Spooky Halloween from Ink Road Stamps + Alcohol Ink Background!

It's the last day of the month and I'm here with some Halloween inspiration! I wanted to play with my alcohol inks to get more comfortable with them so I chose some classic colors - green, orange, purple and black. I was worried they would turn out muddy (especially the green and orange), but I think the background looks really cool! Especially when I added the silver foil before the ink dried.

The cutie bat images and sentiment are from Ink Road Stamps and I really like how this card turned out. I actually made two because the background was large enough that I could make some slightly smaller than A2 cards. I hope you'll check out my video below!

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Get in Loser... We're Going to Target! Gift Card Holder with Ink Road Stamps

Hi Friends! I'm back with another Ink Road Stamps design team project. This week we are using some of our favorite Inked Girls and I used Inked Casey to make a gift card holder! I just love the "Get in loser" sentiment as it reminds me so much of Mean Girls... and there are so many great supplemental sentiments that go so well together. I used the "we're going to Target" because I wanted to create a holder for a gift card! You can see below that I slid in a Target gift cards since that's what I get most of the time for family and friends. 😉

So if you need a quick gift card holder that can fit into an A2 envelope, I hope you'll check out my Instagram Reels below sharing this fun card tutorial!

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Over the Rainbow with Lawn Fawn

When the Craft Roulette wheel parameters gave us black and white, I instantly thought of creating a scene from the Wizard of Oz. I knew I wanted to try and do something with fandom for the Lawn Fawnatics challenge, too, so I was excited with these wheel parameters!

The wheel gave us a 6 x 6 card (which is huge, by the way); black & white + 2 colors; big and little; and polka dots. So I made the giant card 6x6 CARD with a BIG frame that contained my scene with LITTLE Dorothy and Toto. The scene is from the beginning of the movie when everything is in BLACK & WHITE and then my sentiment is die cut from YELLOW POLKA DOT paper. I used some sparkly RED embossing powder to add the element of the ruby red shoes from the movie.

You can see my list of supplies below, but I hope you like this fun, fandom card!

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Christmas on the 25th: Woodland Holidays with Avery Elle

It's the 25th-ish! So it's time to share some Holiday card inspiration! This month I am using Avery Elle products because I seriously love their critters. They have such a hand drawn look and I decided to use my Zig Clean Color Brushes to make this scene look like a painting. The card is kinda busy, but I think it looks so pretty and I keep staring at it... Plus the gold die cut sentiment really pops off the card!

I hope you enjoy this month's Christmas inspiration and enjoy my video down below!

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Superhero Mother's & Father's Day Cards with Crescent Creations

Today I am sharing some superhero inspired cards for Mother's and Father's Day using a new kit from Crescent Creations! I was so happy to be asked to create some inspiration to share with you using their latest products - digital stamps, laser printed images and sentiments, patterned paper and more. This kit is super cute with all of the comic book themed products so I used that as inspiration for my cards.

To celebrate their first kit, Crescent Creations is giving away a kit to a lucky hopper in the US! For a chance to win, you will need to hop along, like the videos and leave comments on each of the videos. Plus you will get amazing inspiration from all of the creators in this hop to create these cards with your own kit. In case you can't wait or are not the big winner, you can use the link below to get your own kit, too. 

Make sure to watch the video on YouTube so you can get all of the details of the hop and see the link to the next crafter! Thanks for stopping by!

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Memory Keeping: Girl Scout Bridging with Scrapbook.com

Happy Thursday! I bought myself a photo printer this week and I made a pocket page for my new 9x12 album from Scrapbook.com. I used cards from Scrapbook.com and added some personal touches with stenciling, stamping and adding stickers. In Girl Scouts, bridging is associated with rainbows so I was excited to use some of my rainbow products on this page!

You can also see a little sneak of a new album from Scrapbook.com down below - it's going to be available soon and you're going to love it! It's plush, so soft and going to really elevate my memory pages. So make sure you click that link below to go to my Scrapbook.com Gallery to be notified of when it will be release!

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Believe in Yourself Slimline Pull Tab Card with Heffy Doodle

Have you hidden a sentiment with an interactive element in a card before? Today I have a video sharing how I hid a motivational sentiment behind my hot air balloon. The card receiver will see the sentiment once they pull on the pull-tab so that the hot hair balloon floats up!

Watch my video below to see how it works and how you can make it yourself! If interactive is not your thing, you can also adhere the balloon to the background with your sentiment under (so it looks like how the card looks above in the "after" photo.

