Hello hello hello little one

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all enjoying your summer so far. It's been nice and hot here! I've been enjoying some time off work with a little side trip to NH and it's been quite nice. Looking sooooo forward to my retirement very soon!!!

Today's card that I am sharing  is for the current Wednesday challenge of Anything Goes at  Simon Says Stamp found here.

I am using my recently purchased Cuddly Critters stamp set and the accessory stamps and dies that go along with this set.

I started by creating my background first by blending 3 different ink colours. Once I had the right look I die cut the panel using a new die from MFT, then I added some water splatters.

Then I went on to creating my card by stamping all the elements needed and colouring them with Copics.
I positioned them on my card, adhered them down with foam tape and added some SSS sequins for the finishing touch.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

SSS Cuddly Critters & Cuddly Critters Accessories
MFT Dienamics Wonky Stitched Rectangles dies
SSS & Distress inks
Copics
Clear Wink of Stella

Birthday Wishes #2

Hi everyone,

I'm posting a card that I am entering in the SSS Flickr challenge #46 here.

I seem to have gotten very busy lately and have not found much time for spending in my craft room. I'm getting set to retire soon and am spending my work days training and working. I find it takes a lot of effort and time and I seem to be zapped by day's end.
Well it will all be coming to an end soon and then I can concentrate on my daughter's upcoming wedding in August. Retiring, a wedding and a trip to Iceland all in the month of August. Fun times!!!

Well here's the fun shaker card I've made for this challenge. It reminds me of summertime and eating ice cream or sherbet. I did a little ink blending and some water.

Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

SSS Birthday Wishes frame die

SSS Stitched Rectangles die set

Distress Inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry

Doodlebug Sunkissed patterned paper

Birthday wishes

Hi everyone,

This week I received the new Birthday Wishes frame die from Simon Says Stamp which I couldn't wait to put to good use.
One of the owners of the local coffee shop where we go for lunch every Saturday was celebrating a birthday today.
This card was perfect for the occasion.

I used distress inks to blend the background and ran the whole thing through my die cutting machine to add the embossed frame around the card. Next I die cut the frame and added some colour. Die cut the sentiment frame again in black and snipped off the frame and added just the sentiment part behind the original sentiment. Added some twine and 2 pearls for the "i's".

Before assembling the whole thing I added some ink splatters.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

SSS Birthday Wishes frame die

SSS Stitched Rectangles die

Distress inks- Ripe Persimmon, Wild Honey, Barn Door

Lawn Fawn lime twine

Birthday Bear!

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since I posted here as I think I am a little caught up with posting on Instagram.

So quick:)

Here's a card I created a while ago but finally took the photo.

I used the Stitched Rectangle scallop frame die from My Favorite Things to create the 2 frames - one with Lawn Fawn paper and the other I coloured. The bear and gifts were stamped, die cut and coloured using Copics. Added some shiny hearts and that's it for my card

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:
MFT Die-namics Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frames
MFT Die-namics Birthday Bears stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid 6x6 paper pack
Copics
Wink of Stella clear
Shiny hearts

You color my world!

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a very nice Easter and are not too much on a chocolate overload high!!
Today's card is for the current 'Come Rain or Shine' Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp here.
Perfect day to post this card as it is pouring rain outside today after having such a gorgeous Easter Sunday yesterday of 16C.

Here's my card:

I started by stamping the umbrellas one on top of each other and watercolouring them using Zig Clean Color real brush pens in a rainbow design.

I then masked off all the umbrellas and applied Translucent embossing paste using a SSS stencil. Once dry I added the sentiment, some washi tape down each side of the panel and finished it off with matching sequins and that's my card for today.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Supplies:

Penny Black April Showers stamp set
SSS Raindrops stencil
Lawn Fawn Color My World stamp
Zig brush pens - Carmine red, Orange, Yellow, Light Green, Persian blue
Tim Holtz watercolour cardstock
Dreamweaver Translucent Embossing paste
Washi tape
Sequins

LF Easter goodie bags

Hi everyone and Happy Easter,

Well Easter is upon us so I couldn't resist making my goodie bags again using the Lawn Fawn die.
I just love applying different paper designs to the front of each little bag and stuffing them with lots of chocolates eggs and such and sealing them with decorative ribbon. Even though I don't eat chocolate (instant migraine) I still love making these and giving them away to family and friends.
Oh well, there are jelly beans and jujubes that I can munch on!!!

