Dragonfly

 I am sharing a masculine card today, I love this layering stamp dragonfly, this time I have him sitting on top of a wood slice, trying to figure out more ways to use that die.

I thought the sentiment was perfect for my brother, After stamping and cutting out I added a little sparkle to his wings you can see it better on the photo below. It needed a little bit more so I broke out my grass die.  I also added some crystal glaze to the grass to look like dew in the grass.

• The Greetery - wood slice die
• Hero Arts - Color layering dragonfly stamp
• Basic Grey - Periphery paper
• Impression Obsession - Grass die
• Nuvo - Crystal glaze
• Simon says stamps - Tiny words Birthday
• Spectrum clear sparkle pen

We are getting some relief from the high temps today :)  I hope out west is getting that too, and praying for all those caught in the storms this past weekend.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today and letting me know you did,

Connie

Cosmos

 The Flower Challenge Blog has a Clean and simple challenge, which is a challenge for me because the more the better in my book, LOL!  White space makes me nervous :) But I went for it and here is my result.

I used my layering dies for the flower and leaf, a strip of paper that a die cut a stitched border to and sprinkled some paint onto the background and added my die cut sentiment, it was quick because I have a stash of flowers already made up :)

• Gemini - Cosmo flower and sentiment dies
• Teresa Collins - He said she said paper
• Memory Box - Country stitches die
• Gem for the top of birthday ( lost the tiny die cut)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today, hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Connie

Centerpiece

 I shared a card last time for the girl that got married last year, but because of pandemic we couldn't have a shower for her. Well I think most of her friends and family must have bought presents for her last year because when I went on the registry there wasn't much to pick from, well I decided to get this cake plate for her. After I bought it I remembered seeing a picture of a cake plate that had a decoration on it instead of a cake and I thought that was a neat idea for those times that you don't have a cake.  

I remembered for my daughters wedding we had bought a bunch of these plates that were clear and had center pieces on them for her table decorations, they were in my garage all wrapped up nicely so I grabbed one, washed it up and made some flowers to put on top.  Her kitchen colors are navy blue and her favorite color is yellow so that is what I went for to make the arrangement. I also found a candle with the scent of lemonade to put in the center :)

I shaped the flowers by cutting them out from patterned paper with my dies and then lightly inking the edges with a little darker yellow ink, then I flipped them over and lightly misted with water before shaping them using my stylus and a foam mat, the centers were made by crunching together two of the smallest dies in the set, each flower was 5 layers.  The smallest flowers were punches that I shaped the same way to fill in the blank spaces. I used blue patterned paper for the leaves too!

The doily piece below was cut with my big scalloped dies.

Just before I was getting ready to wrap the present I thought I should show you how it looked on the wooden cake stand I bought for her. But it was to big for my light box I use for my cards so here it is on a table near the best lighting in my house :)

It was fun to create a project to go along with the gift :)

Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by today and say Hi,

Connie 

Happily Ever After

 Another young lady in our church got married last year during the Pandemic, she was only able to have their parents at the wedding so they decided to renew their vows on their Anniversary but invite everyone that they wanted to come to their wedding the first time. So the church ladies decided to give her the wedding shower she never had also.

It felt funny making a wedding card for someone that has already been married a year already and then I remembered this cute stamped image Birgit had sent me, I hadn't colored it yet because I just wasn't sure what I would use it for, but it was perfect for this shower.  I will have to say she just loved the card.

The saying in the card was something like walking hand in hand with the one I love ect. So I thought this image worked great.

• Stamp unknown - colored w/markers
• Echo park - Fine and Dandy papers
• PPD- Wavy stitched Rectangle die
• Impression Obsession - 6 in 1 Rectangle Frame die
• Spellbinders - Baby Buntings die
• Taylored Expressions - Many Minis - Occasions stamp sentiment
• Paper studio - Mint Gems

Hope your week is off to a good start, Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and let me know you have,

Connie

Skateboard Kiddo

 Time for a boy card, I don't know if my great nephew is into skateboarding but I like this little guy, he looks like he is having so much fun.

• Stampendous - Skateboard kiddo stamp, colored w/markers
• Spellbinders - Lg. Deckled Rectangle die
• BasicGrey - Oxford papers
• Honbay - Sentiment stamp

We are extremely HOT this weekend, the last few days the heat index has hit in the 100's.  I hope you all are staying safe out there if you are having the same kind of weather.

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

Connie