Monday, June 30, 2025

Field Notes

 My little brother loved this card, using the clipboard die, I put a couple of pieces of paper under the clip, stamping on both, so he could flip and see what was under.


  • Tim Holtz - Vault Noteworthy dies (clipboard, arrow clip and tab) Field Notes stamp set
  • 49 and Market - Curators Meadow Paper and Vintage Blushed Sage Rub ons

So fun to play with those clipboards :)

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

Connie

Friday, June 27, 2025

Florals

 It was time to do some coloring again, using an older stamp that was in one of the cardmaking magazines.


  • Scrapbooking made simple - A simple Hello, great day stamp, colored w/markers
  • Crafter's companion - Advent calendar paper
  • Spellbinders - Floral Ovals die (from scrap paper)
  • Open Studio - Gold foiled greet tab
  • Gems

I would like to share my card with the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge 

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today, Hope you all have a great weekend and get some relief for those in the heat of it all.

Connie

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Masculine Blessings

 It is not hard to find things that have been neglected in my room of goodies, so I went looking for something for our friends birthday and found this classic stamp that looks like an old chalkboard, I haven't used it in like 7 years, that is just a shame.


  • ODBD - Chalkboard Birthday stamp
  • Spellbinders - Classic Rectangle Lg. die
  • Basic Grey - Periphery Paper
  • Pebbles - Glitter candy dots


I am sharing today's card with Neglected Stuff Challenge (chalkboard stamp)

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope the rest of you are making it through this HOT weather with heat index in the 100's.  I have been limiting my time outdoors, just going out to check on my plants quick and water them and then back in the house for a shower, crazy, hope our whole summer isn't like this.

Connie

Monday, June 23, 2025

Days Of Christmas

 In our stamp group the challenge was to make cards using themes from 12 Days of Christmas, I just so happened to have gotten some stamped images from Penny Black years ago from one of the girls that use to be in our group. I just have had them in the envelope not really sure what to do with them, but this challenge was the perfect way for me to get them out and use them. All colored with markers. I also forgot to write down the papers I used in the first two but they were from a cardmaking magazine.


  • Memory Box - Stitched circle layers die
  • PPD - scalloped Snowflake die

  • Spellbinders - Classic Square large die
  • Tim Holtz - Funky Festive dies


  • PPD - Mini stitched layers die
  • ODBD - Christmas 2014 papers

  • PPD - Mini Stitched Square die
  • ODBD - Christmas 2014 paper


  • Spellbinders - Classic Square Large die
  • ODBD - Christmas 2014 papers
  • Silver pen around image
That is it, she gave me these 5 days, and I used them all :)

Thanks for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

Friday, June 20, 2025

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

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

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

Monday, June 16, 2025

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

Friday, June 13, 2025

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

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

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

Monday, June 9, 2025

Branch Frame

 When I saw this die set I just loved the possibilities with it, and it comes with so many dies. I loved that it came with it's own bird too :)


  • Honeybee - Lovely Layers Seasonal Frame die set
  • Craft Consortium - Wood Textures paper
  • Papercraft Inspriation - Greetings stamp
  • Tim Holtz - Vintage Labels die
  • Diamond Dotz (along the vine)

I am sharing todays card with the following challenges:


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

Connie

Saturday, June 7, 2025

Graduation

 I have 3 great nephews graduating this year. I don't have anything for just that is strictly for graduation so I went looking through my stuff to see what I could use and found a few things to put together.


  • Close to my heart - Frames, tags, borders stamp set (adding a gem at the graduation on the list)
  • Spellbinders - Labels one die
  • Memory Box - Contour Typewriter Keys dies (for grad)
  • Old number stickers I have with no name on them for the year


  • Lawn Fawn - Big scripty words stamp and die set
  • Inkadinkado - Curly Q Alphabet stamp set (numbers)
  • Spellbinders - Back to Basics Tag die w/ gold brads
  • BasicGrey - Basics White paper


  • Crafter's companion - Foil Transfer sentiment using silver foil
  • My sentiments exactly - Little birdie stamp set (so proud of you, stamped with silver ink)
  • Sequins
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Bees and Butterflies

 Sharing a paper pack I saw the last time I went to the Stamp store over in Missouri, all the pretty yellows jumped out at me so pretty, I am just a sucker for these pretty paper packs with ephemera. The sentiment and the little butterfly tag are old things but all the rest is new.


  • Paper Rose studio - Bees & Butterflies Quick card collection
  • Memory Box - Greeting tab
  • Cardmaking magazine - Butterfly rag
  • Brad and Diamond Dotz


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

NBUS Challenge Never before used Schtuff
Sisterhood of Crafters Flowers challenge

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

Connie

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

New goodies

 I had to have the new die set from Tim Holtz with the mini clip board, when I saw his video of it, I had to order it. I can see a lot of fun things to do  with it.  I also used some other goodies from him.


  • Tim Holtz - Vault Noteworthy dies, Field Notes stamp set and Cello Tape
  • Recollections - Mixed Media paper


I am sharing todays card with Simon Says Monday Challenge Tim Holtz products

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

Connie

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Blue Bird

 Hubby and I have been very surprised in the amount of Blue Jays we have been seeing this spring, gave me inspiration for this card, even though he isn't a blue jay he is a blue bird :)  I used some dimensional stickers from Hobby Lobby for the bird to rest upon and framed it all with a wooden die cut frame. Had to add some stenciled clouds to the background :)


  • Tim Holtz - Feathered Friends die and small talk sticker sentiment
  • Paper Studio - Dimensional stickers
  • Hero Arts - Wood Frame infinity die
  • My Favorite things - Cloud Stencil


Hope you are enjoying your weekend. We have warmer temps now, sure feels like summer but our skies are hazed over by all the smoke coming down from Canada's fires.  I sure hope that the firefighters are able to get it under control, I can't imagine what it must be like up North.

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

Connie