Good Life

 I forgot to share the birthday card I made for my hubby at the beginning of December. I had to laugh when he opened it up he said is this your 49 and Market, LOL!  I used them for his anniversary card too, maybe for Valentines day I will have to go with something different :)

I just love the laser cut items they had in this pack, I thought this wrought iron gate would go nicely with the birds on the branches. Did a bit of sponge inking around the base and sentiment.  It worked great on a mini slimline card base.

• 49 and Market - 6x8 Curators Meadow paper and Meadow Laser cut elements, inking around edges and sentiment

I popped up the birds and branch with some foam tape for a little dimension.

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

Connie

Aaargh!

 I brought out this stamp set again to make this little scene for my great nephew.  Sponged the background added some white gel pen for waves in the water. I had to stamp the pirate again and color him and fussy cut him out to add his body and chest to the background, my coloring wouldn't cover up the sponging I had done.

 

• Stampendous - Changito Pirates stamp set, colored w/markers, fussy cut pirate, chest and bird
• Stampendous - Meadow Edge stamp (birds)
• Sponged background with ink and added white gel pen for the waves

We are warming up today should reach 32 degrees today, and the sun is out, can't ask for more :)

Hope you all that have been suffering with the snow and cold get a little relief today also.

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

Connie

Merry Christmas

 I realized I never saved a card to post on Christmas day from all the Christmas cards I made throughout the year, so I decided to use one of the stamp and die sets I just got from the 2022 Crafter's Companion Advent Calendar.  It was in door 23. A couple days prior I saw a challenge I could use them for, plus another challenge, so I decided to make up a card to have for my Christmas post.

• Crafters Companion 2022 Advent Calendar - Candy cane and bow stamps and dies
• Spellbinders - Classic Squares and Classic Scalloped Square small dies
• Wild Rose Studio - Annabelle's Christmas paper
• Cuttlebug - Swiss dots embossing folder
• Tim Holtz - Rose design tape
• Christmas paper crafts - Christmas sticker book sentiment (Hobby Lobby)

I am sharing my card with:

Double D Challenge Candy Cane

Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge Colors red and green

Wishing you all a very Blessed and Merry Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior.

Hugs,

Connie

For the boys

 I guess I should say young men, LOL!  Both of these are for older teenagers! I seem to be having a hard time figuring out what to do for this age group, you don't want them to be to young looking but you also don't want them to be old guy cards.

This first card was pretty easy, the paper did most of the work I just added the two pieces of ephemera and stamped the birthday sentiment on the one and popped it up.

• Recollections - Awesome boy paper
• Tim Holtz - Field notes ephemera pack
• Simon says stamps - tiny words birthday

On this second card I didn't even bother with a side view shot because it is pretty flat other than the brads I used in the corners.  I colored in the different elements on the card using my chalks and attached with the brads. I added a candle sticker to the area that was kind of bare. Cut the image out with a wonky die to give it a bit of interest and done.

• Hot off the press - Cardmakers Birthday card quotes image, colored w/chalks
• Darice - Nesting Wavy Squares die
• Graphic 45 Curtain Call paper
• Recollections - Brads
• Colorbok - art of flower sticker (candle)

Hope you all are enjoying these days leading up to Christmas.  I woke up last night and checked the weather our temperature was -7 and with windchill - 32. Enjoying my flannel sheets right about now :)

Hope you all are staying warm where you are and staying safe.

Connie

Bird with flower

 I noticed almost every other card has a bird on it, at least they all don't have them, LOL!  When I was deciding what to do for this card for my friend I was at a blank, I thought I haven't used my coloring calendar images in awhile and then remembered I still have some left from when I had my foot surgery and I found this bird that I had colored with pencils and I think they were metallic ones, and the flower I had colored w/markers.  I used a die cut background too. To make the sentiment fit onto the card I had to fussy cut around it.

• Coloring for Calm calendar 2018 - Bird image, colored w/metallic pencils
• Flower image given to me and I colored w/markers
• Tim Holtz - Simple Plaid die cut
• Inkadinkado - All Occasions sentiment stamp, fussy cut
• Nuvo Crystal drops-  Autumn red

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

Connie