Mother's Day Card

We celebrate Mother's day here in the US on May 12th so I made a few cards to send to my friends for the occasion. This one was done with a silver heat-embossed image panel using some very old Verve stamps that I've had for years. I added a tiny pink paper flower and put a rhinestone gem in the center for a little sparkle. The background was done with a Cuttlebug Geometric Rings embossing folder and I dotted the centers with some silver Stickles dots. The pink panel was die-cut with a Gina Marie Designs Venetian Label die.

I'm sharing this card with these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - make it feminine

The Double D challenge - Pretty Florals for Mom

Shopping our Stash SOS520 - Make a Mother's day Card

Can you Handle the Pressure? Embossing Challenge - A/G using an embossing folder with an optional twist of "feminine."

I need to get my Mother's day cards addressed and mailed as this notable day for Mom is right around the corner! Thanks for the visit and have a fabulous day!

Carol

St. Patrick's Day Card

 I rummaged through my large assortment of embossing folders and found this Spellbinders M-Bossabilities that I haven't used in ages. It's called "Letterpress" and I thought it would make a good background for some shamrocks to make a St. Patrick's day card. I used Taylored Expressions dies with 3 different colors of green cardstock to make the shamrocks, and then used a paper punch with some gold mirror card to make the centers. The inside looks like this:

I will share my card with these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A/G

Shopping our Stash SOS516 - It's Not Easy Being Green

Can You Handle the Pressure February Challenge - A/G using an EF

with an optional twist of squares and/or circles.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you the best possible day today.

Carol

One Day at a Time

 I found this sentiment stamp years ago at a craft store and knew it would come in handy to make cards for those who need encouragement so I bought it and I'm glad I still have it in my collection.

I used snippets of fall colors of cardstock and designer paper to put this card together. I used a leaf die from Gina Marie Designs and cut it 3 times from rust and chocolate cardstock along with a very old snippet of retired SU! designer paper. I added an embossed strip with a Darice fall leaf embossing folder on the side along with another strip of chocolate and placed it on a soft colored cream card base. I'll enter this into the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground Challenge #467 - must use snippets

Can You Handle the Pressure?  - A/G using an embossing folder with an optional twist of Thanksgiving/Turkey/Thanks

Shopping Our Stash SOS509 - Emboss like a Boss

the Sisterhood of Crafters - Fall Harvest

the Four Seasons November 2023 Challenge - fall

Wishing you all a wonderful fall day filled with happiness. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Carol

Trick or Treat

I've made several Halloween cards using this candy corn die a friend gifted me with several years ago so I'll share one today.  It's time to use up the Halloween papers I've been hanging onto for so long, so I cut the smaller pieces into strips and made a herringbone background for this card. The trick or treat stamped image was done with a SU! Tags 4 You set (2013-2014) on orange cardstock and cut with the coordinating punch. I added a green gel sticker just for a fun accent. 

 The same friend who gifted me with the candy corn die, also gifted me with an envelope of fun die cuts so I added 2 of them here on the inside. I added some fluorescent Copic colors to the cauldron and added a SSS pre-printed sentiment along with another snippet of retired SU! Halloween paper.

I'll share this card with the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #507 - Franken-Card / Halloween

Craft Rocket Challenges #108 - Autumn and/or Halloween

Allsorts Challenge week 749 - Vintage or A/G

Retro Rubber Challenge #217 - A/G using stamps older than 1 year

Two Old Bats October A/G Halloween Challenge

That's going to do it for me today so thanks as always for stopping by and have a great day whatever you do.

I'm keeping the world in prayer for peace.

