Happy Birthday Rose

It's time for a new challenge at Beautiful Blossoms and we have a
beautiful mood board for inspiration!
You can however, create anything as long as blooms are 
your focal point!

 A long while back I saw a beautiful Rose stencil from
Simon Says Stamp and it just had to become part of my

stencil collection!  I chose to go with the more peachy/coral colors
of the mood board and used Altenew inks

Pink Pearl~Coral Bliss~Heart Beat~Hunter Green.

This was such an easy stencil, quick, but looks amazing.

I can't wait to make more in different colors!

Come and join us at Beautiful Blossoms with YOUR blooms!

Save Water

Our new OPTIONAL Twist/theme at
Can You Handle The Pressure
the challenge that requires you to use an embossing folder is
 Boys To Men meaning you can create any kind of masculine card
for the younger or the adult males in your life.

Long ago I saw this stamp set on another blog and had to hunt it down
to purchase it as I knew it would be a fun hit for anyone
receiving a card with these crazy characters on it.
The stamp set is Funky Fossil Chatty Bar.
It has five fun images and five fun sentiments on it.
I have stamped this one before and used it again as it
seemed to make the perfect masculine card for an adult.
The embossing folder is Spellbinders Plaid Company.
You can't tell in the photo but I used a Nuvo shimmer pen 
on the ice cubes and his teeth.

Get out your embossing folders and come on over to
Can You Handle The Pressure!

Swimming By

 Today at The Sisterhood of Crafters our challenge theme is
FISH/SEA CREATURES.

I have a favorite 'sea creature' stamp and die set I have used
several times and was happy to be able to pull it out again.
It is Catherine Pooler's Ocean Chums stamp set with five different
sea creatures to choose from and I chose this fun Stingray.
I used a Ink N' Splatter Wavy Stripes stencil for the background
stenciled with Altenew Artic and Caribbean Sky inks.
The fish I stamped are part of the stamp set as is the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see YOU over at
The Sisterhood!

Entering the following challenges:
Alphabet Challenge .... 'D' is for Double
2 of the same things (2 schools of fish)
Cardz For Galz #278 .... Seaside/Coast
Just Us Girls .... Summer

Time Out .... Pick Two (Summer~Water)

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