Snow Much Love

Hi there! Here on this last day of January I am writing a quick post featuring a cute snowman that I want to use before spring hits.  I think a snowy Valentine might work well. 

The Most Wonderful set from Wplus 9 makes it so easy to add details to the images with the layering stamps. I just love how cute this snowman looks! 

I'm playing along with the TicTacToe Challenge, using the last line across: Patterned Paper (Waffle Flower), FREE and Enamel Dots. Also, at Inspiration Station, there is a photo prompt which inspired my snowy winter theme. 

The set is new to me also, and never been used til now, so it's off to NBUS. 

I appreciate your visit today, hope you're doing well. Happy crafting!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Sweet Valentine

 Hello crafty friends, I hope you are ready for a new week. Soon to be a new month. I squeezed in a bit of crafty-ness while watching football yesterday. When the score got close, I was only able to sit on the edge of my seat and hold on!

Coloring is easy to do while doing something else so I pulled out the stamps from Penny Black and went to town with my Copic markers. 

I kept this very simple as it's for the grands. Also for the sketch challenge at Freshly Made, which has been on my mind all week.  Squeaking it under the wire at the line up just in time! 

Hope you like it! It's quick and easy but sometimes that is just what is needed. I rounded the corners for a bit of playfulness. I feel sure this sketch will become a go-to!

Have a great day!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 
                   Make something beautiful!   

DSP is from Stampin Up!
Penny Black Stamps: My Sweet 

I'm adding this to Penny Black Saturday Challenge  and SSSWednesday and Inkspirational Challenge.

I was inspired by the yummy sweets!

God Will Take Care of You

I've been loving the challenge at The Card Concept this month, where they inspire you with a photo prompt or two, provide fabulous samples from the DT and feature several card making styles. You know I love to change my style up. I'm here to share my clean and layered card! 

Actually, I made two. Once I pulled out the beautiful Masterpieces from Penny Black Stamps, it was easy! 

These are pre-printed designs on lovely linen paper. I combined them with kraft card stock, pretty papers and encouraging faith-filled sentiments. 

For the second card, I embossed lines of stitching for a unique accent. 

I was inspired by the chalkboard, colors and winter snow theme of the photo. 

Sometimes simple is really the best! The stamps I used are from Stamp Simply Clear Stamps. Birds are another thing that I love so I will use this set often.

I hope that you will have a great weekend, friends. No snow in my woods, but we do have plenty of birds! Enjoy the last days of January and be blessed. 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

I'm adding this to:

Saturday Challenge Penny Black

Wednesday Challenge at SSS

Wild Blossoms

 It's a chilly morning and I'm heading out to the farm, but I thought I'd pop in with some spring blossoms to brighten your day! 

I found the Wild Blossom Corner dies (Sissix) drastically reduced at my local craft store. So they found their way into my Christmas stocking. Don't you have to love that? 

They're thinlets that are designed as a bouquet that is all one layer, but individual flowers and leaf dies are included, so I did double a few of the blooms. I colored them with Zigs markers and a white gel pen. 

The grid at Tic Tac Toe challenges lists white, flowers and pearls which inspired my design. 

Also playing at Time Out Challenges, SSS Wednesday Challenge: Fabulous Flowers, and  NBUS. 

Thank you for coming by, I love it when you do, and I always hope you leave inspired. 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

The love die is from SSS, paper is from Doodlebugs. 

Under His Wings

This beautiful cardinal has been layered and assembled on my desk for quite some time. Today is a perfect time to feature him on this card inspired by Jaydee's CAS theme challenge at The Paper Players.  

Three different colors of red card stock provided the body layers. I added shading details with colored pencils.  Using white card stock for the bird's head and beak, also the greenery, I colored with Copic markers after cutting. 

The white strip was embossed for added texture. The sentiment is one that I just love! The set contains several Scriptures that pertain to birds, they are truly encouraging. Creating a mini slim card that measures 3.5" x 6" gave me a bit more playing room.

