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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