Happy Easter

 

I can't believe I sealed and mailed all my Easter cards before taking

photo's.  I did have this one to give in person.  Image is StampIn

Up, papers from an old K&Company Seasonal pack.

 

Closed:

 Happy Easter to those that celebrate!

 

A few fun challenges:

Creative Creases Challenge 5/1 

Love Those Pretty Papers- April 5/1 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Patterned paper 4/23

Stamping Sensations- April  5/1

We Love Stamping - April  5/1

 

Stenciling

 Time for a new biweekly challenge at Allsorts.  Val has chosen the theme of

stencils and of course anything goes is also acceptable. 

 

I used a stencil by AALL & Create: Cascading Dots.  I chose several

colors and stenciled them one at a time, shifting the stencil each time.  I 

added  a happy birthday die and background from Altenew, two

circle dies and a die punched star.  I always need masculine cards. 

 

Then I misted my stencil and set it on a piece of white card 

stock and got the lovely dotted paper below.  I die cut it

with a window die by Pawsitively  Pawsome Designs and

layered some coordinating flowers from My Favorite Things 

and a hello die from Scrapbook.com.  I used colors opposite

on the color wheel and liked how this came out.

 

 

I could not waste the leftover frame and purple pieces so I 

stenciled a background on vellum with the same stencil and 

added it to a white base and layered it up with more die

cuts as named above.

 

It was great to get three cards from a fun crafting time.

Please join us at Allsorts for a chance to win the prizes below:

 From Lisa Horton Crafts, Pansy Corner layering stencils with coordinating die and embossing folder. A second prize of two AALL and Create stencils....

 

 

A few fun challenges for top card-birthday: 

Addicted to Stamps and More -Stencils and dies 4/23

Crazy is our fame-Stencils is our Game   5/3

Stamping Sensations  April 5/1

We Love Stamping April 5/1

 

Happy Anniversary

 

This week is our 45th wedding anniversary, time sure does fly, it

seems just like yesterday.  Looking forward to many more

years together.

I combined a few facts I found online for the inside

sentiment and for choosing my colors.

Supplies:

Mettalic card stock and vellum from my stash

My new Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangles dies

Memory Box Small Heart Collection dies 

Happy Anniversary die, ? manufacturer

 

A few fun challenges: 

A Cut Above: use dies  5/13

Alphabet Challenge: Z is for Zoom,goes fast: Years of Marriage 4/17

NBUS Challenge 73 5/1

Word Art Wednesday 692-693  4/9

Spring Flowers

 

Time for a new challenge at Allsorts, Ellie choose: Spring Flowers/

anything goes.  I used AALL & Create's: Best You Ever Had 

stamp.  I embossed it and colored with alcohol markers.  I die

cut a border die and added it on a pink strip to coordinate and

then added a black card stock strip to tie it all together.

 

You can enter the Allsorts Challenge for a chance to win one of

the following  prize offered by AALL & Create:

 

Stamps and stencils (winners will receive random selection from those shown) from AALL and Create 

 

 

A few fun challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms #27 4/15

Stamping Sensations: Hello Spring 4/2

Simon Says Stamp: Wednesday Challenge 4/2 

Simon Says Stamp: Monday: Ephermera/Laver it Up

Triple B: March  3/31 

We Love Stamping: Hello Spring  4/2 

Word Art Wednesday: Weeks 692-693 4/9

 

Spellbinder Advent Calendar Cards

  Had a wonderful get together making cards with 5 friends who

also purchased the Spellbinders Advent Calendar for 2024.

We each brought a card with everything cut out and ready to go.  What a great variety of

cards  and ideas to use!  We also ate, talked, ate some more and had a 

wonderful get together.  Three of us from St. Louis area drove down

together and stayed overnight - thank you Shirley for having us! 

The next day we got together with some other friends for a StampIn Up

Cup and a Card, great time also.

 

Do you have a favorite?

Make it feminine

 Allsorts challenge this week was chosen by Lynn: Make it Feminine,

or CAS.  My thoughts were immediately pink, lacy and flowery.

 

 

 

 

 I wanted to make it a special fold so browsed Pintrest  and found a tutorial by 

Anne Marie  (Updated link) that I liked, then made changes to make it my own.  Card 

stockis Bazill, patterned paper by Authentique: Refreshed, Rose and leaves

are from Altenew's Beautiful Day set (already stamped and in one

of my snippet containers)  Sentiments stamped on snippets of white and

die cut with frilly dies.  The little pink flower was also in the snippet

contained. Front lavender panel was embossed with a doily die and

then a dotted die to fill in the spaces and add interest.

Join in at Allsorts for a chance to win:

Two prizes from Stamp Addicts, stamps and stencils

 

A few fun challenges: 

CYHTP ATG or St. Patricks 3/19

Creative Creases #101 4/3 

Love Those Pretty Papers -March 4/1

Stamping Sensations: March, Hello Spring  4/2

We Love Stamping: March, Hello Spring  4/2

Clean and Simple

 

It's been 2 weeks so time for another challenge at Allsorts. This

week Helen has chosen CAS, or you can go with ATG. 

 I used Simon SaysStamp die called Circle of Leaves,  then scored 

that layer on my ScorPal.  On the card base I blended broken china,

 seedless preserves, and peacock feathers Distress Oxides,

splattered it with water and then diluted white paint.

Sentiment stamped is in peacock feathers and cut with a

stitched die.

See what my talented team mates made at Allsorts.

