Hello Friends! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I don't know about you, but I'm getting a little nervous that Christmas is literally right around the corner! I'm starting to up my Christmas card stash and I'm so glad that Scrapbook.com has a lot of new holiday stamps to choose from!



For this fun and festive card I used Merry Little Christmas and the Slimline Christmas Foliage stamp sets. I heat embossed that lovely background image with white embossing powder and then I ink blended with a couple of different shades of green ink. I also fussy cut a "snow drift" to add to the bottom of the card. I added the Season's Greetings sentiment to white card stock then die cut it out using Waffle Flowers Stitched Circles die. To finish off the card I used something I haven't used in a long time, RIBBON! I tied a cute bow with some gingham ribbon from my stash and added it to the top of the circle, which to me makes it look like a cute ornament! 

I hope you liked today's card, and I also hope your getting started with your holiday projects! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Carol

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Hello Friends! I'm back today with yet another scrapbook layout! I'm really starting to enjoy the process of scrapbooking and I am loving getting pictures off of my phone, printed and into an album! 



A few months ago, Paige and I went to Butterfly World. It's a local aviary that has the most beautiful butterflies and flowers and birds! When we walked in we were just mesmerized!! I snapped quite a few pictures of our experience and I had to do a scrapbook page! I used a lovely stamp set from Scrapbook.com called Slimline Floral which I added as a background to that lovely patterned paper from Pink Fresh Studio called Happy Blooms. I also used a really cute stamp set called Sweet Expressions for those inked works in the background. I really love how this turned out!!

I hope you liked today's post and thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Carol

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Hello Friends! I made another scrapbook page and I have to say that this little girl just makes my heart smile!



Isn't she a doll?! I wanted this page to be bold and bright so I picked some of my favorite patterned paper from Paige Taylor Evans, it's called Go the Scenic Route. I also used pocket cards by Scrapbook.com called Memorial, I just loved that phrase I love you more than the stars in the sky. I also added a few stickers and some gold stars that I cut out using my Silhouette Cameo. Easy peasy!!

I hope you enjoyed today's post! Thank you so much for stopping by.

Hugs,
Carol

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Hello Friends! It's Mix it up Monday!  In this series I'll be using products from various companies to hopefully come up with a cohesive card design. Today's card features products from three different companies! 



I had a glimmer fest a couple of weeks ago where I used the Deco Triangles hot foil plate from The Greetery to hot foil a bunch of card panels. I absolutely love that design! I also used the etched laurel leaves die from Simon Says Stamp and finished it off with a scripty hello die from Taylored Expressions. I added a few sequins just because you can never have too much bling, right?! This card came together fairly quickly and it just makes me smile.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Carol







Hello Friends! Are you getting ready for Halloween? Well, I'll be honest, I'm not a big Halloween person, but Paige loves to get dressed up and that makes it fun for me! I made these sweet Trick or Treat cards to send to a couple of family members to put a smile on their faces. 




I used a great stamp and stencil from Scrapbook.com to create both of these cards. These were kind of a twofer because I used that great polaroid frame die to get two cards. I heat embossed the Spider Web slimline stamp with gold embossing powder, I then ink blended the background using pink ink and cut out the design with the polaroid frame. I also heat embossed the Trick or Treat sentiment onto black card stock for the first card and I changed it up a little bit and ink blended the bats stencil for the second card. For the sentiment, I used one of my all-time favorite alpha dies, Uptown also from Scrapbook.com. To finish off both cards, I added some metallic pearls

I'm totally loving using non-traditional colors for my Fall/Halloween cards. I think it brings a fun, fresh look!

I hope you liked today's cards, thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Carol

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Hello Friends! I'm so excited to share a couple of cool fall stencils with you today. Both stencils are from Scrapbook.com.




I first ink blended that cute jack o' lantern stencil in the background and then dry embossed the oak leaves stencil on top. I also used a stamp/die from Spellbinders called Fall Greetings and Happy Harvest. I die cut the pumpkins and the scalloped rectangle using rainbow glitter paper which I absolutely LOVE!! This card just makes me feel all festive inside especially when it's still super sunny and in the 80's down here!

I hope you enjoyed today's card and thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Carol

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Hello Friends! It's Mix it up Monday!  In this series I'll be using products from various companies to hopefully come up with a cohesive card design. Today's card features products from four different companies! 




I pulled out my Glimmer Hot Foil System again and I had a blast!! I hot foiled that sweet Happy Birthday sentiment and I fussy cut it out. For that beautiful background I used some patterned paper from Vicki Boutin's Color Study collection along with a diagonal stripes die from Lawn Fawn. I just love those bright vibrant colors! To finish off this card I pulled out some ephemera from the Pink Fresh Studio Happy Blooms collection. 

I sent this card to my bestie for her birthday, and she loved it! Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Hugs,
Carol






Hello Friends! I'm so excited to be joining the Erin Lee Creative IG blog hop today showcasing her new kit, All The Feels. This kit is TOO CUTE!!! Right away I thought of Paige's teacher (of course) and decided to make a whole ensemble of goodies!








You guys already know how much I love making teacher gifts and this one was such a joy to create! I mean, how can you not smile with all of these cute emoji's?! This kit is a great price, only $29.99 so hop on over to Erin's site and grab yours while they last!

Be sure to check out Instagram for all of the eye candy from the all of the designers!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Hugs,
Carol

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