Happy Little Stampers Die Team

Yum treat box

Hello, my crafty friends! Hope you’re having a good week! This month’s Anything Goes with Dies Challenge is live over at Happy Little Stampers and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project with you today! This is my last post for the Happy Little Stampers Die Team and I’d like to thank Kylie and the rest of the crew for having me along for the last year and a half! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed myself!

I created a super cute pink and white polkadot treat box using the Stampin’ Up Baker’s Box Thinlits. I cut three ‘yum’ sentiments from hot pink textured cardstock and adhered them on top of one another for a little dimension, and then added tiny dots with a white Gelly Roll pen. I used pink Silky Crush ribbon to tie the box closed.

Here are a couple shots showing the back of the box. Reminds me of a little milk carton. So stinkin’ cute! ;)

Here’s one more look… I love how this turned out and it’ll look even cuter with some Jelly Belly jellybeans in it, lol! ;)

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. Craft-Dee BowZ: June Challenge – Anything Goes w/ a Handmade Bow
2. Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: #137 – Anything Goes
3. Creative Moments: #192 – Anything Goes
4. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #133 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Colorbok Seeing Dots, DCWV Double-Sided Textured cardstock
Ink: Sakura White Gelly Roll pen
Dies/Punches: Stampin’ Up Baker’s Box Thinlits
Accessories: Gemini Junior, ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Stampin’ Up Window Sheet, Really Reasonable Ribbon Pink Silky Crush Ribbon

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link an anything goes project with us this month using dies! We’d love to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Violet Paper Doll Set

5/31/20 Best Technique Winner at Classic Design Challenge Blog

Hello, my crafty friends! Hope you’ve had a good week! This month’s Anything Goes with Dies Challenge is live over at Happy Little Stampers and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project with you today! Several weeks ago I shared a childhood memory of my sisters and I frequently playing paper dolls, and showcased my Marisol Paper Doll Set that you can see HERE if you missed it. I have another paper doll set to share with you today created with Julie Nutting stamps and dies!

This super cute teenager is Violet, and she comes with five outfits complete with shoes, all colored with alcohol markers!

This set was also created for our middle granddaughter. Each outfit and pair of shoes attaches to the doll with Velcro circles. So let’s do another fashion show, this time with Violet, and here are pics of her in each outfit!

And here’s one more look… I also created Violet with several layers to withstand my granddaughter’s play! I thoroughly enjoyed creating these paper doll sets – it sure took me back a few years! When we were young, we would purchase one punch-out paper doll at the local five & dime store that came with a couple outfits. Then we’d spend hours upon hours tracing, cutting out and coloring new outfits with crayons! Great memories! ;)

Sharing in the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge: May Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create: #233 – Anything Goes w/optional Diamonds and Lace (no twist)
Classic Design Challenge: May Anything Goes
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge Blog: May Anything Goes
Through The Purple Haze: #167 – Anything Goes w/optional Black and White

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: GKD Ivory cardstock
Stamps: Julie Nutting Violet rubber stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink (pad and marker); Studio 71 alcohol markers- BG3, BG10, BG15, BG16, V5, V13, V14, YR4, YR15, B4, B17, E6, E10, E15, E17, N8, R2, R3, R4, R6, R12; Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen
Dies/Punches: Julie Nutting Violet die set
Accessories: MISTI stamp tool, Velcro circles

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

It’s a GIRL!

Hello, my crafty friends! Hope you’re having a great day! This month’s Anything Goes with Dies Challenge is live over at Happy Little Stampers and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project with you today!

I created a super CAS baby girl card to add to my stash. One can never have too many baby cards, lol! ;)

When I created this card, I was in the mood for clean and simple. Using an ivory card base, I added an ivory sentiment strip across the bottom for a tone-on-tone look. I stamped the sentiment from Paper Pretties in pink ink.

And how about these little shoes?! Aren’t they just too stinkin’ cute?! I cut three of each, colored them all pink with an R3 Studio 71 alcohol marker, and layered them together for some dimension. Using the same marker, I colored two small white flat-back pearls to match.

I kept the inside super simple with just a stamped sentiment from the same stamp set, stamped in the same pink ink. :)

And one more peek… I absolutely love how this turned out and it couldn’t have been any simpler! I see another one of these in my near future, only in blue and with slightly different shoes!

