All Spiced Up!

 Welcome crafty friends!

 

Trying to stay on task and a little ahead of the game so I pulled out a recent Halloween collection and made a Boo Basket tag for a special girl.

 

I call her "Spider Girl" although there is a sentiment on the tag.

 

ALL SPICED UP

 I covered a large pre-cut tag with a simple design patterned paper and went to work.  I stamped, added rub ons and stenciled with paste.  The doll was stamped, embossed on flesh colored cardstock with fine black EP and fussy cut.  Her hair and headband are colored with Copic markers.  I stamped and embossed her again (inking only the dress and shoes) on the web patterned paper, then fussy cut the dress and shoes leaving a bit of the webbed paper as socks.  I added shimmer to her dress and headband with a magicals.  She is adhered to the tag using foam tape for dimension.  The ephemera is also adhered with foam tape and I tucked in some cheese cloth for added interest and gave her a bat necklace.

 

From my stash...

Arden Creative Wicked Woods Collection 12 x 12

Arden Creative Wicked Woods Collection 6 x 8 

Arden Creative Wicked Woods Ephemera

Arden Creative Wicked Woods Epoxy Stickers 

Arden Creative Wicked Woods Laser Cuts

 Arden Creative Wicked Woods Rub On Transfers

Arden Creative Laurel Grove Laser Cuts 

Arden Creative Maker Series Lots of Leaves Stencil 

Arden Creative Garden Chronicles My Flowers Stamps  

Copic Markers - Warm Gray, Light Caramel 

Lindy's Gang Field Notes Magicals 

 Lindy's Gang Laurel Garden Magicals

Julie Nutting MM Doll Stamp

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink 

Ranger Super Fine Black EP 

 TCW Stencil Butters - Gamboge, Green Pear

Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Dusty Concord, Black Soot 

 Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad

 

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Cards for All!

 Good morning crafty friends!

 

Today, I'm sharing cards that I made for a special friend's birthday and a few others that will be added to a box of cards that I donate to my mother's church for their annual basket party.

 

First up is a pretty floral birthday card...

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

I grabbed this yellow and blue floral paper from my scrap stash.  A pale blue cardstock is used for the cover plate design, banner and flower.  I cut the flower from two different blues and use Copics to add detail.  The center is a blue sugar dot.  The banner matting is cut from darker blue and the sentiment  from the pale blue.   

 

Next up is a Thank You card.

 

THANK YOU

 

This A2 card is made from paper scraps too.  I die cut a border and adhered it to the center including the negative cuts also.  No matting for the banner because I wanted the stripes to show through.  I did add one of the hearts above the banner.  The butterfly is fussy cut from the other side of the background paper.  

 

And last is a tribute card for a friend who's pet went over the rainbow this past week.

 

hugs
 

Another card from paper scraps and I included a photo of her furry friend on the front.

 

That's it for now...I am on a roll this week cranking out cards from my scrap box.  I'll be sharing more by the end of the week.

 

Sharing in these challenges:

 AAA Birthday #88 - Cards with Flowers/8-31-26

 Beautiful Blossoms #43 - Blossoms with optional mood board/8-12-26

Cut It Up - Add A Sentiment/8-17-26 

Krafty Chicks #832 - Birthday/8-11-26

Thanks for stopping by!

Have the best day and hope to see you again soon.

 

Feather of Hope

 Welcome back friends. 

July went by quickly with some really crazy weather all month long!  

 

Today begins a new challenge on the Double D Challenge Blog.  The theme for the next two weeks is "Feathers".  Lots of inspiration on the colorful mood board.

 

 

 I used a mix of color inspiration from two of the photos.

hope 

 

I pulled the rose gold/pink color from the first tile and combined it with the turquoise from the fourth tile. The colors compliment each other beautifully.  I found a scrap of DP in my stash that had both colors and it worked well as the background for the die cut feather.  The feather is double cut from rose gold metallic with a white cardstock shadow. The sentiment stamp is a favorite from a company that is no longer in business and matted with the same rose gold metallic as the feather.

 

The above photo is of the card closed.  Below, I have posted the left panel with the card opened and the right paper strip attached to the inside is not visible

 

 

From my stash...

Bazzill Cardstock - Rose Gold Metallic, Turquoise Mist 

Simon Hurley Stellar Black Widow Ink   

Sizzix Elegant Thinlits 

Uniquely Creative Bohemian Feather Die   

Verve Sentiment Stamp 

 

Sharing with the following challenges: 

Cut It Up #362 - Add A Sentiment/8-17-26

 Just Us Girls #385 - Use a Die/8-11-26

 The Paper Funday Challenges #90 - Anything Goes with optional fold/8-30-26

Word Art Wednesday #764-765 - Anything Goes/8-18-26

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hope to see you again soon.

 

for you...

Welcome craft friends... 

Wow, July went by so fast.  Fall  is just around the corner and I'm ready for the "ber" months.  This has been a hot, humid summer for us.   The leaves will begin changing soon and our grandkids will be back in school.  Fall is my favorite time of year and am anxiously awaiting sweatshirt weather, the leaves changing colors and cool, crisp air!

