Sweet Stamp Shop Sneak Peak Furry Friends Forever

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Hiya!  Tired of me yet?  I hope not, because I have so much more to share!  Nicole has been hard at work creating THE cutest stamps for the Sweet Stamp Shop and this little set is no exception!  It is adorable.  Furry Friends Forever has three cute woodland animals with a few fun extras in it, along with some sweet sentiments.  It will be available for purchase on the second.  How's bout a little peak?

Starting with a panel of cardstock, I stamped my furry little friends and colored them with Copic markers.  I then cut a strip of cardstock and adhered various pieces of patterned paper, trimmed the edges and popped it up on my panel.  I added a bit of twine and a button, then rounded the corners and adhered it to a brown card base.

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Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Dark Chocolate Papertrey Ink, White Holo's 
Patterned Paper: Farm Fresh October Afternoon, Dots & Stripes Echo Park
Stamps: Furry Friends Forever Sweet Stamp Shop
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Copic Markers
Embellishments: Button, Twine Papertrey Ink
Tools: Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers

The Craft's Meow Sneak Peak Whoo's Birthday

Hello again!  Thanks for holding in there with me this weekend!  So much going on here!  Today, the TCM team and I are showcasing a fun little set by Jenny Suchin called Whoo's Birthday!  I adore her little owls and this birthday set is no exception, CA-UTE.  Here is what I made using it.

My card layout was inspired by a card Maile Belles used in a magazine pub, so to start I trimmed my card base down and adhered a little strip of Scarlet Jewel cardstock to the side.  I then masked and stamped my owls one on top of the other onto a white panel and colored them in with Copic Markers.  I added a couple of stripes to the side for balance and then added my sentiment in gray.  I popped the panel up with foam so that it hung off the side of the card a bit.

Well, I hope you've enjoyed!  Please come on back tomorrow for the big blog hop!  See you soon!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Sweet Blush, Scarlet Jewel, White Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Whoo's Birthday The Craft's Meow, Faux Ribbon Papertrey Ink
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Provincial Gray Fresh Ink, Chianti ColorBox
Embellishment: Pink Rhinestone Kaisercraft
Tools: Copic Markers 

The Craft's Meow Sneak Peaks Vintage Ornaments & Vintage Snowflakes

Hello, hello!  Today I have two cards to show you featuring the sets that Nina has created for The Craft's Meow called, Vintage Snowflakes and Vintage Ornaments.  These sets are gorgeous, and so well done!  I can see these being used again and again!  Let's take a peek shall we, starting with Vintage Ornaments.

I stamped the three ornaments in three different colors onto a white panel, tied around Aqua Satin ribbon and after stamping my sentiment in black, added a black rhinestone.  I then adhered the panel to an aqua card base with foam adhesive.

My next card features Vintage Snowflakes and as you saw in this card here, I stamped them onto a white panel with aqua ink, but funny thing, the orange ink I had used the time before didn't get cleaned as well as I had hoped and transferred a bit onto my panel.  I think I like the effect!  I then added some Hibiscus Burst grosgrain ribbon and stamped my sentiment, cut it out and popped it up.  After rounding the corners on the panel, I adhered it to an aqua card base with foam and added some pink rhinestones.  I had a bit of a thing with aqua it seems for these two!

I hope you have enjoyed today's sneaks!  Tomorrow I have one more set to share and then the blog hop!  I do hope you will stop back!

Have a great day,
Lindsay

{Season's Greetings}
Supplies:
Paper: Aqua Mist, White Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Vintage Ornaments The Craft's Meow
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Bermuda, Cherry, Lime Amuse Studio
Embellishment: Aqua Mist Satin Ribbon Papertrey Ink, Black Rhinestone Hero Arts


{Joy, Peace, Love}
Supplies:
Paper: Aqua Mist, White Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Vintage Snowflakes The Craft's Meow
Ink: Bubblegum, Bermuda Amuse Studio
Embellishment: Hibiscus Burst Grosgrain Ribbon Papertrey Ink, Pink Rhinestones Kaisercraft
Tools: Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers

Season's Greetings

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Hey again!  I really wanted to play along with the latest CAS-ual Friday challenge to use Laura's sketch, but realized that I have some pretty heavy posting coming up to their deadline on Tuesday, so...you get it today!  I also combined the sketch with the Embellish color challenge and use of die cuts!  Hello, I love dies!  The color combo is so dreamy too...

Starting with a cream panel, I die cut a negative out of the side using Spellbinder's Snowflake dies, and then flicked some ink onto in with a paint brush and Perfect Pearl mist.  Taking a piece of green patterned paper, I adhered it to the backside of the panel.  I then stamped a dotted line in that purple ink and die cut more snowflakes, applied the pearlized ink and adhered them together with foam, to which I added a copic colored rhinestone.  I stamped my sentiment (from the TCM set being sneak peaked tomorrow) in brown and popped it up onto a cream card base.

