Friday, May 3, 2024
Happy Friday! Today's card uses the Sentimental Park bundle and the Radiating Stitches dies.
I used the same colors as Wednesday's card, which you can see here, and more of the little flowers from the dies. Easy peasy.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Hello to the month of May!
I find inspiration for creating cards all around me. Often at church color combos will stand out to me in something I see in the bulletin, clothing, flowers, etc. Today's card was inspired by my friend's skirt! I wish I would have taken a picture of it! LOL!
I used a black card base. I cut a mat of Basic Black and embossed it with the Zinnia 3D EF and layered it on a mat of Flirty Flamingo. I stamped flowers from Sentimental Park in Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Flirty Flamingo and Daffodil Delight and used the Petal Park Builder punch. I added a rhinesone to the flower centers. I used the Lemon Lime Twist ribbon from the Ribbon Duo Pack. The sentiment is from the same Sentimental Park stamp set and I cut the label with the Sentimental Park dies.
I don't think I had ever really created with this bundle. I really like it and the Petal Park bundle that coordinates with it. I have a few more projects to share over the next few days!
Monday, April 29, 2024
Happy Monday! My favorite day of the week! Today's card is one I shared as the make-n-take at our April crafting day. I used the Simply Zinnia bundle.
I am really enjoying creating with this suite. I have almost used all the DSP. Yea!!! I used a piece of the Lemon Lime Twist from the Glorious Gingham DSP on one of the cards. I really like how it looks. The card base is Old Olive and the zinnias are die cut from Melon Mambo. The Glimmer Paper is also from the suite. The sentiment is from Perennial Postage stamped in Melon Mambo ink and I fussy cut around it. I made multiples and plan to use them for Mother's Day cards.
Sunday, April 21, 2024
The month of April has been a blur with childcare for our granddaughters, a camping trip for the Farmer and I and a Stampin' Up team retreat with my upline.
We watched both of the granddaughters one day. It went pretty well. Autumn didn't take a nap so that was a little difficult. She finally passed out for a few minutes when we were out walking the dog. What I didn't anticipate was the Farmer and I having a meltdown with each other. Yea. Not good...quite embarrassing actually. It happened. We move on and try to learn from our mistakes. Communication is key and that is also very hard. We are in different roles as Poppy and Gigi. The girls are wonderful though!
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Post #2 for today! I wanted to participate in the Inky Paws Challenge and just realized I'd better get this in today as the challenge ends tomorrow. Here's my card:
It's hard to go wrong with any of the Newton Nook's Designs stamps but I was challenge by the sketch.
So that's it for me today! I need to tidy up my crafting zone and do a few other chores.
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Well, as I am writing this blog post it is pouring rain outside! Too funny. I actually am enjoying the rain. I know sunshine is coming...and my to do list is growing for jobs that will need to be done outside.
Today's card is bright and cheery though!
I loved the sketch LeAnne chose for The Paper Players challenge this week.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Back in the day when we were homeschooling Steven and Taylor...we had a nature class with some friends. We went to a local nature park and there a nature enthusiast taught us sooo many things! Names of trees, flowers, weeds and birds. I remember one of the kids pointed to a little bird and asked what it was. The nature enthusiast replied, "Oh, that's a LBJ." "LBJ?" "Little brown job". It was just a little brown bird, one of many, and that's what she called them! Too funny! So....today's card features a LBJ!
I am playing along with Can You Handle the Pressure with a Twist on Birds. My card base is Bubble Bath. I used a layer of Copper Clay. I used the Softly Sophisticated EF on a piece of Fresh as a Daisy DSP. My LBJ is from Friendly Hello stamped with Pretty Peacock ink and I colored it with Copper Clay Blends.
Another easy peasy card.
