Sunday, May 24, 2026

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


Saturday, May 23, 2026

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.

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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!!


Sunday, May 17, 2026

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





 

Saturday, May 16, 2026

BOO

We are two weeks into our challenge at Two Old Bats where we
create for Halloween year round giving you the opportunity to
use your Halloween supplies all year!
We have a fun mood board for inspiration! 


Being May and after a long winter I let all those pretty pink colors
inspire me, yep, you can have PINK Halloween if you want to!
Back in September of 2025 I went a little crazy ordering LOTS of new
Halloween and the cards I created came from one of the pretty new papers
I had purchased from 'This Calls for Confetti' a new company to me.
The 5 1/2x8 1/2 pad had 12 fun designs and two of each which allowed me to make
four cards with one of the designs.  I figured I might as well make four since they were so
simple to create!  There were 2 of the designs on each page which fit an A2 card
front perfectly!!  I loved every single paper design in this pad!


All four of them:


Come on over to Two Old Bats and have some Halloween fun with us,
the design team always has some awesome inspiration as well!


Friday, May 15, 2026

Birthday Wishes

Beautiful Blossoms has a beautiful inspiration photo for May.
I love it as May was my Mom's birthday month and
Lily of The Valley is the May flower  and I always made
her a lily of the valley card for her birthday.
She will have been gone eight years this year and not a day goes by
that I don't miss her!
You can create any kind of blooms, this is just for inspiration!


So, naturally I had to create a Lily of the Valley card using an older die
from Tutti Designs.  After die cutting I colored it in with my Copics.
The underneath piece is a leftover negative from an order I had
to make a dozen cards for, and thought it would make the perfect backdrop
for my flowers.  The sentiment is Altenew.


Hope to see you over at Beautiful Blossoms,
check out all the pretty inspiration from the Design Team while there.

Entering the following challenges:
Little Red Wagon #858 .... May Flowers
Simon Wednesday Challenge .... Use Dies
613 Avenue Create .... May Flowers