Easel card with Mermaid Anya & Friends

Hello!

Yep this is my second post!   Haven't done that in ages!!  hahaha!  Thought I'd share the last project we finished during the card swap at Kathy's house.  Here's the adorable easel card Kathy put together for us:

Isn't it cute?!  I love how she incorporated every element, including the dots in her hair!  "Her" being special gift Mermaid Anya.  Loved the fun beach themed papers and underwater stickers she added.  Yes more stickers!  I don't usually use stickers, but I picked a few fun ones that added an additional cute factor.  Without further ado, here's my card:

So just about everything is the same except for the underwater friends.  I thought adding the smiley faces would be a lot of fun.  Once you open the card it turns in to an easel card.  Kathy die cut the sentiment, "Meet me under the sea" after printing it from the computer.  Adding a couple more sea creature friends and some pop-up dots and the sentiment was perfect for the stopper. 

  

I have to say this was a lot of fun to put together.  Kathy always comes up with the cutest cards imaginable.  Another fun card to add to my somewhat growing card stash and another successful card swap in the books.  Yippee!!  hahaha! 

Okie dokes thanks for stopping by to check out what I've been up to.  Hoping to get all of those colored images I colored during the #thedailymarker30daychallenge on to some cards or 3-D projects.  Have a nice TBT!! 

Card in a box - Happy Easter

Hello!

Today I'd like to share the 2nd project we made at Kathy's house.  This cute card-in-a-box is featuring a very familiar bunny from Kitty Bee Designs.  I know Easter is over, but I couldn't not share this...  Here's Linda's project:

Super sweet yeah?  Linda also used stickers to create this fun little scene.  Here's my version using some of the other cute stickers.  

Love that fun bunny in the background!  He's asking, "Got eggs?"  hahaha!  Too cute.  This was only the 2nd project I made for Easter.  Hoping with the next holiday I'll be able to create more.  Thinking I"ll need to start soon!!  Yikes! 

Have a great day and who knows I might have another post later today... hehehe!

Dollie with Cupcake

Hi!

Hope you're all doing well.  About a month ago I went over to Kathy's house to spend some crafty time with her, Linda and their friend Belia.  We each made a card and then made kits for the others.  I shared the card I designed here, and today I wanted to share the waterfall card designed by Belia. Here is her card featuring the adorable TGF Birthday Anya II along with a picture of the inside of the card.



Adorable yeah? It was a little tricky to do the mechanism part, we're not engineers, but we are determined and with helping hands we were each able to get it working. This is one cool card! We each received different colored base pieces, I got pink with green. I ended up finishing it at home and here is my end result.

I used another TGF image, Hello Dollie with Cupcake, because the card was huge she fit perfectly.  Now what's funny is the outside of the card does NOT match the inside of the card.  As far as colors and theme.  lol..  Not sure what I was thinking but since everything is already glued down I can either pull it apart and use another card base or leave it, will have to think about that.  For now, it's as is. hahaha!  Here are a couple pages of the inside...

See, so not matching the front, except for the lone cupcake.  hahaha!  The full version of the card can be viewed in the short video below.  I wanted to share the actual waterfall effect.  It's sooo cool!  My assistant was my mother.  Gotta give her some credit she was very patient with me.  (lol)

After making this one I wanted to re-create it again so in a future post I'll share the second one I made for my friend.

As always, thanks so much for stopping in to see what I've been up to.  Hope you all have a nice weekend!!

Challenges:
Farm Fresh Friday: Oh so Girly
7CK: Anything Goes with a twist (Spring colors)
Loves Rubberstamps: Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Stamp camp card swap

Hello everyone!

Today I wanted to catch up on some swaps with the stamp camp ladies.  We got together on a Saturday and spent part of the day shopping and a good chunk of it crafting.  The last time we got together we decided to have a craft session.  We were given the task of creating a project related to Christmas and then we were supposed to prepare all the pieces so that everyone could create their own that day, thus giving us all some Christmas cards or other projects for our stash.  We tried to keep the project to a 5 minute limit.  We all succeeded.  Here are my finished cards.

First up is the adorable card Kathy created:

Next was this cute & creative card Linda created:

Here's the gorgeous card Angie created and my take on it:

Jennifer came up with this fun gift card holder:

front

back

Here's what I made, an ornament using the Ornament & Tags #1 dies from Top Dog dies and CC Designs Cutters bubble number dies.

Man, I totally missed the boat on my project!  I wish I had thought to make a card instead.  It would have been so much easier and less stressful.  Luckily I came with another project for the ladies to do if they finished with this one.  I will be posting it on Friday.

Unfortunately there were no pictures of us to share, we were having so much fun we forgot to do that.  Next time for sure!  Sending out a big THANKS to Kathy for driving and organizing, Linda for hosting us at her house and for everyone's adorable cards, but most of all for sharing a day of crafts and tons of fun and laughter.  Until our next get-together...

Hope you enjoyed the showcase today.  It was a lot of fun and we got 4 cards added to our Christmas lot.  Woo Hoo!!  I think it would be fun to create these in bulk and maybe use different colors.  Hmmm... something to think about.  Well time to sign-off.  Thanks a lot for stopping by!  Have a great day!! 

