Erin Lee Creative January Release

 Hello Friends!

It's that time! Time for a new release from Erin Lee Creative.

My first card for you today features the new Star dies. 

I started with a red cardstock panel and stenciled the Houndstooth Stencil with black ink. 

I cut the panel down and placed it on a black card front. I then added the new stars cut from Holographic Cardstock. I cut the Shine die as well from the Holographic Cardstock and added it to the card front.

My second card today features the new Leaf stencil

I first used the stencil on a pool colored piece of cardstock. I used shades of blue and green when stenciling. I then cleaned the stencil, turned it and applied Duo Transfer Gel and allowed it to dry over night. I then applied gold foil with a laminator. 

I added the new Stay Golden Die cut out of Holographic Cardstock on a piece of vellum.

Prizes! Be sure to comment on blog entries along the hop so you can be entered to win a $50 voucher to use in the ELC shop! There will be two winners chosen at random from the comments left by January 27, 2021 on all the blogs.

Erin 

Karolyn

Ricky 

Maria

Dilay

Tiffany

Eva - You are here!!

Jen 

Cheryl

Michelle 

Lynnea

Ceal

Thank you for stopping by, Happy Hopping!!

ELC Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

 Hello Friend!

Today I am excited to be part of the creative team sharing some AWESOME inspiration with you using the new Coffee Lover's Kit from Erin Lee Creative. This kit has some unique and fun creative things to play with! So fun! Let's get started!

My first card uses the super cool Cup Heart Die that is an addition to the kit. 

I cut it out of Holgraphic cardstock from ELC. 

The background features the Magenta Mirrored Cardstock that I dry embossed using the                     Fun House Squares Stencil.

The sentiment is from the 6x8 stamp set in the kit and is embossed with white embossing powder on a deep grey cardstock.

The shine and colors on this card can not be beat!

 I love, love, love the Holographic Cardstocks from Erin Lee Creative! 

My second card features the cute little coffee cup from the 6x8 set in the kit along with one of the sentiments. 

I stamped, water colored and die cut the cups. 

The background features the Hex Stencil (another of my favs). I used a a blue distress oxide on the light green cardstock to make the background. 

Fun, simple and quick!

Don't forget to comment before you move on to the next blog! The more you comment on the hop, the greater your chances to win. 2 lucky commenters with win the Coffee Lover Kit. the blog hop closes Thursday, December 17. Winners will be announced on the ELC Blog on Monday, December 21, 2020.

Here are the blog hop participants:

Erin Lee Creative

Dilay Nacar

Jeannie Lieu

Eva Costigan ---You are HERE!

Next stop--Ceal Pritchett

Cheryl Olson Knutti 

Michelle McDaniel

Jennifer Roher Timko

Lynnea Hollendonner

25 Days of Christmas Tags

Howdy Crafty Friends!! 

Today I am participating in the 25 Days of Christmas Tags, hosted by the wonderful Tracey McNeely at In My Creative Opinion. I am featuring one of the awesome new dies from Erin Lee Creative.

I decided to use the Circle Burst Die to create my tree tags.

First, I cut a circle out of scrap card stock that was slightly smaller than the Circle Burst Die. 

 I then cut a the Circle Burst on white card stock and attached this to the scrap circle for stability. I then cut another Circle Burst out of green cardstock. I used just the two large triangle sections to create the tree.

 I used the X Stencil with some green ink to stencil the pattern on the tree. 

I then attached the tree to the white Circle Burst piece. 

I used shades of yellow Copic markers to color the burst to look like light. 

I found a circle die in my stash that was slightly bigger than the Circle burst die and cut a blue circle.

From there, I layered the Circle Burst piece onto the blue circle with foam tape and added the Merry Christmas sentiment strip. The sentiment is from the beautiful Winter Florals Stamp Set.

I hope you you are enjoying all of the wonderful tag creations. Be sure to check out the sponsors listed below.

Until next time...

Happy Crafting!

Eva

Groovy Stuff....Peace, Love and Happiness

Good Day Friends! 

I decided I wanted to do a recap of some of my favorite cards that I recently made using the  Peace, Love and Happiness kit from Erin Lee Creative.

