'Tis the season

 Hello and welcome!

In my last post, I used this

adorable sweater wearing moose.

I had so much fun with it that

I made a couple more cards using it:

This time, I grunged it up some. Once I blended the stenciled

backgrounds, I added some Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges

then splattered both black and white paint on them.

Here's the inside:

Both cards are very similar. I just flipped the colors and

used two different die cut sentiments.

There's a few challenges out there that I'd like to enter:

Jingle Belles - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - animals

Just Us Girls #750 - stencil week

Just Add Ink #725 - stencils

That's all I have for now. I'm still in Christmas card

making mode, so you'll probably be seeing more of

those here. LOL!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas

Ink: Altenew - Hunter Green, Crimson; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo; Memento - Toffee Crunch, Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Poppy Stamps - Nordic Moose die and Nordic Motif stencil; My Favorite Things - scalloped rectangle die; Spellbinders - Make It Merry dies; DecoArt Americana acrylic paint - white & black; MISTI

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

Fall foliage birthday

 Hello and happy Tuesday to you!

Here's a card that I made using a fun embossing

folder technique by Gina K.

I made one panel, and I loved how it came out,

so I made four more. This is the 4th panel

finally being used:

I didn't want to cover up this gorgeous panel, so

I triple die cut the happy birthday sentiment,

stacked and glued together, then went over the top

with glitter glue for some sparkle.

A simple sentiment finishes the inside:

We've been having a lovely stretch of cooler weather here

in North Carolina, so I think I'm going to go enjoy it!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

 Just Add Ink #718 (I chose texture and foliage}

AAA Birthday #65 - Background Focus

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Inside Greetings: Birthday

Ink: Ranger DI - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Faded Jeans; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Darice - Fall Leaves Swirl embossing folder; Poppy Stamps - Happy Birthday Po Script die; Nuvo Crystal Drops - White Blizzard; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner; Bearly Art Glue

It's time to shell-ebrate!

 Hi there! I'm back with another post today. 😊

There's been some really great card sketches

in blogland recently, and I wanted to 

play along with some of them.

Here's a tropical inspired card:

I adore this seashell image and had to color it up again. I used kraft ink

to blend over the nautilus stencil on the back panel, and a blue tone on 

tone wave stencil on the smaller panel. 

All it needed were a few pearls to complete.

Here's the finished inside:

Well, the fur baby is letting me know he wants a walk, so I shall be off.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Just Add Ink #687

Seize the Birthday - ATG (since I have a few other colors on my image, just ATG this time)

Supplies:

Stamps: Pink & Main - Floral Shells; Sunny Studio - Inside Greetings: Birthday

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

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Spectrum Noir Markers; Pink & Main - Floral Shells dies, Nautilus stencil; Simon Says Stamp - Waves stencil; Kaisercraft - pearls

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM 

Feeling beachy

Hi there crafty peeps!

I have a card to share that really has me thinking about

warm weather and going to the ocean:

Here's the inside:

Can you just hear the ocean gently lapping up on the shore

and feel the warm sun on your face? Ahhhhh!

I'll leave you with that lovely image.

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Tuesday Morning Sketches #540

Just Add Ink #491

Just Us Girls #522

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up! - Waterfront; MFT - Birthday Greetings

Ink: Memento - Rose Bud, Lilac Posies: Rich Cocoa, Cottage Ivy; Gina K. - Kraft

DP: DCWV - Summer Magic Stack

CS: Thunderbolt; Darice

Accessories: Gemini; Gina K. - Stitched rectangle dies; GT2 Spectrum Noir marker (water); MISTI;

SRM birthday stickers 

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

Merry and Bright

Hello friends and happy 8-days-til-Christmas to you!

I'm still without a car (since Halloween). My hubby hit a deer on

his way to work that day, and his car has been in the shop since then. He's

been using my car all this time. I only get out on the weekend.

I have gifts to send but I'm not stressing about getting

them out in time for Christmas. I'll send them when I'm able to, and

I'll be extending the holiday for the recipients! LOL!

Going to the post office on Saturday is not happening.

I went there last Saturday just to drop off my pile of cards and

the line to mail packages was practically out the door. Nope. No thanks.

I'll wait to go there on a weekday, not so crazy then.

