Watercolor and Floral Border on A2Z Scrapbooking

Happy Thursday friends! Have you seen the latest Hero Arts products for 2017?!   I'm over at the a2z Scrapbooking blog today playing with this beautiful, new die found at a2z Scrapbooking...

This die is super versatile for any occasion and I'd love it if you hopped on by to see what I did with it!

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Mahalo for stopping by!!

Valentine Grams for A2Z Scrapbooking

Aloha and happy Monday friends!

I'm over at a2z Scrapbooking Blog sharing what I made for the kiddos using these...

I would love it if you stopped on by!  Don't forget to join us for this month's Anything Goes Challenge for your chance to win $25 to the a2z Scrapbooking store!!

Playing with Die Cuts over at a2z Scrapbooking

Aloha and happy Thursday friends!  I'm over at a2z Scrapbooking (I'm praying the linky works, thank you all for your patience each time my linky didn't work) sharing a fun way to use those dies.
Here's a little sneaky peek...

Supplies can be special ordered through a2z Scrapbooking and the best part is proceeds go to helping the Behcet's and Celiac communities.  Use code NICKI15 for an extra 15% off your purchase of $25 or more!

Diecutting Fun over at A2Z Scrapbooking!

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Aloha friends!  I'm playing with some fun dies over at A2Z Scrapbooking !
Stop on by to see how I use this die in action...

I promise bright colors and sparkle, with a bit of sass...haha!

The supplies I used can be found at A2Z Scrapbooking and use code NICKI15 for 15% off your purchase of $25 or more to help  raise funds for the Behcets and Celiac Disease community.
Mahalo for checking it out!

Use those Dies for A2Z Scrapbooking!

Happy Saturday friends!  I'm over at the a2z Scrapbooking blog  sharing a fun way to use those coordinating dies without the stamps.  There's also a little tip on keeping your die cuts exactly where you want them when trying to glue them down!

Here's a little sneaky peek of what I'm talkin' about!  I would love it if you hopped on over to take a look!!

For all my supplies you can find it at the a2z Scrapbooking store and use code NICKI15 for an extra 15% off your purchase of $25 or more.  The best part is a portion of the proceeds goes to support the Behcets and Celiac Disease communities.

MAHALO for stopping by!!

Shaped Lunchbox Notes

Monday officially ends summer in our household which means making those lunchbox notes quick!
The latest Virginia's View Challenge 

 inspired me to make some fun lunchbox notes in a speech bubble shape.

Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Journaling Card, Lawn Fawn Scripty Hello and Thanks,

Lawn Fawn Jessie's ABCs, copics, Hero Hues India Ink Black, glossy accents

Using dies to create shaped cards can be a lot of fun.  Easily done by folding paper in half and placing the top of die slightly above the fold line so that it cuts the shape while still having a card fold on top!  I encourage you to look through your dies and see what kind of shape cards you can make.

Hope everyone's weekend is going well.  See ya again soon!

Mahalo for stopping by!!

The Evolution of my Card...

Oh boy did I make a mess of my craft desk!  It all started with needing a thank you card to give a coworker and I was trying to go for a more masculine feel.  Thus began the plaid look...also keeping in mind I wanted to enter the next Lawnscaping Challenge: Stars and Stripes.

This is where my journey began...painstackingly inking up that fun border to create a stripey/plaid background.  Now what?!  You can tell it wasn't perfectly stamped so I knew I needed to add something to draw your attention away from that fact.  I knew I wanted to use the die cut scripty thanks, but it needed more...

Here's the mess I created figuring things out...

Again keeping in mind I needed stars, I wanted to use the Lawn Fawn Life is Good starfish!

The die cut comes out so cute!  I first tried cutting a strip of paper to pop the die cut thanks, but it just wasn't enough.  Finally I realized I could add a journaling card and also enter the next Moxie Fab: Photo Pocket Page Challenge: Journaling Cards!  (challenges are so great that way) So the lightbulb went on and I focused on making a journaling card.

And the finished product...

Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card, Lawn Fawn Scripty Thanks, Lawn Fawn Life is Good

Lawn Fawn pattern paper, Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Cup O' Joe and Soft Sand

Ok so I ended up nixing the plaid stamped background, because it just didn't work with my journaling card!  I'll definitely save it for later though.  I couldn't decide which yellow background paper to use so....why not both!?  It killed me not to put a little smiley face on the sun and some sparkle or some sequins, but since it's for a guy I figured best to leave it alone.

Okey dokey...that's it for me!  Mahalo for stopping by!!