Here is a look at the gorgeous inspirational colors and the sketch I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by today, lots going on around here with Trunk or Treat at my church, family visiting for dinner and catching up on stuff.  Have a great one friend!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Vintage Cream Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: 12 Days of Christmas My Mind's Eye
Stamps:  Vintage Ornaments The Craft's Meow, Faux Ribbon Papertrey Ink
Ink: Silver Lilac, Chocolate Fresh Ink
Embellishments: Clear Rhinestone Hero Arts, Perfect Pearls Mist Ranger
Tools: Snowflake Shapeabilities Spellbinders

The Craft's Meow Sneak Peaks Season's Greetings & Santa's Little Helper

Hey there!  Welcome to day 2 of The Craft's Meow's November release sneak peaks!  Today I have a couple of projects featuring a lovely set done by Nina B. Designs and an adorable playful set my Maree Truelove!  First up Nina's set called Season's Greetings.

This set comes with the most gorgeous sentiments and one fabulous frame!  I chose to focus on the frame and I snuck in another set you will be seeing again tomorrow called Vintage Snowflakes.  I also wanted to do an unconventional color combo for Christmas of Orange, Blue and Cream!  I stamped the frame in blue, cut it out and popped it up onto a cream panel stamped with the snowflakes and adhered that to a blue piece of cardstock.  I then adhered that to an orange card base and added a bit of bling!

For my next card I picked out the adorable gifts in Maree's set, Santa's Little Helper and paper-pieced them onto a Kraft card base.  Tied around some black and white baker's twine and stamped my sentiment in black.  Easy peasy and fun!

I hope you have enjoyed today's previews, as I have loved showing you!  These sets are super fantastic my friends and I can't wait for you to see them in their entirety!  Be sure to pop on over to The Craft's Meow blog to leave a comment for a chance to win some stamps!

Have a great day,
Lindsay

{Joy To The World}
Supplies:
Paper: Orange Zest, Enchanted Evening, Vintage Cream Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Season's Greetings, Vintage Snowflakes The Craft's Meow
Ink: Enchanted Evening Papertrey Ink, Orange Amuse Studio
Embellishment: Rhinestone Flourish Prima

{You're A Gift!}
Supplies: 
Paper: Kraft Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Dots & Stripes Echo Park
Stamps: Santa's Helper The Craft's Meow
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko
Embellishment: Baker's Twine Divine Twine

The Craft's Meow Sneak Peak The Merry Best & Happy Hoo-lidays

Happy Friday my friend!  I am so excited about the next couple of post's here on my blog, because The Craft's Meow is releasing some fantastic sets!  Today, I am sneaking a peak at two of the seven (YES!  SEVEN) sets releasing this month, the first, The Merry Best by Kaitlyn Ord.

Starting with the HOHOHO image, I stamped it repeatedly down the left side of the card in Cherry Pigment ink from Amuse.  I then stamped the gifts, cut them out and paper-pieced them using Crate Paper's Snow Day line and then popping them up next to my stamped sentiment.

For my next card, featuring Jenny Suchin's adoooorable Happy Hoo-lidays set, I stamped the stacked owl image onto Kraft cardstock and did a combination color and paper-piece.  Added some patterned paper to the side along with a bit of pom-pom ribbon from American Crafts.

I do hope you will check out the other designers blogs for more sneak peaks!  You won't be disappointed!  Want to win these?  Pop on over to the TCM blog and leave a comment by 9 PST tonight!  As  always, thank you for stopping by!

Lindsay

{HOHOHO Merry Christmas}
Supplies:
Paper: White Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Snow Day Crate Paper
Stamps: The Merry Best The Craft's Meow
Ink: Cherry Amuse, Tuxedo Black Tsukineko
Tools: Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers




{Season's Greetings}
Supplies:
Paper: Kraft Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Picket Fence Lily Bee Designs
Stamps: Happy Hoo-lidays The Craft's Meow
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Copic Markers, White Gel Pen Sakura
Embellishment: Ribbon American Crafts

Brrr...

Hello, hello my friend!  Thank you for popping by today!  I have a little card to share with you using the Tree Traditions stamp set from Sweet Stamp Shop.  I love this winter-y set and the fun images Nicole created!

I focused on the little snowflakes in the set and stamped them in three different Distress Inks on the front of a white card base.  I then covered the images with a panel of vellum, to which I added a light blue panel, impressed with PTI's Linen and Canvas Impression Plate, as well as a die cut oval window.  I cut a strip of vellum and stamped my sentiment, attached it to my panel and adhered a bit of bling.

I hope you were inspired by my project today, here is a look at the whole set.