I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create: #232 – Anything Goes w/optional Geometric Papers
A Bit More Time To Craft: #113 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra: April Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #4-2020
Addicted To Stamps and More: #384 – Clean and Simple
Allsorts Challenge Blog: #566/7 – Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue (old stamps and die)
Classic Design Challenge: #4 Birthday Challenge
Aud Sentiments: #248 – Anything Goes + A Sentiment
Cupcake Inspirations: #490 – Color Challenge

Dare2BArtzy: April Challenge – Pastel Colors

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Ivory cardstock
Stamps: Paper Pretties Oh Baby stamp set
Ink: Studio 71- R3; Stampin’ Up Strawberry Slush ink
Dies/Punches: Joy Crafts Baby Girl Shoes die set
Accessories: MISTI stamping tool, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Darice flat-back pearls

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Marisol Paper Doll Set

3/21/20 Top Rocker at 613 Avenue Create!

Hello, my crafty friends! Hope you’re having a good week! This month’s Anything Goes with Dies Challenge is live over at Happy Little Stampers and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project with you today! I drifted back to my childhood when my sisters and I played with paper dolls quite frequently, and I created a couple sets using Julie Nutting stamps and dies. I’m showcasing one set today, and you’ll see the other set next month, so stay tuned! ;)

This beauty is Marisol, and she comes with ten dresses, all created from prints in the BasicGrey indie bloom paper pad and DCWV glitter and metallic stack!

I can’t describe the fun I had creating this set for my middle granddaughter! Each dress attaches to the doll by a velcro circle. So let the fashion show begin… here are shots of Marisol wearing each of her dresses!

And here’s one more look… I think I’ve made Marisol thick enough to withstand the hands of a young girl, lol! So fun!

I’d love to enter this paper doll into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create: #231 – Anything Goes w/optional colored pencils
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge: March Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft: #3-2020 – Anything Goes
Classic Design Challenge: #3 – Anything Goes
Creative Moments: #186 – Anything Goes w/optional buttons
Let’s Craft and Create: #157 – Anything Goes w/optional Easter
Through The Purple Haze: #165 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: GKD Ivory cardstock, DCWV Glitter and Metallic stack, BasicGrey indie bloom paper pad
Stamps: Julie Nutting Marisol stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink (pad and marker); Studio 71- Y9, E16, R2, N10
Dies/Punches: Julie Nutting Marisol die set
Accessories: MISTI stamp tool, velcro circles

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link an anything goes project with us this month using dies! We’d love to see what you create! Remember to check out next month’s Happy Little Stampers Die Team post for the second paper doll set! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

OH BABY!

2/15/20 Featured Top Rocker at 613 Avenue Create!

Hello, my crafty friends! Hope you’re having a good weekend! This month’s Anything Goes with Dies Challenge is live over at Happy Little Stampers and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project with you today!

I created the most adorable baby card featuring a pair of shoes that I colored with my Prismacolor pencils. First of all, I’ve had this C.C. Designs rubber stamp in my stash for several years and it’s never had ink on it until now. How in the world does this happen?! Secondly, I’m still somewhat of a novice coloring with pencils and I’m so proud of how this turned out!

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Aside from the adorable image, this features an ivory and salmon-ish color combo along with several die cuts – large and small classic squares, layered postage stamps and stitched sentiment flag. I embellished the tips of the postage stamp notches with tiny and small iridescent gemstones.

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I embellished the inside panel with leftover strips of the cardstock used on the front, and then stamped a simple sentiment.

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One more look… oh.my.gosh. I’m so smitten!

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I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create: February challenge – Anything Goes w/optional Banners and Bows (we have bows!)
A Bit More Time To Craft: #109 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft: #2-2020 – Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge: #558 – Add A Heart
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: #298 – February Anything Goes
Classic Design Challenge: #2 – February Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Challenge: #492 – Anything Goes w/optional wet or dry embossing

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla thick and regular cardstock, Stampin’ Up Flirty Flamingo and Watermelon Wonder cardstock
Stamps: C.C. Designs Baby Shoes rubber stamp, Paper Pretties Oh Baby stamp set, Pretty Pink Posh Everyday Greetings stamp set
Ink: Stampin’ Up Early Espresso and Watermelon Wonder ink
Dies/Punches: SB Classic Squares Small and Large die set, SB Postage Stamps die set, Lil Inker Designs Stitched Sentiment Flag die
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils- carmine red, pink, blush pink, peach, light peach; MISTI stamping tool, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Darice tiny/small iridescent gemstones

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Hello Beautiful

I created a pretty mixed media friendship card featuring the emboss resist technique with white heat embossing and inked background on the front and stamping on the inside.

