chocolate Easter bunny

I love that you can cut so much more than paper with your dies! Head to the Echo Park Paper Blog for all the details about this adorable Easter card! Anyone else suddenly craving Easter candy? Chocolate bunny, perhaps? 

thanks for stopping by!

kimberly

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MFT Stamps Retirement Sale!

It is time for the MFT Stamps Retirement Sale! It will be sad to say goodbye to some of these favorite products. However, this is a win-win for you! First, great prices! Second, this means we are making room for some amazing new products for 2016!!

Today I am sharing some of my favorite projects with products that are being retired. I have linked the products that will be retired underneath the photos. When you click that link, you will be taken directly to the product in the MFT Stamps store, making your shopping easier. I will also link you to the original blog post, or MFT Stamps Blog post, where the project appears. You know I always share tips and ideas for using the products, those links will be a helpful reference for you!

Patterned Triangles Background

This background will always make me happy! These triangles are gorgeous stamped, or used in an embossed resist technique, as shown here. Timeless with a bit of trendy edge, this is a background to  keep! And for a tutorial about the embossed resist and watercolor background, visit the 

MFT Stamps Blog post here, Watercolor Dream.

Pure Innocence I'm All Ears

Using stamps and dies to create treat holders is always a hit in my book. I found some darling chocolate carrots that worked perfectly with this set from Pure Innocence called, I'm All Ears. Not only are these fun to color, they are just too darned adorable to resist! For more about how to create this project visit my blog post at, I'm All Ears.

Die-namics Easter Bunny

Yep, more treat holders. Die-namics Easter Bunny creates a gorgeous bunny silhouette, making it perfect for cutting from a variety of mediums, including felt, like I used here. Add a pom pom and you have a sweet treat bag perfect for the young and the young at heart! Stop over to the original blog post for a great treat idea to coordinate with this bag, and a tutorial about using this bunny with Fun Flock! Easter Bunny Treats.

Die-namics Superstar Photo Card Frame

This project is a mom brag moment. I am so proud of my swimmer and his accomplishments in the pool. So adding this die to a photo of him made perfect sense. Using a magnetic sheet, I turned this into a magnet for the refrigerator, so in case I forget to talk about his swimming when you visit, you will see it in the kitchen. Ha! This is also fantastic for scrapbook layouts when you need to mom brag, or grandma brag, or aunt brag, well, you get the idea. For more about how to create this project go here, Superstar Frame Magnet.

Die-namics Centerpieces You Mean the World To Me

This die is fantastic. It cuts out everything you see here, from the words to the shape of the Earth. The words could not be more perfect for sending love and thoughts. Having used this die for several projects, including publication, it is one I am sad to see go. But you can pick this up for a great price and use it for years to come! It will never go out of style! Check out more on my blog post at, Centerpieces You Mean the World To Me. 

Die-namics Fish Bowl

You're Fin-tastic

This may be one of my most-favorite treat holder projects of all time! It still makes me smile! And its pretty hard to beat this stamp and die combo! Pick this up. Quickly! You will be able to make crazy adorable Valentine's Day treats forever! Everyone will smile and ooh and aah, and feel special because you made them something! Be sure and visit my blog, because I also have a cute shaped card with a tutorial! Check it out here, You're Fin-Tastic!

Die-namics Cupcake Stand

This. This is genius. I adore this cupcake stand. The possibilities with this set of dies is limitless! Need birthday cupcakes? No problem, match the party colors! Same for Halloween, and Christmas, and New Years, and Valentine's Day, and Arbor Day. Wait, Arbor Day? Why not? Everyday is a great one for cupcakes! The assembly is easy. This would bring a bright spot to anyone's day! Find out why this is so near and dear to me on my blog in my post, Cupcake Stand.

Miss Tiina Trick or Treat

Die-namics Trick or Treat

Ok, one more project. Country cute style is my wheelhouse. I love it. And that look is exactly what this set from Miss Tiina is all about! Trick or Treat also has coordinating dies, so when you grab these stamps, don't forget them! Head to my blog for TWO video tutorials about using this set, both about coloring effects, you don't want to miss those! Click here, Trick or Treat Coloring.

Be sure and head to the MFT Stamps Blog for more information about the retirement sale. Keep an eye out for the rest of the team, as I know they will be sharing some of their favorites as well! So much inspiration!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

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Happy Easter!

The Power of the Cross

by Keith Getty and Stuart Townsend

And oh to see the dawn of the darkest day

Christ on the road to Calvary

Tried by sinful men, torn and beaten then

 nailed to a cross of wood

This the power of the cross

Christ became sin for us

Took the blame, bore the wrath

We stand forgiven at the cross

And oh to see the pain written on Your face

Bearing the awesome weight of sin

And every bitter thought, every evil deed

Crowning Your bloodstained brow

This the power of the cross

Christ became sin for us

Took the blame, bore the wrath

We stand forgiven at the cross

Now the daylight flees

Now the ground beneath

Quakes as its maker bows His head

Curtain torn in two

Dead are raised to life

"Finished!" the victory cry

And oh to see my name written in the wounds

For through Your suffering I am free

And death is crushed to death and life is mine to live

Won through Your selfless love

This the power of the cross

Son of God slain for us

What a life, what a cost

We stand forgiven at the cross

HAPPY EASTER! He is Risen!

