Paper Crafters Unite Against Racism

Ever feel like you just don't know what to do? How to help others feel supported?

I'll be honest and thus lean into being vulnerable. I live in central, almost rural, Kansas. I have always said that I am not racist, but honestly I have never known the term anti-racist until now.  I can guarantee that I have made mistakes, said and done the wrong things and been seemingly non-supportive as I lived like an ostrich with my head in the sand. 

My promise is to learn and find ways to do better and to be more supportive to People of Color. Although this is blog hop is a very, very small gesture, I feel it is a start.

 A small one but a start in the right direction. 

I support YOU and stand with YOU !

Here is my piece of creative to add to this hop. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog! 

Your next stop on the blog hop is here:

Michelle Woerner

Enjoy the HOP!

Eva

You Got This

Hello! Soooo... I don't tend to be an impulse buyer. I deliberated for probably a year until a recent purchase of stamps. I'm generally very intentional to make sure everything can be used over and over. It must be stress (that's the best I got, lol)...but last week I made 3 impulse purchases. {{gasp}}

Good news is I am going to get lots of mileage out of this purchase from Paper Smooches!! This is a favorite sentiment where I work and the others in the set just as awesome. Paired with fun colors from Catherine Pooler Inks and its just happy, happy, happy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Eva

Love You...

Back with another alcohol ink card. I am in love with how this turned out. The colors remind me of a beach and some very blue water. I added some gold foil for just the perfect amount of bling.

The sentiment and die cut are from CZ Designs. The sentiments in this set are so fun! 

Thank you for stooping by my blog.

Eva

Nothing Better Than a Rainbow....

Oh baby there isnt anything better than a saturated rainbow! I love the way alcohol ink rainbows turn out. So bright and fun. And then.... if you pair it up with any CZ Designs product, you are sure to have a winner.

I was recently introduced to the glitter paper from MFT and it is amazing. SO. MUCH. BLING! I am going to need a stash of that paper, that is for sure.

 Thank you for stopping by today!

Eva

Red Eggs and.....

Red Eggs and Leaves? LOL. I was trying to make flowers but the more I looked at this one once I was done, I kept seeing pink/red eggs.  It definitely turned out to be a very bold creation and I do love these alcohol ink flowers.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Eva

Hello Purple Rose

I am posting one last card (for now) using this beautiful Sketch Floral background stamp from Erin Lee Creative .

 This time I used some Copic markers to color in just the one large open rose image.

 The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti.

 Have a great day!

Eva

You Are Incredible

After a mighty long stamping break, I am gearing up for a little time off soon for spring break.

Maybe mother nature will bring temps a little closer to "spring like".

I have had my eye on a few stamp sets from Erin Lee Creative and decided to dive in. 

I used Lyra Colored pencils for coloring, which are not my normal but they did a nice job. 

It's funny how awkard something feels to do when you haven't done it for a bit. Even when you have done it for years. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Eva

Instagram MFT Card Round Up

I have realized that I have put a load of cards on Instagram and given the ole blog no love at all. So just on the off chance I have a few blog followers that are not on Instagram, I've decided to do some "dumps" from the IG to my blog.

The card above is one of my recent favs! Fresh , springy colors with the blue that makes it all pop!

Speaking of pop, I need to play with this soda pop set a little more. So little time, so many stamps.

And finally for today, this little bricked background beauty. One of my favorite color combos!

Thanks for stopping by, have a super day!

OH Birdie, Birdie!

I host a craft day in the fall and winter here in little Mentorville. I was over the moon when I sat down and my friend who was sitting next to me had brought Tim Holtz's Bird Crazy stamps!!! Not only did I fall more in love with them, I think everyone had colored a bird by the end of the day! I colored and paper pieced some birds. This is one of the pieced birds.

Thank you for stopping by my blog!!

Happy stamping!

Evs

Refreshing!

