I looked back and I do a lot of last minute cards because I guess that is how I do things so here is a Fathers Day card idea for all of you that work like I do “Last Minute”. This card was actually inspired by our 9 year old daughter because she made mom a Mothers Day card that did a pop up MOM inside so we decided to do the same for Fathers Day. We started out jut making six cuts in the top fold of the card stock and pushed every other one into the card, this makes the tabs that you glue the DAD onto. Next just build the layers of paper up for the base, we used Bo Bunny’s Trail Mix Collection. the finishing touches were these cute Hero Arts Stamps.

So here is an idea if you have put it off until now and I hope all you Dads have a great Fathers Day tomorrow!

Recipe:

14601831: Bo Bunny-Trail Mix

14601834: Bo Bunny-Trail Mix Cabin Fever

G5500: Hero Arts-Plaid Person Stamp

330055: Hero Arts-Stepping Stone Alphabet

TIM32823: Tim Holtz-Gatherd Twigs Distress ink

Cardstock

Ribbon

Embroidery thread

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Doug and Heather

It’s June and that means a lot of us will be attending weddings, which means that everyone will need a healthy supply of  Summer Wedding Cards! I’m always so grateful to have some on hand because I’m always running late to the reception and in need of a card.

If you’re thinking that these cards look like too much work, let me assure you that they’re not. I just made the big move from Utah to Texas (and we love it) and I was able to manage creating two beautiful cards amidst unpacking, putting my house together, having family in town, teaching my mother-in-law how to make cards, etc. These really are conducive to your busy summer schedule. One must have that I will never say loud enough is that you NEED the Bitty Blossoms by Spellbinders. NEED. It’s not a want, people. It’s second to breathing.

Second, I want to feature the Scalloped Borders One die that I used on these two cards. I was a little skeptical when I got these. I wasn’t sure if it would be something I would like to use on cards, or any project for that matter. Now that I have used them, I don’t know if I’ll ever make another card without using them! They are beautiful!!! Absolutely darling! You can see it best on the second card, but I love the detail on both and they take it up an extra beautiful notch. Go crazy with your flowers and it will blow your mind at how beautiful your cards turn out!

Products used:

Cardstock

S5-086 – Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms

S5-182 – Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Borders One

S5-176 – A2 Floral Ribbon Threader

CL544 – Hero Arts Big Ticket 4×6 Stamps

Congratulations Stamp

202- Scor-tape 1/4″

Ribbon

Mc-1 – Want2Scrap Multicolored bling

Cake Doily

Ink pad

Bling

Have fun attending all those weddings! Your cards are going to be a hit!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Stacy

Last week I did a Fathers Day card for my dad, so this week I thought I would do A Fathers Day Card with QuicKutz for my Husband.  This is one of my favorite cards that I have done, mostly because of the colors that I was able to use thanks to Bo Bunny.  I used Bo Bunny, Very Vintage 6×6 collection to pick my colors and also because I just love the double dot design.  I also used QuicKutz die to cut out my squares.  I love this Die because it has the scalloped edges and I thought it added just a little more to the card.  I also used, as I usually do for my projects, Hero Hues Chalk ink to add definition to my die cuts.  I don’t think you can go wrong with this card for Fathers day.  It is fast to make, easy to make, and it will sure let your Father or Husband know how much you love him for taking the time to make him a special card.

Recipe:

657900 Sizzix Big Shot

DC0157 QuicKutz, Nesting Scallop Squares

10017488 Bo Bunny Very Vintage

AF184 Hero Hues Chalk Ink

This is a fun card to make! To get the details, check out my video.

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Alexis

Get ready for Father’s Day with this Father’s Day Treat box! You can make it in about 15 minutes and give it to your dear old dad, your husband, or your son if you wish. It’s suiting for everyone and I’m sure they’re appreciate the little goodies inside! I am terribly in love with the QuicKutz Treat Box because you can use it for so many occasions and little surprises. Seriously, it’s a wonderful die to have around the house and people love ‘em (trust me, I get so many compliments on this die).

