Happy Little Stampers February Watercolour Challenge

Hello crafty friends and welcome back to another Watercolour challenge
over at the Happy Little Stampers blog!

This month the theme is anything goes with an optional "Metallics" twist.
Here is my card for this month.

For my card I decided to do some watercoloring with Distress Inks and since the

theme this month is metallics I heat embossed my image with

gold embossing powder before I colored it.

I chose one of my favorite flower stamps from the 2018 Stamp-A-Faire

with Papertrey Ink. Betsy Veldman designed a beautiful stamp set called 

Painted Poppy and it is just perfect for watercoloring!

First I stamped the poppy with Versamark Ink onto a watercolor 

panel that I cut with a die from the My Favorite Things 

Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner.

Next I heat embossed the flower with WOW gold embossing powder.

I used 4 different distress inks in these colors for my flower:

Spun Sugar

Picked Raspberry

Old Paper

and

Crushed Olive

I also stamped the "thank you" sentiment from the Painted Poppy set in 

Crushed Olive distress ink to match the card.

For the base of my card I die cut a piece of paper from some PTI 

Rustic Cream card stock. I used the largest die from the 

Stitched Scalloped Rectangle dies from Kat Scrappiness.

For some added texture I embossed that panel with 

a script patterned embossing folder.

I adhered the watercolor panel on the diagonal and finished 

off the card with some rustic twine.

I love using distress inks to watercolor, there are so

many gorgeous colors to play with!

Come join us for the Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge this month!

We want to see your watercolor projects.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you get some free crafty time today!

Have a great day, I already am!

💐Lisa 💐

Happy Valentine's Day Card With Video

Today I'm up on the Kat Scrappiness blog and  I want to share an easy 

Valentine's Day card with you that has a beautiful ink blended background.

I also have a quick video so you can see how I made this card.

I used 3 of the new products that are in the store, I'll link all of the products below.

This card came together very quickly but the ink blending and beautiful 

Lacy Layered Heart in silver foil card stock give it a very elegant look.

Here are the products I used on this card:

Lacy Layered Heart die

Stitched Sentiment Strip dies

Stitched Scalloped Rectangle dies

Say it With Heart stamps

Picked Raspberry Distress Ink

Spun Sugar Distress Ink

Versafine Black Onyx Ink

Nuvo Adhesive

I also made a video to show you how I made this card. 

You can watch it here or on YouTube.

All of the products listed above are available in the Kat Scrappiness store

and you can save 10% on your order if you use code Lisa10.

Have a great day, I already am!

💘Lisa💘

Craftin Desert Divas January Release

Hello crafty friends!
Today I have another fun card to share with you

 on behalf of the Craftin Desert Divas digital design team!
There are so many new releases in the store right now that
are perfect for Valentine's Day and love themed projects.

Today I'll be using the sweet Koala Couple digital stamp!

I started by coloring these cute koalas with my Copic markers and 

then cut them out with my Scan n Cut.
I prepared my card base by stenciling some soft grey hearts using the
Hearts Galore stencil.
My sentiment is from the Say It Big stamp set and I stamped it on to the
smallest heart from the Nested Hearts Die set.
To finish off this card I added a few sequins from the
Fairy Dust Sequins.

I had a lot of fun making this card and 

I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas

Facebook Gallery and Instagram page for some more inspiration from 

the other design team members. 

Have a great day, I already am!

🐨Lisa🐨

Craftin Desert Divas Cupid Card

Today I would like to share a cute card I made

 for the Craftin Desert Divas digital design team!

This sweet card features the Cupid in Clouds digital stamp.

I made the background for my card using the Hearts Galore stencil and 

a couple of different Distress Inks.

I used my Copic markers to color my sweet cupid and I popped her

up on to the smallest heart from the Nested Heart Dies.

To finish off the card I added a frame from the Inside Scalloped Rectangle Dies.

The sentiment is from the freebie stamp set Cupid Shot that was 

recently available with a qualifying purchase.

I enjoyed making this card. I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas

Facebook Gallery for some more inspiration from the other 

design team members as well as Instagram for more fun!

Have a great day, I already am!

💘Lisa 💘

KaDoodle Bug Dragon Cards

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and when it comes to 

card making, this is my FAVORITE holiday!

I am a sucker for anything that is pink and involves a good dose

of sparkle, hearts and glitter!

One of the companies that I design cards for is 

KaDoodle Bug Designs

and recently they added the cutest files to their shop!

It is a collection of 10 of the cutest Valentine themed dragons and 

one is cuter than the next!  

