Say It With Flowers

Hello friends, today is another day of a non DT cards
so I have been having fun  actually joining in a few challenges.
My chosen challenge for today is 
Make My Monday #278 Say It With Flowers.

You certainly can't go wrong with a floral card!!
I used a stencil/stamp combo from LDRS Creative
Poppy Posy, stenciled with various inks
Distress Oxide Twisted Citron, Memento Love Letter,
Gina K Red Hot and Altenew Grass Field, Shadow Creek.
I wish there was more of a contrast of the reds but I find
most reds all seem to be somewhat the same.
The sentiment is Sizzix Daily Sentiments.
I also used a 'new to me' SSS Pawsitively
Perfect White Splatter Medium,
which I need a little practice with,
there is a Youtube video however!

Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with another non DT card,
thanks for stopping by!!

Also entering the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin' ..... Flowers
Simon Wednesday .... ATG and/or Simon Products
Fab N' Funky .... Stencil and/or Embossing
Crafty Gals Corner ..... Flowers For Mom/ATG

Save Water

Another non DT card today this time a fun one for the challenge at 
 The Male Room where the challenge is:

A couple years ago I bought this crazy fun stamp from Funky Fossil
and have fun with it over the last few years.  It has five fun images
and four images to choose from.  My favorite for a male will

be on my blog at some point later as a DT card.

I kept my card very CAS, coloring in with Copic's.
I tried to find some inspiration using this stamp but could not

find any anywhere and it seems the stamp set has been discontinued,

too bad as it is a unique and fun set to play with!! 

I'll be back tomorrow with another non DT card,

I've been having fun joining in these fun challenges!!

Love Bug

Hello friends, my blog is free of DT cards until June 1st
so I didn't want to leave it empty for that long and decided to do a few 
challenges this week.  One that caught my eye was  Just Add Ink #786
that the theme was polka dots.

My first thought when I saw the theme was my cute Cottage Cutz Love Bug die,

one I have used only once before a few years ago.  Unfortunately this fun
die is no longer available so I feel extra lucky to own it.
The papers are from Echo Park Little Lady bug, fitting for my cute bug!
The die cut with the polka dots is also a Cottage Cutz die, also now

not available.  This die is super easy and not near as 'picky' as
some of the other CC dies I have done, but they are so worth

the effort, I mean, look how cute they are!!

I will also be back tomorrow with another fun challenge card...stay tuned!!

Also, entering the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams .... Use Die Cuts
Allsorts .... Anything Goes
Crafty Catz #714 .... Anything Goes
Elliebelle's Garden Party #15 .... Anything In/From A garden

Go Blue

 This post is more personal then I would normally do
but my grandson graduated from University of Michigan with his masters
in Kinesiology Master of Science Sport, Sport Management.
It's pretty awesome to me as 10 years ago he had a spinal injury
that placed him a wheel chair when he was 15, hard for any
teenager to accept, but he persevered and ended up in a
wheelchair tennis program at UOM where he finished out his year as
the National wheelchair champion, a HUGE accomplishment. 

I created this card using an image from my Cricut in his school colors.  I was quite pleased that Cricut had perfect images for this sport!!
His celebration was May 2nd at the Notre Dame campus, which he well deserved

His parents, (my daughter) and his girlfriend.

Entering the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge .... 'B' Is For Balls (tennis balls)

Believe In the Magic

 Happy Sunday, can you believe we are already winding down May?
June will be here before we know it and we have perfect
weather (with a bit of rain) predicted for all week!

I didn't have any DT cards for today, not for the rest of the week
so I am entering a card I made for my SIL at Christmas time
that I have never shown on my blog, today in a challenge at
Crafty Calendar's May challenge that is 'All White'!

Dies:  IO Deer and trees, Yvonne Creations Houses,
EB Folder Falling Snow
Oval is Tutti Designs, Sign is Penny Black,
Sentiment:   JustRite Xmas Inner Thoughts

I personalized the card.  Very hard to get a 'good' all white photograph!
Because my all white card does have a black sentiment on it I hope
it qualifies, but I did see one of the DT had a neutral sentiment as well.

I am going to try my best to be back with another non DT

card tomorrow, it's been fun entering some challenges myself

other then offering them along with my co-owner!

Thanks for stopping by!

Also entering the following challenges:
Dragonfly Dreams .... Use Dies

You Did It

 It's getting closer and closer to graduation this year and we only
have one granddaughter graduating from high school this year
and a grandson getting his masters so I decided to make a grad
card for a young lady for our Can You Handle The Pressure challenge blog.
Our OPTIONAL theme is embellishments.

Its a simple card really.  I used for the first time a TH mini texture fades
Mini Kaleidoscope EB folder on a Homey Bee Team Tie Dye paper.
I embellished the larger flowers with white pearls.
All the other papers came out of my 'pink' scrap bag.
The sentiment is a Spellbinders Betterpress.

Have neglected EB folders?  Then get them out and join our challenge at
Can You Handle The Pressure.

Happy Birthday Stars

A new challenge starts today at The Pick Three blog
and you are required to PICK 3 of any of the elements below.
We can't wait to see what you choose. 

I got a little carried away and used FIVE of the elements
Embossing~Numbers~Birthday~Blue~Plaid.

I saw the layout for this card on Pinterest HERE 
but changed it up a bit by adding an embossed numerical background.

Products Used:
SU Baja Breeze card stock
Cuttlebug Numbers EB Folder
Tutti Designs Stitched Nesting Stars
Hero Arts Sentiment & Die
Various color card stock scraps

Fancy Pants Epoxy Puffy Embellishments

Come on over and have some Pick 3 fun with us and
check out all the fabulous inspiration from the design team!

Entering the following challenges:

Festive Friday #210 ....  Hot Air Balloon Day (Use 3)

Primary colors~Epoxy Embellishments~Birthday Sentiment

Snippets Playground #532 .... Snippets of Paper

Cardz 4 Guyz #386 .... Squash It (use an EB folder)
Die Cut Diva's .... Celebrations