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Say YES to new Adventures!  Hey there friends!   I finally got a chance to use the new Retro Camper Van die from La-La Land Crafts ☺  The parts that look silver are actually holographic cardstock, but the light didn't hit it right.  Anywho... We had a few different VW vans when I was growing up - my dad used to buy them used, fix them up and sell them.  I remember we had an orange one that we got into an accident with - dad ran into a snow bank.  I'll spare you the details. ☺  We also had an all-white one.  I thought we had a lime green one, which is why I went with that color for my card today, but later I just had to call mom and ask and she said the lime green one was actually a VW convertible bug.  We later had a yellow bug which was going to be my first car, but my brother drove it to his Marine Corp reserve weekend and ended up falling asleep at the wheel coming home and crashed it into a tree and totaled it.  I guess you could say we weren't that lucky with them, b

Hello Friends!   Today's card is an easel card featuring the new Spring Birdhouse Cup  from CottageCutz' Spring/Easter Release.  All the individual dies from this release are still 30% Off for a limited time!  I also used some Doodlebug Design papers that were meant for Fall, but I just LOVE the colors so I went with it.  These birds are so cute, and what a fun idea for a birdhouse---out of a cup?!  I actually have a collection of birdhouses, but not quite like this one ☺    and here's what it looks like closed (taking it out of the envelope) Design Steps: I cut my magenta card base at 5-1/2" x 11" and scored at 5-1/2" and at 2-3/4". I cut (2) pieces of patterned paper at 5-1/4" x 2-1/2" and glued onto the front of card. I die cut the largest scalloped circle from the Nested Scallop Circle Set and I die cut the 2nd largest die from the Pierced Circle Set   and glued onto the scalloped circle. I die cut the  Spring Birdhouse Cup  from white

Hey GULLfriend!  ☺ OK, this one has a story behind it!  It was Spring Break, 1992 (I was in college) and 3 of my girlfriends and I drove from Kansas down to Houston, TX to stay a week at my friend's aunt and uncle's house.  It was soo FUN!  He drove us in his red classic convertible to Galveston and we drove out onto the beach then walked on the pier to the lighthouse. We also ate at the Hard Rock Cafe, saw my first show in an IMAX theater, and threw their poodles a backyard birthday party!  POODLES! (they never had children, so their poodles were their kids)  Good clean fun. Those were the days!  Anywho, here's what I used on my card! PRODUCTS: Silly Seagulls Rubber Stamp Going Places Paper Pack Beach Pilings Border Vintage Car Die Lighthouse Circle Die Stitched Ribbon Die COPIC MARKERS: Seagulls - N0, N1, N3, N5, R11, Y13, Y15, Y19 Lighthouse Circle - Y00, Y11, Y13, R24, YG06, B00, B02, BG53, BG45 Here's a glance at what all is in this amazing new release! 10 Rubber S

Welcome back friends!   Today's card features more brand new stamps, dies and papers from the April Travel Release !  Here's Luka on a Skateboard with his playful raccoon friend on a scooter.  I think my great nephew will love this one!   PRODUCTS:   Luka on Skateboard Rubber Stamp Day at the Park Rubber Stamp * Going Places Paper Pack Park Border Die * Globe and Compass Die Double Stitched Rectangles Die COPIC MARKERS: Skin:  E00, E000, E11, R00 Hair:  E50, E51 Yellows:  Y13, Y15, Y19, Reds:  R22, R24, R46, R59 Greens:  YG06, YG09, YG17 Blues:  B45, B93, B97 Greys:  C1, C3, C5, C7 Here's a glance at what all is in this amazing new release! 10 Rubber Stamp Sets + 3 Clear Stamp Sets! New Going Places Paper Pack + On the Road Stencil Set 17 Dies/Die Sets! Hop on over to the  La-La Land Crafts BLOG  or our   FB Fan Group   for more inspiration! Happy Inking!  ♥ ♥ ♥ *Affiliate links may be used at no additional cost to you. 

Happy Monday crafty friends!   We have a fun new release with a Travel theme!!  Think motorcycles, camper vans, vintage cars, roller skates and skateboards ~ this release has a li'l of everything including some traffic signs, beachscapes, city skylines and park scenes, and you can't have a travel theme without our cute pets! See the whole release HERE - Really fun!  Here's my first card and I'll be sharing 3 more this week! PRODUCTS: Pawsome Friend Clear Stamp Set Going Places Paper Pack Motorcycle w/Side Car Die Scenic Circle Die Layered Adventure Die Traffic Arrows Die COPIC MARKERS: Lab:   E51, E53, E55, E43, E25, R85, RV14, R24 Corgi:   N0, N2, R00, R11, E31, E33, E35 Here's a glance at what all is in this amazing new release! 10 Rubber Stamp Sets + 3 Clear Stamp Sets! New Going Places Paper Pack + On the Road Stencil Set 17 Dies/Die Sets! Hop on over to the  La-La Land Crafts BLOG  or our   FB Fan Group   for more inspiration! Happy Inking!  ♥ ♥ ♥ *Affiliate l

For today's card I used the new Spring Frog w/ Mushroom and the Pond w/ Cattails and Lily Pad from the  Easter/Spring Release   at the Scrapping Cottage. I'm going to keep this short and sweet today as I'm still under the weather.  But I wanted to point out that when I'm using a cute patterned paper (Doodlebug Designs) as a backdrop that will be covered up, I like to cut the inside out which is what I did with my red layer.  Now I have a cute ladybug design paper (backside of red) to use on another project ☺  Stop on over at the Scrapping Cottage Blog for even more details on how I created my card and more inspiration using CottageCutz dies! COTTAGECUTZ PRODUCTS I USED:             I hope you enjoyed my project today!  Happy INKing! ✿ Kris

Happy Sunday friends ღ You may have noticed that I didn't post at all last week, and that's because I got pretty sick -- caught my daughter's cold right after Easter which turned worse throughout the week.  Six days of fever, double ear infection, and upper respiratory infection with viral-induced asthma... this past week was pretty miserable.  But God is always good and I know He has good things on the horizon.  I'm finally starting to get a li'l energy back! Thank you so much to my crafty friends who sent me FB and IG messages to check up on me ♥   Onto my card... I got out the vellum and lavender metallic foil cardstock for this new  Spring Butterflies  die from the new  Easter/Spring Release   at the Scrapping Cottage.  I also decided to revisit a very old fun fold (I made some of these about 15+ years ago) but haven't made them in such a long time... it's called the Lattice Fold.  I started from scratch and made my own template. Design Steps: 1.  I star

Hey crafters! This week the La-La Land Crafts Design Team is providing inspiration featuring the Just BEE-Cause Stamp Set!   How FUN!  I actually love these adorable bees (and not just bee-cause I'm promoting them)!!  I think they're so cute.  The flowers at the bottom are stenciled with a stencil from the Wonderland Stencil Set and I think I'll be using that alot more in the coming weeks!  I added some li'l enamel heart stickers in yellow and green for a bit of whimsy and fill in a li'l white space.  I really kept wanting to color this rose red or pink ... or even blue!  But I thought I should keep it all yellow tones.  What do ya think?  ☺ PRODUCTS USED Just Bee-Cause Clear Stamp Set Wonderland Stencil Set Color Me Happy Paper Pack Life Documented Paper Pack At the Carnival Paper Pack Double Stitched Hexagon Die Scalloped Sentiment Labels Die COPIC COLORS Yellows - Y11, Y13, Y15, Y19 black - C5, C7, 00 Stem:  YG03, 06 wings - BG10 + Wink of Stella THERE'S STI