Ok, enough about that. What I really came here for is to show

you a card I've made, and it happens to fit a few challenges. Bonus!

and the inside:

 

These adorable ornaments were colored with my Spectrum Noir markers,

then heavily hit with both diamond Stickles and a Wink of Stella pen.

I've tried to get a close up of all the shimmer and sparkle:

 

 

It's so hard to capture all the shimmer on the ornaments in a photo. 

These twinkle soooo much in real life!

And now I have a head start on my Christmas cards for next year!

That's all for now. I hope that you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Freshly Made Sketch #367

Just Add Ink #438 - my 3rd color is the light blue

Addicted to Stamps and More #322

Supplies:

Stamps: Magenta - three ornaments; Simon Says Stamp/Kelly Purkey - Oh Deer; Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Message

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rose Bud

DP: Cloud 9 Design; scrap

CS: Crafter's Companion; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Avery Elle - pierced rectangle die; MISTI; WOS pen; Ranger - Diamond Stickles

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #352 - Mother's Day

Hello and welcome back!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH

we are celebrating all the Mom's out there!

We want to see your Mother's Day creations this time around!

Here's the card I made:

and the inside:

I really had some fun shopping my stash for this card.

Everything I've used, but for the brick embossing folder, is at

least 5 or more years old! 

Dimensional stickers and flowers, a die that I won years ago and this

may be the first time using it! A scrap piece of corrugated cardboard.

It all came together for this sweet card!

I just love this butterfly sticker!

Now it's your turn. Show us your Mother's Day projects and link up at

Shopping Our Stash! I look forward to seeing what you create! For even

more ideas, do check out what the design team have come up with, and 

leave them some bloggy love while there!

Thanks for visiting. Enjoy your day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Just Add Ink #406

The Butterfly Challenge #99

(I have everything but the digi image. My 'dirt' is the corrugated strip)
(Oops. Thought it was extended later than I thought. LOL!)
 

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Kinfolk; Hero Arts - Happy Mom's Day

Ink: Ranger DI - Faded Jeans; Gina K. - Kraft

CS: Nicole

Accessories: corrugated cardboard; GC; Taylored Expressions - brick EF; SB - corner flourishes die;

K & Co. - butterfly sticker; Webster's Pages - flower; Recollections - vellum; Spectrum Noir markers;

MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Glue Dots

SHOPPING OUR STASH #346 - Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Hello and welcome!

I hope all of you who celebrated St. Patrick's Day have

recovered from all the shenanigans (and drinking)

that holiday brings! LOL!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we are gearing up for the next big holiday: EASTER!

We'd love to see your Easter creations!

Here's the card I made:

I used a new stitch die for the first time.

(Well, I bought it a couple months ago, and

thought I'd better stop just looking at it

sitting on my desk, and use it!)

I did a lot of cross stitching in my 20's and 30's, so the floss

I've used is probably a good 25+ years old.

I couldn't find a tiny white pom pom in all the stash I have, so

I took a bit of a cotton ball, and rolled it around my hands

to make a tiny tail.

So there you have it, a bunny butt Easter card!

I hope that you find some time this week to join in

our Easter challenge at Shopping Our Stash!

We'd love to see what you come up with.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope that you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:
Just Add Ink #400 - I was inspired by the soft pastel colors
Creative With Stamps #24 - Bunny

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Critter Card Puns

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: TE; Neenah

Accessories: GC; Lawn Fawn - scolloped rectangle die; Paper Smooches - stitched square die; DMC floss; needle; cotton ball; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

Thanks

Hello crafty friends!

I was in the ol' craft room and was making panels

using the smooshing technique. Here's a 

card I made with one of them:

 and the inside:

 That Wink of Stella pen on the stacked thanks die looks soooo shimmery

 on black card stock. I'm also digging this color combo. I need

to use it more often. (grin!)

Well, that's it for now.

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Case this Sketch #246

Just Us Girls #418

Just Add Ink #384 (oops. Already ended. Time zones really mix me up! LOL!)

 

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Bloom Factory, Fond Expressions

Ink: Memento - Paris Dusk, Teal Zeal, Nautical Blue, Tuxedo Black

CS: Strathmore water color paper; TE; scraps

Accessories: GC: Lawn Fawn - scalloped Rectangle dies; STAMPlorations - thanks word die; 

Faber Castell - sm black Artist PITT pen; MISTI; Wink of Stella pen; Nicole - rhinestones

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger- Multi Medium Matte; Glue Dots