Monday, February 3, 2025

Slimline Tulip Spray with Crafty Meraki

 


Hello!  Today is another fun Hop on Instagram for the newest Meraki Genesis Release at Crafty Meraki.  There are ways to win, so please join us on this post on IG starting HERE.  For the Hop I created this slimline beauty with sprays of tulips in sunny shades.  I have been having a lot of fun with the new Press Plates!  This one is called Love Like No Other, and I pressed it with green outline ink and used the coordinating Crafty Meraki Layering Stencil Set and coordinating Dies.  The stencils are really gorgeous as you can see, and the vibrant colours are so perfect for these blooms.  


I placed the tulips on an ink blended background with water splatters, and then added touches of sparkle with the Strip Suite - ZigZag Zoom Dies cut from sparkle paper,  as well as the sentiment foiled with Crafty Meraki’s Handmade Love Hot Foil Plate (an essential for great scripty phrases).   


Just a few copper coloured sequins add that last detail to tie it all together.  Thanks for joining me today!  

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Love Letters with Honey Bee Stamps

 


I love looking at stamps and products in a new way!  When the postal strike was on in Canada, my Christmas order from Honey Bee Stamps was delayed well over a month, so the very lovely Floral Noel Honey Cuts and stencils didn’t arrive until Christmas was over.  That felt disappointing, so I wondered if there was something else I could spell with this pretty floral lettering.  And....creativity struck!  I could Valentine the set by adding in a “heart” for the V in LOVE.  Perfect!  


The letters are stencilled, ink blended and cut with the coordinating die set, along with the extra flower sprays.  I also ink blended a ombre argyle die background to look like lattice.  


With some pretty sequins and pearls its fancied up for Valentine’s Day, or a wedding perfectly!  

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Winter In Canmore with Concord & 9th

 


I’ve been blessed in the last year to go to some beautiful countries in Europe, but I have to say that Canmore, Alberta will always have my heart.  If I could pick anywhere to live it would be the mountains, and though we couldn’t afford the real estate....I’d choose Canmore.  I highly recommend it if you ever come to Alberta.  It is a lovely mountain town with proximity to so many outdoor activities that put you right in the middle of the Rocky Mountains.  So, when I saw this set called Alpine Village from Concord & 9th, I was smitten!  

For my first design with the dies and stamps, I created a moonrise night scene with a fun colour palette.  It feels just like I’m looking through a specific mountain pass in Canmore called Ha Ling, that is so peaceful to me!  For the snowy layers I used very sparkly paper, which really takes it over the top in shimmer.  The path is stamped to be cobblestone, and there are stamped lines in the icy pond, and the mountains.  I’ve also added in snow to the roofs and trees with a white pen.  


The sentiment is such a sweet one!  All put together it makes for one magical Winter scene!  

Saturday, January 18, 2025

Etched Lenten Roses with Spellbinders

 




Hello!  I have some gorgeous blossoms today using the Spellbinders Betterpress System and the pretty Betterpress plate that comes in the kit.  For me the more detailed a flower, the better, and these are just gorgeous!  I pressed them twice onto the cotton cardstock in the kit and then carefully cut around the flowers to create a top and bottom floral frame.  




I’ve used some creative liscence for the flowers, but lenten roses or hellebore (as I imagine these are) really do have unique colours to them.  Coloured up with Copics and layered over a lilac card panel which I pressed the sentiment into.  I smooshed some ink on the panel to add some texture in the purple.  As a Canadian - I’m so appreciative of the Canadian spelling of favourite!  




To accent I’ve added some pretty clear dew drops, like it just rained.  It’s such a pretty arrangement of flowers!  

Monday, January 13, 2025

Meraki Genesis Release

 


Hello Friends!  Today is an exciting day for Crafty Meraki with a brand new release called Meraki Genesis live today! Today begins with a hop on Instagram, so be sure to come see my IG post on my feed HERE.  There are giveaways and inspiration galore!  

My first card for this release is inspired by my friend Clara’s crabapple tree.  Each Spring it would bloom with an abundance of bright pink blossoms.  It was truly an amazing sight.  So, for this card I used the brand new and gorgeous press plate called You Inspire Me Presstacular Plate.  This plate is gorgeous and gives you stunning fine lines impressed in your paper.  


Bringing the image to life, I used the coordinating stencil for all those gorgeous pinks and greens, and the coordinating dies to cut it out.  I placed the flower spray on a pink cardstock base with texture added from Crafty Meraki’s Mini Slimline Parisienne Para-Dies.  


I’ve embossed the sentiment from the coordinating You Inspire Me Stamp Set on vellum and simple enamel dots accent.  


Be sure to pop over to this card on my Instagram feed to comment and follow, and follow the hop....there are so many beautiful designs in store from the team.  

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Coke with Lemon and Concord & 9th

 


After 2 LONG MONTHS, where the postal strike in Canada was NOT kind to me, I finally received my Concord & 9th Order from November today!  I lickity split started a card after work with this ridiculously cute bundle from them called Soda-Lighted.  Anyone who knows me, knows I am a Coca-Cola girl.  Like I deeply love it.  Even just hearing a can open makes my heart happy!  So, of course my first card with this set had to be a coca-cola like can.  I mean, how cute is that!  


I started with the stamping of the can, used the dies to cut it out all in that quintisential bright red.  I layered the card over a die cut using the Postively Cut Card Front from Concord & 9th, to add to that red and white theme, and then just because Coke with lemon popped into my head I went ahead and grabbed the Citrus Crush Bundle from Concord and 9th and die cut the lemon as a citrussy accent.  How cute right?  


Finally I added in some soda bubbles with clear Dew Drops, and the hello diecut sentiment from the Soda-Lighted set.  Crisp and cute, just like my favourite drink!  

Thanks for joining me today!