Season's Tweetings

 I've had this Lawn Fawn stamp set for a while and don't use it nearly enough, so today I'm sharing a Christmas card I made with it. I colored the little birds with Copics and stenciled some clouds behind them with some tumbled glass distress ink. I die cut both the image panel and blue panel as well as the card base with Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies. This one has already gone out in the mail and I'm glad to have put this cute stamp set to use once again.

I will share this card with the following challenges:

The December 2024 Stencil Fun Challenge - Winter/Christmas

the Triple B December 2024 Challenge - Blooms, Birds, Butterflies 

(use 1,2 or all 3)

the Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #78 - A/G Christmas

the Allsorts Challenge Week #812/13 - Use Your Dies

Thanks for stopping by and as always, I wish you the best day ever!

Carol

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

I've had this Simon Says Stamp Stylized Holy Star die for a while and decided to use it to make a Christmas card.  I cut it from gold mirror paper and white, and placed it on a stenciled background done with Pink Fresh Layered Sunburst stencils and some assorted yellow inks. I die cut some tiny angels from snippets of a thick, shiny white cardstock I've been hanging onto for eons. A friend sent me a few sheets probably ten years ago and I decided it was high time to use those little bits of pretty white festive cardstock to create the angels (done with I.O. dies) and used a gold paint pen to color their halos and wing tips. The sentiment is by Creative Expressions and was cut from mirror gold cardstock. Since I cut the large star with 2 colors, that left enough pieces to create another card with the 2nd star in alternating colors.

 I kept the stenciling lighter on this card but it was made much like the first one. That's two Christmas cards I have finished for my stash.

Sharing with the following challenges:

The December Stencil Fun Challenge - Winter or Christmas

The Peace on Earth Challenge #77 - A/G Christmas

                the Snippets Playground #495 - Must Use Snippets

I have no idea what in the world is going on with blogger, but it's not cooperating at all today. I always center my posts but today nothing will center when I click that link until I click it 4 or 5 times. Also my comment section is completely filled with older posts (6,7,8, and 9 years old) and it's annoying because I'm unable to get to any new posts because of all the old ones clogging up my blog reader list. Maybe if I take a moment to click my heels together 3 times things will magically return to normal again?? LOL 

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

 Carol

 

Give Thanks

 It's time to get those Thanksgiving cards ready as that day is just around the corner. I put this card together with some stamped and die-cut images, stitched clouds and designer paper all from Lawn Fawn. The large pumpkin was made with an older SU! oval punch, while the tiny pumpkins and apple were stamped and fussy cut using a Gerda Steiner stamp set. The sky was done with a stencil I made with assorted punches and some Tumbled Glass distress ink, and I added a few birds to the sky with a Sweet 'n Sassy stamp set. The Lawn Fawn sentiment was stamped on a white snippet with the ends fish-tailed with a hexagon punch and all images were colored with Copics.

Sharing this with...

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Thanks/Thanksgiving

the November 2024 Stencil Fun Challenge - A/G using a stencil

with an option to make it sparkle

the Allsorts Challenge week 807 - A/G 

with an option of Food and Drink

Thanks for stopping by and my wish is for all of you to enjoy a great weekend!

Carol

Birthday Card with Gold

 I made this card for a friend of mine who recently celebrated her birthday. I found a pretty snippet of striped paper (not sure who makes it) and a strip of coordinating cardstock to design the card. I used a mini stencil from Creative Expressions on the side with some distress inks to add a little interest, and added a die-cut golden stem along with the rosette that a thoughtful friend sent me. The sentiment is gold-embossed with a SU! stamp and die combo (also a gift from another thoughtful friend) and I added some small flowers done with a (R) SU! mini punch and added random clear gems to the centers and the sentiment panel as well. For the final touch, I added a ladybug brad to the center of the rosette and used a fine red marker to outline the dots on the sentiment panel.

Sharing this with these challenges:

The Stencil Fun Challenge for October - use a stencil *opt. Halloween

The NBUS Challenge #67 - never before used stuff (stencil, sentiment stamp & die)

the Triple B October 2024 Challenge - birds, butterflies, blooms. Use 1,2, or all 3

The Allsorts Challenge week #803 - use pattern papers

Thanks for stopping by to visit and I wish you a wonderful day.

