Masculine Blessings

 It is not hard to find things that have been neglected in my room of goodies, so I went looking for something for our friends birthday and found this classic stamp that looks like an old chalkboard, I haven't used it in like 7 years, that is just a shame.

• ODBD - Chalkboard Birthday stamp
• Spellbinders - Classic Rectangle Lg. die
• Basic Grey - Periphery Paper
• Pebbles - Glitter candy dots

I am sharing today's card with Neglected Stuff Challenge (chalkboard stamp)

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope the rest of you are making it through this HOT weather with heat index in the 100's.  I have been limiting my time outdoors, just going out to check on my plants quick and water them and then back in the house for a shower, crazy, hope our whole summer isn't like this.

Connie

Days Of Christmas

 In our stamp group the challenge was to make cards using themes from 12 Days of Christmas, I just so happened to have gotten some stamped images from Penny Black years ago from one of the girls that use to be in our group. I just have had them in the envelope not really sure what to do with them, but this challenge was the perfect way for me to get them out and use them. All colored with markers. I also forgot to write down the papers I used in the first two but they were from a cardmaking magazine.

• Memory Box - Stitched circle layers die
• PPD - scalloped Snowflake die

• Spellbinders - Classic Square large die
• Tim Holtz - Funky Festive dies

• PPD - Mini stitched layers die
• ODBD - Christmas 2014 papers

• PPD - Mini Stitched Square die
• ODBD - Christmas 2014 paper

• Spellbinders - Classic Square Large die
• ODBD - Christmas 2014 papers
• Silver pen around image

That is it, she gave me these 5 days, and I used them all :)

Thanks for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

Sealed

 I love the look of the wax seals but with all the bulk of them I have never bought them, well I saw these stamped ones and I was able to buy the kit that also had dies with them to cut the flowers and the faux string, so I bought it.  I added some crystal glaze to the seal to make it look more like wax.

• LDRS - Sealed with Good wishes stamps and dies Kit 274
• Nuvo Crystal Glaze on Seal

If you are interested in the stamps and dies, I purchased them from HSN, but I am thinking they may be sold elsewhere, I just haven't seen them anywhere else.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by, Have a great weekend, Summer is HERE!!

Connie

Young boy

 One of my fellow cardmakers sent me a few stickers to use on my cards and I am finally getting around to using some of them, I thought this one would be cute for a great nephew on my hubby's side of the family, I like the vintage look of the image but decided to go with more fun papers with it.

• Playtime kitties sticker
• Carta Bella - Alphabet Junction papers
• Kat Scrappiness - Mini Slimline Double stitch die
• Spellbinders - A2 Distressed Edges die
• Honbay - Sentiment stamp

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

Connie

Stitching

 When I saw this challenge from the Penny Black Saturday challenge blog I thought it would be a great addition for the card I wanted to make for a friend of mine. I used a Paper piercing template for the design, I used the small scallop and the straight edges to make up a frame for these flowers. I stitched it using 2 strands of floss. 

• Penny Black - Rose Bowl stamp, colored w/Spectrum noir Sparkle pens
• Stampin up - Paper Piercing Pack Essentials w/ 2 strands of floss for the stitching
• Gina K - Sentiment stamp
• Memory Box - Paper

I tried to get a close up picture of the sparkle the pens left behind but it still doesn't show up well. I hope the sparkle at least last until my friend receives this in the mail.

A friend that is a substitute teacher gave me that stampin up piercing set when a fellow coworker was retiring from teaching and she was getting rid of all the stuff that was in her classroom, I hope to be using more of them in the future for stitching on cards. I had never heard of them so I googled it and the few you tubes I have watched of them they just used them for piercing with no stitching, but I like the idea of using them as templates to stitch.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today, and hope you have a great week ahead,

Connie