11-11-25

 Hello-

Its the early hours of the day.  

To all the Veterans, Thank you for your service. 

Having grown up with my Dad in the military, I have a high level of respect and gratitude for all they do. 

For this card I pulled out an oldie, but fun stampset.  I will be submitting the card to the As You See It Challenge (Harvest), Four Seasons (fall), and If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (Fall Leaves and Turkey time Inspo pic I loved all the orange shades).

 Some stamping, coloring, fussy cutting, thin mats, and a big sentiment.  This one took me a couple of hours to get through.  But it felt more flowing, so I am making progress getting back into the grove. 

• Stamps:  Paper Smooches Welcome Autumn
• Dies: SU Stitched Nested Label Dies
• Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black , Versamark
• Markers: Copic E39, 41,42; Y32,36; G07,09; YR04,09,15
• Papers:  Hammermill, SU Tangelo Twist, SU Pumpkin Pie. Recollections
• Embossing: White Hero Arts ep, SU Basketweave ef

 

           

Thanks so much for visiting! 

 

 

 

01-03-24

 Hello Friends,

 

Colorful Options grabbed my eye as I was searching for some ideas for post Christmas thank you cards. I usually have them made up way ahead of time, but this year I am behind already...lol.  No worries.  One look at the colors and an idea blossomed.

 I wanted to stick with a winter theme because its a seasonal thank you, but I couldn't resist making those lagoon colors (green blues pink) into something for a cooler season.

 

The stamps and die cuts are from the Greetery, Inks by Altenew, and the circle panel is a Pink Fresh diecut. There is also a pink gemstone from Stampin Up in the center of the flower.

I am also submitting this to If you give a Crafter a Cookie...theme is winter wishes and this is definitely a winter wish thank you.

 

On a personal note, I have been taking quite a bit of time from this hobby I love but have lost a lot of mojo for over the last few years. My posts have been significantly less frequent than they were pre-pandemic. The pandemic changed me, I felt less like being out in the world for the last three years. 

A few months ago I started to come out of hibernation; Hubs and I got on an airplane--that was huge for me--so many people trapped all together in a flying tin can for hours. But the trip to see family was so very worth it.  Starting with that trip Hubs and I have actually gone into restaurants for a meal and stayed there to eat several times in the last 4 months.  I still have my mask in my hand bag at all times so if I feel I need it, its close by. 

Life is starting to feel more normal again.  I am hoping this translates to feeling more creative.

I do want to thank you all for your visits, cards and emails throughout the year and I can't wait to see the lovely projects you all post.

08-02-23

 Hello-

I had been staying in the cooler part of the house and avoiding any hint of heat and humidity upstairs. My crafty space has gotten lonely. So as its cooler this week...

I've been in to straighten and play a bit. Still working on that bid of stuff that has forever seemed not to go down. Fortunately several of my favorite stamp companies have not been tickling my fancy of late...it might just be that bin of stuff that had dampened my appetite.

Today's card uses a Penny Black stamp (Unique) that is at least 6-9 months old in my stash. I love the loose lines and when its colored with very bright and florescent copics it makes a statement. 

The sentiment die is from Stampin Up and is mounted on a vellum shadow. The card base has an embossed panel for a bit more texture. (Thanks Michele for the envie full of panels!)

I didn't have good light photographing, but it had to be mailed quickly for a bloggy friend.

The card is going to visit If you Give a Crafter a Cookie which is calling for Neons.

Thanks so very much for visiting.

04-02-22

 Hello-

I have two cards today for four challenges.

This card will be visiting Addicted to Stamps and More and Addicted to CAS.

The duck was stamped in a pale yellow and I added pencil marks to enhance the shading as well as adding color to the bill, eyes, and feet.

  

This card is visiting Fourseasons April Spring Challenge and If you give a crafter a cookie.

Coloring done with prisma color pencils and a blending pencil. 

 

Thanks so much for visiting.

11-6-21

 Hello and Happy Weekend!

 The last 4 of my fall cards are below and now I can move on to the Christmas cards.

In order of challenge expiration date I have 4 cards for 4 challenges:

Tic Tac Toe is a weekly challenge and my entry is this card using the center column of prompts.

Next Up is Addicted to CAS-

 

 

Next up is Four Seasons Challenge:

 

 

And If You Give a Crafter a Cookie:

Now to clean up my mess and get the cards ready for mailing on Monday.  Thanks so much for visiting.

Have a Beautiful Day

 Hello-

I recently got the MFT Butterflies and had a play with them.  

This card will be visiting CAS Mix UP Challenge and If You Give a Crafter a Cookie.

The butterflies were gold embossed and colored with watercolor markers and a water brush.  Then I found this lovely edge cut piece in my stash of diecuts and stamp offs crafty friends have shared. If you recognize this die cut....thank you many times over. I love it.  And if you know the name and maker, please let me know. I might need to have this one in my stash permanently.

