An Easter Hello

Hello and welcome!

I still had a few of my Easter stamps out so I decided to create one last card and get ahead for next year!

One of my favorite stamp sets is Sugar Pea's Everyday Christmas set. It is so versatile and I use it year round. The cute "goose-a-laying" image was perfect for an Easter card. After using Ranger  blue alcohol inks, I die cut the larger egg using Sugar Pea's Egg die. The sentiment is from Sugar Pea's adorable Take Note set.

This card is entered in:

• The April Mix It Up Challenge at Sugar Pea Designs 

              

Thanks for stopping by,
-June

Eggstra Special Egg Hunt

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Because of Covid-19 we have been staying home and social distancing, but decided to celebrate Easter with our son, Tyler and wife, Shara (they have been isolating too). It was so good to be with them and we had so much fun being together. Jeff and Tyler have an ongoing rivalry to see who can come up with the best hiding spot for the Easter baskets. This year, they both upped their game with decoy baskets, and Aaron and Shara got into the contest, too. It was over an hour before everyone found their (real) baskets!

The fun chipboard elements are made by Creative Embellishments and I painted them with metallic watercolors. I was inspired to create this Easter themed page by CE's mood board. The layout is based on a sketch by Rochelle Spears. And for Stacy's Tic Tac Toe challenge, I used column 2 gold (eggs), circle (journaling) and metal (photo corners).


This page is entered in:

• The April Challenge at Creative Embellishments

              

• Rochelle Spears' April Sketch Challenge

               

• The April Tic Tac Toe Challenge at Scrap with Stacy

              
Thanks for stopping by! Stay healthy and safe,
-June

Romantic Get Away Page

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My husband and I had a wonderful romantic get away to La Jolla Shores in San Diego at the end of January this year. We had an amazing time walking on the beach, checking out the quaint shops and visiting the zoos. It was so lucky we did it then. Who would have guess just 2 months later it would all be shut down because of the pandemic? It might be a long time before we can do this again, but at least I can enjoy reliving the fun by scrapbooking the photos.

Most of the products used on this page are by Elle's Studio from their Shine collection. This page is based on a sketch from the Scrap Our Stash blog.

This page is entered in:

• The April Sketch Challenge at Scrap Our Stash 

              
Thanks for stopping by! Stay safe and be strong,
-June

Friends Card

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I am valuing my friends now more than ever! I miss hanging out with them since the stay-at-home orders when into effect, so I am trying to make cards for them. If I can't be with them physically, being with them creatively is the next best thing! Here is one of my friendship cards:

This card was created with Altenew's Stone Wall Stencil, and Mini Branch and Shades Of Friendship stamps. The leaves were colored with Altenew's Tropical Watercolor Brush Markers.

This card is entered in:

• The April Inspiration Challenge at Altenew

              

• TCP Tuesday #367 at The Cat's Pajamas

               

• The April "Spring Flowers" Card Challenge at Kat Scrappiness

Thanks for stopping by. Stay healthy, stay safe.
-June

Scrapbook Expo

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Last year I got to again work with Art Impressions at their booth at the Minnesota Stamp & Scrapbook Expo. I feel like a "kid in the candy store" surrounded by all their amazing products. It is something I really look forward to, as I get to help people create super fun cards using Ai's newest products, and the Ai staff are absolutely awesome! But the best is when my friends, like Treasure and Carol, stop by!

I used Art Impression's stamp Girlfriends UMU4133, Mini Front & Back Cat & Dog set and Watercolor Rustic Container Set. The pattern papers, letter stickers, puffy & wooden embellishments are by Elle's Studio.

This page is entered in:

• Art Impressions Challenge #280 "Kid at Heart"

              
Thanks for stopping by,
~June

Happy Birthday June Page

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Our family really enjoys home parties and that is how we celebrated my birthday. The highlights included Aaron playing the birthday song on his trumpet, a Queen Of Cakes cake and Jeff gifting me personalized license plates!

 

I love to create pages using stamps and I don't do it nearly enough. Luckily there were a couple of challenges by Hero Arts that encouraged me to do this. The title is made with stamps from Hero Art's Make A Wish Birthday set. The confetti panel, which adds fun, movement and texture, is Hero Art's Party Confetti Fancy Die.

This page is entered in:

• Stay Crafty With Hero Challenge #3 at Hero Arts

              

• The Anything But A Card March challenge at A Blog Named Hero

               

• The April "Feelings" What's My Challenge at Scrap Our Stash - my emoji is Happy, and how can I not be with this wonderful family!

                

• The "Add Some Texture" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The "Happy Birthday" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-June

Birthday Girl Layout

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One of the good things about being under Stay-At-Home orders is there is time to craft! Last year was super busy, so I am excited to finally scrap some of these photos. This page shows the fun day last year when good friend, Sue, took me out for my birthday. Ahh, the days before social distancing.

This page uses mostly Pink Fresh products from their Life Noted and Felicity collections. The puffy stickers are from Pink Fresh's Indigo Hills 2. I have been hording the last few scraps of Felicity papers since 2015! It is good that they finally found their way onto a page.

This page is entered in:

• The "Happy Birthday" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by and hope you are finding time to craft, too!
-June

Beautiful Birthday Girl

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My very good friend, Sue, has a birthday next week and I wanted to make her a special card. She is so thoughtful and always keeps my cards. So I created this card for her:

Sue enjoys gardening, so the My Favorite Things "Sunflower Sweetheart" stamp set was perfect! I especially like the sentiment. The image was colored with watercolor markers. The background was created with Distress Oxides and a blending brush.

This card is entered in:

• The March Birthday Project Challenge at My Favorite Things

              

• Wednesday Sketch Challenge 483 at My Favorite Things

              

• MFT Color Challenge 138 at My Favorite Things

               

• Your Next Stamp Challenge #136 - Pastels

• The "Spring Flowers" April Challenge at Kat Scrappiness

• The "Happy Birthday" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-June

A Chicky Celebration

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I want to get a bunch of Easter cards out this year to friends and family. It is such a beautiful time of the year and a good time to celebrate. Plus everyone needs a little happy mail now-a-days.

In making this card, I started by pulling out a bunch of stamps and dies by Paper Smooches that reminded me of spring, then just mixed them all together. I used Paper Smooches Celebrate Word, Foliage #1 & Spring die cuts and the Feathered Friends Stamp set.

This card is entered in:

•  The April #1 Color Story Challenge (Pastel) at Paper Smooches

               

• The April Challenge at Dare 2B Artzy

              

• Your Next Stamp Challenge #136 - Pastels

Thanks for stopping by and stay safe,
-June