Peach Hello

 Hi, I'm here to welcome you on a Monday afternoon to a new week! How was your weekend? I am sure ready for some good days. I love fall! I've had some very good days except for one thing. Car trouble! We have had issues with both of our cars that have been going on since April! I am all ready to be getting out and about a bit more but it seems we have had days when BOTH cars are in the shop! Due to mistakes, no fault of our own. Thank goodness we have a golf cart! I am glad that I have an indoor hobby too. 

Which is why I'm here today, to share a card made with the Fresh Air stamps from The Greetery. 

The Fusion Challenge inspiration photo sparked my idea to use this set, since the arched window and shutters remind me of some of the photo elements. I am happy that this is a new set seeing inks (from Altenew). I combined the Brick Die and Fresh Air Window dies with some fussy cutting of the images. 

This will also be entered at NBUS - you know how this makes me happy! And one more - Happy Little Stampers. 

I can't thank you enough for stopping by to visit today! Hugs~

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

All the Little Things

 Good afternoon, it's Friday and I am here to share a quick post and a clean and simple card made for The Paper Players and Freshly Made Sketches challenges. 

Card making is my therapy and I've needed a bit more of that than usual lately. I'm trying to remind myself that I don't have to pull out ALL the stops for every card that I make, so jumping into challenges really helps me. Plus I get to use my stuff, old and new, and that is always a good thing! 

I combined the color and sketch challenges using a new set to me, The Little Things from WPlus9.  Now there's one more thank you card ready for me to mail. Also entering this at NBUS. 

Have a great weekend, and thank you for coming by today! 

Be yourself
          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Card details:

Rich Razzleberry card stock, Dsp - Waffle Flower 

Dies - Hexagons - WPlus9

Inks: Altenew - Green Fields, Shades of Purple

Color Hues #26 Purple and Pink

 Here is my second post today, welcome! I love pink, but purple? Not a fan. Putting these two together was a tough one for me, but I know there will be amazing samples in the galleries at Color Hues! 

I went with patterned paper for a background, and some glitzy snowflakes. In my stash I found some purple mirror paper.

The height of my creative ideas came with coloring pearls with my Copic markers for embellishments. 

I like how the card turned out, but getting a good photo was tough. What do I love? The sentiment! Inside it says, "Just like the snowflake, you are one of a kind."

Sending you warm wishes today! Thanks for visiting. Hope you will play along with our challenge. 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Snowflake trio die - WPlus9
Sentiment stamps - joy & happiness Penny Black Inc

DSP - Half Lines Unicorn from Waffle Flower.

Inspired By Hello Fall

 Good morning to you! There will be two posts from me today, so let's get started! First up, at Inspired By we're back with two photo options or a sketch for you to try. My project is inspired by the Hello Fall prompt, and I decided to step it up and make a shaker card. 

I was thrilled to see my friend Nancy's link to a whole sheet shaker card, including a link to a great video tutorial. What fun this was to create and I'm excited that it is fairly flat to mail. I LOVE shaker cards but don't love making them with foam tape.

Nothing says fall like bright sunflowers and a wreath, don't you think? I've had this autumn sequin mix forever, and I am glad to use some of it up. The images and die cuts are from WPlus9  Autumn Blessings set. I colored with watercolors. The wreath is adhered to the card base, and the banner is placed over the acetate layer.

I hope you will join the fun at Inspired By this week. Can't wait to see your creations!

I am joining Just Us Girls challenge to make a shaker card.  Hope you have a wonderful day, thanks for visiting!

 

Thank You Friend

Hello! I love ending out the week with just a bit of stamping time and a card to share. 

I love flowers, and you can never have too many flower stamps, right?  The whimsical large images in the Simple Blossoms Stamp set  from Pinkfresh Studio were on sale for Labor Day and came to my house to play!

I inked them up using the layout provided at Freshly Made for a quick Thank You card. 

I added a large sentiment and black nuvo drops for the flower centers. 

Here's the sketch and I will enter this at NBUS too. 

We have plans this Saturday night! Will be joining friends who live lakeside and roasting hot dogs around their fire pit. That kind of fun really gets me in the mood for fall! Hope you have a great weekend, thanks for visiting.

Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

             Make something beautiful! 

Supplies used: 

Stamps: Sentiment is The Greetery - Written In Ribbons plus dies
DSP is SU retired.

Accessories - The Greetery - Crimped Edges Die

 

Inspired By: Back to School

 I wasn't sure I could manage to get a card made for today's challenge at Inspired By but I am squeaking by with a CAS thank you card. I will be needing many of those in the days to come. 

I always love this time of year when the school year begins. The weather has cooled some, so we hear kids playing outside in the afternoons. We are still grieving but beginning to look forward now that a month has passed. I am so thankful for the wonderful support we have had from the crafting community! 

I was inspired by the pretty rainbows in the photo of the classroom. What a happy and inviting place it seems to be! 

Here is my card. 

God created rainbows and they bring a promise of HOPE. 

There's hardly any stamping on my card - just the sentiment and the tiny black hearts. I used WPlus9 Postal dies and the 6x6 Rainbow papers are from Waffleflower. 

Thanks so much for your visit today. See you soon! 

Inspired By....Scrappy September

 Hello again, happy scrappy September! Our challenge at Inspired By  this week is to use scraps of stuff from your stash. Your project doesn't need to be made of only scraps, we'd just like you to tell us what scraps you incorporated into your card.

That was easy for me!

I found some already stamped images in the envelope with the Happy Pandas set, which I think is retired from MFT, and added paper from one of their packs as well. I loved the buttons idea and I barely made a dent in the button box but the buttons do look cute, don't they? 

Can't wait to see how your bits and bobs of scraps will inspire you! Thanks so much for your encouragement and inspiration!

I am also joining the challenge at 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!