I cut the card base with the largest die in the set. Then I stamped the background in Versamark and heat embossed it in white. Then the emboss resist fun began. I inked the background in graduating colors of distress inks, starting with the darkest at the top, and overlapping each color slightly as I went down the panel. I cut the panel with the second largest die in the set and traced around the outside of it on the back of a piece of coordinating cardstock (which I fussy cut) to get a slightly larger layer. I did the same technique for the sentiment layer and turned it sideways on the front of the panel. I cut the sentiment from shimmer cardstock and added a Tim Holtz metallic sentiment sticker. The final touch was a few drops of Crystal Drops.

After cutting the inside panel, I used the same technique of tracing around the second largest die in the set on the back of a piece of coordinating cardstock (which I fussy cut) to get a slightly larger layer. Then I stamped the sentiment from Clarity Stamp.

One more peek… I really love how this card turned out!

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock, DCWV Shimmer cardstock stack, The Paper Studio White cardstock, Stampin’ Up Watermelon Wonder cardstock
Stamps: Hero Arts Spice Market Deco background stamp, Clarity Stamp Line Writing Sentiments stamp set
Ink: Versamark; Ranger fired brick, barn door, rusty hinge fossilized amber distress inks; Stampin’ Up Watermelon Wonder ink
Dies/Punches: Crafter’s Companion Die’sire Ruth Create-A-Card die set, Crafter’s Companion Gemini Opulent Swirls die
Accessories: Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, Tim Holtz stamp platform, Tim Holtz Quotations Metallic Stickers, Nuvo Gloss White Crystal Drops

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

celebrate!

12/14/19 Top Rocker at 613 Avenue Create!

Hello, my crafty friends! I hope your week is off to a great start! This month’s Anything Goes with Dies Challenge is live over at Happy Little Stampers and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project with you today! I created a somewhat CAS and very colorful birthday card featuring the Kensington Branch die from Memory Box as the focal image.

I cut the branch from white cardstock and colored the branch itself with green alcohol marker. I ran the die through the machine again with squares of pink, blue and yellow shimmer cardstock behind the butterflies, and then adhered them to the main die cut. I ran the die through the machine one final time with small squares of light blue shimmer cardstock behind the little flowers, and adhered them to the main die cut. I used matching alcohol markers to run around the edges of all the elements on the branch.

I stamped the sentiment in dark green ink in the lower right corner, adhered the embellished branch die cut to the card front, and then added tiny white flat-back pearls to the centers of the flowers.

I embellished the inside panel with strips of shimmer cardstock and stamped the sentiment.

One more look… I’m really loving how this turned out! So pretty!

Happy to enter this card into the following challenge:
613 Avenue Create: #228 – Anything Goes w/optional twist of Doodling or Zentangle (no twist)
A Bit More Time To Craft: #105 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft: #12 – December Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog: #12 – December Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs: December Anything Goes
The Outlawz Challenges: Festive Fridays November 29-December 12 (Birthday)
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #416/417 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: The Paper Studio white cardstock, DCWV shimmer cardstock stack
Stamps: Pretty Pink Posh Everyday Greetings
Ink: Studio 71- YG7, Y9, B2, R17, BG14; Stampin’ Up Mossy Meadow ink
Dies/Punches: Memory Box Kensington Branch die
Accessories: MISTI stamp positioner, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Darice tiny white flat-back pearls

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Thank You

Hello, my crafty friends! This week is nearing the end and I hope it’s been a good one for you! This month’s Anything Goes with Dies Challenge is live over at Happy Little Stampers and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project with you today! I created a pretty thank you card featuring a sentiment die cut on a large trellis frame background die cut.

I created two trellis frame die cuts to cover the card base – first a dark teal layer and then an ivory layer on top for a little tone-on-tone interest.

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I created two ivory sentiment die cuts and layered them together, and then a dark teal layer on top for some dimension. I placed a tiny clear rhinestone in the center of each diamond aperture and added two Prima flowers.

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I layered the inside panel on dark teal and stamped a sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

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And one more look… this really turned out nice and the teal really pops on the ivory!