I used the Authentique Summer paper for my box because it can be masculine and fun at the same time. I feel like some masculine paper is so dark and dreary, but this is so fun! You can really go crazy with just paper!

This project is really just as easy as 1, 2, 3.

1. Cut paper out with the treat box die.

2. Add embellishments.

3. Add treats.

How could Father’s Day get easier than that? Try it. You’ll love it and they’ll love you for it.

Products used:

Sea011 – Authentique Seasons: Summer 12×12 paper

CL544 – Hero Arts Big Ticket Stamps

DC0268 – QuicKutz Treat Box

202 – 1/4″ Scor-tape

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Stacy

Heather and I just got a sampler of markers from American Crafts and we both wanted to play around them so we both did some cardmaking and here is what we got in the end. on mine, I used  Hero Arts Tag Collection for the most part for the stamps and used the markers to add the color, The markers were very smooth and had great transition colors so you can get the look of shadows. I also love this tag set because it has everything to finish a card, I made the flower separate from the card and added foam stickers to the back so there was a shadow edge around it.

Heathers used the Heartfelt Creations Sun kissed Fleur background set for her Thinking of You card. I think she did a great job with the markers as this was really her first time using markers with things like this.

These markers are so much fun and are so easy to use so give them a try.

Recipe:

62831: American Crafts-Chromatix marker Set

AC024: Hero Arts- Tag Collection

H5481: Hero Arts- Classic Bloom

TIM35008: Tim Holtz-Mowed Lawn

TIM32823: Tim Holtz-Gathered Twigs

HCDP1233: Heartfelt Creations- Sunkissed Collection

F5509: Hero Arts-Special to Me

HCPC3535:Heartfelt Creations-Sunkissed Tags and Basket Precut Set

HCPC3536: Heartfelt Creation-Sunkissed Fleur Background Precut Set

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Doug and Heather

We just celebrated Mothers day and so we know the next big day is upon us, so I wanted to make a Bo Bunny Fathers day card.  I have one of the coolest fathers that ever lived.  My father served in the Military for 27 years and was a Fighter Pilot for the Unites States Air Force.  Pretty amazing job if I do say so myself.  My father is a simple man.  He doesn’t need a lot of things, he just wants to be surrounded by his loved ones so I wanted to make a card that I thought fit his personality.  Bo Bunny has the perfect paper, Natural Necessities Double Dot Design, that I had to use for this design.   I also wanted to show you a different way to use the Sizzix, Banners in a different way then just a Birthday card.  Then of course I used Hero Hues Chalk ink to add a little more to my card.  It is a simple card but it sure lets your Father know that he means the world to you and that he is #1 in your eyes.  What Dad doesn’t want that?

Receipe:

658696 Sizzix Banners #2

10017486 Bo Bunny, Natural Necessities

Hero Hues

Sizzix Big Shot

To see step by step how this card is made, you can watch my tutorial!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Alexis

Here is our Clowning Around page layout that you can use for all the clowns in your family. Heather and I made 13 of these pages because Heather is part of a scrapbook exchange. With this exchange they get together every three months (Girls Night) and they each get one page from everyone else. It is really nice because she gets fresh ideas and has a bunch of pages that she just needs to add the pictures.

This layout was a lot of fun and even better when we found these pictures or our kids clowning around. We used DCWV’s the Kidlet Stack because it had this great paper that we thought liked like the circus. We also used a lot of bling because when we got it done it just felt like it was missing something, I am sure you have done that before so if that ever happens just grab some rhinestones from Want2Scrap and it can really finish off a layout.

Heather loves this exchange because she gets a lot of pages out of it, a girls night out, and it keeps her scrapbooking. If you don’t do something like this just find a few friends that scrapbook and see if they would like to do it and you will be surprised how quickly it will grow.