Here are a few of the bags that I created.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn goodie bag die

Lawn Fawn Eggstra Special Easter stamps and dies

Lawn Fawn Grass border die

MFT dienamics Stitched circle scallop die

Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid paper

Elizabeth Craft Designs Shimmer Sheetz

Various ribbons

Plaid Easter bunnies

Hi everyone,

Well it's been a while but I do have a couple of cards that I created for my 2 little nieces for Easter.
Both cards were very quick and easy to create using Lawn Fawn stamps and paper and some new My Favorite Things die-namics dies.
I just love the new paper pack from Lawn Fawn. The colours are perfect for Easter and Springtime!

I created the background by dry embossing the frame. Then I die cut the background panel with the patterned paper. I adhered the patterned paper panel to each card and used 2 different style frames to highlight the bunnies. The bunnies were heat embossed using white embossing powder and stamped on dark brown cardstock. I added a little glitter to each one and covered the entire bunny with clear Wink of Stella for a little extra shimmer.

Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Eggstra Special Easter stamp and die set

My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle Scallop frame die set

My Favorite Things Stitched Circle Scallop frame die set

Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid 6x6 paper pack

Stickles glitter

Wink of Stella clear

Floral thanks,

Hi everyone,

Today's card is one that I made for the 30 Day Colouring Challenge

I stamped the whole image with black ink onto a piece of watercolour cardstock and then started to add my colours using Zig Clean Color real brush markers. Once that was finished I added tiny white dots all around the flowers using a white gel pen.

Popped the piece up with foam tape onto a card base to which I used stitched rectangle dies to create an embossed frame for my floral piece.

Added some clear wink of stella to some of the petals and some gold glitter glue to the centres. Stamped the sentiment and that's it for my card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

Hero Arts Large Blossom stamp CG271

SSS Stitched Rectangle dies

SSS Thanks sentiment set

Zig brush markers - 022, 047, 050, 052, 065, 070

Memento  black ink

Wink of Stella clear

Gelly Roll white pen

Stickles Gold glitter glue

You are loved

Hi everyone,

Well I've had a busy week at work and still enjoying the 30 Day Colouring challenge from Kathy Racoosin.

Here's my card:

I used a die from Memory Box die cut from gold metallic cardstock as a stencil to prepare the background behind the flowers. I laid the piece down and started applying various Distress inks and a SSS ink.When the flowers were all coloured I blended some of the colours with water. I then sprayed the die cut piece with some adhesive spray and applied it directly over the flowers. The 'You' was die cut from shiny black cardstock and the sentiment was stamped with gold ink and a few sequins were added here and there.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

Memory Box English Rose Corner die
SSS You die and stamp set
Distress inks - Barn Door, Picked Raspberry
SSS Teeny Bikini ink

You amaze me!

Hi everyone,


It seems that I've gotten  off to a little bit of a late start for Kathy Racoosin's (The Daily Marker) 30 day Colouring challenge

but I do have my first entry here:

Being a crazy exerciser myself I just fell in love with this stamp and die set from Simon Says Stamp.

I went with a background of stars using a Tim Holtz stencil using soft granite shadow ink.

I stamped the girl using Memento Tuxedo black ink and coloured her using Copics. Not the best Copics colourer yet but I'm working on it :)

The sentiment is from the same SSS set stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder.

That's it for my card today and I hope to keep up with the balance of the 30 days of colouring.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Supplies:

SSS Work Out stamps

SSS Exercise Girls die

Tim Holtz Stars stencil

Hero Arts Shadow ink - Soft Granite

Memento Tuxedo black ink

Copics

SSS White embossing powder