July 2023 Crafty Courtyard Kit- Summer Fruits

Earlier in the week I used the Pink & Main July 2023 Crafty Courtyard Kit-Summer Fruits for my SheetLoad Rewind cards. The kit was still on my desk so I decided to just sit and play and create more cards with it.

There were 4 sketches on the printable enclosed so I used those on some of my cards to "get started". 

I had so much fun just sitting and creating! I used almost all of the cardstock in the kit and most of the patterned paper which is a rare thing for me! Feels good to use my stash!

Foiled cards are so hard to photograph but so pretty in person!

Have a marvelous day! Go do something for yourself and go get crafty!

Products Used:

Pink & Main July 2023 Crafty Courtyard Kit-Summer Fruits

Hammermill Cardstock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copics

Pink & Main Ombre Lakeside CheerFoil

Pink & Main Lime CheerFoil

LDRS Creative Mixed Scallop Rectangle Dies

SU Layering Circles Framelits Dies

Scrappy Boy Stamps Stitched Rectangle Dies

Kat Scrappiness A2 Stitched Strips Dies

Whimsy Stamps Quick Strips Dies

Sunny Studio Radiating Circles Dies

Trinity Stamps Dainty Scallop Rectangles Die Set

Trinity Stamps Dainty Scallop Circle Die Set A

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Citrus & Scarlet Blooms Christmas Card

The Pajama Crafter Stamps Merry & Bright Inspiration Hop is officially live!

Join the Pajama Crafter Stamps Design Team for festive Christmas cardmaking inspiration featuring new and previously released Pajama Crafter Stamps products. You’ll find handmade cards, creative techniques, Christmas characters, holiday scenes, and plenty of merry and bright ideas to inspire your Christmas crafting.

Start the hop here: @dannisdreams

For my holiday inspiration today I wanted to show you can use non-traditional colors for your holiday projects! I used the Citrus & Scarlet Blooms stamp set with the Spring Plaids 6x6 paper for my card today. I just love how it came out!! So super pretty!

Make sure you hop around with the Pajama Crafter Stamps team both on Instagram and YouTube for lots of holiday inspiration!

Have a merry day! Go do something for yourself and go get crafty!

Pajama Crafter Stamps Products Used:

Citrus & Scarlet Blooms Stamp Set

Marshmallow Coloring Paper

Fancy Corners-Neutrals

Spring Plaids 6x6 Paper Pad

Opalescence Confetti Embellishments

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Embrace White Space | Elegant Floral Card

I have a video up today encouraging you to embrace white space! I know, I know, I love patterned paper too but sometimes white space can be elegant and beautiful.

Watch my video HERE!!

I used the You Are and Lovely Bouquet stamp sets from Pajama Crafter Stamps for the focal points of my card with just a touch of the Spring Plaids paper for an accent.

Have a wonderful day! Go do something for yourself and go get crafty!

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PAJAMA CRAFTER STAMPS Products Used:

Marsmallow Cardstock 8.5 x 11

You Are Stamp Set

Lovely Bouquet Stamp Set

Circle Peek A Boo Die

Spring Plaids 6x6 Paper Pad

Girl’s Best Friend Rhinestone Mix

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Inky Paws Challenge #254- Final Week

Today I have more inspiration for the current Inky Paws Challenge! The challenge runs through July 31, 2026! Link your creations on the Inky Paws Challenge Blog for a chance to win $20 store credit at the Newton's Nook Shop! Check out the Challenge Rules before you create your project!

It's all about the colors for this challenge! Use Pool Blue, Tangerine, Sunny Yellow and White.

Bring the beach to your craft room with the bright and beachy colors in this challenge! Send sunny smiles to a friend or create a cheerful birthday card! Any theme is welcome as long as the colors are used!

For my card this week I used the Lattice Die, Oval Frames Dies and the Floral Delights stamp/die!! A pretty summery card!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to grab out your Newton's Nook goodies and come play along with us at the Inky Paws Challenge!!

Have a super day and go do something for yourself and go get crafty!

Newton's Nook Products Used:

Floral Delights Stamp Set

Floral Delights Dies

Lattice Die

Oval Frames Dies

Color Me Happy Pajama Crafter Stamps July IG Hop

It's time to hop on IG with the Pajama Crafter Stamps design team! Be sure to hop and see all the fabulous creations! You can find me @dannisdreams where I'll have the whole hop list!