Thanks so much for visiting today! 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

 

Stamps: God Will Take Care of You from Stamp Simply
Dies: Lovely Layers Winter Birds and Winter Greenery - Honey Bee Stamps
Other: Spellbinder's 3D Embossing Folder - Corrugated

Colorful Stitched Prints

Hello friends, happy Thursday! Crafting time has been scarce but today I was intrigued by colorful papers and and the Patchwork Die from The Greetery. 

 

 I thought these colors from the challenge at The Paper Players were so pretty that I just had to create with them! The Tea Boutique paper pack (SU) was the surest way for me to find the correct shades. I love the warm country look of the prints and the almost quilt-like effect with the die and stitched squares.

The heart die was cut and used at an angle on the card front. It sure was hard to get accurate colors in my photo. Here is what the colors are supposed to look like!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a great weekend.

Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

             Make something beautiful! 

Mixing it Up for Color Hues #56

 Our Color Hues challenge #56 is here! Sheri has chosen Pink and Red for us and to me that's all about Valentines's! I had fun mixing up products to create my card. 

Combining the Bicycle Builder dies from Honey Bee with elements from the Spellbinders Parcel Post Heart Decorations I came up with this card for my dear one. 

I just love the LOVE letters and cut them using silver Glitter paper. They are only glued at the bottom so they hang jauntily over the basket and hearts.

Papers from my stash supplied the heart theme.The sentiment is embossed in white on black card stock. It's retired (SU). 

My neutrals and white black and silver. We can't wait to see what you will make for this challenge!

I appreciate your visit, hope it's a great day for you. 

Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

             Make something beautiful! 

I'm adding this to the challenge at TicTacToe where I chose the center row: hearts, free, red. 

Stretch Your Stamps Birthday Blooms

It's me again! This time I'm inspired with the sentiments from the Birthday Blooms set (The Greetery) and I've stretched my stamps to create two cards for you today! 

For the first, I used a panel of white card stock that I had prepared with gold foiled circles. Having this pre-prepped made the rest of the card easy. 

I think a wishing on a star theme is unique for a winter birthday. I die cut the star of white card stock 6 times for added dimension. Gluing those together to form one star, I adhered it to a kraft base. I corrugated the kraft card stock with the paper crimper, again, to add interest and dimension. 

The greenery and bow were achieved using sponges to color with DOX inks, gold glitter paper, and Glossy Accents to make the berries shine. 

The second card combines the same elements - the star decorated with greenery, the textured kraft card stock, the sentiment and gold accents. 

This time I changed the layout to a vertical card, and added a tag and a smidgeon of plaid  paper. The top layer of the large star is cut of Shimmery White card stock (Stampin' Up!) which has a pearly shine.

The elements of my Clean and Simple Multi Media card were totally inspired by the challenge at The Card Concept, specifically the colors, greenery and stars. 

I hope you've been inspired today to find different ways to use your stamps. I was delighted to make two cards for winter birthdays that are a bit outside the box for me. 

I will add the second card to The Paper Players challenge this week. 

Thanks for visiting! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies used: 
Stamps: The Greetery - Birthday Blooms
Ink: Versamark, Black, DOX inks
Accessories - gold foil and gold glitter card stocks. Dies - for greenery and bow are from WPlus9 and Spellbinders 

Love Flurries

Hello , I have a wintry scene for you today using old and new items, just for fun! I enjoy pulling out this PI girl in winter as I love her sweet expressions and the sentiments. I used a new-to-me stencil and sponged DOX inks to make the background. 

Two of the stencils are for small and larger snowflakes. I filled them with white paste for added interest and texture. 

My friend Leslie at Running with Scissors always colors images with mastery (if you visit her blog you'll realize words are inadequate to describe her talent!) and she's been using Tombow markers, so I got mine out to give them a try on the girl.  It's been a while but I liked the ease of using them. Then I fussy cut her out, adding the die cut trees and purple hearts. 

