Get well soon

 My friend recently had knee surgery, so yes once again I used that paper pack but I added a printed image from Graphic Fairy this time. The image had a blank space so I added a stamped sentiment to it.  I matted the image onto cardstock and used dimensional tape on the back. Before applying I added some twine that I wrapped around a couple times and tied it off with a bow!

• 49 and Market - Peach 6x8 mini collection paper
• Graphics Fairy - Printed image
• Spellbinders - A2 matting basics A die
• Hero Arts - Everyday sayings sentiment stamp
• Twine

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

Connie

Thinking of you

 One of the girls in our cardmaking group lost her brother.  The tag in this sticker pack already had a gold leaf on it, but looked a little empty so I added another flower sticker to it. The border is a sticker out of the pack too. Sentiment is a stamp. I used a piece of paper from my scrap bin.

• Recollections - Stickers (Frame, Flower and Border)
• The Greetery - Thinking of you sentiment stamp
• Scrap paper

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Connie

Autumn Embossing

 Using more of the papers I shared in my last card. This time using a new to me embossing folder, I have had it for some time but just never gave it a try and I decided to use pattern paper with it to see how that would look. This embossing folder cut the inside of the flowers out, so I added orange strips to the back to make the cut out parts stand out against all that pattern. Then I took my small ink brush and added some inks to the raised areas of the embossing.

• 49 and Market - Peach 6x8 mini collection
• Spellbinders - Blooming Sprigs Cut & Emboss folder, inking on raised areas
• Diamond Press - Ribbon die

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Connie

Best Birthday

 Well I did it, I bought the same paper pack twice.  I hear about others doing it but it finally happened to me. The stamp store has a clearance section and I only go there a few times a year, so when I went this last time and they had these papers that I thought would look great for my Autumn cards and it was 40% off I just had to get it. When I was going through my papers for another card, guess what I found, yep the same paper pack that I had already bought off her clearance the time before must be because that one was 40% off too, at least I got them both on sale.  So since I had two packs of the same papers I decided to see if I could use up one of the packs this Autumn since I will have a whole other pack to use.  So you will be seeing a lot of it over the next month :)  The time before I had picked up some laser cuts too so I have enough for both paper packs probably.

• 49 and Market - Peach 6x8 Mini collection paper, Peach Laser cut Elements (Flowers and tag behind it, butterfly, Sentiment tag and Faux ribbon)
• Simon Says stamps - Tiny words Birthday sentiment stamp

I would like to share my card today with Word Art Wednesday anything goes challenge

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

Connie

Picture show

 I had to use this reel again I think it is so neat. I cut the smallest images I could find to fit in each little slot of the picture reel that you could somewhat tell what it was. and used a film strip behind it. Used some of Tim's new paper pack for the background and the middle of the reel is a sticker from Amazon.

• Tim Holtz - Neutral papers, Vault Picture show dies and Clippings Sticker book (sentiment)
• Amazon - Sticker

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

Connie

90th Birthday

 A lady that use to attend our church that is now in Assisted Living, has just celebrated her 90th birthday. I used an image from the Hunkydory book of images.  Some washi tape to add the number onto so it isn't floating and a sticker sentiment onto the image, bottom right corner.

• Hunkydory - Garden of Dreams pocket images
• Tim Holtz - Palette collection, Pink paper
• Spellbinders - Square, Circle and Lacey circle dies
• Martha Stewart - Numbers stamp set
• Ieebee - Fluttering blooms washi tape
• SRM Stickers - Thinking of you sticker set

I am sharing today's card with Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Add a number Challenge

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

Connie

Get well Soon

 I know I said I would post guy cards every other one but there has been challenges that I am using things for ladies cards, I will get back to the guy cards :)  I am really trying hard to use more Advent calendar goodies before I start opening my new one in December and I managed to use quite a bit on this one card. A lady in our church had back surgery.

I started with coloring this pretty stamp, cutting it out with a wavy die from the set and using an embossing folder and sentiment too. I added a die cut to go between the embossing and pattern paper.

