Christmas part 2

 I forgot after my last post to finish with the rest of the cards I made for June challenge, using a base plate die for our background.  Like I said I don't have any Christmas theme ones so here are more using my everyday ones.

For the first two cards I cut it out of two different papers and then switched up how they are used.

• Spellbinders - Infinity Punch & Pierce plate
• Paper studio and paper from magazine
• Tim Holtz - Funky Festive dies (Pinecone & Bow) Large Funky Festive dies (Flower and Branch)
• Simon Says Stamps - Tiny words Christmas

• Spellbinders - Infinity punch & Pierce plate
• Crafter's companion - Sentiment die (cut twice)

This last one I used ephemera pack for the images and some stickles for the center of the background piece.

• ODBD - Quarterfoil die (cut from vellum)
• Simple Stories - Bits & Pieces - Simple Vintage Dear Santa 
• Stampendous - Star Chain Brite sticker
• Distress Stickles - Shabby Shutters ( on Vellum background)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today

Connie

Lighthouse

 We grew up in Michigan and as long as we have been away we still feel like that is home :)  Whenever we go back we like to get to the water at least once, it doesn't always happen but we do like to go see the lighthouses and Michigan has many of them to visit.  My friend loves them too so this was her birthday card.

• Gray Wolf Graphics - Point Bestie Lighthouse stamp, colored w/ markers
• PPD - Stitched Postage Stamp rectangle die
• Impression Obsession - Small grass die
• Raspberry Road design - Love lives here papers
• Stamps of Life - Postmarks2stamps, sentiment stamp
• Martha Stewart - circle punch

I would like to share my card today with the following challenges:

Four Season Challenge Summer

Double D Challenge Nautical

Thanks so much for taking time to stop by today,

Connie

Plant Love

 A friend moved out into the country side a couple years ago and she has done an amazing job with her planting of flowers around her home and has a lovely garden too, so I thought a garden theme birthday card would be great for her this year.  I had all these stickers for a very long time and thought they might make a nice wreath and went with oval to be a little different.

• Hero Arts - Oval Woodgrain Frame die
• Joy Marie - Garden stickers
• Martha Stewart - Flower border punch
• Cloud 9 designs - Christy & Friends papers

I would like to share my card today with Sisterhood of Crafters In the garden challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you all in American had a safe 4th.  It was too HOT and humid for us so we stayed at home and once again so many in the neighborhood were setting off big fireworks so it was like we went to see them :)

Connie

Sis Birthday

 I always try to find a new technique, fold, or use a new product for my sisters birthday card.  This time I went with a fold I hadn't tried, It was one Esther had done.  I used my Graphic 45 goodies on this one.

The first picture is of it laying down.

• Graphic 45 - Bird watcher 8x8 paper pack and Bird watcher Ephemera Assortment

The second picture is of it standing up.

 This last picture is of the inside before I wrote my message, sorry the picture is blurry but if you go to Esther's blog she shows how she finished hers off, I either write too much or too big because I usually fill up the inside with my writing :)

I am sharing my card today with the Triple B challenge  

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

Connie

Christmas in June

 I was supposed to have these posted by yesterday but we had the most beautiful weather yesterday, a break in the heat and humidity, so it was very much enjoyed instead of posting cards.  We are so happy to have another beautiful day today!

Our challenge in the stamp group was to use our Die cut base plates for our backgrounds, at first I was thinking I don't have any Christmas ones but I found some that would work even though they aren't Christmas themed :)

I just recently found these ephemera pieces at Hobby Lobby so I had to pick them up and the deer worked great, I just added a little wreath to his neck :)

• Taylored Expressions - Birch Tree cutting plate and Door to door Decor (wreath) dies
• My Favorite things - Cloud stencil
• Poppystamps - Stitched Landscape die
• Floracraft - Diamond Dust (snow)
• Stampendous - Geo shapes sparkler stickers (berries on wreath)
• Paper Studio - Ephemera (deer)

After finishing this one I knew I had another die cut deer so made a second card.

• Taylored Expressions - Birch Tree Cutting plate and Birch tree accents (sign & deer) dies
• Poppy Stamps - Stitched landscape die
• Flower soft - Polar white
• Simon Says stamps - Tiny words Christmas

• Tim Holtz - Simple Plaid Cutting die 
• 49 and market - Christmas Spectacular Ephemera (wreath and sentiment)
• Nuvo Crystals Glaze on berries on wreath

This next one I kept getting reflection of the pink shirt I was wearing when I did a straight on picture so I am just sharing the side view.

• Memory Box - Starry Night Background die
• Taylored Expressions - Bethlehem Border die
• Simon Says stamps - Tiny words Christmas sentiment stamp
• Pink & Main - Sentiment strip die

Last for today because I have a few more but have a lot to do today so need to finish.

This one ended up not being as big as I thought when I was pulling all my dies out that I thought would work so I ended up making it into a mini slimline card but a little shorter because the die wasn't quite long enough to fill the card.

• Spellbinders - Symmetry in Space die
• Tim Holtz - Christmas Botanicals Layers ephemers (flowers) 
• DCWV - Foiled Cardstock
• Echo park - Christmas magic ephemera (sentiment)

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

Connie