Carol

Praying for You

 A very thoughtful friend sent me 2 new SU! embossing folders recently since she accidentally bought 2 of them. Lucky me! I pulled out a Creative Expressions mini Daisy Doo stencil and some distress ink and put this card together. The stenciled flowers look like the embossed flowers and I thought they were a good match. The embossed panel was a snippet and I matched the ink color to that panel. I found a snippet of matching ribbon and attached it to the panel, tying a piece of twine into a bow to anchor the ribbon. I added some Aqua Stickle dots to the center of each stenciled flower; used a Sweet 'n Sassy stamped sentiment and called this one done.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - add a sentiment - they're featuring Lawn Fawn but you don't have to use them.

the Little Red Wagon challenge #769 - Sparkle and shine

the August Stencil Fun Challenge - A/G using a stencil *opt - Summertime

Can You Handle the Pressure? August 10, 2024 - A/G use a stencil

*Optional  theme - wheels

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

Carol

USA

 I recently won this fun stamp set and stencil by playing in the Allsorts challenge, and with July 4th almost upon us, it was time to make a card with my new goodies. The stamp set and stencil are both by AALL & Create. I used the red. white, and blue patriotic theme, except for the Statue of Liberty which was colored with shades of green Copics. I added a stitched die cut oval, circle, and rectangle to place the stamped images on, and added a few tiny die-cut stars from my snippets box to finish this card.

I'll share this with the following challenges:

The Allsorts Challenge Week #787 - Way to Grow or the A/G option

Just Us Girls Challenge#733 - A/G using a Stencil 

July 2024 Stencil Challenge - Use a Stencil *OPT Shades of Blue

NBUS Challenge #64 - Never Before Used Schtuff (stamps and stencil)

Colorful Options July 2024 - Flags -USA flags are red, white, and blue

My links are finally working again and all it took was a power outage to fix it. It looks like I was missing an update in trying to resolve that issue, but everything updated once the power was restored. Our power went off Saturday night at 11 and didn't come back on until after 7:30 the following morning, so I guess my computer needed that long rest 😏

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

Carol

Flowers for Mother

 I made this card recently for Mother's day, using a Darice flower die along with some olive green, yellow embossed cardstock and little bits of black for the flower centers. I stenciled the background with some T. E. cloud stencils and some TH Tumbled Glass Distress ink, then stamped a couple birds done with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I also stamped a tiny Sweet 'n Sassy butterfly and dotted some colors on it with glaze pens. The final touch was adding the heat-embossed sentiment from SU!'s teeny tiny wishes, done with white ep on black and cutting it with some Gina Marie Designs Venetian Label dies.

Sharing this with:

 the Allsorts Challenge #78 Blooms, Bees, Butterflies or A/G

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/week-786.html

the June Stencil Challenge - A/G using a stencil *optional Birthday

https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2024/06/june-stencil-fun-challenge.html

 Triple B June 2024 Challenge - Birds, Butterflies, Blooms *use 1,2 or all 3

https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2024/06/june-2024-challenge.html

Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you all a wonderful weekend!

Carol

Butterfly Thank You

 I recently had my Memory Box Darla and Vivienne butterfly dies out to have a play with them and this is one of a few cards I made. I used a brand new Creative Expressions Daisy Doo stencil to create the panel on the right, adding some tiny black dots to the flower centers with a black marker. The black border was done with a MFT notched border die and I added a thin strip of black to the other side of the polka dot panel. The sentiment panel was stamped with a Lawn Fawn thank you, and die cut with a Lil Inker die to finish this card.

Sharing with the following challenges:

The Allsorts Challenge week #782 - A/G or a Blast from the Past

The May 2024 Stencil Fun Challenge - A/G *optional Girly

The NBUS Challenge #62 - Use Something New (stencil)

Thanks so much for stopping by and as always, I wish each and every one of you the best possible day.

Carol

Mother's Day Card

 Today I have a card that was created with lots of snippets. I stenciled the blue skies with cloud stencils I made years ago with assorted punches. The white clouds (covered with Wink of Stella) and the little sun in the corner are die cuts from Lawn Fawn. The bluebird and branches were done with a SU! punch and the white panel on the bottom was done with a Martha Stewart border punch. The tiny ladybug was done with a MB die and the little flowers were done with SU! dies and stamps. The pink frame was done with a Gina Marie Designs scalloped frame die. The sentiment is from Verve and I added a tiny gemstone to the bird for it's eye and little black gems to the flower centers to finish this one.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground #479 - Must use Snippets

The Allsorts Challenge Week # 778 - Use a Stencil or A/G

the April Stencil Fun Challenge - A/G using a stencil

(Optional Spring/Flowers)

Here's wishing you a great weekend and thanks always for stopping by.

