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

Happy Day

Hello Again! I am back to share another card using the new

 Look On The Brightside Kit from Erin Lee Creative. 

Today's card features the rainbow die.

I started by creating the card base from yellow cardstock. Next, I used the Scor Buddy to emboss lines on a white panel. I then stitched up the side of that panel with my sewing machine. 

 I cut the rainbow from a watercolored piece that I made using distress inks.

I decided to spread out the layers of the rainbow over the cardfront. It looked a bit empty in between those layers so I added the little bit of sparkly jewels from Honey Bee Stamps. 

Last, I stamped Happy Day in yellow (also from the new kit) and added it to the bottom of the cardfront. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Until next time, happy stamping!

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

Groovy Birthday

Hello!!! Today, I am bringing you a groovy birthday greeting.

The background stamp is from Erin Lee Creative. I used the technique featured here in Jennifer McGuire's video to create his shimmery watercolor effect. 

I topped it with a Happy Birthday die cut from Simon Says Stay, CZ Designs.

Thank you for stopping by my blog! Happy Stamping!

Bright Alcohol Ink and Shiny Foil

Howdy Blog Friends!

Today I have a few creations to share with you that I have put out on other social media recently. 

The first is an alcohol ink background card with bright bold rainbow colors. The Hello Die is from Erin Lee Creative. 

I used the applicator tips on the ink bottle to put the alcohol ink on the paper in a line then blew the ink out with a puffer.  

The next card uses foil and another fun smiley face from the new Peace, Love and Happiness Kit from Erin Lee Creative. 

I did not have any Deco brand or Minc products so I tried Liquitex Matte Gel with the stencil. I let it dry and then ran foil and the card front through the laminator. 

Not bad for a first try!! 

Thank you for stopping by! Have a super day!

Oh Baby...look at that background....

Coming to you today with another card that I absolutely love.

I saw a stamp a few months back that said something like...I love this card so much your are lucky I sent it to you. This is that card for me...right now. I may keep it forever, LOL.

The background and die are both from Erin Lee Creative. I used Hero Arts White Satin Pearl embossing powder with the background stamp and it looks gorgeous!!

Have a super 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

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

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!

Graduation 2014.......

Yeah A Blog Update! I promise, someday, they will be on a regular basis again! Thank you to everyone who keeps me in their feed and continues to subscribe!!

Today, I have several graduation cards to share...and I'm super excited about my card hanger die from Soapbox Creations!!

My Cricut and SCAL made these cards more manageable! All of the graduation specific words and shapes were cut with my Cricut from black and white line images I found online.

I also used the PTI stars cover plate and Simply Stars stamp set.

This is one of my favorites...of course it was for one of my favorite graduates! That boy who hangs around here and swoons over my girl!! 

This was the last purple, white and black card I made (school colors)...I kinda really liked adding the name to the front of the card!! It sure helped when it was time to distribute them at the school!!

This card was my FAVORITE of them all...and its not even the right school colors!!

Of course, it had to be extra special as it is going to an extra special...extremely strong and kind young lady!!

You notice, although it is my favorite, I had to put it at the bottom of this post, hoping she does not read my blog...as she hasn't received it yet!! The colors will give it away.

Here are pictures of all the gift bags with the cards hanging on the outside. I {{{L.O.V.E.}}}

 this concept....{{{ SERIOUSLY LOVE }}}

it!! I often put much more work into the card than what is inside the bag.

 The card hanger die puts the card front and center and calls ALL the attention to the art.

The card hanger die is the brain child of my friend Laurie over at 

Soapbox Creations.

The card on the gold bag is larger than the rest of the cards so I improvised with my small slot punch from SU!...and some slow punching on glitter card stock.

Thanks for taking the time to check out my post!!

Have a fabulous day!!

Eva

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!