Today is Daisy 1st Birthday! Daisy is my sweet puppy that has had a very hard first year. She had distemper at 4 months and was fortunate enough to survive and grow into a loving,sweep tempered dog. These are the treats she’s taking to obedience class for her friends.
The treats are made with the Hot Diggity Dog stamp set – and 3 little treats in a cello bag.
I think her friends will love these, don’t you?
She’s my baby! Hugs, Fran
I was playing with my stencils from the Dots & Stripes Decorative Masks and the Salebration set Hello and came up with these cards. They are simply stenciled darker at top and lighter to the bottom to create a faded look. Hello is stamped with Soft Suede.
I had finished the stripes when it occurred to me to try the Dots. Did you get this set during SAB? It’s no longer available – but there are some new stamp sets and products to take it’s place. You can see what’s new –US SAB_2016_2nd Release_print-friendly
I’m still playing with glitter 🙂 This was made with a stencil that was in a kit last year. I no longer have the kit – but I saved this stencil! To make this card, I inked the back of the stencil with Versamark and adhered it to a piece of card stock that was covered with Elizabeth Craft Design double sided adhesive. The gold glitter was poured over the open spaces and then the stencil was carefully removed. Then the rest of the adhesive was glittered with Cool White glitter. Shine! I embossed in gold the greeting from Sunburst Saying (Occasions Mini) and popped it up in the center of the sunburst. Confession – it would have been really smart to add the sentiment before I covered the space with glitter – but I didn’t! It’s stuck but it would have been easier the other way! Have a sparkly day! Hugs, Fran
So while I was wandering around Pinterest, I saw a beautiful card done by Jennifer McGuire (I think!) using the resist technique. This is where you heat emboss your image and sponge (or brayer) ink over the image and the ink “resists” your embossing. I tried it with the Saleabration set Hello. I stamped the image over the front of the card, embossed in white, and sponged with Daffodil Delight and Bermuda Bay. The result was a bright, happy card! The sentiment is from Timeless Love – one of my favorite sentiments!. This Hello set is only available for a few more days! Need it? Yes you do – and you need to hurry! Hugs, Fran
This card is made with the Large Number Framelits dies and a new Saleabration set coming out of the 15th of this month – Party Pants. The 1,3 and 5 are die cut and colored underneath and the 2 and 4 are popped up.
Then I added lots of Candy Dots! Inspired by one I saw online (I think it was Mama Elephant) that used little numbers, I knew I could make this with the Large Numbers (just fewer numbers.) I think this would make a cute kiddos card or switch up the numbers, have it say 29 – and send it to me 🙂 Hugs, Fran
Lucky the Rabbit is getting ready for Easter! This month’s challenge is glitter and this card is covered with it! It’s a Fancy Label Accordion – and a lot more. Behind Lucky are some clouds stenciled with Karen Burniston’s Partly Cloudy stencil. Lucky is painting an egg from the Easter Egg die all done with Silk Microfine Glitter. His paintbrush is the spatula from Props 8. I cut down the handle and dipped it glue and several colors of glitter. The paint drops and splatters are from the Cake Pop Up (candle flames and strawberry tops.)
The edges are from the Star Fancy Edges and glittered too.
Here’s the card open!
The sentiment is from Stampin Up’s new Greatest Greetings. To make the paint bucket, I used Lucky’s basket cut in Silver foil with drops of glue and glitter. Make sure to check out the other cards on Karen’s Blog! Hugs, Fran
Glitter! This month challenge is glitter. That wonderful, sparkly stuff (that stays with all day) and makes all our cards special 🙂 Today’s card is Rocky the crab on an Oval Pull Card. He’s out on the sparkly sand. His sunglasses are the Santa glasses from Props 5 covered in Crystal Effects. His bright, sunny paper is Stampin Up’s Schoolhouse Designer Series paper.
Glitter is hard to photograph! It was done with the ECD Silk Microfine glitter in Cool Diamonds.
Here’s the inside. The sun is on the mechanism from the Rectangle Pull card and it’s covered in glitter. The sentiment is computer generated.
Here’s Rocky taking a better look! I’m wearing glitter today. Check out the other cards on Karen’s blog. Have a sparkly day – Hugs, Fran
Party with Cake? Is there any other way to party? This is my take on a card on page 6 of the Occasions mini. The front uses the new Party with Cake set and the Lots of Labels Framelits.
And the inside uses the Party Pop Up Thinlits die. To easily attach the letters to the die, I just ran them through my Xyron and made them into sticker. The pop up only has one fold so it’s easy to make. Have I said “easy” enough? Hugs, Fran
Welcome to February’s Creative Circle Blog Hop. This month is all about hearts. 
I chose Groovy Love and Hello Life stamp sets with the new Watermelon Wonder ribbon for my card. The background is the Happy Hearts embossing folder. This is a cute Valentine – but can also be used for any other occasion.
Make sure to check out the rest of the Creative Circle – and find more ways to use hearts! Hugs, Fran
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Valentine’s Day! This Cupids bow is from SVGcuts.com and is a decorating piece. I think I’m going to hanging it in my wreath. It’s large – about 7 x7 – and very sturdy. I made a change to the assembly and instead of using a dowel rod for the arrow, I used a cute Valentine’s straw. Hugs, Fran
