Happy 250th Anniversary

 I bought these kits before we went on vacation and they came yesterday, so I have been a busy girl working to get them done today, I will keep them up for a few months but still wanted them done today, and thought I would share with you all.  They came from Amazon but I didn't really realize until after that they were actually coming from China, that is why they took so long to get here. 

They are on Canvas Squares so I just propped them up on a picture holder and the other is leaning up against other things.

I really love them both it is hard to pick which one I like more.

I have put them on the mantel really quick to see how they would look, not sure if I will keep it this way or not.  I made the doll in the middle years ago, and the banner a few years back also.  The truck is a lego one that hubby bought and I told him that was one I didn't mind if we kept out in the living room :)

I would like to share my canvas diamond dots with the Colorful Options Challenge red, white and blue

It is dark and gloomy here right now, that may be why my pictures aren't turning out well, the parade over in St. Louis was cancelled due to bad weather. Hopefully it will blow over so they can do the fireworks tonight.  It has cooled down into the high 80's so it might not be as bad as it has been.

Hope everyone stays safe celebrating today and tonight.

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

Connie

Get well

 I was in need of a get well card and I had just saw these images on Graphics Fairy web site and thought they were so pretty, I used one of them for my card. I inked around the edge of the card first and then added some pattern papers to go with it. To tie in the gold foiling on the arch die I added a gold sticker along the border die. There were little dot gold stickers on the sheet so I added them to the background.

• Graphics Fairy - Dome flower image, fussy cut
• Memory Box paper
• Sizzix - Tags Rounded die
• Basic Gray - Periphery paper
• Pinkfresh Studio - Classic Edger die
• Hot off the press - 63 Thin line border stickers
• Chloe's creative cards - Sentiment stamp

I am still trying to catch up on everyone's blogs, it's been a bit busy since we got back from vacation.

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

Connie

Butterflies

 I made this card with my group on Teams meeting back in May, I loved it so much I saved it for my sisters birthday and she has received the card so I can share it now :)  I hope I remember what we did, I think inked the background and stamped our image and then embossed the piece and did anymore inking over top to highlight the embossing. I did write down that the card base is 10.5 x 5.5 inches, but didn't write down where we scored it. 

• Inkadinkado - Patterned Bugs stamp set
• Distress inks - Wild Honey, Dried Marigold and Fossilized Amber
• Elizabeth Craft Designs - Happy Birthday die cut

This next picture shows the fold we did on the inside, I totally can't remember how we did it, but I did have written down that the square sentiments and the pattern paper are 1.25 inches square. As you can see it was like a z-fold card.

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

Alphabet Challenge E for Embossing

Can you handle the pressure anything goes with a twist of purple

Word Art Wednesday 

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

Connie

Christmas in June

 We have been on vacation the past week, we went down to Alabama were some of our family moved from Michigan.  It was very HOT and HUMID about what it is like here now this week so we didn't get much relief coming back home to Illinois like we were hoping. I am trying my best to get caught up on everyone's blogs, but it may take me a few days.

I managed to get all my cards done before I left but didn't get pictures.  Our Challenge this month in my stamping group was to use any animal other than birds in our card.  I just so happen to have quite a few I could choose from these are the ones I did choose.

• Penny Black - Jolly Follies stamp set, colored w/markers
• Stickles - Crystal for snow
• Spectrum Clear Sparkle pen on the light
• Kat Scrappiness - Mini Slimline Double stitched dies
• Paper Pizazz - Red Plaid paper
• DCWV - Green Star paper
• Spellbinders - Ribbon Trio die
• Burlap strip

I would like to share this card with the Penny Black Saturday Challenge Use Pattern papers

I colored the cat and dog like one of our cats we have now and our dog that passed away.

• Newton's Nook - Holiday Post stamp set, colored w/Aqua pens on watercolor paper
• My Favorite things - Cross- stitch Rectangle die
• Graphic 45 - Christmas past papers
• Poppystamps - Eyelet Stitches die
• Stickles - Crystal for snow

This next stamp set came from a cardmaking magazine.

• Quick Cards Magazine - Rabbit stamp set, colored w/markers
• Wink of stella - Cl White and Spectrum Clear marker
• Crafter's Companion - Shimmering Snowflakes die
• Paper Pizazz - Christmas plaid paper
• ornament brad on tag

This last one is a 3D Decoupage sheet I bought at my stamp store.

• Katy Sue - 3D Decoupage Reindeer Kisses Bauble
• Tim Holtz - Shabby Paper

Sharing a side view so you can see the dimension.

This last card I did before she shared the challenge of the month with us.

I forgot to write down the name but it is those scratch off cards I had bought at Michaels store that I shared in earlier Christmas posts.

Take care and all those in the line of this HOT weather I pray you all stay well.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Connie

Digital card kit

 Alicia McNamara gave away a digital kit a few months ago and I finally printed it out a couple weeks ago and made a card from it, I think the coloring looked a little better on the screen then how my computer printed it out but I think it still make a nice card. Another one I am hand delivering so I used my bigger pearls on it :)

• Alicia McNamara - Digital Download Cardmaking kit, background paper, butterfly and sentiment
• Recollection Pearls

as you can see I fussy cut the butterfly piece out and popped it up with foam tape.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie