For you

Power Poppy has a free for all challenge right now and I used one of their stamp sets for my daughters birthday card. I have already used one of the others in past birthdays :)

I really like pairing it with my wood frame die.

Power Poppy - Short Stacks stamp set, colored w/markers
Basic Grey - Porcelain papers
Hero Arts - wood frame die
Spellbinders - A2 matting basics A and B dies
Prima - 8 point doily die

You have until January 6th to play along in the challenge, if you don't own any of her stamps she has a great selection of digital stamps you can print off and get started right away.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a Happy and safe New Years eve!

Connie

Relaxing day

I wanted to do a little scene for my friends birthday card, and I decided to add her dog into it, he is a german shepherd dog, my hubby laughed at the coloring but my girlfriend recognized that it was her dog :)

Sizzix - Basic Step ups die for base of the card
Crafters companion- Flower stamp, colored w/markers
Basic Grey - Picadilly  papers
Spellbinders - Classic rectangle die
Poppystamps - Picket fence and leafy sprig dies
Impression Obsession - Bare Tree, Dog set and Oak leaves dies
Memory box - bird die
Hot off the press - Tiny words and Phrases Dazzle stickers sentiment

Tried to take a picture more from the top to show the different layers on the step portion of the card.

Hope you had a nice weekend, we are heading into the 40's Monday with wind chills in the 20's, quite a jump for us, so it is back to winter weather after our spring like temps we have been having.

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

Connie

HB2U

For my nephew, I thought I would use a sentiment for his birthday that just used letters, like some do when texting on their phones.  I will have to say I am very limited on knowing what a bunch of letters stand for, no I am not that hip, or do they even say that anymore. The phone was cut from my silhoutte cameo machine. The letters are small dies of my hubby's and I am not sure what company they are from.

DCWV - Earth prints paper
Phone cut from Silhouette cameo
Letters and numbers - dies
Paper studio - washi tape
Stampin up - enamel shapes

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

Connie

Party time

Sharing a couple cards I made before Christmas that never made it to a post. First for a great nephew who is 15, wow are these cards hard for me to do, especially when I don't know them really well. I went with a background I had made for a challenge in my stamp group some time ago, I believe it was spreading paint with a credit card, I really need to write on the back of these so I can remember the techniques.  I added part of a word search stamp instead of using the whole thing for the sentiment and high lighted my sentiment, and added a few die cut balloons using my sparkle paper. Added a bit of string for the balloons and tied in a knot and added some border stickers along the sentiment.

Taylored Expressions - word search Birthday and balloon dies
Jute
Starform - Silver Border stickers
background using credit card swipe technique

The next was for my great niece who I believe has turned 20.  I used some scraps for my background and added the Dazzle stickers to it. I love this sentiment for someone who is starting off their life as an adult, so much of their life ahead of them.  I backed the butterfly with some paper  and popped it up a bit.

Scraps background
Hot off the press - Floral Dazzle stickers

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

Connie

For unto you is born

this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord!!!

Our most precious gift we could ever be given is Jesus coming down to live among us, showing us how to live our lives and then saving us from our sins and giving us eternal life with him!!

I hope you all enjoy the day with family and friends and take out the time to reflect on that first Christmas gift that was given to us so many years ago, the gift of our Savior!!

I stamped my Nativity with gold embossing powder inside my poinsettia die, then thought it would look nice with some embossing around the flower also, adding it to my diecut leaves also.

I am sharing this today with Flower challenge blog the challenge is to use a die.

Spellbinders - Nested Poinsettia die Bitty Blossom leaves die
Inkadinkado - Christmas season stamp set w/gold embossing
Paper Studio - Cozy Christmas paper

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!

Connie