A trio of sunflowers

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I have a card to share that combines a few challenges:

I've used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts Challenge #688,

and also the challenge prompt of Yellow/Blue/Pink at

Seize the Birthday #329.

I used two shades of yellow for the sunflowers. Most

of the foliage is dark blue with a few in kraft.

A simple sentiment finishes the inside:

Addicted to Stamps and More #520 has a

die cuts and/or stencils challenge, so I'm entering there also.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great

rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Birthday Wishes & dies

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill; Thunderbolt

Accessories: Honey Bee Stamps - Lovely Layers Mini Fall Florals; Queen & Co. - Stitched Rectangle die; LDRS Designs - Scalloped Arch die; MISTI

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

STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge reminder

 

Hello and welcome!

I was hoping to post this earlier this week, but I've had both

car problems and computer problems to take 

care of first. It's definitely been a Murphy's Law

kind of week for me. Sheesh!

Now that (I hope) both issues have been dealt with,

it's on to the card I made to remind you of the February

STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge!

I started by trimming one of the card fronts from the

Quick Cards #5 Artsy Florals A2 card fronts. After die cutting

the smallest of the Luggage Tags nesting dies I stenciled over

it using the Dream Flower stencil. The sentiment is from

the Faerie Door stamp set.

It's a short month, but there's still a few days left to add your

project in the gallery for the STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge!

You may even win a prize! Details on the blog.

Need to do some retail therapy at the STAMPlorations store? You

can use my discount code, STAMPGIRLCHRIS for 20% off.

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Atlantic Hearts Challenge #670

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Faerie Door

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Taylored Expressions - Bubblegum

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah; Recollections

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Quick Cards #5 Artsy Florals A2 card fronts, Luggage Tag dies, Dream Flower stencil; Sunny Studios - stitched circle die; Doodlebug twine; sequins and rhinestones from stash

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives: tape runner & foam squares; Bearly Art glue

Mandala birthday card

 Hello and good Wednesday to you!

Here's a card that took me forever to put together,

but (IMHO), it came out amazing. 😊

I hunted in my stash of stamps, and unearthed an ancient

stamp set that I only used one of the eight single rosetta images.

As I was trying to figure out what to do with the larger panel,

I remembered I had a mandala builder stamp set, so I got out

my Gina K. Wreath builder and went to work. I used red and pink inks

as well as coordinating cardstock. I white heat embossed the 

sentiment on black cardstock, then after everything was

put together, added glitter drops to the centers of the 

rosettas and mandala.

A simple sentiment finishes the inside:

My card is based on the sketch at Atlantic Hearts challenge #668,

and the colors at Color Hues #126.

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: PSA Essentials - Rosettas; Honey Bee Stamps - Mini Messages: Birthday & dies; Gina K. - Rina Krupsky Mandala Maker.

Ink: Taylored Expressions - Lollipop, Cherry Pop; Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah

Accessories: Gina K. - Mini Wreath Builder template; MISTI; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; Nuvo - white blizzard Glitter Drops

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

Beer is good

 Hello friends and welcome!

I had been making cards featuring birds

lately, but I needed to build up my

stash of guy cards, so I switched

from birds to beer:

Beer mugs, weathered wood paper, and a diamond plate embossing

folder certainly fit the bill for a guy card, IMHO.

A couple more sentiments finish the inside:

My card is based on Atlantic Hearts sketch #667.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope that you 

have a great rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Hoppy Days & dies

Ink: Taylored Expressions - Pineapple, Sweet Potato Pie; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Elizabeth Craft Designs - Worn Wood

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Cuttlebug - diamond plate EF; MISTI; IG1 Spectrum Noir marker

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - Tape runner & foam squares; Bearly Art glue

Happiest of Birthday Wishes

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

It's been slow going trying to chip away at

the two inches of solid ice covering our driveway,

but we've been making great headway every day.

I actually got out and did some much needed

grocery shopping today. Good thing too,

as there's another storm that's going to

hit us on Saturday.

Luckily, my mojo has been present this week,

so, I've been making cards.

Here's just one of them:

I unearthed an older die set for the fancy rectangle elements.

I even embossed the smallest die in the set instead 

of die cutting a frame, because they are so ornate and

look so pretty together.

The sentiment and flowers are NBUS that I finally

cracked the packaging on.

Here's the inside:

The sketch I've used is curtesy of Atlantic Hearts Challenge #666, 

and the color theme is from Color Hues Challenge #125.

Addicted to Stamps & More #509 has an any occasion

challenge, so I'll link up there also.

