Literal Birthday

 Hello friends and welcome!

Here's a cute card I'd like to share with you:

I bought this adorable stamp set in September last year around it's

release date, and I've only just opened the packaging.

(I'm really trying to make an effort to whittle down

my NBUS pile!)

I love the book theme this stamp set has, and it also

has some great sentiments. Here's the inside:

There's a few challenges I'd like to enter this at. First,

I've used the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #668.

Next, Seize the Birthday #297 prompts us to use something

new. Also, I'm entering this at NBUS #70.

Thank you for visiting. Have a great rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Little Woodland Library (& dies), Offset Sayings: Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Taylored Expressions - Peaches 'N Cream

DP: Queen & Co. - The Great Outdoors

CS: Spectrum Noir; Thunderbolt; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir and Copic markers; Sunny Studio - Stitched Circle dies; MFT - Scalloped stitched rectangle die; The Crafters Workshop - cloud stencil; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam square; Bearly Art glue

Another year older?

 Hello friends and welcome!

I've been doing some organizing in my

craft room the last week or so.

Rearranging, dusting (cough!),

and putting things away.

I recently ordered some paper trays for my

cardstock, and now it's all neatly stored

in rainbow order. I just took the time

to assign and label blenders for my inks,

and they are now stored in rainbow order too.

So nerdy, but oh so satisfying!

Anyway, onto the card I'd like to show you:

Mixing old and new items again. The sentiment is an older 

sentiment builder set and the crocodile is from

Paper Smooches. The new item is the fern background stamp,

fresh out of it's packaging finally.

The punch line is on the inside,

which was computer generated then printed out:

Since this card is rather clean and simple for me, I'm entering

it at The Male Room #194.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Ferns Forever Background; Paper Smooches - Zoo Crew; Paper Issues - Ah Real Birthday Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Taylored Expressions - Cilantro

CS: Spectrum Noir; TE; Thunderbolt; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Paper Smooches - Word Bubble die; Nuvo - Morning Dew Crystal Drops; MISTI; computer & printer

Adhesives: SA - tape runner & foam squares

Tropical Birthday wishes

 Hello and welcome friends!

If you are like me, you're getting pretty sick

of winter and are looking forward to warmer weather.

With that in mind, here is a

tropical themed birthday card I made:

I've been challenging myself to use something from my

ever growing NBUS pile. First is that gorgeous shell/flower stamp.

I purchased it at least 6 months ago and finally opened the packaging.

Also, the flamingo paper I've had for over 2 years and I finally

cut into it. It's from a 12" x 12" sheet.

Here is the inside:

Since I (finally) used some of my new supplies, I'm entering

this at the current NBUS Challenge #70. I also used the current 

sketch from Atlantic Hearts Challenge #611.

Thanks for stopping by to visit! I hope you have a great rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Anchor of Hope and Inside Birthday (& dies)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Echo Park - Summer Fun

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Spectrum Noir & Copic markers; Sunny Studio - Stitched Oval die; Cuttlebug - D'Vine Swirls EF; MISTI; Nuvo - white blizzard Glitter Drops

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares

Hiking through the snow

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

Today I'd like to share a winter

themed birthday card:

As usual, this is a mixture of old and new products. The new products are

the boot dies. Also, the grass die cuts were a gift from my friend, Jules,

who was just in town, so we were able to meet and catch up.

I love it when crafty friends can actually meet face to face! 😊

Here's the inside:

There are a few challenges I'd like to enter this at. First is the current

sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. Second, Just Us Girls has a die cut challenge.

Lastly, AAA Birthday calls for a winter themed birthday card.

We are supposedly getting some snow within the next hour. It's a rare

occurrence where I live, so I'm kind of excited to see it.

(I just don't want so much of it I have to shovel! LOL!)

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee - Inside Birthday (and dies)

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill; Thunderbolt

Accessories: Spellbinders - Wander Boots dies, Sm & Lg Standard Circle dies; Picket Fence Studios - Scene building grass tufts dies; Darice - Snowflake Background EF; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner & foam squares; Bearly Art glue

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #258 - N is for NBUS (Never Been Used Stuff)

 Hello and Happy New Year to you!

I hope that your holidays were fun filled and that you

received some new crafty goodies to play with.

That brings us to our new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

N is for NBUS (Never Been Used Stuff)

If your new crafty goodies are brand

spanking new, or perhaps something you've had sitting

on the "new to me and needs to be used" pile,

(You know we all have that pile!), 

we want to see what you make with it.

