Summary of 2024 projects using Anna Griffin products

 Here are a few projects I completed with Anna Griffin products:

 

Made a Valentine’s Day card for my hubby using Carte Canton Bleu as base, topped with Romantic stickers and sentiments. 

Love the Carte Canton Bleu collection. The pretty blue color reminds me of the classic Chinese vase and other art. 

This card was featured on Anna's Feb 15th, 2024 Craftspiration. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

I made these birthday cards at our AZ Griffin Gals Spring Convention a couple of weeks ago. Had fun using the 3D mini birthday cake die set and birthday wishes embellishments and meeting up with all my Griffinite friends! 

These cards were featured on Anna's April 11th, 2024 Craftspiration. 

 

 

 

  

I scrapped an older picture with heirloom paper and embellishments. Love using the new journaling tags cut and emboss folders. They are perfect for any scrapbook pages.

This layout was featured on Anna's April 25th, 2024 Craftspiration. 

 

 

 

 

 

I had fun making this layout with the beautiful papers and embellishments from the Wildflower Meadow scrapbook kit. The picture frame and borders were made with Wildflower Meadow frame and die set and 3D ribbon border dies. 

This layout was featured on Anna's July 18th, 2024 Craftspiration. 

 

 

 

 

 

I used paper from the Lian Multicultural Cardstock collection and a Floral 12" Border Sticker for this travel layout. The title is from Wildflower Meadow Papercraft Kit and the embellishments were made with Spellbinder's Lena Fok lantern die and AG's Christmas Wishes Luxury Matte Foil.  

This layout was featured on Anna's October 17th, 2024 Craftspiration.

 

 

 

  

I crafted with some friends at a Friendsgiving crop. I love how pretty the Lilian paper collection is. I also used the 3D Ribbon Border Dies and Floral Border Stickers as embellishments.

This layout was featured on Anna's December 5th, 2024 Craftspiration
 

Summary of 2023 Projects using Anna Griffin products

Here's the remainder of the projects I did for the year 2023 using Anna Griffin products.  

 

I dug up some old pics of a daughter-father dance and used the floral papers from CAH and made this layout.

This spread was featured on Anna's March 2nd, 2023 Craftspiration. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made my husband this Father's Day card using AG's cigar labels. I haven't crafted for a while so it feels wonderful to be back at it again.  

This card was featured on Anna's June 22nd, 2023 Craftspiration.  

 

 

I made a few AG Flower Cart birthday cards for my friends. It was 116F outside and the best way to beat the heat was to craft indoors LOL!  

These cards were featured in Anna's July 20th, 2023 Craftspiration.  

 

 

 

My daughter and I visited Greece together recently after her semester abroad in Europe. I love how blue the sky and ocean were. I used AG's Canton Bleu paper and embellishments to highlight those beautiful blues. I'm in love with these blues in this Mother's Day layout. I used the border and frame de from Crop at Home 2 for accents. 

This layout was featured on Anna's July 13th, 2023 Craftspiration. 

 

 

 

 

Making 24 cards for my crafty friends. I did a flat version of the snow globe card using AG's snow globe dies, cartouche cut and emboss folders and Christmas bontanical pattern card stockl It was a lot of fun making these. 

These cards were featured on Anna's December 28, 2023 Craftspiration . 

Lunar New Year Card

Growing up, I loved celebrating Chinese New year with my family. I had such fond memories that I tried to create the same festive atmosphere at home for my kids with special food and decorations. 

However, this is my first year making a Lunar New Year card. The reason I decided to make one this year is because of Anna Griffin's Carte Canton Bleu Finishing Box. The blue vases in the kit reminded me of the beautiful antique vases that my parents had in their home. So I dressed the embellishments up with a little bit of red, pulled out my Chinese Greetings die cut set, together with a cherry blossom die from Hero Arts and Anna Griffin's 3D fantastic fan die and created the card. It is featured in Anna's blog in her Craftspiration - Jan 12, 2023 post.

The sentiment is in Chinese, meaning "blossoming flowers bringing good luck."

