Neutral Christmas

Hello Peace On Earth fans, we have a new challenge starting today
and as always a fun mood board for inspiration but you can create any Christmas
themed project!

I let lots inspire me on this board, the colors, the Santa, the bits of nautical,
I had fun with it! All pieces including the design paper were cut from scraps

of papers.  My Santa is a die from scrapbookdotcom that I received FREE with 
an order, he is a picky little guy to work with and he is to have 'bushy' eyebrows too

but I didn't allow enough face space to use them, poor Santa!
The small sailboat I popped up, both it and the
Starfish are dies from Impression Obsession.
I love how this guy turned out. 

Get ahead of the 'game' and come and join in some Christmas fun with us at

Peace On Earth!!

Entering the following challenges:

Christmas Crafts All Year Round .....K & L (Kris Kringle)

Welcome Little One

 A new month, a new challenge at
Love Those Pretty Papers
the challenge that is all about using those pretty papers
we all seem to have and hoard!

We are an anything goes challenge using your papers with
an always OPTIONAL theme and this month it is
PASTELS.

I used the cutest paper from Craft Consortium Little Ones.
Each and every sheet is as cute as the one before and there are
40 sheets in all!  All you see on my card is from
this paper pad other then the sentiment
and that is a Spellbinders Betterpress.

For my anything goes card I used a gorgeous
Brutus Monroe Secret Garden paper.
Each of these papers, both front and back will make a card
on their own without needing much more,
they are so beautiful!!  All I had to do was add my
Pink Fresh Studios sentiment.

So get out YOUR pretty papers,
we would LOVE to see them at our
Love Those Pretty Papers challenge!

Entering the following challenges:
Just Add Ink ....Patterned Paper~Animals

Masculine Happy Birthday

At Simply Clean & Simple challenges our OPTIONAL theme is
NAUTICAL. 

I never seem to have very many masculine cards so I decided to
create one today using a couple never been used before products.

The cute little die cut water/waves is Poppystamps
Whittle Wave Background (2020).  Isn't it cute?
Will be perfect for their whittle fish too.
The boat is Cottage Cutz Sailboat purchased during one of
their fabulous sales they offer a few times a year.
The sentiment is Hero Arts.

That's it, just a simple, masculine CAS card.

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge .... Masculine
The Male Room .... Outdoors

A Little Hello

 A new challenge is starting today at WORD POWER,
the challenge where your BIG sentiments take center stage,
the kind of sentiment that catches your eye before anything else.

I used an A2 die that I received free from scrapbookdotcom
when I paced an order with them, die cut from a navy blue card stock.
The background paper is from a basket of 6x6 paper pads and
single sheets that I have on my desk to try and use up,
there must be well over 200 sheets in that basket!
The small sentiment is a Spellbinders Betterpress that I thought
worked well with the large die cut.  The butterfly came out of my
'spare parts' bin (I think it is a Sue Wilson die).

We would love to have you join us at our Word Power challenge!!

Entering the following challenges"
Just Us Girls ..... Die Week with a Butterfly

You're The Best

A new month means a new challenge inspiration board at
TRIPLE B, the challenge that is all about
Birds~Blooms~Butterflies
you can use one, two, or all three and have the option to use the colors
of our mood board below, but any color is fine as long as you
have used one of the three B's!

Last year I purchased a 'slew' of rub on's, they certainly have

changed for the better over the years.
This set is Dress My Craft Peacocks Motif .  I adhered it to a The Greetery 
Sweetest Frames die and stamp.  The card base is from Sizzix, with a 

matching envelope.  The sentiment is a Spellbinders Betterpress.

Come and have some fun with us at Triple B!

Big Beautiful Bow

We have a fun new challenge starting today at Double D and it is
BOWS
and as always we have a fun mood board for you for inspiration,
plenty of beautiful inspiration on our blog too!

I had plenty to choose from for this challenge but went with
The Greetery's Big Beautiful Bow die, it has always been a favorite of mine
and makes for a pretty card.  Because when cutting two different colors you

end up with two bows, so I created a second card.
I die cut all the pieces from scraps of papers.  the background paper is
Paper Rose Violet Dreams, a pack of paper with gorgeous violet prints.
I added a few die cut and finished Spellbinders flowers from my stash
trying to use them up, but of course once they are gone I will just make more!!
The colors are MORE lavender then shown, it's a hard color to photograph the
true colors it seems.

