Lemons & Blueberries

Today's share is a card made from extra pieces I had in my stash. 

I had used these for a scrapbook page layout.

Can you see the shimmer?  So pretty.

Suppiles:

>Pinkfresh Lemons and Blueberries stamp set & die

>Waffle Flower Postage Collage die & stamps

>Gansai Tambi watercolors

Taylored Expressions Combo Club 2026.1

I've been a customer of Taylored Expressions for several years now.  This year I decided to sign up for the 3 month subscription to Combo Club.  

The first month pack included a quad stencil and clear stamp.  It makes it so easy to mass create a set of cards.

Supplies:

>Taylored Expressions Picture Perfect Create-in-Quads 

>sentiment stamp old Stampin Up 

A First-Time Experience with Catherine Pooler Craft Supplies

Incoming card for May Birthday Random Acts of Kindness with SplitCoastStampers.  This month is Catherine Pooler focused.  First time customer. First time crafting with her products.  Impressed!  

I'm not usually a fan of foam pads, only one exception for VersaMagic, but these fall into the exception category for different reasons..  

1.) They are juicy and cover the stamps amazingly. Usually once is all it takes to Ink and get a good image.

(2) They are also great for background blending and reacting to water!  Think Distress Oxides.  I might venture to say CP reacts slightly better than DO to water.  I'm leaning towards CP as replacements for my DO.  Shocking, right!  (Example of background blending below)

(3) The other thing I really like are the color collections with corresponding color wheels.  She tells you how to read the wheels and which colors work best together.

Enough chitchat... on to the card.

Catherine Pooler:

>Filigree Background Stamp

>Polished Ink & Cardstock (Spa Collection)

>Maymay's Big Time Celebrations Stamp Set

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Blending background comparison:

Happy Crafting!

Using Pre-Made Elements to Design a Green-Themed Card

You know of all the colors of the rainbow created by God back in Genesis, green is not usually a color I gravitate to when creating a card or scrapbook page.  Well.. tonight I made this card from pre-made elements I had in my stash and absolutely love how it turned out.

>Maymay's His Name Is stamp set

>Versafine Clair Green Oasis

>Distress Oxides in several greens

>12x12 Cardstock.com - Encore Rainbow Mixed Size Pearl Embellishments

Made It Society #2 - April - Card #1

Here's to the first card I made this morning during Made It Society.  Here's the Sketch:

I was going to be creating 3 cards and had done a test run last night..  On card #2 assembly, I wasn't paying attention and ended up with a backwards opening card.  🫣

An oops.... turned out for the better.  I opted for the white base and I liked how it brightened the card.

Supplies:

>Hero Arts July 2023 card kit of unknown name

>Stampin Up Cardstock: Island Indigo, Lost Lagoon, unknown name lighter version of Lost Lagoon

>Ink: SU Island Indigo; VersaMagic in Wheat, Oasis Green, Aegean Blue, Thatched Straw, Persimmon, Pink Grapefruit 

>Pinkfresh Studio Sky Blue gems

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Find the session on YouTube at:

Maymay Made It Society 

Maymay Made It website:

https://www.maymaymadeit.com/

Passover/Easter Card 2026

The idea for this card came from the first session of Made It Society.  You can see it here.  I did a little tweaking before landing on the finished card. I only made a few of these as I ran out of time.  It was a fun one to make - an unique fold is always interesting.  

I revamped the original and it's giving the purple a run for it's money.  I'm not quite sure which I like better.  

I guess I'm leaning purple as it's more closely associated with Passover/Easter.

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Supplies:

> Divinity Designs Crown of Thorns stamp set

>Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Easter Blessings stamp set (used as a background stamp)

>LDRS Ink: Persian Purple, Mrs Periwinkle, Peachy Keen, In Your Face Orange

>Stampin Up 6x6 Designer Series Paper Pad : (1) unknown name & very old in Wisteria Wonder base color  (2) Welcome Neighbors 

Phone Case Decor

A fun afternoon this past weekend adding a little something to my clear phone case.  And a great reminder for our soul.

Supplies:

>Divinity Designs Anchor stamp set - found here

April BRAK and Just Write...

This was another one of those sets that I've had my eye on and finally hit the go button on a few months back.  The stencil layer set is 6x6 in size and I was able to create 4 cards with a few items leftover for possibly another card.  

Typewriter card I made into an action card and used glossy accents of some sort on the keys.

I felt this one was missing something.  So when I came across these extra flora elements in my stash, I knew exactly where they belonged.  Popped them up using a little foam tape for interest.

Used glossy accents again on the ink bottle.

Supplies:

>  Taylored Expressions Just Write Card Making Kit found here.  You can search "Just Write".

>  Taylored Expressions Ink Pads: Salt Water Taffy, Oat Milk, Mushroom

>  Lisa Horton Parchment Scroll 3D Embossing Folder and Die found here

>  The Greetery Graceful Stems flower found here

>  Other Supplies:  notebook embossing folder, cursive background stamp, lined stamp, hole punch, oval die/punch, glossy accents, scallop background die

Made It Society #1 - March - Cards

Maymay had her first session Saturday, March7th.  It happens the first Saturday of each month at 10:00am EST and lasts about 2 hours.  You get an email with instructions on what to prep ahead of time and together create 2 cards and a scrapbook page.  

Here are my creations for for this first session.  I wanted to finish all 3 projects before posting.  

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Card #1 Sketch

This one I completed with the class session.  My creative take on the side peek-a-boo.  

>My Favorite Things Let Your Hair Down stamp/die set

>Copic Markers: E000, EOO, E25, E29, E31, Y15, Y26, B21, B34

>Distress Oxide: Rustic Wilderness 

>Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black

>A Colorful Life Designs Cloud Edger Stencil (for the tree details)

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Card #2 Sketch

The second was started during the session and almost complete.  

Then I decided it was going to be my Easter card for this year and went into creation mode.  You can see the final creation at the post here.  That delayed my start on the scrapbook page.

> Cricut Joy 2 for circles

> Stampin Up Wisteria Wonder DSP (unknown name)

> Divinity Designs Crown of Thorns Stamp Set here

> Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Easter Blessings here

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Find the first session on YouTube at:

Our First Made It Society

Maymay Made It website:

https://www.maymaymadeit.com/

BRAK - March

Keeping the same theme with a minor change.  See the others here and here.

Added:

>Stampin Up Framelits Window 

>Creative Memories Deckle Trimmer Blade