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!!

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!!

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

Happy Birthday

Hello friends, are you ready for a new challenge at Triple B?

We have a VERY colorful mood board and can't wait to see
YOUR interpretation of it!

I had to really think this one through of what I was going to create
then remembered I had purchased a folk art butterfly die from

Cottage Cutz during one of their great sales they have
and figured I could incorporate lots of the colors from the board into it.
I used ALL scraps for my butterfly and colored them in with my Olo and

Copic markers.  The sentiment is a Spellbinders Betterpress.

I think I can have fun with this die and make many different colors of

the butterfly.  At Triple B we want to see your

Butterflies~Blooms~Birds

any or all of the above!!

 

Guest Designing At Dragonfly Dreams

 This month I have the honor of guest designing at
Dragonfly Dreams with the theme being Beach or Seaside!!

In my 'new' bins of things to use was this Postage Stencil from
Waffle Flower Collage Under The Sea.
At first I thought it a bit intimidating as there were so many stencils
and colors, but WF made it super easy by having each color listed by
each stencil, what a life saver!!  I used 16 different colors of ink
from various ink companies.
There is a bit more detail that the photo doesn't capture.

I want to thank Dragonfly Dreams for having me guest design
and would love to have you join in the fun challenge too!!

Entering the following challenges:
The Paper Funday .... Summer Splash

Inkspirational #373 .... Beach Vibes

Wishing You A Merry Christmas

Time for a new challenge this month at Peace On Earth.
As always we have a fun mood board for inspiration,
lots to choose from or you can create anything
Christmas themed.

I have always loved the pretty decorated lanterns for Christmas
and have a few of my own I set out each Christmas holiday
so that was what inspired me today.  I had great plans of putting velum 

behind the glass panes but of course I glued it down before I
remembered that, that is what happens when you get old,

you get very forgetful!!  Anyhow I used a Cottage Cutz Lantern
& Poinsettia die for I think the first time along with designer paper
from Mintay Merry & Bright.  A circle was die cut from a 
Spellbinders circle die, probably my first die I ever bought.

The sentiment is The Ton and I added a few glittery gems to finish.
It's hard to see but I also embossed the red panel with a
new to me Sizzix Quilted EB folder.

We can't wait to see what you create over at Peace On Earth!

Entering the following challenges:

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round' .... P or Q (Poinsettias)
Classic Design Challenge .....  ATG or Optional Any Holiday
The Crafters Cafe ..... Christmas In July