Somebunny Loves You

Howdy y'all! 

Mary Ellen here from Creative Time With ME! I have an adorable bordering on elegant Easter card to share with you!

1. I began creating this card by bringing out some white cardstock that had adhesive sheet on the back
2. Then I brought out my Martha Stewart bunny punch
3. After punching out about 10+ bunnies I stacked them onto each other
4. Then I stamped the sentiment onto the card front
5. Going back to the paper bunnies. I brought out my T-square ruler to help me make sure that my bunny was straight
6. Next I glued the tear shaped Dew Drops onto the card front to create a heart shape
7. I then brought out a pen to help create the illusion that the Dew Drops were carrots
8. Finally I put the second bunny onto the card front
9. And to finish things off I attached the card front to the base

Stamps: Colorado Craft Company Bunnies & Robin

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: MFT Extreme Black

Accessories: Martha Stewart Medium Sitting Bunny punch, The Robin's Nest Plumeria Dew Drops, ARTEZA Inkonic Pens

If y'all are interested in watching the video tutorial for this project! It's up on the Chattering Robins Blog!

Challenges Entered

Cookie Challenge #155 APRIL

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 680 - Anything Goes

As You Like It Challenge Favourite Springtime Critter (& why) - my favorite would have to be a bunny because they're so cute and they remind me of Spring time and Easter

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #137 - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenge #208 ANYTHING GOES with optional flowers

QKR Stampede Challenge #417

LTCCB #57 - April Anything Goes

Simon Says: Anything Goes

Crafty Animals Challenge #49

NBUS Challenge #25 - I have never used the Colorado Craft Company Bunnies & Robin stamp before this

Pearly Sparkles Challenge #61 Animals, Birds and/or Insects

MAWTT Challenge 129 for April

Inspired By 168 I Carrot About Spring - I was inspired by Easter

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

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Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,

M.E.

Sending a Little Magic

Howdy y'all!

Mary Ellen here from Creative Time With ME! I've got a magical shaker card to share with y'all today!

Speaking of magical! I have had a fantastic time being on the Dies R Us Design Team! Did you know that right now they're hosting a Design Team call! Check it out HERE!

I started out by taking some Distress inks and blending on top of my card panel. Then I die cut the panel and the clouds. After that I stamped the unicorn and colored her! As for the sun panel I glued transparency film onto the back. When that was dry I attached foam tape to the back and put Sparkle Blends inside to create a shaker card! And then I used my MISTI to align the shaker front to the card base. To complete the card, I took all the clouds along with the unicorn and sentiment and placed them onto the card!  

Stamps: TCP Grab the Unicorn

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, 3M Write-on Transparency Film

Ink: MFT Extreme Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Crackling Campfire

Accessories: Crayola Washable Glitter Glue, SU! Rainbow Builder Framelits, Queen & Co Sunburst, Joy Crafts Clouds, MFT Puffy Clouds, Lifestyle Crafts Genius Bonus

The process video for this card! 

Challenges Entered

Cute Card Challenge 676 - Anything Goes

KRAFTY CHICKS CHALLENGE #549 WEEK 1 (STAMP ACT)

As You Like It Challenge Favourite reason to send a card (& why) - to brighten someone's day

Craft Rocket Challenge #79 - Use dies and/or Spring

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #400 - Die Cuts and/or Stencils

Penny's Challenge #491

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #481-#482 - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations March Challenge (# 419) - Anything Goes

Paper Funday March 2021 Challenge #27 - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Irish Luck (Use the Color Green)

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - March Challenge

C.R.A.F.T. Anything Goes Challenge #589

These are similar dies you can find on the Dies R Us site.

ScrapMan Rainbow & Clouds

Impression Obsession Clouds

Lawn Fawn Simple Puffy Clouds

Frantic Stamper Soaring Paper Airplane

Poppystamps Whittle Cloud Border

Frantic Stamper Sun Rays Quilted Card Panel

Birch Press Designs - Sun Ray Triangle Layer Set

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Thank you for stopping by!

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Stay Safe!

I'd Hug You

Howdy y'all!

It's been a while so let me reintroduce myself! My name is Mary Ellen Driggs and my blog is Creative Time With M.E.

I am so happy to be back as a guest designer for the Clever Dexter blog!

