Papercraft Business Challenge #17: EASTER

Hi Crafty Friends,
It's time for a new Papercraft Business Challenge! It's a great one for April...#17: EASTER! There is a wonderful prize too! See below. I decided to represent all the Easter characters with this darling stamp set of babies in Easter Onesies by Clearly Besotted.

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: Which is your favorite Easter character?
A: Me? I LOVE bunnies! They are just sooooo cute!

I used a copic markers to color up these cuties. I used a diecut to frame them and foam tape to pop them up in the "windows". I finished the card by doodling the edges, adding a few gems, and stamping the Happy Easter!

And for a final special touch, I made a matching envelope!

Join us over at Papercraft Business for this Easter Challenge and you could win this stamp from Penny Johnson called Chirpy! Don't forget there will be an ULTIMATE Designer chosen and the Top 5 Nominations. Challenge runs from April 1st to April 28th.
Enter Here! https://papercraftchallenge.wordpress.com/

Thank you so much for checking out my blog. Please take a moment to comment and follow so you can answer all the Make Crafty Friends Q & As and follow me on Instagram here!

Supplies:
Clearly Besotted All in Onesie Easter 
Patterned Paper
Copic Markers
Diecut Frame
Pink Gems

Hey Chickie!

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's finally beginning to feel like SPRING! So I made this sweet little flower card with the Your Next Stamp Easter Chicks! I love pastel purple and lavendar! Especially hydrangeas that are soft purples.

Make Craft Friends Q & A:

Q: What is your favorite purple flower?

A: Me? Purple Hydrangeas

I diecut the flowers using a retired flower die set from C.C Designs then I popped the chicks up in the center with a foam dot. I finished it with the fun sentiment and polka dot pastel purple ribbon.

Thank you so much for checking out my blog. Please take a moment to comment and follow so you can answer all the Make Crafty Friends Q & As and follow me on Instagram here!

Supplies:
Your Next Stamp Chickie
Purple Ribbon
C.C Designers Flower Diecuts

Challenges: 
ModSquad Challenge Pastel Fun
Tuesday Throwdown #428 Pastel Colors
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1912
Cupcake Creations #466 Color Challenge
Word Art Wednesdays Week #380-#381
Hero Arts National Craft Month Week 4: Anything Craft 
Your Next Stamp Challenge #110: Pastels 
Cupcake Creations #466 Color Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner #188: Spring Is Here 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes 
The Paper Shelter #376: It's A Spring Thing
Words 2 Craft By: #63 Happiness Inspirational Words
Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge Week 12: Anything Goes 
Simon Says Work It Wednesday: Spring Flowers

Unicorn Birthday Dreams Come True

Hi Crafty Friends,
I wanted to share this Magical Unicorn Birthday Card. I just love these PASTEL colors and the sweet pearl accents. I hope you do too!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What is your favorite way to accent your cards?
A: Me? I love sequins, gems, and pearls.

 I created the background using Picked Raspberry Distress Ink and splattering it with a darker pink ink. I diecut the clouds then stamped the presents on them and colored with copic markers.

 I finished my card by stamping the banner dies with these sweet sentiments and gluing the half pearls around my card.

Thank you so much for checking out my blog. Please take a moment to comment and follow so you can answer all the Make Crafty Friends Q & As and follow me on Instagram here!

Supplies:
My Favorite Things Magical Unicorns Stamp
Cloud Dies
Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry
Copic Markers
Kat Scrappiness Fishtail Banner Dies

Challenges: 
ModSquad Challenge Pastel Fun
Tuesday Throwdown #428 Pastel Colors
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1912
Cupcake Creations #466 Color Challenge
Your Next Stamp Challenge #110: Pastels
Word Art Wednesdays Week #380-#381
Hero Arts National Craft Month Week 4: Anything Craft 
Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge Week 12: Anything Goes

I'm Here For You: Even On the Cloudiest Days

Hi Crafty Friends,
I am so excited to be Guest Designing this month for Scrap N' Stamp Canada! I started this month with joining the Design Team's Pun Blog Hop! If you missed those posts HERE my first card, HERE is my second card, and HERE is the full HOP! It's Hilarious! Then I posted my first RAIN or SHINE card inspired by my adorable niece and nephew HERE (more pictures of them below).

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What do you call the shoes you wear in the rain?
A: Me? WELLIES! My brother lives in Ireland and that's what they are called there! I like that better than rainboots

I started my card by stenciling the clouds with Distress ink Black Soot on Bristol White Paper. I glued that down to the yellow base. I then die cut the clouds and inked the edges with My Favorite Things Blue Ink. I colored the little girl and duckies with copic markers and fussy cut them out. It took forever!

I finished my card by creating a FUN Puddle Splashing scene. I inked the edges of my sentiment and glued it to a yellow banner die so that it would pop from the card.

