09-12-25

 Hello-

Its been quite a week.  My most disliked card to make today...the sympathy card that is needed right away.  The wife of one of hubs lifelong friends passed. 

   

Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

• Stamps:  SU Seaside Bay, SU Simply Zinnia,
• Inks:  SU Coastal Caban
• Papers:  SU Coastal Cabana, Hammermill

 

 

 

09-08-25

 Greetings -

Wow another month has flown by.  We've been in our new home 6 months now.  I love it and most everything has found a place.

Today's card is a thank you for a friend who sent along some kitty kat dies. So I thought I'd make a playful card with them. 

I do love those postage style dies, this is a new one from Newton's Nook Designs.

This was a fun and quick card to put together.

• Dies: NND Postage Stamp Layout; Poppy Stamps Cats
• Inks:  Altenew Pinkalicious, Lavendar Fields
• Papers:  PTI Lovely Lady, Hammermill
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Thanks much for visiting.
 

8-22-25

Hello-

I had to play along and celebrate Freshly Made Sketches 700TH sketch.  WOW.

   

Its a fun sketch.  We went to the sunflower fields near by earlier this month and I have had sunflowers on the brain since then. 

The sunflower die cut was a gift from a bloggy friend (Thanks TK).  I inked it  up, then went through my stack of paper samples from my SU demonstrator. They are often times 4.25x4.25 sized samples.  So it worked.  I am not sure of the name of the pattern, but it is several years old. I bought it and often use it for the back drops in my photos.

I am not on the design team nor have been, but I went back to see my first entry to the FMS Challenges...number 89 in 2013.  I started card making in 2012... and as the old commercial said "You've come a long way..."

     

 

A very literal take on the sketch. It would take me years to start thinking of the shapes as placeholders.

 

• Dies: SSS Beautiful Sunflower Blosssom
• Inks:  Altenew Maple Yellow, Honey Drizzle, Milk Chocolate, versamark
• Papers:  Hammermill. SU patterned paper scraps, SSS Chocolate Chip
• Stamp: The Ton Easy Expressions 
• Embellishment: SU Bumblebee Trinket 

  

Thanks so much for stopping by and CONGRATULATIONS to the FMS team reaching this fabulous 700th sketch milestone. May there be many many many more to come. 

 P.S.  a peek at our outing: