Merry Christmas with Easy Events

Today is the last day of  sharing projects with the Easy Events stamp set and although Christmas is super far away, it’s never too early to start working on those Christmas cards!

This card was super easy to make with just three colors, but not your traditional bright red and green. I went with Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive combined with Very Vanilla. It’s a softer color palette but still has that Christmas punch! The holly was stamped in green on the vanilla panel, and a bit of cobbler seam binding was tied around the whole card. The leaves were cut with the big shot, layered on the based, and then covered by the stamped panel. The berries were given a bit of sparkle with Cherry Cobbler dazzling details.

That wraps up the cards I used from this set, but there are so many other options and three stamps I didn’t use this week. It’s a great start for your stamping collection if you are just starting out!

Woodgrain Hello

This week I’m sharing cards that were created with the Easy Events stamp set and today it’s a cute hello with an adorable cuckoo clock!

I combined the stamp with the Woodgrain background to mimic the hard wood of the clock.The dark colors and linen thread also compliment the look and finish it off.
I love that you can combine any of these stamps in Easy Events with other backgrounds or different sets to create totally different looks!

Happy Birthday

Today I’m sharing a birthday card created with the Easy Events stamp set!

This is a bright and happy card using Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo and Daffodil. The cupcake and sentiment was heat embossed in white, and the happy birthday was also stamped in turquoise on the white strip.

This stamp set has allowed me to create a birthday card, a belated birthday card and a love card. I have two more cards to share this week, but that still gives me three more stamps in this set I haven’t shown yet! It’s such a great set to have!

Sorry I’m Late

This week I’m sharing cards that were created with the Easy Events stamp set!
This little snail is super cute for sending a little birthday wish even if it was past their special day.

This is a mini 3x3 card and is only one layer with Bashful Blue and White. The stamp was colored in with blender pens, but the fun detail is the Crystal Effects behind the snail creating a little trail.

Sending You Love

This week I’m sharing cards that were created with the Easy Events stamp set!
This card is a CASE, but I cannot find the link as I’m working on this post. If I find it I’ll be sure to share it!

It started off with a Cherry Cobbler base and a Crumb Cake layer topped with Whisper White. I used the paper piercing pack to pierce the heart outline, then stamped the tree and colored it in with blender pens. The sentiment was stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink and I punched a heart out with the Owl Builder punch. After it was adhered to the tree I added Cherry Cobbler dazzling details to give it some sparkle. Last I tied some Cherry Cobbler bakers twine around the card.

I love how much this set adds to my stamping collection with just one stamp set. The sentiments come attached to the stamp, but I simply cut them apart to allow placement in other areas. This set is so versatile and covers so many holidays and occasions!

Easter Basket for Easter Wishes

Today is my last project featuring the A Little Bit of Spring stamp set with a cute mini basket! If you want to have this set to call your very own, you can place an order on my website anytime. You can also use hostess code NWBFTGNS through 3/22 to get orders delivered right to your house in time to make projects before Easter! Don’t forget, it’s a whole month earlier this year on 3/31. ;)

For the project today I created a simple basket you could fill a few Easter eggs in! The basket was stamped with the Starburst wheel in Rose Red ink onto Pink Pirouette card stock.

The tag was made by taking a piece of 1.5 x 3 in folded in half to make the tag base and then the pink added on top. White bakers twine secures the tag to the handle.

The box is made by cutting cardstock into a 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in square. Score all edges at 4 1/4 all the way around the edges. You’ll end up with your large square that has nine scored squares. Cut two slits on each end down to the center score. You’ll fold those edges up and then hole punch, securing the flaps with a brad.

That wraps up this week using the A Little Bit of Spring stamp set! Don’t forget, you can always order online anytime!

Easter Wishes Carrot Box

I love Easter baskets and all the cute eggs and things that get filled in them! This year I’m whipping up a couple of these easy carrot boxes to put treats in for my kiddos to slide into their baskets. 