Carol

Birthday Balloons

 I found this stitched die-cut oval in my stash and decided a silver mirror birthday greeting would work with it, so I die cut the sentiment with a GMD set of birthday dies. The balloons were done with a MS balloon punch and I added some blue and white twisted twine for the balloon strings along with a few die-cut tiny silver stars done with a border punch from SSS. The background was done with a new Creative Expressions bubbles stencil I won recently and some blue distress ink.

I'll share this with:

  the Allsorts challenge week #777 - which is balloons or the optional A/G

the Word Power Challenge # 4 - use your sentiments

the NBUS challenge #61 - never before used schtuff (stencil)

the April Stencil Fun Challenge -  A/G using a stencil or the optional Spring/Flowers theme

That will do it for me on this Saturday but thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a wonderful weekend.

Carol

Oddball Turtle

 I love this quirky and fun image that just makes me smile. It's called the Oddball Turtle from Stamping Bella and I used this to make a fun birthday card for another slowpoke like myself. I stenciled the background with a GMD bricked stencil on some tan cardstock with a darker brown ink. I stamped the turtle and colored it with Copics, adding a die-cut stitched frame in matching green designer paper. I split the sentiment and backed each piece with matching cardstock and called this one done. At my age, this is how I feel most days LOL

I'll share this with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stencil it

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #446 - Make your Mark

(use pencils, markers, inks, paints, anything that makes a mark)

Critter Crazy Challenge #85 - A/G featuring a critter

the April Stencil fun Challenge - A/G using a stencil

with an optional theme of Spring/Flowers

We Love Stamping April - Spring theme or alternative of A/G

Thanks for stopping by and  keep moving forward regardless of your speed 😄

Carol

Sending Sunshine

 With all of the rain we've been getting lately, it's time to spread a little sunshine - even if it's done with a card.

I stamped this Inkadinkado gnome mage and colored him with Copics, then die cut him with a stitched rectangle die and matted with black.

I used some layered sunburst stencils from Pink Fresh to create the background, using 3 different yellow inks and die cut that panel with a stitched rectangle too.

I'll share this with these challenges:

The Allsorts Challenge week #771 - Use Yellow or A/G

The March 2024 Stencil Fun Challenge - A/G using a stencil

*Optional theme Easter/Spring

Here's wishing all of us a lot more sunshine in the coming days of Spring.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

Spring Has Sprung (almost)

 I recently unearthed a little pack of Penny Black stamped images I've had for a long time so I decided it was time to make cards with them. This cow image is too much fun and I added a SNSS sentiment that works perfectly for the cow springing into the air LOL I stenciled a little blue sky in and added some pale green grass with a Copic marker. I added a stamped butterfly and tiny bee image from SNSS just for fun. The sentiment panel was a snippet of watercolored paper that was leftover from a previous project and I added another flower and another little bee to it just for fun. It's all on a spring green card base. Spring is almost here where I live, but we're not quite there yet. It's just around the corner though hopefully. I'm really weary from all the rainy days we've had since the beginning of the year.

Sharing this with the following challenges:

The Double D Challenge - first signs of spring

the Penny Black Saturday March Challenge - use a PB image/sentiment - A/G

optional "Easter"

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Add a Sentiment

the March 2024 Stencil Fun Challenge - A/G using a stencil

optional "Easter / Spring theme"

Thanks for taking the time to visit and I wish you all the best possible day!

Carol

Sweet Birthday

 I pulled out my Sunny Studio paper pad and found a few small snippets of brightly colored designer paper that I thought would work perfectly for a sketch challenge I wanted to play with. I stenciled the card base lightly with a data dots stencil and some white craft ink, then placed the 3 bits of designer paper on top. I found a snippet of lavender cardstock that I layered the pre-printed SSS stamp sentiment on, then added a tiny cupcake that was cut with a die and some very tiny snippets of white and green designer paper. I added wink of stella glitter to the frosting and colored the cherry with Copics. The final touch was adding 3 purple gemstones and I'm pleased with how this turned out. I just love the color purple and always have.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground Challenge #471 - any celebration theme

(They're celebrating 12 years of the Snippets Playground)

The Freshy Made Sketch Challenge #617

the Double D's 8th Challenge - Birthday/Anniversary

(You can use a birthday/anniversary theme and/or use the color bronze as it's the color for an 8th anniversary)

The January 2024 Stencil Fun Challenge - use a stencil

*Optional - Feed the Birds. {Birds, Birdhouses, Birdfeeders, etc.}

Congrats to those challenges celebrating birthdays and thanks for all you do to keep us challenged to make cards all year long. Where would we be without you?

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic Monday!

