Friday, April 17, 2026

100 Birthday

 My good friends mom just turned 100 on Easter Sunday.  The family had a lot of plans on Easter Sunday and all couldn't get together so they had her birthday celebration this past weekend. I just had to make her a card, her name is Bonnie :) 

I used all patterned papers on this card as well as gold cardstock.


  • 49 and Market - Krafty Garden 6 x8 paper pack for base of card
  • Momento - Pattern cardstock for the flowers
  • DCWV - Sew Crafty paper for the labels
  • Tim Holtz - Metallic cardstock #'s
  • Spellbinders - Delicate Asters and Decorative Labels Eight dies
  • Taylored Expressions - Whimsy #s dies
  • Pink & Main - Sentiment strip dies
  • Simon Says stamps - Tiny words birthday sentiment stamp
  • Gems


I would like to share my card with Love those pretty papers Spring flowers challenge

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Christmas embossing

 I actually got my Christmas cards done early this month.  Our challenge with my stamp group was to use embossing folders. My first card also works for the Just us girls Spotlight challenge


  • Darice - Mosaic Candle embossing folder, colored with markers
  • Spellbinders - A2 matting basics A die
  • Hobby Lobby - Country tags


  • Fun Stampers Journey - Cozy knit embossing folder, inking around edges
  • Paper Studio - 3D Snowman sticker
  • Spellbinders - Big Scalloped oval small die
  • Diamond Press - Vintage Christmas sentiment stamp, fussy cut and inked
This last one was inspired by the last two cards I will show that I had done before the challenge was posted.



  • Darice - Hanging Ornament embossing folder, colored w/ Spectrum Metallic markers
  • Hobby Lobby - Country tags
This is a scratch art card kit. I bought it at Michaels on sale before Christmas. It comes black with white outline and you have a wooden stick with a point that you scratch off the white part and what is inside.  I think I like the diamond dotz better.





Brea Reese - Scratch art cards

Sharing my scratch card with the Peace on Earth Challenge

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

Monday, April 13, 2026

Sealed

 Using my sealed dies and stamps for another sympathy card I needed.  After stamping the seal I added some Nuvo crystal glaze to give it that seal look. I cut all the flowers and faux string from scraps and inked them.


  • LDRS - Sealed with Good wishes Stamps and dies, flowers cut from scraps and inked
  • Nuvo - Crystal Glaze on the seal after stamping
  • Graphic 45 - Botanical Tea paper

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Northwoods

 Today I am sharing in the Neglected stuff Challenge for my next masculine birthday card. I just don't use my rubber stamps on blocks as much anymore.  I took the stamp off the wood block so I could use it in the Misti stamping platform. I colored it with markers and fussy cut it out. I added some die cut leaves to it and a stamped sentiment I don't think I have used before.


  • Northwoods Rubber stamps - 2007 colored w/markers
  • BasicGrey - Periphery Paper
  • Hero Arts - Birthday messages stamp set
  • Impression Obsession - Grass die

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Friday, April 10, 2026

Get well

 I turned to one of my stamp sets that came with a British card making magazine for this get well card I needed.  I had to stamp the trellis twice to have it go the length of the card it is actually just a square stamp. The bee, trellis and sentiment all stamped directly on card base. I colored the flowers and then fussy cut them and popped them up on top of the trellis.  The sentiment also came in this stamp set.


  • Creative Stamping Magazine - Cardmaking magic, Climbing Flowers stamp set, colored w/markers and fussy cut flowers and popped them up on foam tape

I would like to share my card with the following challenges:


Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today, Hope you enjoy a great weekend,

Connie