Grandmother

 My nephews wife just lost her Grandmother, I went with a stamp from the Spellbinders advent calendar for her card.

• Spellbinders - Advent calendar 2023 flower stamp, colored w/markers
• Lilybee designs - Head over heels paper
• Spellbinders - Big scalloped Circles, back to basics tags and A2 matting basics dies
• Tim Holtz - Crochet die
• The Greetery - Thinking of you stamp set
• Brad

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

Connie

For the boys

 I have a couple cards I made for my great nephews, the first one is for one that is turning 16 this year, so I always try to do a car card for the boys turning 16 and as I said in my last post I got a couple advent calendars this year and this car was the first item in the Spellbinders calendar, I was just going to use it without the present but I thought it would work for his birthday.

The car was cut from a piece of left over gold shimmer spray I had done on another card. I used some pattern paper for the road, sky and grass, and drew in the lines for the road, although I think he is one the wrong side, LOL!

• Spellbinders - Day 1 advent Calendar 2023 car and present dies
• Tattered Angels - Glimmer mist in gold
• Fiskars - Clouds punches
• Stamps of life - minis4circles sentiment stamp

On this other card he is turning 13, I always have a hard time transitioning from making kid like cards to teen cards, especially for the boys, but I thought this stamp set may be a good one.  I stamped onto backgrounds I had made using the smooshing technique.

• Hero Arts - Birthday wishes stamp set, on inked smooshed backgrounds
• Gemini - Torn edge circle dies
• Raspberry Road Designs - Love lives here paper
• Stickles - Scattered straw for flame

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

Connie

Day 1 advent calendar

 I needed a get well card for a friend and I had I decided to use something from one of my Advent Calendars, yes I bought two this year, I just had to see if I would like Spellbinders better than Crafter's companion that I have been getting for the past 3 years.

This one was an embossing folder from day one of Crafter's companion.  I colored it with markers after embossing.

• Crafter's Companion - Advent calendar 2023 day 1, Embossing folder, colored w/markers
• Basic Grey - Periphery Paper
• PPD - Mini stitches square and A2 Stitched Banner set die
• The Greetery - thinking of you sentiment stamp

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great week!

Connie

60th Birthday

 Yep my hubby is my old man now, LOL!  That's what I keep telling him :)  He saw these gears and Pipes dies years ago when we went to a Scrapbook store and said how cool they were and I should get them, I told him I had no idea what to do with those pipe dies but he wanted to get them, he has since done a few things with the gears but not sure if he ever used the pipe dies so I decided to try and make the number 60 with them, I had to do a little trimming to make it somewhat work.

• Memory Box - Small Steampunk Pipes and Deluxe Gear set dies
• WeRmemory keepers - For the record paper
• Spellbinders - Special Birthday sentiment stamp

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

Connie

Field of Flowers

 This stamp set was on sale at Hobby Lobby one time I went in there and it looked so pretty I thought I should get it :)  Who doesn't want a field of wild flowers for their birthday :) The butterfly and the dandelion seeds are extras in the set so you can use them however you want in your design.

• Memento - Lot 7019 stamp set, colored w/markers
• Distress inks for background
• Hero Arts - sentiment digi

I am sharing todays card with the NBUS Challenge never before used schtuff 

and Beautiful Blossom Challenge 

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

Connie