Wishing You A Merry Christmas

 Hello friends, we have a fun inspiration board but you can
create anything Christmas at our Peace On Earth Challenge!

Being I always try to use our boards for inspiration to create
this was a tough one for me as all I saw was trains, silly me lol,
as there are plenty of other things on this board, look at all the reindeer, wreaths,
rocking horse and even the jolly fellow himself.
But I ended up going with the colors I saw, greens, reds, and kraft.
I had ordered a package of Picket Fence watercolor glossy card fronts and they contained all the colors I needed.
The sentiment is The Ton Styled Christmas Sentiments. 
Another easy holiday card!!

Come on over to Peace on Earth and have some fun with us!

Happy Birthday Butterfly

 Hello friends, today at Double D our new challenge starts with a new
theme of Make Your Own Backgrounds.
We have an inspiration board but you can create any background 
you want, think inks, powders, stencils, stamps, sprays,  and so on!

My background was made with spritzing water on watercolor paper
then sprinkling Nuvo  cherry bomb shimmer powder on and spritzing again.

I also used a new Sizzix stamp set and die Butterfly Birthday.  I love how this
butterfly stamp has the sentiment on one of the wings.  The black doily underneath
is Cheapo die Flower Doily.  The greens and flowers came from my already made stash
of homemade flowers from Spellbinders Bold Blooms.

If you like making your own backgrounds or need to challenge
yourself to do so, then come on over to Double D
and show us what you have, check out the amazing
DT creations too!!

Entering the following challenges:
Elliebelle's Garden Party .... Anything In/or Around a Garden
Seize The Birthday .... ATG

TOB September 2025 Reminder

Hello friends, we still  have a couple weeks left of our
year round Halloween challenge at
Two Old Bats
and even have a fun and spooky mood board for inspiration! 

Last year Picket Fence had these spooky glossy card fronts 
called 'Blue Moon' that I used for the focus of my card. 
 I had some transparent ghostly stickers I added
and love how you can see through them
just like a 'real' ghost!!!

Come on over to Two Old Bats and have some spooky Halloween fun with us!

Happy Birthday To You

Hello friends, it's time for our fun challenge at Beautiful Blossoms
where we are all about blossoms! 

We always have a pretty floral mood board but you can create any color as
long as flowers are you main focus.

I went with in a very different direction this time around using a beautiful

wildflower A2  card front from Picket Fence.  I added a foiled sentiment
gifted to me from one of our prize winners.

Very simple but gorgeous just the same!

Hope to see your pretty blooms at Beautiful Blossoms!

Birthday Card

 At Can You Handle The Pressure where our challenge is all about
EMBOSSING FOLDERS our OPTIONAL theme is LAYERS!
You don't have to go with our theme but you MUST use an embossing folder to enter.

In 2024 Simon Says Stamps had numerous 99 cent sales and every once
in awhile I was able to catch one before it all sold out.
That is where this little EB folder came from, I was actually able to get 4 different ones.
They emboss and also cut the center out.

After embossing I added a white back and stamped a The Greetery birthday
sentiment on. I layered that onto a scrap of purple card stock.
The designer paper underneath is Brutus Monroe Spring Flowers
and can you believe that paper pad was also one of the 99cent purchases!

We would love to see you at Can You Handle The Pressure
layered up or not!

Time To Celebrate

 Hello friends, it's time to celebrate at
The Sisterhood of Crafters with our theme of
BIRTHDAYS.

For my birthday card
I used a newly purchased stencil and die set from 
Pink Fresh Studios Ribbons & Balloons.
This was shocking as I actually used this the same day I received it
in the mail, shocking for me LOL!

I used mostly a lot of Altenew inks with the exception of the yellow balloon
which was inked with TH Distress Squeezed Lemonade.
The sentiment is from The Greetery and the background die is
Spellbinders Hemstitch Oval.

Thanks for stopping by and happy creating!!

Entering the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG
Craft Rocket Challenges .... Dots and/or Stripes
Tic Tac Toe Challenge .... Across: Stencil~Birthday~Die Cut

Birdie Ornament

Hello friends, it's once again time for our challenge at Peace On Earth.
We have a pretty inspiration board but you can create anything Christmas. 