A few more cards made in 2022 with Anna Griffin products

In 2022, I made some thank you cards for friends who supported my Go2 foundation for lung cancer 5K walk. I used Anna's Wildflower Garden Collection, 3D Butterfly dies and Cartouche Cut and Emboss folders. It was a lot of fun making them. 

I'm honored to see these being features on Anna's blog in her Craftspiration - August 18, 2022.

 

For my anniversary, I made my hubby a card from Anna's Fantastic Flip Die 2. It was featured on Anna's blog in her Craftspiration - September 29, 2022. 

I also made some cards for my church's caring ministry. I used Anna's Inspirational Collage Card Topper. I made the embellishments with her Pleated Ribbon Die. These cards were featured in her Craftspiration - October, 2022 post. 

New cards made with Anna Griffin products

Lately, I've been using a lot of Anna Griffin's products, for feminine cards and also for those milestone scrapbook pages. 

I am honored to see a few of my cards have been featured in Anna's blog. The first set was featured in her Craftspiration - May 5th, 2022 blog. The two cards were sympathy cards that I needed to send quickly. I was sad to hear of the losses but the "inspiration card toppers" made it easier to put the card together. It was also a pleasure to work with the die and embossing folders from her "wildflower craft box". 

The next set of birthday cards were fun to make. I used Anna's oval easel die, her flourish die and treasury die and stamp sets to create the sentiments. These cards are featured in Anna's Craftspiration - May 25th, 2022 blog. 

Simple yet beautiful card kits in bulk

With the use of Queen & Co foundation and sentiment dies, I find that it's very easy to make simple yet beautiful card kits in bulk for a fun card-making gathering.   I recently made 30 of these (1 card kit, 2 styles)  for our church's women fellowship, and the feedback from my gracious friends was very positive!   Similarly these can be used for teenage outreach program or nursing homes.   It is a fun way to get everyone together and craft.  

It is particularly useful during this time of pandemic since it's hard to have large group congregate (we don't want any super spreader events though we do want to spread the love) and many gatherings have to be on Zoom.  As we can't share tools in person, having these card kits ready makes crafting a breeze.  It is easy to include a simple instruction or video along with the kits.  I think I will do more of these in the future.  

DeNami Happy Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to DeNami's March Blog Hop!   If you are following the blog hop, you must have come from Mirta Sanchez's wonderful blog!   If you missed the previous blog stops, you can hop back over to the DeNami Blog to start from the beginning.  You have until March 12th, 2012, 11:59pm PST to leave comments on all the blogs in order to be eligible to receive one of the two $20 DeNami gift certificates.  Winners will be chosen randomly.  Good luck!

For this month's project, I chose the cute little Chickie cupcake cling stamp.   I stamped the image on a scalloped chipboard and coloured it.  Then I layered it with a few more 'yummy' patterned papers for a cheerful birthday card.  It isn't summer yet, but I'm dreaming of some summer fruits and desserts already! 

Thanks for looking!  Next stop is the talented Wendy Elliot's blog. 

Supplies List:
DeNami Cupcake Chickie Stamp
Basic Grey Lemonade Patterned Paper
Queen and Co Pearls
Copic Markers

DeNami Tasty Treats Blog Hop

Welcome to DeNami's September Blog Hop!   If you are following the blog hop, you must have come from the talented Rochelle Washington's blog!   If you missed the previous blog stops, you can hop back over to the DeNami Blog to start from the beginning.  You have until September 12th, 2011, 11:59pm PST to leave comments on all the blogs in order to be eligible to receive one of the two $20 DeNami gift certificates.  Winners will be chosen randomly.  Good luck!

For this Blog Hop, I used the Tropical Fruit Stamp from DeNami's Petit Fours collections.  These stamps are perfect for any summer themes.  In making this card, I used 3 stamps only.  I stamped and coloured the images on white card stock, added epoxy stickers to form a circle around the sun, and added stickles to the inked frame. 

I had fun making this summery card.  I love using bright colours and yummy fruits.  I hope this will brighten up your day too!

Thanks again for stopping by!  Your next stop is the wonderful blog of Wendy Elliot.

