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!

Music Speaks

Hello! 

I have a quick card share for this Friday using the Music Speaks stamp set from Honey Bee stamps. Another NBUS! As is the paper from Honey Bee Back to Basics Pack. 

Dr B is my favorite guitar and music lover. He approved this message. I look forward to using the images of various musical instruments with others in our family. 

I also thought it would make great guy cards. I love that the dies cut out the sentiments too, as well as every tiny music note. I added three metallic jewels that's centers shine as blue IRL. 

I am playing along at NBUS (again) and 

Freshly Made Sketches. I made this very clean and simple. 

I've had a good break from my well loved florals this month because of playing with the new. Expect something flowery sweet and a bit delicate soon! Hope you have a wonderful day.

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

It's a HEAT wave

We are definitely in the throes of very hot days here, but I still am loving summer. Being out in the sun makes me want to celebrate! What better place to do that than the beach, right! 

I'm still on the beach theme and using fun brand-new-to-me stamps that illustrate summer fun. As soon as I saw the cute images of kids at the beach I loved the happy feeling and sense of movement in the Sandy Toes set (Waffleflower.) 

I stamped and Copic colored the images, then fussy cut them, enabling me to choose the ones I wanted to use and play with arranging them. The runner is popped up in order to stand out.

For the background I began with a page from the Modern Neutral paper pack (also from Waffleflower) that has patterns of suns rays subtly in gray. I gently ink blended with blues and yellow to create the scene, adding a few dotted images for sand. 

I love this paper pack and super cute kids. I was so tickled with how this card turned out that I just kept looking at it!

I will also share it at the challenges listed below. I hope you can find a way to put a little celebration of summer into your day! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

NBUS

The Paper Players 

Time Out Challenges  Walking on the beach is one of my favorite peaceful pastimes. 

What I love: Techniques!

Welcome to my blog and a new week. We are in the midst of a heat spell, with a real feel temp today of 108. We got out very early on the lake this morning. It was beautiful and restorative to be on the water. 

Now I'm happy to stay inside and be COOL this afternoon!

I love a COOL technique and this one shared by Jennifer McGuire I just had to try! I made stripes using strips of colored card stock. By placing the stencil each new stripe is inked in a matching color until the stencil design is carried over the whole panel. 

It took some time to do this but I think the result is worth it! I didn't want to cover the stenciled background so I kept the images simple, using the SSS Beautiful Days stamp set. 

The papers and inks are from PTI. I punched some flowers and added Gloss Nuvo Drops in Apple Green.

The stencil is from MFT called "Funky Florals." 

Today is a new day, and I hope yours will be delightful! Thanks so much for your visit. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!