How are you?

This next card went out to the young lady in our church that plays the piano, she has been recently married and they have a little black kitty, that is why I had to add the kitty into this scene :)

A friend sent me this stamped fence a few years ago and I am just now using it, colored with markers.  I added some grass die cuts, the cat and some butterflies that are getting his attention :)

Stamped fence - unknown, colored w/markers
My Mind's eye - the sweetest things papers
Impression Obsession - small grass and cat set dies
Sentiment stamp - unknown
Butterflies from stash

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
Hope you enjoy a fun and creative weekend,

Connie

Bee Happy

As I was looking at this on my computer I so wish I would have done the Happy sentiment die in Black, I already had so much yellow going on and in person I could see the Happy I thought but in this picture not so much, Oh well it has already gone out in the mail so too late this time.

I embossed the background in my folder and then took it out and just swiped my ink pad over the background, layered my flower on put it on the Hexagon die, the bee is in 3 layers and I used vellum for his wings.

Spellbinders - Hexagons and Anemone flower topper dies
Elizabeth Craft designs - Bees die
Paper studio - Honeycomb embossing folder, swiped with ink pad

Now when you are sharing a "bee" happy card you need to share Peach blossoms, something that makes this girl happy :)  This was from our outing on March 30th, we have a farm just down the road from us and their peach trees were starting to bloom, such a lovely site!

After we left the peach trees we went to a park for a walk and the trees were just starting to bud, and this one had some really cool buds on it, not sure what kind of tree it is but the branches were low enough I could actually get a decent picture.

There are a few trees still blooming around us but most have already lost their blooms and they are all green now, so going back and looking at these was nice!

Hope you are all staying well wherever you are!!

Hugs,
Connie

Coloring

 For the year of 2020 I bought a new kind of daily coloring calendar, I was going to wait to use them and then I thought why?  This one is Johanna Basford, the papers in her set seem to be a bit thicker than the others I have bought. They are a bit wider and longer too, practically 4 1/2 x 4 1/4.

I colored this first one with pencils and the second with markers, just to see which I think I like better.

Johanna Basford - coloring calendar image, colored w/pencils
s.e.i. - bright blossoms paper
Spellbinders - Lacey squares and Labels 29 dies
Fiskars - Essential sayings stamp set

Johanna Basford - coloring calendar image, colored w/markers
Wink of stella clear glitter pen
Fiskars - Essential sayings stamp
Scraps of paper

I think I liked the coloring of the both, I heard a tip somewhere I wish I would have written it down that said to use paper under the piece you are coloring that it helps pull the marker through or something like that, anyway I tried that on this one and it seemed to work ok, but like I said this paper is a little thicker than the other daily coloring calendars I have bought so it could be that too.

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

Connie

Punched Background

Our stamp groups challenge for last week was to do a punched background of one item over and over again and then to add a stamp on top.  I went through my punches and decided to use my butterfly punch and then looked for a stamp to go with it. I haven't used this stamp in quite sometime and it even comes with a die to cut it out so no need to fussy cut.

I meant to do the whole background with punched butterflies but didn't measure things out correctly so I added a piece of patterned paper to the base. I colored the butterflies with markers and added a die cut sentiment.

Martha Stewart - Butterfly punch
Our Daily Bread designs - Faith, colored w/markers
Die- Versions - Blessings die
Quick cards magazine - Floral papers

I have found that it is ok to punch out one or two items but wow anymore than that and my hands have a hard time with it, after this project I am so thankful for whoever thought to make dies to cut out our goodies :)  I can remember the first punch I bought and thought that was the neatest thing ever.  I still have all my punches too.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful week ahead!

Hugs,
Connie

Basket of flowers

My card making groups challenge this week was to use a basket on your card.  I haven't used this Gina K stamp set in quite sometime, so I decided to make my girlfriends card with it.  I don't make many 5 inch cards but I plan on dropping this off on her porch along with her gift, so it doesn't have to go through the mail :)

The flowers are separate from the basket as are the handles, you can leave them off if you like, I attached mine with brads.  The extra flower and leaf I colored up to go with my sentiment, that I lifted up in the middle to make it look like a banner flowing in the wind.  Cut a crochet border for the basket to sit on.  Everything was fussy cut. The flowers in the basket have been popped up.

Gina K - Holiday Basket stamp set, colored w/markers
Prima - Alla - Prima paper
Sizzix, Tim Holtz - Crochet die
Brad

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by, Hope you enjoy a fun and creative weekend.

Connie