It's Your Day

 Can You Handle The Pressure is bringing to you an
OPTIONAL theme of FLOWERS
but you can create anything as long as an embossing folder is used, that is a MUST
to enter our challenge!

I found an already embossed panel in my 'spare parts'
box and since that is my goal of to use this year, plus the fact
that it is downright pretty, I pulled it out to use.
The folder is Spellbinders Flower Frenzy which I  'might' of picked up
during one of their warehouse sales.
I need to make more of my Spellbinders Bold Blooms flowers so am trying to 
use up what I already have made and that is where these flowers
came from.  They worked perfectly with my folder and perfect for the theme.
The sentiment is a Betterpress stamp and die.

So many new embossing folders out there
to purchase, we hope to see some at our
Can You Handle The Pressure challenge!

Birds and/or Eggs Challenge

 I was once again able to have some free time to enter a challenge I saw
at Make My Monday where the theme is Birds and/or Eggs.

I purchased a set of rub ons from Prima Among The Wildflowers
 that had the prettiest images on it, one is quite large but it does fit a 6x6 card base. 
Do go and check them out!
The one I used has both a bird and eggs on it and I was thinking it
would make a beautiful baby card, but because it is a
Congratulations sentiment, it could be used for about any occasion. 
It was rubbed onto one of my favorite Waffle Flower dies
Lacy Layers 2 (no longer available).

It certainly will be an easy mailer, with the rise of postage
that is a 'good' thing!!

Do you like to use pretty 'rub on's too??

With Deepest Sympathy

 I saw this pretty Baby's Breath stencil at Papertrey ink and saw it had been used
for a sympathy card on one of their samples and thought it would be
perfect for that, but when I put it my cart and saw the shipping for
just one lightweight stencil I backed out, but along came my
|'partner in crime' Dar and when I showed her the stencil she
wanted it too and a few other things so she bought it for me and then 
mailed it to me, now how nice is that of a friend!!

I used some pretty Altenew inks for my stencil, if you do layering stencils
I can recommend these ink cubes, they come in a set of four colors
from light to dark and I have had them for quite a long time and they still
are as good as the day I had bought them.  The sentiment is Hero Arts.  A simple but pretty sympathy card.

I plan on making several more of these cards in different colors

Hoping this is CAS for the challenge at 
CAS On Friday#332 as it certainly was VERY simple to create
and lots of clean white space and the theme is SYMPATHY!

Mini Daffodils

 Hello friends, I created a card today specifically for a few CAS challenges.

Fab N Funky #635 with a theme of CAS

Addicted To CAS #306 with a theme of POSTAGE

Waffle Flower's Aprils release had the cutest Daffodil stencil
for a very reasonable price ($7)
and usually until supplies last if you spend $25or more
 they offer up a free 'something' the day of the new release
and this time it was the free 'Postage' die to go with the stencil.

Being that Daffodils are my favorite Spring flower,
how could I resist and with all

the fabulous newly released products it certainly isn't a hardship to spend $25!

I had just purchased some new yellow inks from SSS in the colors of
Lemonade, Sunbeam and Citrus, perfect for the three colors
the stencil required for the flowers.
The other colors used were Altenew Shadow Creek and Icy Water,
Dew Drop Rich Cocoa for the Pink Fresh Studio Simply Sentiments.

I'll be back tomorrow with another CAS card!

April Showers Bring May Flowers

It's time for a new challenge at Pick 3,
Projects
The challenge that you pick three out of six elements for your card.

For my card I choose Boots~Rain~Pastel.

Products Used:
Sizzix EB Rain Clouds EB folder
Paper Smooches Rain Boots
Paper Rose  Bluebird Paper
Sue Wilson Butterfly
Spellbinders Flowers

This is a fun new challenge, come and have some
fun with us at Pick 3.

Entering the following challenges:
If You Gave A Crafter A Cookie #215 .... Rainy Days

DL Art. Thankful Thursday #391 .... Optional Showers

Cardz For Galz #274 .... April Showers

Time Out #311 ... Rain~Pastels~Blooms

Country Barn

 Time for a new challenge at Peace On Earth
and we have a country barn mood board for
inspiration, but you can create anything as long as it
is Christmas themed!

I created a cute barn scene and I have to say this was the most
'pickiest' Cottage Cutz die I have ever used!  So MANY tiny pieces
to put together, look at the lean-to, each one of those stones was
a tiny piece to attach and color.  I did die cut the entire piece from a
white scrap of card stock, then colored each tiny piece with

Copics and Olos.  It took me about an hour and a half to put this together.
The background is Sizzix TH Falling Snow EB folder.
Whew, this was one time consuming project, I think my eyes are still crossed!  Much cuter IRL!!

We would love to see your projects over at Peace On Earth.

Entering the following challenges:
Little Red Wagon .... That Song (Frosty The Snowman)
The Paper Funday #86 .... Dies and/or Punches
Unicorn Challenge #119 .... Dies

A Friend Like You

 Today I had a little fun in my craft room, my favorite place to be
to take my mind off what is happening in our crazy and
unsettling world right now.

One of my favorite things to do in card making is using
the layered stencils.  These stencils were very easy to line up
so I created two different cards since I already had them out.

First card:

Products Used:
Altenew Beautiful Inside sentiment
Spellbinders  Stencil of the month AUG 24 Colorful Expressions Garden
Altenew Inks Warm Sunshine~Hydrangea~Evergreen~Forest Glades~Mangrove Root

Second Card:

Products used"
Same SB stencil as above
Inks:  SSS Mandarin,  Twilight~Dew Drop Memento Rich Cocoa~
Altenew:  Grass Field, Warm Sunshine~Shadow Creek and
Distress Walnut Stain
Altenew Sentiment

I created these cards specifically for a challenge at

Tic Tac Toe #290 .... Pastel~Free~Stencil

Addicted To Stamps & More which the theme is