Fall Sunflowers

Back again!

This card will be entered into the following Challenges:

Power Poppy, Over The Edge.

Simon Says Wednesday, Anything Goes!

My dear friend, Barbara Campbell is a guest host over at Power Poppy!  

How cool is that?!?!  

I am soooo thrilled that Marci and the gang have recognized her talents.  

Yippee and Yahoo!

Barb is just one of those wildly talented gals, 

she is kind and generous and a happy little soul.  

I am so thankful to call her friend!  Love Ya, Barb!!!

You can check out her awesome Challenge here:  Over The Edge 

and her  awesome Blog here:  My Creative Room.  

You should really check out both!  

And while you're there leave a little love for her!  xoxo

I used the Power Poppy die sets,  In Praise of Sunflowers and Short Stacks!  

That sunflower is perfect for creating cards for this time of year!

I stamped the large sunflower image off the paper, in Amalgam Black ink, 

turned and did it again.   I also added a couple of extra leaves here and there.

Images colored with Copic Markers.

Placed a wonky panel, covered with my stamped panel.

Added a bit of chunky Jute Twine for accent and ink splatters 

in Timber Brown and Crushed Curry.

Fun Foam, the stamped panel is nice and sturdy.

Now run right over to Barb's place and her AHmazing Challenge!

Gooooooooooooooooooooo!

Garden Views

Good Afternoon!

These cards will be entered into the Simon Says Wednesday, Anything Goes!

Amalgam Black ink.

Power Poppy Short Stacks stamp set.

Designer Paper by Pebbles, Family Ties.

Paper Smooches, Birdhouse die.

Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die.

Dies R Us Butterfly #2 set, layered.

Mini Sequins.

Inks in; Amalgam Black, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, and Old Olive.

Flourishes Garden Dreams stamp set (sentiment).

PTI Sunflowers stamp and die sets.

Designer Paper by Pebbles, Family Ties.

Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die.

Dies R Us Butterfly #2 set, layered.

Mini Sequins.

A fun little set!

Thanks for popping in.

Enjoy~~

A Little Sweetness

Good afternoon!

I made a little 3D 'crate' to add some Easter sweetness to.  I should have bought the little chocolate lambs, but went with my Mom's favorites, Reese's.

I found the instructions on YouTube HERE.

This will be entered into the following Challenges;

Power Poppy, Just Go 3-D.

Simon Says Monday, Beautiful Blooms.

Stamping Sensations, April Showers Bring May Flowers.

Penny Black, Springtime.

Allsorts, Blossoms, Butterflies, Bugs.

I used the Power Poppy stamp sets, Short Stacks and Potted Primroses.

Amalgam Black ink and Copic Markers.

Flowers and Pots fussy cut out.

Spellbinders Classic Oval dies.

Ribbon.

Baker's Twine.

Adhesive Pearls.

WOS.

Reese's Bunny.

Cadbury Egg.

Reese's Egg.

Simple and sweet.

Thanks for stopping by, next time I'll put the kettle on 

and offer you a sweet.

Enjoy~~

Pretty Little Cards

Good afternoon!  

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, we did!  

Now on to the next Holiday!  It's coming FAST!!!

I have a few cards to share with you today!

This card will be entered in the Challenge at, Power Poppy, Birthday.

I used the Power Poppy stamp set, Short Stacks. 

  Images colored with Copic Markers.

PTI dies, Sprinkles & Shakers.

Amalgam Black ink.

Sheer Ribbon.

Heart Button & Twine.

Sakura Glitter Pen.

This card will be entered into the Challenges at;
Power Poppy, Be Thankful.
Simon Says Work It Wednesday, Give Thanks.

I used the Power Poppy stamp sets, In Praise Of Sunflowers and Olive And Oak.

Image colored with Copic Markers.

Amalgam Black Ink.

Tutti Designs die, Stitched Rectangles.

MFT die, Bracket Edge Duo.

Ribbon.

I stamped a second sunflower blossom, 

colored, fussy cut and popped up using adhesive foam dots.

WOS.

These cards will be entered into the Challenges at;

Papertrey Ink, Love Of Layers.

Simon Says Wednesday, Baby It's Cold Outside.

Stamping Sensations, Get Ready For Christmas.