These carrot boxes go pretty quickly when you assemble them, and are even easier to decorate. I used the A Little Bit of Spring set to stamp the eggs onto the Pumpkin Pie cardstock, and tied it together with Old Olive ribbon (Spring Mini) and topped it off a punched out tag and the bunny and sentiment from A Little Bit of Spring.

The bunny was colored with blender pens and I used Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink and Daffodil Delight to color her in.

You could also do a boy version of this tag with the cute boy bunny included in the stamp set.

You can download the pdf for the carrot box here: https://www.box.com/shared/ld0ll958d4

This set is great for projects that aren’t Easter related but focus more on Spring. Join me all week for more project ideas!

Butterfly Note Card Set

Today is the last day of butterfly week, and I hope you enjoyed seeing all the possibilities with the Papillion Potpourri stamp set!

For my final project I did a mini note card set. These cards are 3x4 and are perfect to tuck into a little gift, a lunch for a kiddo, or a as a surprise for your sweetie.



For these cards I played on four colors, More Mustard, Red Riding Hood, Plum and Basic Gray. I layered and stacked the butterflies and then added a sentiment from the Lacy and Lovely set (which is quickly becoming a favorite you will see more of soon!) A tiny bit of Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine finished it off for a quick and easy, but cute little card set.

That' wraps up Butterfly week, and next week I’ll be playing with an Easter/Spring set that I’m sure you will love, too!

Rainbow Butterfly

There is just something about rainbows and butterflies combined together that makes me happy and think of Spring!

I used post-its to mask the edges of a white cardstock base, and used sponges to ink up the rainbow colors. Eggplant, Turquoise, Wasabi, Daffodil, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red layered to create the rainbow effect. The last touch was a sentiment from Word Play and the butterflies from  Papillion Potpourri. I love the stark contrast of the white and black with the pop of colors!

I have one more card to share tomorrow using this awesome set, what has been your favorite thus far?

Butterfly Thank You

Sometimes you see a card and you just can’t help but want to recreate it! (Otherwise known as CASEing a card.)
That was the case with the card below, with the original one created by Mary Fish.

So simple, but so elegant! I changed up the colors a little bit and used a little sentiment from Easy Events. This card doesn’t even use the Papillion Potpourri stamp set but just the Elegant Butterfly punch. Super easy!

I have one more card to share and a mini note card set and I think I still have plenty more projects I could make with this set! What do you think of it?

Hello Watercolor Butterfly

Butterfly week continues with the focus on the the Papillion Potpourri stamp set!
Today I am sharing a rainbow card that was brought to life with the help of an aqua painter to give it a watercolor look.

The butterflies were all stamped in a darker ink onto lighter cardstock and then punched out. The colors used are Bashful Blue/Night of Navy, Certainly Celery/Old Olive, So Saffron/More Mustard, Pretty in Pink/Melon Mambo, Pale Plum/Elegant Eggplant. The sentiment was stamped in Basic Gray with a sentiment from the Lacy and Lovely set. This simple but cheerful card could brighten anyone’s day!

These butterflies make me wish for warmer weather, come on spring! :)

Butterfly Tag

Butterfly week continues with the focus on the the Papillion Potpourri stamp set!
Today I have a quick and easy tag that we did at my last workshop.

I love Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette and Going Gray paired together. It’s such a soft and subtle look. The poofy flower was made by stacking scallop circles and scrunching them in the center. To give the tag some dimension I stamped the silhouette of the butterfly, and then punched out the flowered butterfly using the Bitty Butterfly punch. The punched image was them mounted with dimensionals to lift it off the tag.

The Scallop Trim border punch was used on the pink panel and then Baja Breeze seam binding finished off the tag. This would be great to add to a bag for a birthday present or little gift!

I really love the variety this stamp set offers as the butterflies can be classic or whimsical depending on which style you use!