Hap-Bee Birthday

 Today at Can You Handle The Pressure we have an OPTIONAL
theme of BEES but you can create anything using an
embossing folder.  

For my 'bee' card I had to use a floral embossing folder
after all those bees need flowers right (?) or is it that the
flowers need bees?

The folder is one I love, it's so pretty from Simon Says Stamps
Dainty Dotted Daisy that I embossed on a pretty
yellow cardstock. 
Other products used:
Tutti Designs Cross Stitched Nesting Hexagon
Cottage Cutz Bee Gnome
Brutus Monroe Sett Honeybee paper
Doodlebug Stamps Bee Happy

I am not usually a huge gnome fan but when Cottage Cutz had
one of their 85% off sales, he was just too cute to resist
and he was only $2.19!

We would love to have you join us at Can You Handle The Pressure
but remember we are an embossing folder challenge and one must be used.

Entering the following challenges:
Alphabet .... 'I' is for Insects (Bees)
Ellibelle's Garden Party #18 .... Anything In or From A Garden
Seize The Birthday #332 .... Funny Pun-ny

Always And Forever

Welcome to challenge #8 at Pick 3,
the challenge that requires you to pick three of the elements below! 

My pick three are:
Polka Dots~Insects~Stamping (sentiment)

Products Used:

Cottage Cutz Mr. Love Bug
SU designer paper
Cottage Cutz Nested Stitched Wacky Rectangle

Spellbinders Betterpress Sentiment

Round Corner Punch
Scraps of white card stock and vellum (for wings)

This is the second Mr. Love Bug I have made, he actually looks 'girlie' to me!
He really goes together pretty fast with a few 'picky' pieces.

I hope I have inspired YOU with my Love Bug to join us,

plenty of inspiration from the team at Pick 3!!

Entering the following challenges:

Elliebelle's Garden Party #18 .... Anything In or From a Garden
Creative Moments #285 .... Make It Cute
A Cut Above .... ATG
Send A Smile For Kids .... ATG

Fresh Start Day

It's time for a new challenge at Double D with a theme of
When Life Hands You Lemons (use the colors, lemons, beverage)
with a colorful inspiration board below.

 

When PinkFresh Studio had one of their sales I picked up a fun
stamp/die set Lemons and Blueberries.  It was a set I had been wanting a
long time so I was excited to get it.  The stamp is one long piece and
stamps seven different images and die cuts them all out at once.
There was also a washi tape that also worked with the die but it
was unfortunately out of stock by the time I saw the sale.
I stamped then die cut all the pieces out, I still have 6 more images
I can color and use on other cards. 
The wreath was colored with various Copic, Olo, and Altenew alcohol markers.
I used a Waffle Flower Lacy Flower 2 to cut the background paper
from Lawn Fawn Fruit Salad paper.  I added a few PinkFresh gems for a bit of sparkle.

Come and join our fun challenge at Double D.

Entering the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG
Crafty Gals Corner #279 .... Summer Vibes
I Spy With My Little Eye ....Sunflowers or Something Yellow
Simon Says Wednesday challenge .... Going Round In Circles

Just Add Ink ..... Choose Two or More~Gingham~Circle~Flowers

 

A Sketch Challenge

 I saw a fun sketch challenge that I thought looked pretty
simple so thought I'd give it a try.  

It is Freshly Made Sketches

I also saw a challenge at Just Add Ink that I thought would also
work for my card, so I entering it there too.
My picks are gingham~Circles and Flowers

I had these Prima rub-on flowers sitting on my desk so I die cut a few
Tutti Design Circles and rubbed them on.  A few scraps were taken
from my 'brown' bag of scraps, then I finished with a
My Favorite Things sentiment, very easy peasy!!

That's it for today, I am having cataract surgery today so I can SEE again

hopefully!!

Beachy Christmas

It's Christmas in August at Peace On Earth
and we have a somewhat summery Christmas mood board for you
but you can create anything Christmas themed!

I have to admit I was a bit stumped myself with this board as
I had absolutely nothing remotely even close to use for it

until I saw that Paper Rose Studios had a Tropical Christmas embossed

die cut ephemera pack, so I purchased that, now I am well stocked for anymore

'tropical' Christmas themes LOL!

I used a Waffle Flower postage die to place my tropical
ephemera pieces on, this is definitely a card to be sent to

someone is the warmer states at Christmas time.

You don't have to go 'tropical' to join us at
Peace On Earth, any Christmas themed card will do!!

Entering the following challenges:

Krafty Chicks #833 .... Christmas

If You Gave A Crafter A Cookie #219.... At The Beach

52 Christmas Card Throwdown ..... Christmas Without Snow

 

Boo

We are halfway thru our challenge at Two Old Bats 
and hope you will join in with us for some year round Halloween fun!
As always we have a fun and spooky mood board for inspiration!

I let the upper left corner inspire me with the ghost and his 'BOO'!

Last summer my sister's neighborhood had a garage sale and there  was a lady
that had a computer paper box full of stamps and dies.  I bought lots of them
but none had packaging and were in clear bags.  So am not sure of the maker.

But I die cut from lots of colorful paper scraps and had fun putting it all together.

See the dots on the B?  Those are all die cut and glued on, a bit 3D in person!  I had a couple pieces I wasn't sure where they went and
also had a couple missing pieces, but it still came out cute!
The striped paper is Pink & Main Not Too Spooky.  I added a few sequins
as I have a ton and am trying to use them up!!

We hope you will come and join our FUN at Two Old Bats!!

Poppies

 It's time for a new challenge at Beautiful Blossoms and we have a pretty
board for inspiration, but you can create anything as long as it's a floral!

I kept my card very clean adding nothing more then the stamped image itself,

I like it though, it appeals to me 'clean!

The image is a VERY old JustRite stamp set 'Poppies'. 
I never 'purge' my stuff unless I know I will never use it again
so I was happy to ink this one up again.  I just wished I had moved the
poppies sentiment down a bit lower, but once stamped it was too late!!

After stamping and coloring I die cut it with a Cottage Cutz 
Nested Stitched Rectangle.

I grow poppies in in my own gardens, here are a few pictures of them:

So, get out your flowers and come on over to Beautiful Blossoms

and join in our floral fun!!

Entering the following challenges:
We Love Stamping ..... Summer Blooms

Inkspirational # 374 .... Gardens
Elliebelle's Garden Party #18 .... Anything From A Garden
Time Out .... Cas~Floral are my Pick 2