Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today with lots of fun products from the store.  Please visit the store for all the fun products I've used today.

It may still be the middle of summer, but there is no better way to cool off than by creating winter themed cards.

I used Maja Designs Vintage Summer Basics 1916 to create both cards, die cutting the papers with PoppyStamps Craft Die - Snowflake Lattice Frame.  As this paper is double sided, I created two cards using both sides of the paper.

Mat the die cut panels with the same paper, then wrap each  panel with May Arts Sheer Light Blue Stitched ribbon.  This gives the cards a wintry feel.

Add the die cut panels to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" cards created from Bazzill Marshmallow cardstock and Bazzill Icy Mint cardstock.  Use Nuvo Crystal Drops to create pearls in each of the snowflakes.  Allow to dry completely.

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Stamperia Hortensia

I made my border using the Prima Marketing Vintage Louis mould from fast drying clay and sprayed it with the pink and purple bottles of Lang Gang Spray Under The Board Walk. I used a hot glue gun to adhere this to the card as well as the Wild Orchid Craft flowers.

Using Prima Watercolor Paper, spritz it with water and sprinkle Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals  in Urban Amethyst on the paper.  Add more water as necessary until the paper is covered.

Once dry, die cut to fit a card created from Pion Design - Purple V.  Next, use Bazzill Licorice Twist cardstock with Tutti Designs Background die.

What do you think?

This is a photo of the card outside the closet with the Lawn Fawn Magic Iris closed.

For the cave, I used Copic Marker and drew some dark circle to create the look of stones. I cut out some rectangles for the logs for the outside of the cave and sponged on Distress Oxide Ink-Espresso and Distress Oxide Ink-Black Soot.  I used a black marker and tapped in some places of the card to look like sand and sponged a Black Soot ink on the background behind the cave.  I colored the pirates and trees with Copic Marker.  I also cut out the flowers and leaves from the Lawn Fawn I Love You Koala stamp set.

Welcome back and Nancy, here. Come find the magic of creating with the Graphic 45 Fairy Wishes collection!  I am excited to share with you my tags made with the new Graphic 45 Fairy Wishes collection available at The Rubber Buggy 
Tags on wrapped gifts




Throughout each tag, I adhered the Dress My Crafts-Sequins-Pink Celebration sequins, stars and hearts from the jar. I love the tiny hearts and stars in this jar along with the clear shimmering sequins that add sparkle to my fairy tags.   I added the Wild Orchid Craft flowers with a hot glue gun.

Each tag was cut out with the Graphic 45 Staples Tag dies: Graphic 45 Staples Tag and Clock die set and Regular Tag and Gears set.  I added Tim Holtz-Idea-ology metal flowery hardware to one tag and adhered it with a hot glue gun.

Graphic 45 Fairy Wishes I had so much fun making these cards and hope you will too.  So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions.  Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Hard to choose which Stamping Bella girls to use since they are all so adorable but narrowed it down to three Stamping Bella girlie stamps that were colored with Copic Markers and cut out with the Brother Scan and Cut machine which is my all time favorite machine to have instead of fussy cutting them out. It took the machine 3 minutes to cut out the stamped images.  I used the Stamping Bella-Curvy Girl With Cocktail, Stamping Bella-Curvy Girl Eats Cake and Stamping Bella-Gardener stamps for this card.

I created the background die cutting out a circle for my stencil.


First, I sprayed the inside of my circle stencil with the pink, yellow and purple bottle of Lindy's Stamp Gang - Flat Sprays - Under The Boardwalk.  I used my hot embossing gun to dry the spray.  Other options of just letting it dry or using a hair dryer as well for faster drying time.

I used some fun 7Gypsies Adhesive Embellishments.  I die cut a frame using Bazzill Marshmallow Cardstock with Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle dies.  The edges were inked with Ranger Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink, and placed atop a scrap of pattern paper.   Several stamps from Tim Holtz Tiny Text cling stamps were inked with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp around the panel.  Add the panel to a Lawn Fawn Kraft card.

Again, I stamped several stamps from Tim Holtz Tiny Text cling stamps  with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink  around the  die cut panel.  A third stamp was stamped on a strip of white cardstock, matted with kraft cardstock and added to the card with foam adhesives.  The panel was then added to a Lawn Fawn Kraft card.   Makes me want to pack my trunks and do some traveling.