Birthday Card

Recently I was inspired by a card that came in an email advertisement and decided to make a similar one for my stash. I pulled lots of snippets from my box and put this floral card together.

The doily border was done with a Martha Stewart punch, and the pre-printed sentiment is by Simon Says Stamp. I used assorted flower punches and greenery dies to create the cluster of flowers, adding mini brads and assorted gemstones scattered about. I added a die-cut SU! butterfly to over up an accidental dab of glue in the wrong place. The embossed panel was done with a SU! Decorative Dots embossing folder.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The Snippets playground #445 - Show us your Snippets!

  (They're celebrating their 11th blog birthday, yay!) 

A Place to Start January 2023 - A/G  

Triple AAA Birthday Card Challenge #43 - A/G Birthday

the Double D  Happy Birthday Challenge

(They're celebrating their 7th blog birthday, yay!)

Thanks for stopping by to visit, may your day be a great one!

Carol

Quick Love Card

 I made this card after being inspired by a sketch and a challenge to use leftover scraps to make a card in less than ten minutes. I usually fuss over things, but this one was done in about 6 minutes. All I did was cut the SU! reversible designer paper into 4 pieces and adhere the die-cut pieces I found in my stash! The letter "I" was cut with a Quickutz ( I have a little box of them as they cut 2 letters (caps and lower case) at a time, while the word "Love" was previously made (and never used) with a PTI die and some red glitter paper. The word "You" is from a SSS "Love You" die set that I also found in my snippet box, so I made a quick card that I may just keep for the hubby for valentine's day.

I'll enter this into the following challenges:

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #523

As You See it Challenge #241

Happy Little Stampers January Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

A Place to Start January 2021 Challenge #1 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments. Take care of each other and have a pleasant weekend!

Carol

Sympathy Card

I bought this KaiserCraft Sheet Music embossing folder a few months ago on a trip to a local craft store and have not used it as much as I'd like to. I thought it might make a pretty background for a sympathy card so that's what I'm sharing today

I placed the embossed panel on a Daffodil Delight card stock base, and used a snippet of green card to die-cut the large swirl with a Cheery Lynn die. The tiny flowers were done with a retired SU! mini punch and some Daffodil Delight matching polka dot dsp. I placed a drop of Black Nuvo drops in the center of each bloom, and used a Lil Inker stitched die to cut the sentiment panel which was heat-embossed with white embossing powder along with a SU! teeny tiny wishes greeting.

I'll enter this into the following challenges:

Little Red Wagon #557 - embossing

A Place to Start July 2020 challenge - flowers

Snippets Playground Challenge #382 - use snippets

Thanks for stopping by and do have yourself a wonderful day!

Carol

Snippets Make Fun Cards!

I recently pulled out a little bag of Lawn Fawn and MFT plaid, striped and polka dot snippets and made a herringbone panel for a background. Once it was finished, I die-cut the center of it with a Lil Inker Stitched rectangle die, which left a narrow outer frame that I used on the card below. For this card I chose a stamped image I've had for years that someone sent me, and I have no clue who makes it, so if you know, please leave a comment and I'll give credit where it's due. EDIT: Janice M let me know in a comment that this image was by Elzybells - a company no longer in business - thanks Janice - I thought you sent me this one but wasn't sure) I colored the image with fluorescent and pastel Copics, adding some yellow glaze pen on the chick to look like feathers. The sentiment is from SU! Teeny Tiny Wishes.

I will share this card with the Make My Monday #119 challenge - to make your own background paper

Also sharing with the Tuesday Throwdown #454 - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday #628 - anything goes

For my 2nd card, I used the outer frame that was left from the die-cut panel in the above card. I also made a smaller piece of herringbone with the smaller strips and a snippet of white card. I die-cut this piece into a stitched tag, cutting a larger tag with a snippet of matching dsp to mat the main one. I added my last piece of lavender gingham ribbon which was just long enough to make a little bow, along with a sentiment made up of a stitched die-cut circle, an I.O. hugs die (cut and layered 3 times) and a few little gemstones and assorted stamps to make up the sentiment.

I will share this with Pixie's Snippets Playground #375 - must use snippets

Also sharing with A Place to Start April 2020 challenge - use ribbon or twine

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2014 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol

Poppies

 I found this Crafter's Workshop stamped background in my stash that I stamped at a friend's house years ago and decided it was high time to make a card with it! I love that it looks stenciled which is so trendy these days, but it's a stamped image done with what appears to be a shade of olive green. I pulled my Flourishes Poppy stamp set out of the cobwebs and stamped several flowers and leaves onto a scrap of water color paper. I colored each image with Copics, then covered the whole piece with Versafine ink, and heat embossed it all with clear detail embossing powder. Next I fussy cut each piece and arranged everything onto the stamped background. The sentiment circle was done with a TE stamp and a retired SU! mini circle punch and it's all on a red card base. I'm glad I hung onto this stamp set through the years, because it always makes such pretty cards!

I'd like to share this with A Place to Start July 2019 monthly challenge - anything goes

Have a great Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Anniversary Rose

I have quite a few anniversaries coming up soon, so I decided to get started with the cards now before time slips away from me completely. I stamped this Inkadinkado Rose with Versafine Onyx black ink on white card stock, then immediately clear-embossed it. I added some color with 2 Copics and then used a Tim Holtz burlap stencil to sponge Distress Tattered Rose ink on top. I added a black sentiment panel that was die-cut with a Lil Inker stitched die and heat-embossed with white ep, using a SU! teeny tiny wishes stamp. I added some Nuvo pink droplets for the final touch and it's all placed on a powder pink card base.

I'm sharing this with the Double D Challenge which is - "Rose Garden"

Also sharing with A Place to Start: June 2019 challenge - Stencil me in

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Carol