Paris is Always a Good Idea

I can't believe that it's Wednesday again already! That means it's time for another Little Red Wagon challenge. Heather is our hostess this week and she's chosen "Off we go!": create a vacation-themed project.

My favourite vacations are those where I see sites and experience new cultures - so I picked a Parisian-theme for my card. I've been to Paris a few times and hope to spend some extended time there when we retire. I started by cutting my mat with a silly stitched die and then used blue, white and red paint to watercolour the background, adding some white splatters once things had dried. The word art is a Silhouette cut file (with black gems for the dotted i's) and I finished things off with a little bunny drinking her latte.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have created and then link up your own vacation-themed project!

Products used:

Lil' Inker Designs - Silly Stitched Die Set	Canson XL Watercolour Paper Pad 9x12	Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink	Zig Clean Color 48 Set
Silhouette Design Store: Paris quote	Mama Elephant Pix's Favorite - Stamps

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Bone Appétit!

Happy Sunday! 

I found this sweet dog box at the Silhouette Store (#60219). It was so quick and easy to put together - and looks so fun! I get occasional comments from the boys when I'm crafting, but they were all (my husband too) quite impressed with this project. I used a couple of fun stamps from the Craftin Desert Divas' Fur-ever Friends set. This set has a number of sweet animal-themed sentiments - plus a few co-ordinating images! I couldn't resist adding the happy bone above the "Bone Appétit" sentiment and coloured it in to match the colour scheme of my box. Yes, you read that correctly. I coloured!! I finally decided to give colouring a go. I've got two sets of six markers and will definitely be getting more. I didn't think I'd like it much, but it's actually quite therapeutic - and I like that! Anyway, I'm sure things will get a bit more challenging than a bone!!

Thanks so much for visiting today. Have a fabulous day!

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My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party - Day 3

It's Day Three of the My Craft Spot stamp release party!  Today, we are showcasing projects created with the NEW Banner Sentiments stamp set and NEW Ribbon Banners - Wavy metal dies.

Today's card was created with a cute little bee file purchased from Silhouette (#26908).  I had lots of fun discovering some of the features available on my Silhouette and created the fun card base in the process!  Once the card base was created, I stamped the entire front with Peachy Keen's Cloudy Day background stamp and adhered my bee in the appropriate spot.

Everything else on my card was created with NEW My Craft Spot products!!  The fun sentiment is from the NEW Banner Sentiments stamp set and stamped on a NEW Ribbon Banners - Wavy metal die cut.  The fun grass was created using one of the NEW Fancy Edges metal dies and the heart in the top right corner is from the NEW Heart Borders metal dies.  I am simply having too much fun with all the NEW products from this release!!

Please head over to My Craft Spot to see the projects created by the rest of the design team.  While you are there, leave a comment for Kimberly for your chance to win today's prize: some fabulous sequins (Tickled Pink, Lemon Meringue, and Toadally Green).

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My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party - Day 2

Welcome to Day Two of the My Craft Spot stamp release party!  Today, we are sharing projects created with the NEW Jar Full of Spring stamp set. These stamps were designed to coordinate with the Jar Basics metal dies set - but can also be used on their own, as I did for my project.

The Jar Full of Spring stamp set contains a variety of small stamps, including the fun egg shapes I used to create my own patterned paper.  After stamping an 8.5x11 piece of white cardstock with eggs in different colours and sizes, I cut a bracket flap favour box - Silhouette store #37557.  (I received a Silhouette for Christmas so have been having all sorts of fun trying things out!)  The fun scalloped border on the bottom of my box was created with one of the NEW Fancy Edges metal dies from this week's release.

For my tag, I used Ornate Labels metal dies and stamped it with a frame from the Ornate Labels - Christmas stamp set.  The "you're Eggcellent" sentiment is from the NEW Jar Full of Spring set.  The little egg on my label is from the set we'll be showcasing on Thursday.  Shhhh... don't tell!  And that fabulous bow?  It's from the NEW Small Bow metal die set.  I love it!!

Be sure to head over to My Craft Spot to see all the other projects created by the design team.  While you're there, leave a comment for Kimberly for your chance to win today's prize: a Butterfly Kisses stamp set.

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