Crafty Peeps Card Kit

I have some cards to share for the latest Crafty Peeps Card Kit.

This month, the kits were prepared by Melissa Ladd Nash.

She included lots of fun die cuts and patterned papers!

I made three cards...

Melissa sent this beautifully stamped die cut -- isn't it gorgeous! 

I added the sentiment -- it's from PTI's KIS: Birthday.

This next card was made with items from the kit.

And for this last one, I die cut the patterned paper using my feather dies from the PTI Beautiful 

Brushstrokes kit.

The sentiment is from Mama Elephant's Wanderlust.

Melissa also had an extra kit made, so she sent it to Sage to play along

-- which was totally sweet of her!

Here are the cards that Sage made with the kit:

Didn't she do a great job?

She was a little stuck for inspiration, on the second card, so I suggested

she cut out the butterflies, but she came up with everything else. :)

And she asked: "Is this one of those challenges where we have to take 

a picture holding our cards?"

It isn't, but since she looked so cute in one of her new fall outfits....

Thanks for looking!

Crafty Peeps Card Kit

I have some cards to share for the latest Crafty Peeps Card Kit.

This month, the kits were prepared by Maggie Haas.

She included lots of fun die cuts and patterned papers.

I made four cards.

This first one was created using only the kit.

For my second card, I used only items from the kit, except for the Lawn Fawn twine.

And, other than the cream coloured card stock, I used only the card kit for these last two cards.

Please check out the fabulous cards that Jen Carter made with the kit.

Thanks for looking!

Crafty Peeps June Card Kit

I'm super excited to share the cards that I made this month

using the Crafty Peeps Card Kit, because this month was

my turn to put together and send out the kits!

I filled them with six different Echo Park patterned papers & one

sheet of WRMK paper, some PTI cardstock & buttons

and some stamped/diecut goodies and other fun embellies, too.

Here are the cards I made:

Everything I used on this card was from the kit, except for the Journaling Card 1 frame

that I used to diecut the patterned paper and the

Mama Elephant stamp I stamped on the journaling card diecut.

The typewriter is from Mama Elephant's Type It stamp set and I just recently

got the coordinating dies.

The "hey" diecut is also from this set.

Next I diecut this super cool "fan" patterned paper using the Journaling Card 1

diecut and layered on it my sentiment (a Reverse Confetti stamp from Let's Chill stamped

on a PTI die that came with the March die set). 

On this card, over my patterned paper, I layered goodies from the kit:

 a Reverse Confetti Label Me frame & sentiment on a coordinating diecut,

a Reverse Confetti Arrow diecut from Limeade Ice cardstock,

a Studio Calico wooden bicycle & some PTI buttons.

Here, I made a tag from the "fan" patterned paper and my largest tag from

Reverse Confetti's Tag Me.

I diecut some harvest gold cardstock with the banner from  Tag Me.

On it, I stamped another sentiment from  Let's Chill.

I added a Heidi Swapp chipboard arrow that I inked green and some PTI buttons (all from the kit).

I'm linking up these cards to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:

Masculine/Father's Day.

So, when I was making up the kits, I was thinking there were 11 members to whom

I needed to mail kits, plus me.

So, I made 12 kits.

Well, it turns out there were 10 members plus me, so I ended up with an extra kit.

I decided to give it to Sage & ask her to guest design for us this month.

Here's what she made with the kit:

She made it for her cousin, Noah, who just turned 11 last week.

And I sent Noah the third card I made (using the same sentiment/frame),

with the wooden bike, so our cards are coordinating. 

Sweet!

Make sure you visit Jen Carter's blog to see what she did with the kit!

Thanks for looking!

Crafty Peeps Card Kit Club - April

Today, I have four cards to share that I made for the Card Kit Club

that I'm a part of with some of my "crafty peeps".

This month's gorgeous kit was provided by the incredibly talented Kristii Lockart --

I just love her style!

She sent us a packaged filled with Simple Stories patterned paper & some fun die cuts.

Here's the first card I made, using the patterned paper, card stock and "thanks" die cut

from the kit.

I cut the patterned paper on an angle for the tilt and added 

a few 4mm sparkling clear sequins & 6mm sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

My next card uses more patterned paper from the kit....

I love that woodgrain and used it as a background, but added another strip of patterned

woodgrain along the top.

