Aloha Summer Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,
Sharing a fun Summer Birthday Card. It finally hit 80 degrees in Chicago today, yesterday it was 55! So I made this ALOHA Flower themed Birthday card with a cute little piggy from My Favorite Things Hog Heaven set.

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: Do you have a summer birthday?
A: Me? YES! August 25th... feel free to get me presents :)

I cut my panel out of floral Hawaiian Paper and lined the top and bottom with ribbon. I popped the pig right in the center FRAMED by a Flower DieCut. Then I added some I AM ROSES flowers and finished the card with some gems for sparkle!

Supplies:
Polka Dot Ribbon
I Am Roses Flowers blue large
I Am Roses Flowers blue small
I Am Roses Flowers coral large
I Am Roses Flowers coral medium
My Favorite Things Hog Heaven
Gina Marie Flower Die Cut

Challenges:
Allsorts Birthday Challenge Week 520/21 Happy 10th Birthday
Uniko Studio Challenge #53 Anything  Goes
Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge #114: School's Out For the Summer
Creative Knockouts #298 Favorite Embellishment: FLOWERS
Double D Challenges FRAMES (Flower Frame)
Crafty Gals Corner #191 May Flowers
AAA Birthday Challenge #1: Anything Goes

Your Next Stamp May Release Blog Hop & Giveaway

Hi Crafty Friends,
It's RELEASE DAY at Your Next Stamp! I am sooooo happy to be Guest Designing for this FABULOUS RELEASE! If you missed my preview post, head here. I am using the Baby Blessing set again for the Blog Hop because it is just SOOOOO SWEET!!! I made TWO cards for the hop. Don't forget to hop along and comment on all the posts for a chance to win $25 to the YNS store! You have until May 20th to enter and the winner will be announced on May 22nd. Happy Hopping! Even if you don't win get in on the amazing sale! 20% off your ENTIRE PURCHASE, see below.  Full Hop List Here.

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What is the funniest or most endearing baby nickname you have heard of?
A: Me? I liked mine as a baby... MegsMugs

For my first card I stenciled the clouds on my base with Distress Oxide Shaded Lavender. I die cut a frame for the images using the Kat Scrappiness Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die and framed it with lavender plaid paper. I finished my card with little die cut stitched hearts and the darling sentiment on a banner die.

For my second card, I wanted to make a CAS design.

I stenciled the bottom third of my card with a star stencil using Distress Oxide Spun Sugar ink and then added the sweet sentiment to the bottom and to the inside of my card.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Be sure to follow and leave me a comment answering my Make Crafty Friends Q & A! For more inspiration head to my Instagram and follow me there too!

Hope you enjoyed the baby pictures... we did grow up.....

Supplies:
Your Next Stamp Baby Blessings Stamp Set
Distress Oxide Inks
Winnie & Walter Classic Star Creative Screening
Kat Scrappiness Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die
Craftin Desert Divas Rain and Cloud Stencil
Cardstock
Copics

Challenges:
ModSquad Challenge CAS
Creations In Pink #10
AAA Challenges #140 Up to One Third
Time Out Challenges #135: Inspirational Words
Word Art Wednesday Weeks #386-387

Last Entry :)

Your Next Stamp May Release Preview: Baby Blessings

Hi Crafty Friends,
I am SO EXCITED to be Guest Designing for Your Next Stamp's May Release this month. It is absolutely DARLING! My favorite set of the release is what I am using for this preview day and for the NEW Release blog hop tomorrow! It's called Baby Blessings and has so many sweet images and sentiments to welcome a new little one to the world. After you check out my design below please head to the Your Next Stamp Blog to see the rest of the previews! And don't forget to come back tomorrow for the Release Day Blog Hop, SALE, and GIVEAWAY!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: How much did you weigh when you were born?
A: Me? I'm an identical twin and we were premature by 2 months so I weight 1 pound 9 ounces! EEK! My mom had to buy us doll clothes for the first three months of our lives!

I started my card by using Distress Oxide Blue ink to create the background. I used a start stencil and star die cuts to create the sky and frame the little cutie on the moon. It's hard to tell but I used Wink of Stella glitter brush to make the stars sparkle and finished my card with the sentiment.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Be sure to follow and leave me a comment answering my Make Crafty Friends Q & A! For more inspiration head to my Instagram and follow me there too!

Supplies:
Your Next Stamp Baby Blessings Stamp Set
Distress Oxide Inks
Winnie & Walter Classic Star Creative Screening
Cardstock
Copics

Challenges:
Time Out Challenges #135: Inspirational Words: Stars
Word Art Wednesday #386-387
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge Week 19
Double D Challenges: Frames
Tuesday Throwdown #431 Frame It
A  Gem of A Challenge Week 9
Colour Crazy Week 18

Avo' Nice Day!

Hi Crafty Friends,
I have to say this stamp set is probably one of my favorites out of the hundreds that I have. How cute are these avocados?! I mean the faces, the pun sentiments, just darling right? This is one of the sets in Kat Scrappiness May Release "You Guac My World". Don't miss out because I have guaranteed this one will sell out. Get it here and use coupon code meghan for 10% off!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: Do you like avocado?
A: Me? YES! I eat a full avocado everyday!

