Thank You

 Hello friends, I saw a fun challenge that worked perfectly for me
for a card I just created.  It is at The Paper Players and it is 'recycling is in'!

Last month I made a purchase at The Greetery with their new May release

and with every purchase they sent a FREE cute urn die and it was mounted as
shown below.

I thought the packaging was so pretty I just couldn't toss it
so I turned it into a thank you card by simply cutting one of the
urns from a glitter paper and adding a frame around the image.

A great 'recycle' don't you think?

I had a second order and received a second one of these dies

and am sending it to a friend for her enjoyment!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Guest Designing at Park Hopping

 Hello friends, I am guest designing this month at
Park Hopping My Happy Place
 and we have an awesome mood board that represents the opening of
a new park Epic Universe at  Universal Studios in May.

I let the colors inspire me and created what I hope will work for a graduation card!
I used a Brutus Monroe Northern Lights card panel that I die cut with a

Spellbinders Arch die and embossed with a starry EB folder.
The sentiment was computer generated.
This print reminded me a lot of the 'castles' you see at Disney.

I want to thank Makira at Park Hopping My Happy Place for having me 

as a guest designer.

Come and join her challenge and have some fun too!!

BOO

Hello friends, we at Two Old Bats have a fun mood board
for some fun Halloween inspiration!
Use it or not but just make sure you have  a Halloween card! 

I thought this was really cute and fun mood board and was inspired by
the crazy furry bat!!

I've had this never been used before bat die for a couple of years from
Impression Obsession and thought it was about time to make his 'debut'!
The background paper is Brutus Monroe Happy Haunting die cut with a 
Tutti Designs rectangle scalloped die and the frame is from my 'black' 
box of already black die cuts and from Impression Obsession.
The BOO is from Poppystamps!

So, 'get your Halloween on' and come on over to
Two Old Bats and have some 'spooky' fun with us!

Entering the following fun challenges:
Halloween & Other Occasions All Year Round #27 .... Halloween

Washi Tape Cards

 Hello friends, it's once again time for our monthly challenge at
The Neglected Stuff
where you must use your neglected stuff you have had six months or longer!

A long while back, maybe a year or two, my partner in crime ('Dar') that we together run all 
those fun challenges you see ( and this one) each ordered some 
Altenew BIG washi tape rolls during some of their weekly sales
and you get so much we sent what we bought to each other.
So that is my neglected stuff for today, I am not sure if this is a roll I bought or she
did, but I have to say it's the prettiest of the lot and made some beautiful cards.

I die cut my washi that had been added to card stock with Tutti Designs
Scalloped Stitched Rectangles, each one positioned to cut an entirely different looking
front panel, then adhered to a cream card base.  The Sympathy sentiment
is one I have never used and had for quite sometime from Cottage Cutz.
Two are Sue Wilson dies and the happy birthday I can't remember, it happens!
All the die cut sentiments were cut three times and stacked and I have had
them for years!  Very unique and simple cards that will be a breeze to mail!

Card #1:  Have A Beautiful Day

Card #2:  Wishing You Brighter Days

 

Card #3:  Happy Birthday

Card #4 With Deepest Sympathy

We would love to see your neglected stuff at our challenge

Soak Up The Sun

 Hello friends,  We are feeling some summer colors at
Colorful Options
with pretty beachy blues!

We have a summery fun mood board for inspiration.

Living in Michigan and pretty much surrounded by water, our beaches are
one of my favorite places to go, so these colors to create with were no hardship for me!

I pulled out my Spellbinders July 2022 Small die of the month
Day At The Beach.  I don't belong to any of their clubs anymore
but hit their warehouse sales and am able to purchase these
at a very reasonable price.
I die cut all the pieces from scraps then patiently (and it takes patience) put them together.  The sentiment is Brutus Monroe, again one of the sets (Summer Lovin) I picked up at Simon Says sales for 99 cents.  I love the sales!!  The paper is Honey Bee Beach Vibes.

You will see this die set come up my blog in a few more weeks
as I used it for another DT project, which is a good thing
as normally I use something once
and then am off onto something else!!

Thanks for visiting and happy creating!!

Tis The Season

 Hello friends, happy June 1st!
We have a new challenge starting today at
Peace on Earth with a fun inspiration board that we hope inspires you to play along!
We are however an anything goes Christmas challenge
and the board is totally to 'inspire'!

Sometimes these boards are hard for me as there are lots of great choices
of which way I can go with my card, but for this one while looking through
all my Christmas stamps I found this NBU stamp from Altenew that I got at a great sale.
It has several large images and sentiments to choose from but I ended up using a
The Ton Expressions Holiday sentiment.  The EB folder is a TH 
 Snowfall folder, one that I have used so much I have nearly worn it out!

Come join our year round holiday fun at Peace On Earth,
those holidays sneak up on us fast so this will put you ahead on your holiday cards!

Entering these fun challenges"
NBUS #75 .... Never Before Used Schtuff

Great Big Hug

 It is SUMMER time at The Four Seasons challenges
and we have a fun summery mood board for inspiration.
But you can create anything as long as it is SUMMER themed.

I recently was going through a few things in my craft room and came across
these Stampendous 'topper's and one reminded me of the bottom left lilacs.
Even though this topper isn't lilacs it did resemble them.

I used a Waffle Flower Lacy 2 die with The Paper Boutique Lavender Fields paper
and a Cheery Lynns Design Fishtail banner that was in my 'spare parts' bin.
The sentiment is Stampendous Hugs sentiment.

Come on over and join our first Summer season at
The Four Seasons challenges!