Magical Dreams

 Hello friends, at Can You Handle The Pressure where we are
all about using embossing folders we have an
OPTIONAL theme of  'Something Starting With An F'.
Some ideas are the first one that comes to mind is Flowers,
but there is fox, fantasy, flavors, funny and so on
or a as I used FAIRY.

I pulled out my die notebook of 
Fairies and such as was quite surprised to find several
different fairy dies in it that I haven't ever used.
This Cottage Cutz Spring Fairy  was one of them.

She 'had' a little top knot on her head but well,
we won't talk about that, let's just say it's gone!!
I had a negative oval die cut panel in my spare parts
box so I embossed it with a Honey Bee 3D Spring Medley
embossing folder, added a scrap piece behind and popped
up my fairy on top.  The sentiment and moon are also
Cottage Cutz Magical Unicorn Dreams that I die cut
three times and stacked.  I did place a small sparkle-y
unicorn inside from the same die set.
I think this will make a cute card for a young lady's birthday.

Get out those poor neglected embossing folders and
come and join us at Can You Handle The Pressure
where embossing folders are required.

From The Heart

 Hello friends, at Simply Clean & Simple today
our OPTIONAL challenge them is Love and/or Hearts.
But you can create anything as long as it is CAS.

I think my card today is more along the 'simple' lines
though it is somewhat clean with lots of white space.
All parts from this card came from my 'spare parts' box
of already die cut and embossed panels.
The sentiment strip is Lawn Fawn and the sentiment
itself is from an old Flourishes set.  The die is from
Die Versions that is no longer in business, it is Dozen Roses.

We would love to see your CAS cards
 at Simply Clean and Simple.
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Word Power Challenge February 2025

 Hello friends, we are back this month with our
WORD POWER challenge,
the challenge where your words take center stage!

Do you have large/big words and are not sure what to do with them?
Then get them out and use them for our challenge, it's really pretty easy!
There is no theme so any large sentiments/words will do!

For my card, being February I pulled out some of my Penny Black
dies and stamps.  I die cut the word LOVE twice and stacked one on the other.
The stamp is from PB Loads of Love, a set I got free by winning a
gift certificate to 123Sttich  from the Penny Black challenge!
The eyelet trim across the top was created using an old SU punch,
this is the first time I have used my much neglected punch in years!
The background paper is from one of my newest pads,
Crafter's Companion Love Is In The Air.

So, grab those big words and come on over to
Word Power and join in the fun!

Hearts

 Hello friends, at Double D we have a new theme and fitting for February it is all
about HEARTS!  We also have a fun and pretty mood board for inspiration!

I was inspired by all the pretty pinks, let alone the hearts.  
I have always loved Valentines Day making it one of my favorite
celebrated days!  There is just something about hearts that well,
get to my heart!

I have to say that the creating of today's card threw me for a loop!
I had a Spellbinders die I purchased when they had one of their warehouse sales
and all along thought it was a 'glimmer' die, so what did I do but glimmer it of course.
Then I tried to figure out how to get the center heart glimmered and lined up
in the center so went to youtube and then realized it wasn't a glimmer die
at all, but one of their small dies of the month 'A Lotta Heart' from Jan 2022.

Once I watched the video it all made sense.  The base of the die cuts totally apart
like a puzzle that you have to piece back together.  I first, as I saw in the video
inked one side of all the pieces with Distress Picked raspberry ink, I love how
it gives such a pretty tone on my pink card stock.  There is also a glimmer set
that coordinates with this die that I was lucky enough to have which enabled me
to die cut the center delicate heart out.  When cutting the background die it also
cuts the hearts in half, so I can back in with half hearts on each piece.
The florals and greens in the center of the big heart are part of the die set.
The sentiment is from The Ton Easy Expressions.  I added a few
Pink Fresh Studio gems.

I would suggest if you have this die set
 to make sure you too watch the video.

Stop in at Double D and see all the pretty hearts from
our fabulous design teams!!

Heart Tree

Hello friends, we are into  anew month which means a new challenge at
Stencil Fun with an OPTIONAL Theme of Pinks and/or Reds.
But just by using a stencil it can be anything goes. 

For the 'optional' theme 
I pulled out an easy and fun stencil from Simon Says Heart of Christmas
that has the 4 layering pieces on one stencil. 

It is really a Christmas stencil but I turned into more
appropriate for February with it's cute little hearts!
The embossed background is pulled form my stash of 'white' things I already had
just waiting to be used, it is from WeR Memory Keepers.
I snipped off the dove form an already die cut and added a sentiment from The Ton.

For my 'anything goes' card  I had some fun
with a stencil and die by The Greetery,
scalloped gingham stencil and A2 stitched
scalloped die.  The flowers are from a freebie
from scrapbookdotcom (Pinkfresh Studios Foiled Vellum Floral Ephemera) and the sentiment is
The Ton Easy Expressions.  The card base is actually purple.

Get out those stencils and come on over to
Stencil Fun and have a bit of stenciling fun with us!

Triple B Challenge February 2025

Hello friends, it's February at our Triple B Challenge and we have a very
'vibrant' mood board but you can create any color as long as it has one of the triple b's,
Birds~Blooms and/or butterflies!

For my card I pulled out a new and never been used before stencil/stamp combo
Poppy Posy from LDRS Creative from right here in Michigan.

I stamped the image first then stenciled with Altenew inks in the most reddish color
I could find.  After stamping I could not get the flower stencils to line up
so had to move my stencil each time for each flower, the leaves on the 
other hand lined up perfectly.  I fussy cut my image out and mounted on a Spellbinders
die cut I had in my 'white' container of already die cuts, same with the die cut below
it is Tutti Designs Oriental Screen.  I added a cute embossed butterfly from my stash
and left a sentiment off for now!

Come on over and have some birds~butterfly~blooms
fun with us at Triple B!!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday .... ATG
Little Red Wagon .... ATG

Be My Valentine

 Hello friends, as crazy as it seems we are, Dar and I started a NEW
fun challenge today The Neglected Stuff
meaning we want to see all that stuff in your stash used that you have had
for months or years and never have used yet.  You know how we all
'just have to have it' but it, put it away and it never sees the light of day again
or we can't even remember what or why we bought it!
NOW is the perfect place to make use of it!!

Remember when Prima came out with all those cute girl stamps?
Well, they also had packets of Ephemera of the same girls.
I purchased several of them and into my drawer of ephemera it went,
since 2017.  This packet is Jan/Feb (I have others) and has the cutest
winter and Valentine pieces in it, 102 to be exact.  The dies I used are from
my 'spare parts' of already cut die cuts, and the gingham paper is 
Waffle Flowers Gingham Berry Sweet pad.

I think this sweet little card with go to a great granddaughter.
Come on over and give our challenge a fun try with YOUR neglected 'stuff'!!