I cut out the mini journaling cards and stamped a sentiment from Papertrey Ink's Slide Frame

("hello") and Wet Paint II ("you").

A few PTI buttons and twine finish it off.

I gave this next card to my husband yesterday for our eighteenth anniversary....

Kristii sent this Chevron Coverplate die cut along in the kit, so I backed it 

with some PTI tropical teal & aqua mist card stock, with a strip of the solid Simple Stories 

patterned paper from the kit in between.

I made the tag using some aqua mist card stock and Reverse Confetti's Tag Me die, which I elongated by only die cutting the top of the tag and trimming out the rest with my paper trimmer.

The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti's Lots to Say -- can you believe I don't have a stamp

that says "Happy Anniversary"? Crazy!

I added a little bit of heart patterned paper from the kit and a PTI button and twine.

And lastly, I made this card...

I die two sheets of the kit's patterned paper with my Mama Elephant Femme Frames dies

 (the floral & a solid navy.)

I adhered these to some aqua mist card stock for my base and stamped

the sentiments from PTI's Wet Paint in navy.

To finish it off, I added some 4mm sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

 Please hop on over to my talented crafty peep, Jen Carter's blog, 

to see what she made with Kristii's kit.

And speaking of Pretty Pink Posh.....

Just a reminder that the Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop

is coming up this Saturday.

The blog hop will run from the 26th to the 28th.

Paulina will have a spot to link up your sequin shaker cards on her blog.

(& she also has she also has a tutorial on her blog, 

if you'd like to learn how to make a sequin shaker card.)

It's sure to be a lot of fun!

Thanks for looking!

Six Valentine Cards

Today, I have six Valentine's Day cards to share.

The first two are ones I made for the Crafty Peeps card kit club.

The kit that Joan sent out this month was lovely! Thanks so much, Joan!

All of these supplies were in the kit, except for the enamel dots. 

I especially loved that large die cut heart!

She sent out a smaller version, too, which I had to include on my second card.

Everything here was from the kit, except for the red button.

I'm also linking these two cards up to

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Have a Heart. 

You can see what my friend, Jen Carter, made with the kit here on her blog.

Next up I have four Valentine's Day cards that I made for the four boys

in my Sunday School group.

You might remember that I made them treat bags last week (click!), 

but our children's pastor sent out an email on the weekend saying that she would have Valentine cards 

on hand at church for us to take home to fill out for our kids and bring them back on the 16th to distribute. 

So, I emailed her back and asked if it was okay if I made my own. 

You know, because I like making cards. ;)

Well, for the boys, I decided to stick with the same stamp set that I used on the treat bags, 

but I changed each one up slightly.

I also made them for the Wplus9 Birthday Celebration, Week 2 contest: Step It Up,

where we're challenged to add dimension to our cards.

I used some PTI card stock (white & pure poppy), Echo Park patterned paper and 

Wplus9's Milk & Cookies stamps and dies.

For the Step It Up challenge, I adhered the die cut cookies with dimensional adhesive. 

For the first two cards, I used one of the Mama Elephant Femme Frames.

On this one, I also used my PTI Get A Handle On It die to make 

some banners.

For the last two, I used my Reverse Confetti Tag Me banner die, on which I stamped 

the sentiments in versa mark and heat embossed them in white.

On this one, I used the largest Tag Me tag die to cut my white card stock.

I only ran it through my Big Shot partway & trimmed the sides with my paper trimmer. 

On this last card, I used the same banner die, but I ran it through halfway in my Big Shot,

then pulled out the plates, shifted the die to make the banner longer and ran it through partway again.

The "Happy Valentine's Day" sentiment on these cards is from Reverse Confetti's Crushin' stamp set.

Thanks for looking!

Crafty Peeps Card Kit Club -- December

Lori Lindsey was in charge of our Crafty Peeps Card Kit Club for December and she sent out a terrific kit,
filled with super sweet Christmas-themed patterned paper, embellishments and diecuts.

 

I ended up making one card and two tags with the supplies she sent....

Here's the card:



I layered some of the patterned paper from the kit over some white cardstock.
Then I added the snowflake, flair & decorative brads.
I cut a banner from the patterned paper from the kit.
I cut another banner from my own red cardstock and stamped a sentiment from Wplus9's Merry & Bright in versamark and heat embossed it in white.

I made both tags using PTI's Tag Sale #5 by diecutting two tags from patterned paper
 and layering them together.
For the top tag, I ran the end through my diecutting machine a second time
 to trim a bit off of the bottom.

