Thanksgiving Card

 I made this Thanksgiving card with 3 different colored pattern papers from a PTI paper pad I've had for quite some time. I cut 3 panels and placed them on a piece of green cardstock and criss-crossed the dark green polka dot ribbon on top. The sentiment is a very old (retired) SU! image that was cut with a matching SU! punch and the leaves were cut from snippets of brown and green cardstock using Lawn Fawn stitched leaf dies. The random colored gems were from my stash and I placed this all on a cream colored card base. Thanksgiving will be here in less than a week - this month has just flown by for me.

Sharing this with these challenges:

The Allsorts Challenge week 808 - use ribbon or twine or A/G

the Four Seasons Challenge (Fall Season November 2024) -  Fall Theme

Love Those Pretty Papers November Challenge - A/G using designer papers

*optional - use brown and yellow as the main colors

Thanks for the visit and as always I wish you the best day possible.

Carol

Fall Card

  I found this Drs. Designs image in my stash waiting to be colored, so I got the Copics and markers out and colored it making the eyes darker and more fun. I added some Lawn Fawn fall papers to the mix along with snippets of assorted fall colored cardstock to make the leaves with assorted punches and Lawn Fawn dies. The Sentiment is by Sweet 'n Sassy stamped on another snippet of orange.

It's a very windy day here in PA and although most of the leaves have fallen off the trees, they're blowing everywhere. Fall is definitely here!

Sharing with the following challenges:

Love Those Pretty Papers November Challenge - A/G using pattern papers

The Snippets Playground #493 - must use snippets

The Four Seasons November Challenge - Fall Season

Have a happy Fall Day everyone and thanks for stopping by.

Carol

Happy Fall Y'all

 I found this cute fall squirrel image sitting in my box of stamped images waiting to be used, and now that fall is in the air, it's the perfect time to color it and make a card with it. Sorry, I didn't write the mfr's name on the back when I stamped it, so I have no idea who made the stamp. After coloring with Copics, I die-cut the image with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle and matted it with a scrap of yellow. The background was made with snippets of retired SU! dsp, randomly cut into shapes and placed on an adhesive sheet, then embossed with white pearl embossing powder to cover all the exposed adhesive for a fun look. The sentiment is by Sweet 'n Sassy stamped on a snippet of orange cardstock, die cut with a MFT stitched circle with an added leaf remnant of a border punch I had years ago. I placed it on a kraft cardstock base and called it done.

I'm sharing with these challenges:

the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make your own background

the Double D Challenge - Fall Leaves

the Four Seasons - Fall Season September 2024 challenge

the Cardz for Galz Challenge #234 - any coloring medium

The Critter Crazy Challenge #90 - A/G featuring a critter

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day today.

Carol

Halloween Card

It's time to start making those Halloween cards so I pulled out this Lawn Fawn die and added little snippets of Halloween designer papers along with some stamped images and die cuts. The candy corn was done with Lawn Fawn stamps and dies and colored with Copics. The ghost mouse is an image by House Mouse and I added a tiny tag done with a long retired SU! mini punch and a glittery green sticker. The raven on the branch was cut with a die from Gina Marie Designs and the pre-printed sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. The last square is just a bit of designer paper that fit perfectly into the last square.

Sharing this card with the following challenges:

Two Old Bats September 2024 Challenge - A/G Halloween

The Snippets Playground Challenge #489 - A/G using snippets

The Allsorts Challenge week #798 - "Something Fishy" or A/G

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - 4-legged friends (mouse)

Four Seasons Fall September 2024 Challenge - Fall 

HMFMC #424 - A/G + Option- Use Scraps of Paper

Triple B September 2024 Challenge - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies

(use 1, 2, or all 3) - I used a bird

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great September day whatever you're doing. 

I spotted a sign earlier this week that said "Be the "FUN" in dysfunctional.

