Daisy Mosaic

 

Hello! Once again I seem to have made a mostly "die cuts" card? I was going thru stuff laying on my desk and found this Daisy Mosaic die cut that I had cut out months ago! It's from Creative Expressions and it's a bit of a odd size. After I cut it out I wasn't sure what to do with it and just laid it aside and forgot about it but the current Freshly made sketch inspired me with how to use it! I LOVE how this turned out!! I foresee more cards in different colors and sentiments in my future! Maybe switch out the dragonflies for butterflies?! My dragonflies are from a punch.  I added some black nailheads to the flower centers. Anyone know where to buy these at? I used to get them at AC Moore's. Miss that store! Gonna miss using them when my stash is gone. They are so nice for mailing compared to brads and rhinestones ect. My sentiment is heat embossed. I don't remember of hand who it's by? It's a wooden stamp that i picked up at one of the box stores. It was cut out with a Stamps of Life stitched rectangle die. Thats it for now thanks for stopping by! Challenges are listed below.

 ~ Challenges ~

Freshly Made Sketches ~ Sketch #470

A Gem of a Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas ~ Frame it

Crafty Creations ~ Anything Goes

House that Stamps Built ~ Anything Goes

Birthday Corgi

 

Hello! Finally made some time to get back in the craft room! Been a little busy lately with my new fur babies!! We got 2 new kittens the day before Thanksgiving. Meet Butterball and Buttercup! I forgot how much fun kittens are, been like 11 years since we had babies in the house. I've been soaking up all the kitten snuggles I can get. I'm posting some of the pictures from when they were about 2 months or so old. Will post more recent ones soon. They are growing so fast! Aren't they adorable??!

Okay now to the real reason your here, my card! I borrowed this adorable Corgi set from a friend. It's from the Stamps of Life. It has the cutest sentiments to go along with it. I didn't use one of them on this card but you will see them in the future! I borrowed this set because I have a niece who LOVES Corgi's and I want to make her some special cards. She'll be 18 soon and she graduates this year too. I heat embossed my image and than colored it with my Copic markers. It's been ages since i colored with them. I'm going to have to get my refills out as some of my markers are getting a little dry. Seems I have been on a mainly die cut only card making mode lately? Felt good to color again although I felt a bit rusty! I fussy cut the image and added a few punched balloons with some pretty bakers twine to match. I think it turned out cute?  Always good to add some "boy" cards to the stash. That's it for now, thanks so much for stopping by! Hopefully I'll stay in the grove and keep making and posting cards! List of challenges is listed below.

 ~ Challenges ~

The Paper Players ~ Sketch # PP525

Crafty Creations ~ Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter ~ Birthday

For Someone Special

 

Hello! I was looking thru my stash for something to make some quick cards with and came across some tags I had made a few years ago and never used! This one ended up working perfectly for the Inlay Die Cut challenge I saw over on SCS. Love how this one turned out! The color of the rhinestones matches MUCH better than the photo shows. Not sure why they look so dark?  Anyway that's it for now thanks for stopping by and come back soon!

 ~ Challenges ~

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Challenges ~ Day 15 "M" Mittens

SCS Falliday Fest ~ InLay Die Cut

Creative Craft Cottage ~ Christmas/Winter

Crafts Galore ~ Anything Goes

CAS Christmas

 

Hello! I have a quick and CAS card to share with you today. I so struggle with these. It looks so plain to me and I keep wanting to add more/something?! I did add some gold pearls as a dot to the "i" and the center of the large star at the top. It does look so much better than the picture shows though. That's it for now but I'm working on more cards so check back again soon!

 ~ Challenges ~

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Challenges ~ Day 8 Letter "G" Greeting, Green, and Gold

CAS(E) this Sketch ~ Sketch #398

Buffalo Plaid Christmas

 

Hello! Well It's that time of year again.....Holiday challenges!! I'm having a very slow start but still hope to get a few done! The weather has been unseasonably warm and sunny here and I just can't stay inside and miss out on it. I did make a short visit to the craft room to throw together this quick CAS card! I broke down and bought the SU moose punch and just had to be sure to use it. It makes for great masculine cards don't you think??! Keeping this one short and sweet. Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I'll be back again this week with a few more?! Challenges are listed below.