Our Sponsor this time around is La Casetta sull'albero di Chicca 

This Month's Theme Challenge is: JUST BECAUSE 

For this Month's Theme Colors, we have : 

Red, Pink, Blue, White, & Dark Red

The challenge runs from February 1 to February 28!

I was so happy to get a chance to play with Sweet Little Red Riding Hood!

For my card, I started out by printing the image. Onto some white cardstock and removable sticker paper. Then I fussy cut the sticker paper to create a mask for the image. Once the mask was on, I brought out some stencils. For the ground I used Simon Says Stamp Grassy Edges with Evergreen ink. After that I brought out Trinity Stamps Layered Birch Stencils. Which I applied Espresso, Toffee, and VersaFine Clair Pinecone ink to create the scene. As for the sky and moon, I used Homemade Stencils along with Sapphire and Pacifica ink. The girls coloring is Ohuhu markers, Uniball Signo White, and ARTEZA Inkonic Fineliners.

Stamps: CasettaSullalbero Sweet Little Red Riding Hood, CTMH A Piece of My Heart

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: VersaFine Clair Pinecone, MFT Extreme Black, CTMH Sapphire, Pacifica, Espresso, Toffee, Evergreen

Accessories: Simon Says Stamp Grassy Edges, Trinity Stamps Layered Birch Stencil, Ohuhu markers, Uniball Signo White, ARTEZA Inkonic Fineliner, CTMH Sponge, Amazon makeup brush

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

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Stay Crafty!

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,

M.E.

Let's Hygge!

Howdy y'all!

I hope your year has had a good start! It's Mary Ellen here from Creative Time With ME!  Today I am sharing a cozy, wintery, hygge card. And what is this word HYGGE it is a Danish and Norwegian word for a mood of coziness and comfortable conviviality with feelings of wellness and contentment.(Wikipedia)

Stamps: Three Room Studio Simple Sentiments, Let's Hygge

Paper: CTMH French Vanilla

Ink: Catherine Pooler Midnight

Accessories: MFT A2 Stitch Rectangle STAX Set 1, Diagonal Quilt Square Cover Up, Ranger White Embossing Powder, Ohuhu Markers, Prismacolor Premier, ARTEZA Inkonic

This is the process video for this card! 

These are similar dies you can find on the Dies R Us site.

Sue Wilson Designs Striplet - Quilted Blocks

Frantic Stamper Sun Rays Quilted Card Panel

Tutti Designs Slimline Stitched Rectangles

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Thank you for stopping by!

Stay Healthy! 

Stay Safe!

You Rock!

Howdy!

Today over at the Cardz 4 Guys challenge blog. We have a NEW challenge for y'all which is to do a Shaker Card!

For this card, I started out by grabbing some patterned paper from my scraps. Then I die cut a star in the paper. After that I took some foam tape and doubled it up. This way my confetti was able to shake around. I then die cut the sentiment PARTY out of glitter paper and black cardstock. I layered the sentiment pieces on top of each other. And used Liquid Glass adhesive adhere them onto the card. Then I stamped the sentiment YOU ROCK! and glued the cardstock piece onto the transparency film sheet.

Stamps: Divinity Designs LLC Jesus Rocks

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, POW! Gpld Glitter Paper, 3M Write-on Transparency Film

Ink: CTMH Intense Black

Accessories: CTMH Silver Star Confetti, MFT Die-namics Party

Techniques: Shaker Card

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Stay Safe!

Stay Crafty!

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Always Today

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge 483
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie Challenge #139
Crafty Sentiments Designs Anything Goes Challenge
Paperminutes # 635 - Make Someone Happy
Arty Divas Challenge #19
SOS 417: Under the Sun, Moon, and Stars - used supplies from my stash, no new supplies used
Addicted to CAS Challenge #181 - Texture - embossing folder






For today's card, I used an embossing folder for the background. Well mostly, you see this pattern is laid out in landscape mode. While I created my card in portrait mode. So to get the pattern on the bottom, I used my Speedball handle tool. It was able to press the pattern into the remaining part of the cardstock. The sun is made using a die cut. And the rainbow pieces were cut out of my paper trimmer. The sun and rainbow pieces were ink smooshed to create a watercolor look. And the sentiment was stamped on a scrap and then fussy cut to create the banner.

