Pink And Main Sneak Peek – Life Is A Circus

January 17, 2019

Hey peeps. I’m sharing a sneak peek with you today. Pink and Main’s release will be on Sunday Jan 20 and I can’t wait for you to see this release. It’s absolutely FULL of new products to include stamps, paper, gems, etc. So let me show you the card I made with the Life Is A Circus stamps and coordinating Life Is A Circus die cuts.

First let me say these little circus animals are just too precious. I colored each image with Copic markers and die cut them out with the coordinating dies. Next I pulled out the Pink and Main Spring Fling paper pad and cut out a strip of paper to add to the bottom of a white card base. To keep the animals from not getting lost on the white card base, I added a strip of navy card stock for them to play on. I used the silver glossy dots and colored them with Copic markers so they matched my animals stunt pieces. Lastly I rounded the top two corners of my card base and my card was complete.

Thanks for stopping by today. I’m at Creativation this year and I hope to be able to post some of the excitement going on there. Head on over to the Pink and Main blog to check out what other projects are featured today.

Heading To Creativation 2019

January 15, 2019

Hey peeps. I’m so excited to be going to Creativation again this year. This will be my third year attending and I’m so blessed that I can. If you are unfamiliar with what Creativation is, it’s the Craft and Hobby Association trade show. This is where companies share their new products to the industry. Gina K Designs, Heffy Doodlebug Designs, Altenew, and Pink and Main are just a few of the companies that had booths this year. I also get to see my crafty friends and take a few classes.

This craft community is great for making friends and building lasting relationships with companies. Since last year I have worked with so many great companies because I had the chance to meet the owners live and in person. It makes my heart happy to know that this community has the best energy to make my paper crafting easy to do.

Here are a few pictures from last year. I have over 200 pictures so I can’t share them all here. 😉

Lesley Oman – owner of Heffy Doodle.

Kathy Racoosin – The Daily Marker (owner of The 30 Day Color Challenge)

The very talented Ruby from A Rare Ruby and Nina Marie from Nina Marie Design.

The one and only Jennifer Mcguire of Jennifer Mcguire Ink.

The incredible Amber from Damask Love and my gorgeous side kick Pam from PoconoPam.

Make sure to follow me on my Facebook page Got Joy Creations and Instagram as I’ll to posting and doing videos from the showroom floor. I will be posting a card on Thursday for Pink and Main so look out for that post. Wednesday Jan 23, 2019 I will be starting my Valentine’s Day Card Series for 2019. So be ready for some fabulous tutorials. Have a great day everyone and I’ll see you back here soon.

Hugs,

Dana

MFT January 2019 Release – Straight From The Heart and Hearts Entwined Die-namics

January 11, 2019

Hey peeps. I’m back today sharing more of the MFT January 2019 release. Today’s cards are all about die-namics. You can make stunning cards with just die cuts and a simple sentiment. These kinds of cards are super easy to mass product in a variety to colors and designs. Let’s get started.

For my first card I used the Straight From The Heart die-namics (FREE with $60 purchase from MFT) along with the Sweet Stack 6×6 paper pad. On Wednesday I shared a post using the Sweet Stack paper pad on red fun foam. I used the left over paper to die cut out this heart. (NEVER let pretty paper go in the trash. 😉) For my arrow I used Blue Breeze card stock. I inserted my arrow through my heart and loaded on some glossy accents to the heart and set it aside to dry.

I used the inside out stitched square die-namic long with one of the pretty sheets of paper from the Sweet Stack paper pad to get my center piece and die cut it again with Blue Breeze to get my border piece. I stamped the sentiment from the Cutieasaurus stamp set in Wild Cherry onto Blue Breeze paper. Love the cute sentiments in this set and backed it with Wild Cherry card stock.

To add some whimsy to this card I popped my heart up on an action wobble. This way when the recipient receives it, they can have a little bit of fun with their new card.