Supplies List:
DeNami Petit Fours Stamps (Tropical Fruit)
DCWV Pocket of Posies Patterned Paper
KI Memories Juicy Summer Epoxy Stickers
Ranger Ink Stickles Glitter 
GlueCopic Markers

DeNami Mini Cards Blog Hop

Hello, everyone!  Welcome to DeNami's August Blog Hop!   If you are following the blog hop, you must have come from Nicki Scheck's wonderful blog!   If you missed the previous blog stops, you can hop back over to the DeNami Blog to start from the beginning.  You have until August 15, 2011, 11:59pm PST to leave comments on all the blogs in order to be eligible to receive one of the two $20 DeNami gift certificates.  Winners will be chosen randomly.  Good luck!

For this Blog Hop, I used 3 stamps from 2 sets of DeNami's Trifle stamps.  There are 3 stamps in each set, and they can be used together on one card, or in this case, used separately in three different mini-cards.   The mini-cards work really well as gift tags.

I have lots of fun colouring and stickling the stamped images because of the fun girly theme.  I matted the images with patterned paper.

Thanks again for stopping by!  Your next stop is the very talented Karen Larkin's blog!  

Supplies List:
DeNami Trifles Stamps (Fashion Purses and Sassy Shoes)
Making Memories Spring Fling patterned paper
Ranger Ink Stickles Glitter 
GlueCopic Markers

Thinking of You!

 

This is a 'thinking of you' card for a friend who's going through some difficult times.   I've taken a Technique Tuesday card class at CKC last year and learned a few techniques that I found myself going back to all the time, including stamping multiple times without re-inking to get primary and secondary images, paper piecing and more....  I used the same set of stamps in the class to create the background, but changed up the colours and added the flowers, the little birdie and the borders. 

The colours are from this week's PDCC Challenge #83.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies List:
Imaginisce Patterned Paper

Technique Tuesday Long Stemmed Sentiments

Technique Tuesday Black Ink
Cat's Eye Black Ink (distressing)
Fiskars Threading Water Punch

Congrats! My Grads!

 

This is that time of the year!  We've got high school grads, college grads, and don't forget those little kindergarten grads!  Congrats to all of you!

This congratulations card is made with patterned paper as a background.  The stamping is also done on patterned paper, giving the images some colours that easily match with the background.  It takes a little bit of patience to cut out the flowers, but it's worth the work when they are set against a darker background and gives a very nice border effect.  I really love this patterned paper so I try to show more of it by keeping the foreground simple.

This card fits the current DeNami Product Challenge #8.  It's a fun challenge!

Supplies List:
DeNami Small Bold Hibiscus
Technique Tuesday Brown Ink
Basic Grey Kioshi Patterned Paper

Ranger Ink Stickles

Happy Graduation!

 

This is a Graduation Card made with the fun colours of the Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC82.  I stamped the card with a small flower stamp that matches the patterned paper and added the borders and ladybug.  

 

Supplies List:
Basic Grey Patterned Paper (Origins; Urban Prairie)
K & Company Sticker (Wild Saffron)
Studio G Stamp
Technique Tuesday Ink

Thank You!

 

Since I have fallen ill, I have been receiving many get well wishes and gifts from my friends.  I am really moved and started making cards to send back my thankful thoughts...   The DeNami Sketch Challenge #8 is perfect for this card.

I stamped the tulips on the patterned paper and coloured them, and added a little bit of Stickles on it.  The sentiment is matted and attached by foam stickers to give it a bit more dimension.

Supplies List:

Making Memories Patterned Paper

DeNami Small Tulip Stamp

Technique Tuesday Black Ink

Copic Markers

Ranger Stickles Glue

DeNami May Girly Girl Blog Hop

 

Hello, everyone!  Welcome to DeNami's May Blog Hop!   If you are following the blog hop, you must have seen the wonderful creation of Ruza Rebel!   If you missed the previous blog stops, you can hop back over to the DeNami Blog to start from the beginning.  You have until May 9, 2011 11:59pm PST to leave comments on all the blogs in order to be eligible to receive one of the two $20 DeNami gift certificates.  Winners will be chosen randomly.  Good luck!

