Hi There

 My Hubby made this digital stamp for me on his computer and I printed it out and colored it with markers. I brought out some old papers I have had for a very long time, trying to remember to use my older goodies as well as my new goodies :)  This was a birthday card, trying different sentiments then just happy birthday all the time.

• Digital stamp made by my hubby
• Cloud 9 design - Christy & Friends papers
• Martha Stewart - Border punch and circle punch
• Fiskars - Essential sayings sentiment stamp

We are having our coldest day of the season today, have to get out for church and hubby wants to take me out to lunch after, first time I am not looking forward to not having to cook, LOL! Just want to be home and warm.

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

Connie

Dog in a Barrel

 Using more of the Advent calendar goodies from last year, the dog is only from the chest up, so it took me awhile to figure out how to use him, I thought he could have got into the barrel and is peeking out, the sentiment stamp was from the Spellbinders calendar too. The clourds and sun were dies from Diamond Press.

• Spellbinders 2024 Advent Calendar - Dog dies and sentiment stamp
• Diamond Press 2024 Advent Calendar - Clouds and Sun dies
• Impression Obsession - Whiskey Barrel Planter die
• Fiskars - Grass punch
• RS Tapestry - Grass Blades peg stamp

I still have a couple dies left from last years calendar that I just haven't had a need for, one is a suitcase, but I do think I have an idea for that, just not sure yet.  Feels good to have used almost everything from the calendars in the past year, we will see if I can do that again this year :)

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

Connie

Coffee Lover

 I made this card last month for our Coffee loving Pastors birthday, I have been trying to use all the goodies I have left from last years advent calendars before I started opening the ones this year. The cup and border dies are both from 2024 calendar.

• Diamond Press - 2024 advent calendar - cup dies, sentiment stamp and border die
• BasicGrey - Periphery paper
• Spellbinder - Blossom die

Thanks so much for stopping by today,

Connie

Sympathies

 I have two to share today, the first is for my friend, who lost her cat this year. I tried to color this like her cat, she has it on display at her home and she told me every time she walks by it just touches her so.  That is why we do this in hopes that others will feel the love that goes into our cards, so it was an encouragement for me to keep going :)

• ODBD - Kitty stamp colored w/markers
• Taylored Expressions - Care & Comfort II sentiment stamp
• Memory Box - Stitched Rectangle layer die
• Gems

This next card is for my best friend I had while living in England, she told me that her sister had passed away. I used some stickers I had bought from Amazon to use in my junk journals but thought would be nice for a thinking of you card.

• Stickers from Amazon
• Basic Grey - Periphery paper
• Spellbinders - Romantic Rectangle die
• Ieebee - Fluttering Blooms washi tape
• Diamond Press - Gold pen
• Pebbles - Sentiment rub on

We actually have had a couple of days above freezing and we are going to get back to artic cold so today we are decorating the outside of the house after hubby get off work, we will have about an hour of day light so whatever we can get up in that amount of time will be it for this year :)

Hope the rest of you in the states are staying warm they say this is one of the coldest and snowy starts of the year we have had in awhile.  Praying for those out in Oregon getting all that rain, hope you are all staying safe too!

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

Connie

Birthday wishes

 I broke out my dollar store stamps for this next card, clean and simple. I also am using some new dies I bought from Michaels with a coupon, they make frames.

• Crafter's Square - Flower stamp, colored w/markers
• Recollections - 8 piece frame die set
• Fiskars - Essential Sayings sentiment stamp
• Diamond Dots - Gems

That's the end of all my Autumn birthday cards :)  I have been working hard on trying to get my Christmas cards written out and mailed, but half way done :)

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

Connie