Scruffy Puppy

 Our The Neglected Stuff challenge is all about using all
those craft supplies you bought but for some reason or another
you have just never gotten around to using them maybe for months or even years
or maybe it's something you have used but not for a very very long time.

I purchased this Unity Pissy Puppy  stamp back in 2024 and have been
meaning to use him for quite sometime and now IS the time.
The background paper is one that I had pulled and had in a basket to use
so haven't a clue of whose it is, but another one I have had forever.
The square double stitched die cut is also a first time use from Cottage Cutz.

It feels so GOOD to use my The Neglected Stuff
and I am sure if you join us you will feel the same way!!

Cross Stitched Eggs

 Happy Easter!!
Today I decided to add another card since my first post is
Christmas themed for our challenge at Peace On earth.
After all it is Easter, plus the fact I still have lots of new Easter
that I haven't even been able to use yet.

As soon as I saw these cross stitched egg shapes I really debated
about ordering them, but the more I looked at them the more
I decided they had to come and live with me!

I saw the sample made and decided to use bright card stock scraps,
die cut some Easter eggs then use white embossing powder with
the stamps.  But without thinking I die cute WHITE eggs, well
that certainly wasn't going to work with white EB powder.
I die cut 4 colorful bright eggs then embossed what I thought was
a white EB powder but it turned out to be a 'sparkle' powder,
so I once again cut 4 more eggs and this time grabbed the
correct powder, geesh!!

I opted to make a 6x6 square card to fit all the eggs on plus I
have 2 packs of 6x6 card blanks and envelopes I am trying to use up.
The sentiment is part of the stamp set, the little bows are from
a Christmas tag die set I have.  One of the samples had little white pompoms
on the bunnies for tails but the ones I had were too big and it was such a
cute idea too, maybe next time!!

Supplies used:

Whimsy Cross Stitch Spring stamps
Echo Park Spring Fling Paper
Spellbinders Nesting Eggs
SNS white EB Powder

Have a great Easter!!

Merry Christmas

Here we are in April and it's the start of our first challenge
this month for Peace On Earth.
For inspiration we have a fun mood board but
you can create anything Christmas themed. 

I let the upper right photo inspire me to create my deer

from Memory Box Woodland Deer and stole (borrowed) the scarf from
Poppystamps Woodland Fawn.  The background paper is from another

freebie from scrapbookdotcom Simple Stories Simple Vintage Christmas Lodge.

The sentiment is Hero Arts Christmas Messages, the die cut the deer is on is a 

Spellbinders Essential Arches.  Stickles Crystal was applied to the antlers
and the snowbank.

Come on over and have some Christmas fun with us at
Peace On Earth!

Easter Daffodils

 With Easter here tomorrow I had created these daffodil cards
this past winter and decided they need to get posted in time for Easter.

I used a Katy Sue Designs 3D card set.  I am not going to say these
are a fast way to create cards as they are a bit time consuming,
something I did watching TV in the cold winter evenings.

These two cards are alike just using different color card bases.

Card #1

Card #2

Hard to tell, but these cards have layers and layers on them,
for instance the bible is three layers as is the candle and flowers.

Have a happy Easter!!

Entering the following challenges:

Fab N Funky .... Spring
Cardz 4 Galz .... Spring Flowers
Allsorts .... It's Springtime or ATG

Happy Birthday & More

At Love Those Pretty Papers our challenge is all about getting out
those pretty papers you have either hoarded or neglected and
show them off in our challenge.

We are an ANYTHING GOES challenge with an OPTIONAL twist
of SPRING FLOWERS.

I was always one when using my pretty papers to pretty much just 'slapping' 
it on the front of my A2 card so this challenge has been good for me to
rethink of how I use my papers.  Pinterest has been a big help in that too
which is where I saw the designs for my two cards.

For my card using the 'twist' I used an old SU embossing folder  and beautiful paper
from Little Birdie Artsy Blooms.  This 6x6 pad is full of 12 beautiful
designs in floral prints.  I also added a few of my handmade flowers,
mostly Spellbinders Bold Blooms.  The pretty little doily is
from Cottage Cutz, the sentiment is Stampendous Hugs Sentiments.

My anything goes card uses a Honey Bee Spring Melody EB folder.

The paper is Craft Consortium Bluebells and Buttercups.

The butterfly is Cheapo Dies and the sentiment is

Spellbinders Garden Favorites.

I sometimes wonder if I will ever use up my pretty papers,
and that being said before writing this up (in 2025)
 I just ordered four new Brutus Monroe 6x6 pads,
five 12x12 single sheets and a pack of card stock.  

I just can't resist pretty papers.

We hope you will join us at Love Those Pretty Papers!!

Entering the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar .... Dies/Punches
Crafty Catz #710 .... ATG
Craft Rocket #135 .... Layer It Up
Just Us Girls #817 .... Die Week Spring/Easter

Happy For You

Hello friends, our CAS challenge at Simply Clean & Simple
has a new OPTIONAL theme this month and it is
BASKETS, but you can create anything as long as you keep it CAS!!

I have had this cute little stamp set from 
Your Next Stamp Spring Kitty and this is the first it's seen ink!

I stamped it on a Cottage Cutz scalloped circle then colored it in
with Copics.  A strip of an embossed panel from a SU folder was
added along with a The Ton Easy Expressions sentiment 

Come on over to Simply Clean & Simple and
have some 'simple' fun with us!!

Entering the following challenges:

Crafty Catz .... ATG

Special Day

Hello friends, at Triple B we have a pretty and inspiring mood board
for our challenge which is all about Butterflies, Birds and/or Blooms.
You can use one, two, or all three in any color as our board is
for inspiration only. 

Since yellow IS my favorite color I let those gorgeous yellow roses inspire me
and used a layering Hero Arts Peony Bunch stencil for my card.  I planted a yellow
Peony two years ago and last year was the first time I had yellow peonies, so gorgeous!

I used mostly Altenew and one Dew Drop ink for my card.  I am on the lookout for about
four yellow inks from light to dark, any recommendations are welcome.
The sentiment is a Stampendous, a few PFS half gold pearls were added.

We would love to have you join us with your butterflies, blooms, or birds at Triple B!!

Entering the following challenges:

Krafty Chicks ....Birthday
Alphabet Challenge .... 'Y' Is For Yellow Flowers