Thinking of you

 My brother in law has had a rough time of it lately and ended up having to have surgery, and we wanted to let him know we were praying for him.  I decided to use another of the new birds I bought, this time framing him with a wood frame.

• Tim Holtz - Bird & Egg, colorize die
• Hero Arts - Wood Frame infinity die
• Cosmo Cricket - Fleuriste paper
• Spellbinders - Large Deckled Rectangle die
• My sentiments exactly - Thinking of you stamp

I am sharing today's card with Double D Challenge which is Birds ect.

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

Connie

Baby Boy

 Friends from church just had a baby boy.  Using an old stamp set that is my go to for baby cards :)

• Cornish Heritage Farms - Baby Dear, colored w/markers
• Echo Park - Find and Dandy paper
• Spellbinders - Labels 20, lacey ovals and inverted scalloped circles
• PPD - Stitched Banner die

Is anyone else having problems with Bloglovin?  I have not been able to get on and the email updates I get the links say sorry they are down.  Hoping I am not missing out on too many posts.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend, especially to those Mother's celebrating Mothers day tomorrow!

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

Connie

Woodland Friends

 Needed another masculine card, and I remembered my Graphic 45 goodies I had bought last year and thought they needed more time to play, I ended up using even more than I had planned to, so many great tags and frames in this set. I couldn't quite find the paper I wanted to use with them until my scraps in this pack fell out onto the desk and said here you go :)

My stamped sentiment fit perfectly inside the banner :)

• Graphic 45 - Woodland Friends collection (die cuts, banners and tags)
• Crate Paper - DIY Shop paper
• Whimsy Stamps - Simple Sentiments
• Recollection - Brad
• Making Memories - Autumn Splendor Ribbon

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

Connie

Chickadee

 Can you tell I am on a bird kick :)  This time I added a flower with it.  I love this new layered bird die and I have also done a few that were not traditional chickadee colors, we will see if I end up using them. I cut him out with all white cardstock and then used markers to color the different layers. I tore the corner piece off and inked it to reveal some paper behind.

• Simon Says stamps - Layered Chickadee die, colored w/markers
• The Greetery - Wood slice die
• Inkssentials - Enamel accents black for eye
• Teresa Collins - Tell your story paper
• Elizabeth Craft designs - Happy Birthday die
• Gem to dot the i
• Flower given to me from friend and I colored it with markers

I am adding todays card to the Simon Says Challenge which is anything goes, 

and Sisterhood of crafters Challenge April showers bring may flowers.

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

Connie

Bird birthday

 Using some more of my bird stickers for another Masculine card.

• Anna Griffin - Avian Collection bird sticker
• 49 and Market - 6x8 Vintage Artistry Essentials Paper, Banner and leaves
• Hero Arts - It's your day sentiment stamp
• Ki - Metal Accents

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today and hope you have a blessed Sunday,

Connie