Pop up box

 I haven't used my pop up box die in quite awhile, so I thought it would be nice to get it out and make a little scene with it for my niece (which is also my godchild) I used a lot of die cuts to make this so I will be sharing with A cut above challenge which this month is anything goes.

• Spellbinders - Scalloped Pop up box die
• Spellbinders - Mushrooms dies from Advent calendar 2023
• Spellbinders - Ferns, Delicate Asters and Foliage Flourish dies
• Fiskars - grass punch
• Washi tape - Amazon
• K&co. - Sentiment sticker
• Crafters Companion- Butterfly stamp and dies set from Crafter's companion Advent calendar

It all folds up flat and fits in the envelope, she received it a few days ago and loved it!

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

Connie

With Love

 I still have a couple Autumn cards to post :)  I die cut the flowers and the leaf border and while the cardstock was still in the die I did a little bit of inking of the flowers  with my dauber and inked the rest after taking out of the die cut. I saved a few of the strings from my tea bags for my junk journals but thought they would be nice with these flowers.

• Memory Box - Autumn border die w/Distress inks Gathered twig, worn lipstick and abandoned coral
• Spellbinders - Asters and Poppies die set
• Graphic Fairy - Postcard digital
• String

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

Connie

Perfect day

 I love this image from Graphics Fairy, such pretty bird in an Autumn scene, I found this paper pack at JoAnn's on sale, couldn't pass it up, thought it went very well with the image.

• Graphics Fairy - digital image
• Spellbinders - Candlewick Rectangle die
• Park Lane - Old World paper
• Wintertime crafts - Vintage collection sticker book (sentiment)
• Sequins

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend, we are getting our first measurable snow as they are calling it, everything is white and pretty, so far we have an inch and should be around for awhile since we don't get above freezing.

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

Connie

Happy Thanksgiving

 My last card that went to my daughter, I have had this sticker for quite some time but every year forgot to use it, well this year I finally remembered :)  To make it a little extra special I cut the base of the card out with a die by placing the die just under the cutting line at the top and then cut the die once again out of pattern paper and glued it over the base.  

I had to laugh when I went to stand it up it just tilted to the side because the bottom had one little spot in the middle that stuck down lower then the rest so I just cut enough off so it would sit flat to the table :) After die cutting the frame for the sticker I inked all around to bring out the rope look to the die.

• Miss Elizabeth's - Fall leaves sticker set (cornucopia)
• Kat Scrappiness - Mini Slimline Stitched Rope
• Spellbinders - Labels 29 die
• DCWV - Natural Stack paper
• Cloud 9 design - Rain dots

Wishing all of you in the States a very Happy Thanksgiving, so thankful for the friends I have made throughout the world :)

Hugs,

Connie

Twofer Background

 I made two cards using the same stamp and also the same die cut for the background.  The cardstock was a little lighter then I wanted so I decided to ink it up, as I was getting ready to ink it after die cutting, I thought how it looked like a stencil and then thought I need to make my second background at the same time, so I took a piece of cardstock a little bigger then the die cut and added my die cut over it and did my inking over the die cut, when I pulled it away I thought it looked great.

I added some pattern paper behind the die cut on the first one.

• Tim Holtz - Simple Plaid background die
• Crafter's Companion - Advent Calendar Stamped pumpkins in barrel color w/markers
• Memory Box - Stitched Circle layers die
• Poppystamps - Nordic Rings die
• EK success - Pumpkin and Leaf punches
• JoAnn Scrapbook - Vellum Sentiment

I decided to do the card horizontal this time and change up the dies behind the stamped image.

I think I actually like this background better than the original :)

• Tim Holtz - Simple plaid die used as a stencil for background
• Crafter's companion - Advent calendar stamp, colored w/markers
• Spellbinders - Labels 4
• PPD - A2 Stitched banner die
• JoAnn Scrapbook - Vellum Sentiment sticker
• EK Success - Pumpkin and leaf punches

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

Connie