Heart Dream Catcher

This is my post on the Tutti Designs blog today:

Hello Tutti Fans!
Today I am featuring the unique and fun die
Heart Dream Catcher.

This card doesn't need much explanation,
a scrap of designer paper, dream catcher cut from another
scrap, added some pearls and what I thought
was the perfect sentiment...couldn't get any easier!!
I added a piece of cord to finish it off.

A little bit of information about dream catchers:

The dream catcher is a protective talisman that is used to protect people from nightmares and bad dreams. The charm was usually used for young children and hung above their cradles or beds. Native American cultures believe that both good and bad dreams fill the air at night.

Heart Dream Catcher

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for LOTS more fabulous dies!!

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Tutti Designs Canada
Tutti Designs UK

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Anything Ocean or Beachy Challenge

Well hello there my The Sisterhood friends!
It's time for a new challenge at
The Sisterhood of Crafters
and it is being hosted by none other then ME!!

I chose the theme of anything Ocean or Beach-y!

I made a pretty quick card by cheating a little bit lol.

A long while back I purchased some ephemera from
Prima May/June designs by Julie Nutting.
I have always loved her Prima dolls (and I have lots of them)
so why not own this too...hah!

I first inked up by 5 x 5 card base with TH oxide mermaid lagoon.
I used a Sue Wilson frame from her shadowbox 'celebrate' die set.

All I had to do then was pick out some of the cute ephemera
from the package.

I think it came together kind of cute to make a fun summer card!

Now you make sure and head on over to
The Sisterhood and grab some inspiration by seeing
what my 'sistahs' have created...join in with us!!

Garden Trellis

This is my post on the Tutti Designs blog today:

Hi Tutti fans!
today I have a pretty card using the Garden Trellis die.

It was die cut from an olive green card stock
then layered over a vellum covered designer paper
giving it a pretty pastel softness.

I finished off the card by adding a few purchased tiny flowers
and a birthday greeting.

Garden Trellis

Make sure to visit the Tutti Designs Store (link below)

for LOTS more fabulous dies!!

Come back tomorrow for more Tutti Designs inspiration!

and here are some Tutti Designs quick links:

Did you know that Tutti Designs is now
available in both the UK and Canada?
Check it out Here:
Tutti Designs Canada
Tutti Designs UK

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Pinterest

Tutti Designs Facebook

Tutti Designs Blog

Thank you for visiting with me today!

Christmas In July

It's a new challenge theme at Dies R Us
and it is Christmas In July.
A great theme to get you that much ahead for the Christmas Holiday!

I made a card that that is 5" square which seems to fit the
Amy Designs Christmas Wishes Holly Wreath perfectly.

I added the sentiment from Sue Wilson Designs Mini Expressions
Tis The Season to the center.
A small county check bow was added to finish.

Sue Wilson Designs Mini Expressions Tis The Season
Amy Design Christmas Wishes Holly Wreath
Tutti Designs Nesting Stitched Circles

Make sure to check out the Dies R Us challenge blog to
see all the inspiration from my fellow 'teamies'
Join in with us for your chance to win a gift certificate to the store!!

Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!

Beach Time

We have a new challenge theme at
Double D today and it is 
Let's Go To The Beach.

There is also a fabulous mood board
just to inspire you to join in with us!!

Funny thing is as this is posting I am at the beach for the month of July....lucky ME!!
Anyhow, I have this fun and very beachy card to share today!

My card uses the die from Spellbinders October Large die of the month club
Truckin' Through The Seasons.
It has lots of pieces for each of the four seasons.
They have since come out with more add on sets for even more fun.
Nope, I am not affiliated with Spellbinders,
but just love this so much I wanted to share the info with you!

I used a Mintay background paper from their Paradise paper pad.
If you visit here often then you also know I am a HUGE
fan of Mintay papers, I think I have every pad they have come out with
yep, I am a Mintay hoarder!!

The original set comes with three different sentiments.

I choose the HOORAY as I figured anyone headed to the beach in this truck

would certainly be shouting HOORAY!!

Don't you love that fun bumper??

Isn't it fun?

Just imagine all the fun I am going to have with this truck!!

Now you need to pop on over to the Double D challenge blog

and see all the awesome creations the design team has made,

they are one talented group of ladies, that's for sure!!

Entering the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday .... ATG

Allsorts …. Begins with a 'B' (beach)

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday …. Summertime

Never Before Used Schtuff …. NBUS

Sympathy Card

This is my post on the Tutti Designs blog today.

Hi there Tutti fans!!
Today I have a card using two Tutti Designs dies
A Cross In The Vine and the word set Sympathy.

Cross In The Vine

Sympathy Word Set

Make sure to visit the Tutti Designs Store (link below)

for LOTS more fabulous dies!!