For my second card, I kept it very clean and simple. I let the large Hearts Entwined die-namic do all the work for me. I die cut out the entwined hearts in wild cherry card stock and red glitter paper. I stacked the pieces together to give me a thicker embellishment. I used the stitched rectangle stax 2 to die cut out a piece of smooth white card stock and splatted it gold paint. Next I stamped the sentiment from the Wonderful Woodlands Friends stamp set on black cardstock and heat embossed it in white embossing powder.

I adhered the hearts entwined die cut onto the splattered gold panel and popped the sentiment up with foam dots. I adhered this panel to a 4.25″ x 5.50″ smooth white card base and that completed my card.

Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll see you back here soon!

Pink and Main What A Hoot Birthday Card

January 10, 2019

Hey peeps. I’m back today sharing another card using Pink and Main products. I’m trying to stack up on my birthday cards for the year and this one will make an adorable card for any boy. I used the What A Hoot stamp set and coordinating dies. Before I start to color my image I pulled out my Celebrate 6×6 paper pad to make sure my color pencils matched the colors of this paper pad. This makes it really easy to make a card look coordinated. I do this whenever I’m coloring an image I know I will be using designer paper with. I colored the adorable owl inside the birthday present with my Faber Castell polychromo pencils.

Once my image was colored I used a piece of scrap paper I had stored with this paper pad to place along the top and bottom of my card base. Next I stamped one of the sentiments on my card base in black ink and popped up my colored image with 3M foam tape. To add just a little bit more color, I pulled out the Birthday Boy glossy dots and used a few on the card.

That completes my card for today. Swing by here soon for another card and more inspiration. Have a great day everyone.

MFT January 2019 Release – Lots of Hearts Stencil And Cutieasaurs Stamp Set

January 9, 2019

Hey peeps. I’m back today to share more inspiration using the MFT January 2019 release. I have two cards to share with you. There is so much love going on in this release and I’m smitten with it. So let’s get right into the cards.

For my first card I used the Lots of Hearts and Lots of Hearts Outlines die cuts along with the gorgeous new Sweet Stack 6×6 paper pad. These two dies work seamlessly together however you can use them separately and create some amazing cards. To pull this card together, I adhered some of the pretty paper from the Sweet Stack to pink and red fun foam. Next I die cut out a few of the solid hearts and three of the heart outlines. I die cut out the heart outlines in sparkly silver glitter paper as I thought it would look nice framing out a few of the red hearts.

For my sentiment I used the the Happy Valentine’s Day from the Sassy Pants Love stamp set. I stamped it on black card stock in versa mark and heat embossed it in silver embossing powder. I cut them into a thin stripe to add it to my smooth white card base. I arranged several of the hearts along the bottom of my card and added a few sparkling black gems to fill in some of the areas between the hearts.

For my second card I used the Lots of Hearts stencil and the absolutely adorable Cutieasaurs stamp set. OMG this stamp set is just precious and it goes amazingly well with the hearts stencil. I first stenciled my hearts in Abandoned Coral distress ink keeping the outer edges lighter than the center. Next I used two dies from the Stitched Rectangle Stax 2 dies to add a stitched border and a piece I could pop up in the center. Die cutting the center on an angle gave the panel some interest. I added some clear Wink Of Stella to a few of the hearts for some sparkle.

I set this aside and stamped out the cute dinosaur and some grass pieces on Copic Xpress paper in black ink. I colored each of the images in Copic markers and added some Wink of Stella to the hearts on the dinosaur. I die cut out each image with the coordinating Cutieasaurs die-namics. To add my sentiment I used the You Make My Heart Saur sentiment from the Cutieasaurs stamp set, stamped it on black card stock and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Assembling my card I adhered the outline of the popped up piece to a card base. I used foam tape to pop up the center of this card panel and also popped up the dinosaur, grass and sentiment. To finish off the card I added a few sparkling sequins.

Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll see you back here tomorrow for more card inspiration. Have a great day.

Crafty hugs,

Dana