Ode to my mom and grandma...

I am still working on a lot of projects not finished, i have come to the conclusion that in my life time they won't get done.

I have many digital images from A Day for Daisies and i had printed this one off called, Mother Feather Hat and had started coloring it and never finished.

So on Mother's Day i felt inspired to finish it.

I have this photo of my grandma where her friends all got together with their hats and had a photo taken. I wondered if any of the hats were this color? The "leaves" are supposed to be feathers, but i felt they needed to be leaves.

I colored her hair the color of my mom's hair. I used Prismacolor Pencils for the majority of this image. I had started coloring this image's skin with Copics (haven't used them for years) and added the depth with pencils.

I was also inspired to create this card because of a card group i am in. The background is an old Anna Griffin embossing folder called, Matelasse and the flowers are from another Anna Griffin die set called Hummingbirds.

For the embossing folder, i embossed 2 different patterned papers and an ivory paper (for the base) and cut out the rectangles from the pattern paper and glued them on top of a ivory paper . It was a fun "puzzle". I chose to frame out the background to cover up the uneven edges. The image did end up covering up a lot of that work.. but don't worry, because i embossed the entire folder with the pattern paper, i ended up making two card bases.

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Have a Wonderful Day!

Playing with my Lisa Horton Stash!

I have used:

Lisa Horton - Tall Daisies - Layering Stencil and 3d Embossing folder (comes with a cutting die)

Lisa Horton - Just Bee-cause (Bee only)- Layering Stencil and 3D Embossing folder

Lisa Horton - Garden Gerbera (background) - 3D embossing folder

Lisa Horton - Compositions Set H - (solid foliage leaves)

Lisa Horton - Fabulous Fonts (comes with cutting dies)

Lisa Horton/Spellbinders - Garden Planter (foliage only)

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Mabel wishes you a Merry Christmas!

Celebrating a 10 year anniversary of Kerst Christmas Facebook group!

For 2026, each week we will offer a Digital Download freebie for our followers!

One of our sponsors for April is Polkadoodles!

I have used:

Polkadoodles - Mabel with Lantern and Bauble

Spellbinders - Make a Wish Arch Labels

Spellbinders - Spring Specs (flower and foliage)

This week's freebie at Kerst Christmas Facebook Challenge is:

Bonnie Kohane Craft Time - Pink Dreams (expires May 16)

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Celebrating someone's special 40th birthday today!

I created two cards for one of my nieces.

My niece's aunt asked if i'd make this one for my niece.

I have used:

Spellbinders - Grand Dome 3D (retired)

Spellbinders - Classic Mouse Numbers & Punctuation

Spellbinders - Sentimental Ampersand (magazine freebie)

This second card, i created for my niece!

She love Star Wars and i had this cute Kindred Stamp called, Chickie Nuggies, Baby Yoda stamp that i turned into a 3D paper image.

The background paper is something i created and turned it into a digital paper.

The number 40 is a Spellbinders cutting die, and so is the Happy Birthday sentiment.

I love using the hologram foil paper from Michaels too!

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It's Snowing!!

Celebrating a 10 year anniversary of Kerst Christmas Facebook group!

For 2026, Each week we will offer a Digital Download freebie for our followers!

One of our sponsors for May is All Dressed Up

I have used:

All Dress up - It's Snowing

Spellbinders - Make a Wish Arch Labels

Freebie for this week at Kerst Christmas Facebook Group!

Bonnie Kohane Craft Time - Heart Charms Freebie (expires May 9)

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Camping with Olive (dog)

May Scrapbook Page

I have joined One More Page Scrapbooking blog team and will be sharing my scrapbook pages monthly on my blog and in their challenge blog!!

Please come and share your scrapbook pages with us... It is "anything goes" as long as it is a scrapbook page!

Just a bit about this page... My daughter and her dog, Olive camping. :)

I have used:

Sizzix/Tim Holtz - Forest Shadows

Cricut - Tent and campfire

Cricut - Camping word

Bonnie Kohane Craft Time Paper

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Happy Birthday with a few freebies...

My card using Bonnie Kohane Craft Time Freebies.

Last week i shared this paper on my page, Bonnie Kohane Craft Time for free..

I have kept the background paper up for one more day in case you'd like to make a card using the paper and the freebie for this week.

This week's freebie is the Pansy Pitcher in the shape of a postage stamp.

This one is for free also on my page which will expire on May 3.

I have also used:

Spellbinders - Pansy Seed Co. cutting die set

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Wishing You a Full Day in Bloom!

I have been working through a stash of unfinished cards!

When i stenciled the tulips i used colored pencils instead of ink.

For this card i used:

Spellbinders - From Ink to Petal (BetterPress and Stencil) (tulip image and sentiment)

Spellbinders - Envelope of Wonder (envelope, foliage and sentiment tag)

Spellbinders - Shady Leaves - 3d Embossing folder

Spellbinders - Charmed Life (bow only)

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Delivering Joy!

 Celebrating a 10 year anniversary of Kerst Christmas Facebook group!

For 2026, each week we will offer a Digital Download freebie for our followers!

One of our sponsors for April is Last Minute Manda!

I have used:

Last Minute Manda - Christmas Cuties - Snowball Puppy

This week's freebie at Kerst Christmas Facebook Challenge is:

Bonnie Kohane Craft Time - Freebie Blue Swirls (expires May 2)

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Crocheted Charms Paper Project

Today i am sharing a fun project!

I used:

WSS Digital Crocheted Animals (this set has 30 different images including flowers and mushrooms)

WSS Key To My Heart Paper purse (hardware clips only)

WSS Shirt Paper Purse (pearl necklace only)

WSS Bag Bundle (handle only)

I started out with a rectangle and cut it apart to make a pocket that i layered on top of the larger rectangle.