 ~ Challenges ~

SCS Falliday Fest Challenge ~ Holiday Buffalo Plaid

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Challenges ~ Birds/Animals

The Paper Players ~ Clean and Simple Hooray for the Holidays

Fall Plaid

 

Who's ready for Fall?!! Not really wishing Summer away put it has been a warm one and I am ready for the cooler temps! Today's card screams Fall to me. The sentiment was in my scrap box of images, think it was a dollar stamp from ages ago?  Looks like I stamped it with one of those Kaleidacolor stamp pads? Humm I wonder if I still have one of those pads stuck in a drawer somewhere?! If so It's probably all dried up. Anyway I just inked around the edges of the image to match my pretty plaid paper. It's from a mixed 6x6 plaid paper pack from Stampin Up. I finished it off with some die cut leaves that i already had made an added a few sequins. I also added some shimmer to the leaves but that doesn't show up in the picture. Such a pretty and crisp Fall card! Thanks for stopping by and come back again soon!

 ~ Challenges ~

CAS(E) this Sketch ~ Sketch #387

The Paper Players ~ Tic-Tac-Toe (Stitching. Metallic, Patterned Paper)

Gem of A Challenge ~Week #18 Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ #140 Anything Goes

Brown Eyed Susan's

Hello! Today I have a pretty flower card to share with you! I used the Sweet n Sassy Stamps Flowers in Bloom set. Thinking it's meant to be a Cone flower but went with the Brown Eyed Susan's look this time around. Here is a card I did in the past more like the Cone Flower . This sketch is also a recycled  one for me too apparently? Here is the card I made a few years ago with it. I like it so it was a fun one to do again. That's it for now thanks so much for stopping by! List of challenges used is listed below.

 ~ Challenges ~

Winter Wonderland ~ Sketch and Embossing (shoot forgot to do any embossing!)

Creative Knockouts ~ #365 Anything Goes

Crafty Creations ~ #412 Anything Goes

House That Stamps Built ~ Anything Goes

Trick or Treat

Hello! Finally got the motivation to get back in the craft room for a bit. Found some sketches to get me going and this is one of them. This card came together quickly at least for me! I had recently picked up a pack of glittery pumpkins and spider webs at Tuesday Morning's and they worked perfectly with this sketch. I did back them with contrasting card stock to make them "pop" more! The pumpkin is raised up with some foam tape. I added the rhinestones for a bit more bling. The bat punch was a last minute add to cover up a ink smudge. Only stamping i did was on the back the card and I still managed to get it one the card front.  Oh well i think it's a nice ''oops''?? I like this layout for a quick card now I need to look thru my stash and see what else I might have that will work? Okay that's it for now but should be back again tomorrow just need to write up a couple more posts for the cards! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

 ~ Challenges ~

Freshly Made Sketch ~ Sketch # 450

Creative Fingers ~ #191 Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts ~ 3365 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles ~ #35 Anything Goes

Christmas Cupcake

Hello! Today I have a 2nd card to share with you using the current Sketch Saturday sketch. Not as happy with this one though? Thinking it's the greenery I used? Wish I had a holly type branch that would have maybe looked better? Guess I could have used bling too but thouht I already had enough of that on this card! The cupcake is a felt sticker. I sure am going to miss AC Moore stores, they had the cutest stickers/embellishments like this for all the different holidays that were perfect for cards. The sentiment was from a sheet of  stickers that i got from Hobby Lobby. Only ink on this card is the sponging around the circle of the cupcake. That's it for now thanks for stopping by come back again soon!

 ~ Challenges ~

Sketch Saturday ~ Week # 621

Dream Valley Challenges ~ Christmas in July

Summer time Favorite!

Hello! Nothing says summer like a slice of cold watermelon! YUM! I had to have another go at the CAS(E) sketch.  I always struggle with CAS cards but this one i really like!! I used a old favorite  PTI mini stamp set and die .  The melons they are nice and sparkly as i finished them off with a Spectrum clear glitter brush. Added some bling and called it done. Keeping this post short and sweet. See ya again soon!

 ~ Challenges ~

CAS(E) this Sketch ~ #383

Shopping Our Stash ~ KISS (Keep It Simple Sister)