April Showers Bring May Flowers

It's time for a new challenge at Pick 3,
Projects
The challenge that you pick three out of six elements for your card.

For my card I choose Boots~Rain~Pastel.

Products Used:
Sizzix EB Rain Clouds EB folder
Paper Smooches Rain Boots
Paper Rose  Bluebird Paper
Sue Wilson Butterfly
Spellbinders Flowers

This is a fun new challenge, come and have some
fun with us at Pick 3.

Country Barn

 Time for a new challenge at Peace On Earth
and we have a country barn mood board for
inspiration, but you can create anything as long as it
is Christmas themed!

I created a cute barn scene and I have to say this was the most
'pickiest' Cottage Cutz die I have ever used!  So MANY tiny pieces
to put together, look at the lean-to, each one of those stones was
a tiny piece to attach and color.  I did die cut the entire piece from a
white scrap of card stock, then colored each tiny piece with

Copics and Olos.  It took me about an hour and a half to put this together.
The background is Sizzix TH Falling Snow EB folder.
Whew, this was one time consuming project, I think my eyes are still crossed!  Much cuter IRL!!

We would love to see your projects over at Peace On Earth.

A Friend Like You

 Today I had a little fun in my craft room, my favorite place to be
to take my mind off what is happening in our crazy and
unsettling world right now.

One of my favorite things to do in card making is using
the layered stencils.  These stencils were very easy to line up
so I created two different cards since I already had them out.

First card:

Products Used:
Altenew Beautiful Inside sentiment
Spellbinders  Stencil of the month AUG 24 Colorful Expressions Garden
Altenew Inks Warm Sunshine~Hydrangea~Evergreen~Forest Glades~Mangrove Root

Second Card:

Products used"
Same SB stencil as above
Inks:  SSS Mandarin,  Twilight~Dew Drop Memento Rich Cocoa~
Altenew:  Grass Field, Warm Sunshine~Shadow Creek and
Distress Walnut Stain
Altenew Sentiment

I created these cards specifically for a challenge at
Addicted To Stamps & More which the theme is 

Spook-tacular

 It's halfway time at our Two Old Bats challenges
and we have a reminder to hopefully have you join us!

Always a mood board for inspiration but you
can create anything Halloween themed!

It was a rainy day when my little Simon ghosts went to the
Cheery Lynn Designs pumpkin patch and because they overbought
they used their Spellbinders umbrella to carry them back to the spooky house.

The sentiment is one I received free from Scrapbookdotcom with an order.

The embossing rainy folder is Sizzix.
All pieces were cut from scrap papers, the pumpkins from white
that were colored with Copics.

It sure would be fun to see you over at Two Old Bats!!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says ....  Quite Quirky

Tea Cup Full of Flowers

 Double D has a new challenge theme going and it is
COFFEE OR TEA
with a mood board for inspiration!

I don't have actual coffee OR tea but I do have a TEA CUP full of

beautiful flowers.  It is a Sizzix die called Tea Time.
I die cut all pieces from scraps of white card stock then colored them in

with either inks or Copics.  The tea cup and the embossed back piece is
Core'dinations paper that I sanded and embossed with a Simon Layered Vine
EB folder.  Once I use a folder I write 'front' on the front so I know which side is
up at a glance as it does make a difference when using the core'dinations papers.
I used a Cheery Lynn Designs doily die, the first doily die I ever purchased.  A pretty card for Spring!!

Feel like coffee OR Tea?  Then get creative and come on over to

Double D and have a little 'cuppa' with us!!

First Class Mail

There is a new challenge starting today at Beautiful Blossoms
and we have a pretty floral mood board for inspiration,
but you can create any color floral you want. 

I used a postage wildflower stencil from Waffle Flower and inked it
with all Altenew inks.  The sentiment and postage stamps are also
part of the Waffle Flower postage series.  I stenciled in all pinks
but you can stencil in many colors for a pretty summer mix!

Come on over to Beautiful Blossoms to see all the
beautiful inspiration from the team!

Blue Birthday

Hello friends!  Today at Can You Handle The Pressure,
the challenge that is all about using your embossing folders
has a new OPTIONAL theme and it is BLUE ON BLUE,
meaning we want to see ALL blue cards or you can create
our anything goes theme as long as an embossing folder has been used.

I started out thinking I was going to make a baby card
and had an idea all set for it, but somehow this card came about instead.
I am in the process of trying to use up my SU card stocks as I have had them
for quite sometime and the way I store them they are fading along the edges.
For this card I used Bordering blue and Not Quite Navy.
The stamp is an OLD Flourishes A Year In Flowers 1.  I have used all but
one of the flowers for this set now and it makes me happy!
The pansies were stamped in Dew Drop Teal Zeal ink as well as the
The Greetery birthday stamp.  The scalloped background is a Cottage Cutz die.
The embossing folder I used is a 3d Honey Bee Spring Medley folder.

We would love to see you at Can You Handle The Pressure challenge blog!

Entering the following fun challenges:
Daisy Chain #106 .... No Designer Paper