Wedding Shower

Our Pastors son is getting married and our church had a wedding shower for them yesterday.

This was very untraditional for me but I thought it fit the two of them.

Inkadinkado "for the birds" stamp set, colored with markers

EK success flower added to the vine w/ Queen & co. sunflower yellow rhinestone

Spellbinder Classic Oval large, Big Scallop Oval, Ribbon Banners dies

Martha Stewart punch around the page punch, I then embossed it with Cuttlebugs Textile Embossing folder

Basic Grey Sugar Rush Paper

Hampton Art, doodlebug design sentiment stamp

Distress ink in old paper

Recollections Bling on a Roll

We have had more rain go through, one good thing is I haven't had to water the garden, God has been taking care of that for me lately :)  The moles have also decided that it would be nice to dig around in there.  I have a fence up to keep the rabbits out and the moles are getting in there from underneath.... you just can't beat the critters can you.

Hope you all have enjoyed your weekend,
Thanks so much for stopping by,
Connie

Birthday Present

This little image is from Daisy Dandelions & friends (stamp set w/Cardmaking and Papercrafts magazine)

I colored the image with colored pencils.

The sketch is from Mojo 116.

Spellbinder Classic circles and Peony dies

Hampton art doodlebug designs sentiment stamp

Peaches and cream yarn

Prima's Alla-Prima collection paper

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

You're the star

This is for my 17 year old great nephew, guy cards are hard to do but teenage boy cards are even harder... guess I need to invest in more stuff for that age group.

Sentiment is from HOTP Cardmakers card quotes. Yellow chalk to hightlight the word star.
K&co. paper
Spellbinders Long classic rectangles small dies
Imagination Project Coaster stars
Distress Tea Dye ink

Beautiful sun shining morning, the birds are singing, all is well :)

Hope you are enjoying a good day too,
Thanks so much for stopping by,
Connie

Garden of happy wishes

I was having a hard time with this card, I had picked out designer paper, had the sentiment and framing stamped out and the bird, but just wasn't happy with it.  My hubby came into the room and said the colors are all wrong that's the problem, he pulled out some scrap sheets of cardstock and said this is what you need to use, so I found the same color in the card base I used and it was his idea to emboss the background and add the flower punch at the bottom.  I originally had flower paper for the background.

DCWV card base was embossed with Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls embossing folder, then sanded.
Sentiment framing and bird are all from Darcie Stamps (JCS149)
Martha Stewart border punch (flowers) colored the flowers with marker
Fiskar border punch (grass)

This isn't quite the color scheme I would have went for and it is strange for me not to have at least a small piece of designer paper on a card, but it is growing on me :)

Hope you all made it safely through the storms that went through the country this past weekend. We had strong thunderstorms with heavy winds but other than that all is good.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and have a GREAT week!
Connie

Puffy flowers

This card is going to my Great Niece who is turning 7.

My mind's eye Quite Contrary papers
The sentiment and the paper flowers are from the same paper pack, I added white Signa pen details to the paper flowers to match the felt flower.  Also added some making memories buttons to the paper flowers.

Paper Studio pink Mulberry paper

The felt flower is from Ki memores and is called puffies, they are stuffed and have stitching around the edges as well as the button.

I thought it needed a bit more bling so I added Stampendous Class A Peel stickers to the sentiment tag and to some of the flowers in the paper.

Here is a side view to see the bling stickers a little better.

We had rain yesterday, thunderstorms last night and another this morning.  I think my newly planted green peppers and my strawberries are getting plenty of water.
My daughter and son in law are coming down here for the day, can't wait to see them!
Hope you all have good plans for the weekend,
Thanks so much for stopping by,
Connie