Stamps: MFT Clearly Sentimental About New Beginnings

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Canson XL Watercolor

Ink: CTMH Archival Black, Clover, Bluebird, Nectarine, Candy Apple, Pansy

Accessories: SU! Cloudy Day embossing folder, Chinatera Cute Weather Symbols

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Leave a Little Sparkle

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
#SSSIGCHALLENGE - Spring Has Sprung
Color Throwdown #584
Simon Says: Use Some Green
Festive Friday Challenge #FF0054
Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 480
Stamplorations March Stencil Challenge






I had a lot of fun creating today's card. First, I started out by looking at the sketch and my MFT stamps. Also, I was inspired by a card that a DT member created on My Favorite Things' blog post for this sketch. When I figured out what design I wanted for the card. I then went through my collection of die cuts. For the pot of gold, I did a bit of editing with my scissors when it came to the pot. This included when I put the rainbow inside the pot. Which is why I was thankful that the dies I used for the coins were able to hide a little tear in the black cardstock. To create the cloudy background and the grass. I brought out some of my homemade stencils. The stencils were made by taking some 3M Write-on Transparency sheet. Then I used die cuts to cut the edges, which formed the stencils. For the stamping I used my stamp platform. With the clouds I had to use a bit of less tacky glue to help keep them in place while I stamped. As for the SPARKLE stamp, I stamped that on vellum. So to begin, I used my powder tool as I knew I would be heat embossing. And I didn't want any stray embossing powder on the vellum. When the stamping was done, I poured the embossing powder and then heat it up with my heating gun.

While putting the card together. I realized that the clouds that say WHEREVER and YOU GO needed a bit of separation. So first I took out my pencil and traced around the area where the lowest cloud goes over the middle cloud. Then I brought out my marker and traced over the pencil line. And finally I erased the pencil line. Most of the adhesive was glue for the card. Although for the sun and vellum piece, I used my Xyron. And for the clouds and some of the coins, I used 3M foam tape.

Stamps: MFT Meant to Sparkle

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Vellum, Black

Ink: Letter it Embossing ink, CTMH Intense Black, Carolina, Green Apple

Accessories: Spectrum Noir Triblend Ice Blue, Ranger Gold Tinsel Embossing Powder, Joy Crafts Clouds, MFT Puffy Clouds, QuicKutz Nesting Circles, Tonic What's Brewing, homemade stencils (MFT Grassy Edges, SU! Rainbow Builder Framelits)

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Up in the Clouds

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
#SSSIGCHALLENGE - Spring Has Sprung
My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 479
Stamplorations March Stencil Challenge



This card uses one of my favorite homemade stencils. To create the cloudy effect on this card, I used my Make Art Stay-tion with that stencil and a part of a round sponge. (I take the round sponge and cut it into sixths.) Once the cloudy background was complete. I die cut some balloons and placed them on the card. For the smaller balloons, I applied glue to the back and for the largest I popped it up with foam tape.

Stamps: MFT First Class Friend

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Crystal Blue

Accessories: Homemade stencil (SU! Rainbow Builder Framelits), MFT Die-namics Balloon STAX, CTMH Celebrate Today Card Workshop, Memory Depot Clear Detail embossing powder

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Perfect Companions

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
My Favorite Things Sketch 478
My Favorite Things MFT Color Challenge 136
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Simon Says: Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenge ~ Anything Goes
QKR Stampede Challenge #387 - Anything Goes
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #109



I had fun making this card. I started out by cutting some French Vanilla, Kraft, Sweet Leaf, and Peach down to a A2 size card bases with a top fold. As CTMH only does 12x12 cardstock. That left me with 8 card bases all together, plus some scraps. Then I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of the French Vanilla. After that I cut the cardstock down to a good size to frame the sentiment. And for this card. Once I was happy with the size of the cardstock that the sentiment was on I then glued that down to a scrap of Peach. And followed up by cutting down that piece of Peach cardstock. Before placing the sentiment on the card. I took 2 Kraft card bases and cut one of them down to a 4.25x5.5 size piece of cardstock. And folded the other card base at the top. Then I brought out the hemp rope and cut a long enough piece so that I could wrap it around the card front 3 times. I secured the rope with washi tape. And then I put foam tape around the bottom of the card front, everywhere except for where the hemp rope was. That way my card wasn't left with a bulge or bump in the front. I then brought out my die cut to create an extra embellishment piece.

