Birthday in Blue

 I saw this pretty pack of papers with these lovely florals over at Paperwihses.com I thought they would be such pretty focals for cards. The other side is pretty pattern paper but I can't cut up the pretty florals to use it so I used another paper pack to go with it. I cut a mat for the image with my pinking scissor. Also added some washi tape, a butterfly from a punched piece of smooshed ink paper, and finished it off with a combo of die cut and stamped sentiment.

• Hot off the press - Botanical Library 6x6 paper pack (focal image)
• Fiskars - Pinking scissor
• Park Lane - Old World Paper
• Ieebee - Fluttering blooms washi tape
• My Favorite things - Happy die
• Impression Obsession - Sentiments II stamp
• Pink and Main - Sentiment strip die
• Martha Stewart - Butterfly punch
• Gems

I would like to share my card today with Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Summertime Blues

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today and letting me know you did,

Connie

Never too much Happy

 I totally forgot to share a card I did with my group over Teams meeting. We did this fold and then we did a technique inside too.

• Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine - Layered Peonies stamp and dies
• DCWV - Papers
• Sequins
• Simon Says stamps - Tiny words birthday sentiment stamp
• Pink and Main - Sentiment strip dies

Inside

• Stampin up - Wood block leaf stamp from 2000
• Distress Oxide inks - Frayed Burlap, Faded Jeans and Scattered Straw

Inside we tore some tape add to our white card to mask off some strips. Then we did some inking and then stamped over with a background stamp.

I would like to share with  Neglected Stuff Challenge (Papers and Background stamp)

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

Connie

Remembering you

 I little while back I had made a sympathy card to have on hand if I needed it, well I did end up needing it, our friends brother passed away, so when I saw these challenges that I am including my card in today, I thought it might work for another card to have on hand when the time arises.

• Tim Holtz - Dot Fade Stencil using Antique Linen distress ink, Funky Nature dies
• ODBD - All Occasions sentiment stamp

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

Double D Challenge Feathers

Simply Clean & Simple Nature

Stencil Fun Challenge CAS design

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

Connie

Pure Happiness

 I had to play with some new goodies I saw when I went to my stamp store. The papers and Die cuts were just too cute, I thought my great niece might think it was cute too.

• Stamperia - Herbarium Silvae 8x8 papers and Die Cuts

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

Alphabet Challenge H is for Horticulture

NBUS Challenge Never before used schtuff

Word Art Wednesday Anything goes

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

Connie

Enjoy the ride

 Our Pastor's husband loves to ride his bike for exercise, he even started a riding group that goes out together to ride bikes. So I thought what better thing to use for his 40th birthday card.

I remembered I had this stamp from a cardmaking magazine that comes in different pieces so you can layer things on the bike and stamp them in different color inks.  I did not use the basket and flowers or the animals in the set. I stenciled the background with a cloud stencil and masked off the top bit so I could ink in the road. The balloon and sentiment stamp were also in the same set.

• Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine - Bike, balloon and sentiment stamps
• My Favorite Things - Cloud Stencil

I would like to share my card with these challenges:

Four Seasons Challenge Summer

Stencil Fun Challenge CAS design

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

Connie