine Like the Stars

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Happy Sunday Crafting, everyone!

I am here with a pastel-inspired card today.

This card was fairly simple to make. Start with some watercolor paper and ink stamp with a stencil of your choice. Use coordinating papers for the panel to the right and background. Emboss a simple sentiment using some of the coordinating paper as a border. Stitch the panels to the background and place them on a card base of your choice.

If you want to create this card, here is what I used:

  • Azteca watercolor paper, Strathmore Bristol Smooth Card Stock, Whimsy Stamps 6×6 paper pack (sadly retired)
  • Distress Oxide Ink: Spun Sugar, Tumbled Glass, Dried Marigold
  • Hero Arts Stencil: Scrollwork Stencil
  • Overdyed sewing thread & sewing machine
  • Stampers Anonymous Tiny Text, CMS 394
  • Lavender embossing powder from the stash, unnamed (probably bought 10+ years ago at Hobby Lobby)

Have a great week!

Challenges Entered:

Autumn Vibes

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Hey everyone! Welcome back to another exciting challenge at Park Hopping My Happy Place!

We were thrilled with all the fantastic entries for our September challenge and can’t wait to see your creativity for this month. As always, our challenge is open to any theme park-inspired creation.

This month’s inspiration photo features Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween party and the beautiful fall decorations throughout Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando. With the fall season just beginning, the oranges and pumpkins were a perfect match.

My color palette & theme are directly inspired by this month’s inspiration board.

Make sure you join in on the blog or on Instagram for your chance to win a gift certificate of your choice (Simon Says Stamp, Scrapbook.com, or Amazon). Visit the challenge to check out the amazing creations from the talented Design Team. You can’t win without entering! Come join the fun!!

For the Park Hopping My Happy Place Challenge, you have until Wednesday, October 30th, 11:59pm US CST time, which translates to 5:59am Thursday, October 31st in the UK or 6:59am on Thursday, October 31st in CET.

If you’re looking to recreate this card & envelope, here’s what you’ll need:

  • Azteca Watercolor Paper,black paper from the stash
  • Stampers anonymous: Pumpkin Head CMS309, Tiny Frights CMS468, Holiday Postmarks CMS 323
  • Waffleflower stamp die
  • Distress Oxide Archival Ink in Black Soot
  • Distress Inks: Spiced Marmalade, Crackling Campfire
  • Ranger white embossing powder with Tuskineno’s Embossing Ink

Wishing all the entrants good luck! Have fun, everyone!

Boo-ya, Orange

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Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another exciting month of challenges at Park Hopping My Happy Place and the Colorful Options Challenge! 🎨🌈 This month, we’re all about Halloween and orange.

I decided to use the color orange and go a little creepy cute.

If you’re looking to recreate this card & envelope, here’s what you’ll need:

  • Yupo paper, orange & brown cardstock from the stash, clear orange file folder from Office Depot
  • Alcohol inks
  • Tim Holtz Stampersanonymous: Poisonous CMS171, Boo Crazy CMS495
  • Distress Oxide Archival Ink in Ground Expresso

Begin by preparing your Yupo paper and alcohol inks; I opted for a vibrant mix of yellows, oranges, and a touch of brown to create a warm background. Once the background was dry, I added texture using the Poisonous stamp and Ground Espresso ink. For a playful touch, I stamped the Boo Crazy image onto a clear orange file folder using the same Ground Espresso ink. After fussy cutting my ghost, I secured him in place with Distress Collage Medium. Finally, stamp a sentiment of your choice and assemble your creation for a fun and festive project!

Make sure you join in on the blogs or on Instagram for your chance to win a gift certificate of your choice (Simon Says Stamp, Scrapbook.com, or Amazon). Visit the challenges to check out the amazing creations from the talented Design Team. You can’t win without entering! Come join the fun!!

For Park Hopping My Happy Place, you have until Wednesday, October 30th, 11:59pm US CST time, which translates to 5:59am on Thursday, October 31st in the UK or 6:59am on Thursday, October 31st in CET.

For the Colorful Options Challenge, you have until Monday, October 28th, 11:59pm US CST time, which translates to 5:59am on Tuesday, October 29th in the UK or 6:59am on Tuesday, October 29th in CET.

Wishing all the entrants good luck! Have fun, everyone!

Challenges entered: Word Art Wednesday, Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge

Purr-fect Hello

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Happy October, crafters.

We are celebrating the color ORANGE over at the Colorful Options Challenge.

My inspiration came from the center image on the inspiration board.

If orange is not your color, join us with a rainbow inspired entry instead.

Make sure you join in on the blog or on Instagram for your chance to win a gift certificate of your choice (Simon Says Stamp, Scrapbook.com, or Amazon). Visit the challenge to check out the amazing creations from the talented Design Team. You can’t win without entering! Come join the fun!!