Carol

40th Anniversary Card

 My good friends/neighbors recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and this is the card I made for them. I used a 5x7" card base so that I could fit the die-cut heart and sentiment together, along with a die-cut sprig of leaves at the top. I used some retired SU! glittered paper and added all sorts of sparkly sequins, gems and embellishments into the shaker which I covered with tulle instead of acetate. I die-cut the number 40 and adhered that to the card front before adding all the shaker elements and covering it with  the stitched heart die-cut shape. I added some Nuvo pink drops for a little sparkle, and added the Kat Scrappiness die-cut sentiment to finish this before hand delivering it. The sentiment die also comes with a shadow die but I couldn't fit it all onto this front panel even with the larger card base. It really does make a statement though, doesn't it?

I'll share this with the Shopping our Stash Challenge SOS505 - which is to "shake it up" - make a shaker card.

They loved this card by the way, so it was a winner!

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful day full of fun craftiness!

Carol

Playing with Paper Squares

 I had a lot of small bits of dsp from a Sunny Studio paper pad that I just couldn't throw away, so I punched them into squares and just laid them down in this fun design, adding silver candi dots to the corners. The die-cut birthday sentiment was also done in silver mirror card to match the candi dots and this card took very little planning or thinking to put together. I just love those summery bits of designer paper in all those great colors!

I'll share this with these challenges...

The Happy Little Stampers July Birthday Challenge - A/G

Shopping our Stash SOS501 challenge - no stamping allowed

That's it for me today and thanks for taking time to stop by! Have a great Friday everyone 😊

Carol

Sending Hugs

I have a friend who's about to undergo surgery soon, so I made this card to send to her. When I create a rainbow, I use the Lil Inker die to cut 4 different colors and then arrange 4 different strips together. Instead of throwing all those other pieces away, I create 3 more rainbows with each one being slightly different in color arrangement, then toss them in my snippet box for future use. Today was the day to use 2 of those pre-made rainbows on this card. The stitched clouds were also done with Lil Inker dies, adding some clear Wink of Stella for some shimmer. The background is a Lawn Fawn die-cut and the sentiment is a die cut from Pink & Main made with some soft blue shimmer cardstock. I should have used foam tape to pop up the bottom cloud but I may add a butterfly or a bird before mailing to cover up that bend in the cardstock. Oops! 😏

Sharing with these challenges:

the Allsorts challenge week #720 - A/G *optional Perfect Pastels 

Shopping Our Stash #SOS492 - rainbow or rainbow colors

For those celebrating the first day of spring (as I am here in the US) have a wonderful day and enjoy the sunshine! I'm ready for some warm weather again and  anxious to see some flowers popping from the ground soon too!

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

Carol

Sent with Love

 I found this cute stamped image in my stash and colored him with Copics and a red glaze pen. I die cut the image and mat panels with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die. The tag was made with a SU! note tag punch, then embossed with a Cuttlebug strip embossing folder of tiny hearts. I colored the hearts with a pink marker, then stamped the sentiment from SU's Sealed with Love and added a little twine bow twist of red and pink. The background was done with a Sunny Studios embossing folder that has the tiniest hearts that I think are so cute!

I'll share this card with the following challenges:

Shopping our Stash #SOS489 - Love is in the Air

Four Seasons February 2023 A/G Winter challenge

Double D Hearts Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Love is in the Air

Here it is already February 1st and Valentine's day is just a whisper away! I'd better get busy and get those love cards made and mailed!

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

Happy Fall Y'all!

 I just had to make a few fall cards with Cocoa Mouse and some Autumn leaves! I colored Cocoa with Copics and added a die-cut stitched frame along with a MFT die-cut stitched circle and a Spellbinders scalloped circle die for the sentiment. The leaves are Lawn Fawn die-cuts and the little green embellishment is from SU! The acorn paper was a random snippet but I have no idea who made it unfortunately.

Here are a few more of the same design with different papers and colors

I'll share the first card with these challenges:

Shopping our Stash Challenge #SOS480 - Leaf Me Alone (use a leaf)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  - A/G

Thanks for stopping by and wishing you a very happy fall y'all!

Carol

Happy Mother's Day

 It's a few days early, but happy Mother's day to all those moms, grandmoms and great grandmoms out there! I hope you all have a great day filled with lots of love and appreciation from your families.