Tress

Morning!

Catching up on some projects I don't think I posted.  This is a card I made for a swap.  The theme was birthday...  I used Tress from the Greeting Farm.

Boy oh boy does she have a lot of hair!  I went with my usual dark brown with a lighter brown hair color and went a little bit girly here.  It's bright and summery, so not what it's like outside right now. (hahaha)

The pretty flowers on the card are from an older RAK from my crafty friend Karen, thanks Karen! You should definitely stop by her blog and check out the cutest scenes using dies, stamps and flowers that she creates with such ease.  The pearls are from my stash.

Next time I think I'll go a little lighter on the hair so you can see all the details.  That's all for today.  Have a good one and as always, thanks for stopping by!!

Card Swap #2

Hi Everyone!

 

Thanks for stopping by again.  Today I'm sharing the other two cards I sent to Zoe for our crafty swap.  I decided to go with an Asian theme for these and I hope Zoe likes them.

 

First up is the card I made featuring Yumi with Fan...

 



Surprise! (#2)

 

I'm so happy with how this turned out, especially her coloring.  The contrast with her coloring and the beautiful dark blue washi paper is amazing. I actually started to make this card a while ago, but never got the chance to finish it.  No time like the present right?!  (hehe)  The sentiment is from Island Scrapbooking and instead of coloring it I left it white.  If Zoe likes she can color it or leave it plain, it still looks terrific.  Here is what the back looks like...

Happy Birthday, Enjoy!

 

As you might have guessed this is not an ordinary card, it can be used as a gift card holder or if Zoe chooses to she can add a tag or note inside the pocket.  Another sentiment from Island Scrapbooking and a punched sakura flower with a handwritten sentiment round this one out.  How about a close up of Yumi?...

 



Yumi with Fan

 

I had a lot of fun with her reddish-orange hair.  Especially love the contrasted a lot with the darker colors around her.  Next up is the last card I made for the swap, another ACAS (Asian Clean and Simple) card and this time I used Fumi with Gift.  What better image to use but her for a birthday card right?!

 



Happy Birthday - Fumi with Gift

 

I used two different sheets of washi paper for this one, a Spellbinder die and some Island Scrapbooking accessories (sentiment and flowers).  I used Copics and a white gel pen to color her outfit including the gift she is holding.  For more of a girly touch I added the pearl swirly gems.  That is another element I am learning to love.  Here is a close-up of Fumi with her big baby blues...



Fumi with Gift

I also included this card because, well she lives in Australia and I thought this would be a fun card to share with her.  And there you have it!   I truly had a great time and I hope that they start it up again.  Thanks again to Sandie for organizing it and to Zoe for being a great swap partner!!

 

Thanks for stopping by!  TTFN!!

 

Hugs,

Leanne

Card Swap #1

Well hello everyone!   

 

Did I mention that I joined a crafty swap with some ladies on FB?  Well if I didn't, I did; join a swap that is. (hahaha!)  When the call went out I decided to sign up.  Why not?  It would be fun to swap with some other crafty ladies and in the process meet and make some new friends.  After hearing that my swap partner received the package I can now share what I sent to her.  Yay!

 

I was partnered up with the fabulous Zoe McGrath, owner of Make It Crafty.  If you don't know about her or her awesome store click HERE to check them both out.  I was nervous when I found out I was partnered up with Zoe, but she was so sweet and said I shouldn't be!  Then I thought about it and said, she's right! (haha)  Zoe and I decided to swap birthday cards.  Everyone needs birthday cards right?  I made three cards and today I'd like to share one of the cards.

 

Before I forget!!  Zoe just celebrated a birthday, so Happy Birthday Zoe!! I hope you had a wonderful day!!  xoxo

 

This card features Melody from Make It Crafty.  She's one of my favorite images!!  I love how she exudes happiness, perfect for a birthday card right?!

 



Surprise with Melody



 I case'd this layout based on my beautiful birthday card from Kim Yu.  I wanted to keep the colors bright and happy so I chose paper from Colorbox and matted each piece with black cardstock.  There is a lot of sparkle going on in this card, too bad you can't tell by my photo.  Ah well... You'll just have to take my word for it. (hehe)  I'm not sure if you can see it, but I colored her outfit to look like the pink is under a sheer black dress.  I loved the effect when I was finished coloring.  I even like her hair.  I hope I did her justice.  The sentiment is from Island Scrapbooking.  I used some laser cut chipboard corners, another Make It Crafty product that has sadly been discontinued, instead of metal ones.  I think they look pretty terrific.  The rest of the card just fell in to place and I adore how it turned out.   Here is a close up of Melody...

 

Melody from Make It Crafty

I think she is totally groovy don't you?   I am so glad I decided to join the swap and that my first partner was Zoe.  She taught me to just go for it and I'll always remember not to be afraid to try and that you should never second guess yourself.  Thanks for that lesson Zoe!  xoxo

 

Well that's all for now.  Mahalo for stopping by!  Wishing you all a blessed day!

Hugs,

Leanne

Challenges:
Loves Rubberstamps challenge: CH #72 Anything Goes
Designed to Color - Use a die