Chirp for Joy

 I found this cardmaking magazine at Barnes and Nobles with many bird stamps inside and I just had to get it.  I colored him like a woodpecker since that is the bird I enjoy watching eating from our suet. I had to have something for the suet to hang from so I die cut a branch, added a brad to look like it is nailed to the branch and added some flowers.

• Creative Stamping Magazine - The Beauty of Birds stamp set, colored w/markers, sentiment stamp from same stamp set
• Spellbinders - Labels 29 and Cherry Blossom Dies
• Recollections - Brad
• K&co.- Hannah cardstock pad

I would like to share my card with the Triple B Challenge

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

Connie

Special Delivery

 I have a lot of male birthdays in my family in the Fall. I will try to separate them so I don't have all men's post and do the gals in between :) The grid in the background was stamped, and the notebook page. The only thing that isn't the 49 and Market dies is the paper and sticker I used on the front piece.

• 49 and Market - Creative Combo's Stamps and dies
• Basic Grey - Periphery Papers
• Amazon Stickers

I would like to share my card with Word Art Wednesday Challenge

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

Connie

Good times

 I found this pack of cute die cuts at my stamp store and they just fell into my basket. I found a brad I thought would work with the tag, added the sentiment and popped up the little mouse.  Remembered some washi tape faux postage stamps and thought it went well so added that too :)

• Paper Rose studio - Strawberry Friends Quick Cards die cuts
• Raspberry Road designs - Love Lives Here paper
• Spellbinders - A2 Matting basics A die
• Basic Grey - Brad
• 49 and Market - Artoptions Rouge Postage Stamp Washi roll

Sharing with NBUS Challenge anything new

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

Connie

Bloom

 Using more of the pretty laser cuts and some new paper from Tim Holtz :) I just love how they can make paper look like real lace.

• Tim Holtz - Neutral Papers
• 49 and Market - Willow Mini Laser Cut Elements

I would like to share my card with Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Anything goes

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

Connie

Home for Christmas

 The Christmas challenge in my group for this month is to use House or Village in our cards, I kind of stuck to it in the first few the last was something entirely different.

I inked a background, forgot to write the colors I used. Die cut the town, and then found a small star die set and used that and white gel pen for the stars.

• Taylored Expressions - Bethlehem Border die
• Distress inks for Background
• Crafter's Companion - Twinkling Stars die

I found two pictures I thought would work great for this style of card so I made two.

• Penny Black - Immense Joy die
• Thomas Kincaid - 2012 daily calendar for imags
• Martha Stewart - Holly punch, colored w/markers
• Old paper distress ink around edges of card

I know this is only a front door in my next card but I really love this Chipboard Ephemera, so I had to use it, the sentiment came in the same pack so I just added some inking and a frame.

• Crafter's Companion - Holly & Ivy die
• Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Old Fashion Christmas Chipboard pieces
• Old Paper distress ink around edges

So this last one I had just seen THIS CARD on Can you handle the pressure challenge and I thought wow that looks like she used a die from the advent calendar, so I went to her blog and sure enough it was, I had not used that die yet and you know how I am trying to use of the goodies from last years calendar before I start opening this years in December so I just had to give it a try.  I had to try it in pinks.

Instead of an embossed background I used a stencil, toned it down a bit with some inks to blend the background a bit, then went to town on making the tree. I used 3 different pattern papers from the same paper pad. I didn't want to cover up all the embossing but it needed something so I went with cutting out a vellum piece to put behind the tree.  I used a pink scrap to cut out a bow for the top, and used a die for the trunk of the tree.

• Spellbinders - Advent calendar 2025 die for tree branches, Labels Trio for trunk and Cut vellum from Decorative Labels 28 (behind tree)
• Stamperia - Sweet Winter Background paper pack
• Echo Park - Christmas wonderland Stencil
• Distress ink through stencil - Speckled egg and Kitsch Flamingo, Old Paper blended over the whole background
• Diamond Press - Advent calendar (bow die) from scrap paper

That's all for this month, I need to look and see how many more I need.

I am sharing my card today with Peace on Earth Challenge and Stencil Fun Challenge 

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

Connie