As for the card I'd like to share, I had a TON of fun making it!   I bought a few Mimi stamps to use on my layouts to document a girlfriend trip I did during a 'milestone year'.  But these stamps are great for cards as well!  Here's my project:

I stamped and coloured the image and matted it with layers of patterned paper that reminded me of a Spring garden.  I also used a sparkly gel pen to accent the hair, the dress and the furniture.  I had fun adding pearl accents to the card to give it a little bit more girliness... 

Thanks again for joining us at the hop!   Your next stop is the talented Tenia Nelson.  Have fun hopping!

Supplies List:
DeNami Mimi and Maddie Stamp
Basic Grey patterned paper
Recollections rhinestone
Fiskars water threading punch
Copic Markers

Happy Mother's Day Card

This week's Play Date Cafe Challenge with Sarah Anderson (PDCC79) features the colours red, lime and grey.  This wonderful palette is perfect for a Mother's Day card I'm making for my mother-in-law.  She likes more traditional designs so I went with a relatively simple one.

I layered lime and red patterned paper on the grey cardstock, and stamped butterflies in lime on white cardstock.  For the accent, I used my newly purchased diecut to make the fun rosette.  The Mother's Day sentiment is stamped on white cardstock and cut out careful to make the center of the rosette.  I chose a traditional red ribbon because this is something my mother-in-law would like.   To jazz it up a bit, I used red and white stickles to add a bit of bling to this traditional card.

An early Happy Mother's Day to all of you!  Thanks for looking!!!   I'm hoping to get some craft time this weekend to make more layouts and cards.

Supplies List:
Studio G Stamps
Technique Tuesday Black Ink
SEI, Basic Grey Patterned paper
Sizzix Tim Holtz Rosette Die Cut
Ranger Ink Stickles

Easter Recap (Thank You card)

It has been a blessed weekend.. even though I am still feeling sick, my family had a great time colouring eggs, egg-hunting, enjoying fellowship time with our friends and attended a few Easter service and activities at church.  I was able to bake a little here and there, and rested most of the weekend. 

I joined the SBB's Easter challenge to make a Spring themed card, and waited a few days ago to complete it due to my illness.  This is Joy's challenge, and I chose the theme 'thankful' because I have so many friends to thank for their prayers and thoughts while I struggle with my illness.

 

For the background, I chose a few Spring themed papers.  I stamped the image on white cardstock and double matted it.  This is my first card using the new Copic markers that I bought after taking a fabulous class at CKC by Clear and Simple Stamps.  I had fun colouring the image in order to match the background papers.

Supplies List:

Making Memories Patterned Paper

Studio G clear stamps

Technique Tuesday black ink

Cat's Eye ink

Monochromatic Card - Happy Surfing!

The surfer dude is so cool that I'm using it again in DeNami's Monochromatic Challenge.  My last monochromatic layout was based on my favourite colour blue, and when I make this card, I borrowed some elements from it.   I made the embossed surf boards and used ric-racs and blue stickles to go with the water theme.  My stickle bottle is misbehaving so the swirls were less than perfect, I hope to get better results next time.  This is also my first time using my new Copic markers and I had fun with it.

Here is my monochromatic layout in blue that inspired the card:

Thanks for looking!


Supplies List (card):
Cardstock - Recollections
Patterned Paper - Making Memories Paperie
DeNami Stamp
Technique Tuesday Ink
Copic Markers


Supplies List (layout):
Patterned Paper, Stickers, Journal - Making Memories Paperie
Technique Tuesday - Splash Stamp

Up and Surfing soon!

My dear friend's son was hospitalized, and my son is very concerned about him since they are very good friends as well. My kids asked that we pray for their family and also make a card for them.  So I decided to make a card wishing him to be 'up and surfing soon'.  And it just happens that the DeNami Theme Challenge #6 is all about boys...so I thought I'd share...

To match the surfing theme, I embossed the background dots and waves.  I colored the surfing chickies and matted them and attached them to the card with foam squares so as to add a little dimension to the card. 

We sent the card with some fruit and homemade cranberry orange muffins.  We wish our little friend a speedy and complete recovery!

Supplies List:
DeNami Surfer Chickie Stamp, Mini-Scallop Stamp
Recollections Rhinestones