Time bring Peace

 My brother in law lost his Dad recently and I had previously watched some videos from Jill from Penny Black on using their stencils to frame stamps and thought that might be a nice touch for this sympathy card. I also used a tree stamp that I stamped in a couple colors of green for the leaves and stamped again with brown for the trunk. Then I realized there was branches within the leaves so I went over them with my brown fine line sharpie.

• Penny Black - Background Basics Stencil pack, using Old Paper distress ink
• Crafter's Companion - Advent calendar 2022, Tree stamp
• Sentiment stamp

I am sharing todays card with Simply Clean & Simple Challenge 

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

Connie

For you

 Oh my I saw this paper pack and assorted chipboard die cuts and I just had to have it, Blues have been really appealing to me lately.  I don't know if this was supposed to be a lamp post in the die cuts but I thought some pretty flowers hanging from it would be nice, and I added the bunch of birds with the sentiment piece.

• Stamperia - Blue Land 8x8 paper and Chipboard die cuts

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful weekend,

Connie

Florals

 It has been awhile since I have colored up one of my coloring calendar pieces, I also used pencils instead of markers,  this time I went with a flower.

• Color for calm 2018 calendar image - Flower, colored w/pencils
• Basic Grey - Porcelain Paper
• Martha Stewart - Border punch
• Crafter's Companion - Sentiment die
• Sequins

I would like to share my card with the following challenges:
Double D challenge Pretty florals for mom

The Flower Challenge Colour your flower

I am still playing catch up with everyone's blogs, busy times right now.

Hope you are all enjoying this spring time.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

Missed Birthday

 I know you are saying I actually forgot a birthday, well yes I did, My daughter has been dating this guy for a couple years now, and I forgot to write his birthday in my little calendar book I have, yes I can not remember everyone's birthday unless they are in my little book, LOL!  But it is in there now :)

The background is a stamp, the big plant image and butterfly are ephemera and the feather leaf and flower are all die cuts.

• Tim Holtz - Organic layers ephemera, Papillon CMS106 Background stamp, Funky Nature dies
• Simon Says stamp - Tiny words Birthday sentiment stamp

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

Connie

Sympathy

 I am sad to say that the gentleman from our church that I made the card for on my April 21st post has passed away.  I knew things were getting worse but didn't realize they were as bad as they were, we had just seen him a couple weeks before I sent the card.

I can't find the card that gave me inspiration for this card but the card had an opening with flowers and  that reminded me of this card blank I had from an early card that I didn't mean to cut the hole in the card and thought that it would work for this card.  I added a piece of one of my backgrounds I had made on my gel print plate to the inside so that it shown through the hole.

• Tim Holtz - Wildflowers Stem #1 dies
• Background using stencil on my gel plate
• ODBD - Scripture Collection 2 sentiment stamp

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

Connie