Have a great day!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Spring Rain Papertrey Ink, White Halo's, Vellum TPC
Stamps: Tree Traditions Sweet Stamp Shop
Ink: Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Faded Jeans Distress Ranger, Tuxedo Black Tsukineko
Embellishment: Rhinestone Flourish Prima
Tools: Large Oval Die Spellbinders

You're the Best!

Hi there!  I have a little card for you today using Sweet Stamp Shop's Halloween Owl-fits (which is on sale now!).  I took a totally non-halloween approach to my card today using the little star image from the set.  The layout was inspired by this sweet card from Cristina...

I added a bit of patterned paper from Echo Parks Dots & Spots paper pad and layered a pink card stock strip over it that I stamped with my stars in hot pink ink.  Stamped my sentiment from Scootin' By and added a little gem.  Lastly, I tied on a bit of pink and white baker's twine.

Here is a look at the set!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great one!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Cream Halo's, Sweet Blush Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Halloween Owl-Fits, Scootin' By Sweet Stamp Shop
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Bubblegum Pigment Ink Amuse Studio
Embellishment: Baker's Twine, Rhinestone Darice

A Non-crafty Post = Chicken Update

Hey there!  Thanks for popping by!  It is s rainy day here and I have been a busy bee getting some of my crafty deadlines taken care of, not much time for challenges or just-because-crafting!  Oh well, card making is fun regardless, right?!  Right!  So, since I have nothing to share I figured I would post about the chickens, since so much has changed since I blogged about them last!

John and I decided to add a couple more chickens to our flock, and found a lady who wanted to downsize hers!  Perfect!  Well, maybe not.  We got two younger Buff Orpington chickens that lay and are very domesticated.  They didn't stand a chance against Gretchen and Sassy!  We tried to integrate the new girls slowly but the other two just wouldn't have it.  So, we parted ways with them.  I know it sounds cruel, but   a nice woman answered our ad to take them and they are enjoying the wide open space on her farm.  We now have two gorgeous, happy chickens who have been busy giving us the most delicious eggs!

Along with their arrival, my so handy hubby got busy revamping their coop!  Love what he did with such little supplies!  All that is left to do is give it a coat of paint, yellow with white trim!  Can't wait!  Here is the new coop along with our two new birds...

Meet Sugar.  My favorite, I might add.  She is super friendly and doesn't mind being picked up.  She also loves to chat with you when you are near.

Meet Penny.  She is very young and hyper, loves to dig and is really busy!

Here is the coop that John rebuilt.  You can check out the original design here.  We had to make do with the size constraints given by our city laws, but found there is plenty of space for these two.  Don't mind the leafy mess!  Time to clean!

Some pics of the inside, which include, a dirt mix of ash, sand and dirt for cleaning themselves (keeps the bugs off).  A roost for sleeping, a nesting box for laying eggs along with feed and water.

Of course I had to leave you with a couple more pics of the girls.  

Thank you so much for humoring me!  I just love having chickens and sharing about them with others!  Some people may think it strange, but I have found caring for and watching these two to be so relaxing and gratifying.  Not to mention, delicious!  There is nothing like a fresh egg or two to make it extra worth while.

I hope you have a great day friend!

Lindsay

A BIG Happy Birthday Blog Party!

Hello there!  I am so glad you could stop by today because this is a special day!  It is my blog friend Karen's birthday.  I always enjoy everything that Karen creates and she is a sweetheart too, always leaving love on so many crafty people's blogs.  In honor of her special day, Erin invited a bunch of us to a party to celebrate Karen!  Of course she didn't want us to come to this special party empty handed so I made a few place cards for the special event.  Using the latest Embellish Challenge for inspiration, you had to incorporate buttons along with the specific color combo of Brown, Green, Yellow and blue,  so here is what I created for Karen.

Starting with some patterned paper from Jillibean Soup, I adhered a full panel to the front of a white card base. I cut a white strip and stamped my leaf image along with my sentiment.  I added a few Aqua buttons and a cut out bird, adhering the strip to a brown panel and then to my card.

For the place cards, I simply cut coordinating colors of card stocks down to 3 x 2 added polka dots to the side and a white panel, stamped with the same elements as my card.

I hope you have enjoyed the party here on my blog, in honor of my friend Karen!  Be sure to pop on by her blog to leave her some love and also to Erin's blog, as she has a list of all involved.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY friend!!

Here is a list of my fellow party-goers!  Be sure to pop on by to see what they brought to the party!

Cristina (who's also celebrating her birthday!!!)

Kelly Marie

Christina

Kelley Eubanks

Yvonne

Virginia

Laurel

Jen

Dana

Michele

Lynn

Lindsay <---that's me!

