Enjoy SUMMER

Are you having warm summer days this July? I hope you're enjoying them! Do you have a favorite summer fruit? I love a really good, locally grown peach. We have the best peach orchards nearby! 

This card is all about delicious fruits. Have a look! 

Our new challenge at Tic Tac Toe goes live today, and I couldn't wait to go with the Fruit option. I had in mind the Fruit and Summer Colors from top row across, but as I got caught up in making the card, I lost forgot about the patterned paper! Glad there are 9 options per board, as I then went with the diagonal: Layers, Die Cut, and Summer Colors.  

I used a medium green card front, with a diagonally striped embossed white panel layered on top. The fruit stamps are from Pinkfresh Studio Fruitalicious. I wanted bright shades so used my Zig markers to color them, and then fussy cut them. 

The sentiment is stamped and die cut from Simon Says Stamp Happy Days set. Keeping embellishments simple, I chose a few clear sequins, and used a coat of Glossy Accents on the cherries. Cherries are another of my fruity favorites!

Please enjoy pleasant days, wherever you are, and be sure to play along with the challenge! We love seeing your creations. 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Kindness in Bloom Birthday

 Hello, friends! I'm back with my last card for this week. Our weather has been super hot and in my craft room I'm keeping cool, busy, and contented. 

I decided to play along with Freshly Made Sketches, and pulled out the new-to-me Kindness in Bloom stamps and dies from Pinkfresh Studio. I love the wonky look of these flowers and appreciate the stripes on the leaves. Coloring with Zig markers, I followed the example on the stamps packaging and used bold strokes with white spaces on the flowers. 

I loved discovering (or being reminded?) that PFS dies cut out all the images at once, making this so easy! I used a border die to cut the accents for the line across the sketch. 

I appreciate you taking the time to come and visit with me. Hope you have a great weekend. 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

I'm entering this to these challenges: 
NBUS - new stamps and dies
Freshly Made Sketches 
A Cut Above 

Other Supplies: Hexagon Die is from WPlus9; Border Dies are from Penny Black; The Happy Birthday stamp and die are from Simon Says Stamp.

A Little Artsy Birthday

 Happy to greet you on a new day, with a new card. 

Playing with only two colors, especially when one is a neutral is hard for me, but I took the challenge and created today's card with yellow and black. It's a little artsy.

Yes, that is the name of the stamp set from SSS. I chose the bold daisy and created a bright yellow background. I added stamped images in yellow for tone on tone distressing and a few images in black to the panel. I stamped and cut out the daisy and the sentiment, and decided to add sparkle embossing paste on the flower for shine. I'm delighted to enter this at the Color Hues Challenge. 

Hope you don't mind a shorter post, time to get moving! 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Stencils, Clouds, and Sunshine!

 It always takes me some trial and error and rummaging through my stash to come up with an idea to make new supplies my own. That's what happened today when I went to try out the stencils included in Kristina Werner's Weather Together Bundle. It has been on my desk for a couple of weeks now. 

Wanting a card for general encouragement, I searched for the sentiment first. Among my Penny Black stamps, I came upon just what I wanted in the Love Big stamps. I wanted my sky to suggest a sunrise. 

I used Distress Oxide inks to color the scene, using only 2 of the cloud stencils, and inking lightly. Another sentiment carries the sunshine theme to the card inside. 

I have to be honest and say that I had doubts about the usefulness of the Weathered Together stamp set at first. I'm happy that I now have a few ideas and a few more sentiments lined up to be able to create with it. I got help also from The Paper Players Challenge this week! 

I may have to get going on anther entry! Also entering the Stencil Fun Challenge.  and the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by to visit. FInishing this card and getting it posted has given me a nice sense of being productive this morning. Have a great day! 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Other challenges include:
Word Art Wednesday
Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog 
Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge Blog - Summer
The Four Seasons - Summer 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes (Penny Black stamps)

 

Rain and Sunshine... I've got you covered

 Hello friends! June is always a busy month for us, and this year it's been crazy! Stamping sat on the back burner, and that's OK. Honestly, I didn't miss it! 

But I needed to clear off my desk, so I've got a simple card to share today. I made it using more supplies from the recent OCC card class. The gray panel with foiled-in-blue raindrops has been waiting to come out to play! 

I made it using the stencil and Deco paste. I gave away my foil machine supplies, but the paste is easy to store if I just want to foil once in a while. Using a stencil to foil was a fun idea, especially for raindrops. 

The dies were easy to use. Hope you like my clean and simple card today. Inside it says, "Sending Sunshine" and has a sun and clouds die cuts. I can't include a photo of the inside because I've already written the long note to the recipient. I'm happy that it's ready to mail. 

Hope that you're having a great day! Glad you could visit, I won't take so long next time to post. 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies: Weather Together Bundle 
Playing at:
Time Out Challenges - water and sun 

What I love....

 It's Monday, time for a quick post. Hello friends!

I used to regularly post a series called "What I love..." on my blog. It's still a category listed in the sidebar if you want to see some oldie versions. But today 's post is all about currently what I love and here's the card! 

Below I've listed "What I love..." from yesterday's crafty time:

• PLAYING!  Just playing around. Specifically playing with new stamping goodies. I didn't begin with the intention of completing a card. 
• Bright colors, pink! 
• Sunshine
• New techniques 
• polka dots and stripes.
• a bit of sparkle

My playing involved stenciling the rainbow with Altenew inks in light and bright pink, yellow and orange. I learned the technique of stamping over stencils from the latest Online Card Class called Brighter Days. I love these classes too! I've you've never taken one, or it's been awhile, I highly recommend them for the value and inspiration.

Entering this to **NBUS #87** Never Been Used Stuff and
Stencil Fun Challenge ATG
Supplies are listed below. 

Thanks so much for coming by!

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies: 

Hammermill white card stock

Altenew inks: Blush Rose, Pinkalicious, Fresh Lemon, Orange Cream

**Kristina Werner for Concord & 9th: Rainbow Rays Stencil Pack, Weather Together Stamps and Dies**

Hello, my friend

 Hi everyone! I'm in a mixed media mood and sharing another card with the Artsy Butterfly stamps, stencils and papers I got recently. It seems once I have supplies of a kit type out on my desk I'm really enjoying using them to make several cards at once. So, brace yourself! More butterflies and distressing to come. 

I got a bit carried away with this one! 

Beginning with white card stock, I inked over the stencil with pale aqua and yellow inks. Further distressed elements were added to this panel: torn paper in two corners, and some elements stamped in black. I die cut two tags, one from white, and the other from one of the papers; I added some small floral vines and a bit of yellow spongeing. 

The butterfly was also stamped on white card stock, then was colored with inks and the coordinating stencil. I added white splatters. White Splatter Medium is becoming my fav new product because it's easy to use and gives very good coverage. 

Oh, and did I mention the sequins? 

This is so NOT my normal card but I sure had fun making it! Thanks so much for coming by. 

I'm sharing this with Just Us Girls Die Week - Butterflies.  They have a beautiful line up of butterfly cards over there!