On this first card, I stenciled and then flipped the stencil to the other end and stenciled over it again.

Looks like a bunch of streamers. This is my favorite card that I made from this release. 

OK well, maybe the next card is my favorite card from this release, LOL. Again I stenciled, the shifted the stencil and used black Nuvo Shimmer Paste. 

Wowzers, I love the result!!

The VW image reminds me of Scooby Doo. One of my all time favorite cartoons. 

It's been awhile, my Splitcoast gallery will show that YEARS ago, I stitched on paper. I pulled the machine out and went to stitching. 

And finally, can't forget the alcohol inks. They must always make an appearance!

This was done on glossy black cardstock. I started by adding a layer of gold on the cardstock and built up colors from there. 

Have a wonderful day! 

Eva

ELC Look on the Brightside Kit Release

Hello there Friends! It's time for a new release over at Erin Lee Creative, welcome to the new release blog hop. Today Erin is releasing a kit called Look on the Brightside. For today's hop, I am featuring a slimline (or tall card for us ole' folks) chain link card using pieces from the rainbow die and a sentiment from the Here for You Stamp set from a previous released set.  I took the new rainbow die that is included in the kit and cut it twice in each of the rainbow colors. 

From there, I paired two of each color together to make the links and glued only one side of the link together. I assembled the chain and then stitched the links together at the seams. 

The background was created using the Tiny Squares Stencil. 

I assembled the pieces on the card front and added some cute little heart jewels to finish it off. 

Blog hop details:

We are giving away ONE KIT chosen from comments left across all of the blogs participating in this hop. Please leave a comment on any participating blog by Tuesday, September 8. The winner will be announced that week on the Erin Lee Creative Blog. The more you comment, the more chances to win!

Here is the blog hop list.

Erin

  Amy   

Ceal

Eva ---You are Here

Lynnea ****Next stop

Jennifer

Cheryl

Michelle

           

Happy Hopping and Shopping!

Eva        

 

Bubble Wrap Birthday

Hello Blog Friends. I have a Hap, Hap, Happy Birthday card to share with you today!

This one features a slew of products from different companies. I just love to mix and match the goods.

The background consists of MFT Jumbled Numbers stamped in grey ink. 

From there, I stenciled Altenew's Bubble Wrap Stencil, which is one of my all time favorite stencils. I used distress ink for the stenciling. 

The  Happy Birthday die cut is from CZ Designs at Simon Says Stamp. And finally I added a sentiment strip from Taylored Expressions.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a GREAT day!

Eva

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #498

Hello Friends!

Today I am featuring a card that I created for another fun challenge site that I found called               Cupcake Inspirations. And look at the inspiration for this challenge....

Now I will say, blue and yellow are not go to colors for me, lol. There are no cupcakes required for these challenges, which is a good thing because I realized that I do not have one single cupcake in my stash {{GASP}}, I need to fix that ASAP!

So I said "self, find a birthday image and go for it" because cupcakes make me think of birthdays. 

I ended up using this cute little bunny image from MFT Stamp Set called Birthday Buds for this card. So many adorable images. Also used the Jumbled Number background stamp on this card. 

 Thank you for stopping by!

Eva

Maxi White Space + Floral Twist Challenge

I was scrolling through IG last week and found a new challenge to participate in. AAA Card Challenges has a CAS card challenge each week. I tend to overthink things and make them too hard so this is just what I need!

AAACards Clean and Simple Challenges #170

I found the challenge to be very relaxing! Which is good because sometimes I stress when I make a cards...not good :(. 

On this first card, I used a set of boarder dies to emboss the card front. 

The sentiment and small flower are from My Favorite Things Stamps. Add just a few shaded of color on the flower with my Copics and DONE!! 

This second card features embossing on the card front with a Small Brick Wall stencil from  My Favorite Things.

I then used the same stamps for this card. 

I found that I wanted to keep making these simple cards with the same two stamps BUT I stopped and moved on to other projects. It was definitely a breathe of fresh air to make these. 

Thank you for stopping by! Happy Crafting My Friends!