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Game On Green Brother with Kindred Stamps

I finally had some fun with my Game On box from Kindred Stamps! I really wanted to play around with the awesome dies from the box, so I created this little scene of the Green Brother (my daughter's favorite) and made a fun video game scene.

There isn't too much to the card as I just used printed paper, dies and stamps from the set. I colored in my images using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers and picked out scraps for my die cutting. My rectangle was cut using the Card Basics die set from Kindred Stamps, too.

Were you able to snag a box?

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Easter Basket Card with Heffy Doodle

Another weekend, another card inspired by the latest Craft Roulette wheel parameters! This week the parameters were to create a card with a belly band, use three analogous colors, include a basket and have ink blending in the card.

I decided to make an Easter basket and used the Honey Bunny Boo stamp set from Heffy Doodle. The belly band was die cut to look like grass and I used ink to blend on the green cardstock. I used the basket to glue the ends of the grass together so it wrapped around the card. Since I used green, I decided on a yellow background and then used a teal-ish blue as my third color.

What do you think of the card? Do you think I used all the parameters correctly? Did you make a card this weekend? Let me know in the comments!

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Lawn Fawn Fans Spring Hop: Make a Splash Rainbow Double Slider Card

It's one of my favorite times of the year... It's time for the Spring Lawn Fawn Hop! We are a group of crafters who love Lawn Fawn and have some ideas for the Spring season or using products from the latest Spring release from Lawn Fawn.

For my project, I wanted to use the new Beary Rainy Day set and thought it would be fun to create water splashing scenes on a Double Slider Surprise! I also used the freebie set Here For You Bear from the new release.

I think my project turned out super cute and I hope you'll watch my tutorial below. It's also where you can find more information about the hop and GIVEAWAY! We are so lucky to have Lawn Fawn to sponsor this hop and you could win a $25 certificate to their online store. So make sure to watch the video on YouTube so you can find all of those details.

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Scrapbook.com Creative Team Welcome Unboxing + Love You Layered Hearts Card

GUYS. A dream of mine has really come true! I was recently asked to be a part of the Scrapbook.com Creative Team and I internally screamed in excitement but responded with a very calm yet excited "yes, I would love to join." hah! I got a HUGE box in the mail and I was so excited to see all of the amazing products to use and share with you all.

If you'd like to see what I got in my box, watch the video down below. I also created a monochrome card that uses some of the new products in my welcome box after the unboxing. There are chapters if you watch on YouTube in case you want to skip anything.

Thank you for all your support here but mostly on YouTube and Instagram because I know all of your support is what helped make this possible!

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Blooming Bunnies Floral Card with Time For Tea Designs!

It's my first video for Time for Tea Designs... YAY! I'm so excited to share with you this adorable scene I made using the Blooming Bunnies stamp set. Since it was my first video to share with the T4T audience, I thought I would create a cute scene card with lots of dimension and perspective as that is my favorite type of card to make.

I have more information about the card over on the T4T Blog, so head over there to check out their blog and shop... You can enter my code  T4TLAUREN10 to save you 10% off your next order, too!

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Whatever the Weather Duck in the Rain Card with Heffy Doodle

How cute is this duck splashing in the rain?! I created this rainy card with blue and teal colors and I just love how it turned out. I love the raindrops in blue and sparkle paste and it's just a an overall fun card. It can be used as a thinking of you card to a friend or loved one who just needs a little cheer.

If you'd like to see each step of the card, click the photo below and find "Weather" in my Highlights. I have step-by-step pictures to show how the card comes together and I hope you'll try making the card - or something similar - yourself!

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Thank You "You're the Balm" Goodie Bags with Ink Road Stamps

As part of my volunteer as a Girl Scout, I am in charge of making thank you gifts for our Service Unit! I created these goodie bags and made my own patterns using some basic sets from Ink Road Stamps. The sentiment is stamped with Amelia's Alpha set and I put different scented chapsticks inside. I got them on Amazon with super good reviews.

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Mouse Trap Inspired Pull-Tab Card with Lawn Fawn

So I had this card idea in my head since I saw the new basket and while I definitely made this harder than it needed to be, I still think it turned out pretty cute! If you can't tell, it's inspired by the Mouse Trap board game and I used the latest Craft Roulette parameters to help with the creation.

If you'd like to see how I tackled this card idea, down below is my video and supply list. I would love to know what you think of hiding the pull tab slot behind paper... It's the first time I've tried this and would love feedback or tips so I can give them out when I try this again!

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