For the Colorful Options Challenge, you have until Monday, October 28th, 11:59pm US CST time, which translates to 5:59am on Tuesday, September 29th in the UK or 6:59am on Tuesday, September 29th in CET.

If you’re looking to recreate this card, here’s what you’ll need:

  • Stonehenge Black Watercolor Paper, orange cardstock from the stash
  • Orange Gouache
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix: Mischevious, Wildflower Stems #2, Shadow Script #2
  • Distress Spritz Spiced Marmalade

Wishing all the entrants good luck! Have fun, everyone!

Hello Friend

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Happy Sunday morning, everyone!

WOW! There has been so much inspiration over the past two days: Tim Holtz with Ideology and Kristina Werner at Craft Roulette. Here’s what I’ve done this weekend.

Have you had a chance to craft this weekend?

If you want to make this, here is what you will need:

  • Bristol Smooth cardstock by Strathmore.
  • Tim Holtz & Sizzix Die sets: Funky Wreathes, Vault Foliage Wreath
  • Sewing machine with variegated pale thread
  • Tim Holtz & Sizzix embossing folder: Foliage
  • StampersAnonymous-Tim Holtz Ledger Script CMS241, Tiny Text CMS394
  • Range White embossing powder
  • Versamark Embossing Ink
  • Distress Spritz: Spiced Marmalade Fossilized Amber, Peacock Feathers
  • Distress Mica Stain in Fresh Balsam
  • Distress Spray Stain in Salvaged Patina
  • Acrylic Paints: Distress Paint in Picket Fence, Golden Paint CT Interference Green-Blue

Happy crafting, everyone!

Challenges entered:

Regions Beyond

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Happy Saturday afternoon, everyone!

I was so inspired by Tim Holtz’s Eclectic Elements makes yesterday! I had his Regions Beyond material and had to make a french bulletin board out of it for Halloween.

If you want to make this, here is what you will need:

Happy weekend crafting, everyone!

Challenges entered:

Makira’s Red Cat

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Happy Sunday, crafters!

I have a sequel to last week’s copic creation.

Yes, I am CASEing another artist. This time it is Jim Tweedy’s Charlie, the Red Cat. He was most popular in the late 1990s, early 2000s.

I did used essentially the same items as last week, stamped a single TH Crazy Cat image and did a bunch of copic coloring. Hope you enjoy!

Challenges entered:

Makira’s Blue Dog

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Happy Sunday evening, crafters!

I have a Rodrigue-inspired blue dog card today.

This card was stamped with Tim Holtz’s Crazy dog stamp and then spent a good time coloring with Copics. Below is the inspiration art I was CASEing.

Have a great week!

Challenges entered:

Green with Envy:

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Your Next Crochet Project in Bold Green and Black

Welcome back to another exciting month at the Colorful Options Challenge! This month, we’re diving into a world of vibrant, bold colors that will ignite your creativity. Choose any shade that speaks to you and let your imagination run wild!

I chose to do a color pop entry with a bold green and black.

If you like to crochet & want to make this here is what I used:

Have a great month!

Cheers 2

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Hey everyone! Welcome back to another exciting challenge at Park Hopping My Happy Place!

We were thrilled with all the fantastic entries for our August challenge and can’t wait to see your creativity for this month. As always, our challenge is open to any theme park-inspired creation.

This month’s inspiration photo features Epcot’s Food & Wine Festival. With September bringing the promise of cooler weather, a relaxing stroll with a cool drink sounds perfect. Let your imagination run wild and show us your magical creations!

My color palette is directly inspired by this month’s photo of Epcot’s Food & Wine Festival’s brochure. My theme comes from the cat’s of Disneyland & balloons (you can find these at every theme park). Originally I was going to place the milk bottle with the cat, but the balloon just looked better.

Make sure you join in on the blog or on Instagram for your chance to win a gift certificate of your choice (Simon Says Stamp, Scrapbook.com, or Amazon). Visit the challenge to check out the amazing creations from the talented Design Team. You can’t win without entering! Come join the fun!!

For the Park Hopping My Happy Place Challenge, you have until Monday, September 30th, 11:59pm US CST time, which translates to 5:59am Tuesday, October 1st in the UK or 6:59am on Tuesday, October 1st in CET.

If you’re looking to recreate this card & envelope, here’s what you’ll need:

  • Azteca Watercolor Paper, Pink & Mahogany paper from the stash
  • Stampers anonymous: Crazy Cats CMS251, Crazy Things CMS237,Grunged CMS402,
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix: Crazy Cat Dies, Crazy Things Dies
  • Miss Ink “Swirl” stencil
  • Distress Oxide Archival Ink in Hickory Smoke and Black Soot
  • Distress Inks: Aged Mahogany, Tumbled Glass, Pumice Stone, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry
  • Distress Oxide Crackle Paste Opaque
  • Element Stencils Christmas

Wishing all the entrants good luck! Have fun, everyone!