More Coffee!

Hello! Plenty of anguished over-thinking goes into my cards sometimes, so I was particularly inspired by the challenge over at Cards in Envy where the DT are looking for cards that are as 'Easy as 1,2,3'. This got me thinking as I have a pad of dsp that I am trying to use up in a non-Valentiney way. It is SU's Stacked With Love and it does have some great patterns.

So here is my 1, 2, 3 card...

1. Stamp the sentiments from MFT's Perk Up in SU Basic Grey ink on a piece of Whisper White cardstock.
2. Die-cut a coffee cup from Stacked With Love dsp and a heart using a recycled sleeve from a real coffee cup (not mine because I don't drink coffee).

 

3. Assemble on a Sahara Sand card base with another piece of Stacked With Love dsp.

 

Optional 4th step: Get distracted and go and write an email. Have a snack. Come back and realise you left your inkpad wide open and hadn't bothered to clean your stamps...

 

Here's another coffee-themed. super simple card made today. For this one, I die-cut a banner, cut off its tails and flipped them over. More of that dsp pad bites the dust...

 

 

Finally, here they are together.

 



 

The snippetage of the dsp and the recycling of the snaffled coffee sleeve qualify the card for the checklist on Parsnip's clipboard over at Pixie's Snippets Playground He never leaves Miss Di's inkpads open while he eats a snack...no never!

I would also like to send my card along to Addicted to Stamps and More because their challenge is...

 

and for once, my card is actually CAS!

 

Happy crafting! April x

Scrappy Owl

Hello! I think the Owl Builder punch was the first SU thing I ever bought and I still love it.

I make notecards to send samples of Jamberry nail wraps to my customers and the Owl Builder is great for creating 'scrappy owls' made up of bits of old dsp. All kinds of owl body parts end up in a small basket ready to be made into something interesting! It's a wonderful way of using up tiny pieces of paper.

Happy crafting! April x

Stripes

 

 

Hello! I'm on a bit of a snippet mission combined with a 'use those stamps you've never got round to actually using' drive...

This handsome chap is from a retired SU set called Zoo Review. I've also used a couple of snippets of old Stacked With Love dsp. The finishing touches include glittery washi tape, silver Glimmer Paper stars, sequins and a happy birthday sentiment from Clearly Besotted. I hope you like him!

My zebra is trotting off to see Parsnip at Pixie's Snippets Playground - freaky coincidence, Di! I made this card with a scrolled sentiment before I read your post!

I would also like to send my card to Retro Sketches, because I have used their fab sketch.

 

 and last but not least, Cards in Envy where the theme is 'Stripes'. Happy Crafting! April x

Bunny Love

How cute is this bunny? He is a digi from A Day for Daisies. I love him! I've coloured him with pencils and stuck him on some pieces of Stacked With Love dsp. The cardstock is Crisp Cantaloupe, a retiring colour I will be sad to see leave. I used the Scallop tag topper punch and added some Baker's Twine. The cute sentiment is from Good Greetings. April x

I am entering the bunny in these challenges:

Cards in Envy - Hearts all a Flutter challenge
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge