Autumn Lakeside

 I love these designs for guy cards, this one for my oldest brother. I used papers and diecuts from the same set, other than the orange came from Tim Holtz's new paper pack. I fussy cut the stone paper to look like a stone wall. Mounted the image onto some die cuts and used a die for the sentiment.

• Paper Rose studio - Lakeside Memories, 6x6 paper pack for the rock border and embossed die cuts
• Tim Holtz - Pallete Collection Orange paper
• Spellbinders - Classic Inverted Scalloped circles die
• Elizabeth Craft Designs - Happy Birthday die

You can see the embossing these images have on them, gives that extra something.

I would like to share my card today with Seize the Birthday Challenge - Fall colors.

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

Connie

Wreath and Basket

 Sharing two more Crystal Art cards from the kits I got.  More that I was able to hand deliver to friends.

Craft Buddy - Crystal Art card kits

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Connie

Thoughts and Prayers

 I was the lucky receiver of some collage papers that Leslie had that she thought I might get more use out of and I used one on my card today.  I started off with a background I had made using glossy cardstock that I have had in my container of backgrounds I have made, it was in all blues but I wasn't very fond of it until adding the collage paper on top it now looks pretty good :)

• Background made from Glossy card stock and inks
• Tim Holtz - Serendipity Collage papers and 2x3 collage card
• Spellbinders - Candlewick Rectangles and sentiment dies
• 49 and Market - Vintage Artistry Serenity Postage Washi
• Inky Antics - Simple Sentiments stamp

 

I would like to share my card with Simon Says Monday Challenge Make your own background

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

Connie

Deepest Sympathy

 Sharing the card I made for my sister after her hubby passed. It felt so weird not to go to the funeral but my sister said she knows how long that drive is and we had just seen them the week before he passed and how much he appreciated us stopping by on our way back home from Michigan. Hubby was having a very intensive week at work so I would have gone by myself and that would have been rough.  

She had gotten a new walk in shower put in that she has to make payments on so we sent her the money we would have had to use for gas to get back there and she was much appreciative of that, helps me feel a little better about not making it but still felt strange not to be there. So sad he passed before it was installed but she is having hard time getting in and out now so it will be nice for her.

• 49 and Market - Vintage Artistry Essentials 6x8 papers and Ephemera bits
• Fiskars - Essential sayings sentiment stamp
• Nuvo Crystal drops

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

Connie

A dream

 For my purple loving friend :)  She has mentioned before how she likes sentiments that aren't always the expected so when I saw this sentiment on one of the journaling cards I thought that would be a neat birthday sentiment, as we dream for what we think the next year will bring :) 

I also added some ephemera to the top of the journaling card using some foam tape to lift it up, also a butterfly since she loves those too on the left side.

• Prima - Aquarelle Dreams 6x6 paper, Ephemera (flowers and butterfly) and Journaling cards

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today, hope you all have a great weekend. I am all excited that next week we are supposed to have a cool down, no more 90's feels like the 100's!! I am going to get a lot of yard work done, I hope anyway.

Connie