Good advice 😁

Carol

 

Hello Friend

 Years ago I bought a huge 2" thick paper pad of all black and white designs for a couple dollars at Tuesday Mornings which has now sadly closed. The cover was missing so I don't know who made it, but in spite of sharing a lot of the papers, I have tons of it left along with a hefty bag of snippets. I used a couple of those snippets to make this card, adding another white snippet border done with a MS Doily punch. The butterfly die was an unbranded gift from a friend which I cut with snippets of white, red, and black and covered with glazed accents to hold all of those bits in place. The sentiment panel is an older die cut from Whimsy with a Gina K designs sentiment. For a little sparkle, I added some black Nuvo dots on the punched border.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground Challenge 486 - must use snippets

the Triple B August 2024 Challenge - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies, use 1 or all 3

The Four Seasons August 2024 Challenge - A/G Summer

Love Those Pretty Papers August Challenge - use designer papers

with an optional theme of summertime

Thanks for the visit, and as always, I wish you the best day ever.

Carol

Encouragement Card

 I used some pretty paper snippets from the Paper Studio and SU! along with snippets of vanilla and light green cardstock to put this card together. I followed a fun sketch to design this card adding some dark green cardstock for the base. I used a Cuttlebug EF with leaves on the vanilla panel to mirror the designer paper panel, then used a Stampendous sentiment on some pastel green cardstock adding some dark green candy dots for the finishing touch. 

You just can't miss with pretty papers and a good sketch!

Sharing this with the following challenges:

The Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #647

The Four Seasons August 2024 Challenge - A/G Summer

Can You Handle the Pressure? - A/G Embossing (Cuttlebug ef)

with an optional twist of "things with wings"

the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A/G

Thanks for stopping by. Wishing everyone a safe and happy Thursday on this first day of August.

Carol

Happy Independence Day!

 Today we celebrate July 4th in the US as Independence day and I have a quilt card to share with you done in the colors of our US flag which is red, white, and blue. 

I used a MFT quilt die with some older retired SU! papers as well as a sentiment die from Lil Inkers to add the word Celebrate. I added a tiny punched red star in the center with another tiny die-cut star in the center of that one. I randomly added sparkle with tiny gemstones as well as bits of red, white, and blue glitter and mirror papers done with a hole punch. I sent this to someone celebrating a birthday recently but it's also perfect for the July 4th holiday.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stars and/or Stripes

The Four Seasons Challenge - Summer Season July 2024 Season

A Cut Above (Use Die Cuts) - Start this new challenge off with a "Bang!"

Colorful Options July 2024 - Flags

Craft Rocket Challenge #116 - Summertime

Word Power #7 - Make Your Sentiment the Focus

Thanks for stopping by today and remember to keep your pets indoors when the fireworks start later today. Please use caution with fireworks too and have a safe and happy July 4th celebration.

Carol

Holiday Treats

 With the July 4th celebration just around the corner, I made a couple treat boxes for my friend's grandsons. I bought a container of red, white and blue  gummy bears that I thought would be cute for the occasion, so I made these boxes and filled them with those candies. They were made with Lawn Fawn candy box dies, and I found some remnants of red and blue polka dotted dsp to make them, then added some remnant die-cut elements for 3 sides. One side says "Happy", one side says "July" and the third side says "4th." I added punched stars in assorted colors and tied the ends with some red, white, and blue twine in keeping with the patriotic colors. I think they'll get a kick of out them when the July 4th festivities begin!

I'm sharing these with:

the Four Seasons Challenge for June 2024 - A/G Summer

https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/june-2024-anything-goes-summer-challenge.html

the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Bright and Cheerful

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/31321-2/

Thanks for stopping by and may you have a great week ahead!

Carol

Take Care

 While rummaging through my snippets, I found some random scraps of paper and cardstock to put this card together. I started with the white square placed on the black and white dsp, then framed around it with strips of grey. I die cut the Darice Daisy stem with scraps of pastel green, yellow, and black and placed it on the card, adding a twine bow and some black Nuvo drops. The Simon Says Stamp sentiment was die cut from the same snippet of yellow and I called this one done.

I'll share this card with the following challenges:

The Allsorts Challenge #784 - Flowers Galore or A/G

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/week-784.html

The Triple B June 2024 Challenge - Birds, Butterflies, or Blooms. Choose one or all 3

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

the Four Seasons June 2024 Challenge - A/G Summer

https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/june-2024-anything-goes-summer-challenge.html

The Snippets Playground Challenge #482 - Must Use Snippets

https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2024/06/challenge-482.html

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a good week ahead.