Card #1

Card #2

Come on over and visit our Double D challenge and plenty of

beautiful inspiration from the design teams!

Entering the following challenges:

Unicorn Challenge .... Flowers
Aud Sentiments .... Flowers
Die Cut Diva's  .... ATG

Vitamin Sea

 A new month, a new challenge at Stencil Fun
with an OPTIONAL theme of BUTTERFLIES.

I used for the first time a Brutus Monroe butterfly stencil
stenciled with Altenew inks  Warm Sunshine, Pinkalicious,
and Hydrangea.  The sentiment is from The Greetery.

For my Anything Goes card I used a stencil that I have
used once before, time to bring it out again!!  It is Picket Fence
Current of Fish, stenciled with Distress Spiced Marmalade.
The sentiment is The Project Bin Summer Fun.

Come over to Stencil Fun and join in with us!

Entering the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge .... C is For Circles
Try It On Tuesday .... Going Round In Circles
Hand Stamped Sentiments ... Inspiration Photo

Hauntingly Good Time

Hello Halloween fans, it's time for our monthly Halloween challenge at
Two Old Bats where we celebrate Halloween year round! 
We have a mood board for inspiration  but you can create
anything Halloween themed!

I totally let the colors and the grave stones inspire me this time
from the lower left photo,  though I certainly had plenty
of 'skeletons' I could of used.

My card is created with the use of a Spellbinders rub on.  These were/are
some of the best rub ons!  I added a scrap of Brutus Monroe paper and a few

die cut Simon Says Stamp bats.  The sentiment was a rub on as well!

Come on over and have some 'spooky' fun with us at Two Old Bats!

Hello My Dear Friend

 Happy first day of June my friends!
Today brings us to our monthly challenge at The Four Seasons
where our SEASON  is SUMMER.
We have a SUMMERY mood board for inspiration but you
can create anything as long as it is SUMMER!

Being part of the DT we always try to use the mood board for OUR inspiration,

but I have to admit this one thru me a bit.  It shouldn't have as I do have

umbrella and beach chair dies as well as a 

Cricut with 1000's of images to choose from, in fact there were over 8,000
images of just watermelons lol!  And see the water in the backgrounds of two
of those pictures?  Well, I have the most perfect 6x6x paper pad of all water,

but no, I had to make this as difficult for myself as I could!

Finally I had a lightbulb moment and came up with an idea to create my own

slices of watermelon by die cutting a circle and cutting it into fourths
and inking it to look like  watermelon slices.  The watermelon seeds were made
using raindrop dies from a Cottage Cutz die, they worked perfectly.

The sentiment is one I purchased from a Spellbinders warehouse sale

(how I love those sales) Little Hello Sentiments.  The die cut underneath was 

a free one I received with a Scrapbookdotcom order Nested Stitched Tickets.

Needless to say , this is NOT a seedless watermelon LOL!!

Come on over to The Four Seasons for some SUMMER fun with us!

Rosy Congratulations

 It's Colorful Options time once again and we have a pretty
inspiration board or you have the option to use Rainbow colors.

First I have to say my Rose is a much more Tiffany color then the photo shows,

I just wasn't able to get the true color on camera, but when holding my card up to
the inspiration board it is a true match.

I used the beautiful Simon Says Stamp Elegant Rose stencil with 
Altenew inks Dew Drop~Aqualicious~and Teal Cave.
The sentiment is a hot foil one sent to me by a friend.

Come and join us with our pretty summer Colorful Options inspiration board!

Entering the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday .... Simon Products
Fab N Funky .... Stencils

Have A Special Day

 Our The Neglected Stuff challenge starts today,
the challenge where we ask you to get out your old
neglected stuff, you know those things you had to have
but have yet to use or only used maybe once eons ago!!

I liked the design of this card so much that I did last month for another DT
and decided to make more for this challenge.

Card #1 contains a very old Stampin' Up background paper,
older Tutti Designs Stitched Banner dies and some fun Ephemera I
purchased in 2025 Craft Consortium's Amongst The Hedgerow.
The banner papers are a scrap of green and Echo Park's Bee Happy .
The sentiment is from Katy Sue designs.

