Enjoy the ride

 Our Pastor's husband loves to ride his bike for exercise, he even started a riding group that goes out together to ride bikes. So I thought what better thing to use for his 40th birthday card.

I remembered I had this stamp from a cardmaking magazine that comes in different pieces so you can layer things on the bike and stamp them in different color inks.  I did not use the basket and flowers or the animals in the set. I stenciled the background with a cloud stencil and masked off the top bit so I could ink in the road. The balloon and sentiment stamp were also in the same set.

• Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine - Bike, balloon and sentiment stamps
• My Favorite Things - Cloud Stencil

I would like to share my card with these challenges:

Four Seasons Challenge Summer

Stencil Fun Challenge CAS design

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

Connie

Nature Birthday

 I was once again tempted by the ads for craft goodies on Amazon, I thought this set of stamps and dies with mushrooms and flowers were so pretty. The sentiment came in the set also.

• YIXUAN- Stamp and die set, colored w/markers (Amazon)
• Spellbinders - Splendid Circles and A2 matting basics A dies
• XERE - Green Ephemera Scrapbook papers

I would like to share my card with the Just us girls Challenge use dies

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

Connie

Teen Birthday

 I bet you can't figure out how old my great nephew is turning :)  I went with a paper pack that had tag cut outs in it, then used some rub ons for the numbers and a sticker from the $ store for the sentiment.

• Hot off the press - Bohemian papers and tags
• Making Memories - Alphabet and numbers rub ons
• Crafter's square - Sticker (enjoy)
• Recollection - Brads

I would like to share my card today with Simon Says Monday Challenge Birthday

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

Connie

Puffy Flowers

 I was hand delivering this card to our Pastors teenage daughter, and so I went with some puffy flowers made from felt that I have had for quite some time.

• Ki Memories - Puffies Blooms in red
• Echo Park - Fine and Dandy paper
• Poppy Stamps - Eyelet Stitches die (border on strip)
• Tim Holtz - Remnant Rubs tiny text (sentiment)
• Pink & Main - Sentiment strip dies
• Martha Stewart - Leaf Punch (with scored lines in them)

I would like to share my card with the Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge Flowers

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

Connie

Vintage Birthday

 The piece that I used for my main image was cut from a piece of the paper I also used from the background, this pad of papers has all kinds of collage papers so that you can cut them apart for focals or use them as collage bases, that is what made me want to buy the paper :)  Plus I love the look of them.

I added some washi tape down the side matted my focal piece and added some gems under it. The sentiment tag was too white so I inked it to give it a more vintage look.

• Crafter's Companion - Distressed Florals papers and image cut from the paper pack
• Washi tape border from Amazon
• Open Studio - Greeting tag inked with Antique linen 
• Ki - Black gems

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie