Happy Thoughts

 It's time for another Love Those Pretty Papers challenge
with our OPTIONAL theme of CIRCLES.
I have a stack of paper pads that are close to being used up
and that is where my 'circle' paper is from,
a Simple Stories Make It Merry pad.
The circle I stamped on and the die cut underneath all came from
my 'white' spare parts container. 
The stamp is one I purchased from Spellbinders at one of their famous
warehouse sales and is Butterfly Burst Mar 2023 stamp of the month.
I added a few enamel dots, (yes, I am trying to use them up too)!

Because the theme is OPTIONAL and the challenge is an anything goes challenge
we also make an anything goes card.

I used my Cheery Lynn Step card die since it was still sitting out from a
previous use along with a VERY old Stampin' Up designer paper
which you might have yourself!
I really wanted the paper to take center stage so I just added
a few of my already made flowers and a sentiment stamped
from Pink Fresh Simply Sentiments 'Hello'.

The side and inside view of the card.

We would love to see YOUR pretty papers over at
Love Those Pretty Papers.

Happy Day

 Our fun challenge at Simply Clean & Simple
has an OPTIONAL theme of Baby Animals.
But, we are an anything goes as long as it CAS!

I pulled out a Colorado Craft Anita Jeram Wishing Birthday
stamp set and used the two tiniest little critters stamped with
Lisa Horton Cloud 9 and colored with a mix of Aletnew and
Copic alcohol markers. This set has 2 more larger critters
that are just as cute as the 2 I used. I stamped them on a pretty
Pink Fresh Studio Folk Edge Circle with a Cottage Cutz
Scalloped Circle underneath, all cut from scraps of papers.
I added some PFS gems.

If you love to make CAS cards, or even if you just want a break
from the more fussy cards, then come and join our CAS challenge at
Simply Clean & Simple.

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday ....Make It Cute
Little Red Wagon .... Animal
Crafty Animals ... Animal

Irish Blessing

 It's that time again for our monthly challenge at Word Power
where we are all about letting the sentiment take center stage!
It's an anything goes challenge as long as your sentiment is
big enough to make a statement, we don't want to see 
those itty bitty ones!

Being March, I decided not only to go with a St Patrick's theme
but to use a bit of my 'neglected' stuff as well.
I chose a Sparkle N Sprinkle (retired) stamp set Irish Blessings.
Though SNS is no longer with us, the stamp 'might' still be available,
the stamp was designed by Becky Muir
and I'm not sure if she is still making/selling stamps?

The image was stamped on a Tutti Designs Nested Rectangle die, then colored in with various Copic and Altenew markers.

The sentiment was stamped with Versamark then embossed
with Ranger Princess Gold EB powder.
I have a lot of gold EB powders but this one is a very fine powder.
The background paper is from an older (2018) pad of
Doodlebug 'Lot's of Luck' paper that I have a few sheets left
and am trying to use up.

A pretty simple card but sometimes simple is good, right?
Come on over and join us at Word Power!!

Entering the following challenges:

If You Gave A Crafter A Cookie .... Green

Just Us Girls .... Die Week #813 Luck/Green

From All Of Us

We have a fun new challenge theme for the next two weeks at
Double D  and it is Books/Bookmarks and/or Postage/Postal.

We also have a fun inspiration board plus plenty of beautiful
inspiration over on the DD blog.

As you have probably seen on my blog before I love the Waffle Flower

postage dies, stencils ands stamps, am very addicted to them and have several now.
The one I am using today is Postage College Rose stencil, my first time using it

and I have to say it was one of the easiest with only three layers!  The stamps are

also WF Postage College stamp set, other then the sentiment which is

Spellbinders Betterpress.

I used the Distress ink colors listed in one of the WF samples and was happy
with the mix.  They are Distress Peeled Paint, Rustic Wilderness, Barn Door,

Aged Mahogany and Scattered straw.

We would love to have you come and join us at Double D

with your take on our challenge!!

Entering the following challenges:
Try It On Tuesday .... Feminine
Inspirational Challenge .... Stencils

A Happy Hello

 The Triple B challenge for March is starting today
and we have a pretty March mood board for inspiration!

You can however create anything as long as it has a
bird~bloom~butterfly on it, one, two, OR all three!

I was inspired by not only the green colors but the pretty small
white flowers and the green bird.  I went thru my die books of flowers
and found this Memory Box (2015) Evershan Branch die.  After cutting it out I
added some apple green Nuvo to the flower centers.  I then added a bird from
Memory Box (2024) Bird Blossoms.  The Sentiment is Spellbinders
A Little Hello Sentiments, but I wish I had placed it a bit higher but 

it was too late to move it, one of life's hard lessons!!
It really is a 'deeper' green then it shows.

Come join in our Triple B fun!!

Entering the following challenges:
Die Cut Diva's ... Spring
Moving Along With The Times .... Birds and/or Bees

Congratulations

Hello friends it's once again time for a new challenge at 
Stencil Fun and if you really want to be challenged our
OPTIONAL theme is Vines/Vinery
but you can always use ANYTHING Goes as long as your stencil is featured!

What I had planned to use I couldn't as it required a 
spray, not ink and each of my NEW sprays(that I have had a long time) were clogged and I made a mess trying to clean
the nozzles, so I finally gave up and started over.
It was very frustrating as each of the three bottles I tried
has never even been opened, that taught me a lesson,
to not buy any more of those products.
For my vinery card I used an Ink 3 Leafy Forest stencil.
inked with Dew Drop Bamboo Leaves ink.  In my stash I
had a piece of WF postage I used for a base for my SB
pre-made flowers, an embossed butterfly, also from my spare parts
and a Betterpress sentiment finishes my card.

Anything Goes Card:

For my ATG card I used a never before been used
stencil from A Pocket Full of Happiness 'So Lucky'.
This is a three layer stencil that I used Altenew
Forest Glades and Evergreen inks and Lisa Horton limited edition
Solid Gold ink.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to come and visit us at

Stencil Fun!!!

Entering the following challenges:
Cards For Galz ....Wings
Inspirational Challenge .... Use Stencils

Just Add Ink .... Stencils and/or Dies

Good Luck

 Our fun challenge at The Neglected Stuff is up and running today 
for the month of  MARCH.
It's the challenge where we want you to pull out any of your
supplies that you have never used or haven't used in quite some time!

Being March, I decided to go with a St Patrick's type card
using an older Cheapo Die that I had only used once before.
The Cheapo Dies challenge blog closed in 2018
 and the last time I used this die set was March 2018.
Time to bring it back out don't you think?

The background dies are Cottage Cutz Wacky  Stitched Rectangles.
The sentiment is part of the die set.

We would LOVE to see YOUR neglected stuff, so come on over!!

Entering the following challenges:
If You Gave A Crafter A Cookie ....March Clovers