For the love of Birds

 I was following a girl on youtube as she opened the Advent Calendar from Diamond Press last year and I had gotten a die that I had already opened in a previous door, she had a cute bird on a branch die, and you know how I love my birds, so I was quite bummed when I didn't get that.  I mentioned it on the Diamond Press facebook group, and a few mentioned I needed to contact Diamond Press and see if there was anything they could do. I told them I would do that and I did. 

Meanwhile another girl mentioned a few days later that she didn't really care about that die and she would be willing to give it to me, I thought that was so sweet of her but I told her how I had contacted Diamond Press and wasn't sure what was going to happen there, she said she would send it anyway and if I get one from them I can pass it along to someone else.  Meanwhile on my post another girl mentioned the same thing happened to her.

I did hear back from Diamond Press and they said they had one left in the warehouse and they were sending it.  I ended up getting two of them now, so I sent the other one to the girl in my post that mentioned she didn't get one either, and I made the first girl a Thank you note for sending me her die and sent along some goodies to her, along with this card using the bird die :)

• Diamond Press Advent Calendar - Bird and Branch dies
• My Favorite Things - Cross stitch Rectangle die
• Basic Grey - Wholy Cow rub ons (sentiment)
• Paper from a friend

I am sharing today's card with Double D Challenge Birds

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

Connie

Card Fold

 In our online group meeting this month April showed us how to make this fold, and also We did a technique were we stamped a background using Distress Oxide inks and then added gold powder on top, before heat embossing we took a small brush and brushed off some of the embossing powder, giving it a bit of distress look to it.

• Hero Arts - Wallpaper stamped background with Crushed Olive Distress Oxide ink, embossed with gold embossing powder, brushing some away before embossing
• Spellbinders - Textured Flowers dies, smoosh ink technique then shaped
• Recollections - Rhinestone gems
• Crafter's Companion - Sentiment die

Inside panel 

• Memo card from Amazon
• Fabric Washi

There is a double panel inside, this is the first panel you see when opening it.

That Washi tape panel shows onto the front when it is closed but I couldn't get a good picture of that.

The next picture is the second panel were I will write my sentiment to the person getting this card.

This last picture gives you an idea of what it looks like from the top.

Sorry I don't have any of the measurements and I had a hard time getting it all folded right myself, I couldn't even begin to try and tell you how we did it, sorry.

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

Connie

February

 Yep that is right I made this card in February, I am just now getting around to sharing it, This flower came from the Diamond Press Advent Calendar,  I would like to try it again with different colors, I just wasn't sure I liked how this one turned out.

• Diamond Press - Advent Calendar 2024, Flower and leaves die cuts
• PoppyStamps - Eyelet stitches die
• Spellbinders - Advent Calendar 2024 Banner sentiment die
• Martha Stewart - Pearls

You can see a little better in the close up that i used a border die on that strip.

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

Connie

Day 3 flowers

 Using some more of the goodies from my Spellbinders advent Calendar. These flowers were so cute, I thought I would use them with a decorative die, using scraps from this paper pack.  Gotta save those little scraps you never know when you can use them right :) I used scrap green cardstock for the leaves.

• Spellbinders Advent Calendar 2024 - Flower dies, and Majestic Labels 25 die
• Teresa Collins - Tell your story papers
• Fiskars - Essential Sayings sentiment stamp

I am loving this set of flowers!

I am sharing my card today with A Cut Above blog anything goes

Hope you have a good weekend, we have rain coming Saturday night into Sunday but hopefully we will get out and get some yard work done Saturday, getting excited for spring weather that is here!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

Masculine

 I got out another of my coloring calendar images for my brother in law's birthday.  I also used another die from my Advent calendar.

• Coloring for Calm Calendar image - colored w/pencils
• Hero Arts - Birthday messages stamp
• Spellbinders Advent Calendar 2024 - Nested die (sentiment tag) inked

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie