In the Garden

  Time for a new challenge at Allsorts.  Gail has chosen In the Garden,

anything goes is always an option. 

 I uses Lavinia's Flower spray stencil for my background, and  Lavinia's

Heartfelt Versus for the sentiment.  I framed it with Spellbinders Hemstitch 

Rectangles dies, and added some IO butterfly dies.

 Check out my teammates lovely designs and enter for a chance to win at 

Allsorts challenge blog!

 

 Two prizes of Lavinia stamps:

  

 

A few fun challenges: 

A Cut Above: April twist of pastels 5/1

Crazy is our fame-Stencils is our game (option rainbow) 5/2 

Triple B: April:Blooms, Butterflies 5/1

Easter ATC

  

 

 

I made a lot of Easter ATC's this year instead of Easter cards to send.  I 

pulled out my old Amuse printed card stock for the bases (mostly snippets)

and used snippets for the rest of the ATC. Trash went out yesterday so

I only had a couple of the snippets to photograph.   

 

 

 The one I pictured here is from the former TAC (The Angel Company)

and is called nobunny like you. Stampin Up layering oval die set

used. 

 

A few fun challenges I made this for:

Snippets Playground #529   4/11 

Tag-Alongs (and ATC's)  April 

 

It's Springtime

 Time for a new challenge at Allsorts. Brenda has picked  It's Springtime 

and as always anything goes is accepted.  

  

 

 

 Pardon the clip on this one, I wanted you to see it folded flat

for mailing: 

 

 

Supplies:

Penny Black good wish bouquet

Stampin Up Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies 

Embossed panels from my stash 

 

Take a look at the Allsorts challenge blog for Design Team inspiration and 

to join in for a chance to win: 

 

Two Penny Black Stamps available from Buddly Crafts

 

A few fun challenges: 

Can You Handle the Pressure  March- ATG (0ption kids)  4/8

Beautiful Blossoms   4/16

 

Bird, Butterflies, & Blooms- March   4/1 

Creative Creases #113  4/3 

Ellibelle's Garden Party #13  4/6 

The Diva's That Cut Paper : Spring is Coming-dry embossing, die cut 4/2

The Creative Crafters #98  4/8 

Simon Says Stamp-Wednesday- ATG's, option Altenew 4/1 

Come Sail Away

 

Sharing a card I made awhile back for my husbands birthday.  The sailboat is

an old set from Sizzizz, Simply Defined: Be Inspired, Moments. Patterned

papers are from Hackney & Co.: Sea & Shore. Colored with Copics.

Clouds stenciled with a Close to my Heart stencil. Brown/rust  strip 

embossed with  StampinUp Subtle Dynamic Texture embossing folder

 and Sizziz oval die cuts.

 

Hope you are enjoying your weekend and finding some crafty time! 

 

A few fun challenges:

A Cut Above- Die Cut  4/1 

CYHTP-dry embossing ATG (sewing twist) 3/26 

The Male Room #208  4/1

 

 

Things with wings

   Challenge time at Allsorts. Lynne has picked Things With Wings and as always

Anything Goes is accepted.  

 

I went with several Taylored Expression stamps and dies for the main focus of my

scene featuring sea gulls and filled in with a few other supplies. A day at the

beach sounds delightful and I could just picture it while making my card. 

 

I  have reconnected with my cousin in Rhode Island, she 

likes going to the beach and recently got 20" of snow  so I thought

she would enjoy a beach scene. 

 

Supplies:

 Taylored Expressions:  Striped Background,  A Day In Paradise stamp set and

Build a Scene-Underwater dies

Cloud dies by Amuse

A Colorful Life Cloud Stencil  

 Positively Pawsome Cross stitch Flat Bottom Circle 

 

 Hop on over to Allsorts blog to see what my teammates have created and

to enter for a chance to win a guest design spot or: 

Prize of $30 gift card from Taylored Expressions and extra prize of an A4 stamp set. 

 

A few fun challenges: 

A Cut Above March  4/1 

Die Cut Diva's  - Spring is Coming 4/1 

Mix It Up Challenge Blog #82 -Die cuts  4/1 

Stamping Sensations March ATG 4/1 

The Paper Funday #85 March- twist: feathers on the seagulls 4/1

We Love to Stamp- Wildlife March  4/1 

Word Art Wednesday 742-743 3/18 

St. Patrick's Day tags

 Time to start on those St. Patrick's day makes! When  all you have left

in your St.Patrick's Day paper pad is snippets you can make tags!

 

    

 

 I cut strips of 1/2 inch from the snippets, traced the tag die on snippets of white

card stock and layered the strips diagonally before die cutting.   I then got

playing with gold embossing powder, I added it to the shamrocks, tag edges,

and my dry embossed bottom tag.  A bit of twine and I called it good.

I thought these turned out nice. 

Second tag:

 

 

My snippets: 

      

 Supplies:

Hero Arts Infinity Tag dies

Lawn Fawn Lucky Clover dies

Embossing folders: StampinUp Splatters, Cuttlebug polka dot

Authentique Dublin patterned paper pad snippets 

 

A few fun challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure-ATG (twist sympathy) 3/12 

Die Cut Diva's March-Spring is coming  4/1 

Double D Challenge - Bookmark  3/16 

Just Us Girls #813 3/12

 

Tag-Along (and ATC 's)  March-ATG   4/1

Snippets Playground #527  4/1

Stamping Sensations -March (spring or ATG)  4/1

We Love Stamping-March (wildlife or ATG) 4/1 

 

 

Ribbon or bows

 Allsorts has a new challenge: Add a ribbon or bow chosen by Sarah, 

anything goes is also an option. 

 I went with Penny Black Good Wish Bouquet stamp set, did some coloring

with Copic markers, die cut some arches, and added used Pretty Petite bow die.

No sentiment until I have a recipient for this spring card. 

 Another view: 

  

Supplies: 

Penny Black Good Wish Bouquet stamp set

Spellbinders Perfect Arches & Tag die

Scrapbook.com Pretty Petite bow die

 

Join in the fun for a chance to be a guest designer or Prize of A5 stamp set, stencil 

and ribbons and £10 digital download from Polkadoodles at Allsorts challenge.

 

 

A few fun challenges:

A Cut Above -Feb  3/1 

Beautiful Blossoms #38  3/15 

Die Cut Divas: Pink  3/1 

Passion for Markers -week 826-spring flowers 3/2 

Penny Black Saturday Challenge ATG,option romance  3/7 

The Paper Funday #84-Pastels