Three prizes from Oakwood Direct, 3 stencils, A5 stamp set and coordination

 Butterfly stamp and die set

Just for you

 

I have not had much mojo lately but I was determined today,

I pulled out my new Penny Black set: just for you, some snippets,

checked a few favorite blogs for there current challenge so knew

I also wanted CAS and embossing.  Image is colored

with Copic markers and white gel pen added.  The frame 

(two layers, and white center were snippets)  I pulled out the following

snippets but did not use all of them :

 

 

Created for the following fun challenges:

Penny Black Saturday challenge-ATG 3/1

Snippets Playground #500  3/1

NBUS challenge #71  3/1

We Love Stamping CAS  2/28

 

Shades of Blue

 Time for another card challenge at Allsorts, chosen by Liz - shades of blue,

anything goes is always an option also.

 

 

    This card was so fun to make,  although very time

 consuming, it will go to someone special.  

Stamps, dies  and papers by Stampin Up.  This is a four fold card,  

you can find a tutorial by Lyssa Griffin  Zwolanek here. 

 

The prize for this challenge, #817 is:

Two prizes of Lavinia Stamps and stencil (photos not to scale).

 My supplies:

Patterned paper: doddle designs inc : Snow Much Fun

Card stock: Stampin Up

Stamp set: Nature's Prints: Stampin Up

Large Butterfly die: free from Gina Marie Designs

Small butterflies and scallop edges: Stampin Up dies

A few fun challenges:

Creative Creases #100 3/6

Cut It Up 323 -Making fun folds makes me smile 2/17

Love Those Pretty Papers February   3/1

Shop Our Stash Weekly 541-Thrice as nice 2/25

Stamping Sensations: ATG  2/27

We Love Stamping: ATG  2/27

Word Art Wednesday Week 687-688

Valentine Cards

 

I have been following sketches lately and feel like it is adding a new dimension to

my stamping.  I used different days  of dies from my Spellbinders

Advent Calendar - I am having lots of fun with this. Die cut hearts

on 2nd card.  Sentiment stamped with an old TAC stamp.

Various paper packs used.

 

Happy Valentines Day to all! 

A few fun challenges:

 

Card 1: Hot air balloon

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Love is in the air  2/12 

Stamping Sensations: Valentines  3/1

Love Those Precious Papers February - red 3/1 

 

Card 2: Dog 

Word Art Wednesday #685-686 2/12

Just Us Girls #761 - Die week 2/13

Sweet Stamping - Love  2/14 

 

Valentine Bookmarks

 

I made Valentine bookmarks for some special little ones in our lives.  I

used patterned paper on  on each one  and added stenciling to some of the 

backgrounds.  Images are from MFT, and sentiments form several

different sets.  Die cut hearts from snippets added to some.  These were fun

 to make!

 

A few fun challenges: 

Elephant:

Aud Sentiments 3/1

Simon Says Stamp Love is in the air 2/12 

Word Art Wednesday 685-686 2/12

Girl Bear with snails-cute as a bug:

Stamping Sensations February  3/1 

Snippets Playground # 499  2/16

Giraffee:

We Love Stamping-CAS 2/1

Romance/Music

 

  Time for another fortnight challenge at Allsorts.  Our theme this week is

Romance/Music/ ATG's chosen by Gail.

 

This card turned out very different than I had planned and I like the

final result.  I pulled out a very old stamp by Penny Black called

Rhapsody.  It did not stamp the complete image after several 

inkings but I liked the look so embossed and went with it.  I colored 

the flowers with Copics.  Die cut and embossed large hearts were  

left over from last year.  I stamped and die cut the sentiment,

added some little die cut hearts and used an old stamp with dots on

it to fill ink.  I inked up panel and layered it.  I think this will make

a great Valentine's card for my husband.

Join in our challenge for a chance to win some great prizes:

Stamps and stencils (random selection) from AALL and Create 

 

  

 

 A few fun challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More : Die cuts  #485  2/12

Can You Handle the Pressure   2/6 (twist of snow)

Cut it Up #322 Have a Heart 2/4 

Little Red Wagon: #792 ATG 2/5

Penny Black Saturday Challenge  4/1

Simon Says Stamp: Have a Heart  2/3

Time Out Challenge #281 - Pick 2: layer, heart  2/12

Spellbinders Advent Calendar

 Sharing a few more cards I made with different days of the 

Spellbinder Advent calendar. All stamps, dies and sequins

are from the calendar and new!

 I think the bee is my favorite, I liked every item in the calendar though. I 

used at least two days of the calendar with each of these cards.

A few fun challenges:

Card one: flowers

Stamping Sensations -Hand colored image 1/30 

Birds, Blooms and Butterflies 2/1

We Love Stamping-Anything but square/31

Card 2: bee

Love those pretty papers 2/1 

Craft Rocket -anything new-dies, sequins 

If You Give a Mouse a cookie #200 2/1

Card 3: lemonade

Die Cut Diva's   2/1

Art Impressions Stamps: Monochromatic 2/1

Close to Nature

 This week at Allsorts our theme was picked by Brenda: Close to Nature or

anything goes is also an option every challenge. 

I choose to work with  Penny Black blissful blossoms.  I recently inherited

this from my mom, so it is new to me.  I tried water coloring on this. 

 It turned out fairly well, I still need practice but I am enjoying doing some

 water coloring.  It is cut with a deckle die and edges distressed with

Tim Holtz Distress Inks. I tried a few sentiments but none

really worked.  I can play with that again when I have an

occasion I am sending it for.

Three prizes of A5 stamp sets from AALL and Create 

 

A few fun challenges:

A Cut Above January 1/28

Beautiful Blossoms #25  2/12

Triple B January 2/1

Die Cut Diva's January  2/1

Give a Crafter a Cookie #200-January ATG  2/1

Penny Black Saturday Challenge 1/31

Word Art Wednesday #683-684 1/29