Scrapy Land, Anything Goes.

I used the PTI products; 

Spruce & Sprig stamps and dies.

Just The Jar-Quart stamps and dies.

Christmas Prints Designer Papers.

Memory Box die, Twilight Snowflakes.

Glitter Paper.

Vellum.

White Embossing Powder.

Paint Splatters.

Baker's Twine in Red and Green.

Foam Dots.

This card will be entered into the Altenew Challenge.

I used the Altenew stamp and die set, Beautiful Day.

Black Embossing Powder.

Garden Green and Real Red inks.

This card in a box will be entered into the Scor Pal Challenge, Special Birthdays.

One of my Mom's Gal Pals turned 100 years old!  WOW!!!

I watched this VIDEO for all of the scoring measurements.

Card stock 5 1/2 x 9 inches.

Scored at 2 1/8,  4 1/4,  6 3/8 and 8 1/2.

Rotate and score at 2 3/4.

Lots of fun to make and decorate!

Dies:

Spellbinders, Labels 3, Standard and Scallop Circles.

PTI; Uncorked dies.

Gina K Designs; Simple Numbers stamp set and Foil Mates.

Simon Says Labeled With Love stamps.

DCWV Modern Metallic Designer Papers.

Swiss Dots Embossing Folder.

Gold Embossing Powder.

Baker's Twine.

Gems.

Sequins.

Foam Dots.

I wrote on the back that she is 99 years older than my Grand Daughter lol

Thanks for dropping by!

Enjoy~~

Happy Birthday To You

Hello!

Another birthday card to share with you today, you can never have enough on hand!

This will be entered into the Challenges at; Power Poppy, Love To Sparkle and Simon Says Wednesday, Add A Die Cut.

Again, I was in a coloring kind of mood!

I used the Power Poppy stamp set; Short Stacks. 

This is one of my most favorite images to color.

Copic Markers.

Itty Bitty Flower Sequins in Yellow.

The Grid Frame is by Simon Says. 

I cut from Yellow card stock and backed it with Black so it would POP!  I also backed it with Fun Foam so the colored image could nestle inside of it.  It adds quite a bit of dimension in this manner.

Images, inside and out, coated with WOS to sparkle and shine.  

VERY difficult to capture on camera.  You can see a little bit on the bottom package.

Sigh.

Nope, not from this angle either......but it is there!

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy~~

Happy 99th, Judy's Dad

Good Morning!

This card was so much FUN to make (I think I say that about every card lol)  But this was FUN for the making AND for the sending.  I sent it off to my dear BFF Judy Woodland's Dad, Merritt, he hit a milestone birthday of 99 years!  Isn't that just the coolest? 

I teased her that her dad will be 99 years older than my grand daughter, Penny.....when she arrives next month....did I just say next month?  JOY!!!

 I will be entering this card in the Challenges at; Simon Says Wednesday, Anything Goes!, Simon Says Work It Wednesday, Favorite Stamps and Scrapy Land, Anything Goes!


I made another of those 4 Fold Panel cards, you can check out from Dawn's Video HERE.



Front of card.

 

 

I die cut from Gold Foil and also Heat Embossed in Gold Powders, to make everything Regal!

Page 1.

 

 

 

Page 2.

 

 

 

Page 3.

 

 

 

Page 4. 

 

 

 

Back of card. 

Small envelope added so I could put my note.

 

Oh and do you see that lovely personalized name stamp? 

My BFF Judy Woodland had that made for me years ago....so kind and generous is that one!

 

 

 

 

The card folds nice and flat.

 

 

 

 

Here it is fully opened. 

See all of that space you can decorate in any manner?

 

 

So much FUN!

 

Here's a list of all of the products I used:

 

Spellbinders Standard Circles

Die Versions Curly Words, Celebrate and XOXO

Simon Says Smile Circle and Scripty Big Hugs

Stampin' Up! Love Notes dies and Sealed With Love stamps

Poppystamps Drifting Feathers

Power Poppy Go Wild!, In Praise Of Sunflowers, Short Stacks and Soothing Sympathy stamps 

Gina K Designs Simple Numbers and Up And Away stamps

Papertrey Ink Designer Paper, Classic Kraft

Thin Ribbon

Gold Foil

Gold Embossing Powder

 

Did I mention how much FUN this was to make?!?!

