Exciting news and an invitation!

 Hello friends! You know that I love playing with card challenges and I'm happy to announce the new Color Hues Card Challenge created by Nancy Leppek, which debuts soon. You'll be invited to play along and I am so looking forward to that day. 
For today, we are announcing the Color Hues Design Team. I am so honored to be included with these talented ladies.

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Please check out the Color Hues blog. You will find information on the challenge and links to each DT member and their blogs. I am sure you will be as excited as I am! 

Having a new venue to create, inspire and be inspired, make new friendships and encourage others is so important to me. And you! So let's get stamping! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

You're the Best!

 Hi there! Can it be the last week of August already? I am in denial. Nor did I know that I'd be taking a week off from card making last week, it just happened. I'm glad to be back! 

Made a quick and simple card today, using some retired papers in primary colors from MFT, and a new die from SSS.  Here you go! 

The inspiration came from the talented team at The Paper Players. Here's the sketch LeAnne provided. 

I had trouble getting this together because I was trying to fit in an image I had already colored. I gave that up and went with the paper first, then the rest was easy! I added a circle to make my stitched rectangle into a tag, and added a twine bow. The stars have glossy accents for shine. 
That's all from me today! I will be back tomorrow for sure. Hope you are keeping on and doing well. Creating today brought me welcome refreshment. Wishing you the same!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Glory to the Newborn King

 Hello there! With all my talk of loving summer themes, I bet you wondered when I'd break out the Christmas stamps. I just had to make my first Christmas card of the season today. 

I couldn't wait to use the Rosy Cosy Christmas DSP that just arrived in my mailbox. I just love the gorgeous patterns and colors of this double-sided paper pad.  It seemed a perfect fit for the sketch by Jen B at Freshly Made Sketches. She suggested that we could keep it simple or dress it up. I opted to use gold embossing and elements to add some sparkle! I snipped the small holly leaves directly from the paper to embellish and used foam behind the DSP panel for increased dimension. 

The inside is also completed, so this one is ready to go!

I will also post in Darnell's NBUS Challenge.

Thanks for coming by today!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps are from Neat & Tangled

Dies are from The Greetery

Keep Swimming

 Hello! I know that I've missed a few posts but I have been enjoying these last days of summer so much! I can't believe how quickly it has gone by. 

I'm still holding out with a summery set or two that I hope will see ink before the official change of the season. When I saw the color choices at The Paper Players I knew that it was time to create an underwater scene. 

I really didn't feel like fussing too much, so imagine my delight to find the die cut oval and inlaid inked pieces already assembled and tucked in the envelope with the stamps. I had inked white card stock and spattered it with water and a few sprays of dark ink. I added the flora and fauna and a sentiment banner. Keep swimming is certainly an appropriate sentiment for these times. 

I had the fun last week of swimming at the pool with our young grands. Little E is one plus some and wanted to jump off the side of the pool into her Mama's arms. Miss G is able to put her face in and go! Now you know what kept me busy and happy. 

Here's to hoping you find a splash of fun in your day! Thanks for coming to share in some of mine.

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

 Playing along as closely as I could to these bold and pretty colors. The card base is Pool Party card stock. Stamps and dies are the Salt Air Flora and Fauna combo by Papertrey Ink.

Lake Time Fun from Hero Arts

Greetings to you!  Summertime. And the livin' is easy. Especially as we enjoy time on our nearby lake where we can fish or boat. Many swim too. In case I needed any more reasons for adding the Lake Time Fun stamps to my stash I might add how versatile the silhouetted images are!

 I pulled out the Derwent Inktense pencils and scribbled three colors then washed over them with a wet brush, creating three softly striped watercolor scenes.

The rectangles were placed in the frame and the images were stamped in black, die cut and adhered on top. No dimension this time! This card is headed for the grands to tell them that Papa and I miss them. Inside the sentiment reads, "You are the catch of the day!" Another slim card, ready to mail. 

We aren't expecting too much trouble from hurricane Isaiahs but since we're in NC we are battening down the hatches and preparing for a very rainy night. 

Hope to see you soon! Thanks so much for visiting. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

 

 

Simply Sent with Love Slimline

Happy Fri-day to you! 

Another week gone by and this one moved a bit slowly for me. I've had a few outings this week and I've discovered that social interactions leave me pretty tired out because they are so rare during these quarantine days. 

Some quiet time in the craft room revived me! I went with clean and very simple for today's slim card, using the Pinkfresh Studio Slim-Braided Circles Die and the NBUS - Floral Circles Dies. 

The PTI Bitty Bg DSP showed them off real well. I added a sentiment from the Greetery (Sent with Love.) 

I love making these cards! Just so happens that a slim card is the sketch from Linda at

Freshly Made Sketches

Hope this one brightens your day. Thanks so much for coming by! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Sprinkled with Kindness

Hello crafty friends!

I'm a bit late in posting this week, but I am still finding time to pull out my new stamps. I've been having fun with the beautiful new florals and the Sprinkled with Kindness stamps from The Greetery. I love the combination of navy and pink and made two cards with that combo. 

I really love the flowers in the Budding Beauties Summer Stamp set, and they were so easy to create with the layering stamps. What's not to love about a peony, daisies and a hydrangea? 

I used navy for the watering can and used the Coastal Cup die as a backdrop on the first card, with fog card stock as the panel. Pink ribbon is the only embellishment needed. 

The second card features a pale gray watering can with pink peonies. I added a few Nuvo drops in white and a smattering of glimmer to the petals with Mini Cosmic Shimmer in Gilded Avocado. 

These florals are fresh and elegant. Sorry my photos aren't the best, we've had thunderstorms this evening. 

Hope you enjoyed the cards. Stay well! Thanks so much for your kind visit. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!