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

Cherish Happy Memories

 I went with a mixed media/collage type card for our son in law. I need to use more of the pastes I have bought before they dry up, I used it through a script stencil, I like how this has a shimmer to it, you will be able to see it on the close up picture better.  The sentiment is from a vellum pack of sentiments, I tore it and then inked around the edges. Used another of my wooden pieces, this time a clock. Some washi tape and one of Tim's labels that I stamped on.

• Crafter's square - Wooden Clock
• Ciabella - Engine of the Future 12x12 paper
• Crafter's workshop - Mini Believe Script Stencil
• Solar Paste - Crocodile Tears (through the stencil)
• JoAnns - Vellum Quotes & Sentiments (torn and inked)
• Tim Holtz - French Design tape and Vintage Label
• Wintertime - Art Journal Stamps

I would like to share my card today with Simon Says Wednesday challenge

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

Connie

Sending you hugs

 We have a new young family that started attending our church this past year and her little girl had to have surgery. Our Pastor asked if I could make her a card. I had no idea what to do, so I just started looking through all my stamp sets and I came across this stamp that I thought would work for her. I was a bit intimidated since I have not colored anything but white people and had no idea if I even had colors that would work for her but I ended up being happy with how it turned out. The sentiments in the stamp set with her didn't work well so I found a stamp sentiment from another set to use. 

I stamped her out twice the second time with some post it note so I could mask her off to add in the grass and sky. The tree, cat and bird are all die cuts.

• Hot off the press - Janie's Girls stamp set, masked to add background, colored w/markers
• Simon Says stamps - You got this sentiment stamp
• My Favorite things - Cloud stencil W/tumble glass ink
• CRS Tapestry - Grass blades stamp
• Memory Bos - Bare Sapling, Grove leaves and Flying bird dies
• Impression Obsession - Cat die from pattern paper

I would like to share my card with Simon Says Monday Challenge 4 legged Friends

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

Connie

Hello You!

 When I opened this die set from my advent calendar I just new it would be going to a fellow stamper, I haven't seen anything like this kind of faux stamp die, so it was pretty cool. I did use my Wood veneer cardstock I bought from Amazon for the handle, it came with a few different messages you can use with it, I picked the hello you. Stamped a flower image on one of Tim Holtz's Vintage Label dies. Had to have some paper so I stamped off this piece and then took my hole punch and added holes along the side and finish it off with some florals.

•  Spellbinders Advent calendar- Hand stamp dies (wood veneer card stock for handle)
• Creative Worship - Your story stamp set (Paper, which I used my hole punch on the side)
• American Crafts - Art Journal stamp on paper
• Tim Holtz - Vintage Label die
• Wintertime - Art Journal stamp (flower on label)
• 49 and Market - Nostalgic Memories Laser cut florals

We made it through the storms, there were a few people throughout the city that lost trees that fell on cars and houses. The tornado touched down ten miles past us.

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

Connie