I used my Altenew Dahlia stencils to make this card, using 2 different colors of distress inks - Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry. I used a Gina Marie Designs Venetian Labels die set to cut the sentiment panel, and added some of her pretty pink gemstones to finish this card.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - feminine

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - April Showers Bring May Flowers

SOS#469 - what a difference you've made in my life (card for Mom)

As You See it Challenge #274 - the meaning of Mama (fill in the blank)

(my response is "having one.")

Thanks for stopping by and again, wishing all the moms out there a wonderful and happy Mother's Day!

Carol

Happy Spring

Spring is just around the corner, so I decided to make a card to welcome the warmer weather. I found this assembled die-cut butterfly in my snippets box - all ready to be used on a card. I embossed the background with an Anna Griffin embossing folder, added a piece of orange and white checked ribbon and a Spellbinders grommet tag die-cut sentiment panel with a Sweet 'n Sassy stamped sentiment. I added a few metal brads just for fun and to use up some of my collection I've accumulated through the years. Here's hoping spring comes sooner than later - I'm ready for warm weather!

I'll share this with

the Shopping our Stash Weekly challenge #406 - spread your wings

Thanks for stopping by and I wish everyone a pleasant and stress-free day!

Carol

Golf Anyone?

 I have a card today made with a person in mind who enjoys golf. He's also one who enjoys carpentry work, so I used a stitched die-cut frame along with a snippet of woodgrain designer paper. I added the green panel in the center to represent the golf course. The Tutti golf bag die was cut from white and vanilla; coloring the white with copics and adding the vanilla behind it. The club covers were cut from snippets of card and carefully glued on top of the clubs. The sentiment panel was die-cut with a Sweet 'n Sassy ticket die and stamped with a Sweet 'n Sassy sentiment. I added 3 star brads in gold, silver, and pewter on the side to give it a masculine touch. I put this on a soft stone card base and called it done.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground #423 - use snippets

(golf club covers, sentiment panel, woodgrain frame, green panel)

Shopping our Stash #465 - Full Metal Jacket - use something metal or metallic (star brads)

NBUS #36- Never Before Used Schtuff - the golf bag die

Dies R Us challenge #188 - A/G using dies sold in their store

(the Tutti Designs Golf bag)

The Retro Rubber Tic Tac Toe Challenge #177 must use stamps older than 1 year ( Sweet 'n Sassy sentiment - at least 10 years old)

I used the vertical line on the left :

(metallics, pattern paper, birthday)

The past 2 days we've had weather hitting 70 degrees, and tomorrow morning they're calling for a dusting to an inch of snow. Crazy! 

I'm looking forward to the switch to daylight savings time next weekend regardless of the temperatures!

Thanks for stopping by and do have yourself a wonderful week ahead!

Carol

Christmas in May

I made a hidden gatefold card for Christmas using a SSS gnome die for the main attraction. I used designer papers from Brutus Monroe and SU!. The golden trees were done with a retired SU! mini tree punch and stacked up on each other with tiny die-cut stars to separate them.

When you flip the top of the card up, this is how the gatefold looks inside. I used a SU! framelit die set to create the tree from gold glitter paper and the red mirror star for the top.

I haven't stamped the sentiment inside yet, but I added a strip of matching dsp to coordinate everything together.

I'll enter this into the following challenges:

May Rudolph Days Challenge - anything Christmas goes

Shopping our Stash #446 - gnome doubt about it - use a gnome

MLCCB#34 - May anything Christmas goes

Thanks for stopping by and make it a wonderful day whatever you're doing!

Carol

Mother's Day

 I have a mother's day card to share today done in soft pink and white. The background was embossed with a Cuttlebug Geometric Rings ef, and I added a die-cut SNSS border. The circles were die-cut with a SB scalloped die, as well as a MFT stitched circle die. The sentiment was stamped in soft grey with a Verve stamp, and the butterfly was die-cut with a GMD set of dies. I added some pink Nuvo drops to the butterfly body and to the centers of each design on the embossed panel.