Eva

MFT Sketch Challenge 498

Today I have a card that I made using this weeks MFT Sketch Challenge 

I used the Jumbled Numbers Background stamped in grey. 

The MFT Saddle Up and Celebrate stamp set includes this cute cow cake stamp. I am a sucker for cows!! I colored the images with Copic markers. 

 

Thank you for stopping by, Happy Crafting to You!!

Eva

GREAT

Today's card reminds me of bubbles....lots and lots of bubbles.

I have had this stencil hanging around for awhile and finally decided to put it to use. 

The colors just make me calm and happy...and who doesn't need to hear from someone else, every once in a while that they are great??

Have a super day! 

Eva

Spring Has Sprung!

Happy Tuesday! It's going to be a pretty day in Kansas...I am going to be inside for most of it {super sad face}. This little card makes me think of the joy in hearing the sounds of spring first thing in the morning as I wake up.

The birds are certainly excited that Spring has sprung!

Have a wonderful day!

Eva

Oh Heifer!

Today I am sharing a fun little card made with this super cute cow image.

I am a lover of ALL cows, so this was a must have in my stamp stash.

So stinkin' adorable and the sentiments are super fun. 

The set if from Erin Lee Creative.

Have a wonderful day. Thanks for stopping by.

Eva

Curtain Call Challenge

I saw the Boho Brights Curtain Call Challenge and decided to play along as it would require me to work outside of my box. I figured it would make me hunt up a color combo that I have not used before and that it did!!

Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade and Sunshine Yellow...the only frequently used color in that batch is the Lucky Limeade.

I also had the opportunity to eat a little crow here. Just like sequins...I said I would never ever get into this "gold" thing that is happening right now...Oh I certainly ate my words on that!

Not only did I eat my words but I now think I need every word die made so I can cut them all out in gold!! I used gold poster board from Hobby Lobby. 

And the die word...SERIOUSLY.... One of my favorite words of ALL time! The die and You Rock stamp are from Lil' Inker's Designs. I handed my husband my Christmas list with the Lil' Inkers website and ALL of the sticth mat dies. Told him I would be happy with all my Christmas from all family being Lil' Inkers...I hope it meant it when he said OK.  

For the inked piece, I blended the ink on white cardstock and then placed a stencil over the top. I then took a baby wipe and dabbed over the stencil, this pulled ink off the cardstock, creating an awesome piece. The background stamp on the card base is from Heidi Swapp.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Have a great week!

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!

My favorite of this week!!!

Well, the week is over and I must quickly get my creations posted and linked ...fast!!

This is by far my favorite card of the week!! Inspired from Jennifer McGuire's bonus video.

Both the butterfly stencil and the patterned stencil are Heidi Swapp products. 

I used my Hero Arts Inks on this project...I so LOVE them!! 

Below is a close up. I die cut the "birthday piece" 4 times and glued each one together. I covered it with black liquid pearls for a different effect.

The "happy" along with the "birthday" are from PTI.

Thanks for looking!! Have a fabulous day!

Stencils....

It was about 10:30 pm Friday night and I had just made the 3.5 hour drive from Salina to Oklahoma City. 

I had visited with my dad a bit and we had said our good nights....then I opened my phone and found a ton of gorgeous cards using stencils. Not wanting to miss out on anything great, I signed up for the Online Card Class, Stenciled.

I made a quick trip to Michael's in Wichita on my way home Sunday...with my 25% off my entire purchase coupon (score!!), and back home to start playing.

I do think I like this stencil thing! Stencils of today are so much different than the stencils I purchased 10 years ago when I started scrapbooking! So much cooler!

Now that I have invested a little into Heidi Swapp's next paycheck....here was the first project that I made for one of the Day 1 techniques. Ohhhh, I love this technique!! I'm pretty sure it will be used A-LOT in the future.

I'll be back soon for card #2 of my stenciling projects!

Thanks for looking!!

Until next time, may you be blessed!

Eva

Supplies:

Stencil: Heidi Swapp

Sentiment Stamp: Verve

Paper: White Heavy Weight Paper Studio 

Ink: Hero Arts: Tide Pool

Dies: PTI and SU!