 

Thanks so much for visiting.

Happy Halloween Cat

 Hi there -

I got a cute stamp in the mail from Peggy and I had to play with it right away. Its called Scaredy Cat from Sunny Studio. Its a small set with the cat image, a moon some stars and the sentiment.

First I used it for a card inspired by If You Give a Crafter a Cookie.  The challenge image is at the end of the post.

The image is colored with copics, the sentiment and stars are white heat embossed. The Circle panel is inked with  SSS Blue Violet ink, the paper is from Stampin Up as is the sliver/white ribbon. 

Next up is a card inspired by Double D Challenges, their mood board is below.

The coverplate is from Mama Elephant, and the background was inked with Distress Oxide inks in carved pumpkin, spiced marmalade, and worn lipstick. The sentiment was white heat embossed.

And since the kitty is new to me I am adding both to Darnell's NBUS challenge.

Thanks so much for coming by to say Hi!

Sending a Smile

Hello -

Another crafty face time today after very little sleep.  Another new stamp, this from Stamping Bella because, well I love the gnomes.  This one is called Gnome Bouquet.  And I am sending it over to If You Give A Crafter a Cookie. 

I used copics to color the image and added some white gel dots to some petals.  It took me longer to color this than I like to spend, but its such a cute stamp. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Easter

Hello-

My friend Peggy and I had another face time crafting date...and she had mailed me a cute Neat and Tangled Easter stamp set.

The design came to be as I stamped the image on two ends of a piece of watercolor card and the egg tops were too close together for me to cut them straight across...but what a great happy accident. I love  the angle of the focal panel.

I am submitting this card to If you give a Crafter a Cookie and Inspired by Challenge.

Link to pinterest photo

  

Thanks so very much for visiting.  Stay Safe.

Dreams of Paris

Hello-

So, how are you all doing?  One would think with social distancing we'd all have more time to craft and make cards, projects, catch up on scrapbooking, sewing projects etc. I'm having an up and down response to all this. My logical brain tells me to remain calm and just hunker down. This social distancing is not much of a difference from our usual routines. Hubs and I are home-bodies at heart. I need to ration my CNN time I think. It gets me anxious. So on to something much more fun.

So on to another stamp set out of my bin. This one is from Newton's Nook called Newton Dreams of Paris.  The card made was inspired by several challenges - If You Give a Crafter a Cookie,  Fusion Card Challenge, Inky Paws Challenge.

I stamped the tower first and embossed in gold. It was fussy cut and placed on the cardfront which had been prepared with a strip of gray patterned paper. I added a touch of soft yellow to the tower for it to stand out a bit more.  The three hot air balloons were stamped and colored with the colors from the Inky Paws Challenge. The placement of the tower and the balloons are for the sketch portion of the Fusion Challenge.  And of course the tower itself is for the If you give a crafter a cookie challenge.

    

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Boo

Hello -

I finally got around to making some Halloween cards.  I don't like scary gruesome but rather cute.

So I have three similar cards for 4 challenges.  These cards will be going to If you give a Crafter a Cookie, Color Throwdown, Freshly Made sketches, and Addicted to Stamps and More.


All images are from MFT, webs are from Ellen Hutson, Boo is from Simon Says Stamp.

 For Freshly Made Sketches.

 

 

For Give a Crafter a Cookie and Addicted to Stamps and more

 

 

For Color Throwdown

 

Thanks much for visiting!

More Foiling

Hello-

I tried foiling the other day...I had a learning curve, but eventually got it.  So I wanted to try it again.

I had some of my alcohol inked yupo left over and I cut some leaves using Lawn Fawn's stitched leaves.  Then I using a glue pen with a roller ball I added glue to the veins. After it dried (it becomes tacky when dry) I added foil over the top of the veins.  The sentiment comes from Winnie and Walter and was gold heat embossed.  I used a stitched  coverplate to add some interest and texture to the card front, mounted the leaves and the sentiment strip and that finished the card.

This card is going to CAS Mix UP and If You Give a Crafter a Cookie.

      

Thanks so much for stopping by.

A little something beachy

Hello -

I went a little old school with this one...remember spellbinder dies and that delicious little edge they give you, great for embossing and inking while deliberately leaving an outline edge or mat look.

I used scalloped labels 1, and cut the second largest piece. I added distress inks in Broken China, Salty Ocean, Tea Dye and Antique linnen while my die cut piece was still in the die.  I pulled the  plant from Stampin Up's Wetlands stamp set and used a Thanks sentiment I have laying around (I don't know to what set it belongs).

I am sending this beachy card to three challenges - Inspired by Challenges, Challenge up your Life, and If you give a Crafter a Cookie.  

   

Have you had some beach time yet this summer?

Thanks for stopping by.