Good Monday Morning! Everyone survived the Candy Coma Day aka Halloween and World Series all in one weekend!
Thought I'd share a card I put together with pieces I made at craft day. My hubs has worked for Coca Cola for over 20 years so I flipped when I saw the soda bottle dies from MFT...so cute!

Thanks for stopping by my blog! 

Have a great day!

Eva

Oh Baby!

It' another hot and humid day here in Kansas! Good news is that its a perfect opportunity to finish and package a baby shower gift. For as long as I have been stamping, baby cards have not been something I have done. No one was having babies so no need for them! Its a good thing I picked up one stamp set from a garage sale to have on hand!

I decided to do a little ink blending, one of my favorite things to do. Blended on the card base then placed the stencil over the top, used the same colors and blended some more.

I used my only baby set from PTI for the onsite and sentiment.

I recently finished my first quilt. It was a smaller quilt to make it manageable...perfect for a baby boy! I used one of the jelly roll strips and tied a bow around it.

Next comes the packaging. I love using Laurie Willison's card hanger die. It allows the card to become part of the packaging while leaving the inside sentiments private. So clever!

 Below is the finished bag. I do have to say, I'm still very challenged by the tissue paper thing, lol!

Thank you for stopping by my blog! 

Have a super DAY!

Eva

A Little Latte

I am finally going to update this blog! Yeah!
I made a little card for an MFT challenge and need to link it up so here it is!

I love this coffee cup die from MFT! I have had my eye on it for along time! The coffee marks were made with a stencil and chocolate chip ink.

Thanks for stopping by to look! 

Have a fabulous day!

Rainbow on a Snowy Day...

Sunday was a productive, cold and snowy crafting day here at my house.I woke up this morning and quickly helped my daughter finish up her 2 scrapbooks we were working on so she could head back to college. Then something strange happened....I has MOJO!! I knitted a little (which by the way I have now completely torn apart, LOL) and then started making cards. 

This little gem below is the product of having two cut pieces from the Lil' Inkers Chevron Cover Up plate setting on top of each other after cutting them.

 I ended up going with it. I simply put one on top of the other, going in opposite directions. I glued the two pieces together and them placed on top of a piece of card stock that I had blended ink on. 

I used the Lil'Inkers Seriously Die and cut it out of black and layered it on top of a white banner. Since it is a thinner word the solid white banner helped it to stand out. 

I added a few little sequins...and I love it!

   Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Hope you have a wonderful week! 

Eva

Hello, Hello

I'm stopping in to share a bright and cherry little number with you!

I know black is not cheery but those flowers are!!

I used Hero arts ink and WPlus9 Pretty Peonies for the stamped piece. I layers a little piece of black ad white stamped cardstock to the edge and a yellow button with twine to finish it off. The Hello stamp is from Reverse Confetti.

Thanks for visiting my blog and until next time...stamp, stamp, and stamp s,more!

Eva

Change of Scenery...

I thought it might be time for a little change of scenery here on the blog. Seems as though I have forgot all about this blogging thing since right before Christmas. Time flies!!

This Valentine card was made with a PTI die and stamp set. 

I added a little bling and twine for texture and interest.

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Have a great week.

Eva

NN Inky Paws Challenge #16 Christmas

As promised, I have one last Holiday Hounds Christmas card to share with you.

I will say that using the same stamp set on 8 different cards all at one time made me feel more creative!! Kept me focused!

If you click on the picture you will head over to Newton's Nook Blog post that features the challenge cards. 

This time, I decided to make my very FIRST shaker card!

I used my Spellbinders to make the shaker window and then added foam tape to the back.

I filled my little shaker window with beads and sequins....to be honest, I didn't want to use too many sequins. I have the fear that so many other crafter's have..."what if I run out and need one in the middle of the night"...so I have more beads in there.

I placed a layer of sparkly icicle at the bottom of the window and attached a sparkly snowflake and gold floral die cut to the top, tying it off with a little bit of red scrapper's floss.

I stamped the sentiment in brick red ink onto a strip of vellum and attached it to the card front.

