Almost Time! :)

Hello, my crafty friends! The My Craft Spot New Release festivities begin Monday! YAY! I'm super excited for everyone to see what my DT sisters and I have been up to! Have a blessed Sunday and I'll see you bright and early tomorrow! :o)

A few sneaks of the DT projects coming this week:

3 More Days!

Hello, my sweet friends! Only 3 more days until the party begins at My Craft Spot! You're going to LOVE this new release! Here are a few peeks at some of the DT projects for the festivities!

Have a happy and blessed Friday, everyone! :o)

Love Card :)

Happy Wednesday, friends! I hope everyone is having a blessed week. I'm popping in today to share a sweet and sappy card featuring a few goodies from the 7 Kids College Fund Store. :o)

I have a new crafty love! When our amazing store owner started carrying Tattered Lace metal dies, I swooned. These dies are astoundingly beautiful and I love them even more after playing with them for the first time. :o)

My card features two gorgeous Tattered Lace sets: Lacy Daisy and Beloved Borders!

They cut my thinner red paper and my heavyweight white cardstock perfectly. :o) I love using border dies as frames, as it adds to their versatility and gives options for crafters without frame dies. (Like me!) So I cut out four of these gorgeous heart designs to make a sweet frame for my heartfelt greeting. Beloved Borders comes with four different border dies, each one truly lovely. My sappy heart couldn't resist using this one first. :o)

The lacy daisies are so whimsical, yet elegant. The coordinating leaves are beautiful! Shadow dies for the daisies are included, but I wanted to keep the base paper showing through for the utmost lacy appearance. :o) The set also comes with a stamen, but I opted to use scalloped pearls for their centers.

My patterned papers are from Authentique's Smitten collection, one of my favorites from the Valentine's releases. Love-inspired papers are appropriate all year long! :o) For fluttery love I added a couple of butterflies, along with pearls and a two-toned rose for elegance. The metal filigree corners are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The "love" was cut with my Cameo from a favor box cut file.

A week remains in our current challenge, which is extra festive since it's our 100th! Play along with us at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog, where FOUR $25 gift certificates will be awarded in celebration! Have a blessed day! :o)

Products from 7 Kids College Fund Store:

Authentique: Smitten Paper Pad

Tattered Lace: Beloved Borders

Tattered Lace: Lacy Daisy

Challenges entered: 

 *613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes (Optional: Use metal)

 *Craft Your Passion~ Frame It

 *Crafting From the Heart~ Anything Goes

 *Creative Fingers~ Anything Goes

 *One Stitch at a Time~ Anything Goes

 *Pile It On~ Metal

 *Tattered Lace~ Romance and Roses

 *Through the Craft Room Door~ Anything Goes

You're Invited! :)

Hello, my sweet friends! Guess what?! It's almost time for the next My Craft Spot stamp release party! YAY! The festivities begin Monday (June 2nd) and last the entire week! There will be prizes every day as we share our sneak peek projects with you. On Saturday (June 7th) we're celebrating with a Blog Hop, where even more prizes and fun will be had! :o)

There are four new stamp sets, plus 2 new metal die sets! Everything is fantastic and I'm having such fun with them! :o) We also have two sweet and talented guest designers joining us for the party, so an abundance of inspiration will await you each day!

Kimberly's generosity always begins early, as she is giving away a stamp set (of the winners choice!) to one lucky crafter! Flutter over to THIS POST at My Craft Spot for your chance to win!

Have a blessed and beautiful day, everyone! :o)

Sweet Sailboat Card

Happy Thursday, crafty friends! I hope you're having a happy day. :o) I'm posting on the My Craft Spot blog today and am sharing it here, too!

Shaped cards are always amongst my favorites, but I especially love that they pack a sweet punch when you don't have a ton of time available. I wanted to pour a ton of detailing into this, but the clock was against me! That is the beauty in shaped cards...

This little sailboat will soon be fluttering straight into the heart of a precious baby girl named Violet who is in need of extra love and sunshine as she battles leukemia. She is this month's I Feel the Love Project recipient and I already love her with all of my heart.

Because Violet is only 1 year old, I made it bright and whimsical! The sailboat cut file is from the Silhouette Online Store and I decorated it with fun butterfly, heart, and polka dot Doodlebug papers. These sweet butterflies are fluttering over to Violet, guiding the sailboat with a base of love. I added a border of tiny pom pom trim for her tiny little fingers to explore.

The sweet sentiment is from Stamping All Around Spring, which I've cut out with the coordinating Tiny Doilies metal dies and layered with a Tiny Doilies 2 stitched base. My flag on top was created with the Lacy Banners metal die set, which I've adorned with her sweet name. Kids always love personalization. :o)

The shadow of my card is bright yellow for a sunshiny background, as I want all of her days to be filled with heavenly light. I added a few Bo Bunny rhinestone flourishes to the heart bottom as sparkling waves... or as a reflection of the glimmering sunbeams dancing on the water's surface. This sailboat is guided by and built upon love. I hope it makes this sweet child smile. :o)

Thank you for sailing on by and I wish you a blessed day! :o)

Challenges entered:

 *613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes

 *Crafting From the Heart~ Anything Goes

 *DL.Art~ May Linky Party

 *Papertake Weekly~ Ohhh So Cute

 *Simon Wednesday Challenge~ Vacation/Travel

 *Through the Craft Room Door~ Anything Goes

 *Word Art Wednesday~ Encouraging/Uplifting Sentiment

Anything Goes at 7 Kids College Fund!

