Happy Anniversary

Today I'm playing along with two challenges: (1) Freshly Made Sketches Challenge and (2) NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) Challenge.

Here's what I created:

 

My parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary later this month, so I wanted to make them an extra special card. Since the 50th anniversary of marriage is also known as the "Golden Anniversary" I broke out some hot foil plates and gold foil :) I've had these glimmer hot foil plates in my stash for awhile but this is my first time using them (It's that good old "I shop way faster than I craft" problem----ha!)

These magnolias are so gorgeous! I'm really excited about how this turned out :) I hope my parents love it!
 

Thanks for visiting!

Have a great weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: sentiment from Wave (The Ton)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: White (Hammermill), Solar White (Neenah), Black (Recollections)

Vellum: White (DeNami Design)

Glimmer Hot Foil Plates: Magnolia Bouquet (Spellbinders), Diagonal Glimmer Stripes (Spellbinders)

Glimmer Foil: Gold (Spellbinders)

Dies: Magnolia Bouquet (Spellbinders), Sentiment Strips (Gina K)

Adhesive: Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up), Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue, Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal)

Best Wishes & Happy Thoughts

 

Happy Sunday! Today I'm playing along with the March 2023 Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes With Dies Challenge."

My project features stamps, dies, and designer series papers from the Sun Prints Suite by Stampin' Up. This suite of products is absolutely stunning!!! I love it!
 

AND...my "card" is not just a card---the decorated front panel actually opens up and is a gift card holder :) I learned how to make these gift card holders from Karen Titus. You can check out her video tutorial HERE.

So...you slip your gift card in the pocket...and then you still have the blank card to write your message...
 

I first made this style of gift card holder to package up some gift cards we gave to my parents for Christmas. My mom was so excited about them that she's requested several more for her own personal use. She'll be using this one for my aunt and uncle's upcoming wedding anniversary. I hope they love it!

Thanks so much for visiting!!!

Have a fabulous day!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Nature's Prints (Stampin' Up)

Ink: Serene (Catherine Pooler), Deep Lagoon Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: Basic White, Night Of Navy, Gray Granite (Stampin' Up) 

DSP: Sun Prints 12x12 (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Natural Prints (Stampin' Up)

Embellishments: Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels (Stampin' Up)

Adhesive: Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue, 3D Foam Circles - Large (Scrapbook.com) 

Happiest of Birthdays

 

Have I mentioned how much I absolutely LOVE these Beautiful Butterflies from Catherine Pooler Designs?!?!!! I simply cannot stop creating with them!!!

I made this card to enter into the March 2023 Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge: "Anything Goes."

I was inspired by a card I saw on the Catherine Pooler website in the product description section for the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set. I chose my triad color combo (Sangria, Sauna, Bay Breeze) by using the free downloadable color wheel (for the Spa Collection of inks) available at Catherine Pooler Designs. I'm totally diggin' this combo!!! How about you?!?!!!

Thank you so much for visiting!!!

Have a wonderful day!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies (Catherine Pooler), sentiment from Dried Treasures (Catherine Pooler)

Ink: Sangria, Sauna, Bay Breeze, Icing On The Cake (Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: White (Catherine Pooler), Basic White (Stampin' Up), Cocoa Bean (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Painted Butterflies 6x6 (Catherine Pooler)

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies (Catherine Pooler), Scallops & Dots (Catherine Pooler)

Twine: (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), 3D Foam Squares - Large (Scrapbook.com) 

With Sympathy

Our neighbor's dad passed away recently and I wanted to make her a special card to let her know we care. The prompt over at AAA Cards Challenge was the perfect inspiration.

 

I pulled out some oldies but goodies for this one. Anyone remember Practicing Creativity Designs (PCD)??? The butterfly silhouettes and the tall grass silhouettes on the left are both from Nature's Wonder by PCD. That set was designed by my incredibly talented friend, Karen Baker, and I refuse to part with it for that very reason :) The floral silhouettes are from an old Papertrey Ink set called Botanical Silhouettes. It's been in my stash for AGES and I still love it.