 

I started my card by using Distress Oxides to create the argyle plaid background with an AMAZING stencil from NEWTON's NOOK. I then used my layering heart die to create a little frame for the avocados. I colored the cuties with copic markers and added glossy accents to the little seeds in the center.  I drew the little stitches around the heart to match the argyle stitches. Then I finished my card with the die cut hearts, sequins, and pun sentiment.

Supplies:
Newton's Nook Layering Argyle Stencil
Kat Scrappiness Layering Heart Die
Kat Scrappiness You Guac My World Stamp Set

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please check out the amazing release this month! Can't wait to see what you create with it! Follow my blog and Instagram for more Kat Scrappiness Inspiration!

Challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #386-387
Double D Challenges: Frames
Tuesday Throwdown #431 Frame It
Creative Knockouts #297: Funny

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Stitches

I Could Just SQUEEZE You!

Hi Crafty Friends,
When I saw the Mix It Up Challenge from Sugar Pea Designs for this month I knew I had to join in! I just received a stamp set from Sugar Pea Designs that has been on my wish list FOREVER. So this was the perfect challenge to use it with. I got to do both the COLOR and the SKETCH!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: Did you have lemonade sales as a kid?
A: Me? YES! I sold cookies, popcorn, friendship bracelets, barrettes, headbands every year for our town's annual Pet Parade (See Pics Below)

Remember when Lemonade was 5 cents! And check out those flowers!

 

Supplies:
Sugar Pea Designs Pucker Up 
Doodle Bug Designs Paper Pack
Kat Scrappiness Sequins & Jewels
Winnie & Walter Essentials Josephine Cutaways 
The Stamp Doctor Zig Zag Border Dies Set of 3

Challenges:
Sugar Pea Designs Mix It Up Challenge #55 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Happy Hour (For those of us who don't drink) 
Polka Doodles Craft Challenge Week 19
Gem of A Challenge Week 9
Colour Crazy Challenge Week 18
Creative Knockouts Challenge #297 Funny Card
Cute Card Thursday 581: Tie A Bow
Word Art Wednesday Weeks 386-387
Tuesday Throwdown #431 Frame It

Whooo... says Owls Are Nocturnal?

Hi Crafty Friends,
Whooooo said owl stamps can't be spring themed? Whooo says they can't have yellow feathers and a beautiful LADY? I got creative with this cutie and put her in a spring scene with sunshine and yellow flowers to match her belly!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: If you could see an owl with any color feathers what would you want to see?
A: Me? Rainbow

I used a cute cloud pattern paper for the background sky, then hand cut the tree and branch for the owl to sit on. I added the die cut sunshine and clouds to the sky because this owl is not nocturnal. She loves sunshine and flowers!

Supplies:
Stamplorations Sunshine Die
C.C. Designers Cloud Die
Paper Smooches Chubby Chums
I Am Roses R21-427
I Am Roses R2-427
I Am Roses S10-211 

Challenges:
Your Next Stamp Fun Friday #113: How Does Your Garden Grow?  
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: For A Special Lady
Paper Smooches May Challenge Flowers
The Paper Shelter #381: Color It
Stamplorations Cutplorations: Photo Inspiration
Dare 2 B Artzy: May Challenge Flowers
I Am Roses April Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Weeks 386-387 
Scrappin4Fun 139: Ladies
Tic Tac Toe: Flowers, Tree, Yellow

Java Great Birthday!

Hi Crafty Friends,
Guess what? This is my first post as an OFFICIAL member of the AMAZING Kat Scrappiness Design Team!!!! Have you joined in the Coffee Lovers Cardmaker's Spring/Summer Blog Hop yet? Kat Scrappiness is a SUPER Sponsor and has an amazing deal for you 15% off EVERYTHING in the COFFEE category. All the items I used in my card below can be found in that category!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What is the craziest coffee or tea concoction you have ever had?
A: Me? I'm not very adventurous so I have had Gingerbread Coffee from Trader Joe's and it was GROSS.

I started my card by creating the coffee bean panel with the Gina Marie Coffee Stencil from the Kat Scrappiness Store. I used Tea Dye and Ground Espresso Distress Oxide Inks and blender brushes.

I taped it down to my blue base card. Then I die cut the wonderful Scallop Heart from the blue paper that matched my base and I diecut the white heart using the NEW Layering Heart Die Set (that goes with ALL Kat Scrappiness Heart Dies).

I colored the darling little man and mug with copic markers and foam taped him to the middle of the heart so he pops from the card. I stamped the sentiments onto a Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banner die and added the sentiments to the top and bottom of  my card.

The finishing touch was the little RED Heart in the corner of the heart die and the bright blue sequins.

Thank you for stopping by the blog! Please follow me here on my blog and leave comments answering all my "Make Crafty Friends Q & As" so we can become #CraftyBesties! You can find me on Instagram here.

Supplies:
Kat Scrappiness: Neat and Tangled Big Bold Brew
Kat Scrappiness: Gina Marie Coffee Bean Stencil
Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banner Dies
Kat Scrappiness Royal Blue Sequins

Challenges:

Time Out Challenges #134: Playful
Cute Card Thursday #580 Anything Goes
Pile It On  #154 Beverage
My Favorite Things Birthday Project Challenge: Favorite Beverage 
Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge Food and/or drink