Come back tomorrow for more Tutti Designs inspiration!

and here are some Tutti Designs quick links:

Did you know that Tutti Designs is now
available in both the UK and Canada?
Check it out Here:
Tutti Designs Canada
Tutti Designs UK

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Pinterest

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Tutti Designs Blog

Thank you for visiting with me today!

Let's Get Inky

Today we have a challenge at
The Sisterhood of Crafters
that is sure to be a favorite of everyone and that is
Let's Get Inky!

It is being hosted by our wonderful sister Jennifer!!

A while back I purchased some really cool stencils
I saw at lawn Fawn and let me  tell you I LOVE them,
in fact by the time this posts I will be the owner of a few more!
I buy lots of dies and stamps so purchasing these stencils
was such a nice change!

I also hit a sale a long while back at My Favorite Things and purchased
these cute~cute kitty cat dies and stamps.

For my card I inked up my grass with 2 different green inks.
( I will give all the info below)

For the sky I inked in a blue, moving the stencil around to
get different clouds.

This is my first attempt with these stencils and I can see many more
panels to come.  Lawn Fawn has a wonderful 'how to' video
on their site and it pays to watch it.....I am so loving these!!

Make sure and pop on over to The Sisterhood and see all
the fun and beautiful creations by my 'sistahs' to inspire you!!

Entering the following challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers …. Create Your Own Background
Dragonfly Dreams …. No Patterned Paper
Stamping Sensations …. All Creatures Great and Small
Allsorts …. Summertime

Supplies used:

Lawn Fawn Stencils: Cloudy and Grassy

TH Distress ink:  Twisted Citron and mowed lawn

TH Oxide Ink:  mermaid lagoon

My Favorite Things:  Purrfect Friends Stamps and Dies

Swirly Congrats

This is my post on the Tutti Designs blog today.

Happy Tuesday Tutti Fans!!
Today I am using one of the swirly sentiment dies and it is
'Swirly Congrats'.
It is a nice size die that pretty much does all the work
for you on a card, the center of attention so to speak!
I have three cards to share with you today.

The first card I 'fancied' up by placing a die cut doily
underneath the sentiment cut from a printed paper,
adding a few gems to the flowers
and as vintage velour flower to finish.

The second card is a bit more simplified just by using a shiny

designer paper underneath the swirly sentiment, adding a

tiny butterfly, cord and a button.

For the last card I had a bit of fun with designer paper cut with the

nesting stitched squares (link given below) and an embossed background.

I added a few gems and a cute bird from my stash!

This is a fabulous die to just say 'CONGRATS' without much fuss!
I hope my three cards have inspired to create your own congrats cards.

Swirly Congrats

Nesting Stitched Squares

Make sure to visit the Tutti Designs Store (link below)

for LOTS more fabulous dies!!

Come back tomorrow for more Tutti Designs inspiration!

and here are some Tutti Designs quick links:

Did you know that Tutti Designs is now
available in both the UK and Canada?
Check it out Here:
Tutti Designs Canada
Tutti Designs UK

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Pinterest

Tutti Designs Facebook

Tutti Designs Blog

Thank you for visiting with me today!

Special Birthday

Happy July 1st!!

A new challenge theme is starting at Dies R Us challenge blog

and I think it is everyone's favorite...

ANYTHING GOES using a die DRU carries.

I combined two of my very favorite Poppystamp dies

Stitch Wreath and Delightful Daisy.

I colored the daisies with copics and popped

each flower and each leaf up.

The daisies actually have longer stems and I just snipped them off

at the bottom for this card.

I stamped the sentiment (Stampendous) with Memento Dew Drop Ink New Sprout.

Here are the links to the dies I have used:

Poppystamps Stitch Wreath

Poppystamps Delightful Daisy

Memento Dew Drop Ink New Sprout

Make sure and visit the Dies R Us challenge blog to see a fun

array of dies and inspiration from the DRU challenge team!

We have some exciting news to share with you. Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!

Entering the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday …. ATG

Stitched Flowers

It's the first Wednesday of the month
and that means a new challenge theme at
Double D challenges and it is
Stitching!
It can be real~faux~dies~stamped...
anything just so it has stitching on it!!

I have spent a lot of time at Cottage Cutz (The Scrapping Cottage)
when they have their sales at up to 80% off.
I load up each and every time as what girl can pass
up a sale like that?  Not me for sure!

I used the bottom right corner for my inspiration colors...bright and happy!!

The die I used is Stitched Flowers.

I reached in my scrap bags (snippets) and pulled

out some pretty and bright colors.

This die was one of their very easy ones as not too 'fiddly'  as most.

We would love to have you join in with us at Double D

and as usual we have an awesome prize for you to win

and this one just happens to be a Cottage Cutz die,

plus the teams have once again blessed us with their creativeness!!

Entering the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground .... Snippets

Word Art Wednesday .... ATG

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge … Bright and Cheerful