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About me and my next big step

Hello Crafters!!! Well I know my about me page is just a little glimpse as to who I am so I decided to write alittle more on tonight’s post. Let’s start with my age. I am 29 and soon to be 30 on July 20th (scary!). I am currently a stay at home mom. My job was not able to accommodate my schedule after my second son was born and I was faced with a difficult decision and I resigned. I am grateful God has given me this time to be with my boys. I have been working since I was 14 so it is nice to take a break and watch my boys grow up.
My husband and I have been together for about 13 years and married for about 3 years. We were high school sweethearts. I am thankful for his support in everything I do and for being patient with me. It’s not easy being a hubby of a crafty wife.
I have been crafting since a young age but a few years back my cousin introduced me to some new crafting toys and I once again got back into it. Since starting my online shop about 2 years ago I had always wanted to start my own stamp line but was too scared. So I put my dreams aside. Then about a few months back I decided that I needed to do something about it if I wanted to see my dream become reality. Thank God for the amazing friends I have made in the crafting world who have pushed me to continue my dreams. They have been there supporting me and helping me out and never asking for anything in return. Thank you!
I started researching and tried to teach myself how to use the different programs needed to proceed by reading blogs and watching YouTube tutorials. All the hard work has paid off and I can’t wait to share with you my new line of stamps.
To help release my new sets I will be having a blog hop with some giveaways! Tune in on July 7th when we announce our blog hop. I can’t wait for you to see my new line and I really hope you all love it. Well I’ll see you later and Happy Fourth of July! Be safe and enjoy!

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Flying high Birthday card

Hi there! The other day my sister-in-law asked me to make a card for her co-worker and when I make a custom card for someone I usually like to ask what are some of there favorite things so that I can base my card on that. She told me her co-worker adored her dogs so I began my search for dog stamps and found the perfect ones from tiddlyinks. I was so happy to see that she had them in digital form since it was the last minute and did not have time to wait for the clear stamp to come in. I used the “flying high” set and fell in love with this cute pup. I used colored pencils to color in the image and added a cloud background. I then cut out a balloon and added some sprinkles to it.  I love the clean and simple look of it and I’m sure she will fall in love with this cutie.

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Challenges entered

Tiddlyinks Pastel challenge

“Summer Fun” VSC Challenge #24

Good morning crafters!!!! We have a new challenge theme today and it is “Summer Fun” I am a summer baby so I love summer. We are also counting down for Max’s first birthday. Wow where has the time gone. Of course I’m going crazy trying to get things for his birthday party. This time we are not doing anything big but I do have a cute theme for his 1st. I will have another post about that.

Anyways lets continue with our current challenge. Our sponsors for this month is my all time favorite stamp company, A Day For Daisies. I am in love with all their images. You should definitely stop by and check out their shop.

I used Miss Clair Clown for my image ( I just love her!!!) and added some of my sweet dots which can be purchased here. I also used Dear Lizzy Daydreamer paper pad for my background paper.

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To upload your  project to this months challenge you can click here. Don’t forget to check out what our DT has created!

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Just add a little sprinkle !

Good evening crafters!!!! If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook then you have seen our newest product. Sprinkles!!!! They are microbeads that are the smallest and cutest embellishments for all your craft projects (especially shaker cards!). I have 6 colors available in the shop. Five of the colors have a metallic coating and the red one is more of a transparent color. I do hope to have more colors in soon. Also we will be packaging them in tiny glass jars. For now we have a limited quantity on these jars so don’t forget to snatch yours up before they sell out. I also want to share with you a card I made using the sprinkles.
Here is a pic of the six colors available and the card I made.

For this card I used less than 1/3 teaspoon of beads to fill the clouds. A little goes a long way.

hello baby

hello baby closeup

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Each jar has about 1/3 teaspoon of beads
The jar is 23mm x 13mm

Here is the same card but with sprinkles in the blush color

hello baby blush

These will be available tomorrow in the shop. I will sell them individually as well as a pack. Well thank you for stopping by and Happy Crafting!!!

Stamps used in card :
Lawn Fawn hello baby stamp set and die set.

Challenges entered: Simon Says Stamps

Word Art Wednesday

Father’s Day watercolor card

Good morning everyone! Well watercoloring is the new rage now and I just love it!!! I decided to make a YouTube video of the process of making one. Father’s Day is coming up so I decided to make a card using the dads day Lawn Fawn stamp. There are so many different watercoloring techniques out there and I really wanted to make a nice watercolor background so I decided to use Tim holtz distress inks to achieve that look. I then stamped a few ties out with different color ink. I like simple it is but colorful. I think it’s perfect for the special man in your life. Here is the link to the video and the supplies used are in the description. I will also add them on this post. Thanks for stopping by!

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YOUTUBE VIDEO :http://youtu.be/7L2UYp-b904

V’s Sweet Ideas 100 YT Subbie giveaway

Hello crafters!!!! Well I have reached over 100 subscribers on my YT channel and it was time to do a small giveaway. I haven’t put up many videos but I plan to add some more very soon.
Ok so to enter the giveaway all you have to do is leave a comment and be a subscriber. Also don’t forget to like the video. I will choose a winner Thursday May 8th using random.org
Link to video : http://youtu.be/cphxnRlJZTs
Thank you everyone!!!

Giveaway prize : Lawn Fawn dewy decimal 6×6 paper pad
Lawn Fawn Year four stamp
Lawn Fawn Year Four die cut
V’s Sweet ideas sweet dots glitter
V’s sweet ideas sweet dots poppy
V’s sweet ideas sweet dots twinkle

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