Thank you so much for checking out my blog. Please take a moment to comment and follow so you can answer all the Make Crafty Friends Q & As and follow me on Instagram here!

Supplies:
My Favorite Things Stamp Set Rain Or Shine
Colored Cardstock
Distress Ink Black Soot
Taylored Expressions Clouds Stencil

Challenges:
Crafty Gals Corner #188: Spring Is Here 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes 
The Paper Shelter #376: It's A Spring Thing
Aud Sentiments #223 Anything But Birthday
Word Art Wednesdays Week #380-#381
Hero Arts National Craft Month Week 4: Anything Craft

The Stamp Doctor Crazy for Coffee

Hi Crafty Friends,
Do you drink coffee? No?!?! Are you CRAZY!? Actually, I never used to drink coffee... I was always a tea person. I didn't start drinking coffee until I was 27! It all began when I got the morning shift at Trader Joe's and EVERYONE else was chugging it so I got to enjoying it. I am still a tea person and drink all kinds of loose leaf greens and blacks but have found I like trying different blends of coffee too. I tried a new blend this month from Starbucks (I have never had a Starbuck's cup of coffee) but someone got me a G.C so I bought their whole bean Sumatra. I love dark roasts and this one is GREAT! Inspired me to make a coffee card with my new Coffee Stamp Set from The Stamp Doctor! How cute is this?!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What is your favorite coffee blend?
A: Me? Currently I like Sumatra! From both Starbuck's and Trader Joes

Click the link below to get these awesome diecuts and SAVE 10% using CODE: madebymeghank at checkout!

Supplies:

The Stamp Doctor Coffee Circles Stamps

The Stamp Doctor Scalloped Border Dies Set of 3

Your Next Stamp 6x6 Crazy for Coffee Paper

Pink Ribbon

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes 
Stamplorations Theme & Sketch March Challenge (Coffee/Tea)
Aud Sentiments #223 Anything But Birthday
Word Art Wednesdays Week #380-#381
Hero Arts National Craft Month Week 4: Anything Craft

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Guest Designer: Rawr Means Let's Have Coffee

Hi Crafty COFFEE-LOVING Friends,
It's me again, so excited to be Guest Designing for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog! If you missed my first post (filled with rainbows and coffee), check it out here. For this post I decided to make an interactive card! Who wouldn't love a coffee shaker with a cute dinosaur?

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: If you could only have ONE Brand and Roast of coffee for the rest of your life what would it be?
A: Me? Organic Sumatra From Trader Joes Dark Roast

I started by making the shaker. I die cut the coffee mug out of the brown paper for the top and the coffee bean paper for the base. I handcut the center of the mug out and put acetate on the back to make then "window". I added the sequins and used foam tape to mount it on the coffee bean paper. Shaker mug complete!

I used some other fun papers from the Your Next Stamp Coffee Paper Pack to create the rest of the design. I used stitched square dies to make the mug stand out from the brown coffee bean background paper. Then I finished the card off with the sentiments cut in banner dies with distressed ink edging and popping the dinosaur up with some foam tape.

Thank you so much for stopping by and for having me as a guest on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog. I hope I gave you a little caffeinated inspiration and that you have a RAWR-some day. Please visit my other blog posts and Instagram here and you can answer my "Make Crafty Friends Q & A" on all my posts so we can get to know each other.

Supplies:
Gerda Designs Coffeesaurus 
Cas-Fridays Coffee Cup Fri-Dies
Kat Scrappiness Stitched Square Dies
Kat Scrappiness Raspberry Sparkle Sequin Mix
Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banner Dies
Your Next Stamp Crazy For Coffee Paper Pack 
Copic Markers

Challenges:
Gerda Designs March Challenge 
Stamplorations Theme & Sketch March Challenge (Coffee/Tea)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes 
Aud Sentiments #223 Anything But Birthday
Word Art Wednesdays Week #380-#381
Hero Arts National Craft Month Week 4: Anything Craft

CASE Yourself! Apple of My Eye

Hi Crafty Friends,
I have never done a CASE Yourself Challenge so I am going to give it a try with Lawn Fawn Fawnatics #49 Challenge. Last Lawn Fawn Challenge #48 was "Inspired by a Book, Movie, or TV Show" so I used that card as my inspiration to get my Christmas Card collection going. So here is my Christmas version of that card!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: When do you start making your Christmas Cards?
A: Me? NOW

 Here is the card I CASED!

 I switch up the patterned papers to be CHRISTMAS themed and added some fun sparkly gems!