Recipe:

PS-005-00365: DCWV-The Kidlet Stack

4038: Want2Scrap- Baby Bling Rhinestones Brown

2267: Want2Scrap- Rhinestones Red

330055: Hero Arts- Stepping Stone Alphabet

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Doug and Heather

If you’re looking for a fast and easy way to make an adorable card, then look no further. A Little Note by Hero Arts is just what you need. The pre-decorated cards allow you to take about 10 seconds to add a stamp and you’re on your way. You can use 4 different messages with that same card, which is a beautiful thing when you’re in a hurry for a all-occasion card. These are very self explanatory, so I made one card with just the stamp:

I also wanted to spruce it up a little and add some embellishments, so I stuck with coordinating paper colors and the adorable American Craft Dear Lizzy Ribbon (which made all the difference). It’s amazing how much the cute-ness factor increases with just a little ribbon!

I also wanted to do a card with some dies, so I took out the second love of my life, Spellbinders Blossom Five, and added it to a birthday card I’ve needed to make for weeks. All four of these cards took me about 10 mintues. SO easy!

Products used:

CK217- Hero Arts A little Note kit

S4-370 – Spellbinders Blossom Five

89375 – American Crafts Dear Lizzy Ribbon

202 – 1/4″ Scor-Tape

TIM32861 – Festive Berries

Cardstock

Black Ink Pad

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Stacy

We got some foil on our last order and they made such fun and easy Mothers Day cards. If you have forgotten about Mothers Day, first off shame on you, but here is an idea for some last minute ideas for a card. We used Spellbinders #2 foil packs which have 5 different color choices that really work with the Mothers Day feel but you can get them in all sorts of colors and even natural metal colors so check them out. Just start with a background pattern or color and fold your card. Next use some kind of texture folder, we used Spellbinders Framed Lables 18 and Crafts-Two’s Tulip Window. With the blue one we just used it straight as it came out of the folder but on the pink one we lightly sanded the surface which took off the paint on the texture which emphasizes the pattern. One little helpful hint on these just throw a sheet of wax paper between the foil and the folder so it comes out really slick. Add a few stamps on the front and add the bling and you are ready to give to the mothers in your life.

Well I hope all you mothers have a happy Mothers Day and again I hope this helps all you procrastinators (me included) wish the mothers in your life a happy day.

Recipe:

MM1-002: Spellbinders-Foil Pack #2

REN009: Authentique-Renew

E3D-006: Spellbinders 3D M-Bossibilities- Framed Labels 18

CL649: Hero Arts- Remember Your kindness

CG445: Hero Arts- Big Words

CTFD3051: Crafts-Too- Tulip Window

PS-005-00265: DCWV- The Kidlet Stack

TIM34933: Tim Holtz- Peacock Feathers

TIM34995: Tim Holtz- Picked Raspberries

2160: Want2Scrap: Mother of Pearl Rhinestone

2162: Want2Scrap- Lavender pearls

American Crafts- Premium Ribbon

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Doug and Heather

I made a page layout design last week and I couldn’t resist making a Bo Bunny mothers day card idea this week.  Bo Bunny has a beautiful paper kit called Love letters and I have used this collection pack a few times but I could not resist using it again because it has such beautiful paper and it can be used in so many ways.  I started off cutting down some card stock paper to 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 and then using the Bo Bunny paper I cut a sheet down to fit on the front of my card and I used the Hero Hues chalk ink to ink around the edges of the cardstock and the Bo Bunny paper.  I then used Spellbinders 5×7 Detailed Scallops Die with my Sizzix Big Shot Machine and then taped it all together with some Scor Tape and pop up stickers and finished it off with some Die Cut shapes from Kaiser Craft and bling from Want2Scrap, gotta have the bling!  I love this card.  I love the colors and how easy and fast it was to make,  It can be a mother’s day card or a Thank You card or just a pick me up card.  No matter how you use it whomever you give it to will love it because you made it and it looks like you put a ton of effort into making it just for them!

