Shabby Chic #14

Hi and welcome to my blog! Today I am showing another shabby chic card using bits and pieces from my stash.

I found the lamp stamp in a bag of images that came from a swap that I was in a few years ago! The stamp is unknown. I colored it with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and placed it in the frame that was cut using the Memory Box Botanical Frame die. I placed the frame on top of a torn page that came from an old book. The edges were sponged using Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I used a large round punch for the Sparkle N Sprinkle saying. Buttons, ribbon and lace were added for embellishment.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Use a Die and/or Punch

Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #344-#345

Shabby Chic #12

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am sharing another shabby chic card today. Quite a few years ago I bought some shaped card stock to make some different shaped cards with. It has been a long time since I have brought those card stocks out to play with, so I decided to use one for this card. I cut the card stock in half and folded it in half, now I have two pretty scalloped edges.

I stamped the butterfly ( by Anita ), colored it with watercolor crayons, fussy cut it and adhered it to the card. I added ribbon, handmade flowers ( from the Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die ) and a leaf die ( Memory Box ) to the side of the saying ( Sparkle N Sprinkle ). I used the Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2 die for my saying.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Butterfly Challenge: Butterfly + Letter V ( Vintage, Vermillion, Vine leaves )

Double D Challenge: Butterflies

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

The House That Stamps Built:  Anything Goes J2718

Butterfly Garden

Hello and welcome to my blog. I want to show you a pull up card I made using the Altenew Butterfly stamp set. I love cards that have different folds and movement! I hope you enjoy seeing this fun card today. I am entering this card into the Altenew inspiration challenge. Here is the picture inspiration. Aren't these pretty colors?





Here is the front of my card when it is closed. I made the yellow frame for the butterfly by using a Martha Stewart punch.

When you pull up the card from the top you see the message inside and the 2 butterflies at the top. Here is the view of the card looking down on it.

This is a side view of the card. The instructions on how to make this card are here.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!


Challenges entered:

Altenew Challenge: Inspiration
Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Things With Wings
The House That Stamps Built:  Anything Goes M2217

Altered Dies #24

Hi Everyone! I hope you are enjoying this Christmas season. Well, this is my last altered die card! I must say that this has opened up a whole new way of looking at my dies. On this card I used part of a window die for the angels wings!

I started with the Spellbinders Decorative Window Scene die and cut using white glitter card stock.

I cut the window apart and used the 2 bottom pieces for the wings.

I cut Spellbinders Labels 4 from green patterned card stock and adhered the angel on top.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed day!

Challenges entered:

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown:  Anything Goes

Patterned Christmas Trees

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a good day. The Christmas season is moving right along and we may be in a crunch to finish up those Christmas cards! I have a quick Christmas card to show you today. I used a pad of coordinated Christmas card stock to make this card which helps to make the card come together easier!

I used 2 of the patterned papers for the background, one being used as a frame around the blue star background piece. I stamped and embossed with black embossing powder onto the red and green patterned papers using the Just For Fun Stamptangle Christmas Trees. I fussy cut them and adhered them to the background. I added small pearls to look like falling snow. That is all there is to it!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Come join in our December card challenge. You can get all the details here, and you might also win a prize!

Merry Christmas!!

April


Challenges entered:

DL.Art:  Any Winter Holiday
Sparkle N Sprinkle:  Anything Goes With, Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder, Flocking

Altered Dies #23

Hi Everyone! I can't believe the Christmas season is upon us! This year just flew by. I want to show you another altered die card I made into a Christmas card. I am showing this a day early because my Just For Fun card is going up tomorrow. This cardinal by Inkadinkado is one of my all favorite Christmas stamps. The image was cut using the Gina Marie stitched circle die.

I started with the Tim Holtz Woodlands dies by Sizzix.  

I cut 10 trees and then cut the bottoms off of each one.

I then arranged these bottom pieces in a circle to form the wreath!

I had all these little "trees" left so I decided to make another Christmas card with them while I had everything out on my desk.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope this has inspired you to create some wreaths of your own. Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Challenges entered:

Crafting By Designs:  Get ready For Christmas

Double D Challenge:  Traditional Christmas Colors

Happy Memorial Day!

Hi and welcome to my blog. Happy Memorial Day weekend! As we go about our many activities this long weekend may we not forget those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country free. God Bless America and God bless those who are serving our country now.

The blue frame was made by using a punch around the edges. The white frame was cut from the Scallop Quickutz die and the large striped circle was cut  using a Spellbinders die. The label is also a Spellbinders die that was cut from patterned paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful and safe Memorial Day!

Challenges entered:

Double D Challenge:  Support Our Troops

Scrapy Land:  Lots of Layers

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Thinking of You

Hi Everyone and welcome to my blog! I went frilly on my card today. I love shabby chic and frilly but somehow I don't always accomplish that look. It was fun making this frilly card today. I have come to realize that the papers you use really make a difference with the frilly look.

I used several dies on this card. I cut the leaves using the Fresh Foliage die from Memory Box. The birdcage is a Marianne die and the flower was cut from the Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die. I also used a die from Tim Holtz's Alterations Collection on the background at top left of the card. Pink trim was used on the bottom of the birdcage and crocheted ribbon was used for the bow.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Frilly and Funkie:  Opposites Attract ( frilly vs. funkie )
Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Monochromatic ( with ribbon or trim )
Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes + die
Tuesday Throwdown:  Thinking of You
Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes

Happy Mother's Day

Hi and welcome to my blog. I want to wish all you mothers out there a very Happy Mother's Day! Even if you are not a mother many of you have people in your life that you are a "mother" to. Yesterday a friend of mine and I went to an assisted living where we gave out pretty Mother's Day baskets that our Sunday School class had made. There were a couple of ladies who did not have children but they said they had nieces and nephews that they "mothered." Here is a picture of the baskets we made.

I also made this pull up Mother's day card. I love cards that have a function. The card pulls up to reveal a message inside. Here is the card closed.

                                                      Here is the card opened.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Again, have a wonderful and blessed Mother's Day!

Pastels

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am so glad you stopped by today! Here is a card I made using a cute House Mouse stamp. I fussy cut the three mice and cut them apart to fit in my umbrella die that I cut from patterned paper. I then patted the umbrella with Versa Mark ink, added Sparkle embossing powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle and heat set it. I do not use pastel colors a lot, so it was fun working with them on this card.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Frilly & Funkie;  Make It A Trio

House Mouse:  Pastels

Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Welcome Spring

Sparkle N Sprinkle: Anything Goes With/loose glitter, embossing powder, flocking

Altered Dies #3

Hi Everyone! Can you believe that Valentine's Day is right around the corner? I want to show you a Valentine I made with altered dies. I will be showing you how I made these sweet love birds using heart dies and a round punch!

I started with these 2 Nellie Snellen heart dies and used patterned and plain pink card stocks to cut them from.

I cute the hearts in half to make the body and wings of the birds.

I layered them like this and added a punched circle from patterned card stock for the heads. I also cut 2 scallops off one of the hearts for the beaks.

Next I used a my new Wreath die by Spellbinders and cut it apart to make branches.

I stamped the word "love" on a Spellbinders Fancy Labels die and pop dotted it to the card and added a heart charm.

I hope you enjoyed seeing how you can use your dies in different ways to make something totally new. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Dies R Us:  Love

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Have A Heart