You've Got This

 A friend of mine is undergoing surgery on Friday, so I made this card to  give her a little encouragement. I used some MB papers along with some soft grey cardstock to make the background. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp and was die cut with black cardstock. The flowers and leaves were done with a Hero Arts stamp set, fussy cut, and popped up on foam bits. The tiny white flowers were added on top of the pink flowers and finished with a tiny black gem. The final touch was to add some pastel pink Nuvo drops to the sentiment panel.

I'm sharing this with these challenges:

the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A/G

the Flower Challenge #90 - Add Layers

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

(1,2, or all 3)

Craft Rocket Challenge #113 - Layer it Up

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

Carol

Magical Birthday

 My friend Wendy recently posted a book binding card that was so pretty, I had to search online and learn how to make one of my own. Thanks for the inspiration Wendy!

I won a Hero Arts stamp set years ago from Simon Says Stamp that has been my favorite flower stamp set ever since. I stamped all the flowers on white with  SU! Coastal Cabana ink (I think that color may now be retired) and added color with 2 matching Copic markers. Each was fussy cut and I used a (r) SU! mini circle punch to cut the centers from matching dsp on the side panel, pressing the centers with an eraser tip of a pencil on a rubber mat to curl them around the outside edge. The leaves were also from the same stamp set; stamped with black ink and fussy cut, then all flowers and leaves were curled with a bone folder and popped up on little bits of foam. I stenciled the sky with some Tumbled Glass distress ink and some T.E. cloud stencils before matting the panels with black. The ribbon was a generous gift from a dear friend years ago that perfectly matched these colors. I tried tying it into a knot, but it's too thick and would not go through the mail easily, so I just cut a strip and adhered it with double sticky tape to keep things flatter. The sentiment is pre-printed from SSS and also matted with black. These colors just make me happy and I am now down to 2 precious sheets of this colored cardstock that I've been hoarding before it's gone! 😄

I'll enter this into the following challenges:

the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Flowers

The Flower Challenge #81 - use your favorite flower

The Triple B June Challenge - use 1,2, or 3 of either Birds, Blooms, or Butterflies

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

Carol

Birthday Stencil Fun

I've always loved the rose from this older Gina K Designs Stately Flowers 6 stamp set, so I decided to pull the set from the cobwebs and make a card with it. I stamped the rose on white cardstock, coloring with Copics and stenciled one side with a Tim Holtz stencil and some antique linen ink. I added some red smooch drops and a pre-printed Simon Says Stamp sentiment  on a strip of black cardstock and called this one done!

I'll share this with the following challenges:

Crazy is our fame- STENCILS are our game October challenge

*Optional - use Halloween colors (This is their 1st challenge!)

the Flower Challenge #73 - use a sentiment

They're also celebrating their 6th birthday 

the Retro Rubber Challenge #193 - A/G

(must use stamps older than a year)

my stamp set is from 2013

I saw this sign while driving yesterday and it cracked me up so I thought I'd share it...

Just write "Congrats" if you don't know how to spell "Congratulashions"

😉

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!

Carol

Healing Vibes

 I made this card a while ago but I don't think I shared it yet, so here goes.

 I used a SU! Blended Bloom stamp set for the pink rose, stamping with Versamark and heat-embossing it with gold embossing powder. I colored it with Copics and affixed some copper colored shiny beads to the center, adding glossy accents to hold them in place. After it dried, I add a tiny black Nuvo drop to the center; then fussy cut it and popped it up on foam tape on  a MFT die-cut stitched circle. The leaves were done with a SU! Healing Hugs stamp set and also fussy cut. The sentiment (also from the Healing Hugs set) was heat-embossed on black with white ep and fussy cut as well.

I'll enter this into the Flower Challenge #72 - add sparkle

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

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

Birthday Card

  I had a piece of this black DCWV dsp on my desk and thought something red would look great with it, so I pulled out a piece of red cardstock and stamped an image from SU's Fifth Avenue Floral set with Versamark and then embossed it with black ep. I stamped 3 leaves from a Hero Arts set and fussy cut everything and placed it on the dsp, popping up the rose with foam dots. I added 5 little red gemstones along with a pre-printed Simon Says Stamp sentiment on the bottom and called this one done.

I'm sharing it with the following challenges:

Allsorts challenge week #662 - A/G optional red flowers

Seize the Birthday #231 - sparkle & shine (red gemstones)

The Flower Challenge #65 - occasions (birthday)

The Color Hues Challenge #34 - Red & Black

That's it for me today, but as always, I do thank you for stopping by and I wish everyone a pleasant Sunday!

