Joyous Christmas

 I used a CTMH embossing folder and a pre-printed Simon Says Stamp sentiment to put this card together. After embossing, I lightly sponged color on the trees, deer and house in the background. I added tiny gold die-cut stars to the tops of a couple trees, and added a few more to the sky. This was quick and easy to make and even though the photo doesn't pick up the colors, it looks pretty IRL.

Sharing this with the following challenges:

Rudolph Days Challenge for November - A/G Christmas

Peace on Earth Challenge #76 - A/G Christmas

Can You Handle the Pressure - A/G using an embossing folder
with a twist of winter fun

The Sisterhood of Crafters November 27 Challenge - A/G

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a great Thanksgiving day tomorrow if you celebrate.

 I spotted this sign when I was out yesterday and had to share -

Never play leapfrog with a unicorn. 

That might be hazardous to your health! LOL

Carol

Sending Hugs

 I had a play with my old Quickutz and a corner die along with a little flower paper punch and some pink papers and cardstock. I cut all the corners and placed them together to make little squares, and placed a glittered flower on top of each square. I used an old pearl pen (anyone remember them?) and gave each flower a pearl center along with a few others on the corners. I matted that panel with an older piece of SU! glittered cardstock and added another piece of pink dsp. behind that on a SU! Berry Burst card base. The hugs sentiment was done with a die from Pink and Main and the designer papers are from an old Tim Holtz paper pad. I wasn't sure if I liked this after it was finished but after all the work I put into it, I decided to share it anyway LOL

Sharing this with...

 the Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge for September ATG

the Allsorts Challenge Week #797 - fall colors or A/G option

Triple B September 2024 Challenge - birds, blooms, butterflies-use 1,2, or all 3 - I used blooms

 

the Sisterhood of Crafters August challenge - HUG(S)

Thanks for the visit and I hope all is well in your part of the world today.

Carol

4th Birthday Card

 Kids like lots of colors, so I made this card for a youngster who was turning 4. I used a PTI die and added lots of snippets of colored cardstock, along with die-cut stitched circles and punched balloons. The sentiment is a die-cut from GMD and I layered it on some lavender cardstock and fussy cut around it. The number 4 is an I.O. die cut and the "th" was done with an alphabet stamp set in white ink. I added assorted stickers to the balloons along with some colorful twine strings and a few bits of gold and silver cord tied into bows on the bottom of each balloon.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

the Alphabet Challenge "J is for Juvenile" - young person or child

Word Power #8 - make the sentiment the focus of your card

the Sisterhood of Crafters July 24 - Balloons

As always, thanks for stopping by and have a great Friday.

Keep Smiling 😊

Carol

Father's Day

 I pulled out some blue and green coordinating strips of leftover papers and cardstock to create the herringbone background for this father's day card. I die-cut all 3 panels with Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies and added a stamped, heat-embossed white sentiment with 2 brads and called this one done.

I'll share this with these challenges:

Word Power #5 challenge - make the sentiment the focus of your card

The Sisterhood of Crafters May 22nd challenge - All About the Men

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

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

Christmas Snippets

 I made several Christmas cards using random snippets of designer papers.

For this one I stamped, colored and fussy cut a cute mouse image by Gerda Stein and placed him in the center. I found a box of assorted shiny gemstones (like the one he's holding) that I bought from QVC probably a decade ago and wanted to use them. That's one down, about 200 to go 😁

the sentiment is pre-printed and from SSS, cut with MFT fishtail banner dies.

I'll share this with the following challenges:

the Double D challenge - anything with a tail

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #54 - must use a critter

Repeat Impressions Theme Challenge S821 - Let's see your sparkle & shine

the Sisterhood of Crafters - Cute and simple

Cute Card Thursday #692 - A/G - (Theme - birthday - optional)

Thanks as always for the visit, and I wish everyone the best possible day!

Carol

Owlsome Teacher

 I saw this card on my friend Wendy's blog, and just had to case the design! What a clever way to use those small snippets of dsp! Making a card for a teacher is a great way to use many colors too, so I used the Lawn Fawn Owlsome teacher stamp/die set I was gifted with earlier this year. I colored the image with Copics and glaze pens, adding some die-cut grass with a SNSS grass die and some SU! striped dsp The oval was die-cut with a GMD stitched oval die and the panels were just random bits of SU! polka dot retired dsp. I added a couple enamel dots and a little pearl just for fun.

I'm sharing this with the Sisterhood of Crafters challenge to use both spots and stripes

Thanks for stopping by and do have yourselves a fabulous weekend!

Carol

Easter Cards

Here are two Easter cards I made this year with a new Wavy Egg wafer die from Simon Says Stamp. The sentiment was done with a set of dies that were a gift from a friend last year. I used an assortment of colors and designer papers to create the eggs and sentiment, and added clear WOS to the cross.

 Here's another version with an embossed basket weave background from SU! along with a turquoise card base. I used glaze pens to add colors to the tiny die-cut egg in the sentiment.

I'll share with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes

and also the Sisterhood of Crafters Easter/Spring challenge

Last but not least, the NBUS challenge #24 because this is the first time I've used this wavy egg die.

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

Carol