Thank you for visiting!!!

Have a lovely day!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Botanical Silhouettes (Papertrey Ink), Nature's Wonder (Practicing Creativity Designs), sentiment from Dear Friend (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Distress Oxide Inks: Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Scattered Straw (Ranger)

Cardstock: Solar White 110 lb (Neenah)

Other: Masking Magic (Gina K)

Hope This Brightens Your Day

Spending some time in my studio today and playing along with Freshly Made Sketches.

Here's the sketch:

...and here's my card:

I'm continuing to have loads of fun with my newest Catherine Pooler purchases!!! The colors in the Painted Butterflies 6x6 paper pack are absolutely gorgeous and so inspiring!!! And I love the sentiments and mix of fonts in the Encouraging Words Sentiments stamp set.
 

I hope you're enjoying your weekend!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies (Catherine Pooler), Encouraging Words Sentiments (Catherine Pooler)

Ink: Whipped Honey, Sauna, Wintergreen, Sea Glass, Clay Mask, Terracotta, Icing On The Cake (Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: White (Catherine Pooler), Basic White (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Painted Butterflies 6x6 (Catherine Pooler)

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies (Catherine Pooler), Stitched Circle (MFT)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), 3D Foam Squares - Large (Scrapbook.com) 

Sending Happy Thoughts

 

Happy Saturday! Today I'm playing along with the current CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge.

My card features some recently released goodies from Catherine Pooler Designs :) I'm having so much fun creating with these Boho-themed products!!! They're so totally fabulous!!!

I'll be snail mailing this one to my SIL for her birthday later this month :) I hope she loves it!

Thank you for visiting!

Have a lovely weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies (Catherine Pooler)

Ink: Whipped Honey, Sauna, Apricot, Ginger (Catherine Pooler), Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: White (Catherine Pooler), Basic White and Evening Evergreen (Stampin' Up)

Vellum: White (DeNami Design)

Patterned Paper: Painted Butterflies 6x6 (Catherine Pooler)

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies (Catherine Pooler), Stitched Circle (MFT)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal) 

Hang In There

Hello there! Today I'm sharing a card I created using this fantastic sketch over at Just Add Ink:

My card features some super fun new goodies from Catherine Pooler!

I used the Hang In There stamp set (which was free with purchase while supplies last) and the coordinating die. I absolutely LOVE that macrame wall hanging image---it's so unique and totally fabulous!!! Here I inked it up in Spruce, Sage, and Matcha inks (Catherine Pooler) to create an ombre effect. Fun!
 

I heat embossed the sentiment in gold. Always tough to capture in photos. Here's another view:

Thank you for stopping by!

Have a great weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Hang In There (Catherine Pooler)

Ink: Spruce, Sage, Matcha (Catherine Pooler), VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powder: Queen's Gold (Ranger)

Cardstock: White (Catherine Pooler), Kraft and Cocoa Bean (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Painted Butterflies 6x6 (Catherine Pooler)

Embossing Folder: Pinewood Planks (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Hang In There (Catherine Pooler), A2 Layers (Waffle Flower), Fishtail Flags STAX (MFT)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), 3D Foam Squares - Large (Scrapbook.com)

 

Sending Love

Today I'm sharing a card I made for the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: "Anything Goes."

 

The trail of paw prints is actually all one stamp but the MISTI and some masking made it fairly simple to stamp them in a rainbow of colors. The little hearts were die-cut from metallic gold cardstock---gotta have just a few touches of sparkle and shine (*wink).

Thanks for visiting!

