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

Welcome Baby Girl

 A friend of mine needed a baby card for someone expecting a girl, so I made this card for her while she's busy crocheting a baby blanket. Quite a few years ago, a former blogger; Jessi Fogan, sent me an assortment of these beautiful hand-crocheted medallions in a few different sizes and colors. I have treasured them through the years not only because they're beautiful, but also because Jessi is no longer with as she sadly passed at a very young age in 2019. As long as I have some of these hand-made medallions, her memory will never be forgotten. RIP Jessi. You had such a kind and caring heart.

There was one pink one left in the box that I thought would be just perfect for a baby card. I used a 2009 Sweet 'n Sassy stamped image on a snippet of white; then colored it with Copics and glaze pens. I die-cut it into a circle and placed it inside of the medallion. I used a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder to make the background, and then used an ancient Spellbinders ribbon tag die to cut and layer the sentiment panel from 2 more snippets. I fussy cut the white piece to fit inside the pink piece and attached it with white sheer ribbon, adding 2 punched hearts done with a (r) SU! mini punch and 2 snippets of white pearlized paper. For the final touch and I added 2 pink sequins in the heart centers for a bit of sparkle. The sentiment is from the same Sweet 'n Sassy stamp set as the image..

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground Challenge #483 - must use snippets

https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2024/06/challenge-483.html

The Retro Rubber Challenge #233 - Use Stamps older than 1 year with this tic tac toe grid

I went diagonal with Die Cut, Summer, and Sequins

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2024/06/challenge-233-tics-tacs-toes.html

The Little Red Wagon Challenge #762 - Layer it Up

https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2024/06/challenge-762-layer-it-up.html

It's still incredibly frustrating that blogger will no longer allow me to link these challenge blogs by inserting the text into the actual link. It makes writing up a post more cumbersome than it should have to be. If anyone has a fix, I'd love to hear about it. Some bloggers have mentioned they cannot enlarge their photos anymore, but I found that if you click two times on that image size box, the second click gives you the option to choose a different size.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great Wednesday! Keep smiling, life is good in spite of the hiccups 😉

Carol

A Halloween Card and More Treat Boxes

I made some Halloween cards this year using up scraps of older Halloween designer paper that I've had for eons. I just cut them randomly and adhered them to card bases and added a big die-cut candy corn to the top. I used an older retired SU! sentiment and coordinating punch combo to make the greeting. I added a green gel sticker accent just for fun.

Here's how I decorated the inside of the card....

I used another random strip of dsp along with a couple die cuts and a Tim Holtz Happy Halloween sentiment. The smaller sentiment is a pre-printed one from Simon Says Stamp. I used a Fluorescent Copic green marker to color the cauldron and a yellow glaze pen to color the eyes and nose of the skull.

Here are a couple more treat boxes I made using assorted die-cuts, papers and stamped sentiments. They each hold 2 mini Kit Kat bars

 These 2 treat boxes hold candy corn which is why I added the stamped, fussy cut candy corn images by Lawn Fawn and then tied them up with orange ribbon. These boxes were made with a SU! Scalloped Top Tag punch and were made with some older retired SU! papers.

I still have more treats for Halloween that I'll share soon, but for now, I'm entering the card into these challenges:

The Little Red Wagon Challenge #728 - Trick or Treat

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A/G

That's going to be it for me this Wednesday, so have a good day and thanks for stopping by.

Carol

Autumn Leaves

 Someone sent me this stamped image a long time ago (I think it's by Newton's Nook) and I finally got around to using it. I colored it with Copics and cut it with a stitched square die. The white background was done with a Lawn Fawn swirled clouds cover die and then the dark green piece of dsp was die cut with a MFT fishtail banner die. I added some die-cut Lawn Fawn leaves along with a matching sentiment that was cut into a banner shape and matted with another piece of cardstock. I added 3 random assorted Nuvo drops of color to finish this card. All the designer papers are from a Lawn Fawn fall paper pad I got last year.

I'll share this with the following challenges:

The Little Red Wagon challenge #724 - layer upon layer

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A/G

The Four Seasons October 2023 challenge - A/G fall

The Critter Crazy Challenge #79 - A/G featuring a critter

Fall is my favorite time of the year, but it seems like October rolled around with lightning speed this year for some reason! Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by.

Carol

Thinking of You

My card today was made with bits of designer paper found in my snippets box. The frame was left over from a previous project where I only used the inside piece. I had another small piece of that same paper that I die-cut with a MFT stitched die and placed it behind the layered image panels. The aqua paper was bought pre-embossed at Tuesday Morning years ago. The butterfly die was made with MB Vivienne and Darla dies and adorned with 2 teardrop pearls. The sentiment was heat-embossed with white embossing powder and a Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment stamp from SU! 

I'll share with these challenges:

The Triple B April Challenge - use a bloom, butterfly or bird or all 3

The Little Red Wagon #700 - Layers

Craft Rocket Challenge #102 - Layer it Up

HLS April Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

Thanks for the visit and it's great to see you stopping by. Have a great day!

Carol

Spring Birthday Card

 I'm trying to use my older purchased items instead of buying new. Today's card makes use of older dies, snippets of cardstock and designer paper and an embossing folder.

I started with the Joanna Sheen Daffodil die I've had for quite a few years. I cut it from snippets of green, yellow and orange, fussy cutting portions and interchanging them to look like the color of daffodils. The tag was cut with a Lawn Fawn die, and I added a heat-embossed gold circle to the top, adding a little twine bow. I stenciled the tag with a Data Dots stencil and some Pumice Stone distress ink before placing the flowers on top. The green strip of designer paper is by SU! and the yellow panel is from a paper pad by Teresa Collins (very old). I embossed the card base with a Cuttlebug pinking stitch EF and added a pre-printed sentiment from SSS, backing it with a snippet of black card. I'm pleased with how this turned out and it will be going in the mail in a week or so.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

The Flower Challenge #66 - use scraps

Dies R Us Challenge #189 -A/G using dies sold in their store 

(Lawn Fawn)

Seize the Birthday #234 - Green & White or A/G

the Allsorts Challenge Blog week #668 - Feminine

The Little Red Wagon #636 - Emboss everything

Happy Little Stampers March Stencil Challenge -A/G

That's going to do it for me today, but thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you're in the midst of having a great week!

Carol