Happy Birthday To You

Hello friends, it's time for our fun challenge at Beautiful Blossoms
where we are all about blossoms! 

We always have a pretty floral mood board but you can create any color as
long as flowers are you main focus.

I went with in a very different direction this time around using a beautiful

wildflower A2  card front from Picket Fence.  I added a foiled sentiment
gifted to me from one of our prize winners.

Very simple but gorgeous just the same!

Hope to see your pretty blooms at Beautiful Blossoms!

Birthday Card

 At Can You Handle The Pressure where our challenge is all about
EMBOSSING FOLDERS our OPTIONAL theme is LAYERS!
You don't have to go with our theme but you MUST use an embossing folder to enter.

In 2024 Simon Says Stamps had numerous 99 cent sales and every once
in awhile I was able to catch one before it all sold out.
That is where this little EB folder came from, I was actually able to get 4 different ones.
They emboss and also cut the center out.

After embossing I added a white back and stamped a The Greetery birthday
sentiment on. I layered that onto a scrap of purple card stock.
The designer paper underneath is Brutus Monroe Spring Flowers
and can you believe that paper pad was also one of the 99cent purchases!

We would love to see you at Can You Handle The Pressure
layered up or not!

Time To Celebrate

 Hello friends, it's time to celebrate at
The Sisterhood of Crafters with our theme of
BIRTHDAYS.

For my birthday card
I used a newly purchased stencil and die set from 
Pink Fresh Studios Ribbons & Balloons.
This was shocking as I actually used this the same day I received it
in the mail, shocking for me LOL!

I used mostly a lot of Altenew inks with the exception of the yellow balloon
which was inked with TH Distress Squeezed Lemonade.
The sentiment is from The Greetery and the background die is
Spellbinders Hemstitch Oval.

Thanks for stopping by and happy creating!!

Entering the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG
Craft Rocket Challenges .... Dots and/or Stripes
Tic Tac Toe Challenge .... Across: Stencil~Birthday~Die Cut

Birdie Ornament

Hello friends, it's once again time for our challenge at Peace On Earth.
We have a pretty inspiration board but you can create anything Christmas. 

I was inspired by all the pretty ornaments .  I used a pre-embossed
panel that I had purchased years and years ago at Joann's and turned the cut out into 
an ornament by adding an ornament hanger to the top and a pretty Wild Rose paper
underneath the circle cut out.  Gloss 'mint' Pops of Color that I received free with an order
from Scrapbookdotcom was added to the flower centers on the base, these drops are
very similar to the Nuvo drops and are easy to use

Come and join myself and the DT at Peace on Earth! .

LTPP September 2025 Favorite Brand of Paper

Hello friends, time to get those pretty papers you have been hoarding and join
our Love Those Pretty Papers challenge.
Our OPTIONAL theme is  Your Favorite brand of paper and WHY!
However, we are an anything goes challenge as long
as you use your pretty papers.

That's a hard one for me as I have lots and lots of brands that I
dearly love but I went with one that I have adored for years and that 
is MINTAY, (why?) it is a gorgeous paper from Poland with page
after page of beauty in the best quality.  I used to have everyone
they ever came out with but slowed down buying it this last year.
I also love P13 also a paper from Poland and Paper Rose has gorgeous papers
and I could go on and on, I used to be a sewer and paper has always
reminded me of pretty fabric, hence my buying so much of it.
My card is Mintay Lavender Farm, you can tell by the name  how gorgeous it must be.
I let the paper do all the work and added a Spellbinders sentiment and a few
Sue Wilson butterflies and pearls.

For my anything goes card I used a cute and never been
used before Craft Consortium Bluebells & Buttercups (2021)to
create a child's card.  I also have the stamps that go with this
paper and of course haven't used yet either.  The image is part of 
the paper pack.

This challenge is great as it challenges you to use
all those pretty papers if like me you have been hoarding
for years! 

Entering the following challenges:
The Crafters Cafe .... Designer Paper
Crafty Animals .... ATG

A Little Bit Older

 Hello friends, our Simply Clean & Simple challenge starts today
for the month of September with an OPTIONAL theme of BIRTHDAYS.  But you can create anything, just keep it CAS!

I used for the first time this adorably cute Basket stamp from Whimsy Stamps.
I stamped it on a Tutti Designs scalloped square with
Lisa Horton Cloud 9 Solid Black ink.  This has become my favorite black
ink to stamp and color with, it is so crisp and precise!
I cut a slightly larger square like the one above from 
Honey Bee Gingham Galore Fall paper.  The sentiment is
My Favorite Things Sweet 16 stamped with Altenew Expresso ink.

Thanks for visiting, happy creating!!

A Little Note

 Just A little note to say HELLO, a big hello I might say
which fits in perfectly for our challenge at 
WORD POWER
where your sentiments are the center stage or focal of your card!

I used a great sentiment from Concord & 9th's Picked Posie Greetings stamp set.
The butterfly is a die that I purchased during one of Simon Says 99 cent sales.
It is Shimmer Butterfly.  I used some Apple Green Nuvo for the center of the flowers.
The sentiment was  stamped with Dew Drop Rich Cocoa ink. A paper scrap was added
under the die cut butterfly.

We would love to have you join us at Word Power
where your sentiment says it all!

I Spy With My Little Eye .... Warm & Sunny Colors