I was not so sure about this card, but it has grown on me and it was my friend's favorite out of the 8 that I made.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Until next time make sure you Stamp S'More!

Eva

Blend, Blend, Blend

I must admit, the other day I was looking at all the cards that I have made recently...in hopes of finding something I have colored...and well, it seems I REALLY like this ink blending thing. I had no idea how many cards a recently have created that I have used this technique!

You all will be seeing blending, blending and more blending...and stencils!

This is a stencil from Heidi I love her stencils!

The ink is all SU! and the sentiment is from PTI.

I used Martha Stewart glitter on the pretty little star.

There have been a lot of cool things happening here in Kansas now that it is fall.

I hope to post pictures from The Barn Sale, Stamp Away Weekend and Mentor Craft Day in the next few days. For now, time for a drive to Emporia for work!

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Eva

Happy Friday! The weekend is here, YIPPEEE!

I sat down last night to post my Thursday card and well...my OCD, Sheldon Cooper tendencies kicked in and I ended up organizing my photos. I did this for so long, my computer ran out of juice...so here is my Thursday card today!

I LOVE how this card turned out...so did others as it left my "sell basket" very quickly after it arrived!

I used a Memory Box stencil for the card front. The ink is Tangerine Tango and Coastal Cabana from SU! along with Brilliance Moonlight White.  I blended and blended and blended and had some very inky fingers by the time it was all over...but it was well worth it!

Below I tried to catch the shimmer of the Moonlight White...it is just stunning in person.

I stitched the edges, added a sentiment from PTI on vellum and a Paper studio wooden button to finish off. Every card should have a little chevron love!

 This weekend is our 4th Annual Fall Crafting day at church, I host one in the Fall and one in the Winter and it has really evolved over time. This time we are going to attempt weaving plastic mats from Wal-Mart sacks for the homeless and fidget blankets for elderly and surgical patients. We have a group coming from Great Bend to do some awesome projects with us and to cook a yummy Cajun meal. Hopefully, I will have some pictures to share of all the creations we complete and good times.

Thank you for stopping by and have a super weekend!

Eva

Here We Go!!!

Off she has gone...my beautiful young daughter has headed off to college and is going to conquer the world!!

Last week was tough on this momma!! I look back and I am so very thankful that I stopped focusing on papercrafting when I did! It allowed me the time to be with and know my girl, to watch her grow into the beautiful young woman that she is today. Funny, looking back the things that happened that seemed to pull me away from constantly creating were God's way of saying "I have more important things in store for you".

So, I am back to creating and blog posting...maybe someday I'll catch another design gig, LOL!!!

As I made my girl her first piece of mail last night, I realized that I now feel a new purpose in creating. 

With that I am committing to posting at least once a week on Thursday's. 

I'm calling it "Thinking of You Thursday". Each week Ill make a card to send to my girl and on Thursday Ill post the most recent mailing! This should get me started on the whole blogging track again!

But for now (Monday) here is a little something I whipped up recently.

Lots going on here...

 First, I used a stencil and glossy cardstock to make the background. Its so yummy!

I added the little handmade banner (yup no die for that one...its amazing what a gal can do with a centering ruler and sharp small scissors!!) Added a little stitching with my sewing machine.  The leaf die was from SU.

The small flower dies are from PTI along with the congrats die. It is such a pretty card!

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you soon!

Closer...Closer...

My blog posts that is...they are getting closer together than they were for a while!

My girl heads off to college in a couple of weeks and my goal is to start creating and posting more 

once that happens. 

I recently went through my stash of "pieces" of stamped "stuff" and started making cards with the pieces.

This is a great guy card! I did use some old TAC images but  the sentiments is all newer stuff. 

The tab die is from MFT and the Birthday is a die from PTI.

I took this bottom picture hoping you would be able to see the stripes reflecting on the card front. 

One of the cool things about this card is that I used glossy cardstock. It can be intimidating to use but the results are awesome!

 Thanks for stopping by!