 If I disappear for a while, it's because I'm having serious computer issues. Now I've lost all sound on my computer and all efforts to restore it have failed so far. I think the gremlins have taken over this machine and are making life interesting for sure. Clearly I'm still unable to link websites within the text and now I'm being booted offline randomly as well. I hope to be back again soon in good working order.

Carol

Spring Floral Birthday Card

 I've always been fond of this Mark's Finest Papers (now closed) floral stamp so I made this simple birthday card in shades of blue and green with touches of yellow for the flower centers. I colored the image with Copics, adding a pre-printed sentiment from SSS and 3 matching gemstones. It was quick and easy but I love how it turned out.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Allsorts Week #776 - It Has to be Spring

the Four Seasons April 2024 Challenge - A/G Spring

the Sisterhood of Crafters April 10 - Showers or Flowers

the Triple B April 2024 Challenge - Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms

We Love Stamping April 2024 - Spring or A/G

Seize the Birthday#281 - Any Color and Green

Thanks as always for stopping by and I wish you the best possible weekend with spring finally being in the air!

Carol

Easter Bonnet

 I've had this Penny Black Easter Bonnet stamped image in my stash for a long time and with Easter just around the corner, I figured it was time to color it and make a card with it. I used Copics and glaze pens to color the image and mounted it on a piece of bright yellow cardstock. I found a strip of designer paper that seemed to match the soft coral cardstock and found another strip of dark purple cardstock that coordinated with the big bow around her neck, so I embossed that with a SU! dots ef and punched the end with a hexagon punch to give it a fishtail look. The sentiment is a pre-printed one from Simon Says Stamp and I had a narrow strip of the yellow cardstock, so I glued it behind the sentiment just for fun.

I'm sharing this with

  the Penny Black Saturday Challenge for March -

A/G *optional "Easter"

 the Allsorts Challenge #770 - Spring or A/G

The Four Seasons March 2024 Challenge - Spring

Thanks for the visit and as always, I wish you the best possible day.

Carol

Happy Winter

 We had a little bit of snow a few days ago and may be getting more of the white stuff early next week, so I figured it's a good time to make a card like this. A thoughtful sweet friend (thank you!) sent me this Cottage Cuts die recently so there's no time like the present to put it to good use. I die cut it in GinaK Blue Raspberry cardstock along with several other colors and yes, I actually paper pieced all those itty bitty negative bits to add a little color to the snowman. I pulled out a very old MFT letter stamp set and made the sentiment, matting each one with more matching cardstock. I added 2 die cut stitched snowflakes from Lawn Fawn, covering them with Diamond Stickles and adding a tiny blue gemstone to the center of each one as well as the letter "I" in the sentiment. The background was embossed with an older retired SU! ef that I've always been a fan of for wintry cards.

I will share this with the following challenges:

The Little Red Wagon Challenge #738 - show some snow

the Sisterhood of Crafters January 10th, 2024 challenge - icy cold

The Four Seasons January 2024 Winter Season Challenge

Craft Rocket Challenge #110 - use embossing

NBUS Challenge #58 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you're keeping warm and comfy wherever you are.

I saw this sign today on my way back home today from the store:

Sausage jokes are the wurst . 😆 

Keep Smiling 😉

Carol

Bah Humbug!

 I pulled out one of the Tim Holtz crazy cat images to make this card. I added a Santa hat with some liquid applique on the fur parts and used some retired SU! papers to put this card together. The Bah Humbug die is by Crafters Companion and I cut it with red and kraft cardstock to match the dsp. 

I'll share this with these challenges:

The Little Red Wagon Challenge #734 - animal or human

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use craft dies

Critter Crazy Challenge #81 - A/G featuring a critter

Double D Challenge - Christmas Animals

Four Seasons December 2023 Challenge - A/G winter

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

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

Give Thanks

I recently had to treat myself to this cute set of stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn so I made a card using some of their fun flannel plaid designer paper to make this card.

I stamped and die-cut the images, coloring them with Copics and adding some wink of stella to the cheese just for fun. I added the plaid strips to a piece of kraft cardstock and added everything to an ivory card base. I thought those mice were just too cute to pass up so I added the set to my stash.

