Fresh Squeezed Stamps: Happy Hexagons

I was the lucky winner of the Happy Hexagons set from Fresh Squeezed Stamps. It was a set I was really loving so I was excited to win it. 

I thought it would work great with this old Basic Grey line because they both have a really fun graphic quality. So I played around with different arrangements of hexagons on the various papers. Some of these cards could even be given to a guy which is definitely a feat for me personally.

Thanks to Fresh Squeezed Stamps for the fab set. Next up to play with the Subway Series set.

ABAC Challenge 4: Halloween/Fall

This week at Anything But a Card we are looking for your Halloween creations. This should be an easy one because Halloween lends itself to lots of fun treat holders. In fact most of the projects for ABAC around this time will be treat holders from me because I'm excited to give them to friends and family. This week I have some upcycled packaging decorated for Halloween. Can't wait to see your Halloween project over the next two weeks!

Shopping Our Stash 72

I'm using my new kit from Paper Made Bakery for the new Shopping Our Stash challenge. At SOS they are playing crafting tic-tac-toe. I choose the bottom row: yellow, sparkle, and sentiment. The cute yellow birdie, the fence and the flower are all from the Fresh Squeezed stamp set. So excited to get the rest of my stamps from them.

Paper Made Bakery Kit for September

I love getting my Paper Made Bakery Kit each month and September was no exception. I'm going to share a few cards and a tag made with this kit.

I love Cosmo Cricket so I was thrilled to get the Twenty-Three collection to play with.

I also love Lawn Fawn and so it was great to add to my collection with the Stay Tuned set. Everything from the projects is from the kit so I can assure you when playing with the kit you'll need to add adhesive, ink, and scissors only.

ABAC Challenge 3

Challenge 3 at Anything But a Card is up! I love this challenge because it's simple but fun. This week simply use some sparkle and shine in your project (stickles, gems, metallic, etc). I use some glitter ribbon, stickles, and gems on a Halloween treat bag. I love working with this challenge blog because of the creative variety of projects we get in response to the challenges. Can't wait to see your take on this new challenge!

ABAC Challenge 2

I'm so amazed at the response and talent for ABAC's first challenge. I know that anything goes challenges are super easy to fit a project into and might get more response than others but I'm so happy you all have found us and I hope most of you stick around for our next challenge. This week we are challenging you to use texture. This can mean fabric, paint, fiber, etc. I added most of my texture with fiber. I used the Paper Made Bakery September kit to create a cute tag set. I inked up the chipboard to better match the tag then wrapped Lawn Fawn twine around the frame. Everything but the ink was from the Paper Made Bakery kit. So have fun using texture on Anything But A Card and then link it up to share. 

Anything But A Card Challenge 1

I'm proud to be working with a new challenge blog called Anything But A Card. The idea is to think outside the box and to share some of the other fab projects many of us work on. ABAC Challenge blog is designed to provide a biweekly challenge for crafters of all kind to create something other than a card! You can do ATC's, tags, sewing, scrapbook layouts, felting, painting, sculpture, altered items, textiles, the list is endless! The only thing NOT allowed is a card!

There are no prizes, but we will feature Three Inspirational Projects from among the challenge entries after the challenge ends. You may combine with any other challenges. No limits to the number of entries for each challenge. This is simply a challenge that helps us stretch our creativity while having fun. 

The first challenge is an "Anything Goes" challenge. I created some cute treat bags to share with my teacher friends at school using a cute owl from Lawn Fawn's Creatures in the Forest. These are super simple because you just cut paper that is as long as the zipper on a ziplock bag then fold and decorate. It would be a fun way to brighten any teacher's day as they head back to school on Tuesday. Since I was creating a little set I laid out everything assembly line style and it made it super quick but still very cute.