• Diamond Press - Advent Calendar 2025- Stamp set (flowers and sentiment, colored w/markers, wavy Square die, embossing folder
• Cheery Lynn Designs - Alison's Ribbons die
• BasicGrey - Porcelain paper

Here is a close up of the embossing folder, I think this is the prettiest folder of all the ones I have gotten from Advent calendars.

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

Simon Says Monday Challenge Think Pink

Can you handle the Pressure Optional birthday

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today, I am a little behind again on visiting blogs but I am trying hard to catch up.

Connie

Fold Card

 I did this card with my group over Teams and I totally forgot to write down the measurements as we were making it this time. With all the folds it is a thick card but I was able to hand deliver it to a lady in our church so that was ok. I hope if you want to give it a try you can figure out a way to make it with your own measurements.

• DCWV - Linen Closet paper
• Simply Cards and Papercrafts Magazine - Layered Peonies stamp and die set
• Ecstasy Crafts - Birthday Stickers, colored w/marker
• Martha Stewart - Butterfly punch
• Paper Studio - Gems

I didn't get a very good close up but gave it to her before checking my pictures.

I would like to share my card today with Just us Girls Challenge Move

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

Connie

Tag Birthday

 I was looking for something else when I came upon these Hunkydory papers and ephemera for card making, I can not remember where or when I got them they were not with anything like it, so not sure how they were stored this way. Glad I came upon them, they made a pretty card for my nephews wife. 

• Hunkydory - Deluxe card collection (papers, tags and borders)
• Open Studio - Greeting tabs Round, with gold pen around the edges
• Ribbon and String

I love the gold touches to it!

I would like to share my card today with Simon Says Monday Challenge Tag it

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

Connie

Masculine Birthday

 I went to my scraps to make this card, I keep all things after cutting things out just incase I can use them and this frame is one of them.  The background papers are many thin strips I had left over and the piece in the center is from a box.  The images are one from the junk journal stickers I bought on Amazon. Finished off with some gems, this one was hand delivered to one of our guy friends so I could use the bigger gems.

• Amazon - Junk Journal Stickers
• Basic Grey - Periphery paper
• Ecstasy Crafts - Happy Birthday Silver stickers
• Frame from left over of cutting out rectangle dies, corrugated cardboard
• Queen & Co. - Nightfall Gems

I would like to share my card today with Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge Frame it!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

Chirp for Joy

 I found this cardmaking magazine at Barnes and Nobles with many bird stamps inside and I just had to get it.  I colored him like a woodpecker since that is the bird I enjoy watching eating from our suet. I had to have something for the suet to hang from so I die cut a branch, added a brad to look like it is nailed to the branch and added some flowers.

• Creative Stamping Magazine - The Beauty of Birds stamp set, colored w/markers, sentiment stamp from same stamp set
• Spellbinders - Labels 29 and Cherry Blossom Dies
• Recollections - Brad
• K&co.- Hannah cardstock pad

I would like to share my card with the Triple B Challenge

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Connie

Special Delivery

 I have a lot of male birthdays in my family in the Fall. I will try to separate them so I don't have all men's post and do the gals in between :) The grid in the background was stamped, and the notebook page. The only thing that isn't the 49 and Market dies is the paper and sticker I used on the front piece.

• 49 and Market - Creative Combo's Stamps and dies
• Basic Grey - Periphery Papers
• Amazon Stickers

I would like to share my card with Word Art Wednesday Challenge

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Connie

Good times

 I found this pack of cute die cuts at my stamp store and they just fell into my basket. I found a brad I thought would work with the tag, added the sentiment and popped up the little mouse.  Remembered some washi tape faux postage stamps and thought it went well so added that too :)

• Paper Rose studio - Strawberry Friends Quick Cards die cuts
• Raspberry Road designs - Love Lives Here paper
• Spellbinders - A2 Matting basics A die
• Basic Grey - Brad
• 49 and Market - Artoptions Rouge Postage Stamp Washi roll

Sharing with NBUS Challenge anything new

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

Connie

Bloom

 Using more of the pretty laser cuts and some new paper from Tim Holtz :) I just love how they can make paper look like real lace.

• Tim Holtz - Neutral Papers
• 49 and Market - Willow Mini Laser Cut Elements

I would like to share my card with Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Anything goes

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

Connie