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Happy to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #11 – November Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Challenge Blog: #11 – Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs: November Anything Goes
Let’s Craft and Create: #153 – Anything Goes + option Thank You
The Paper Funday Challenges: #11 – Anything Goes with twist of Thanksgiving

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: American Crafts Vanilla and Cascade cardstock
Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Heartfelt Sayings stamp set
Ink: Stampin’ Up Island Indigo ink
Dies/Punches: Yvonne Creations Trellis Frame die, WPlus9 Hand-Lettered Thanks die, Kadomaru Pro corner rounder
Accessories: Tim Holtz stamp platform, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Darice tiny clear rhinestones, Prima flowers

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

A little note to say

10/14/19 Honorary Mention at Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges!

Hello, my crafty friends! I hope you’re having a good week! This month’s Anything Goes with Dies Challenge is live over at Happy Little Stampers and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project with you today! I created a super adorable get well card featuring an awesome window die set that I’ve had in my stash for several years and have never gotten around to using. Not sure how that happened, lol! I also used a teacup and flowers die (minus the teacup) to create all the flowers in the flower box under the window.

I’m so smitten! These Diemond Dies were fantastic to work with (they cut like butter) and I can’t believe how easy this card went together. I lucked out by having one piece of red brick paper left in my stash – in a Christmas paper pack, no less!

I used the Cottage Cutz Teacup & Flowers die a few weeks back for another DT inspiration project so I knew I wanted to use the flower part of the die for the flower box on this card. So fun! I stamped the sentiment at the top of the window in StazOn Jet Black ink, as the silver cardstock is metallic and has a sheen to it. I added paper with a small and dainty print behind the window to resemble wall paper in the house. ;)

I embellished the inside panel with a leftover strip of the brick paper and a thin strip of the yellow cardstock used for this panel, then I stamped the sentiment which is a continuation of the sentiment on the front.

One more look… did I tell you how much I love this card?! Super fun. I hope it brings a smile to someone who is a little under the weather. ;)

I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft: #101 – Anything Goes
Arty Divas: #6 – Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs: October Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut’s Patterned Paper October Challenge
Creative Moments: #178 – Anything Goes
DL.Art: October Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #115 – Anything Goes
Lets Craft and Create: #152 – Anything Goes + option of Colors of Fall
Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges: #1940 – Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge: #10 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Marco’s Metallic Silver cardstock; GKD Charcoal Brown, Cranberry Tart, Tomato Soup, Sweet Mango and Sweet Corn cardstock; KaiserCraft Letters to Santa paper pad; K & Co. Essentials Dark Designer paper pad
Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Pretty Posies stamp set
Ink: StazOn Jet Black ink, Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Diemond Dies Window Die Set, Cottage Cutz Teacup & Flowers die
Accessories: Tim Holtz stamp platform, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, English Mustard Nuvo Crystal Drops

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

OH BABY! Card Set (4)

Hello, my crafty friends! Hope you have a great week coming up! This month’s Anything Goes with Dies Challenge is live over at Happy Little Stampers and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project with you today!

I created an adorable set of four baby welcoming cards using a super cute baby onesie die set complete with different elements to go on front of the onesies. I cut multiples of each element and layered them together for dimension, then colored them with alcohol markers and sparkle overlay marker. Each card features a stitched patterned rectangle die cut and a stitched pearlized oval die cut in a different color, and a few tiny white flat-back pearls. The card bases and front and inside sentiments are the same on each card.

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First up is a pink version with a giraffe.

Next up we have a green version with an elephant.

And next we have a blue version with a sailboat.

And finally we have a yellow version with a duck.

I’d love to enter this adorable set of cards into the following challenges:
a2z Scrapbooking September Challenge: Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft: #9 – September Anything Goes
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: #293 – Anything Goes
CCC Digi Creations: #107 – For A Child
Classic Design Team Challenge Blog: #9 – September Anything Goes
Crafty Animals: #30 – Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut’s Patterned Paper September Challenge
Digi Doodle Studios: #20 – Birds and Beasts
Your Scrapbook Place: September Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up thick and regular Whisper White cardstock, Marco’s White Antique Linen cardstock, My Favorite Things Sweet Celebration 6×6 paper pack, Paper Accents Pearlized Pastel cardstock
Stamps: Paper Pretties Oh Baby stamp set
Ink: Spectrum Noir- F8, TB2, TB5, CT2, OR1, LG4; Spectrum Noir Crystal Clear Sparkle Overlay marker; Black StazOn ink, Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: PaperTrey Ink Noted Scalloped A2 Die Collection, Frantic Stamper Onesie die set
Accessories: Tim Holtz stamp platform, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Darice white flat-back pearls

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig