Feed the Ducks Digi Kit

Time for another adorable digital scrapbooking kit release

from JMC Designs ! 

This one is called

Feed The Ducks 

and is available at Scraps-N-Pieces.com.

It's a Bits N Pieces kit, meaning you buy just the portions you want.

There will also be lots of other great mini kits from other 

designers at SNP using the same color palette. 

I used My Memories Suite 7

to create the above 12" x 12" scrapbook page

and facebook timeline cover.

You can create a Custom layout in My Memories 7

that will be perfectly sized for a facebook timeline cover / banner.

Choose DESIGN on the Welcome screen.

At the bottom of the pop up, you will see CUSTOM SIZE.

Choose pixels as your unit of measure

and type in 851 Width x 315 Height

then click CREATE.

Each portion of the kit will be $1.00

through April 7th.

Thanks for looking !

I'll have another digi kit post

to share tomorrow

Celebrate Earth Digi Kit

Celebrate Earth is the newest digi kit release by JMC Designs !

 This will be the first of three digital scrapbook kit posts

 over the next couple of days, Jodi has been busy designing

terrific new kits that are releasing this week at

Scraps-N-Pieces.com

I used pieces from the kit and added my own text

in My Memories Suite 7

to create the above "printable"

and the facebook timeline cover, below.

You can create a Custom layout in MM7

that will be perfectly sized for a facebook timeline cover / banner.

Choose DESIGN on the Welcome screen.

At the bottom of the pop up, you will see CUSTOM SIZE.

Choose pixels as your unit of measure

and type in 851 Width x 315 Height

then click CREATE.

50% off until April 30th!!!

This huge kit includes:

Full Alphabet

9 Cardstock - 12X12 300ppi
30 Patterned Papers - 12x12 300ppi
16 Extra Papers - 12X12 300ppi
16 Flair
10 Journal Cards
73 Unique Elements:
5 Arrows
Banner
3 Bows
5 Buttons
Earth Love
8 Flowers
3 Frames
5 Grunge/Paint
Leaf
Leaf Charm
Leaf Scatter
3 Leaves
Heart World Sticker
6 Metal Bits
People Trim
4 Ribbon
2 RicRac
Scatter
2 Staples
3 Stitches
3 String
2 Swirls
2 Tags
Tree
8 Word Bits

Be sure to stop by the JMC Designs web site for a coordinating freebie !

Color Challenge - House of Cards

Above is the card I created for the newest challenge at 

House of Cards.

It's an inspiration photo challenge this month.

I used colors similar to the photo as well as script.

Stamps, inks, card stock, paper punch and seam binding ribbon 

were all from Stampin' Up!, most no longer available. 

"hello" die cuts (cream die cut stacked and off set over kraft die cut) 

are an old die from Cuttlebug. I don't recall the set name.

Signo white gel pen, paper piercer and a pair 

of scissors to distress the edges of the top portion.

Oh, and a piece of sponge to ink the edges of the hexagons!

I thought about running the bottom section through an embossing folder

to give it more of a quilt look, but was afraid to try it and have 

all the little stamping/inking details lost. It took quite a while

to make this piece, I didn't want to make another ;) 

Thanks for looking !

Be sure to check out all of the other inspiring

projects created by the design team:

Cohenna | Donna | Dotty Jo | Em | Emily | Heather

Jane | Judy | Karen | Katarzyna Ewa  | Katy | Leslie | Linda

Merethe | Merlina | Michele | Paula | Rocky | Rosi | Ruza

Shawna | Shirley | Steph | Sue N. | Sue T. | Susan | Tina | Toni

You have all month to play along with our photo inspiration challenge

at the House of Cards Challenge Blog!

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:

Stampin' Royalty - Wonderful Words

Crafting For All Seasons - Die Cuts/ Punches

Crafting By Designs- Anything Goes

Last of the Easter Cards

More cards I whipped up for Easter this year. 

It was good to get back to crafting after months

of doing nothing and moving my craft stuff. 

Yes, it is possible to be out of crafting shape

and injure yourself when you do a marathon day 

(or three in my case!) of crafting - I know first hand ;)


Thanks for looking 

Friend Card

Another card for the 

Cards In Envy Just Purple challenge. 

NOTE: The postmaster at my local post office

made me buy extra postage for this card

due to the brad (not the first time this has happened).

I get charged the extra "non machinable" postage

regularly - one small bump that they feel requires it!

So with that in mind, technically, I guess my card

won't qualify for the challenge.......

The stamp image was heat embossed black 

onto water color paper then 

water colored in.  I'm unsure of the manufacturer,

it was gifted to me (same with the mini flower brad).

I trimmed it out with scissors and mounted it onto purple card stock.

The embossing folder is an old one from Stampin' Up!

as are the Happy Easter sentiment and wheel I used on the envelope. 

The banner was hand cut.

Thanks for looking =) 

Paper Bag Bunnies

I made these two silly bunny bags to give to my

nephews. I think this will be the final year

I make them something (they are 15 and 13 after all !)

White paper lunch sack

Pencil to draw the ears on the sack and pink paper

Scissors to cut them out

Circle paper punches for the eyes and "cheeks"

Hand cut with scissors a nose and whiskers

White Signo gel pen for eye highlights

Adhesive 

I did crumple my bags up before assembly because I didn't like 

the sharp fold lines on the bags. Plus, it gave them more character ;) 

I trimmed out the inside folds where the ears are.

