Sympathies

 I have two to share today, the first is for my friend, who lost her cat this year. I tried to color this like her cat, she has it on display at her home and she told me every time she walks by it just touches her so.  That is why we do this in hopes that others will feel the love that goes into our cards, so it was an encouragement for me to keep going :)

• ODBD - Kitty stamp colored w/markers
• Taylored Expressions - Care & Comfort II sentiment stamp
• Memory Box - Stitched Rectangle layer die
• Gems

This next card is for my best friend I had while living in England, she told me that her sister had passed away. I used some stickers I had bought from Amazon to use in my junk journals but thought would be nice for a thinking of you card.

• Stickers from Amazon
• Basic Grey - Periphery paper
• Spellbinders - Romantic Rectangle die
• Ieebee - Fluttering Blooms washi tape
• Diamond Press - Gold pen
• Pebbles - Sentiment rub on

We actually have had a couple of days above freezing and we are going to get back to artic cold so today we are decorating the outside of the house after hubby get off work, we will have about an hour of day light so whatever we can get up in that amount of time will be it for this year :)

Hope the rest of you in the states are staying warm they say this is one of the coldest and snowy starts of the year we have had in awhile.  Praying for those out in Oregon getting all that rain, hope you are all staying safe too!

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

Connie

Birthday wishes

 I broke out my dollar store stamps for this next card, clean and simple. I also am using some new dies I bought from Michaels with a coupon, they make frames.

• Crafter's Square - Flower stamp, colored w/markers
• Recollections - 8 piece frame die set
• Fiskars - Essential Sayings sentiment stamp
• Diamond Dots - Gems

That's the end of all my Autumn birthday cards :)  I have been working hard on trying to get my Christmas cards written out and mailed, but half way done :)

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

Connie

Many Happy Returns

 Using more of the cute Studio Light images for my next card, framing her with a couple of dies.

• Studio Light - Charming Autumn paper elements (deer and foliage)
• Poppystamps - Nordic Pattern Rings dies
• Cardmaking Magic - Birthday verses, sentiment stamp, fussy cut

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

Connie

Autumn Bouquet

 Yes I still have Autumn birthday cards to share.  I decided to try my hand at making my own bouquet wrapper, is that what they are called, I have looked at dies many times but just never bought one.  I used some of the papers that came inside an Amazon packaging, the paper is very thin and I thought it might be easier to form, I did a little bit of inking of the paper too. For this one I used a 3 inch piece.  The flowers I used is still more stamps from the magazine I bought at Barnes and Nobles this past fall, they call them summer florals but I have been using them on my fall cards too :)

• Creative Stamping Magazine - Summer Florals stamps, colored w/markers
• Crafter's Companion - Advent calendar paper
• 3" piece of Amazon packaging for the Bouquet wrapper w/inking
• Diamond Press - Advent Calendar 2024 Banner die and sentiment stamp
• Spectrum Noir- Clear Sparkle pen on butterfly stamp
• White Gel pen for center of flowers
• Diamond dots

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by in this busy season,

Connie

Pocket and tag

 I shared a bag and a tag before now I am sharing an envelope and I added a tag, these are really nice for journaling but I have found I like doing them instead of cards too, my hubby's sister really liked it. The maker of the envelope just came out in a new release a month or so ago with an insert for the envelope, I may just have to get that one too :) Although as I found a tag that fit well you can use anything to fill the envelope. I made a bunch of the envelopes a long time ago and so I can't remember the paper I used for them. I also have a whole bin of the Tim Holtz labels I made ahead of time and can't remember where the stamp I used inside is from.

• Spellbinders - Essential Envelope and Delicate Asters die cut from Color Burst Background
• Tim Holtz - Vintage Label die w/stamp
• Daisy Mae Designs - Tag die
• Cardmaking magic - Birthday verses sentiment stamp
• PPD - Mini Stitched square die
• Ieebee- Fluttering Blooms washi
• Ribbon and twine
• Stickles

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

Connie