Celebrating You today!

Hello fellow crafters, here I am and it's the middle of the week already, don't know how that happens!

I do know there's a card to share, coming right up! 

I saw these colors offered at the challenge at The Paper Players and had some time to think about what I would use. 

At first I thought of Christmas, but ruled that out for now. Opting for my favorites - flowers, I pulled out these pretty tulips from the Greetery set called Budding Beauties Spring. 

 I colored them with several layers of inking to get the shaded effect. The detail is built right into the stamps! I used sponge daubers to apply the layers using Distress Oxide inks in reds and greens. 

I played along with the challenge at The Paper Players.

Supplies from The Greetery will be listed below and if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer in the comments. Thanks so much for your visit today!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: Budding Beauties Spring, Sentiment Suite Birthday and matching dies, Fit to be Tied die

Relax You're on Beach Time

As I sit on our screened porch in the sunshine the sign that displays the title of my post is right next to the computer. Of course I love this sign because it has my name on it! I get many comments when I have to give my name (BEACH) along the lines of "Oh, that's where I wish I was right now!"

I love making a card with a beach theme. 

This one combines bold stripes, classic nauticals and a scene with a great sketch.  Using the Fenceline Summer set (PTI), I stamped and fussy cut the images. Some of the stamps include layers for added detail. The sentiment is from The Greetery and I white embossed it on red card stock to give a pop of color. 

Inspiration comes from Narelle at Freshly Made Sketches today.

I hope that wherever you are you can take a relaxing breath and enjoy the beauty around you. I appreciate your visit so much!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

ETA:  I am beginning to use the new blogger to compose my posts and I would like your feedback if there's any that you want to give. I'm not quite sure I'm getting the hang of it yet! And I miss my slightly larger font size. 

Sunshine and Rainbows

The challenge at The Paper Players is Sunshine and Rainbows. I love that theme! 

I rummaged through my stash and pulled out the perfect frame die. It's retired, I've had it for years! 
I'm really making a point of using a mix of old and new supplies. The frame die includes the hello (positive) and  sunshine (negative.) 
A sheet from JJ Bolton's Rainbow Pad Sampler (Waffle Flower Crafts) provides a colorful backdrop and the stripes in the inlaid word.
All that was left was figuring out what to put inside the frame. I stamped the elephant, and using masking, I created the sky background with Distress Inks. 
I sure hope this card brightens your day!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Stamps: WPlus9 - Bubble Talk is no longer available!

Stitch Wish

I hope I got your interest with my title. I used to love sewing and even gave quilting a try, including collecting and hoarding fabrics. Until my love for card making took over all my crafty loves! 

When I went looking for a set to use for this challenge the quilt stamp gave me just the shape I needed and I dug out some retired papers to use with it. Voila! Choose, cut and paste and done. Imagine that!

I love playing along with Freshly Made Sketches and I thought Karren's sketch this time was classic all the way! 

Thanks so much for stopping by to see what I've been making today! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: PTI - Quilted Summer and dies; The Greetery - Birthday Blooms stamp set and dies for the sentiment

SU - Flower punch

Paper Smooches - Flower Die

Special Day Fresh Floral

Hi crafty friends! I am writing again on a Friday and you know it actually feels like a Friday because I went on some very pleasant errands today. Out to lunch (GASP! a meal that I didn't cook eaten somewhere other than my kitchen!) and to one store as our state opened last week. I was surprised pleasantly by the changes to make things safer and the whole outing was a delight! 

I will now quit chatting and get on with the card I made this morning.

I loved stamping up floral images with the Print Shop: Fresh Floral stamps and dies from The Greetery. Betsy had a great sale for her ONE year anniversary and I went back and bought a few go-withs. Add-ons. The things I didn't THINK I needed the first time they were released! But I did need them, ha! Does that ever happen to you?

My card is clean and simple in sorbet colors. I added a window behind the flowers. Again I was inspired by CAS(E) This Sketch 

although I just now realize that my sentiment is placed differently. 

I will call it good and wish you a great weekend! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Stamps:  The Greetery - Fresh Florals, Sentiment Suites Birthday and coordinating dies

Inks: Altenew

Bouquet Builder Birthday

I'm writing this at the end of a lovely June day filled with activities and beautiful weather! I had the right amount of energy for getting some chores and errands done, spending lots of time outside and getting in an hour of stamping before dinner. 

Here's what I made! 

I loved coloring those pretty images with Copics and arranging them around the large sentiment. It was stamped in two layers to give detail, and I added a layer of glitter on the shaded area. 
I'm playing along with The Paper Players and Jaydee's Tic Tac Toe which gives some great options.

 I chose the diagonal row of flowers die-cut and embossing. But it also fits with flowers girly and birthday on the top line. 

I will list my supplies below and wish you a great day! I so appreciate you spending a bit of your time with me. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Bouquet Builder 6 and dies (Waffle Flower); Written in Ribbons Stamp set and dies (The Greetery)

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Half-Half Paper Pads - Unicorn (Waffler Flower); Black

INK: Gina K Amalgam Black, Versamark

Accessories: White embossing powder, Blooms Fill-In Dies (Concord & 9th)

Life Has Been RUFF

Hi there! 

I am a dog lover and I know many of you are as well. I had a great escape this week to my nearby crafts box store. What I liked best about the excursion was getting to meet, Bonnie, a delightful therapy dog. Her owner said their outing to the store was the first time out in months for the pretty canine who really needed to socialize. How well I could relate to that statement and my new furry friend. 

You can only imagine how much I enjoyed coloring this doggy lineup and setting them into a simple scene. I did some masking with the stamped images to rearrange the pack, fussy cut then colored using Copics. The sky and grass were ink blended with Distress Oxide inks. ( Tumbled Glass, Cracked Pistachio and Lucky Clover.) 

It felt good to make this card for a friend that has been going through the mill with health issues. The dog images are from Puppy Power (Waffle Flower Crafts) and the sentiments from Friends FURever (Honeybee Stamps.) I know I will get lots of use from these sets. The sentiment continues inside with "No bones about it... You are PAWsome!"

I am playing with Freshly Made Challenges who inspired me with this sketch this week.

I thought the differing heights of the pooches mimicked the vertical lines. A little bit.

That's all for me today! Hope to see you soon! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!