Saturday, June 7, 2025

What Makes You Happy

 


Gail has chosen: What makes you happy or anything goes for this
fortnight challenge at Allsorts.  This is an endless list, I went with 
3 things that make me happy: flowers, coloring and purple 
for my inspiration.  

Stamp set is Slim Scenes by IO. Colored with Copics and highlighted
with Prismacolor pencils.  I cut a partial die for layering and 
embossed it with a Sizzix flower die, and embossed the front
of the card with a subtle texture embossing folder.  


To join the challenge and/or see my team mates great designs, go
 
Two prizes of a Penny Black stamp and die set from Buddly Crafts:
 
A few fun challenges:
Elliebelle's Corner June-July  8/1 
Triple B: June  7/1 
We Love Stamping: Nature  7/1 
The Paper Funday Challenge #77_ optional twist Embossing 

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Alaska

 I thought I would share just a few of my pictures from our Alaska cruise, If you
ever have the opportunity it was amazing!  Hope to catch up on your blogs soon! 
 
This was in Washington before the cruise.

Now Alaska: 

 


 

Saturday, May 24, 2025

16 th birthday

 

 
A fun new challenge at Allsorts starts today, 16th birthday
celebration of Allsorts challenge!   

I thought a fun fold card for this one would be special.  I
used a lot of stamps in my stash, Unity Butterfly Birthday Cupcake,
inside sentiment is from the from the former TAC, and 16
die cut from Amuse.  Papers from my stash.
 
Open:
 
Hope you will join us at Allsorts for a chance to win: 
 
                                        Four prizes of products from AALL and Create


Four prizes of products from AALL and Create


Three prizes just for our US based entrants:

A $25 store voucher from Lawn Fawn
Three stamps from Colorado Craft Company
A $25 store voucher from Gina K Designs (Worldwide)
 
A few fun challenges I hope to enter:


Friday, May 16, 2025

Happy Birthday

 

My Daughter-in-law's Birthday card. I had a bag of MFT flowers and
leaves cut awhile back from Stampin Up snippets so I pulled
those out and added some inking to the edges,  inked up an embossing folder 
 and  embossed it a fewtimes in green for the background, card stock already
 had a circle cut out of the middle.  Added a precut happy birthday from
Altenew.  A few butterfly embellishments and it was ready to send.
 
Have a wonderful weekend!
 
My snippets:
 
A few fun challenges: 
 Triple B May challenge 6/1
 
 
 

Saturday, May 10, 2025

Paper Piecing and 16th birthday celebration at Allsorts

Time for another biweekly challenge at Allsorts.  Lynne has chosen
 paper piecing/anything goes.


 I used Newton's Nook Paw-some Birthday for my project and for
my first Christmas card this year! I used up scraps from a 
Christmas Roses paper pack from Hobby Lobby.  Oval die
cut is by Sizziz.
 
My scraps:

 

 A prize from Personal Impressions  for £25 store voucher.

Coming soon:


 A few fun challenges:

 A Cut Above May 6/1

Mix It Up Challenge #77-option of paper piecing 6/1
We Love Stamping May: 4 legged friends  5/29 
Word Art Wednesday Weeks 698-699 5/28

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Inspired by a Song

 For Allsorts challenge Sarah has chosen the theme of Inspired
by a Song or Anything goes.  

 


 I was inspired by Rainy Days and Mondays.  This cute Avery Elle set: Look
 for rainbows has been in my need to use container for over two years so
it was time to pull lit out.  One of my granddaughters likes rainbows so
this was her Easter card..  Colored with Copic markers, white gel pen
highlights and sequins from my stash to make it into a shaker card. I
also embossed the front layer with a Darice striped background
embossing folder. 

See what my talented teammates made and join the 
challenge at Allsorts, it runs for 2 weeks. We have
three prizes of die sets from  In2Craft.

 
 A few fun challenges:
Can You Handle the Pressure with twist of weather: Rain 5/7
TOP 3 Badge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Make it Girly 4/30
Stamping Sensations: April  Animals
We Love Stamping: April 5/1 
Word Art Wednesday Weeks 696-497 5/7

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Happy Birthday

 

I made this card for a few of my favorite challenges and to have in my stash.
I started with Altenew Bewitching  Rose Project kit, it came with the flower
arrangement above- the stencils, die cut, embossing folder-if you enlarge
the picture you can see the detail, and numerous sentiments.  The background
piercing die is from my stash but I do not have the name of it. I've made several
cards with this lovely set.
 
A few favorite challenges: