Watercolor wreath

 When I saw the watercolor challenge over at Double D Challenge Blog I just had to join in.  I won this wreath die from one of their challenges last year and I have wanted to use it ever since getting it but it never fit with any of the challenges in my group. So I decided to use it today.

I used my spectrum noir Aqua pens by applying the pen to my work surface and then adding a little water and painting it onto the watercolor card stock. I used a very light pattern paper behind so that the coloring would stand out and added a stamped sentiment to the inside circle.

• Scrapbook.com - Cozy wreath die, watercolored w/Spectrum Aqua markers
• Plaid - Snowflake Red papers
• Diamond Press - Vintage Christmas sentiment stamp

For my next card I decided to cut it twice using a pattern paper for the back and gold cardstock for the front.

• Scrapbook.com - Cozy Wreath die cut from pattern paper and gold cardstock
• BoBunny - Father Christmas papers for bottom wreath
• Tim Holtz - gold cardstock for top wreath
• Honeybee - Holiday Cheer paper for background
• ODBD - Poinsettia wreath stamp set for sentiment

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Birthday Time

 I saw these epoxy stickers I had bought from the dollar store many years ago and I thought I could use them all on a card so I went about figuring out how I could mat them and what sizes I would need, then went to use them and the sticky part was still sticky but I was worried that it might not be enough so I added more glue, got it all made, came back the next day to take pictures and the stickers had warped a bit. I was so discouraged after all that work. Told hubby about it later that day and he wanted to see it.  He thought it was a cool card and that he didn't see anything wrong with giving it to his brother in law, so off in the mail it went. I did inking of the sentiment tag before taking it out of the die.

• Clock Epoxy stickers
• Ms. Sparkle $ co. - Wood paper
• Crafter's Square - Birthday sentiment stamp
• Spellbinders - Inverted Scallop squares and Back to Basics tag die
• Recollections - Brads

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

Connie

Happy Mother's Day

 To all those that will be celebrating tomorrow, I wish you a very Happy Mother's day!  My cardmaking group had a Mother's day card exchange, this is the card I made for the lady who I had to send to.

Since my Mother or Mother in law are no longer with us and this card was part of the Diamond dots kit I got, I thought I might as well join the exchange.

I am sharing today's card with Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Make it colorful.

• Craft Buddy - Crystal Art Card kits

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

Connie

bright hopes

 Today I am using more stickers that I bought for my junk journals that I thought would work nicely with this film strip die, trying to come up with more ideas for the guy cards I need for birthdays :) I thought the tickets looked a little bare so I stamped the dragonfly and cut with a matching die and colored him adding a little sparkle pen to the wings, adding the sentiment across the filmstrip.

• Elizabeth Craft Designs - Planner Filmstrip dies
• Amazon sticker pack
• Crafter's companion - Dragon fly stamp and die set , colored w/markers and Sparkle pen for wings
• 49 and Market - Ticket Essentials
• Tim Holtz - Clippings sticker book (sentiment)

I would like to share with the Alphabet Challenge Air

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

Connie

Sending warm thoughts

 I was in need of another sympathy card, I went with my vintage roses papers and ephemera that come in the paper pack, adding a stamped sentiment to the postcard, and a doily from my stash. I popped up some of the items with foam tape

• Studio Light - DIY Block Vintage Roses papers and ephemera pack
• The Greetery - Thinking of you sentiment stamp (on postcard)
• Doily

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

Connie