Merry and Bright

It's been a busy week, the days have flown by! Gladly, I had a bit of time to stamp some cards for Christmas with the Merry & Bright stamps from Simon Says Stamp. 

This cute little deer will cheer someone's heart and bring a smile, I think. He was lots of fun to color with Copics, and I added a dab of Stickles to make his red nose. 

I made a few of these shaker cards to add to the growing pile. 

I stamped snowflakes on the Pool Party card stock backing the shaker and heat embossed them in white. I also embossed the sentiment.

I love shaker cards and I just have to play with them a little before they get mailed. 

We had a walk with Josie this afternoon and saw three deer just 40 feet away from us next to the street. They just watched us walk by. On our way back, the doe was nursing one of the two fawns. What a peaceful sight to see that cheered me on this pretty day.

Glad to have you visit today, and I hope you will come back soon.

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Merry & Bright - Simon Says Stamp

Paper: SU - PoolParty, Cucumber Crush  DSP: Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid Christmas

Accessories:  MFT - 2 inch circle shaker pouches, Lawnfawn - Mini Wreath dies (bow)

I'm linking to the following challenges
SSS - Wednesday Challenge Critters   Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes

Time for Pumpkins

I'm popping in with my first fall card and I'm delighted to have all the windows open as it's COOL today and the breezes are wafting in. 

Now to more of the story. The oven is putting out those nasty fumes from the self cleaning cycle. Banished to the craft room? Yes I am, and loving it! 

Hope you're having a great day. 
I'd made a blended background panel using Distress Inks in yellow, green and aqua and the piece was on my table just waiting to become the focal point for this card. 

I stamped and die cut these adorable images from the BB Harvest Mouse set and colored them using Copic markers. 

I stamped the sentiment and layered the images on the distressed panel. I added some interest with a white gel pen, Wink of Stella and a few Nuvo drops. 

My inspiration was the MFT Sketch Challenge. 

I'm also playing with the beautiful inspiration from The Heart Desires Challenge 16. 

My reason for posting is YOU! 

Be yourself. 

 Find delight in your craft.

          Make something beautiful! 

Friends Furever

Hello there!
I'm staying cool inside while the heat and humidity are making it miserable out this afternoon. Happy to get a little stamping in. My furever friend, our beagle Josie is snuggled up at my feet. 

Today's card will be heading off with my contributions to Cards for Hospitalized Kids. I loved these cute critters and colored them in with Copic markers, adding highlights with a white gel pen. Thinking this will make a child smile delights me today!

The background was sponged with Tattered Rose and Scattered Straw Distress Inks.

Shakers are always fun to get! I added metallic hearts, sequins and a few seed beads inside. Also spattered a bit of ink droplets there. Have a great day!

Be yourself.
     Find delight in your craft.
          Make something beautiful! 

Supplies used: 

Stamps: Furever Friends by MFT stamps

Paper:White

Inks: Distress Inks, Black

Dies: Die-Namices Blueprints 3

Adding this to the Creative Construction with Blueprints Challenge at MFT, use a peekaboo element.