03-26-23

 Hello-

Its a warm day outside and hubs and I will shortly be going for a drive to enjoy it.  But first I wanted to share a card for a sweet young lady.

Thank you Darnell for the stamp set...its perfect for a young gal who likes fairies.  I winked the wings though it doesn't show up in the photo. 

This sweet little fairy will be visiting Seize the Birthday with toppings of in the garden, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Spring or Easter. 

Enjoy your day!

 

 

02-19-23

 Hello- 

More from my crafty face time.

Freshly Made Sketches and We Love Stamping galleries will be visited by this card.

I used a bit of a coverplate page cut out from The Greetery, popped in some pearls in the larger openings and then added my winter duo. The snowman is not holding up his side enough so its a bit crooked (at least thats my story! Ha!)  Some copic coloring, and the remainder of that back drop piece will decorate the envelope flap.  (I did flip the sketch to portrait...sometimes landscapes are hard for me to envision elements on.)

Have a fabulous day.  

  

Thanks much for stopping by.

01-04-23

 Hello-

Its a bit dreary outside, but it was a joyful time in my crafty space this afternoon.  

This gorgeous bloom is visiting Altenew's January Challenge along with Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge for something new. This is a new stamp set in my stash.

The image (Gracious Peonies) was stamped and colored with:

YG 03, 05

RV21, 13, 14

 

A double layer of the die cut Hello (Flower Arrangement dies) is set upon the fussy cut image adhered to a pink card base. I added a bit of the image to the envelope flap as well. 

 

 

 

Its been quite a while since I have felt mojo. I posted fewer than 70 cards last year.  

 

This week after taking several breaks in the last few months, I am again excited to make cards.  

 

Coloring this card, really brought back my love for florals -- which I haven't played with much the past two years.  I'm also trying to tie in the envelopes to the cards as I make them.  Some of you are really great at embellishing the insides and the envies...you all have inspired me to do a bit more. Thank you too for visiting.

Happy Holidlays

HI there:

Before I put away my Christmas card stamps I have a card for two challenges.  The sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches, and the theme comes from a new challenge hosted by Jo at Just a Dotty Pudding.

Jo's challenge theme is Rudolph and Friends.  I grabbed the reindeer from a Clearly Besotted set because hes got an nice big nose to color red.  I took a bit of  a liberty with the sketch taking one banner from behind the circle and bringing it to the front .  Copic's were used for coloring.

 
 
 Thanks for stopping by.

Calendar

Hi There!

I was going through my morning routine and looked up at my small wall calendar.  Its for 2018.  Hubs usually gets 3 calendars from the printing company he uses.  This year he elected to get 3 of the large calendars.

That leaves me without a calendar for my small wall space  about 7x5 inches.  So as a papercrafter I decided to just reuse the old calendar, and add my own artwork with some of my favorite stamps throughout the year.


May 2018 has the same days as January 2018.  There is my new January.  I grabbed a panel of copic friendly paper, drew cut lines for the space I was covering up and pulled out those adorable Polar Pals from MFT.  It may be the abundance of Coca Cola commercials lately but I love those bears.

 I also got out Concord and 9th's All year long stamp set so the panels would be stamped with the month.  Once my panel was finished I glued it to the existing month page.  I may have to get creative as the year goes on with the monthly days...but I'll manage it.

What better than Ice Fishing in January?

Thanks for stopping by.

The Card Concept

Hey There...I am seriously scrambling to beat the buzzer on the Card Concept challenge - rustic blooms.  I got so wrapped up in my Valentine's I almost missed out on this challenge and it has my favorite elements - wood grain and flowers!

My woodgrain is from Stampin Up, and the bloom is from Altenew for this clean and layered card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Penny Black January Cupcake Inspirations 438 Inspired by all the little things 78

Greetings --

I always struggle with my salutation...anyone else?

Today's card came together with the help of three challenges. The colors from Cupcake Inspirations #438 (Rose, Cream, Black); Penny Black Saturday Challenge for January -Anything Goes using Penny Black image; and Inspired by all the little things 78 Photo Inspiration.

My colors are from the cardstock with tone on tone embossing, the flower outline and the Copic on vellum coloring.  The flower image is from Penny Black's Delightful, I cut out only a small portion of the image once it was stamped and heat embossed. My card shape and the lattice clear embossing was inspired by the photo inspiration at Inspired by all the little things.



Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by.

Bizzare and Unique Days

Hello!

My favorite cards are the just because or unexpected cards.  They are wonderful to receive and so many of my non-card making friends back in California have let me know that the unexpected envelope in the mailbox is a definite mood lifter.

I know when I get a card from my crafty friends unexpectedly it brings a smile to my face and adds a lil something to the day.

I have lots of thinking of you sentiment stamps as well as just because...but I was thinking I needed some inspiration.  I kinda stumbled on to this site of Bizzare and Unique Days, and I think there is inspiration there for some cards...and a silly unexpected reason to mail them out.  I plan on picking out one day each month making several cards for that day and sending them out. 

For me this month, its Penguin Awareness Day - I have several penguin stamps and what better way to use them?

So, thanks for stopping by; as always your visit is appreciated.

Quilted Thanks

Hello!


This Amaryllis never made it to the front of a Christmas card, but I think it makes a stunning Christmas thank you.   After coloring the image (Penny Black) I cut it out to fit on top of  a die cut piece of red vellum.

I mounted it on a quilt cut card base and added the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

I think my friend will enjoy the card as much as I am enjoying her gift.

Thanks for stopping by!

Those cute bears

I'm trying to get back in the groove...

 I fell in love with these MFT polar bears. I promise to move on to another stamp set soon!

Along with the new stamp set, I used my new watercolor pencils.  I have to say...I kinda really like using the watercolor pencils.

Have a great day!

Catching up

Hi Friends, I am back in Maryland after almost a month of traveling to see my Dad in California and the In-Laws in Ohio.  I brought home with me a cold...its been years since I had one...2010 I think.  I have finally passed the hacking up a lung phase and I think it is winding down now on day 6.

I did not take a lot with me to work on crafting wise, but I brought along a set of 50 alcohol markers by Color It...the case sold me I admit.  I had one last amazon gift certificate from 2016 gifts and decided to splurge. I don't like traveling with my copics.  I stamped out several images and colored them up.

 This is a combination of an older Hero Arts sentiment stamp and some Uniko Flowers. I need to work on the placement a bit more but I love the idea and I have other larger sentiments stamps that could be prettied up a bit.

 As soon as I saw Sandy Allnock's cards with these MFT polar bears...well I had to have them. They remind me of the Coca Cola bears...whom I love!

 Okay so these MFT Elves are just adorable..and who says you can't use them year round? This one is going with a non-holiday gift to a girlfriend. The sentiment is fab! Another had to have stamp set.

I am a reader, I love books so this stamp definitely caught my eye.  During 2016 I wanted to read a book each week.  The holidays and our travel schedule threw me off a bit.  I only managed to read 41 books. I am going to give it a go again this year...hope I find some new authors to read.  I love political thrillers, spy novels, sweet romances, and medical thrillers.  I found a few new authors this year that I haven't completely read out.

Are you a reader? Who are your favorite authors?