That's all from me today, I hope it's going well for you! We have had beautiful sunshine and warm-ish temps so the snow is only in my imagination, lol! 

I will be posting this at NBUS and Time Out Challenges. 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supply List:

Stamps - mftstamps (retired) 
Ink
Other - Honey Bee stamps - Winter Wonder Scene Builder is a set of 6 stencils. 

Trees dies - Elizabeth Craft Dies

Happy Birthday Blooms

 Hello crafters, how is your weekend going? Mine has been low key but I'm puttering away at some needed household chores. Sometimes the strangest things happen when I'm cleaning off my craft table. A card emerges from the bits of paper that I'm supposed to be putting away. 

I've had the sketch from Freshly Made in my mind all week, and it's been simmering on the back burner. Today the inspiration and scraps of paper came together. 

The stamps and dies are from the Greetery, Birthday Blooms. I've been stamping extra die cuts and storing them in the envie with the stamps, so these were ready to go! I combined them with papers from Echo Park for a clean and simple birthday card. The little twine bow seemed to be the only embellishment needed. 

The circles in the sketch are so versatile! You'd be amazed at the many ways the DT used them! Check it out HERE. 

Wishing you a wonderful day. Thanks for visiting! 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Stellar Snowflake

 Hello again, I'm popping in to share my second card for this first week of the new year. I was hoping to get into creating more often but it's not happening quite that way. Am I the only one? I am caught up in 'new' outlooks and daily habit changes. I'd almost rather clean out my pantry than stamp. I know, that does sound crazy! Hopefully my mojo will kick in again soon. 

Although the sun is warm and the weather is breezy today, I pulled out the Stellar Snowflake stencil from GinaK that is new to my stash. Using Transfer Gel from Thermo-web and a laminator,  I foiled the design onto white card stock. Backing the panel with a black mat, I added bright blue card stock over the card base. 

The darling sentiments are from Honey Bee stamps. I love that they include the outline for the larger words, which I cut from vellum. 

There have been some recent changes happening that affect this stamping hobby of mine. I had to back up and completely move all my files onto a new computer as the old one was dying. In doing so my Photoshop Editor has become obsolete. Also, a new light box and lamp are challenging me to take better photos more consistently.  All these things are on quite a learning curve. If you have editing software that you love, I'd be happy if you'd share it with me!

I am off to clean and organize the pantry which involves getting on the floor but not having to think too much, HA! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

Please know that your comments mean so much to me. They keep me going!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

 

I will be joining the following challenges: 

SIMON SAYS Something New

And with the lovely Jingle Belles: What did Santa bring you? My answer - a brand new snowflake stencil!

TGIF  Technique Challenge 

Happy New Year, Color Hues!

 Starting the year with friends at The Color Hues, are you ready? We have a new challenge for you to use pale pink and gold. Does that bring to mind images of flowers, hearts or a gala new year? Maybe snowmen or a sweet scene? We can't wait to see what you make. Hopefully you are able to find some crafty time now that the holiday flurries are over and join us.

I am thinking spring! Using a 3D embossing folder,  I brayered pink inks directly onto the recessed side, added my white card stock and fed it through the machine. 

It did take me a couple tries to find the right color (WPlus9  Pink Piggy) and the best sandwich for even coverage. The color fills in the background and the white flowers are raised with dimension.

It was so easy to make this. I added a label and sentiment from The Greetery, a gold mirror card stock mat and gold sequins. I wanted to let the floral pattern shine.

I've taken quite a break from stamping over the holiday, so I will be transitioning into more frequent posting. It may take me awhile to get my mojo back.

I'm so happy to welcome our new designers to Color Hues! Wishing all of you a Happy and healthy New Year. 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Stamp sets: The Greetery -Signed & Sealed and dies, Signed & Sealed with a Kiss