Merry Christmas

 Hello friends, at Peace On Earth we have a mood board for inspiration
that maybe will inspire you, maybe it will be the colors or the
nutcrackers themselves, but keep in mind we are an anything goes challenge
as long as it is Christmas themed!

I used a new nutcracker die from Photo Play.  This die makes three different
nutcrackers and it took me awhile to figure out the pieces.  All were cut with
a white card stock scrap and colored in with Copics. I used Spellbinders 
Curved Matting Basics A for my backgrounds.  He was a testsy little guy to make.

Come join us at Peace On Earth and have some
early Christmas fun with us!

Entering the following challenges:
NBUS .... Never Before Used Schtuff (my nutcracker)
Little Red Wagon .... 'D' is for Die Cut

Guest Designing At Cut It Up

Hello friends, today is a fun day as I am guest designing for the
Cut It Up challenge and the theme is FLOWERS.

Cut It Up is a challenge that is all about using your die cuts.

I decided to use my much neglected Concord & 9th Primrose Garden dies.
This by far is not a quick project but I prefer much more 'fussy'  cards myself
so this wasn't a hardship for me to create. 
It's a lot of die cutting but so worth it in the end. 
The sentiment is also Concord & 9th , Primrose Garden stamp.

 I totally used scraps for all greenery and flowers.  I keep all my scraps
in their own 12x12 ziploc bag sorted by color.  Makes it easy to just

grab a color when I need it.

I want to thank Cut I Up having me as a guest designer!!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you can join the
challenge at Cut It Up, the perfect time for flowers!!

Entering the following challenges:
Little Red Wagon .... D is For Die Cut
Snippets Playground #506 .... Snippets
Craft Rocket #125 .... Flowers
Ellibelle's Garden Party .. In/From A Garden
Seize The Birthday .... Flowers

 

Two Old Bats May 2025 Reminder

Hello friends, we are halfway through our monthly year round challenge
at Two Old Bats and the design team have some fun new inspiration for
you, so be sure to go and check it out!
We also have this fun mood board for inspiration only!

 

Being the  month of May and in a 'Spring' mood I totally let the
pinks in the board inspire me!  I used the Waffle Flower postage die
and cut it apart to fit my cute little images from a paper pack of
Paper Rose 6x6 papers.  The background is an old Cuttlebug Spider web
frame that goes around the entire base, but you know how hard it is to 
get a good photo of a black card, especially when it is embossed!

Get those Halloween supplies out and come on over to
Two Old Bats and have some Halloween fun with us!

Signing off, one of the Two Old Bats!!

Every Flower Is A Soul

 Hello friends, we have a new and beautiful mood board at
Beautiful Blossoms where we are all about BLOOMS.
You can create any color but just keep flowers as your focus!

First card:

I used an Altenew Sweet Spring Stencil and Altenew
inks.  this is only a 2 step stencil so it was a little difficult to get the three colors in without overlapping on each other.
I used a Spellbinders Garden Favorites sentiment and a few PinkFresh Studio gems.  The die is PinkFresh Studio Mini Slimline Essential Bundle.

Second card:
This is the first I created but decided to do another as I 
wasn't quite satisfied with it.

This card kind of through me for a loop as first of all I thought the stencil
I used was Roses until I went to list it and saw it is actually Peonies.
It is a Hero Arts 4 layer stencil that I used Altenew and PinkFresh Studio inks
in purples and orange colors for the florals.  I am wondering if I used lighter and a dark color if
it would show more detail.  The sentiment strip is Stampendous and I added
a few purple sequins for a filler.

Come have some floral fun with us at Beautiful Blossoms.

3D Flowers

 Hello friends, at The Sisterhood of Crafters our theme for the month
is FLOWERS.
As you have probably seen on some previous blog posts
I have been a bit addicted to the Katy Sue 3D layered cards.
These gorgeous tulips are one of them.  All the pieces punch out and
then you use thin pop ups to layer them making them 3D.
I created a 5 1/2" square card as this is a pretty big panel.

The 3D effect:

It's May, time for all those flowers,
 so come on over and have some floral fun with us!!

Sending Hugs

 Hello friends, our OPTIONAL theme this month at
Can You Handle The Pressure is FLORAL
but you can create any theme as long as you have used an
embossing folder, that is a must!

I at one time was a member of the Spellbinders 3D embossing folder club
and this gorgeous folder is the January 2024 folder Efflorescent Flora folder..
It's a very large folder so you are only seeing a portion of it's beauty,
The polka dot paper is My Favorite Things die cut with a 
Tutti Designs rectangle slimline die.  The flower is (Iris) a layered stamp
that I inked a long time ago so not sure of the maker, Hero Arts(?) maybe.  The sentiment is Pink Fresh Studio.

We would love to see you and YOUR embossing folders over at
Can You Handle The Pressure.

Happy Birthday

Hello friends, we have a new challenge theme starting today at Double D and it is Designer Paper,  May is national scrapbook
month so you can even do a scrapbook page if so desired!
As always we have a fun mood board for inspiration! 

I was inspired by the pretty prints and had a paper pad I knew would be perfect
for this challenge.  The pad is full of gorgeous papers, Hydrangea Lawns
by Dress My Craft.I also used an Impressions Obsessions Hydrangea die
that I cut lots of the flowers and inked with Altenew inks Sapphire and Hydrangea.
The flower is really is more of a purple-isah color.  I adhered it to a spare parts
embossed strip I had and added a bow sentiment 'Put A Bow On It' from The Greetery.

Come on over to Double D with your designer papers

and have some fun with us, a plus is you can also

enter your project at our sister challenge

Love Those Pretty Papers!!

Entering the following challenges:
Elleibelle's Wednesday challenge .... ATG
The Paper Funday #76 .... ATG

The Crafting Challenge .... Flowers
Halloween Crafts & Other Occasions .... Birthdays
Simon Says Wednesday .... Beautiful Blooms