4-19-22-2

 I am back...I was on such a roll with getting my March allotment of Christmas cards made, I decided to make April's batch as well.  Which means I am caught up....whoo hoo.

My inspiration for this set is Christmas Kickstart which calls for a gnome.  

 

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04-19-22

 Hello-

I hope that all those that celebrated had a wonderful Easter.  Hubs and I enjoyed the day with a nice meal.

Thanks to Peace on Earth Christmas challenge, with this card I am up-to-date with my Christmas card stash as of the end of March...I still have a week or so to get  the 5 made for April. I am making 5 of each design as I usually do.  Later in the year I make more of the one offs.  

The mood board suggested two ideas to me, and as one of the DT used one stamp I was thinking of I decided to use some dies and make some slim line cards with Memory Box's snowflake ornament dies.

 

I cut the base from gold glitter paper (the snowflakes would never have cut well on glitter paper) and then overlayed the  snowflake layer cut from white. I like the contrast. The sentiment is from SSS and was heat embossed in gold.  The ornament strings are drawn with a gold pen.

  

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04-16-22

 One last Easter Card:

This stamp set from Avery Elle is fabulous year round. Sentiments include Happy Easter, You're a 24 Carrot Friend and Thanks a Bunch.  I simply could not resist this adorable image.

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04-09-22

 Hello-

The man card. My nemesis, and I seem to have more men in our family than women.  Arrrrgggghhh. So I have to make man cards.  I decided a while ago that they would have to be nature cards or in the colors of nature.

A new stamp set to my collection is featured, Paradise Palms from SU. The card will be visiting the galleries of Craft Rocket Challenges,  NBUS and We Love Stamping.

Its kind of a different front. The cardbase is the navy blue, its cut short on the front side to show the interior panels of torn paper and a strip of Kraft. The trees were stamped black and clear embossed. I added the inking over the embossed trees to finish the scene. The panel was matted in dark brown, and an aqua blue. The sentiment was added, then the focal panel was adhered to the shortened card front.

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04-02-22-2

 Hello-

After taking a nap, I decided to play with a new stamp set, Giant Bellflower from Altenew.  I also looked at the Altenew Inspiration Challenge for this month and the colors are such fun so it was a no brainer to play along.  

I looked up Bellflowers and they come in purple, white, pink and yellow. 

I used Altenew inks to stamp the images.

 

 

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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. 

 

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03-31-22

Hello-

Time for the Easter cards. This one is inspired by The Card Concept. The white Easter Blessings wood piece was the inspiration for this clean and simple card.

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03-24-22

Hello-

Today I am playing with a new stencil set that just landed in my stash after a bit of shopping. Its from PFS, and is the Seamless Floral Panel. Its a perfect landing spot for a die cut sentiment.  The card is inspired by Color Hues -pale teal and yellow and Addicted to Stamps and More -diecut and or stencil.

I used Altenew inks and some SU gray cardstock for the neutrals. A few yellow dots landed on the panel as well.

 

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03-14-22

 Happy Pi Day!

Ya I am a nerd.  I also love May 4th.  lol.

A friend lost their beloved cat.  I was out of pet sympathy cards so I sat down to make some.  I made 4, 2 cat, 2 dog. All are the same design.  I am sending the dog to Cupcake Inspiration's challenge gallery as their theme is pets.  

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03-07-22

Hello-

I don't make many ST. Patrick's Day cards, only a handful this year.

 This is visiting Addicted to CAS and Just Us Girls challenge galleries.

   

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