Happy Wednesday, my sweet friends! I hope you're having a blessed week! :o)

Today begins a new challenge at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog! The theme is Anything Goes, so share with us whatever you fancy. :o) Today's challenge is special, as it's our 100th! To celebrate, our generous store owner is giving away extra prizes! FOUR $25 gift certificates to the store will be awarded! One for the random winner and one for each of the Top 3 DT Picks! How amazing is that?! :o)

 This week I colored up an adorable Wild Rose Studio stamp: Bunny with Flowers! Note: The dark cardstock is a gorgeous plum-purple shade to match the DP, not the black that it may appear! (And I finally played with kraft cardstock! So pretty.)

Isn't he a little sweetheart? And I love how large the bouquet is. He fits perfectly in the largest die of the Spellbinders Standard Circles (Small) set. After coloring it with Copics, I added Star Dust to the purple flowers and Wink of Stella to the yellow. His tiny tail is covered in Polar White Flower Soft for extra fun. Per usual, I fussy-cut an extra copy of the stamp as a mask to sponge a sky backdrop. For this card I used Tim Holtz Broken China Distress Ink and a cloud template. My papers are lightly inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

The entire Wild Rose Studio line is pure whimsy and always a delight to create with! :o) The beautiful floral/fruity paper is from Do Craft's Tilly Daydream collection, to which I paired a neutral dot pattern from My Mind's Eye.

My card base was created with a cut file from the Silhouette Online Store. The floral doily beneath my image is a PPBN cut file, which I've centered with tiny flowers from an EK Success border punch. Each flower and the fluttering butterflies (from a Fiskars punch) are centered with pearls.

The sentiment is from My Craft Spot's Tiny Tags 2 stamp set, which is cut out with the coordinating Tiny Tags Metal Dies. Vanilla Bean Crinkle Ribbon is centered with a Wild Orchid Crafts scalloped pearl, which rests atop a Cheery Lynn Designs Mini Fanciful Flourish.

Hop on over to check out the marvelous creations by my teamies at the Challenge Blog and play along with us! Your work inspires us! :o) Have a beautiful day, everyone!

Products from 7 Kids College Fund Store:

Wild Rose Studio: Bunny With Flowers

Spellbinders: Standard Circles (Small)

Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Broken China

Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain

Copic Sketch Markers

Neenah Solar White Smooth Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Wink of Stella Glitter Brush: Clear

Ranger Stickles: Star Dust

Flower Soft: Polar White

Challenges entered:

 *613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes

 *Crafting From the Heart~ Anything Goes

 *Created with Love~ Lots of Layers

 *Creative Fingers~ Anything Goes

 *Divas By Design~ Anything Goes

 *Dragonfly Dreams~ How Does Your Garden Grow?

 *Love to Scrap!~ Anything Goes

 *Papertake Weekly~ Ohhh So Cute

 *Stampin' for the Weekend~ Photo Inspiration

 *Through the Craft Room Door~ Anything Goes

Congrats/ Graduation at My Craft Spot!

Hello, my sweet friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. :o)

Today starts a new challenge at My Craft Spot and it's a festive one! :o) We're challenging you to create cards and projects for Graduation or any congratulatory occasion! With no graduates in my life this year, I opted to make a wedding card. :o)

(I apologize for the slightly dark photos.. my ivory base was getting lost in the white background otherwise!) Knowing this was going to be simpler in style than usual, I chose pretty patterns and shapes for my layers. I love silhouettes and thought this would be a fun opportunity to use one! The precious bride and groom cut file is from the Silhouette Online Store. To fancier her up a smidgen, I added pearl detailing and used a flower punch to make a small bouquet.

The "Congrats" is from the beautiful MCS Big Words metal dies set. I adore this set and the gorgeous font! I cut it out twice, in pearlescent white and sparkling black, so it would properly stand out amidst the layers.

My pearl-accented card base was created with the Timeless Rectangle set from Spellbinders, to which I've nested a Gold Labels 4 layer inside. The Echo Park papers are from their Be Mine collection. :o) (I had the wrong collection listed this morning... my apologies!)

Be sure to flutter on over to check out the marvelous work from my teamies! I hope you'll join in the fun this week, as I truly love visiting you. :o) Thank you for visiting! Have a sparkly day. :o)

Challenges entered:
 *613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes
 *Card Mania~ CAS
 *Crafting From the Heart~ Anything Goes
 *Crafting with Dragonflies~ Celebration
 *Creative Fingers~ Anything Goes
 *One Stitch at a Time~ Keep it Simple
 *Simon Says Stamp~ Die Crazy (2 base layers and sentiment are dies)
 *Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge~ Clean and Simple