Enjoy the little things

 Taking a little break from the Christmas cards for some more birthdays, they don't stop just because Christmas is coming. I used a lot of pattern paper on this one, I stamped my image on pattern paper and also the sentiment that I hand cut and then placed on black cardstock and cut around that too. The gold foiled butterfly and fern are extras that you can buy to go with the stamps and paper.

• Hot off the press - Mystic Garden, papers, stamps and Foiled Fancies
• Ribbon
• Sequins

I guess I didn't get a side view of this card, I popped up the stamped image.

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

Connie

Candle Light

 Back in October when I went to the stamp store over in Missouri, they had this candle die, this was before I bought the lantern die, and it came with two styles of candles, I used just the one here, I like how it has a separate die for candle wax to give it more dimension.  

• PPD - Burning candle die
• Tim Holtz - Funky Festive dies
• Momenta - Lot 6864 die for the branches
• Paper studio - Have a cozy Christmas paper

I am sharing my candle card with the  Card Concept Challenge The candles and the Pine swag and the wood wall background is what inspired my card in this challenge.

I have one more card to share today, I went looking through my coloring calendar images and found this star, colored using a few different yellows and added some sparkle to it. Embossed background to go with it, very clean and simple.

• Color for Calm 2017 coloring calendar image- colored w/markers
• Crafters Companion - Snowy Corner embossing folder
• Simon Says stamps - Tiny words Christmas

I still haven't addressed my cards yet but hoping to get that started today, how are you all doing?

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

Connie

HB2U

 Today's card will be shared in the Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge which is Music or something Musical.  Have I got you singing Happy Birthday to You :)

I needed a birthday card for my great nephew who is a teenager, I have the hardest time coming up with ideas for teen masculine cards, when I saw this challenge I decided to look through paper packs that were a little more on the masculine side and see if there was any sheet music in them and I found this piece, I went through the rest of the papers in the pack and one sheet was full of letters and numbers, so I cut them out, inked them up, and put them along the card, popping up a couple with foam tape.  The ticket was also in the paper pack so I just added a star I cut from glitter paper and a brad to attach it. Inked around the edges of the card too.

• DCWV - Tattered Time paper pack (paper, letters and ticket)
• DieVersions - Stitched Nesting stars die, cut from gold glitter paper
• Recollections - Brad

We finally have had time to get our Christmas lights on outside.  Now I just need to find time to get the inside done, hoping to get the tree set up today :)

 Hope you enjoy a wonderful weekend!

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

Connie

Wood

 Back to using more of the wood slices. I decided to do a stenciled background behind it, stenciling over some leaf pattern paper, hoping it shows depth,  like it is in the forest.  

• The Greetery - Robin and Wren stamp and die set, Wood Slices die and Mason Jar Filler stencil
• Provocraft - Soft Serenity paper
• Tim Holtz - Funky Floral #3
• Cardmaking magic - Birthday Verses stamp set
• Pen dots
• Butterfly sticker - gold in the stencil

I am sharing today's card with the Inspiration Station Challenge which is wood, it reminded me of our walks in the woods when we see falling trees and birds all around.

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

Connie

Light

 In my stamp group our challenge for the month of November was to use Light on our cards, I had recently bought this lantern die at Hobby Lobby and so you know I had to use that.  The first two cards uses the greenery that comes with the die but the last card I used my other die cuts to embellish.

I have to give a thank you to my hubby, I just didn't know how to do the lantern because the candle seemed to blend in with my background, then hubby said do you have any vellum you could put behind and add ink for a glow, yes I do and off I went, love the results.

• Momenta - Lantern die Lot 6864
• DCWV - Gold foil cardstock
• Vellum inked w/ fossilized Distress ink
• Paper Studio - Have a cozy Christmas paper

Momenta - Lantern die Lot 6864

Black Mirri card

Vellum inked w/ fossilized Distress ink

My Mind's eye - O Christmas tree paper

• Momenta - Lantern die Lot 6864
• DCWV - Gold foil cardstock
• Vellum inked w/ fossilized Distress ink
• Paper Studio - Have a cozy Christmas paper
• Tim Holtz - Funky Festive dies 

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

Connie