Stamps: MFT Clearly Sentimental About Pets

Paper: CTMH French Vanilla, Kraft, Sweet Leaf, Peach

Ink: CTMH Intense Black

Accessories: Hemptique Hemp Cord, Spellbinders Fido Etched Die

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,

M.E.

Pets Make a House a Home

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
My Favorite Things Sketch 478
My Favorite Things MFT Color Challenge 136
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Simon Says: Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenge ~ Anything Goes
QKR Stampede Challenge #387 - Anything Goes
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #109



I enjoyed making this card. I started out by cutting some French Vanilla, Kraft, Sweet Leaf, and Peach down to a A2 size card bases with a top fold. As CTMH only does 12x12 cardstock. That left me with 8 card bases all together, plus some scraps. Then I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of the French Vanilla. After that I cut the cardstock down to a good size to frame the sentiment. And for this card. Once I was happy with the size of the cardstock that the sentiment was on I then glued that down to a scrap of Peach. And followed up by cutting down that piece of Peach cardstock. Before placing the sentiment on the card. I took 2 French Vanilla card bases and cut one of them down to a 4.25x5.5 size piece of cardstock. And folded the other card base at the top. Then I brought out the hemp rope and cut a long enough piece so that I could wrap it around the card front 3 times. I secured the rope with washi tape. And then I put foam tape around the bottom of the card front, everywhere except for where the hemp rope was. That way my card wasn't left with a bulge or bump in the front. I then brought out my die cut to create an extra embellishment piece.

Stamps: MFT Clearly Sentimental About Pets

Paper: CTMH French Vanilla, Sweet Leaf, Peach

Ink: CTMH Intense Black

Accessories: HempTwine, Spellbinders Media Mixage Houses One

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,

M.E.

Birthday Hugs Kisses

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
#SSSIGCHALLENGE - Birthday cards
My Favorite Things blog - The Birthday Project - make sure your birthday project card features a heart
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Simon Says Anything Goes

I have enjoyed playing with stencils a lot lately. For this card, I stacked a series of sentiments from my stamp set. After stamping, I then put the stencil on top of the card base. I then applied the ink using one of my blending makeup brushes from Amazon. I applied a lighter pressure around the sentiment section and went with more of a heavy hand for the rest.

Stamps: MFT First Class Friend Die-namics

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Candy Apple, Intense Black

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Birthday King

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
#SSSIGCHALLENGE - Birthday Cards
My Favorite Things blog - The Birthday Project - make sure your birthday project card features a heart
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Sunday Stamps SSC225 BRIGHT AND BOLD
The Male Room Challenge #130 - Use Embossing
Crafty Cardmakers #251 Embossing
Simon Says Anything Goes

I had fun creating this fun card. Using the stencil and the pretty inks that remind me of Mardi Gras. For the rest of the card I stamped the sentiments and chess piece. As for the crown, after stamping it I then heat embossed it.

Stamps: MFT Game Night, CTMH Sentiments by Melissa Esplin

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Black

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Pansy, Emerald

Accessories: Scrapbook.com Heart Stencil, ink dauber, BMuse Very Fine Detail Embossing Powder Aztec Gold

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,
M.E

Battle Cancer

Howdy!

This week my uncle lost his battle to cancer. He fought it bravely for 4 years. My (step) Dad was diagnosed shortly after my uncle. And my dad passed away first; in June of 2016. My first dog, Einstein, passed away at the end of that year from the same cancer that killed my dad. And yet my uncle still battled the illness. My youngest cousin, his baby girl, got married in October 2018. At that point my uncle was spending half his week at home and the other half in the hospital. But, this week he couldn't battle anymore.

I'm glad my uncle is no longer in pain. And no longer has to endure the treatment to battle his cancer. It's so hard to believe that there's still no cure for cancer. Other than going through Chemo and radiation.

So when I saw this week's sketch, Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 477, over at the My Favorite Things blog. There was only one stamp that I thought of using.

I am also entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp Add A Sentiment Challenge.

Stamps: MFT Fight Like a Girl

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Vellum

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Heather

Accessories: Tim Holtz Stencil Bricked, Spectrum Noir Tri-blend Coral, Dark Red, Bright Pink, Pale Pink, Earth Brown, Brown Grey, Tan, Blue Turquoise, Memory Depot Black embossing powder, Prismacolor Premier 10% Cool Grey

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,
M.E