Carol

Bitty Birthday Flowers

         

This card has already been sent, so now I'll share it here. I stenciled the white card base with a data dots stencil and some pastel blue ink, then die-cut a stitched frame of turquoise and embossed it with a retired SU! ef. The branches were die cuts also, and the itty bitty flowers were created with a retired SU! mini flower punch. I dotted the centers with black Nuvo drops and added a pre-printed SSS sentiment. The butterfly and bee were done with SNSS stamps and colored with glaze pens.

      I'll share this with the following challenges:

 The Flower Challenge #60 - the color turquoise

The Happy Little Stampers September Stencil Challenge  - A/G

Addicted to Stamps and More #413 - birthdays

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a terrific Thursday!

Carol

A Birthday Bouquet

 I made and sent this card a while ago but never posted it. I used the SU! combination of Beautiful Bouquet stamps and Beautiful Bunch framelit dies to create the bouquet, using assorted colors and bits of cardstock. I kept this one simple and added a little pink bow along with a pre-printed Simon Says Stamp sentiment.

I'm sharing this with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is to add a sentiment.

Also sharing with the Flower Challenge #59 which is to use a die

with an option of making a slimline card.

Wishing you all a great weekend, and I thank you all for stopping by and taking time to leave your kind words.

Carol

Happiest Wishes

 While rummaging through my snippets box, I found this die-cut white panel just patiently waiting to be used on a card! I pulled out my SU! Bouquet Bunch and Beautiful Bouquet stamps and matching dies and made a few flowers, stems, and leaves from small snippets of cardstock in red, green and yellow. I lightly stamped the yellow flowers and red flower centers with white craft ink before cutting, then arranged them into a bouquet. Next I found a pre-printed SSS sentiment that fit perfectly on a snippet of yellow/white gingham ribbon that I wrapped around the bottom of the stems and leaves.  I added 3 tiny red gemstones and a little black & white twine bow and placed it all on a Daffodil Delight card base and called this one done.

I'm leaving the inside blank as I could use this for a birthday, anniversary, or just a happy wishes card whenever the occasion arises.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

The Paper Players PP553 color challenge using the following colors:

The Flower Challenge #59 - use a die *optional slimline

The Sisterhood of Crafters "Leaf if to Chance" (use a leaf on your creation)

The Snippets Playground Challenge #409 - must use snippets

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're in a cool place today wherever you are. It's quite hot and steamy outside today where I live, so it's time to chill indoors!

Carol

Happy Mother's Day

Wishing all the moms out there a very happy day as we celebrate the moms in our lives on this day set aside to honor them.

I have a card made with a very old Inkadinkado stamp set. I die-cut a piece of Berry Burst cardstock with a MFT stitched horizontal die and stamped the mother's day sentiment with Versamark ink, then heat-embossed it with white ep. Behind it is a doily a friend sent me a long time ago that I inked with some spun sugar ink, then placed some Darice die-cut daisies on top. I die cut the flowers from green, Berry Burst, and bits of yellow , placing the flowers on top and adding some yellow for the centers. I added 3 black sequins and called this one done.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The Flower Challenge #56 - use your favorite flower

A Place to Start May 2021 Challenge - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers May Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

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

Carol

Mother's Day Tulips

 Happy Tuesday everyone!

I found a strip of soft pastel striped dsp in my stash and it reminded me of spring, so I paired it with some pastel yellow cardstock and this stampendous image to make a card for mother's day. I colored the image with Copics, and added a stamped tiny butterfly from the SNSS serene silhouettes set, coloring it with Copics and a glaze pen, and adding highlights with a fine black marker. I added some clear Wink of Stella to the flowers to give them a soft shimmer, and added a SU! Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment along with an EK bricked punched border. The image panel was die-cut with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Just Us Girls Challenge #578 Word Week - stripes

The Paper Players PP535 theme challenge - spring flowers

the Flower Challenge #55 - pretty pastels

It sure is great to see all those beautiful spring flowers blooming after such a long winter!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop and smell the roses :)

Carol

An Anniversary Card

 My SIL and BIL have an anniversary coming up soon, so I made this card for them. After watching a recent video by Jennifer McGuire I had to try my hand at making a card using her technique. I started with a panel of gorgeous grape cardstock, and used a (r) SU! ef to emboss large roses onto it, then swiped it with a white craft ink pad. I die-cut an oval from a panel of white, then embossed that with an Anna Griffin ef and placed it on top. The floral image was a sample from STAMPlorations that was colored with Copics and then clear embossed to bring the colors to a deeper level. I placed it partially in the window and added the sentiment to the top; and finally added some lavendar Nuvo drops here and there for a little sparkle.