I was inspired by all the pretty ornaments .  I used a pre-embossed
panel that I had purchased years and years ago at Joann's and turned the cut out into 
an ornament by adding an ornament hanger to the top and a pretty Wild Rose paper
underneath the circle cut out.  Gloss 'mint' Pops of Color that I received free with an order
from Scrapbookdotcom was added to the flower centers on the base, these drops are
very similar to the Nuvo drops and are easy to use

Come and join myself and the DT at Peace on Earth! .

LTPP September 2025 Favorite Brand of Paper

Hello friends, time to get those pretty papers you have been hoarding and join
our Love Those Pretty Papers challenge.
Our OPTIONAL theme is  Your Favorite brand of paper and WHY!
However, we are an anything goes challenge as long
as you use your pretty papers.

That's a hard one for me as I have lots and lots of brands that I
dearly love but I went with one that I have adored for years and that 
is MINTAY, (why?) it is a gorgeous paper from Poland with page
after page of beauty in the best quality.  I used to have everyone
they ever came out with but slowed down buying it this last year.
I also love P13 also a paper from Poland and Paper Rose has gorgeous papers
and I could go on and on, I used to be a sewer and paper has always
reminded me of pretty fabric, hence my buying so much of it.
My card is Mintay Lavender Farm, you can tell by the name  how gorgeous it must be.
I let the paper do all the work and added a Spellbinders sentiment and a few
Sue Wilson butterflies and pearls.

For my anything goes card I used a cute and never been
used before Craft Consortium Bluebells & Buttercups (2021)to
create a child's card.  I also have the stamps that go with this
paper and of course haven't used yet either.  The image is part of 
the paper pack.

This challenge is great as it challenges you to use
all those pretty papers if like me you have been hoarding
for years! 

Entering the following challenges:
The Crafters Cafe .... Designer Paper
Crafty Animals .... ATG

A Little Bit Older

 Hello friends, our Simply Clean & Simple challenge starts today
for the month of September with an OPTIONAL theme of BIRTHDAYS.  But you can create anything, just keep it CAS!

I used for the first time this adorably cute Basket stamp from Whimsy Stamps.
I stamped it on a Tutti Designs scalloped square with
Lisa Horton Cloud 9 Solid Black ink.  This has become my favorite black
ink to stamp and color with, it is so crisp and precise!
I cut a slightly larger square like the one above from 
Honey Bee Gingham Galore Fall paper.  The sentiment is
My Favorite Things Sweet 16 stamped with Altenew Expresso ink.

Thanks for visiting, happy creating!!

Entering the following challenges:
Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday .... ATG

A Little Note

 Just A little note to say HELLO, a big hello I might say
which fits in perfectly for our challenge at 
WORD POWER
where your sentiments are the center stage or focal of your card!

I used a great sentiment from Concord & 9th's Picked Posie Greetings stamp set.
The butterfly is a die that I purchased during one of Simon Says 99 cent sales.
It is Shimmer Butterfly.  I used some Apple Green Nuvo for the center of the flowers.
The sentiment was  stamped with Dew Drop Rich Cocoa ink. A paper scrap was added
under the die cut butterfly.

We would love to have you join us at Word Power
where your sentiment says it all!

I Spy With My Little Eye .... Warm & Sunny Colors

Triple B September 2025 Challenge

Hello friends, it's that time again for a new monthly challenge at
Triple B where we are all about birds~birds~butterflies.
You can use one, two or all three but at least one has to be used.

We have a pretty September mood board for inspiration.

I used some gingham paper from Honey Bee die cut with a Waffle Flower Lacy 2 die.
The stamp is a never been used before Deep Red Boot Sunflowers colored
with Olo's and Altenew Alcohol markers.  The image was stamped with
Lisa Horton Cloud 9 ink on a Cottage Cutz Scalloped Eyelet die. 

Thanks for stopping by and happy creating!

Entering the following fun challenges:

Simon Wednesday Challenge .... Stamp It

You Are My Sunshine

 Hello friends, we have  new theme at Double D Challenges
and it is MUSIC.

Music theme, use sheet music, musical instruments,
anything to do with music, you can even let a song
inspire you, just tell us what song it is.

We have a fun mood board for inspiration.