I'll enter this into these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Cards 4 gals challenge #145 - Mother's Day

Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge #A2821

Shopping our Stash #144 - I made this for you Mom

Addicted to Stamps and More #404 - any occasion

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful day!

Carol

Valentine Heart

 I have another Valentine to share today - made with the colors of red, white, black and gray. The background was done with a Sunny Studios tiny hearts embossing folder and I used 3 strips of dsp snippets cut into fishtail banners. The large heart was die cut in white along with some red polka dot dsp, exchanging the dsp negatives into the white. Yep, it's tedious to swap all those tiny negatives, but I love the finished look. The smaller white heart is part of the heart die so I used a tiny valentine's day stamp greeting that I found at a yard sale probably 5 or more years ago. I think it's by SU! but I'm not sure. I like it because it's small enough to stamp inside a tiny heart. I used a SNSS heart border punch to create the 3 randomly placed hearts on the card.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The Retro Rubber Challenge #151 - use only red, white, black & grey

The Little Red Wagon Challenge #587 - use hearts on your project

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #438 - Love is in the Air

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Love is in the Air

We've had snow here in PA since Sunday and I thought it was done, but I woke up this morning with more flurries and it's been "flurrying" for 2 solid hours already.  We got about a foot of snow so far and did I hear another storm is heading our way late next week?  LOL

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

Carol

Bear Hugs Valentine

 I bought this cute little die called "Bear Hugs" from Simon Says Stamp last year and never used it until now. I just knew it would make some cute Valentine cards! I cut three bears from red and white and inserted the white negatives into the red for some fun contrast. The papers are from the SU! "Sending Love" stack, and I used a SU! set of "Love Notes" dies to create the border. The dangling heart is a die from Memory Box called "precious hearts" and I put the valentine sentiment inside since the outside is busy enough.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The Paper Players PP522 - use something new

NBUS Challenge #22 - never before used schtuff

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - something new

Shopping Our Stash #436 - What's new with you?

Purging my craft room has led me back to creating cards again for the time being. I keep finding older things that are new again as I TRY to sort through years of crafting supplies and tidy up this room. It's slow going because I stop to make a card every time I unearth an item I'd long forgotten about. 

I guess it's a good thing that I have something to amuse myself with during these L.O.N.G. days that seem to blend into one another!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Carol

Father's Day Card

The puzzle is done, the bookmarks are completed and today I made a card! Actually I made 2 of them, and it felt good to dig into my snippets box and make one out of those unfinished projects, or bits and pieces left over from previous projects. I found the embossed panel with men's shoe/boot prints and the card began from there. The black frame was tossed into the snippet box after cutting the center from it a long time ago. The father's day sentiment was on a father's day card made years ago that I didn't like, so I used a note tag punch  to make it the sentiment for this card. I found a silver anchor eyelet along with 3 silver brads in my stash, so I added them too. The blue panel was embossed with a SU! seaside ef and sponged with salty ocean distress ink and I added a teal colored border of waves between the two panels done with a SNSS die, and placed it all on a teal card base. 

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - " something metallic"

the Double D challenge - Use Your Scraps with this photo inspiration

the Craft Rocket Challenge #71 - Embossing dry or wet

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #422 - UFO's (unfinished objects)

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a great Thursday followed by a wonderful weekend as well!

Carol

Mother's Day Card

Today I have a pink Mother's day card to share. I stamped the SU! doily image on pink card stock with Versamark, then heat-embossed it with white ep. I used a SNSS border die, cutting in both colors and swapping the little bits for some contrast. I added some Nuvo pearl drops to the lower holes on the die. The sentiment is from Verve, and I added 2 tiny flowers done with SU! mini punches for the final touch.

I'm sharing this with the Shopping our Stash SOS#419 challenge - Happy Mother's Day

Also sharing with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your day is a good one!

Carol