Winter Sparrow Get Well

 Hello crafting friends! Today I am sharing a get well card made with the Winter Sparrow stamp set from WPlus9.  I love the pudgy birds and versatile images in this set. I inked them in fall shades using Distress Oxide and Altenew inks. 

Using my MISTI, I sponged ink with daubers onto the stamps, blending ink colors and layers. While arranging the die cut pieces, I was inspired with the sketch at Freshly Made. 

After getting ahead on some of my work for design teams, it was fun to create just for the joy of the process.  
I hope you are doing well and I thank you so much for your visit! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Color Hues #28 Red and Kraft

 It's a happy Saturday when we begin a new challenge at Color Hues! Red and kraft is a great combo especially if you want to add a Christmas card to your stash. 

My options were decided as soon as mice and candy entered the picture!

This is a new set to me, since I just love the whimsical look of  Anita Jeram's stamps at Colorado Crafts. I paired the So Sweet Slimline stamps with Stripes & Dots background (also new to me) and matching dies. 

I colored with Copic markers and added a few enamel dots. The white panel and the sentiment card stock were cut with dies from The Greetery.

You will be WOWed to see the fabulous DT creations! Please play along with us! Can't wait to see what you make. 

Hope you are having a wonderful day, thanks for visiting. I will add this to the challenge at NBUS!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

I'd Fall for You! Inspired By 191

 

Hello! Welcome to today's new Inspired By Challenge! My card reflects the fall mode that I am still enjoying. 

When I saw the prompt I pulled out my favorite bear and created a scene of him and his friends gathering. Remember the cute squirrel?

You know I like keeping sentiments wide open until I am certain who I'm sending the card to. I thought this one fit well. The background was inked with Distress Oxides and I saved a piece of it for the sentiment strip. I colored the images with Copics and added dimension with a woodgrain embossing folder. 

                              

I'm so glad you came by to visit today! I hope you will play along too! You can choose from 2 photos or a sketch this time. Anyone can submit a card or project they have made. We hope to inspire YOU to create. Enjoy!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies used: 

Stamps: Sugarpea Design - Hey Fall, HoneyBee Stamps - BItty Buzzwords and dies

Accessories - Sugarpea Design - Birch Forest Die

Inspired By #190 Pumpkins Rock

 It's time to welcome you to  our new challenge today at Inspired By, Pumpkins Rock.  Always a fun part of fall, I love pumpkins! 

My pumpkins are from the Sugar Pea Designs Hey Fall stamps and dies. I colored them with Copic markers, and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. 

My layout is similar to a sketch I saw last week (you know who you are, Paper Players!) that I loved that had three windows. The brightly colored gingham paper  help the images to stand out, surrounded by the scallops and stitching of the windows. I keep loving the gingham!

I used the TE Mini Slim Square Window Cutting Plate.Trimming the edges allowed me to adapt this on an A2 size card.

It took me awhile to find just the right sentiment. I love this one from WPlus9 because it allows the card to be for an occasions or just a happy day. 

Wishing you a happy day! Thanks for coming by to visit!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Just for Fun Friday

 It's World Card Making Day, will you be getting crafty? A big YES for me, but the weather is gorgeous, so I will be getting outside after I write this post.

Happy to share a card I made last evening. All my cards for the design deadlines are made early in the week, so I pulled out some supplies I've been wanting to use and enjoyed stamping just for fun. And since it is October, I can enjoy making Christmas cards!

I decided to simplify designs for some of the cards I will send this year. Truthfully - I couldn't resist the new product collection from Penny Black called Masterpieces Made Simple. They feature a variety of pre-printed panels that measure 3.25" x 4.5". The linen card stock is excellent quality and the scenes are gorgeous! 

I used the Icy Winds pack that includes 4 scenes, one of each design, plus the Berries Die and Touched by Peace stamp set, all of which are new to me. I can't wait to design elegant clean cards for mailing since I bought all the photo packs.  

My first share this month at NBUS (the wonderful blog by Darnell) featuring Never-Been-Used-Stuff.

I was inspired by this wonderful Freshly Made sketch. I really like this one, hope to use it again! Thanks for spending some of your valuable time with me today. 

Plus Addicted To Stamps. 

Thanks for spending some of your valuable time with me today. Time to get stamping!

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Color Hues #27 Orange and Green

 It's time for a new month and new challenge at Color Hues! I love October as the weather turns cooler here but it's still most enjoyable to be outside. It also begins my frenzy of making Christmas cards which is one of my fav stamping seasons. 

For our challenge to use orange and green I began with an older kit that I still really love, Color Pop Autumn from PTI. It includes sturdy papers, stencils, stamps and pre-printed die cuts. 

Beginning with a charcoal textured card stock that has design in white (you can see a sample of that behind the card), I used the stencils and Distress Inks to color the leaves and blossoms in shades of orange and greens. Stamping over the images, I added details like the veining or berry centers. The sentiment is die cut in white and I stamped the thanks. The die and sentiment were part of the kit. 

I apologize for using products that are no longer available! These seemed perfect for the challenge and I am glad to have used them again after a long time of sitting on the shelf.

I sure hope that you will have fun creating and link your cards to the gallery! Have a wonderful weekend. 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Inspired By...All the Peels and many friends!

 Hello crafty friends, it's a special day! It's Thursday and we have a new challenge at Inspired By! And don't you love surprises? Each member of the Design Team has invited a friend to be a guest designer and share their cards along with ours this week. 

I am thrilled to have Nancy Leppek joining me today, she is a dear friend who always inspires me with her fun and beautiful cards! Welcome, Nancy!

Nancy's card is a gorgeous take from our Christmas prompt this week. I love the pops of those white berries and bow on this country style wreath.  You can find all the details on Nancy's card at her blog HERE.  

For my card I went with the All the Peels theme and brought my apple stamps and dies to the game! I made a shorter version of the basket and used large white brads to add detail and dimension to the basket rim. 

 I will list my supplies below and keep this short. Be sure to head to the site to see all the samples and guest designers this week. 

I hope you will join us and enter your own projects to the gallery.

 Thanks so much for your visit today, hope you have been inspired to create!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies used: 

Stamps: Honey Bee stamps - Bushel and a Peck, Bitty Buzzwords***

Accessories - Paper from MFT, large brads, MFT - Stitched scallop rectangle frames

** this set has a permanent spot on my table. I grab it often!