We sang this song at our Good Friday service. The words are painful truth. The truth that our sins, every single sin, nailed Jesus to the cross. He took all of our suffering upon himself that day. It humbles me to think that me, messy, sinful, and full of failure, has been given this gift of salvation. And I definitely did not do anything to earn this gift. He gives it to me freely. With love. He loves me. ME! All my junk and all of the good. He loves me enough to die in my place. Wow.

He loves you too. So much. Even when you make mistakes. Even if you think you are unforgivable. Come and stand at the cross. You are forgiven. Receive and believe.

The song can be heard by watching this video.

Rejoicing in Him! He is Risen Indeed!

~kimberly

MFT March Release Countdown Day 2: Carrots for your Thoughts

Welcome to this month's Release Countdown with My Favorite Things! You will find complete details each day on the MFT Blog, including how you can win prizes and full reveals of featured products.

Welcome back to the continuing countdown for the MFT March release! I am sooo ready for spring and this release has me excited for warmth and sun and getting back outside! And honestly, chocolate. Anything could get me thinking about chocolate. With all these cute springy products and the cute chocolates available at the stores right now, I have been having fun creating!

This project started off with the sentiment from Pure Innocence I'm All Ears, "a carrot for your thoughts." Because in my candy stash, I had chocolate carrots! These carrots are hazelnut chocolate and measure about 5 inches tall. Even better than the chocolate was the fact that they came in a little white box, all standing up perfectly, and ready to be decorated!

To start, I covered the sides of the box with Gumdrop Green and Sour Apple cardstock that was die cut with Die-namics Tall Grassy Edge. Then I die cut the fence from Die-namics Sunflower Sweetheart from Primitive Cream cardstock. I stamped the darling image from PI I'm All Ears and colored her with Copic markers. The sentiment was stamped onto a label shape cut from Blueprints 13. The carrot is from Easter Bunny. (again, the coordination of the all the products in the release is fabulous!)

A couple of you mentioned that you liked when I shared the markers I used on my projects, so I will continue to do so. And I wanted to point out that I also use a Uniball Signo Wide 53 white gel pen to add accents like the polka dots on her dress and other accents. 

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Supplies linked but not available until Mar. 12. Soon my friends, soon! :)

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fuzzy little bunny

Stop on over to the Crafty Power Blog and check out this darling Easter Bunny!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

My Favorite Things March Release Countdown Day 7

Welcome to this month's Release Countdown with My Favorite Things! You will find complete details each day on the MFT Blog, including how you can win prizes and full reveals of featured products.

My first project today uses the latest from Lisa Johnson, Die-namics Easter Bunny. Who can resist a felt Easter bunny? With a cotton tail? On burlap? Not me. Sweet Tooth felt die cuts beautifully and made this bunny a breeze to add to my burlap bag. Jellybean Green felt was also die cut using Die-namics Tall Grassy Edge. The whole thing just makes me smile.

And so do the treats! I found the idea for these carrots on Pinterest. They are pretzel rods dipped in melted chocolate. The dirt? Crushed Oreo cookies! They have been a big hit in this house. Someone was begging to eat them immediately. 

For my second project today, a chocolate Easter bunny. What more could you ask for? Except maybe two chocolate Easter bunnies. :) This time I am using some of the stamps from Easter Bunny. So clever how the stamps and Die-namics work together! The Happy Easter sentiment was stamped onto Fishtail Flags Layered STAX. 

How fun is the flocked Easter bunny? Its very easy to make using a new product in the MFT Store, check out the tutorial below!

To make the flocked Easter bunny, I used Chocolate Brown cardstock and these fabulous Adhesive Sheets. So happy that the MFT Store now carries these!

The Adhesive Sheets measure 4x6 inches and can turn any sheet of paper into an adhesive-backed piece of paper! How great is that?

Trim your cardstock to the size desired. Peel the yellow backing up, revealing the adhesive on a white backing. Place the cardstock down. (If you were using patterned paper, place the side you want sticky down.)

Replace the yellow backing over the cardstock and rub gently. Trim the cardstock away from the Adhesive Sheet.

The white backing is now covering the adhesive.

Then using the bunny image from Die-namics Easter Bunny, I die cut my new adhesive-backed cardstock.

Once I removed the white backing, I was able to apply flock. I generously poured the flock and then gently rubbed the flock into the adhesive. Imagine all you can add to your images! Flock, glitter, and so much more!

One last detail on this card to point out, the background. I wanted something rustic and as I looked at my Die-namics, I saw this wood-looking strip in Blueprints 13. I knew I could ink the edges up and add great color! The nails were simply drawn in by hand with a pen. I will be using this trick again!

 Be sure and head over to the MFT Blog and get linked up with the entire design team! We have a new member to the team, Keisha Campbell and I just adore her style!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

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