I bought this card kit from Simon Says Stamp last

month, and here is the card I made with it:

This card is deceptively easy looking. The angel and rejoice sentiment

were heat embossed in gold and die cut. I used a sun ray embossing

folder on the back panel, then used a gold Sharpie marker to edge

around it. The image and sentiment were then adhered with

foam squares.

Here's the finished inside:

I actually made about 24 cards, using all three of the angel images:

I hope that you find some time this month to play along in our NBUS challenge

over at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

Need more inspiration? Simply visit the blogs of my sisters and our

newest Queen, Fran, to see what new goodies they created with!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps - Simon Says Stamp - Stained Glass Christmas (and dies)

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah

Accessories: Spellbinders - Sun Rays EF; WOW! - gold EP; heat gun; MISTI; gold Sharpie marker

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares

I hope your day rocks

Hello and welcome crafty friends! It's been a while since I've blogged about anything. The Christmas rush to get my cards made and sent out was even more hectic because I flew home for 10 days this month. On top of that, I decided to paint a bunch of mandala dotted ornaments to give away as gifts. (That will be an upcoming blog post) I hope that your holidays were as fun filled as mine was! It's been almost 10 years since I was back home for Christmas and it was so fun to see my family, including my newest grandnephew, Henry, who decided to make his debut a couple weeks early!

Well, onto why I'm here. After cleaning up the craftnado that went through my craft room before the holidays, I created this card with a new-to-me die set mixed with older stamps:

Not sure if the millennials out there will understand what this is, but I know my fellow Gen Xers will!

Here's the inside:

I chose to use blue and purple so that I could enter this at the current Color Hues challenge. Since

that cassette tape die has 6 different dies layered together, I'm also entering this at AAA Birthday #68,

and for the birthday challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my latest post. I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Be Boppin and Birthday Sampler

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel, Grape Jelly

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill

Accessories: MFT - Cassette Tape die; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares; Bearly Art glue

 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #257 - H is for HO HO HO (Naughty Christmas)

 

Hello and Happy Holidays to you!

It's time for our annual Naughty Christmas challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

Let your freak flag fly and play along with us!

Here is my very classy card:

My family loves raunchy tasteless cards, so

guess who's getting these?! (Yes, I made several!)

Here's the inside:

I hope that you will play along in our Naughty Christmas challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! This is the last challenge for this year, but 

we will be back on January 4th with all new challenges for 2025!

Until then, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas

and a happy, healthy New Year!

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - Finger; Picket Fence Studios - Inappropriate Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: computer & printer; free Santa hat clipart; Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle die; TE - frayed edge die; Prismacolor pencils; Nuvo Glitter Drops - white blizzard; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares

Oh Holy Night

 Hello friends and welcome!

I hope that your day is going well.

I'm sharing yet another Christmas card:

This was a rather quick card for me to make, sort of.

I die cut the main panel from a stitched rectangle die, then 

gold heat embossed the sentiment and image onto it

before adhering with foam squares onto the card base.

Another sentiment finishes the inside:

The challenge at Christmas Kickstart #92 is called Wise Men Three,

so that's where I'll be entering this at.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Inkadinkado - O Holy Night; Honey Bee - Artsy Angel

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Neenah

Accessories: WOW! - Metallic gold rich EP; heat gun; MISTI; Queen & Co. - stitched rectangle die

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner, foam squares

Gold Glitzy Snowflake

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

In my effort to crank out Christmas cards,

here's yet another card that I've made:

I die cut the snowflake from some holographic gold

paper that I've had forever. It looks really cool when you

move the card around. I kept the snowflake theme by

using a snowflake cover plate on the back panel.

I even rummaged in my stash for some blue 

rhinestones to glue to the center. 😊 

I heat embossed the sentiment in gold, die cut it, and

glued to the panel. Another sentiment finishes the inside.

Because I had all the materials out, I made a few more:

I'm playing along with the current challenge at Just Us Girls, 

which is a color challenge this week: gold, white & blue.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps & dies: My Favorite Things - Christmas Wishes

Ink: Versamark; Taylored Expressions - Blueberry

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions:

DP: mystery gold holographic paper

Accessories: Gina K. - Snowflake die; Honey Bee Stamps - snowflake cover plate; Sunny Studio - slimline basic borders die; MISTI; WOW! - gold EP; heat gun; Darice - rhinestones

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner; Glue Dots