Receipe:

CT743- KaiserCraft Die Cuts

2169- Want2Scrap Bling

13503503- Bo Bunny Love Letters

S6-004 Spellbinders 5×7 Detailed Scallops

657900- Sizzix Big Shot

As always, I have included a video tutorial showing how I created this card. I hope you enjoy!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Alexis

News flash! We are bringing on new, hot Hero Arts Ink Daubers! This is super exciting news, because these new Ink Daubers are the ideal tool for bringing color to paper. They use popular premium Dye and Shadow Inks in a new way! Made with a water-based ink, they are good for use with stencils and stamps. They hold one ounce and have a cotton tip that delivers a bold and even wash of color.

The colors are:

AD001 Neon Pink
AD002 Neon Orange
AD003 Neon Yellow
AD004 Neon Green
Ad005 Neon Purpe
AD006 Neon Blue
AD007 Pale Tomato
AD008 Butter Cup
AD009 Field Greens
AD010 Tide Pool
AD011 Cup O’ Joe
AD012 Wet Cement

You can see them all and order yours HERE, but below is a sneak peak of the color pallet.

I can’t wait to get me some of these! Trust me, I am so giddy it is all I can do to blog about it! At $6.29 ea. this is a great deal! As you know, we mark down ALL of our products below retail price, so you save on every item! Well, no more talk,  I am off to shop, but first, I want to leave you with a fun cartoon that was passed on to me. I know all you scrapbookers will appreciate it!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

Alright folks, you have ONE week until Mother’s Day, so here’s is another Mother’s Day Gift Album idea. This is actually going to Grandma from my two cuties, so you can really make this for any lovely woman in your life. First off, if you’re reading this blog looking for a Mother’s Day idea, let me tell you, most women (at least the one’s I know) love thoughtful, homemade gifts from their children. Sure, you can flower her with roses (and by all means do so if you’d like), but gift her something from those children that they can help make! It’s fun, it’s personal, and it will make her heart melt.

First off, you need to choose your album. Want2Scrap has a plethora of different albums and what they’re made out of. I used a Mixed Media Album because I liked that it had different chipboard/paper/medias to offer. I’m so glad I went with this because I was able to use my imagination more and my kids were able to get their hands dirty as well! I wasn’t sure what to do with the corrugated…until I saw fingerpaints! I had her create a 2 year old masterpiece and she really liked the bumps. I had them stamp their hands on the canvas and they got to play with magic marker for another picture. I know they were in heaven as they excitedly ruined two marker heads. I’m glad they did.

After you’ve chosen your album, it’s time to choose your paper! I love the DCWV line (ok…I just love paper), but they have so many options to choose from that you can’t go wrong.

* Adhere the paper to the album FIRST, and then cut it out! I suggest using a craft knife (especially if you have an intricate album) but using scissors works great too! This makes the paper fit the chipboard better.

I used some of the new QuicKutz dies that cut AND emboss! They are so cute! They are super easy to use and I love that they don’t get stuck in the die; they just pop right out! Easy. When you’re dong with your paper/ dies, embellish that puppy up! Want2Scrap Bling and American Craft Ribbon (SO adorable!) are the perfect ways to add SO MUCH pizzaz to any project.

HAVE FUN with it and it will be awesome!