Thank you for visiting. I hope that you are all

surviving this stretch of bitter cold weather

we've had lately. Take care!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Big Bold Birthday & dies, Birthday Wishes

Ink: Taylored Expressions - Blueberry

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Spellbinders - Resplendent Rectangle dies; Honey Bee Stamps - Tropical Bouquet dies  (flowers); MISTI; Nuvo white blizzard Glitter Drops

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

Happy Bird-day to you

 Hello there and welcome!

It's been a bit since I've blogged. I recently

took a trip home to Illinois to visit

family and now I'm back ready to

get creating again. (It snowed there. A few times. I shoveled.

I'm not a fan.) 😜

Here's a card I made using

Atlantic Hearts sketch #665:

Admittedly, I swapped the bird and rhinestone placements

because of the direction the bird was looking, but both

elements in the sketch are there.

Another simple sentiment finishes the inside:

I'm not sure about all that pink, but it's starting to grow

on me. LOL! 

Thanks for visiting. I hope you

have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday Sentiments (and dies)

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel, Tuxedo Black; Taylored Expressions - Candy Corn, Bubblegum, Guava, Confetti Cake, Blue Raspberry, Granny Smith, Dill Pickle

DP: Lawn Fawn - Bitsy Blooms

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Birch Press Design - Block Print Perched Bird dies; Pinkfresh Studio - Ornate Banner die; Sunny Studio - Stitched Circle die; Pink & Main - Zig Zag circle die; Cuttlebug - Musical Flourish EF; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

Let's Shell-abrate!

 Hello and welcome!

I'm still plugging away trying to

use my new (or new to me)

stash of crafty goodies.

(Buying craft supplies and using them are two different things.)

This card combines items from

a bunch of different companies:

The stencil, sand dollar/seahorse dies, and sentiment are all new

items. I masked around the different shells to blend

different inks for different shells. Time consuming, but

I love how it looks! For the seahorse and sand dollars,

I blended the same inks onto the same cardstock, (a beige

color, because it looks like sand! LOL!) I die cut,

then left the die cut pieces in the die to blend in the darker

colors. This reminds me of looking for shells at

my favorite happy place, Topsail Island, NC.

We just came back from a little mini vacation there,

and I'm ready to go back!

Paper Players #749 has a By the Water challenge going on, so

I'm linking up there. My card is based off the current 

sketch at Atlantic Hearts Challenge #641.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Magic Messages; Avery Elle - Inside Birthday Greetings

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky, Teal Zeal, New Sprout, Bamboo Leaves, Cantaloupe, Lu Lu Lavender, Grape Jelly; Altenew - Blush, Pink Pearl, Puffy Heart

CS: Taylored Expressions - Thunderbolt

Accessories: Pretty Pink Posh - Layered Seashells stencils; Spellbinders - Seahorse and Sand Dollar dies; Avery Elle - double pierced rectangle dies; Paper Roses - stitched square dies; MISTI; Prismacolor pencil

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

Seize the Birthday #308 & Atlantic Hearts #635

 Hi there and welcome!

Here's a card I created combining

a couple challenges:

I started by making a stencil by die cutting the arch from

copy paper. Then I just blended a few colors around the edges.

I die cut the vase and leaves from black cardstock and adhered

to the main panel. All that was left was to stamp

the sentiment.

Another sentiment finishes the inside:

I'm using the current sketch at Atlantic Hearts challenge #635,

and the silhouette challenge at Seize the Birthday #308.

Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Birthday Wishes

Ink: Taylored Expressions - Pineapple, Peapod, Cookie Monster; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: LDRS Creative - arch die; Honey Bee Stamps - Tropical Bouquets dies; MISTI

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner

Atlantic Hearts #634

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

I've been busy in my craft room making

cards again. It's good to

have Mr. Mojo back in town. 😊

I made this card on Tuesday, but I'm only

getting around to posting about it:

I only just noticed that one of the design team members had the

same idea I did! GMTA! Wouldn't it have been bizarre

if we used the same exact piece of paper?!

Being Pride Month, I wanted to use some fun designer paper

that had rainbow colors in it. On the back side of the paper, I hand

sketched the design but mirrored it, then used scissors to cut

the pieces out. I didn't mind that they were wonky, I'm really

liking that look on this card! A white heat embossed sentiment

and some rhinestones finishes the card front.

Since I'm notorious for sending out birthday cards after

the birthday, I figured I'd own that with this

sentiment on the inside:

This card is based on the current challenge at Atlantic Hearts.

Thank for visiting and happy first day of Summer!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Inside Greetings: Birthday

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops: Vivid

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Neenah

Accessories: MISTI; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; Nicole - rhinestones

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