Seasonal birds

 This is a card we made together in our teams meeting. We first did the technique that was taking a stencil and sprays to fill it in, then we embossed our pieces and did the scoring to make the fold on the left side like a box, it folds flat to mail, and we write the sentiment on the back.

I stamped the bird and used that for my focal. I added some inking around the edges after die cutting the frame before taking the die out of the cardstock.  Adding a few pearls for embellishing. 

• Fun Stampers Journey - Starburst Stencil with sprays
• Paper Studio - Silkscreen embossing folder
• Stampin up - Seasonal Birds stamp set, colored w/markers
• Spellbinders - Decorative Labels One die w/ distressed ink Antique Linen
• Chloes Creative Cards - Sentiment stamp
• Diamond Press - Pearls

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

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Things with wings

Stencil Fun Challenge

Can you handle the Pressure Challenge

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

Connie

Magical day

 For my next card I looked at all the goodies I got from my Spellbinders Advent Calendar to see if it one of them might work for our little great nephews birthday and I thought this little die cut bunny coming out of his hat and sentiment would work well!

• Spellbinders 2025 Advent Calendar - Bunny, hat, stars and wand dies and sentiment stamp
• Sizzix - Tags Rounded dies
• Glitter cardstock for the stars
• Paper unknown from friend

My first time using these dies so I will be joining the NBUS Challenge 

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

Connie

For you

 When I saw this sheet of tags in my stamp store I just had to get it, enough to make quite a few cards, it also has flowers and butterflies on the sheet. I added some inking around the edges and some twine. On this one I paired it with some Daisy die cuts I layered up.

• Stamperia - Daisy Art tags ephemera sheet
• Spellbinders - Layered Daises and A2 Matting Basics A dies, sequins
• Scrap paper
• Twine

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

Seize the birthday Challenge Anything goes 

A Cut above Challenge 

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

Connie

Summer time

 A cardmaking friend sent this stamped image to me many years ago, sorry I don't know the name of it but she wrote on the back no line coloring image. I have never been happy with any of my no line coloring I have done in the past and I thought I really need to give this a try, if it doesn't work out I will just throw it away. Well I ended up being very happy with the way it turned out, so off it went to my great niece who is turning 2.

The image only had the little girl on the towel so I added in the sand, coloring with markers and then adding small brown dots with a fine line sharpie. Added a sun die with a stamped sentiment and some die cut grass to finish it off.

• stamped image from cardmaking friend, no line coloring, using markers
• Spellbinders - Wavy rectangles die
• My mind's eye - Summer papers
• Impression Obsession - small grass die
• Diamond Press, Advent calendar - sun die
• Taylored Expressions - Many Mini's Occasions sentiment stamp

I would like to share my card with Just us Girls Challenge  Summer

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

Connie

Best Birthday

 I am loving this set of papers and die cuts, they make such wonderful masculine cards. I added a lighter piece of paper to the right to brighten the card up a bit, seemed a little to dark with all the wood. I added a strip of extra paper I had from the kit between the two papers and that still looked like something was missing so I added a sticker strip down the side between them. I had this extra piece of wood paper left too and thought it would give a little extra something to let the sentiment stand out a little more as well as the gems.

• Paper Rose Studio - Lakeside Memories 6x6 papers and Embossed die cuts
• Hot off the press - Sarabooks Ivory Papers (paper on the right side)
• Spellbinders - Lg. Deckled Rectangle die
• Hot off the press - 63 Thin line borders stickers
• Simon Says Stamps - Tiny words Birthday sentiment stamp
• Ki - Black gems

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

Simon Says Monday challenge Masculine

The Paper Players Challenge Masculine

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

Connie