Wildflower Bouquet

 I broke out another of my coloring calendar images for todays card.  I thought this had a different type of arrangement then you normally see.  I went with more nature in tone colors for my background papers so that I could use a little more colors for the arrangement. The big piece that I colored in browns made me think of a slice of wood so that is why I went with browns for that one, fussy cut it out.

• Coloring for calm 2017 calendar image - colored w/markers
• Crate Paper - Party day papers
• Spellbinders - Swirl Lattice Panel
• Stamps of life - minis4circles sentiment stamp
• Martha Stewart - tag punch
• gem

I hope you are enjoying the start to your weekend, we will be having a mix of sun and rain this weekend.

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

Connie

Vellum Flowers

 I have been wanting to make some vellum flowers so I stamped and embossed these flowers and leaves with white embossing powder. I had recently made some envelopes with these papers since there were many of the same style in the pack and I had these thin strips left over laying on my desk, I wondered if they would make a pretty background so I cut a piece of thin cardstock the size of my card front and started gluing them on, I thought it turned out pretty so I used that for my background and added a few gold and white sequins.

I stamped and embossed the sentiment on vellum too to keep with the theme of the card.

• Prickley Pear - Hibiscus 2 stamp, embossed white powder
• Gina Marie - Birthday words stamp
• scraps paper
• Sequins

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

Connie

Christmas in February

 I needed a few more Christmas cards so that I had enough for this month and I could not think of anything for our theme of Red and Turquoise in my stamp group until I remembered this card kit that came with a magazine, I made some cards from it last year when I needed some quick at the end.  They have the perfect colors for the challenge.

• Make Special cards - Issue 5 Xmas 2016, wreath and papers
• Spellbinders - Labels Eleven die
• ODBD - Mini tags die
• Nuvo - Crystal drops - Autumn Red for flower centers on wreath

• Spellbinders - Labels three die
• Nuvo Crystal glaze on berries

With this last one I decided to add a bit of gold to it. In this cardmaking set the have the already made toppers tags but they also have a stamp set and I stamped the holly and colored with markers to put on either side of the sentiment tag.

• PPD - Stitched Curvy Coved die
• Holly stamp colored w/markers
• Sequins

So far so good keeping up with the Christmas cards :)

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

Connie

Tree Sympathy

 Once again we have loss in our church, a man's Father has passed away, I went back to a design I have done in the past in which I add inks to my acrylic stamping block, mist with water and then apply that to the card.  It came out a little blotchy in areas so I took a wet paint brush and smoothed it out a bit. My Acrylic block has that wavy edge to it.

I die cut the tree twice to give it a little more dimension and added my stamped sentiment.

• Distress inks - Tumbled Glass and Peeled paint for background 
• Impression Obsession - Bare Tree die
• Taylored Expression - Care & Comfort stamp sentiment

We still have some lingering snow even though we have had rain and warm temperatures for two days but the sun has come out once again, and we have warmer temperatures.  I hope you are all well wherever you are!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today and hope you have a great week ahead!

Connie

Bird in wreath

 For my card today I used another one of my coloring calendar images, this time I used pencils to color it.  After I was finished coloring I just came up blank trying to figure out how to put it on a card, I notice that I seem to do the same layout on most of my cards and so I went to a folder of saved card sketches I have to see what I could possible use and I came across this one, MoJo Sketch 339.

• Echo park - Fine and Dandy papers
• October Afternoon - 5&Dime papers
• Coloring for calm 2017 coloring calendar image, colored w/pencils
• Spellbinders - Daisy Flower topper
• Gems

I am so excited today we are supposed to reach temps in the 30's!! No more below freezing in the forecast for awhile and the sun is shinning, this is one happy girl!!

Hope you all enjoy a Fabulous weekend!

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

Connie