I'm adding this card to the following challenges:

The Paper Players PP665 - Let's Give Thanks

the Allsorts Challenge Week #753 - The Great Outdoors or A/G

Sketch Saturday Sketch # 738

the Four Seasons Fall November 2023 challenge - A/G fall

the Paper Funday November Challenge #59 - A/G with optional twist

Grateful/Thankful/Thank you

Thanks as always for stopping by and make it a great week!

Carol 

Autumn Cards

  I used a Brutus Monroe stamp set to create these cards and used 2 different sentiments in the center of each wreath. I stamped everything with Versamark and then gold embossed before coloring with assorted markers.

Here's another version that was done on PTI soft stone cardstock for a softer color card base than plain white.

 

I'll enter the first card into these challenges:

The Four Seasons October 2023 challenge - A/G fall

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - pumpkins

The Double D Challenges - pumpkins

Craft Rocket Challenge #108 - Autumn and/or Halloween

The Alphabet Challenge Blog - "N" is for nature

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

Carol

Printer Misfit Halloween Card

Has anyone ever run into an issue like this? I turned my printer on to print something, and it printed 3 or 4 sheets like this until I just turned it off in frustration! I've been flipping them over, cutting them in 4ths and using them for scratch paper and then I decided to use some of the pieces to make a card. Why not? I'm pretty sure it's nothing anyone else has! LOL I have no clue how to resolve this other than buying a new printer!

 So this is the card I made with these goofy papers. I stamped a Brutus Monroe spiderweb image on a snippet of gray cardstock and added an orange spider, stamped in black and covered with orange and white glaze pens. I always have strips of black cardstock on my table as I use that color often, so I just went around the square with those strips and then filled in the spaces with pieces of this oddball printed paper. I added a SSS pre-printed sentiment on a snippet of lavender cardstock and added a green candy dot.

I'm entering this one-of-a-kind Halloween card into these challenges:

Two Old Bats October Anything Halloween Challenge

Four Seasons October 2023 - A/G Fall Challenge

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Shapes

The Alphabet Challenge - M is for Monochrome

The Snippets Playground Challenge #464 - must use snippets

OK, that's it for me on this Tuesday but I hope you're all having a great day. Thanks for stopping by, it's always nice to have you visit :)

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

Sunflower Birthday Card

 This birthday card has been sent and received so it's time to share it. I used a SSS sunflower die, adding some color with Copics to the colored cardstock, and embossing the center with a swiss dots ef. The scalloped curvy border die is from SSS and the papers are (r) from SU!. The little dragonfly and butterfly were done with Sweet n Sassy Stamps and I added a couple gemstones just for fun.

I'll enter this card into the following challenges:

the Four Seasons August 2023 Challenge - A/G summer

The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - A/G with flowers *optional mood board

The Triple B August Challenge - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies, 1, 2 or all 3

the Double D Challenge - Sunflowers

Thanks for stopping by and may you have a great day filled with lots of fun things to do.

Carol

Birthday for a Friend

 While trying so hard to part ways with crafty items I've had for years, I discovered an old Sizzix fold-over die called Flower Burst that I pulled from the cobwebs to make this card. I still have a plastic bag of left over snippets of 3 retired "In" colors of SU! paper that I just can't seem to toss away. One color is Wild Wasabi, and one is Groovy Guava but I can't remember the name of the other one. I cut the flowers, and used a SU! Bouquet Bunch set of dies to create the greenery. The stenciled background was done with a ARTplorations Gridlocked stencil and some Abandoned Coral oxide ink. I used another Sizzix (SU!) foldover die to cut the tiny butterfly and added a pink gemstone to the body and hand-drew the antennae. The ladybug was made with a MB die and the sentiment is by Sweet 'n Sassy from a stamp set called Poppies and Greetings from 2009. For the final touch I added 3 tiny black gemstones to the centers of each flower. Sometimes everything old is new again.

I'll enter this into the following challenges:

the Triple B August Challenge - birds, blooms, and/or butterflies (use 1 or all)

The Butterfly Challenge #185 - Flowers with your Butterfly

the Four Seasons Challenge Blog August 2023 - A/G Summer

the Happy Little Stampers August Birthday Challenge - A/G Birthday

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Summer

the Retro Rubber Challenge #212 - A/G must use stamps older than 1 year

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for stopping by today!

Carol