I'll share this with these challenges:

The Flower Challenge #54 color - shades of purple

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #667 - celebrate

Just Us Girls #575 Trend Week - use an embossing folder

Thanks for stopping by and do have yourself a fantastic weekend! I'm going to lose an hour's sleep tonight when the clocks get turned back, but I'll be grateful for the extra hour of daylight that will come in the evenings.

Take care - kindness matters!

Carol

Soft Summer Flowers

Hello and a very happy Thursday to everyone. Today I have a card made with an older Impression Obsession stamp that I haven't used in years. I put the Copic-colored flowers in front of a soft summer sky that was done with Taylored Expression sky stencils and some TH Tumbled Glass distress ink. I wanted a summery feel and I think I accomplished what I set out to create. I used a SU! (2009-10) teeny tiny wishes sentiment, stamping it on a piece of pale blue and backing it with a piece of grey that matches the card base. The 2 sentiment pieces were done with MFT label dies in different sizes. I covered all the flowers with a Wink of Stella glitter pen but my camera doesn't capture the subtle shimmer very well. The final touch was to add a few gold Geo Sparkler stickers for that added touch of sparkle.

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:

the Tuesday Throwdown #465 - use a stencil

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - midsummer blues

the Flower Challenge #47 - add sparkle

the Retro Rubber Challenge #141 - a/g using stamps older than a year

Blogger seems to be playing nice today and I'm grateful for that! I've been spending less time on the computer to avoid frustration so maybe things will improve now, I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a fantastic day.

Carol

 

Mother's Day

I made this card and sent it out last year but never posted it; so today I'm sharing it as I seem to find very little time to craft lately. I also made these two birthday cards last year with the same design in Bermuda Blue and pink because I loved the sketch shown in the link from the pink version.

This one is Daffodil yellow from SU! along with some matching designer paper. I used the Poppystamps Tulisa Collage Corner die along with some Hero Art flowers that were stamped, colored, fussy cut, and popped up on foam dots. The centers were done with a small round punch and I pressed a pencil eraser down into the centers to curl them before adhering. The sentiment is from SU! teeny tiny wishes and was die-cut with a Lil Inker stitched banner die.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

the Little Red Wagon challenge #540 etc, etc, etc - use 3 of something

the Flower Challenge #42 - anything goes

That's going to do it for me as we have a few more errands to run today. We've been on the run all week long and I'm ready to crash as I'm exhausted! LOL Take care and thanks for stopping by!

Carol

36th Anniversary Card

I've been hoarding 2 sheets of Rose Red card stock and have finally decided to let go and use it! LOL I also used this pretty piece of Anna Griffin dsp that's been stashed away for years as well. I die-cut the Gina Marie Designs rose twice, from the Rose Red card and dsp, and inlaid the dsp negatives into the rose. The leaves were snippets of green that were folded in half and run through a paper crimper, then fussy cut to shapes of leaves. The 36 was done with I.O. number dies and the embossed panel was done with a SU! Fancy Fan ef. For the final touch I added some sparkly Nuvo drops randomly.

Today is the 36th anniversary of my dear friends and neighbors so this will be delivered later today.

I'm sharing this with the Flower Challenge #36 - anything goes

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

Carol

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there - I hope your day is special and filled with fun things to do and loving family.

I have a card today that was made with snippets of cardstock and designer paper. The banners were done with the PTI Notched Hearts Banner Die collection, using a piece of old "two scoops Basic Grey dsp"  for the scalloped piece, and a panel of pastel pink cardstock on the front. I also cut the top panel in white, adding all the white hearts into the pink panel. The circles were done with MFT stitched circles and the flower is by Hero arts, stamped with versamark and heat-embossed with white ep, then fussy cut before popping up on a foam dot. The center was done with matching dsp and a mini punch, shaped and then added to the flower center. The leaves were fussy cut after going through the paper crimper and the sentiment is by SU!'s teeny tiny wishes (retired); also heat-embossed with white ep on a word window punched element.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The Retro Rubber challenge #110 - May Flowers 

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #191 - May Flowers

the Flower Challenge #32 - embossing (heat/dry)

Thanks for stopping by and now it's time to get on with those mother's day festivities and enjoy your special day!

Carol