I had a fun stamp/die set from Avery Elle Forest Dance Party 2021 that I used
for the first time.  I colored these cute characters in with a mix of Olo's, Copic's and
Altenew markers.  The sentiment is from Hampton Art 2015.  It is a woodblock stamp that 
I stamped 3 different times and still couldn't get a perfect stamp, one I even did with Versamark
and EB powder and still the same result.  I couldn't put in my platform as it was a
woodblock stamp.  It is what it is as they say.  I had to make a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 size
card so all my little critters could fit.  the little music notes are part of the stamp set.

We would love to hear some 'music' from you at
Double D!!

Nature Challenge

It's once again time for our challenge at Stencil Fun and our 
OPTIONAL theme is NATURE but you can create anything as long as a
stencil has been used!

My nature card is a stencil by Hero Arts Color Layering Bee Florals.
There are 5 stencils to layer in this set. I used all TH Distress Inks,
squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, shabby shutters, peeled paint, and black soot.
I left a sentiment off for now.

For my anything goes card I used a favorite pretty stencil I have used before
Waffle Flower Layered Bows and stenciled with Altenew inks 
Winter Lake and Artic Mountain.  The scalloped circles are Tutti Design
and the floral is Graphic 45 rub ons, or Press ons as they call them.
The sentiment is The Ton Easy Expressions.

Hope to see you over at Stencil Fun!!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday .... ATG
Unicorn Challenge #113 .... Circles
Addicted To Stamps & More #500 .... Dies and/or Stencils

Two Old Bats September Challenge

Hello friends, it is getting closer to Halloween month and if you have joined us
all year at Two Old Bats then you should have a nice selection
of Halloween cards all ready to mail!

We have a spooky fun mood board for inspiration!

Witches normally spook me out but for some reason last year when I
was on my binge of buying LOTS of new Halloween I purchased this
spooky A Wee Bit Wicked stamp from Picket Fence.
She is a rather large stamp so I had to make a square card of 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
to fit her 'pretty' face on.  Look at the little mouse sitting on her hat,
he had better watch out or he will be in her cauldron of witches brew!!  I added a glittery crow to her hat and a few
glittery stars.

Hope to see YOU over at Two Old Bats!!

September 2025 Colorful Options

 Hello friends, time for our monthly challenge at Colorful Options 
and we have a pretty wild and very colorful mood board for you.

It took me awhile to decide how I wanted to interpret this though it does say anything goes
I wanted to stay within these colors.  Going through my stencils  I came across a
Brutus Monroe Quad Pattern stencil (another of my 99cent sale purchases from Simon Says) and thought it would work well for these
colors.  I used all Distress inks for my colors, faded jeans,
carved pumpkin, lumberjack plaid  and squeezed lemonade. 
I then die cut a Tutti Designs oval and topped it with 
Sue Wilson Shadow Box-Celebrations balloon dies, I hand drew the strings.
The sentiment is Easy Expressions from The Ton.

Come on over and have some 'colorful' fun with us.

Entering the following fun challenges:
Addicted To Stamps & More ....Die Cuts and/or Stencils

Simon Says Wednesday .... ATG

Allsorts #831 ....Birthdays

Just Us Girls ....Stencil Week

Live Simply

 Hello All, how do you like our The Neglected Stuff challenges so far?
I know it sure has opened up a lot of opportunity to use my poor NS
and been fun in the process!

My card today features a stamp set I have had around for quite some time
and never got around to use.  It's a cute stamp with a few nice sentiments and
from Creative Expressions Missy Mouse (2021).
She was colored in with a few Olos.  I used a few scrap papers behind and a
trim piece across the top from my spare parts bin, but it is a Cheery Lynn Designs  die.

Thanks for stopping by...happy creating!!

Entering the following Fun Challenges:

Simon Says Monday  .... Use A Stamp
Time Out .... Friendship, Encouragement, Support

Autumn Greetings

 It's time for our FALL season at The Four Seasons Challenge.
We have a pretty colorful fall mood board for inspiration,
but you can create anything fall.

I let all the fall colors and pretty leaves inspire me and pull out a
never before been used Hero Arts Fall 2023 card kit.

This kit came with a die, inks and a layered stencil plus stamps and a few other things
I didn't use today.  It creates a beautiful card and why haven't I used it before now I'll never know.
But, I do know I will be using it again and again.  The gingham paper is from Lawn Fawn.
This die really has a lot more detail then the photo shows.

That's it for me today...happy crafting!!

Entering the following fun challenges:
A Cut Above ....Die cut