I added a little tag from the kit, on which I stamped PTI's From Me to You sentiments.
I also added some brads from my stash.

 

And for my second tag, I made a banner from white cardstock and

stamped a sentiment from Wplus9's Heartfelt Holiday.

And I have one more card to share today...

I created the background by making a mask using my PTI Mighty Oak cover plate and some cardstock.
Then I layered it over some vintage cream cardstock and applied some embossing paste.
 

 

I stamped the owl from Lawn Fawn's Winter Owl onto some cardstock and cut it out.

Then I paper-pieced him using some Pink Paislee patterned paper.

I used a PTI Bubble Talk die to make my speech bubble, onto which I stamped my sentiment.

 

I'm linking this card up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:

Make Your Own Background.

 

Thanks for looking!

August Crafty Peeps Card Kit Club

Jen Carter was in charge of our  Crafty Peeps Card Kit Club for August and she sent out a terrific kit, filled with my favourite things: My Mind's Eye patterned paper & enamel dots, wooden butterflies, lovely flower stamps and lots of fabulous diecuts. I ended up making five cards with the supplies she sent....

Jen had stamped and diecut a kraft cardstock panel, which I trimmed down and layered over some MME patterned paper. I added the diecut, twine and button to finish it off.

 

 I trimmed down the turquoise panel that Jen sent with the circle diecut out of it and layered it over some Crate Paper patterned paper. I cut apart the largest butterly  and tucked it behind the banner Jen had stamped, just so it seemed a little larger.

Jen had stamped the rustic cream diecut panel. I adhered it to a piece of grey card stock and added some  stamped die cuts, sequins and twine.

Jen had sent this pink impressed panel, which I didn't want to cover up. So I added a strip of cardstock, along with the "you" die cut Jen included in the kit. I added some of the stamped die cuts, along with a few of my own (using WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals and dies) and a stamped sentiment from PTI's On the Farm.

And lastly, pairing some of my own MME patterned paper with Jen's supplies, I made this card:

If you like to check out what the other "crafty peeps" made using these supplies, here's a list of who's playing along:

Jen Carter

Cheryl Knutti

Melissa Ladd

Maggie Haas

Kristii Lockart

Joan Bardee

Thanks for looking!

Some card kit cards

I have three cards to share today for the Crafty Peeps Card Kit Club. This month, our kits were prepared and sent out by Jennifer Ellefson. She chose some masculine colours and elements, so I made three masculine cards.

My first card uses all elements from the kit, with the exception of the wooden word embellishment and the blue button (those were from my stash.)

I asked my kids if any of them wanted me to make a father's day card for them to give to their dad. Austin said I could, so I used the orange elements from the kit, along with the stamped frame, which I added some twine and button to, before adhering it with dimensional adhesive.

And last.y, I made this card, using the medallion die Jen included, as well as the pretty stamped herringbone background she sent. The craft cardstock was mine, as well as the Crate Paper journaling card. The sentiment was a sticker that Jen has put on my bag of goodies. I peeled it off carefully and added it to the medallion she sent.

This kit club has been so fun! Thanks again, Jen, for the wonderful kit you put together!

I'm also linking up these cards for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Masculine/Father's Day cards.

Thanks for looking!

Crafty Peeps Card Kit Club -- April

I'm so excited to be a part of a card kit club! Some online friends and I decided to create a card kit club. The idea is that every two months, one member of our club mails out crafty goodies (patterned paper, stamped images, twine, embellishments, etc.) to each member and with those goodies, we create some cards.

To start us off, my friend, Merry, mailed out the goodies. Take a look:

There's some Crate Paper goodness there, as well as some stamped images, diecuts, twine and pearls.

I recognized the paper right away because I had bought some of it when it was first released. I'd also bought the coordinating chipboard. And since I still had many pieces of the chipboard, I decided to use it on the cards that I made with the kit.

I managed to get five cards made with the supplies Merry sent! Here they are....

Thanks again to Merry for the fun supplies you sent!

If you like to check out what the other "crafty peeps" made using these supplies, here's a list of who's playing along:

Jen Carter

Cheryl Knutti

Melissa Ladd

Maggie Haas

Kristii Lockart

Joan Bardee

I'm also linking four of these cards up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge: April Showers and/or Spring Flowers.

Thanks for looking!