You can view all of them in the shop right now here.

I have had the delightful opportunity to design a couple of cards 

with them and I used these 2 files:

Heart Balloons Dragon

and

Love Letters Dragon

The first card I made is with the Heart Balloons Dragon and here it is:

I am smitten with this card and I just love how it came out.

I started with white card stock and I die cut a panel with 

one of my favorite dies from Kat Scrappiness called the

Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies.  I used the largest die from the pack

because it's the perfect size to fill the front panel of an A2 sized card.

The next step was to die cut some card stock with the cloud die

from Lawn Fawn to make a template that I could use to sponge 

some clouds on to my card front.

I used Broken China distress ink and proceeded to sponge it around

the cloud template to form clouds all the way down the panel.

I love the soft look you can get with varying amounts of 

pressure applied to the ink tool.

Once I got the clouds the way I wanted I stamped the sentiment from 

an Avery Elle stamp set called Handwritten notes and 

I added a cute little heart from the Kat Scrappiness stamp 

set called Let's Get Caffeinated.

To finish the card off I used some Pretty Pink Jewels

from Kat Scrappiness. 

Once all that was complete I added the cute little Dragon from KaDoodle Bug

on some foam tape and the card was done.

Here is a picture with the supplies used.

The second card I made uses the Love Letters Dragon file.

It is a shaker card and it is one of my favorite type of cards to make!

For this card I started with the Kat Scrappiness 

Stitched Scalloped Collage Frame die.

It's the perfect die for making shaker cards because it has windows for 

shaker bits and you can easily add foam tape to the back of it.

I put some Magical Unicorn Dust sequins and Fuschia Jewels inside the 

window and I used vellum instead of acetate for a softer look.

The back panel on the card is some adorable Doodlebug paper 

with a Valentines theme.

To decorate the front of the card along with the cute dragon 

I die cut the words from the I Love You Shadow dies from 

Kat Scrappiness out of pink glitter paper.

Here is a close up of the card so you can see the details.

These 2 cards were so much fun to make and I hope you'll check out

all of the cute files at KaDoodle Bug and the awesome dies and sequins

at Kat Scrappiness! They have any and all craft supplies you could want!

If you use my code Lisa10 at Kat Scrappiness you could 

save 10% on your entire order. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Enjoy your day, I already am!

💘Lisa💘

Craftin Desert Divas January Release

Hello crafty friends!
Allow me to share another card with you

 on behalf of the Craftin Desert Divas digital design team!
There are so many new releases in the store right now that
are perfect for Valentine's Day!

Today I'll be using the sweet Owl Couple digital stamp!

The owls were colored with my Copic markers and cut with my Scan n Cut.

I used some wood grain patterned paper and cut out a circle with the

Inside Scalloped Circles to showcase those cute little owls.

The leaves and flowers included with the Scalloped Circle dies

were the perfect addition to this card!

The sentiment was computer generated and printed out,

then I inked the edges to give it some dimension.

I had a lot of fun making this card and 

I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas

Facebook Gallery for some more inspiration from the other 

design team members.  I'll be back at the end of the week with another

new release image and card to share with you!

Have a great day, I already am!

🦉Lisa 🦉

Craftin Desert Divas January Release

Today I want to be share another card

 for the Craftin Desert Divas digital design team!

This month they are relasing another adorable digital stamp called Owl Couple!

This sweet file is just in time for Valentine's Day!

It features an adorable Owl Couple on a branch and has endless possibilities.

Here is my card using this sweet new digital image.

I made a shaker card using the sweet owls and I thought I'd go with a 

non-traditional color scheme.

I just love how this card turned out, I love using soft colors on my cards.

Here are the products I used for my card:

Digi: Owl Couple
Sequins: Sweetness
Dies: Inside Scalloped Rectangles

Inside Scalloped Circles
Sentiment Stamp: Say It Big

I had a lot of fun making this card.  Shaker cards are one of my favorite

kind of cards to make! I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas

Facebook Gallery for some more inspiration from the other 

design team members.  I'll be back next week with another

new release image and card to share with you!

Have a great day, I already am!

🦉Lisa 🦉

Foxy KaDoodle Bug Cards

Good morning crafty friends!

For the past 2 weeks the KaDoodle Bug design team has been sharing

Winter Birthday cards in their Facebook group.

I have 2 adorable cards I wanted to share with you using some of the adorable

fox images in the shop.

The first card features 2 foxes from the Playful Foxes file.

I just love those sweet little foxes and I was inspired by the recent 

My Favorite Things release and their adorable foxes!