Supplies:
Lawn Fawn Apple of My Eye
Sizzix Scallop Circle Die Cut
Sizzix Circle Die Cut
Ribbon
Ric Rac
Red Gems

Challenges:
Lawn Fawnatics #49: CASE Yourself
Hero Arts National Craft Month Week 4: Anything Craft
Double D Challenges: Gingham 
Mod Squad One or More Metal Dies No Digital
Creative Knockouts #290 Border Time
Aud Sentiments #223: Anything But Birthday
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 430: Anything Goes

Wishing You Rainbows, Unicorns, And Glitter

Hi Crafty Friends,
I am joining a color challenge at C.C Designers Challenge Blog with my FAVORITE color combo RED and TEAL!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What is your favorite color of the rainbow.... using ROYGBIV?
A: Me? RED

This is one of my FAVORITE images from CC Designs. There are just so many ways to color her! I had to add some sparkle to my creation because birthday wishes without unicorns, glitter, and rainbows are just no fun!

Supplies:
C.C Designers Unicorn Lucy Rubber Stamp
Your Next Stamp Rainbow Diecut
Your Next Stamp Cloud Diecut
Copic Markers

Challenges:
C.C Designers March Challenge Red and Teal
Kat Scrappiness Challenge: Rainbows
My Favorite Things Birthday Project: ROYGBIV
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1911 Anything Goes
Hero Arts National Craft Month Challenge Week 4: Anything Craft Goes 
The Paper Shelter #375: Girl Power
ModSquad Challenge: One or More Metal Dies, No Digital
Pile It On Challenge #152: Rainbow
Creative Knockouts #290 Border Time
Time Out Challenge #131 Inspirational Words (Birthday)

Dog Paw Love

Hi Crafty Friends,
This is my first post as a Design Team Member of The Stamp Doctor! I'm so excited to be part of such a great team! I decided it would be best to start with my FIRST ever dies from The Stamp Doctor which were the Scalloped Borders Dies and The Dog Paw Dies. Here is a clean and simple card for all the dog lovers out there!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: Do you have a dog? What's his/her name?
A: Me? Yes, and she is the LOVE of my life! See below for a picture of Maddie and my craft center.

Click the link below to get these awesome diecuts and SAVE 10% using CODE: madebymeghank at checkout!

Supplies:
The Stamp Doctor Scalloped Border Dies Set of 3
The Stamp Doctor Dog Paw Dies
Red Ric Rac Ribbon
Patterned Paper
Dog Paw Embossing Folder

Challenges:
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #1911: Anything Goes

Easter Penguins

Hi Crafty Friends,
I got super creative with this card! I kept seeing all these Easter and Spring cards with little chicks and was looking through my stamps for chicks and came on my Reverse Confetti Penguin set and thought, why not... Easter Penguins!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What is your favorite snow climate animal?
A: Me? I think seals are the CUTEST

 So I colored them up in the spring pastel rainbow colors and gave them each an egg! Then I made a snowy background with some snowflake diecuts and doodled a frame!

Supplies:
Reverse Confetti Smore Love
The Stamp Doctor Egg Dies
Casual Fridays Funky Flakes Fri-Dies
Copic Markers

Challenges:
Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Easter/Spring 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Whatever the Weather 
Gem of a Challenge Week 5: Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Crafting Week 11: Anything Goes 
Kat Scrappiness March Challenge Rainbows 
Word Art Wednesday Weeks 378-379
Uniko Studio Challenge #52: Spring/Easter

All The Weather: Sweet Home Chicago

Hi Crafty Friends,
"If you don't like the Weather in Chicago, just WAIT 5 MINUTES!" One day it's 30mph winds and 30 F degrees the next day it is 60 F degrees and sunny. The weather can't make up it's mind! Here is a fun card for ANY weather RAIN or SHINE :)

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What is "spring" weather where you live?
A: Me? It always RIDICULOUSLY windy in March, hence the WINDY city (yes, I know that it's actually known as the windy city because of politicians)

 It's a COLOR Challenge at The Jaded Blossom Blog where these darling weather images are from so I colored them up using the colors below. I created the background to be half stormy clouds and half sunshiny clouds so that I could represent all the colors and all the weather!

Supplies:
Jaded Blossom Kawaii Weather Stamp Set
Cloud Stencil
Copic Markers

Challenges:
Jaded Blossom: March 2019 Color Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Whatever The Weather 
Hero Arts National Craft Month Challenge: Favorite Medium- Distress Ink 
Gem of a Challenge Week 5: Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Crafting Week 11: Anything Goes 
Word Art Wednesday Weeks 378-379

So Hoppy Together

Hi Crafty Friends,
Easter is right around the corner! I made this card inspired by the Tuesday Morning Sketch below. Hope you like cute bunnies!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: Have you ever had a pet bunny?
A: Me? Yep! We had a big floppy eared bunny named, Susie... but she bit ;(

Supplies:
Newton's Nook Bitty Bunnies
Snippets of Pink Pattern Papers

Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #494
Words 2 Craft By #63: Happiness Held, Happiness Shared (HOPPY Together)
Uniko Challenge #52: Spring/Easter
Word Art Wednesday Weeks #378-379
Pile It On Challenge #152: Your Favorite Color- PINK
Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge #93: Think Spring 
Pixies Snippet Playground #348