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

Addicted to Stamps and More #495

 Hello and welcome friends!

I absolutely LOVE this card that

I'm about to share. It was a major

labor of love because of all

the tiny die cut pieces.

Here, check this out:

I think each flower has 7 parts and the hummingbird

has 11 parts. Even better, I started with white

die cut pieces and blended each one. 

My eyesight is clearly as blurry as my pictures. LOL!

This fits the Addicted to Stamps and More #495 challenge

of die cuts and/or dies, so I'm entering this in their gallery.

Thanks for visiting. I hope that you are staying cool from this

heatwave we are experiencing!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday & dies, Mini Messages: Birthday

Ink: Altenew - Puffy Heart, Purple Wine, Rose Quartz; Taylored Expressions - Bubblegum, Lime Zest, Peapod, Jalapeno, Tropical Punch, Poblano Pepper; Memento - Angle Pink, Dandelion, Tangelo, Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Birch Press Design - Block Print Hummingbird dies; Memory Box - Little Fuchsia Flower Trio & Branch dies; Penny Black - Elegant Rectangle die; MISTI

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

A Color Hues Crane

 Hello friends and welcome!

It's been almost a month since I've posted anything here.

The cobwebs are getting out of hand. LOL!

I am making lots of cards, just haven't been blogging about them.

I've been busy with life in general and also with a new venture

I'm trying out: selling my cards at my friend Joy's

new art studio! I'm very excited and nervous

to do this, but really, I'm more excited for her!

So let's get to why I'm blogging.

I wanted to play along with a couple challenges,

and this is the result of the pairing:

I just opened up the packaging on this gorgeous crane die,

that I bought at least a couple months ago. (I AM trying

to actually use all the products I buy!)

I die cut the crane from white cardstock, then used

orange and teal inks to blend the different pieces. It's

legs were blended using kraft ink.

The teal panel was splattered with some white paint

before I assembled the card.

My color palette is based on the current Color Hues challenge,

and the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

As I mentioned, my cards will have a little home at

my friend Joy's art studio. Her grand opening is on April 12th!

Please stop by if you happen to be in the area.

Help support a new small business and support ART!

Thank you for visiting. I hope you have a great rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stampes: Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday & dies

Ink: Memento - Tangelo, Teal Zeal, Tuxedo Black; Gina K. - Kraft

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Recollections

Accessories: Birch Press Design - Block Print Crane dies; Lawn Fawn - Scalloped rectangle die; DecoArt Americana - white paint; MISTI; BT5 Spectrum Noir marker (for eye)

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