I made a birthday card using 2 of the sweet images from the file.

The scalloped rectangle panels are from Neat and Tangled and I used

pink polka dot paper from Papertrey Ink for the larger panel.

 The sentiment is from a My Creative Time stamp set called Sweet Wishes.

The hearts are from one of my Recollections punches 

and for the arrows I used a die set from Little B called Party.

I am totally smitten with this card and I LOVE how it turned out!

I can't wait to give it to a sweet someone for their birthday!

For my second birthday card I used the adorable fox image from 

the Woodland Foxes file.

I started by cutting a panel of watercolor paper from the Fancy Frame Dies

by Craftin Desert Divas. I used Peacock Feathers distress ink to give the 

center of the panel a wash of color for my background.

The beautiful Happy Birthday sentiment is from a Close To My Heart

stamp set called Joyful Birthday Occasions and the 

foxy letters are from the Lawn Fawn Quinn ABC's dies.

I just love how that cute little fox looks with his sweet little party hat!

I am thankful that the theme was Birthday because I never seem

to have enough birthday cards on hand!

Thanks for stopping by today to check out my fun foxy cards!

Check out the KaDoodle Bug shop for lots more adorable SVG and Print and Cut

files!  There are some really cute new dragon files available that I will be using soon!

Have a great day, I already am!

🦊Lisa 🦊

Craftin Desert Divas Bear Tags

Today I would like to share some adorable tags I made

 for the Craftin Desert Divas digital design team!

These sweet tags feature the cute little Love Cupid Bear!
I made 2 tags, one with a girl bear and one with a boy bear.

I started by embossing a Shaker Tag Die with a heart embossing folder and inking

the edges in pink and blue respectively.

I colored my sweet little bears with Copic markers and cut them out 

with my Scan N Cut. 

I generated the sentiments on my computer and printed them out so I 

could cut them down and place them on my tags.

The cute little girl bear needed a bow so I used the bow die from the

Shaker Tag Die set to make her one from some pink and white

polka dot paper.  I added a pearl in the middle for some extra sweetness!

I had a lot of fun making these tags. I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas

Facebook Gallery for some more inspiration from the other 

design team members.  

Have a great day, I already am!

🐻Lisa 🐻

Craftin Desert Divas January Release

Today I am so excited to be sharing my first official card

 for the Craftin Desert Divas digital design team!

This month they are releasing an adorable digital file called Koala Couple!

This sweet file is just in time for Valentine's Day and can be used for

any Love themed card or even a baby card!

It features an adorable Koala Couple but it could easily be interpreted as 

a mother or father with a baby.

Here is my card using this sweet new digital image.

The first thing I did was color those sweet koalas with my copic markers

and cut them out using my Scan n Cut machine.

Next I took the second largest Inside Scalloped Rectangle Dies

and cut out a frame using some pink polka dot paper.

Since I was making a shaker card I cut out a piece of acetate

that was slightly smaller than the frame for my window and adhered it as a window.

I backed the window frame with 2 layers of foam tape so I could

fill the well with all of the pretty sequins.

Before I added the sequins I stamped a sentiment from 

Mice To Meet You on the card base so that it would show through 

the window. The next step was to sprinkle some sequins around the 

sentiment so I could add the shaker window over them.

I used a mix of Sweetness and True Love Sequins.

Finally I laid the shaker window down over the sequins and the 

sentiment.  I positioned the adorable Koala Couple on the lower left

corner of the window and added some flower and leaf die cuts 

from the Inside Scalloped Circle Dies.

I had a lot of fun making this card.  Shaker cards are one of my favorite

kind of cards to make! I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas

Facebook Gallery for some more inspiration from the other 

design team members.  I'll be back next week with another

new release image and card to share with you!

Have a great day, I already am!

🐨Lisa 🐨

Paper Sweeties January 2019 Winter Inspiration Day #3

Welcome back to day 3 of Winter Inspiration Paper Sweeties Fans!
I hope you gained some inspiration over the past 3 days to
create some sweet projects!

For my final Paper Sweeties project for January I've created a
dashboard for my daughter Taylor's planner!

She is an avid planner and is always making pretty things to put in there.
Every time I make a new project she asks me to duplicate it in the size of her planner.
Today instead of duplicating a card in dashboard size I just made one for my project.
This dashboard measures 6 3/4 x 3 3/4 and fits in her personal rings size planner.
It's sort of like a divider/decoration for her planner that separates different sections.