Card #2 is basically all the same with the exception of the
background paper is Graphic 45.

I'm sure you have some old neglected stuff
and we would love to see it at our challenge!!

A Sketch Card

Another free day with no DT cards allowing me to have more fun
with a few challenges .  My challenge today is
Atlantic Hearts Sketch #683

I found this challenge to be a very pretty sketch and a bit more
'fussy' then most sketches and I liked that! I pretty much

let the sketch inspire me to stick with it  without changing a thing..
For the most part I used scraps of paper from my 'yellow' paper

scrap bag and an older scalloped punch from SU.

The flowers and leaves were already created from Spellbinders Bold Blooms.
as is the sentiment, a Betterpress.

I'll be back tomorrow and the next couple of days too

with some more fun challenge cards, hopefully as we all

know how life can change our plans!!

Say It With Flowers

Hello friends, today is another day of a non DT cards
so I have been having fun  actually joining in a few challenges.
My chosen challenge for today is 
Make My Monday #278 Say It With Flowers.

You certainly can't go wrong with a floral card!!
I used a stencil/stamp combo from LDRS Creative
Poppy Posy, stenciled with various inks
Distress Oxide Twisted Citron, Memento Love Letter,
Gina K Red Hot and Altenew Grass Field, Shadow Creek.
I wish there was more of a contrast of the reds but I find
most reds all seem to be somewhat the same.
The sentiment is Sizzix Daily Sentiments.
I also used a 'new to me' SSS Pawsitively
Perfect White Splatter Medium,
which I need a little practice with,
there is a Youtube video however!

Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with another non DT card,
thanks for stopping by!!

Also entering the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin' ..... Flowers
Simon Wednesday .... ATG and/or Simon Products
Fab N' Funky .... Stencil and/or Embossing
Crafty Gals Corner ..... Flowers For Mom/ATG

Save Water

Another non DT card today this time a fun one for the challenge at 
 The Male Room where the challenge is:

A couple years ago I bought this crazy fun stamp from Funky Fossil
and have fun with it over the last few years.  It has five fun images
and four images to choose from.  My favorite for a male will

be on my blog at some point later as a DT card.

I kept my card very CAS, coloring in with Copic's.
I tried to find some inspiration using this stamp but could not

find any anywhere and it seems the stamp set has been discontinued,

too bad as it is a unique and fun set to play with!! 

I'll be back tomorrow with another non DT card,

I've been having fun joining in these fun challenges!!

Also entering the following fun challenges:

All about Papercrafts #5 .... Food and/or Drinks

Love Bug

Hello friends, my blog is free of DT cards until June 1st
so I didn't want to leave it empty for that long and decided to do a few 
challenges this week.  One that caught my eye was  Just Add Ink #786
that the theme was polka dots.

My first thought when I saw the theme was my cute Cottage Cutz Love Bug die,

one I have used only once before a few years ago.  Unfortunately this fun
die is no longer available so I feel extra lucky to own it.
The papers are from Echo Park Little Lady bug, fitting for my cute bug!
The die cut with the polka dots is also a Cottage Cutz die, also now

not available.  This die is super easy and not near as 'picky' as
some of the other CC dies I have done, but they are so worth

the effort, I mean, look how cute they are!!

I will also be back tomorrow with another fun challenge card...stay tuned!!

Also, entering the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams .... Use Die Cuts
Allsorts .... Anything Goes
Crafty Catz #714 .... Anything Goes
Elliebelle's Garden Party #15 .... Anything In/From A garden

Go Blue

 This post is more personal then I would normally do
but my grandson graduated from University of Michigan with his masters
in Kinesiology Master of Science Sport, Sport Management.
It's pretty awesome to me as 10 years ago he had a spinal injury
that placed him a wheel chair when he was 15, hard for any
teenager to accept, but he persevered and ended up in a
wheelchair tennis program at UOM where he finished out his year as
the National wheelchair champion, a HUGE accomplishment. 

I created this card using an image from my Cricut in his school colors.  I was quite pleased that Cricut had perfect images for this sport!!
His celebration was May 2nd at the Notre Dame campus, which he well deserved

His parents, (my daughter) and his girlfriend.