I colored the flowers from the Together Stamp Set for my card today! They are so beautiful and brought me so much happiness to color them with my Copics.

Copics Used:

YG97, YG63, YG13, YR07, R85, R83, R81

I used a white gel pen for details.

Once the flowers were colored I used my Scan N Cut to cut the flowers out. I used some dies from my stash to create the layers for the front using cardstock and the Spring Plaids 6x6 Paper Pad.

To finish the card I popped the flowers and heat embossed sentiment strips up on foam dimensionals and added some pearls. I think it turned out so pretty!

Have a colorful, happy day! Go do something for yourself and go get crafty!

Visit the Pajama Crafter Stamps Shop HERE!

Pajama Crafter Stamps Products Used:

Together Stamp Set

Marshmallow Coloring Paper

Spring Plaids 6x6 Paper Pad

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Little Miss Moo Sunflowers

I have another card today using Little Miss Moo from Unity Stamps! I have a friend who adores black and white cows so I wanted to create a card for her. She also loves sunflowers so I combined the two for today's card!

Little Miss Moo is colored with Copic markers and has some white gel pen highlights.

Copics Used:

Shadow/Grass: B000, YG09, YG06

Cow: R20, E13, E11, C6, C5, C3, C2

Basket: E44, E43, E42

Flowers: YG17, YG13, YR23, Y19, Y15, B06

White Gel Pen

I hope my friend likes her card as it was so much fun to create and had me smiling the whole time!

Have a super day! Go do something for yourself and go get crafty!

Products Used:

Unity Stamps Little Miss Moo Stamp Set (Kit of the Month April 2026)

Hammermill Cardstock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copics

White Gel Pen

SU Azure Afternoon Cardstock and Ink

SU Scallop Oval Punch (long retired)

Not 2 Shabby Seeds of Happiness 6x6 Paper Pad

Scrappy Boy Stamps Stitched Circle Nesting Dies

Trinity Stamps Dainty Scallop Rectangles Die Set

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Stay True To Your Heart

Today I have the  last card that is from the Copic Coloring Tutorial- Koi Fish Inspired Coloring Video. You can watch the video HERE!! I will have a video up soon sharing all the cards I created so you can see them all together.

Today's stamp is from Pajama Crafter Stamps and is called Flower Child. I seriously can't get enough of her!

I forgot to take a photo of what the image looked like before I finished coloring it, oops!!

Here's the final colored image with white gel pen highlights/designs. I just adore how the little flowers turned out with the white gel pen~

Copics Used:

Overalls: BG18, BG15, BG13, BG11

Eyes: E37, E35

Skin: E13, E11, E00, R20

Hair: E39, E7, E35, E33

Shirt: R85, R83

Flowers: YG67, YG63, YR68, YR65, R85, R83, Y13, Y11, R08, R05

I paired the sweet Flower Child with Spring Plaids 6x6 Paper from Pajama Crafter Stamps and for some interest I also added the Pajama Crafter Stamps Circle Peek A Boo Die in white. Love this die!

I finished off the front of the card with some sparkly enamel dots and then finished the inside off with some strips of paper and the sentiment, Stay true to your heart.

Have a wonderful day! Go do something for yourself and go get crafty!!

Products Used:

Pajama Crafter Stamps Flower Child Stamp

Hammermill Cardstock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copics

SU Pool Party Cardstock and Ink

Pajama Crafter Stamps Spring Plaids 6x6 Paper Pad

Pajama Crafter Stamps Circle Peek A Boo Die

Not 2 Shabby Rose Cottage Sparkly Enamel Dots

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Inky Paws Challenge #253- Week 2

Today I have more inspiration for the current Inky Paws Challenge! The challenge runs through June 26, 2026! Link your creations on the Inky Paws Challenge Blog for a chance to win $20 store credit at the Newton's Nook Shop! Check out the Challenge Rules before you create your project!

For the month of June we have a theme challenge, Friendship Cards! Send a card to a friend! For this challenge, create a card to let a friend know you are thinking of them. Use your favorite colors and stamped images to create a friendship card for any season. Get well and encouragement cards are also allowed for this challenge theme.

For my card today I used the Floral Roundabout Stamp Set along with the Circle Frames Dies that work with the Roundabout Stamps. It was fun to color all the flowers with my Copics in pretty happy colors!