I used some pretty Doodlebug patterned paper for the middle layer and I
used the Sent From My Heart stamp set to decorate the dashboard.

I love that sweet dog and she looks adorable mailing that cute little letter!

I love how this turned out and I know my daughter will love

displaying it in her planner!

Paper Sweeties certainly has everything you could need

to create some SWEET projects!

Make sure you visit the rest of the design team today to see

what they have created for you! 

Here are the links to their blogs:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
                                     Lisa Golzbein ←←← (you are here)
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Thanks so much for joining us over the past 3 days at Paper Sweeties.

Next month we will be back to releasing new products and I hope you'll 

check back to what goodies we will have for you!

Enjoy your day, I already am!

🐶Lisa 🐶

Paper Sweeties January 2019 Winter Inspiration Day #2

Welcome back to day 2 of the Winter Inspiration Paper Sweeties Fans!
I hope you enjoyed seeing all of the wonderful projects
that the design team created yesterday!

In keeping with my Valentine's Day theme, I've created a sweet little tag with the adorable
bumble bee from the Bee Happy stamp set.

To begin with I stenciled a honeycomb pattern on to a piece of 

Bristol Smooth card stock with 4 different color distress inks.

Squeezed Lemonade

Mustard Seed

Fossilized Amber

and

Vintage Photo

This gave the tag an ombre look with the darkest color at the bottom.

After that I splattered some black paint around the tag for some added interest.

Once I liked the look of the background I die cut it out with the

Sweet Cuts For You Tag Die.

The next step was to stamp and color that cute little bumble bee from the

Bee Happy stamp set. I used my Copic markers to do the coloring and

I added white highlights with my Gelly Roll white pen.

I also added a little bit of shimmer to the wings with my 

Spectrum Noir Sparkle brush but it is hard to see that in the picture. 

I selectively stamped the word Bee from the Bee Happy stamp set on 

to black card stock and heat embossed it in white.

The letters to spell out MINE were cut with my Scan n Cut machine

as well as the 3 little sparkly hearts!

I also cut a second tag slightly larger in so I could mat the first tag on

black to make the yellow honeycombs stand out.

To finish off the tag I added a beautiful bow from some

Licorice Seam Binding

The bow was the perfect finishing touch for my sweet little tag!

I love how this tag turned out and I can't wait to use

it on a Valentine treat!

Paper Sweeties certainly has everything you could need

to create some SWEET projects!

Make sure you visit the rest of the design team today to see

what they have created for you! 

Here are the links to their blogs:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
                                         Lisa Golzbein ←←←← (you are here)
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Please check back tomorrow to see the last

Paper Sweeties project I created for the Winter Inspiration hop!

Enjoy your day, I already am!

🐝Lisa 🐝

❤️

Paper Sweeties January 2019 Winter Inspiration Day #1!

Happy New Year Paper Sweeties Fans!

Welcome back to my blog, this month we are sharing winter inspiration

projects using Paper Sweeties products.

My favorite winter holiday is Valentine's Day probably because of 

all the pink and hearts.  2 of my favorite things to decorate with!

In Florida we don't see some of our coldest weather until February so 

for me it is definitely a winter holiday!

Today I chose to play with the recently released stamp and die set:

Merry Christmas Y'all

I just love the pickup truck image in the set and I thought it would

look darling hauling a load of hearts for Valentine's Day!

I watercolored that sweet truck with my Zig Clean Color Markers

and used the coordinating die to cut it out.

The heart stamp is from the stamp set Happy Icons.

I stamped the heart multiple times and colored them in 

with my Zig markers and then cut them out on my 

Scan N Cut so I could do them all at once.

They look so cute piled up in the bed of that truck!

The sentiment is from the For You stamp set and I stamped it

on to one of the rectangles from the Rectangle Scallop Frames dies. 

I love how this card turned out and I hope I've inspired you

to start making some sweet Valentine's Cards!

Paper Sweeties certainly has everything you could need

to create some SWEET projects!

Make sure you visit the rest of the design team today to see

what they have created for you! 

Here are the links to their blogs:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
                                         Lisa Golzbein ←←←← (you are here)
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Please check back tomorrow and Tuesday to see the rest of the

Paper Sweeties projects I have created!

Enjoy your day, I already am!

💘Lisa 💘

Hinged Die Cut Love Card

Happy Sunday Y'all!

I spent my morning with my coffee, Jennifer McGuire and Kat Scrappiness.

What a nice morning!

Whenever I watch a Jennifer McGuire video with a technique I love

I can't stop thinking about it until I try it out.

