Friday, March 15, 2024

03-15-24

Hi,

Oh its time for some of the hardest cards to make...those darn man cards.  I love making the girly flowery cards, but it is my luck to have a lot of men on my birthday list...hubs, nephews, brother's-in-law, father's-in-law, my Dad, my Godson, a few friends from work and that adds up to TWENTY man cards a year. Yikes.

I have found that nature is the easiest way for me to overcome this challenge.  Stampin Up has a lot of nature stamps that work well for man cards.  Both of these cards feature the set Waterfront.  

I stamped the mountain, sand, and water twice to make it across the card front.  Added a gold embossed sentiment from Ellen Hutson.


This one has the stamps stamped once, then cut with an oval. I added the Honey Bee lovely layers rod and reel to the card over a backround stamp of Stacked Stone(SU) and a piece of vellum. The Happy Birthday oval covers a badly stamped sentiment, but I like the "new and improved" lol  look. Gotta save a card when you can.

So I've made 4 man cards this year of the 20 I need. Fortunately my last two April birthdays are gonna be girly cards.

Thanks much for visiting.


Thursday, March 14, 2024

03-14-24

 Hello-

Time to seriously attack that bin of new stuff.  I have stuff not unpacked yet and I need to make room! So I grabbed a handful of items to use and cards will be made.


 Three items out of the bin...MFT's Happy You Day, PTI Love to layer charming brackets, and sizzix simple plaid die. Pearls are from SU and copic colors below.  (the caio marker is V000)

Next up some die cutting. The set is Friendly Florals from Concord and 9th.  Sentiment is CTMH.

For the card below the stamp set is Beautiful Bunny from MFT, sentiment is computer generated; Copic colors below, and the clouds are an MFT stencil - Rolling Clouds.



So that's 6 cello envelopes of stuff out of the bin...still have a ways to go...

Thanks for stopping by.



Wednesday, March 13, 2024

03/13/24

 Hello-

I am getting the last of my Easter cards done so they can go in the mail by the end of the week. My international cards have already been mailed.


 

The tulips are from Altenew. The die cut panel is PTI. 

The sentiment is from Avery Elle. I foiled the sentiment, then die cut it. Then foiled the left over foil piece using a full foiling plate and die cut them as well. The negatives give an outlined foiled sentiment. This is a win win 2x's the sentiments one set of foilings.


 I'll be placing these into the galleries at Double D and Triple B. One for each.


Thanks much for stopping by.

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

03-05-24

 Hello-

It's the same old story, when the vampire hours hit hard I get nothing done.  The only thing I can do is wait them out. So I am...waiting...impatiently!

I did manage to get inspired for a card by the mood board at Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. Those pink blooms are fabulous. 

Altenew's book engravings were inked up for the second time. I used the Cherry Blossom trio of Altenew's alcohol markers. I sometimes have a hard time finding the right rv copic shades to get the pink I want, and these markers are the perfect pinks. The sentiment is from SU's teeny tiny wishes.  

Oddly I have nothing sentiment wise for a bridal shower.  So this had to do.

 

Thanks much for visiting. 

 

Thursday, February 29, 2024

02-29-24

 Hello-

I couldn't pass up a card for Leap Day, and Time Out has the perfect challenge inspiration for the card. 

The frog is from Gerda Steiner - Frogs, the die cut panel is Memory Box -Splashing Puddles (Thank you Darnell!)  The sentiment was computer generated and printed.


Enjoy the "extra" day everyone!