I then glued the bag front and back together along the ears.

I should have glued all along the top edge of the head, too.

I gave the ears a pinch at the base to finish them off.

Thanks for looking =) 

Easter Wishes card

Dry embossed (old embossing folder from Stampin' Up!)

then colored with chalks (Stampin' Pastels from Stampin' Up!)

and a blender pen. I used a sponge tip applicator first,

but it the colors were too soft for my liking. 

Old rubber stamp images and paper punches were also from Stampin' Up!

Hot pink glittered chipboard butterfly, from my stash of supplies found

 at Big Lots long ago, manufacturer unknown.

Thanks for looking =) 

I'm entering my mail friendly card in the

Cards In Envy Just Purple challenge

(although mine isn't all purple.....).

Side Step Easter Card

Happy Easter 

to those that celebrate!

This is called a "side step" card.

It folds flat and fits into a regular

invitation size (A2) envelope.

The instructions were found at

splitcoaststampers.com 

The stained glass stamp image is an old one from Stampin' Up!

I stamped it on water color paper with Versamark ink

then heat embossed it with black embossing powder.

The image was water colored in with inks from

my Stampin' Up! Classic ink pads and an aquapainter. 

I squish the closed lids onto the ink pads, flip them open

then use the aquapainter to lift ink from inside the lids

to water color with. 

Daffodil Delight card stock was run through a 

Cuttlebug embossing folder, Oriental Weave.

The larger Midnight Muse card stock piece was die cut

with a Scallop Rectangle Frame from Sizzix, 

The smaller was punched with an old punch from Stampin' Up!

(I'm unsure of the name, perhaps Modern Label?).

The larger white piece was die cut with a Sizzix/Stampin' Up! die, 

Chalk Talk Framelits.

The small white piece was paper punched with the old 

Word Window punch from Stampin' Up!

I lightly ran the edges of the white pieces across

a silver Encore ink pad before adhering them to

the Midnight Muse pieces. 

Sentiments from Everlasting Joy (?)

and Teeny Tiny Wishes, both from Stampin' Up!,

were stamped with 

Midnight Muse ink onto Whisper White card stock.

Thanks for looking =) 

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:

Cuttlebug Mania - Easter

One Stitch At A Time - Embossing

Words 2 Craft By - Easter /Rebirth

Great Impressions - Bunny Hop

Stop by each of them to see wonderful design team projects as well as
entries by the other challenge participants !

Stained Glass Flowers Card

I'm quite pleased with how this card turned out. 

I stamped the Stained Glass image 

(and oldie from Stampin' Up!)

with Versamark ink onto water color paper 

then heat embossed it

 with black embossing powder.

I water colored the image with 

inks from my ink pads and an aquapainter.

I squish the closed lids onto the ink pads

(Classic inks from Stampin' Up!),

flip the lids open the use the aquapainter to 

pick up the ink from inside the lids to color with.

It is mounted on circular die cut piece of purple card stock

that I added two purple eyelets to.

The stamped image is attached to the

dry embossed card front with pop dots.

The embossing folder used was from the

Paper Lace II set by Cuttlebug. 

I ran white 5/8" satin ribbon through the eyelets

then underneath the embossed top piece.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Cuttlebug Mania - Easter

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Welcome Spring

Great Impressions - Bunny Hop (Easter/Spring)

Thanks for looking :)

Cute Easter Bunny Card

Aww, I think this this Easter card turned out pretty cute ! It was time consuming, but making the basket full of Easter eggs  (and the bunny himself) the way I did makes a big difference in the look of the card I believe.



I stamped and water colored the bunny image on white card stock then carefully trimmed it out.
Originally I thought I'd do paper piecing on it, something I never do, but couldn't find any papers I was happy with in my stash to use.

I did the same thing to the basket then oh so carefully cut it out with an Xacto knife.

Little scraps of pastel colored card stock were stamped with the teeny tiny egg image then hand cut with sharp, tiny scissors.

A small scrap of green card stock was "fringed" to make grass by snipping along one edge with the tiny scissors.

I layered and glued in place all of the eggs and grass behind the basket top to make it appear they were in it.

The basket is attached with a dimensional/pop dot.

I stamped extra bow images, cut them out, slightly bending them for dimension before gluing into place on top of the base images.

The bunny is glued in place on the torso mainly so the ears and arms pop away from the card base for some dimension.


The pale yellow, slightly textured card base was run through an embossing folder (oldie from Stampin' Up!, I think it was called Tulip) before adhering all of the pieces.

The rubber stamp images are from an old Close To My Heart stamp set.
Inks and card stocks were from Stampin' Up! except for the yellow card base which is unknown. I bought a set of them with matching side opening envelopes on clearance at Big Lots long ago.

Thanks for looking =)

I'm entering my bunny card into the following challenges, Visit each of them for lots of wonderfully inspiring projects by their design teams and challenge entrants.

Cardz4Galz Challenge #18 - Cute and Cuddly

Penny Black March Challenge - Feature A Creature

DragonflyJourneys Challenge #49 - Hippity Hoppity

Make My Monday Challenge - something fluffy