Amy

Aimes

Jen R

Lisa

Lynn

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: White, Simply Chartreuse, Harvest Gold, Dark Chocolate
Patterned Paper: Soup Staples Jillibean Soup
Stamps: Dandelion Dreams Skipping Stones Designs, Delicate Leaf Clusters, Dictionary Greetings Hero Arts
Ink: Harvest, Chocolate Fresh Ink, Grass Amuse
Embellishment: Aqua Buttons Papertrey Ink

No Orange? Boo!

Hey hey!  Life is busy here at the Amrhein house, and the motivation to craft is just not up to snuff.  I know, I have said it before, but when the mojo goes low a challenge I will play!  Enter CAS-ual Fridays Halloween challenge with NO orange.  It's funny, I don't usually make Halloween cards and I have no idea what I am going to do with the ones I have made but it certainly was fun to make them!

I broke out some Tattered Angels Chalkboard mist in purple and went to town on a cream panel, stamped the spiderwebs (from Happy H'owl'oween from TCM and matted it onto black card stock.  I then stamped the spider, cut him out and paper-pieced his eyes from white card stock.  Lastly, I added my sentiment with American Crafts Letter stickers.

That's about it!  I am hoping to squeeze in some more time this week for a couple other challenges I love to play along with, we shall see.  I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Simply Chartreuse, Vintage Cream Papertrey Ink, Black TPC
Stamps: Happy H'owl'oween The Craft's Meow
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko
Embellishment: Vinyl Letter Stickers American Crafts, Black Embroidery Floss DMC
Tools: Purple Chalk Mist Tattered Angels

Owl Thanksgiving

Hey!  Thanks for popping in!  It is so rainy and yucky here and perfect for getting crafty.  I have a little card to share using Thanksgiving Owl-fits' from the Sweet Stamp Shop.

Layering some patterned paper onto a black card stock panel, I then stamped and trimmed my sentiment pennant and adhered it.  Stamped, colored and cut out little Melvin and popped him up on the card, easy peasy!

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a great day!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: White Papertrey Ink, Black TPC
Patterned Paper: Blast Off BoBunny
Stamps: Thanksgiving Owl-fits' Sweet Stamp Shop
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Copic Markers, Harvest Fresh Ink
Embellishment: Glossy Accents Ranger

Vintage Happy Birthday To You

Hey there!  I was able to get a little crafty today and made this card for the latest Moxie Fab World challenge: Textured To Perfection.  Lately, I have been on a CAS kick that really doesn't lend itself to a lot of texture.  So I tried to break out and try patterned paper and use up some of the flowers in my drawer!

Using Authentique's Halloween line, I matted it onto black card stock and then onto a Kraft card base.  I layered some different fabric flowers, along with some older mulberry paper flowers from Prima and secured with a big pearl brad.  Lastly, I added a bit of twine and a couple of stick pins.

I never seem to have enough birthday cards around so I figured this girly card would make a nice birthday card!

I hope you have a great day my friend!  Thank you for stopping by!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Kraft, Rustic Cream Papertrey Ink, Black TPC
Patterned Paper: Glowing Authentique Paper Co. 
Stamps: Faux Labels Papertrey Ink
Embellishment: Fabric Flowers K& Co., Mulberry Flowers Prima, Stick Pins Maya Road, Twine Westrim Crafts

Turquoise Butterfly Congratulations

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Hello and happy Saturday!  I hope you are enjoying your weekend and had a chance to hop around to see all of the fabulous projects made for Operation Julie's Smile.  It is still going on now through tomorrow evening, lots of prizes and of course help for the wonderful Julie Ranae.  You can donated by clicking the Paypal logo on the side bar.

Now, how's bout a card?  YEAH!  I have to tell you, the mojo is still a little weak and I just haven't been feeling crafty, so when that happens I look for a challenge and in this particular situation I knew I had to CASE (copy and selectively edit) someone.  Enter the CASE Study challenge.  Chupa does an amazing job with this challenge blog, always a fabulous muse.  This week it is Niki Estes.  When I started papercrafting I remember always stalking her blog for ideas and inspiration, whoa can she color!  Here is the card I made based off of her gorgeous creation.

Starting with a cream base, I masked off a square and stamped my music background strip repeatedly, added a few strips of card stock with my sentiment along with a die cut circle and colored butterfly.

I took Cristina's advice and looked at the picture for a few seconds and walked away.  I then tried to recall the three, in this case four, design elements that stuck out to me, which were the music, turquoise, butterfly and circle.

Here is a look at Niki's card:

I hope you enjoyed and hopefully I will be back with more later.  Take care my friend and have a great weekend!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Vintage Cream, Smokey Shadow, Hawaiian Shores
Stamps: Timeless Textures Skipping Stones Design, Antique Engravings Hero Arts, Cursive Congratulations Stampabilities 
Ink: Slate Fresh Ink, Ocean Amuse Studios, Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Antique Linen Ranger
Embellishment: Glossy Accents Ranger
Tools: Copic Markers, Lrg Circle Dies Spellbinders