 

Thanks for popping by!

 

Enjoy~~

 

 

 



Happy 87th, Mom

Happy Monday!

Today's card will be entered into the Challenges at; Simon Says Monday, We've Got Your Number, Simon Says Wednesday, Showers and/or Flowers and Scrapy Land, Spring Blooms.

I found this awesome Video by Dawn for a Four Fold Card.  I have never seen these before, but loved it.  Check it out for yourself!

 

 

This card will fit into a regular A2 size envelope, pretty cool!  I used White and Turquoise Sea card stock by Gina K Designs.  My Designer Paper is by The Craft Smith, Tea Party.  It has these beautiful turquoise and pink roses all on a background of pretty gold.  I also added Gold and Hot Pink Foiled die cuts to accentuate the gold of the Designer Paper.  Crafty Ann Butterfly 6 die. The small hearts are from the Memory Box Homespun Heart die cut.

 

 

 



 

 

This is the card fully opened, pretty impressive, aye?  Dawn shares all of the sizes in her video.

 

 

 

 



 

 

Altenew  stamp and die sets; Beautiful Day and Wild Hibiscus.

 

 



 

 

Power Poppy stamp sets; Go Wild, Potted Primroses and Short Stacks.

 

 

 

 

 

Inks in; Bermuda Bay and Raven Black.  Copic Markers. 

 

 

 

 



 

 

Gina K Designs stamp set Simple Numbers.  Spellbinders Standard Circle die.

 

 

 

 

 

Very back of card.  I used the Stampin' Up! Sealed With Love stamps and Love Notes die set.  Made the small little envelope and tucked a note inside, this is where I will add my little handwritten note.

 

 

 

 

 

Obviously you can decorate the panels anyway you like, but I kind of followed along with Dawn's examples.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also made a matching envelope, which she'll probably save.  :)

 

This was a lot of FUN to create!  I think I will make one for a 99 year man I know. 

 

Thanks for coming by.

 

Enjoy~~

 



Book Marks

Good Morning!

I was having a very hard time wrapping my head around Marcella's Challenge over at Power Poppy, Coloring Outside The Lines.....ooooh man, this is a tough one for me.....but I think I finally have come up with something.  These will also be entered into the Challenges at Simon Says Monday, Powder Power and Simon Says Wednesday, Gift It.

So here we go!

 

I used the Short Stacks and the Go Wild stamp sets from Power Poppy.  All sentiments and images embossed in Black Embossing Powder.  Then using Distress Inks in Fired Brick and Squeezed Lemonade I added my color all around.  Large Eyelet and Floss to complete the book mark.

 

 

 

 

This one uses the Potted Primrose stamp set by Power Poppy. Again images and sentiment embossed in Black Embossing Powder.  Distress inks in Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Salty Ocean.  Large Eyelet, Floss and Vellum to complete the book mark.

 

 

 

Using my water brush I also dropped water all over to lift some of the inks off, kind of love that look.

 

Tough Challenge, but I am glad I at least tried it!

 

Thanks for coming by.

 

Enjoy~~

 



Enjoy Life

Good Morning!  I am not going to say a word about the weather.....but just go feel your card stock....that says A LOT!

This card will be entered into the Challenges at; Power Poppy, CSI (copy, steal, inspire--but not really steal), Scrapy Land, Anything Goes! Stamping Sensations, Anything Goes!  and Penny Black, Anything Goes, With A Stamp.

I found this pretty card on the Power Poppy Must See Customer Creations, it is by Patti's Stamping Studio (her Blog has been removed from the interwebs).

 

Here's what I came up with:

 

 

I used the Power Poppy stamp set, Short Stacks ( I just ADORE this set!)  Images colored with Copic Markers.  I added texture to my background using a Paisley Embossing Folder by Sizzix.   Spellbinders Classic and Scallop Ovals dies. 



 

A little free hand paper piercing using an oval die as a guide, half a doily backdrop.  Green Gingham Ribbon, double bow--impressive!  Button and Twine for accents.  I cropped the sentiment, removing sip by sip. 

 

LOVED Patti's color and design.....if she's out there I hope she sees this!

 

Thanks for coming by the crime scene! 

 

Enjoy~~