Then i printed out WSS Digital Crocheted Animals (bear, bee, flower stems, flower arrangement and mushrooms). I decided to make some of the images 3D, but you could totally just use one layer. To make the 3D images i printed them out 3-4 times and fussy cut them out and layered each layer with double sided foam tape.

To make the handle i used WSS Paper Bag Template bundle (handle only) so that the bag could lay flat for mailing.

To distinguish between the pocket in the front and the pocket in the back, i cut a small strip and placed it on top and under the pocket. I also decided to add the strip to the top of the bag to have it show up on top of the paper.

To make the chain and charm tabs, i used the hardware from the My Heart Purse and the pearls from the Shirt Purse cut it in half and punched holes in the center of the circles and then i attached the circles to the hardware and glued the hardware to the heads of the animals.

I fussy cut the flower stems and arranged them on the purse. I printed two sets of mushrooms and arranged those around the handle. The second set i cut off the top of the tan and red mushrooms and used double sided tape to make them 3D. The extra yellow mushroom i put behind the bear.

Lastly, i printed off the floral arrangement 3 times and fussy cut the full image and then fussy cut out the flowers as a cluster and then two individually and added double-sided foam tape to layer them up.

I put the entire purse on top of the paper that comes with the crocheted animals bundle with double-sided foam tape.

I did add accordion paper fold behind the top pocket so it would be able to be folded down for mailing, however the 3d animals do have a bit of bulk.

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Sunny Hello!

Going through a lot of projects that didn't get finished..

This one was fun.. it is a 3D layered image that i have used with some of my favorite dies from two companies.

I have used:

Teddy bear Image (retired)

Spellbinders - Make a Wish Arched Labels - cutting dies

Spellbinders - Meandering Florals - 3d embossing folder

Spellbinders - Spring Stitched Tree (sentiment only)

Lisa Horton - Compositions Set H - Wavy Frames (outline foliage only)

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Merry Christmas!

Celebrating a 10 year anniversary of Kerst Christmas Facebook group!

For 2026, each week we will offer a Digital Download freebie for our followers!

One of our sponsors for April is Last Minute Manda!

I have used:

Last Minute Manda - Christmas Cuties - Skating Mouse

This week's freebie at Kerst Christmas Facebook Challenge is:

Bonnie Kohane Craft Time - Freebie Circle Half Scene (expires April 25)

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Have a Cozy Christmas!

Celebrating a 10 year anniversary of Kerst Christmas Facebook group!

For 2026, Each week we will offer a Digital Download freebie for our followers!

I have used:

Freebie for this week at Kerst Christmas Facebook Group!

Bonnie Kohane Craft Time - Metallic Holiday Plaid Paper Freebie (expires April 18)

FairyBells Art Journaling - Giraffe

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Happy Holidays!

 Celebrating a 10 year anniversary of Kerst Christmas Facebook group!

For 2026, each week we will offer a Digital Download freebie for our followers!

One of our sponsors for April is Last Minute Manda!

I have used:

Last Minute Manda - Christmas Cuties - Mouse Baking

Marianne Designs - cooking mitt, potholder & utensils

This week's freebie at Kerst Christmas Facebook Challenge is:

Bonnie Kohane Craft Time - Freebie Faux Metallic Plaid (expires April 18)

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For You!

I have been wanting to play with Lisa Horton - Songbirds for a while and today i had that opportunity!

I did some "altering" with Songbirds. I chose to fussy cut out the bird, after i stenciled and 3d Embossed it.

For the background (Lisa Horton - A Year in Bloom 2026, March) i decided to hand cut out the "window" area and back it with another 3D embossing folder (Tracey Hey/Lisa Horton - Bubbles)

Here is a list of what i used:

Lisa Horton - SongBirds Layering Stencils

Lisa Horton - SongBirds 3D embossing folder w/inset die

Lisa Horton - A Year in Bloom 2026, March - Spring Flowers 3D embossing folder

Tracey Hey/Lisa Horton - Bubbles 3d Embossing folder

Lisa Horton - Mini Tags 3D embossing folder w/inset die

Lisa Horton - Bunting & Banners (used bows)

Lisa Horton - Gift Card Holder Craft Dies (sentiment For You)

Lisa Horton - Cloud 9 Ink - Surf's Up, Eucalyptus Leaves, Woodland Moss, Garden Sage, Dusky Rose, Coral Peach, Dolphin Grey

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A Little Birdie Told Me...

If you like creating your own card design, you will LOVE this month's NEW Freebie from White Spruce Studio!

You will get 12 different digital downloads garden elements that you can mix and match and create a scene.. or you can just use one by itself!

For this card i first started with a digital paper background (the blue paper is free at Bonnie Kohane Craft Time Page).

I layered the fence on top of the digital paper in my "word/pages" program.

To get the fence to be more transparent, you need to find the "opacity" option. I can find that option on my Mac in Pages under "Format" and then "Style". I reduce the opacity to 22%. I love how that turned out! You can also do this in Photoshop using the opacity.

Next, i combined the Birdhouse and the Wheelbarrow. And because the images are PNG (transparent background) i can layer them on top of each other. I chose to layer the two images separately from the background with the fence, because i wanted some depth. But you can totally add the images on top the fence that has the lower opacity.

I then colored the images with colored pencils and hand cut it out and then layered it on top of the fence with double sided foam tape. (I actually die cut my background and made my card base before i added the cut out images with foam tape)

I have also used:

Spellbinders - Nested Postage Labels for the card base (and small stamp)

Spellbinders - Postage Number

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