Hope you're having a wonderful week!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Paw Prints (Taylored Expressions), sentiment from Dear Friend (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Party Dress, Limoncello, In The Park, Fiesta Blue, Flirty Fuchsia (Catherine Pooler), Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: Basic White (Stampin' Up), Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Specialty Cardstock: Metallic Gold (Erin Lee Creative)

Dies: Mini Hearts Set (Simon Says Stamp), Spring Showers (Lawn Fawn), Scallops & Dots (Catherine Pooler)

Ahesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue, 3D Foam Circles - Small and Large (Scrapbook.com)

 

Happy Birthday

Popping in quickly today to share a card I made using the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches Challenge :)

Here's the sketch:

And here's my take:

This sketch is a great way to make use of the loads of patterned paper I have been hoarding in my stash. I cut these from an oldie but goodie 6x6 patterned paper pad from My Mind's Eye called "Oxford Lane." LOVE the color combo of navy, green, yellow and a touch of aqua. Super fun!!!
 

I'll be snail mailing this one to my dad for his upcoming March birthday :) I hope he likes it!

Thanks for visiting!!!

Have a wonderful day!!!

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Supplies:

Dies: Happy Birthday Brush Script (Simon Says Stamp)

Cardstock: Kraft and Rustic White (Papertrey Ink), Night of Navy (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Oxford Lane 6x6 (My Mind's Eye)

Vellum: White (DeNami Design)

Adhesive: Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue, Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn)

Embellishments: Farmhouse Christmas Enamel Dots (Carta Bella) 

Love You Watts

Today I'm playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Fun With Dies :)

I needed to make some Valentines for my niece and my grandma, and I remembered this cute lightbulb die set that I believe came as a freebie with one of my Taylored Expressions orders a while back. I hadn't used it yet and thought it would be fun to pair it up with a punny sentiment and create a couple of Valentine's Day cards.

Here's what I came up with:

I added some sparkle to the filaments with a Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer Pen (Nuvo). I LOVE how they glisten!

I had so much fun making these cards and hope that my niece and my grandma get a kick out of them!!!

Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: "love you" from Mini Messages (The Stamp Market)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: (1) Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Gorgeous Grape, Basic White (Stampin' Up); (2) Blushing Bride, So Saffron, Mint Macaron, Balmy Blue, Highland Heather (Stampin' Up), White (Papertrey Ink)

Designer Series Paper: Sunshine & Rainbows 6x6 (Stampin' Up), Country Gingham 6x6 (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Lightbulb (Taylored Expressions), Cole's ABC's (Lawn Fawn), A2 Layers (Waffle Flower), Scallops & Dots (Catherine Pooler)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up)

Glitter Pen: Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer (Nuvo)
 

You & Me Always

Playing along with the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: "Love Is In The Air."

Made this one for my husband :)

Thank you so much for visiting!

Have a great weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Dreamboat (Avery Elle)

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Icing on the Cake and Fiesta Blue (Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: White (Papertrey Ink)

Designer Series Paper: Country Gingham 6x6 (Stampin' Up)

Copic Sketch Markers: E00, E30, E31, E33, E23, E25, Y35, Y32, R22, R24, YR16, YG13, YG17, B00, B02, E44, E47, E55, E57, R20, N4, N6

Dies: Dreamboat (Avery Elle), Scallops & Dots (Catherine Pooler)

White Gel Pen: Gelly Roll 08 (Sakura)

Adhesive: 1/4" Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), 1/8" Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up) 

 

 

Sending You Love and Strength

Today I'm playing along in a new-to-me challenge: Daring Cardmakers

This was just the challenge I needed to get my mojo going. A dear friend recently asked me to make some handmade cards for her to send to four of her friends who are currently battling cancer. The description of Viva Magenta on the Daring Cardmakers Challenge blog prompted me to check out the description of this color on the Pantone website. You can read more about it HERE but not only do they say that this color promotes joy and optimism but they also say it's "expressive of a new signal of strength" and refer to Viva Magenta as "brave and fearless." I found this all so inspiring and immediately got to work on a Viva Magenta card. Here's my creation:

The butterfly is hot foiled---LOVE the shimmer and shine!!!

