Peace On Earth Challenge #64

It's challenge time at Peace On Earth where we
celebrate Christmas year round by creating holiday cards
the entire year!

We have an inspiration board but you can created anything
as long as it is Christmas themed!!

Before I get into my card do you see the BIG booboo I made?
Take a close look at the background designer paper, do you see it?
Yep, it is upside down but only noticeable in a few places!

I used designer paper from Kaisercraft 'Frosted'
an Impression Obsession Bauble die
and The Ton Easy Expressions for the sentiment.
I added a glittered snowflake to finish!!
I think it's rather pretty, even upside down lol!!

Want more inspiration or to join in with us?
Then head on over to Peace on Earth.

Two Old Bats Reminder May 2024

We are halfway through our monthly/yearly challenge at
Two Old Bats
and would love to have you join us.
As always we have a mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything Halloween related! 

I'm a little 'creepy' today with my card using a sentiment block from,
Ella & Viv and a few added spiders die cut with Cheery Lynn Designs
spider dies, I have included one not show inside the card too!
The web paper is Brutus Monroe Happy Haunting.

So, get out those Halloween supplies and have some fun with us,
so what it is May, our challenge gives you an opportunity to
use those FUN Halloween goodies year round at

TWO OLD BATS!

May 2024

The month is halfway over, can you believe it?
But, it brings us to our new monthly challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms
and we have a pretty but 'optional' mood board but you can create
any colors you want as long as blossoms are your focal point! 

I had these layered Roses from Sunny Studios already made so decided to
put them to use for this card.  I did have to stamp the layered leaves which I
think turned out pretty cool.  The paper is P13 Coffee Break and the scallop oval,
the other greenery and the vellum butterfly all came from my
'white' box/bin of 'spare parts' just waiting to be used.
The sentiment is stamped in Dew Drop Peanut Brittle and the sentiment is
from Stampendous.

Come on over and have some 'blossom' fun with us at
Beautiful Blossoms.

Entering the following challenges:
Make My Monday .... Florals

Polka Dots

Hello friends, we are into our second round of challenges
here at Double D for MAY with a theme of
POLKA DOTS!

We want to see lots of polka dots on you creation
and have a very polka dotted mood board for inspiration! 

I went with a rather simple card this time, using an already die cut
card front with an oval window left over from another project.
I added a My Favorite Things polka dot paper behind the oval
and topped it with a Cottage Cutz Bird Trio die cut from a  scrap of green!
I was going to die cut it again and paper piece the birds on but decided
I liked the entire die cut in the green resting on the blue dots!
The sentiment is from Pink Fresh Studio Simply Sentiments-Hello
stamped in Dew Drop Teal Zeal.

Wonder on over to Double D and have some POLKA DOT fun with us!

Flowers Challenge

It's once again time for a fun challenge at
Can You Handle The Pressure
where you must use an embossing folder,
wet embossing is okay too as long as an
embossing folder is included!

We always have an 'OPTIONAL' theme and
this time it is
FLOWERS!

I used for the first time a 'new to me' embossing folder AND
layering stencil set from Lisa Horton Blooms & Berries 
I wish you could see this card IRL as the embossing is stunning!

I first started by stenciling all 8 layers using all Altenew inks
then lining it up in my embossing folder, easy peasy!
When I purchase one of these 3D dies if there is a stencil
available I always purchase it too, there is also a die to go with
which I will show at a later time! 
The sentiment is The Ton Easy Expressions.

Get those embossing folders out,
put them to good use and come on over to
Can You Handle The Pressure 
and have some fun with us!

Entering the following challenges:

Craft Rocket .... Flowers

Just Us Girls .... Word Week:  Garden

The Flower Challenge .... Color Your Flower

Inspiration Station ..... Inspired by the pretty flowers and flower
 colors in pink!

Dragonfly Dreams .... Use A Stencil

Ladies Challenge

 At The Sisterhood of Crafters our theme is all about the LADIES!
We want to see your creations that are made especially for the ladies!

Years ago my Mom gave me all of my grandmothers aprons which I split
with my sister.  I still have them all and when I saw this Cottage Cutz Apron die
it reminded me of my grandma so into my cart it went, I'm glad too as it is no longer
available for purchase.  I had fun cutting it out from scraps of various fun papers.
The intricate die cut underneath is from Cheery Lynn Designs.  I die cut it in my
Gemini and was very pleased how it die cut all those tiny pieces without
any trouble at all, yeah for the Gemini!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will visit The Sisterhood and see all
the feminine beauty from my 'sistahs'!!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday .... Die Cuts

Stencil Fun May 2024

Yay, it's May, the weather here should be getting nice and the
Spring flowers should be blooming!! 
We have a new OPTIONAL theme at Stencil Fun and it's
GIRLIE!
But, we are an anything goes challenge as long as you have used a stencil!!

I did create a 'girlie' card all in pretty pinks and white!
The stenciled part of my card I love, heck I actually love all of it!!

The beautiful and FUN stencil used on this card is
Waffle Flowers Layered Bows.  Just think of all the fun colors
you can create with this pretty stencil!  I can't wait to use it again!
I topped it with a bunch of different products, starting with
Joy Crafts Bille's Circle.  The sentiment bow is
The Greetery Put A Bow On It stamp and die.
Lastly I added one of my already handmade flowers.
The inks used were all Altenew.

Since Dar and I are the only two on the design team we each also create a second
card for the ANYTHING GOES option of our challenge.
When I saw Spellbinders opened up a new 'stencil club' I jumped
right in to join as I have used their stencils before and they are
amazingly beautiful to work with!
That is where this stencil came from, their January 24 club stencil
It also has a couple of sentiment stencils with it but I chose not to use them this time.
My sentiment is from Stampendous True Friends, which I thought went well
with my pretty flower.  All inks used were Altenew.

Come on over to Stencil Fun and have some fun with us, there is a fabulous prize

for one lucky random drawn winner!!

Entering the following challenges:
The Flower Challenge .... Color Your Flower

Simon Says Wednesday .... Feminine
Seize The Birthday .... Anything Goes
Creations In Pink ..... Mainly Pink
Dragonfly Dreams .... Use A Stencil

Peace On Earth Challenge #63

Happy May!!
We have a new challenge starting today at
Peace On Earth
and a new mood board for inspiration!!
You can create anything though, as long as it is Christmas themed! 

I for one, was very inspired by the mood board,
not only the colors pink, but the Santa as well, and those fun candy canes!!

The candy cane background paper is from Doodlebug's Milk & Cookies paper pad.
The Santa (isn't he just adorable) is a scrapbookdotcom die, I dressed him
all in PINK!!  I die cut the TH Sizzix Woodland trees twice,
offsetting one for a shadow effect.
The sentiment stamp and die is The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday!

We would LOVE to have YOU join us at Peace On Earth
and make sure to stop by and see all the beautiful creations from the DT!!

Entering the following challenges:
Jingle Belles .... The Man With The Bag

Creations In Pink .... ATG Mainly Pink
Merry Little Christmas .... ATG Christmas

Triple B May 2024

 Time for a new challenge month at Triple B and we have a
gorgeous mood board for inspiration, but you can create anything as long as
it has BIRDS or BLOOMS or BUTTERFLIES on it,
one, two or all three!!

Last summer I created a bunch of BIG butterfly shaped cards for various
graduations and this is one of them using Spellbinders Butterfly Card Creator die.
This die is so easy to work with and in the end you have a gorgeous big,
beautiful butterfly card for that special person!!
All the flowers and the butterfly you see are part of the die set.
For this card I stenciled a background then die cut it out,
I like how it gives a soft feeling to it and makes the florals stand out!
Several gems were added for a bit of sparkle.

Hope to see you over at Triple B,

always plenty of beautiful inspiration there

both by our Design Team and our entrants!!

Entering the following challenges:

Little Red Wagon .... Shapely
Simon Says Wednesday .... Feminine
Cardz For Galz .... Mother's Day or any Celebration (graduation)
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge .... Shaped Card
Tic Tac Toe .... Flowers!Free~DieCuts

I Spy With My Little Eye .... Wings

Happy Birthday Floral

 At Simply Clean and Simple our OPTIONAL
theme is flowers, but you can create anything as long as it is CAS!

My card is extremely simple.
I ran a scrap piece of gingham along one edge
then stamped my flower and colored in with Olo's.
The stamp is one of those 99cent ones you find in the bins
at the craft stores but it was in the bags of stamps I received from my friend!

Pop on over to Simply Clean and Simple and have
some CAS fun with us!

Colorful Options May 2024

 Hello friends, it's once again a new month and that brings us to a new
color challenge at Colorful Options and in case you haven't already guessed it, 
our color this month is ROYAL BLUE!
Not a fan of royal blue?  Then you can create a rainbow colored card, either is accepted!
Here is our pretty inspiration board for this month!

