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!

 

 

03-02-23

 Hello-

Back at it in the craft room again.  

I have cards for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Slim Line and The Card Concept.

                                                 For Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

 

 

                                                    For The Card Concept - Style Clean and Layered

 

I am loving the shamrock set so you'll probably see a few more cards before the week is out.

Thanks for stopping by.

 

                       

02-18-23

 Happy Saturday...

I had  a lovely crafting time with Peggy via face time today.  

I found my inspiration in two challenges. Simon Says -  Emboss it, and Fourseasons -February anything Winter. 

 

 I used Simons Refined Snowflakes EF, and die cuts from MFT -pierced fancy flourish, and IO Skates.  The skates had some surgery and rearranging to fit my vision, but they worked out nicely. The greeting is from Lawn Fawn heat embossed in white.

 

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  No football tomorrow, so I'll probably be crafting again. Thanks for visiting.

01-27-23

 Hi There,

I cannot believe its been a couple of weeks since I posted. Where is the time spinning away to this year?

 I have a couple of fun fold cards to share:

 The sentiment panel acts as the "lock" on this card holding down both right and left panel openings.

  

After the first one I wanted to switch out the panels due to the wave stamp. But I wasn't thinking and couldn't anchor the flap without covering up the heron, so I went with  a belly band instead on the second card.

These are both man cards, as many of my nature cards are.  I'll be sending them along to the following galleries: Creative Creases #49, and Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

11/11/21

Greetings!

 To all our Veteran's thank you so very much for your service. 

I love the little monsters from PPP's Monster Hugs stamp set.  I thought they'd make a cute thank you card as well. 

I masked the hugs part of the sentiment and found a thanks sentiment that would go with the silly nature of the card.  The die cut monsters and the sentiment flag were mounted on a card base stamped with a text background from SSS You matter.

 I am sending this card to the following challenges: 

CAS Colours and Sketches      Simon Says Stamp Wed Challenges  Watercooler Wednesday

            Thanks/Thanksgiving                         

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

In the pink

 Hello-

My dreaded vampire hours have returned. My days are flipped night for day.  The only productive thing I get done is catching up on reading.  I can't do laundry as our washer and dryer are near the bedroom and hubs is a light sleeper.  Ditto with my crafty space and its inherent noises (Paper cutter, heat gun...)

I have a  card today to post to a few challenges. CAS Mix Up Challenge, NBUS, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. 

At CAS Mix up we need to use a stencil with heat embossing.  My NBUS item is the stencil Peeking Chrysanthemums from Artplorations. Simon is asking for favorite technique- for me its still the magic of heat embossing which sucked me into this hobby.

I cut a slimline card base and inked up the stencil with Hero Arts Neon pink ink heavily at the center then very lightly towards the longer petals.  On the main bloom at the bottom I added versamark  then lifted the stencil to heat and add sticky embossing powder through the stencil and some very fine glitter after activating the sticky powder with heat. One more light heating and it was nicely glittered.  Lastly I added ink to the remaining images on the stencil but left them plain.  (The embossing changed the ink color just a bit, but I like that it keeps the focus on the bottom bloom.)

After adding the sentiment, I chopped off about an inch from the top of the card. The new dimensions are 7.5 inches by 3.5 inches. 

Below is a close up of the heat embossing.

Thanks so much for visiting.

Treat yo self

Hello -

It's gonna be a scorcher here today, so I am spending the cool morning in my crafty space, then I'll spend the remainder of the day downstairs in the blissful cool...it might even motivate me to tackle a cabinet to reorganize it.

This summery  card is going to visit the galleries for Inspire by Challenge (colors), Watercooler Wednesday (Feminine Twist), and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Bright and Cheerful).

I'm loving the pinks and oranges for summer.  Now, if I could just find that popsicle.

  



Thanks for visiting, and stay cool!

Thanks

Hello -

Tonight I played with Simon's new #Stamptember stencil Tumbling Leaves, Scattered Straw and Tumbled Glass distress inks, a new SSS Thanks die, SSS stitched rectangle and my neglected Nuvo drops.

The inks were sponged through the stencil with both a light hand and a heavy hand to vary the intensity of the colors.  After completing the panel all items were added to a yellow cardbase.

I am adding this card to three challenges - all three have Anything Goes as the theme.

Word Art Wednesday

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge

Thanks much for visiting.