Copics Used:

Y35, Y15, Y19, YG17, YG13, YG25, YG21, BG75, BG72, R85, R83, R81, YR09, YR07, YR04, R29, R24, V04

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to grab out your Newton's Nook goodies and come play along with us at the Inky Paws Challenge!!

Have a super day and go do something for yourself and go get crafty!

Newton's Nook Products Used:

Floral Roundabout Stamp Set

Pastel Basics 6x6 Paper Pad

Circle Frames Dies

Frames & Flags Dies

Crafty Al Member Challenge May 2026 | Color Cube Inspiration

Today's card is for the Crafty Al Member Challenge for May 2026. We were to be inspired by a Color Cube Card! I have a different set of Color Cubes than Crafty Al so I chose the option to choose my own, which I chose Color Cube Card 380. It has lots of bright happy colors and is sort of a rainbow which I know Crafty Al loves.

If you haven't become a member of Crafty Al's YouTube Channel, check it out! I love the perk of having the SheetLoad visual archive which means access to all the SheetLoad printables in one place plus she does freebies often and I do love the end of the month live where there is usually a challenge!! I feel it's one of the better channel memberships out there! 

I first chose my papers which were the Sunny Studio Rainbow Bright 6x6 Papers. Next was to choose my image and I kept my pattern of choosing a Unity Stamp to go with the Color Cube Card so I chose Little Miss Moo from the April 2026 Kit of the Month but she's also sold individually!

I colored up Little Miss Moo (what a fun name) with my Copics! I think I got the colors pretty close to the Color Cube Card!

Copics Used:

Ground/Shadow: YG17, YG13, YG11, BG0000

Cow: R20, E13, E11, C8, C6, C5, C3

Basket: B28, B26, B24

Flowers: YG23, YG21, YR07, RV19, RV14, Y19, Y15, V17, V15

Since my circle with Little Miss Moo was rather large I just decided only put one layer behind her. I stamped the sentiment with SU Melon Mambo ink to match the cardstock. The die for the sentiment is one of my new favorites, Whimsy's Quick Strips Dies. (there are several sets and I love them all! Quick Strips 2 Dies, Quick Strips 3 Dies, Quick Strips 4 Dies)

I always do a test run on how the card will come together before I adhere everything in place.

This card just makes me smile so big!! I really do adore Little Miss Moo and I'll admit it, I love saying her name, Little Miss Moo! LOL!!

I've had a few people ask to see what I do to decorate the inside of my cards. On this one I just added some strips of paper cut at an angle and staggered.

Have a moo-velous day! Go do something for yourself and go get crafty!

Products Used:

Color Cube Card 380- First Edition

Unity Stamps April 2026 Kit Of The Month Little Miss Moo Stamp Set

Unity Stamps Little Miss Moo Stamp Set

Hammermill Cardstock 

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copics

SU Melon Mambo Cardstock & Ink

Sunny Studio Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper 

Whimsy Stamps Quick Strips Dies

Scrappy Boy Stamps Stitched Rectangle Dies

Scrappy Boy Stamps Stitched Circle Nesting Dies

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Inky Paws Challenge #253- Week 1

Today starts a new Inky Paws Challenge! The challenge runs through June 26, 2026! Link your creations on the Inky Paws Challenge Blog for a chance to win $20 store credit at the Newton's Nook Shop! Check out the Challenge Rules before you create your project!

For the month of June we have a theme challenge, Friendship Cards! Send a card to a friend! For this challenge, create a card to let a friend know you are thinking of them. Use your favorite colors and stamped images to create a friendship card for any season. Get well and encouragement cards are also allowed for this challenge theme.

I chose to use the Dainty Daisies stamp set for my card today. I really liked the sentiment, "Hope your day is as special as you are!" and thought it would be something I would send to a friend. I used the A2 Card Layout 2 Die and the Bright Basics 6x6 Paper Pad with the Dainty Daisies. I do love some bright colors on my cards!

I colored the flowers with my Copics and used the following markers: YG17, YG13,R59, R46, R43, YR09, YR07, YR04. I added some white gel pen highlights to help add some details.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to grab out your Newton's Nook goodies and come play along with us at the Inky Paws Challenge!!

Have a super day and go do something for yourself and go get crafty!

Newton's Nook Products Used:

Dainty Daisies Stamp Set

Dainty Daisies Dies

Banner Trio Dies

A2 Card Layout 2 Die

Bright Basics 6x6 Paper Pad