This little piggy....

SQUEAL!  Did you see the new piggie fold it over at the Stamps of Life!?

Fold its are so fun and look at this new one!

 My piggy played in the mud!  I die cut in brown and hand cut my mud layers with the exception of the mud splatters; I used the whale dies set for that.

A2 size card.  You need him: so cute!

corgi....

A corgi fold it card! What!?  SO CUTE!  Just released at The Stamps of Life......... (flash sale price right now!)

Looking so dapper in a bow tie (part of the set), he says Hello.. (inside says Corgeous. stamps from the corgis2stamp set).

All your dog loving friends and family will love receiving a corgi shaped card, and even cat lovers... 'cause LOOK- sooooo cute. :)

Final link up....

My last link up to the Spring/Summer coffee loving papercrafters blog hop.

 I bought the coffee kit from white rose crafts, and it included this super adorable cowfee loving cow stamp set in it by little acres designs. I paired it up with my The Stamps of Life chickens/sun/hey chickie to create this cute little card.

 

fringe dies!

The Stamps of Life just released (it's currently on sale) a fringe die set. It's a set of 2 of different sizes, and they are so easy and fun to use.

I used the dies to cut different patterned paper for a fun layering of paper for this card.  TSOL has that super cute llama2stamp stamp and die set, but did you know that they are now making paper pads for their card kits that sometimes has some of their stamp images printed that fit the dies?  If you don't have the die, no worries, just fussy cut.  However, who wants to do that?  lol!  I used my llama die to cut this guy from PP and I didn't even have to color him.  Quick and easy!  :)

 You can also die cut that strip of fringe and then roll it up to create fun flowers!  I used both sizes with felt for this pretty little flower.  Again, I used the jar2stamp die to cut that printed jar from PP.  So easy! 

Caffeine gets me kraken..... #5

Linking up my 5th card to the Coffee Loving papercrafters Spring/Summer blog hop! :)

These poor sea creatures need some perking up. lol!  Shark, Octopus, crab and sayings are from the Rabbit Hole Designs.....

 

The fish and "coral" (actually a succulent) are from The Stamps of Life.

I colored this with colored pencils and gamsol, brushed/dabbed some blue ink for water, and then dug out my old Stampin Up clear embossing glaze.  I only did one layer...  This was a really fun card to make on this lazy, rainy day.

#4 for day 4 of the Spring/Summer CLhop2019

Writing this up as I sip my morning coffee...   :)  I'm back to link up my 4th card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Loving Paper crafters blog hop.

 

My card:

I've been having so much fun with my poor sleepy eyed stamps from The Rabbit Hole Designs.  I created this flip it card using a card die set by The Stamps of Life.

 The friend sentiment is from a card kit from The Stamps of Life......

 

#3 for the Spring/Summer CLH 2019

I'm back to link up my 3rd card for the Coffee Loving Paper crafters Spring/Summer blog hop.

Here's my card:  I used another Rabbit hole Designs [in desperate need of coffee] sets. lol! 

and I paired it up again with one of my The Stamps of Life sets, Island2visit and summer4fun.

I'm having fun making these for my mom friends.  Even with our kids a bit older now, we still remember and relate. lol! 

Spring/Summer CLH 2019 #2

Hey there!  I'm here to link up my 2nd coffee card for the Spring/Summer Coffee lovers blog hop!  

I created this cheerful card to send to a friend.  For this card, all products are from The Stamps of Life. 
 

Floral background die
Ribbon border dies
2 inch circle word dies
Hip hip hooray paper pad
TSOL shadow box card die set, exclusive hsn 

Coffee4two

Happy Hop day! (day 1)

It's one of my favorite week's of the year........ The Spring/Summer Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog hop!  The perfect excuse to play with my coffee stamps. :)

 

2019 Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

May 3 - May 10
6:00 am pacific

Link up your coffee/tea/cocoa cards with a spring or summer feel (no back linking), and then hop through all the posts for beautiful caffeinated inspiration.

I'm starting the hop with this card: 

I'm in love with the Rabbit hole designs coffee themed stamps. They are so cute, and funny!  I had to buy them all.  lol! This poor tired bee.  That's how I feel.  I'm slowly trying to make cards for my mom friends...

If you know me, you know I'm on the DT for The Stamps of Life. If you don't know me, now you know. lol!  This card pairs up two stamp companies I love.  The swirls4words stamp set is especially perfect for bees in my opinion.  :)  The hexagon dies are TSOL ,also, and heads up:  ON SALE!  57% off! 

April showers, bring May flowers....

.... don't I know it! It's been raining the last 2 days here in Southern California.  ;)  I can't believe it's May already!  New month means new stamp and die set at The Stamps of Life and that's always fun!! :)

Garden2stamp which is super cute with a fun little watering can, garden tools, flowers, and sayings....

For my sample, I created a tilt card using the new set along with the mini pudgie set, tsol border die set, butterfly2stamps/dies, and bee4me stamps/dies.  

video.....

Here's a link to my video on making a tilt card:  vanessacardmaker 

I have another card using a saying from the companion set: I'm so excited I wet my plants.  lol!  Stephanie added some extra funny sayings to these garden sets. ;) :) I used the Stephie doll 1 stamp to create this little happy gardening scene. The sun and cloud is from the dies of the hot air balloon set.

The little butterflies are from sayings4butterfly.

Happy Spring Stamping (of course,  you could easily make this fall, winter, and/or summer, too)!!