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Easter Egg Hunt Birthday Card with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Feb 18, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone! Leanne here and I’m sharing a very colorful card featuring the new Easter Egg Hunt stamp set. I love the playful images in this set but thought they could be used for more than just an Easter theme. I wanted to have the bunnies and chick look as if they are painting a big happy birthday greeting front and center on this slimline card. I started by creating an ink blended background for the scene using three colors of Distress Oxide Ink – Squeezed Lemonade, Salty Ocean, and Seedless Preserves. I used the Happy Birthday Word dies...

Valentine Tags with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Jan 10, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hi everyone! Leanne here today. I’m sharing a trio of Valentine tags that I plan on adding to treat bags for friends and family. I have used the Just Sayin’ stamp set and Cozy Plaid Backgound to decorate my tags.I started by die cutting 6 tags – 3 from white card stock and 3 from kraft – using the Stitched Tag Builder die. I used white pigment ink to stamp the plaid pattern on the kraft tags.I layered the tags slightly askew and then tied on some gross grain ribbon and bakers twine. I stamped and Copic colored...

Skating Pond Scene Card with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Dec 28, 2018 | Uncategorized

Hello friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I’ve got a winter themed card to share today that features 3 products from the December release – Skating Pond Scene Die, Frosty Flakes Dies, and Skating Together stamp set. These stamps and dies work so well together to give the card a complete winter look from top to bottom. The Skating Pond Scene die makes it so easy to create a background for an A2 card. I die cut one panel from Bristol Smooth card stock and used some Distress Oxide Inks and a blending sponge to add color...

North Pole Littles card with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Nov 20, 2018 | Uncategorized

We interrupt this blog post for a special announcement…. Now back to our regular scheduled program 🙂 If you like Christmas cards with traditional colors, cute tiny characters and a bold sentiment, then I think you’ll like the card I’m sharing today. My card features some of the oh so adorable images from the North Pole Littles stamp set. I have arranged them on my card amongst die cut letters that spell out Ho Ho Ho for a big bold statement. I started with an A2 card base and covered the front with red glitter card stock. I used the...

Counting My Blessings with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorized

Hi there Hello Bluebird friends! Leanne here and I’m sharing a fun Fall thank you card featuring an adorable image from the Pumpkin Patch stamp set. I fell in love with the sweet image of the little boy and girl holding a giant pumpkin. I wanted this image to be centered inside a fall wreath but also on the inside of the card. I started by creating a wreath. I stamped all the little leaves and acorns from the Pumpkin Patch set in a circle. I colored all the images with Copic markers. I then fussy cut around the outside...