Entering the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge .... 'B' Is For Balls (tennis balls)

Believe In the Magic

 Happy Sunday, can you believe we are already winding down May?
June will be here before we know it and we have perfect
weather (with a bit of rain) predicted for all week!

I didn't have any DT cards for today, not for the rest of the week
so I am entering a card I made for my SIL at Christmas time
that I have never shown on my blog, today in a challenge at
Crafty Calendar's May challenge that is 'All White'!

Dies:  IO Deer and trees, Yvonne Creations Houses,
EB Folder Falling Snow
Oval is Tutti Designs, Sign is Penny Black,
Sentiment:   JustRite Xmas Inner Thoughts

I personalized the card.  Very hard to get a 'good' all white photograph!
Because my all white card does have a black sentiment on it I hope
it qualifies, but I did see one of the DT had a neutral sentiment as well.

I am going to try my best to be back with another non DT

card tomorrow, it's been fun entering some challenges myself

other then offering them along with my co-owner!

Thanks for stopping by!

Also entering the following challenges:
Dragonfly Dreams .... Use Dies

You Did It

 It's getting closer and closer to graduation this year and we only
have one granddaughter graduating from high school this year
and a grandson getting his masters so I decided to make a grad
card for a young lady for our Can You Handle The Pressure challenge blog.
Our OPTIONAL theme is embellishments.

Its a simple card really.  I used for the first time a TH mini texture fades
Mini Kaleidoscope EB folder on a Homey Bee Team Tie Dye paper.
I embellished the larger flowers with white pearls.
All the other papers came out of my 'pink' scrap bag.
The sentiment is a Spellbinders Betterpress.

Have neglected EB folders?  Then get them out and join our challenge at
Can You Handle The Pressure.

Happy Birthday Stars

A new challenge starts today at The Pick Three blog
and you are required to PICK 3 of any of the elements below.
We can't wait to see what you choose. 

I got a little carried away and used FIVE of the elements
Embossing~Numbers~Birthday~Blue~Plaid.

I saw the layout for this card on Pinterest HERE 
but changed it up a bit by adding an embossed numerical background.

Products Used:
SU Baja Breeze card stock
Cuttlebug Numbers EB Folder
Tutti Designs Stitched Nesting Stars
Hero Arts Sentiment & Die
Various color card stock scraps

Fancy Pants Epoxy Puffy Embellishments

Come on over and have some Pick 3 fun with us and
check out all the fabulous inspiration from the design team!

Entering the following challenges:

Festive Friday #210 ....  Hot Air Balloon Day (Use 3)

Primary colors~Epoxy Embellishments~Birthday Sentiment

Snippets Playground #532 .... Snippets of Paper

Cardz 4 Guyz #386 .... Squash It (use an EB folder)
Die Cut Diva's .... Celebrations

Happy Birthday Splatters

Double D has a new challenge theme starting today and it is
SPLATTER .

We have a mood board for inspiration as well as two teams of
wonderfully fun inspiration, make sure to check them out!!

For my splatter card I had a scrap of 'splattered' green paper
making the perfect background for my Poppystamps Marcelle Flower die.
I die cut in all white scraps them blended ink in from my brushes.

The sentiment is Hero Arts Ribbon Messages stamped directly onto
the card front.  A few fun sequins were added.

Come and join our fun challenge theme at Double D!!

Christmas Puppies

It's time for a new challenge starting today at
Peace On Earth!
We have a fun mood board for inspiration but you can use
anything as long as it is Christmas themed!

Some cutie pie animals in the board which made me think of my Katy Sue 3D
puppy cards I created.  I have several different ones but am just posting these two

for now.  Each card below that is shown I have 2 of each.  These cards are 

4 1/2 x 4 1/2 and very 3D.  I have a doodle dog and the one reminds me of when he was a puppy!  Not much more to say about these
cards as you just punch out all the pieces then use a thinner

adhesive pop up in-between all the layers, easy peasy!

Card #1

Card #2

Aren't they just the cutest??
Come on over to Peace On Earth where we offer Christmas fun year round!!

Entering the following challenges:
Addicted To Stamps & More #517 .... Christmas

ABC Christmas  .... K is For Knitwear

Krafty Chicks #820 .... Christmas

52 Card Throwdown .... Animals