With Deepest Sympathy

 I saw this pretty Baby's Breath stencil at Papertrey ink and saw it had been used
for a sympathy card on one of their samples and thought it would be
perfect for that, but when I put it my cart and saw the shipping for
just one lightweight stencil I backed out, but along came my
|'partner in crime' Dar and when I showed her the stencil she
wanted it too and a few other things so she bought it for me and then 
mailed it to me, now how nice is that of a friend!!

I used some pretty Altenew inks for my stencil, if you do layering stencils
I can recommend these ink cubes, they come in a set of four colors
from light to dark and I have had them for quite a long time and they still
are as good as the day I had bought them.  The sentiment is Hero Arts.  A simple but pretty sympathy card.

I plan on making several more of these cards in different colors

Hoping this is CAS for the challenge at 
CAS On Friday#332 as it certainly was VERY simple to create
and lots of clean white space!

Mini Daffodils

 Hello friends, I created a card today specifically for a few CAS challenges.

Fab N Funky #635 with a theme of CAS

Addicted To CAS #306 with a theme of POSTAGE

Waffle Flower's Aprils release had the cutest Daffodil stencil
for a very reasonable price ($7)
and usually until supplies last if you spend $25or more
 they offer up a free 'something' the day of the new release
and this time it was the free 'Postage' die to go with the stencil.

Being that Daffodils are my favorite Spring flower,
how could I resist and with all

the fabulous newly released products it certainly isn't a hardship to spend $25!

I had just purchased some new yellow inks from SSS in the colors of
Lemonade, Sunbeam and Citrus, perfect for the three colors
the stencil required for the flowers.
The other colors used were Altenew Shadow Creek and Icy Water,
Dew Drop Rich Cocoa for the Pink Fresh Studio Simply Sentiments.

I'll be back tomorrow with another CAS card!

April Showers Bring May Flowers

It's time for a new challenge at Pick 3,
Projects
The challenge that you pick three out of six elements for your card.

For my card I choose Boots~Rain~Pastel.

Products Used:
Sizzix EB Rain Clouds EB folder
Paper Smooches Rain Boots
Paper Rose  Bluebird Paper
Sue Wilson Butterfly
Spellbinders Flowers

This is a fun new challenge, come and have some
fun with us at Pick 3.

Entering the following challenges:
If You Gave A Crafter A Cookie #215 .... Rainy Days

DL Art. Thankful Thursday #391 .... Optional Showers

Cardz For Galz #274 .... April Showers

Time Out #311 ... Rain~Pastels~Blooms

Country Barn

 Time for a new challenge at Peace On Earth
and we have a country barn mood board for
inspiration, but you can create anything as long as it
is Christmas themed!

I created a cute barn scene and I have to say this was the most
'pickiest' Cottage Cutz die I have ever used!  So MANY tiny pieces
to put together, look at the lean-to, each one of those stones was
a tiny piece to attach and color.  I did die cut the entire piece from a
white scrap of card stock, then colored each tiny piece with

Copics and Olos.  It took me about an hour and a half to put this together.
The background is Sizzix TH Falling Snow EB folder.
Whew, this was one time consuming project, I think my eyes are still crossed!  Much cuter IRL!!

We would love to see your projects over at Peace On Earth.

Entering the following challenges:
Little Red Wagon .... That Song (Frosty The Snowman)
The Paper Funday #86 .... Dies and/or Punches
Unicorn Challenge #119 .... Dies

A Friend Like You

 Today I had a little fun in my craft room, my favorite place to be
to take my mind off what is happening in our crazy and
unsettling world right now.

One of my favorite things to do in card making is using
the layered stencils.  These stencils were very easy to line up
so I created two different cards since I already had them out.

First card:

Products Used:
Altenew Beautiful Inside sentiment
Spellbinders  Stencil of the month AUG 24 Colorful Expressions Garden
Altenew Inks Warm Sunshine~Hydrangea~Evergreen~Forest Glades~Mangrove Root

Second Card:

Products used"
Same SB stencil as above
Inks:  SSS Mandarin,  Twilight~Dew Drop Memento Rich Cocoa~
Altenew:  Grass Field, Warm Sunshine~Shadow Creek and
Distress Walnut Stain
Altenew Sentiment

I created these cards specifically for a challenge at

Tic Tac Toe #290 .... Pastel~Free~Stencil

Addicted To Stamps & More which the theme is 

Spook-tacular

 It's halfway time at our Two Old Bats challenges
and we have a reminder to hopefully have you join us!

Always a mood board for inspiration but you
can create anything Halloween themed!

It was a rainy day when my little Simon ghosts went to the
Cheery Lynn Designs pumpkin patch and because they overbought
they used their Spellbinders umbrella to carry them back to the spooky house.

The sentiment is one I received free from Scrapbookdotcom with an order.

The embossing rainy folder is Sizzix.
All pieces were cut from scrap papers, the pumpkins from white
that were colored with Copics.

It sure would be fun to see you over at Two Old Bats!!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says ....  Quite Quirky
Cardz For Galz #274 .... April Showers
If You Gave A Crafter A Cookie .... Rainy Days

Tea Cup Full of Flowers

 Double D has a new challenge theme going and it is
COFFEE OR TEA
with a mood board for inspiration!

I don't have actual coffee OR tea but I do have a TEA CUP full of

beautiful flowers.  It is a Sizzix die called Tea Time.
I die cut all pieces from scraps of white card stock then colored them in

with either inks or Copics.  The tea cup and the embossed back piece is
Core'dinations paper that I sanded and embossed with a Simon Layered Vine
EB folder.  Once I use a folder I write 'front' on the front so I know which side is
up at a glance as it does make a difference when using the core'dinations papers.
I used a Cheery Lynn Designs doily die, the first doily die I ever purchased.  A pretty card for Spring!!

Feel like coffee OR Tea?  Then get creative and come on over to

Double D and have a little 'cuppa' with us!!

Entering the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar .... Dies and/or Punches
First Cup #13 .... Coffee/Tea Related