Birthday Hugs

Hello friends, I finally have a FREE day today and decided to enter this fun sketch! 

Atlantic Heart Sketch

I actually had a die I purchased from Amazon then fir right into this sketch.
The colors on both cards, the solids are a darker navy blue, but lately I have been
having so much trouble capturing the true colors for some reason which
gives me anxiety!!

Anyhow, the print on this card has a very WHITE background with the
pretty blue flowers.  I also used an old Sizzix or Cuttlebug embossing folder on the
solid color.  The sentiment die cut is from Tonic.

The second card uses the same die with a Spellbinders Betterpress
sentiment, once again I'm not capturing the true darkness of the
sentiment.  

Both cards have much more deeper, darker colors then shown,
so frustrating!!  Sometimes these days just make me
want to 'throw in the towel' and forget it
and find a different hobby LOL!!
These two cards are much, much prettier IRL!!

Tie It Up Challenge

At Can You Handle The Pressure we have an OPTIONAL
theme of Tie It Up
meaning we want to see some sort of ribbon, twine, cord on
you card if you choose our optional theme. 

I used a Simon Says Stamp Floral Wreath embossing folder
embossed on Cord-inations paper that I sanded to let some color
show through.  I added a silver bow for my 'tie it up' and a 
few pearls.  

I also created a second card using a Find It Trading die,
a die I purchased when I was on the Dies R Us DT.
I die cut from a white card stock scrap, colored in with Copics
then wasn't quite satisfied with it so added some
lavender 'Flower Soft', remember when that was so popular?
Well, I certainly have lots and lots of it so it felt good to pull it out and use it.
The EB folder is from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I embossed it a second
time on a Spellbinders Essential Floral Reflection die.
I tied a wax cord wrapped twice and finished with a
Spellbinders Betterpress sentiment.

Lots of great inspiration at the Can You Handle The Pressure
challenge blog, we would love to have you join us!

Entering the following challenges:

Cut It Up  #362.... Add A Sentiment

It's Your Day

I have a super cute card today I created for our challenge at
Simply Clean & Simple
where our OPTIONAL theme is NATURE! 

I had fun with this card stamping with Lisa Horton's 
Cloud Nine Solid Black ink then coloring in with Copics.
I used a Colorado Craft Finally Spring stamp
but because as we all know it is NOT Spring I chose to use a
Spellbinders Betterpress sentiment rather then the Spring
sentiments that came with this stamp.
I thought it was the perfect stamp for our Nature theme.
I mean look at the cuteness of the bunny, birds and flower branch,
it all 'screams' NATURE!!

 We hope you will join us at Simply Clean & Simple
and as always our nature theme is OPTIONAL!

Entering the following challenges:
Critter Crazy #113 .... Critter
Daisy Chain #110 ,,,, Animals
Send a Smile For Kids .... ATG for kids

BIG Wishes

 It's once again a new month and that means a new monthly
challenge at Word Power
the challenge that is about having your sentiment take center stage!
You know, those sentiments that draw your eye to it first thing!

I used a couple new to me things for my BIG sentiment card.
Last summer my sister's neighborhood had a neighborhood garage sale, my niece went and came back and told me a lady there had a ton of stamps and dies.  I certainly couldn't resist and had to go and look for myself.  To my surprise she had a computer box FULL of stamps and dies, the only downside was she had them all in a separate plastic sleeve with no name on any of them, this BIG die and stamp set was one of them, so I have about 20 stamps/dies I
haven't a clue of whose they are, I paid $20 for all, wish I could
of bought them all.  But, the set has lots of sentiments and a couple dies for the 'big' sentiment.

The fun elephant is Mama Elephant Fly With Me stamp and dies,
I never could resist a cute elephant stamp.  The back die cut is Cottage Cutz
and the background paper is from my basket of papers to use up!

Bring YOUR big sentiments to Word Power and have some fun with us!!

Entering the following challenges:
Addicted To Stamps & More #523 .... Birthdays
Krafty Chicks #832  .... Birthday
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers  .... 'A is For Animals

Just Us Girls #835 .... Die Week

You're Fabulous

A new challenge starts today at Double D and the theme is
FEATHERS!

We have a fun mood board for inspiration and also plenty
more from the DT, be sure to check it out!

I had this Spellbinders Betterpress plate set Fabulous Feathers
that I hadn't yet used and decided to try it out.  I did use the SB cotton/linen paper
and SB inks Cosmic Sky and Mulberry.  You can't tell in the photo but there is a
nice 'imprint' into the cotton paper .  I also used the sentiment and die that was

part of the set.  It seemed a bit plain to me so I added some PFS gems.

Sound fun?  Then get your 'tail' feathers over  to the Double D challenge
and have some fun with us!!

Entering the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG

Thinking of You

It's time for our new challenge to start today at
Stencil Fun and we have an OPTIONAL Theme of CAS.

I pulled out three different stencils to use and finally
decided on this Spellbinders corner floral one (no longer available)
stenciled with Altenew inks.  The sentiment is Spellbinders.

For my ANYTHING GOES card I used for the first time a
Picket Fence Cat stencil, stenciled with Distress Scattered Straw ink.
The sentiment for this card is also from Spellbinders.

Come on over to Stencil Fun and join us for some fun stenciling!!

Entering the following challenges:
Cats Only Challenge #126
AAA Birthday .... Flowers

Gift Tags

 New challenge starts today at The Neglected Stuff,
the challenge where we ask you to pull out and use all
that 'stuff' you have had for a very long time and have never used
OR haven't used for a very long time.

I decided to make a few gift tags, nothing special but just a few fun
tie on tags using a very much neglected Sizzix Brush Stroke die set (2007)
for the first time.  I also used a TH Alterations Tag & Tie die.
I added pretty scraps of designer paper to each tag, then the die cut
brush strokes, then added various SP flowers I had on hand and
bits and pieces of old ephemera along with some ribbon pieces.
Just some fun tags to 'beef up' a gift bag!

Tag #1

Tag #2

Tag #3

Tag #4

We would LOVE to see your neglected stuff at our challenge.

Entering the following challenges:
The Little Things ..... With OPTIONAL Anything Goes
Tag Along .... Anything Goes