Products used:

1202 - Want2Scrap Stepping Stones Album

PS-005-00283 – DCWV Blue Citrus 12×12 Paper

S5-1756 – Spellbinders Labels Twenty -Nine

CL544 – Hero Arts Big Ticket Stamps

DC0468 – QuicKutz Flowers

DC0469 – QuicKutz Flutter

DC0284 – QuicKutz Nesting Butterflies

658502 – Sizzix Flower, Daisy

2163-  Want2Scrap Steel Blue Pearls

2063 - Want2Scrap Baby Blue Rhinestones

2294 - Want2Scrap Gun Metal Pearls

4055 - Want2Scrap B.Y.O.B. 1

TIM32830 – Tim Holtz Ripe Persimmon

TIM20257 - Tim Holtz Weathered Wood

TIM32861 - Tim Holtz Festive Berries

89357 – American Crafts Dear Lizzy Ribbon

202 – 1/4″ Scor-Tape

Glitter

Sharpies

Happy Mother’s Day to all those wonderful Mothers and Grandmothers out there!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Stacy

I came across this beautiful and old picture of my mom and me and my brothers and I thought this would make a great Mothers day Page Layout.  My father served in the Military my whole childhood so I had the privilege to grow up overseas.  This picture, I believe was taken in Europe, and so I wanted to use some products that would bring back some of those memories from my childhood.  First Edition has this beautiful paper collection called Noir et Chic and it went perfectly with this black and white photo. I also used KaiserCraft collectables called 75 cents and it is a really fun and unique die cut shapes with warm colors and that European feel is was looking for.  I used my Sizzix Big Shot machine to cut my QuicKutz die called Nesting Flowers, to frame around my picture.  I also used, as always, some bling from Want2Scrap and Hero Hues Chalk Ink to finish off my look for my layout.  I showed my mother and her reaction was perfect, I got a huge OMG!  that was all I needed to hear to know that she loved this layout and that it brought all the feelings and memories to her that I was trying to capture.  Happy Mothers Day mom, and I love you!!

Receipe:

657900- Sizzix Big Shot

CT743- Kaiser Craft 75 Cent

DC0350- QuicKutz Nesting Flower

FEPAD053- First Edition Noir et Chic

2294- Want2Scrap

AF186- Hero Hues Chalk Ink

I hope you enjoy my tutorial about how I created this page!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Alexis

Heather and I love making these cards that could really fit any occasion in case we need a last minute card or even if there isn’t really any occasion and we just want to say hi to cheer someones day up. What is so cool about this card is that if you have the Decorative Blossom Corner from Spellbinders and the Remember Your Kindness stamp set from Hero Arts, you could follow this same design and make so many different cards with each one being unique. I have said this before but I love these 6×6 paper stacks from Bo Bunny because if you are card making you don’t have to go looking through all of your paper just to find paper that matches, all that work is done for you because you really can go through and choose any paper and you know that it is going to go well together–Simple! Really this card looks way more complicated that it really is, just grab some card stock and fold it for the card. Next, cut the Decorative Blossom Corner out of any corner and place a decorative paper behind it. Lastly add some designs on top with a saying that you stamp.

Recipe:

HCD729: Spillbinders Heartfelt Creations-Decorative Blossom Corner

13417435: Bo Bunny-Serenade

CL649: Hero Arts- Remember Your Kindness

TIM32823: Tim Holtz-Distress ink Gathered Twigs

Card Stock

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Doug and Heather

Sometimes I just want to make a,  To Tell Your Story card to brighten someones day and I believe that this card will do just that.  This Card has alot of bright colors and it just makes you feel happy and ready for summer.  It was so fast and easy to make.  I picked Teresa Collins paper packet, Tell Your Story and there is some beautiful bright colors on this paper collection that I used for my card.  I also used QuicKutz die called, Nesting Flowers for.  I love this die and how easy it was to use and the beautiful flower that it cuts out.  I also used Sizzix Big Shot to cut out my die cuts.  and then to finish off my card I used Hero Hues Chalk ink and Want2Scrap pearl bling to pull all the embellishments together. I Love this Card and I hope you do to and I hope it will brighten up your day!

Receipe:

657900 – Sizzix Big Shot

DC0350- QuicKutz Nesting Flower

YS1029- Teresa Collins, Tell Your Story packet

AF184 – Hero Hues Chalk ink

SKU TDU - Want2Scrap pearls

I hope you will enjoy today’s tutorial showing you exactly how I made this card!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Alexis