Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Critter Crazy

 

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 I am honored to have been chosen as Owners Eye Pick of the Litter 
over at Critter Crazy Challenge blog in June and get to guest design
for the July challenge.  This is challenge #100, so
they are celebrating the 100th challenge with critter
birthday cards!  
 
I went with My Favorite Things: Celebrating you stamps and dies, 
colored with Copic markers,  I used Birthday Confetti stencil  from 
Echo Park that has been in my stash for a long time and ink
 had not touched it.  Blue layer is embossed with Tim Holtz 
Alterations embossing
folder. Gems from my stash.
 
Join in the fun at Critter Crazy Challenge! 
 
A few fun challenges:
Die Cut Diva's : Birthday 8/1 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: ATG 7/2 
Try it on Tuesday: Add Text 7/8 
 

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Floral Bundle

 

I bought several new dies etc. recently and am working my way through them,
I'm trying to make several cards of each. This die set is Simple Floral Bundle by 
Poppy. I started by cutting lots of it using snippets (scraps of paper):
 

 
I used dies cut from colored card stock with ink blending on them for 
dimension and interest.  I cut a white arch from a newish Perfect
Touch Arches and Tag set by Spellbinders, the purple arch was already
cut in with the dies. Just a note stamp by StampIn Up.   I found a patterned
 paper by StampIn Up and die cut it to size with Spellbinders
 Hemstitch Rectangles, I layered this
on purple card stock and added some gems.
 
A few fun challenges:
 
NBUS Challenge #75  7/1 Flower die set
 
Stamping Sensations ATG (or furry friends)  June  7/3 

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Seaside

  Allsorts Challenge this fortnight is Seaside or ATG's, chosen by
Christine.  My take on the theme:
 


Seaside is a lovely place to be and one of my favorite vacation
spots, making this card extra fun to make!

I used Hero Arts Color Layering Waves.  I stamped the waves in
 3shades of blue on water color paper.  I then water colored the sand with 
beige and topped it with gold and light brown splatters. I loosely 
water colored the sky for a subtle cloudy look. The birds are
from an old Angel Company set, and the sea gulls from Stampin Up 
high tide.  I hope this card gives you a relaxed feeling. Layers
cut with a stitched die by Stampin Up.

Check out my team mates Seaside cards and enter the challenge
at Allsorts  for a chance to win the following prizes:
 
Two prizes each of two Sentimentally Yours stamps from  Grafton Crafts
a well stocked bricks and mortar and on line shop offering
 fee p&p on all orders over £15


 
A few fun challenges:
A Cut Above: June 2, ATG with a die 6/30
As You Like It Challenge: Favorite, No sentiment so that I can customize
it for the occasion when I send the card .
Stamping Sensations: June: ATG 7/1 
The Four Seasons Challenge: June: Summer 6/28
Shopping Our Stash: SOS550-A Stitch in Time  7/1 
We Love Stamping: June Nature  7/1 
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks 704-705 7/2 

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