Sealed

 I love the look of the wax seals but with all the bulk of them I have never bought them, well I saw these stamped ones and I was able to buy the kit that also had dies with them to cut the flowers and the faux string, so I bought it.  I added some crystal glaze to the seal to make it look more like wax.

• LDRS - Sealed with Good wishes stamps and dies Kit 274
• Nuvo Crystal Glaze on Seal

If you are interested in the stamps and dies, I purchased them from HSN, but I am thinking they may be sold elsewhere, I just haven't seen them anywhere else.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by, Have a great weekend, Summer is HERE!!

Connie

Young boy

 One of my fellow cardmakers sent me a few stickers to use on my cards and I am finally getting around to using some of them, I thought this one would be cute for a great nephew on my hubby's side of the family, I like the vintage look of the image but decided to go with more fun papers with it.

• Playtime kitties sticker
• Carta Bella - Alphabet Junction papers
• Kat Scrappiness - Mini Slimline Double stitch die
• Spellbinders - A2 Distressed Edges die
• Honbay - Sentiment stamp

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

Connie

Stitching

 When I saw this challenge from the Penny Black Saturday challenge blog I thought it would be a great addition for the card I wanted to make for a friend of mine. I used a Paper piercing template for the design, I used the small scallop and the straight edges to make up a frame for these flowers. I stitched it using 2 strands of floss. 

• Penny Black - Rose Bowl stamp, colored w/Spectrum noir Sparkle pens
• Stampin up - Paper Piercing Pack Essentials w/ 2 strands of floss for the stitching
• Gina K - Sentiment stamp
• Memory Box - Paper

I tried to get a close up picture of the sparkle the pens left behind but it still doesn't show up well. I hope the sparkle at least last until my friend receives this in the mail.

A friend that is a substitute teacher gave me that stampin up piercing set when a fellow coworker was retiring from teaching and she was getting rid of all the stuff that was in her classroom, I hope to be using more of them in the future for stitching on cards. I had never heard of them so I googled it and the few you tubes I have watched of them they just used them for piercing with no stitching, but I like the idea of using them as templates to stitch.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today, and hope you have a great week ahead,

Connie

Wander and Wonder

 Playing with more ephemera and washi tape postage and used some scraps of paper from my scraps bin.

• 49 and Market - Nature Study General Elements (mushrooms, butterfly and sentiment) Ticket Essentials and Curator Meadow Postage washi tape
• Scrap paper, dotted and ledger

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today and hope you enjoy a wonderful weekend,

Connie

Flowers and bird

 I don't know that there is a better combo than birds and flowers :)  Using some ephemera pieces once again and since it was being hand delivered I was able to use more of my big gems and pearls with it :)

• Tim Holtz - Organic Layers Ephemera (bird and Flowers) and Rose Design tape
• Crafter's Companion - Paper from Advent Calendar
• Memory Box - Sentiment tag
• Queen & co. - Pave Gem
• Kaiser - Pearls

I am sharing my card today with Simon Says Monday  Monochrome challenge There is pink in the flowers, bird and paper 

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

Connie