As soon as I saw this color I knew I wanted to use my Altenew Azurite ink
thinking it the perfect color for my Betterpress never been used before
Spellbinders 'H' press plate.  Gosh, how I LOVE that thing!!  I added a few white pearls

to make it a bit more fancy but other then adding it to a royal blue card base
I felt it was perfect the way it was!!

Come and have some colorful fun with us at
Colorful Options!!

Entering the following challenges:

Seize The Birthday .... Anything Goes

Two Old Bats May 2024

Welcome to Two Old Bats where we celebrate Halloween
year round enabling you to use all those normally put away for a year
Halloween supplies!! 

As always we have a spooky fun mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything Halloween themed! 

I let all those fun pumpkins in the upper left corner inspire me
and what better way then to load them up in a pick up truck,
an orange pick up truck all decked out for Halloween!

The truck is a Cottage Cutz Spooky Truck die, they are known for their fabulous 
up to 80% off sales, so when they have a sale, I shop!!
I die cut all my pieces out of white card stock scraps (snippets) and then colored each piece in.
I find this easier then trying to cut each in a colored card stock, saves a bundle of time too!
The background paper is from my Halloween scrap bag (I've been trying to use that up)
and the sentiment is from a set of Halloween strips I purchased .

Hope to see YOU over at Two Old Bats,
plenty of inspiration there too.

Entering the following challenges:
Halloween Crafts Year Round and Other Occasions ....  Halloween

Word Power #5

 Hello friends, another new month, another new challenge at
Word Power
where we want your sentiments to take center stage!

I used a sentiment I received when I was on the DT at Sparkle N Sprinkle.
I stamped it in Versamark on vellum, then embossed it with SNS white EB powder.
Only thing, I made a mistake by evidently not embossing the two last words of
the sentiment which was 'to stay', as while adhering my top layer to my designer paper
I put my hand in the un-embossed last two words, eeek!
Since this was a second attempt already and my last piece of light
blue vellum, I made it work without those two words, at least I think I did!
I added a few gems where the words were to help cover up the mess I made!
The pretty paper under the vellum is Dress My Craft Hydrangea Lawns

Come on over to Word Power and have some fun with us
showing us your 'center stage' sentiments!!

Pretty Florals For Mom

Hello friends, can you believe it is MAY already ?
We have a beautiful May mood board for inspiration and
the theme of Pretty Florals for Mom at our
Double D challenge!

It was a hard decision to decide which image I let inspire me
but in the end let the bottom right corner win!
Daffodils and gingham are two favorites of mine
so to put them together, even better!!

I used a Cottage Cutz Daffodil die that I die cut in white scraps
then inked each piece, it's a bit brighter IRL. I also used another favorite,
The Greetery Big Bow die and because of cutting the two colors I now have a
bow in the reverse colors to use on another project. Lastly I added one of my
favorite sentiments from The Ton Easy Expressions.
I guess this card was a combination of favorites!

We would love to see YOUR Pretty Florals for Mom over at our
Double D challenge,
and make sure to see all the beautiful florals from our design teams while there!

Entering the following fun challenges"
Simon Says Wednesday .... Feminine 
Simon Says Monday .... Feminine
Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge .... ATG
A Place To Start .... Add one or more Flowers
Tic Tac Toe .... Flowers~Free~Die Cuts

Four Seasons May Spring 2024

 We are well into SPRING at Four Seasons
and one of my favorite seasons with spring flowers popping up,
warmer weather and clean smelling breezes!

We have a pretty Spring mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything SPRING related!!

I initially was going to go with those gorgeous lilacs but then decided
to go with the 'May' flower of Lily of The Valley.
We tore down (mowed it over) one of my large floral gardens last year
due to my age of not being able to take care of it like I should.  In that garden
growing all over were hundreds of PINK lily of the valley.  I am hoping some of it will
pop it's little heads up this spring so I can dig it up and move it elsewhere.
Anyhow, I used a Tutti Design die for my lily of the valley and cut it twice from white scrap card stock and stacked one on the other then colored in with my Olo markers,
along with a piece of scrap striped vellum from my stash. 
The white doily underneath was already
cut and in my 'white' shoe box/bin of precuts.   
I made the most tedious bow, and I mean tedious,
using a die from Memory Box.  A few Pink Fresh Studio Ballerina gems were added.

We would love to have you join us at
Four Seasons with your Spring entry and
stop by and see all the beauty from the design team!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday .... Feminine
Simon Says Monday .... Feminine