This morning was the perfect time so I poured my java, turned on YouTube

and broke out my Kat Scrappiness stamps and dies.

Kat's new release was the perfect recipe for this hinged die cut card!

The heart panel on the front is on hinges and it opens up to reveal a secret message.

The hinges are made from 2 thin strips of acetate and they are sandwiched

in between the 2 hearts. Such a cool technique!

How stinkin' cute is that? I just love having that extra surprise on the front of the card.

The card opens up as usual so you can put a handwritten message on the inside

as well and decorate even more.

If you're interested in how to re-create a card like this you'll want to 

head over to You-Tube and watch Jennifer's video.

Hinged Die Cut Greeting

The gorgeous heart on the front of the card was made from one of the

new releases over at Kat Scrappiness.

It's called Lacy Layered Heart and before I die cut it out

I blended 3 different colors of distress ink on some Bristol smooth cardstock.

Broken China

Picked Raspberry

and

Twisted Citron

I wanted a shiny sentiment on the heart to really make the rainbow 

stand out so I cut out the word Love from silver foil card stock.

That die is from the 

I Love You Shadow Dies which was also just released 

at Kat Scrappiness this month.

The sentiment inside the heart panel is from the stamp set

Say It With Hearts and it is also available now.

That stamp set is so cute and you can re-create the cute

conversation hearts on your cards for Valentine's Day!

The cute little stamped hearts on the front of the card panel is from a 

Paper Sweeties stamp set called Sent From My Heart.

I just love how this card came out and I enjoyed making it!

Thanks Jennifer for all the inspiration throughout the year!

I am also entering this card into the Monday and Wednesday 

Simon Says Stamp challenges.

The Monday challenge is to use something new.

All of the products used on this card are from the new release

and the technique I used is from a recent video I just learned.

The Wednesday challenge is to make a matching envelope 

and I copied the heart and sentiment on my matching envelope here.

If you want to purchase any of the Kat Scrappiness products I mentioned 

You can use code Lisa10 at checkout and save 10% on your order.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great day, I already am!

💘Lisa 💘

💘Love Is In The Air💘

Happy New Year crafty friends!

I want to wish you a happy early Valentine's Day as well

since this post will be centered around the newest
Kat Scrappiness "Love" themed products!

There was recently 4 new products released in the shop and if you

haven't seen them yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

Kat Scrappiness just released 3 new dies and 1 new stamp set to help

get you in the Valentines mood!

Say It With Hearts stamp set

I Love You Shadow Dies

Stitched Sentiment Strip Dies

Lacy Layered Heart Dies

Valentine's Day has always been one of my favorite holidays

mostly because of the color scheme and pretty hearts.

I've always loved the decorations and the way the stores look

at this time of year.  It's a wonderful sea of pink and hearts!

💘💘💘💘💘💘💘

I created 3 cards with the new products that I'll share today and I have

some process pictures to share with you for one of them.

Here is the first card I made using the I LoveYou Shadow Dies

and I'll share the process with you.

For this card I made my own background by ink blending

3 different distress inks in the following colors:

Broken China

Picked Raspberry

and

Twisted Citron

Even though I only used 3 colors it looks like so much more

because of the blending properties of the distress inks!

This is my favorite color combo right now and I 

am reaching for them a lot!

Once I got the background blended just the way I wanted it

I pulled out a heart stencil from my stash and used it to

cover the background in soft white hearts.

I had an old makeup brush on hand that worked perfectly

to apply the white ink.

After the hearts were stenciled in I hit the panel with my heat gun 

so it wouldn't smear in my Vagabond.

I used the Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies to cut

out the panel for the front of my card.

The next step was to pick out colors that I wanted to die cut

the I Love You Shadow Dies out of.

I knew I wanted the shadow pieces to be black since

it makes the rainbow colors pop.

I decided on some sparkly pink paper for the actual words.

Once I adhered the words to their black shadows I popped them 

all up on foam tape so they would really stand out on the card.

And of course I needed to add some Sparkling Clear Jewels to the card

for some extra BLING!

I really love how this card turned out and I am planning on making a lot 

more ink blended cards in the near future.

Here are all 3 cards I made for the new release and I can tell there 

will be a lot more LOVELY HEART cards very very soon!

As you can also see I used the ink blending technique on all 3 of 

these cards in different ways.

Thanks for stopping by today and letting me share my cards with you!

I am enjoying the new stamps and dies and I know you will too!

Please use my code Lisa10 to do some crafty shopping and 

you can save 10% on your order.

Have a great day, I already am!

💘Lisa💘