Hexagon Flower

I had these little hexagon die cuts left over from a card I made a while ago and had them stacked on my desk.  I was stumped on what to do for my friend when I looked over at the hexagons and thought I should make a flower out of them.

I didn't know what coloring the center would do since these were cut from a gray card stock, so I added a brad to the center.  The punched border piece is actually a deep gray color but didn't come out that way in the picture. I cut the leaves from gray and inked them as well as the tag. As you can probably tell I hand cut the stem :)

Hexagons die
Martha Stewart - border punch, leaf punch and tag punch
BasicGrey - brad
Stamps of Life - minis 4 circles sentiment stamp
Enamel accents white on tag

Thanks so much for stopping by today and saying Hi,

Connie

Shimmer Powder

I have many colors of color burst but when I saw these shimmer powders at my Local stamp store and the girl working mentioned how beautiful they are and the colors that others are really liking, I just had to buy them, and I am not disappointed at all, I just love these two colors and the shimmer makes it extra special.

I cut a piece of watercolor paper a little bigger than my die on all sides, then having the diecut next to me I figure out where the flowers would be and the leaves and tried to shake the powder onto the areas of my paper that there was a concentration of flowers and leaves and I didn't do too bad. The little scalloped die comes with the background panel die so you can add your sentiment to it.

Here is a close up picture so you can get an idea of the kind of shimmer these colors have in them.

Spellbinders - Floral panel card die and Special Birthday sentiments stamp
Watercolor paper
Nuvo Shimmer powders - Green Parade and Violet Brocode

It is softly snowing as I sit and right this post, so pretty, but oh so COLD the temperature is 23 F. Our normal for this time is 50. Guess it is a day to take down all my Autumn decorations and clean so I can get my Christmas decorations out.

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

Connie

Yippee

My great nephew has reached the teens, my they are all growing up so fast, I can remember when I was a teen babysitting their parents, that really makes you feel old :)

Colored this little guy up with markers and added a few sequins.

Stampendous - Skateboard kiddo
Sassafras - Apple Jack paper
Spellbinders - Lg. Deckled  Rectangles and A2 Distressed Edges dies
Hero Arts - It's your day sentiment stamp
Star Sequins

A big storm hit to the north and west of us yesterday, we had really bad winds from it but we were lucky and our power is still on, others were not so lucky. 

Hope your week is off to a good start, thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and say Hi,

Connie

Layered stamping

In this stamp set there are 3 layers of stamping you do to make these flowers, I chose blue inks to make the flowers.

I loved the little buds that came with this set too. I am not sure if it was supposed to go with these set of flowers or the other ones in the set but I used them for this one :) They and the leaves were colored with markers.

Papercraft Inspirations - Peonies & Orchids stamps set
Altenew - Cool summer night inks for flowers
Spellbinders - Splendid Circles, Labels trio and A2 matting basics A dies
Tim Holtz - Vintage shabby paper
Craftaroo - Rhinestones

I was going for a more wintery feel to this card.

Hope you all enjoyed a lovely Thanksgiving, I didn't get out at all for any black Friday sales, not sure if we will get out today or not. My sister and brother in law have left for Michigan, it was a quick visit but always thankful for any time I can spend with her.

Have a great weekend!
Thanks for stopping by,

Connie

Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to start off this post by saying how thankful I am for this blog community, I have made some good on line friendships and I just love how we share our love for creativity and all the beauty that God has blessed us with to enjoy in our states and countries.  I just love how we can visit each others blogs and learn about different areas of this country and other countries and the beauty that each one of them holds.  I look forward to more years of sharing!

Today I am sharing the last of the Autumn cards, sad as that may be.  I used another of my coloring daily calendar, using pencils to color.

By the time I mounted the coloring onto a die cut you could barely see much background but the paper is gold embossed pumpkins.  I added some vines from a silhouette machine cut I had done awhile back.

Coloring for calm daily calendar image, colored w/pencils
Recollections - Pumpkin spice paper
Spellbinders - Lattice Rectangles die
Silhouette machine - vine die cut
Black enamel dots on eyes
Spectrum sparkle pen clear on sun and bird

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today!!
Connie