 

Today, I'm sharing a card with a "fall flower" theme for the August Challenge on A Cut Above, Die Cut Challenge Blog.   The theme is always "Anything Goes" but August has a fall flower twist that I followed when creating my project.  Love warm colors!

 

for you

 

I dug into my warm color stash to create this square card design.  The flowers are cut from cardstock scraps to match the ones in the patterned papers.  Wow, I've had this SB flower die since 2008, 18 years and don't use it often enough.  I added some sparkle to the centers using glitter dots and shimmer pens.  The sentiment was cut from two different colors with the green off setting the ivory and then backed with a vellum.

 

From my stash...

Bazzill Cardstock

CTMH Shimmer Pen 

Elizabeth Crafts Designs Dahlia

Emily Moore Designs For You Word Dies 

Heartfelt Creations with Spellbinders Vintage Floret 

Queen & Co. Goosebumps

Pinkfresh Ombre Glitter Gems, Magic Potion

Ranger Distress Ink - Rusty Hinge 

Simple Stories Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze DP 

Spellbinders Sunflower II 

 

Sharing with these challenges:  

Inspiration Station #88 - Photo Inspiration/9-5-26 

 Krafty Chicks #831-AG with Option/8-3-26

 Neglected Stuff Challenge, August - Spellbinder Dies/8-28-26

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes/Spellbinders/8-5-26

 

Thanks so much for coming by.  

Have the best day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday!

 Today I'm sharing a card created for a few challenges including one calling for a masculine theme.  The embossed background is a folder from years ago and no longer available for purchase.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

The background is embossed using silver metallic cardstock to resemble an actual sheet of metal.  The diamond plate embossing design is used by manufacturers for door kick plates, vehicle running boards, truck liners and many other metal products.  I paired the silver with a royal blue accent color that stands out from the design. 

 

 

From my stash... 

Bazzill North Sea Cardstock

Cuttlebug Diamond Plate Embossing Folder 

TPS Matte Metallic Cardstock 

Tutti Designs Birthday Topper

 

Sharing with the following challenges:

Krafty Chicks #830 - Masculine/7-29-26 

Simply Clean and Simple - CAS Design/7-28-26

Thanks for coming by my blog.

Have the best day!

 

Sweet!

Hi Crafty Friends!

 

We're halfway through July already and more than halfway through the year.  The Double D is sharing their new challenge for the second half of the month with the theme, "You're Favorite Fruit".

Here's some inspiration....

I have several favorite fruits and one of them is blackberries. 

 Our local farm stand has the biggest and sweetest I've ever had!

 

sweet

 I embossed the background with a basket weave embossing folder and touched it up with some ink.  The blackberries were stamped, embossed and then colored with Copic markers.  The berries are highlighted with a white gel pen and sprayed with shimmer mist.  I added some dimension and tucked them in around the trellis like die cut.  The sentiment was cut three times for dimension and adhered between the stems.  A few opal sequins are the final embellishments.

 

From my stash

 Altenew Mini Delight Berry/Stamp, Die Cut 

Bazzill Chocolate , Coconut Swirl

Copic Markers

Darice Basket Weave EF 

Imagine Sparkle Shimmer Mist 

 Stamperia Daydream Collection

 

Stop by the Double D Challenge Blog and play along.

 

Thanks for coming by today.

Hope to see you again soon.

Christmas Cheer!

 Hey crafty friends!

 

We're just back from a trip to the beach and it was hot, hot, hot!  Of course, it's been too hot here at home also as we are expecting another "heat dome" to hit us on Wednesday.  I'm seriously ready for the "ber" months already and thinking of cooler weather and Christmas.

 

I've seen so many Christmas in July challenges that I decided to join in and create a pocket Christmas tag to start the holiday projects and Christmas cards.

 

cheer

I pulled out some Graphic 45 papers from years ago and made this pocket tag with a die cut set from Sizzix.  I adhered some fussy cut images to the back of a panel cut out, added foam tape for dimension and made it the focal image on the pocket front.  

 

The tiny die cut flowers are similar to the design in the paper.  I added glitter to the petals and jewels to the centers.  The pocket holds a matching gift tag with a plain back for writing a message and/or recipient name.  This tag is making me excited for Christmas already.  I think I'm going to work on Christmas card designs soon too!

 

From my stash...

Graphic 45 Seasons and St. Nicholas Collections

 Ranger Frosted Lace Stickles

Sizzix Interactive Tag Die Set

 

Sharing with these challenges:

Christmas [or not] Bingo Challenge #20 - B Column, Christmas, Red, Plaid/8-15 

Die Cut Divas - Christmas In July/7-31-26

Krafty Chicks Challenge #828 - Christmas/7-14-26

Peace On Earth #115 - Christmas (pinecones and berries) /7-16-26

Thanks for coming by today!

Hope to see you again soon.