Carol

You Rock

 I bought this sentiment from Kat Scrapiness some time ago and never got around to using it for some reason. I created the background with a MFT Equalizer stencil and some purple ink and then die cut the shadow of the word with purple cardstock. I added a few purple gemstones and that's all this card needs. The large sentiment speaks for itself!

I'll share this with the following challenges:

A brand new challenge called Word Power #1 - make the sentiment the focus of the card

January 2024 Stencil Fun - A/G using a stencil - *optional birds

NBUS #58 - never before used schtuff (word die)

Here in the east we're expecting snow/rain for today so it will be a good day to stay warm inside and work on crafts. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day.

Carol

Thank You Card

 I'm burned out from making Christmas cards and treat boxes, so today I wanted something bright and colorful to change my mood. I found a great sketch that inspired me to make this card. Since we've had no sunshine for several days and won't have any for several more, I added some bright colors to cheer myself up from these gloomy rainy days.

I had a snippet of mint green cardstock that I embossed with a WRMK gemstone embossing folder and also had a snippet of turquoise cardstock with which I die-cut the ticket sentiment panel along with a strip to divide the 2 panels. I used an ARTplorations broken glass stencil along with assorted Distress inks to create the panel on the right side. The sentiment was stamped at a friends house years ago and I added a tiny red heart brad and called this one done.

I'm sharing with the following challenges:

The Sketch Saturday Challenge #741

Can You Handle the Pressure? - A/G using an EF with *optional twist - winter

the December Stencil Fun Challenge - A/G using a stencil *opt. Christmas

The Snippets Playground Challenge #470 - Anything BUT Christmas

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

Season's Tweetings

 I haven't used this cute Lawn Fawn stamp set in a long time, so I thought it was time to pull it out and make a card with it. I stenciled some clouds with Tumbled Glass ink and colored the images with Copics and glaze markers.

I'm sharing this with these challenges:

The Allsorts Challenge week #758 - something beginning with "B" (birds)

The December Stencil Fun Challenge - A/G using a stencil OPT* Christmas

the Triple B December Challenge - use a bird, butterfly, or bloom or all 3

The Triple AAA Card Challenge  - it's cold sketch

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you're having a great Monday! We were supposed to have heavy rain most of the day but all I see is brilliant sunshine, so I'm a happy camper 😊

Carol

Masculine Birthday Card

My friend's husband (who loves to work with wood) is having a birthday soon, so I made this card for him. I kept it simple, adding some woodgrain embossing with a Tim Holtz EF on a MFT die-cut fishtail banner, then doing some stenciling on the bottom panel with a GMD weave stencil. I added a snippet of dark brown cardstock with 2 golden square brads, and tied some copper colored cord around the sentiment panel. For the finishing touch, I added a few dots of gold Stickles here and there.

I'll share this card with the following challenges:

Can you Handle the Pressure? - A/G using an embossing folder with *opt. trees

The September Stencil Challenge - A/G using a stencil with *opt. Fall

the Allsorts Challenge #746 - Masculine or *opt. A/G

That's going to be it for me today and it's a gorgeous day here in PA today! Thanks so much for stopping by and have yourself a great day whatever your weather is.

Carol

Heartfelt Sympathy

 I used a set of Altenew Dahlia layering stencils to create this sympathy card using lavender and purple inks. I created a border with coordinating cardstock and a Martha Stewart doily border punch, and added a panel with the sympathy sentiment stamped in purple along with some random purple and lavender gemstones. The stencils pretty much did all the work for me on this one!

I'll share this with the following challenges:

The Allsorts Challenge Week # 739/40 - Anything but Square

the Double D challenge Collaboration with Altenew stencils - A/G

August Stencil Fun Challenge - A/G *optional butterflies

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all the best possible day!

Carol

Garden Gnome

I had the Inkadinkado Garden Gnome stamp set on my table and stamped another image from it for the first time. I colored it with Copics, adding Wink of Stella glitter for a little subtle sparkle. I added some yellow glaze pen accents to the little bee on his hat and used a gold paint pen for his belt buckle. The Pink Fresh sunburst stencil set got it's first outing too with this background and I added a Lawn Fawn sentiment to finish it. I used Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies for the image and card base panels, backing the image with a piece of black cardstock.

I'll enter this card into these challenges:

the July Stencil Fun Challenge - A/G using a stencil *opt. birthday theme

NBUS challenge #52 - never before used schtuff (stencil set, stamp)

We Love Stamping July Challenge - Fabulous Florals with *opt. A/G

Stamping Sensations July Challenge - Summer Flowers with *opt. A/G

the Happy Little Stampers July Stencil Challenge - A/G

Thanks for stopping by today and may this day be a good one for you!

Carol