Color was applied to the hot foiled butterfly image using blending brushes, the coordinating butterfly stencils and inks (all supplies are listed at the bottom of my post).
 

Thank you so much for visiting.

Have a great day!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Just Sentiments - Thinking of You (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko), It's A Girl/Party Dress/Flirty Fuchsia/Icing On The Cake (Catherine Pooler)

Hot Foiling Plate: Butterflies (Pinkfresh Studio)

Glimmer Hot Foil: Pewter (Spellbinders)

Cardstock: White (Neenah), Raspberry Fizz (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: Butterflies (Pinkfresh Studio), Fishtail Flags STAX (MFT), Sparkling Diamonds (Pinkfresh Studio)

Adhesive: Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), Connect Glue (Gina K) 

 

I Flipping Adore You

Working on some Valentine's Day creations and playing along with two card challenges: (1) Day of the Month Card Club - "Squirrel Appreciation Day" and (2) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - "Too Cute!"

Apparently January 21st is National Squirrel Day in the United States :) Who knew?!?!!! But when I saw this challenge prompt I immediately thought of the totally adorable Jump For Joy stamp set from Neat and Tangled.

Here's what I made:

That soaring squirrel ALWAYS brings a smile to my face!!! Soooo stinkin' cute!!!!

These images remind me of my niece :) She loves to jump on the trampoline and she frequently convinces Aunt Lisa to join her whenever I'm visiting! FUN!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a fantastic weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Jump For Joy (Neat and Tangled)

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Copic Sketch Markers: E000, E30, E31, E23, E25, W2, W0, R30, R27, R29, BG15, BG13

Cardstock: White, Pure Poppy, Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: Jump For Joy (Neat and Tangled), Basic Set (Mama Elephant)

Gel Pen: White Gelly Roll 08 (Sakura)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up) 

Happy Birthday

Happy New Year! Hope 2023 is off to a great start for all of you!

Today I'm playing along with two super fun challenges: (1) AAA Birthday - "Anything Goes" and (2) The Paper Players - "Tag, You're It!"

I wanted to create an extra special card for my neighbor friend who just celebrated her 50th birthday :) Here's what I made:

I used the Art Gallery stamp set and Floral Gallery dies from Stampin' Up in combination with an assortment of Catherine Pooler inks (my favorite!) to create a sweet little flower arrangement. After all...who doesn't love to receive flowers on their birthday?!?!!...especially with the cold, snowy, winter weather we've been having here in the mountains ;)
 

The white background panel was embossed with the Pinewood Planks embossing folder from Stampin' Up. I absolutely LOVE the look of flowers and woodgrain! Just something about it that makes me so very happy :) The tiny tag (from the Gift Bag and Tag set by The Stamp Market) was stamped with a sentiment from Beautiful Bow (Avery Elle). This is an oldie but goodie stamp set---one I still reach for all the time---especially when I need a smaller sentiment.

I hope you like my card for today! It's been ages since I've posted here on the blog. I made LOTS and LOTS of things during the holiday season but just never had a chance to share them here. I also FINALLY opened an Etsy Shop to sell my handmade cards!!! It's going really well so far! I'm learning a lot and having tons of fun with it! You can find the link to my shop in the sidebar of my blog. I'd love for you to check it out and let me know what you think :)

Thanks so much for visiting!!!

 Have a fabulous week!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Art Gallery (Stampin' Up), Friendly Hello (Stampin' Up), sentiment from Beautiful Bow (Avery Elle)

Ink: Whipped Honey, Martini, Juniper Mist, Rockin' Red, Cranberry Fizz, Coral Cabana (Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: Basic White (Stampin' Up), Enchanted Evening (Papertrey Ink)

Embossing Folder: Pinewood Planks (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Floral Gallery (Stampin' Up), tag from Gift Bag and Tag (The Stamp Market)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal)