Coneflower

 I recently saw a coneflower die and wondered if I had anything that I could use to make one myself.  I found my old Tattered Floral dies and colored them and cut them part and layered them and I like how it turned out.  I used green cardstock for the leaves and just added a bit of ink to them. I cut my own stems. The patterned paper for the background has gold touches to it and the butterfly is some ephemera.

• Tim Holtz - Tattered Florals die, colored w/markers
• Spellbinders - Bitty Blossoms die (for leaves)
• Memento - Pattern Cardstock
• Tim Holtz - Botanical Layers (TH93554) (Butterflies)
• My Favorite Things - Happy Greetings die
• Impression Obsession - Sentiments II stamp
• Nuvo - Golden Sunset Glitter drops

I would like to share my card today with Simon Says Stamps Challenge anything goes.

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

Connie

Pastor Appreciation

 We had Pastor Appreciation Sunday last Sunday and a group of us ladies made cookies, there ended up being 28 varieties and we sent the Pastor home with four from each group, and then we all were able to choose 3 that we wanted to have and we stayed after and had a great visit with one another.  

We were also asked by the board if we could make cards of Appreciation for Pastor and this is the one I made.  I used a Tissue box to cut the cross out with, I thought the pattern on it would work well for a cross. This is two crosses layered on top of one another with foam tape between.  I thought this die would make a neat frame for it, the die cuts into the background, I used patterned paper for both the piece underneath and the main piece.

• Spellbinders - Cross Collection and Noble Rectangle dies
• Basic Grey - Periphery paper for dark background
• K & co. - K- ology Hanna K cardstock for green background
• Simon Says stamps - Tiny words Faith sentiment stamp
• Paper Studio - Gem Stones in corner
• crosses cut from tissue box

Hope you have a wonderful start to your week,

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

More Christmas

 As I said on my last post our challenge this month in my stamp group was to use heat embossing on our cards.  I did some more white embossing this time on patterned papers. I went with a mini slimline card for the two I made.

• PSX - K 1603 stamp, embossed with white embossing powder
• My mind's eye - O Christmas tree paper
• Recollection Mixed Media paper for the embossing
• Memory Box - Stitched Rectangle die
• Stamped bow from my stash
• Simon Says stamps - Tiny words Christmas stamp
• DCWV - Metallic cardstock

The only think I changed up on the next card was the greenery with the ornament and the sentiment

• PSX - K 1603 stamp, embossed with white embossing powder
• My mind's eye - O Christmas tree paper
• Recollection Mixed Media paper for the embossing
• Simon says stamps - Tiny words Christmas stamp
• Ornament die and branch dies
• Silver gem

My last card for this month we did during our Zoom meeting with my stamp group so that made up my five cards for this month.

We attached beads to some stretch cord, it was supposed to be 7mm but I had 5mm already so I just used that size.  We attached it between two pieces of foam tape at the top and bottom and then added the diecut and punched borders to hide it.  I think this is so cute but like a lot of us were saying that we don't know how many of these we would make, unless you are really good at stringing the beads :)

The background piece we had made in another challenge awhile ago in our group where you sand glossy paper both ways and then add ink over it.

When you shake it it looks like snow falling, when it stands up the beads just fall to the bottom,

• Stampin up - Snow much fun stamp, colored w/markers
• Martha Stewart - Snowflake border punch
• Poppystamps - Stitched landscape die
• 5mm Stretch cord
• Me & My big ideas - Beads

Background made by sanding glossy cardstock both horizontally and vertically and then sponging ink over it, I used Faded Jeans Distress Oxide

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today and hope you are enjoying your weekend. It is cloudy here but it is finally not raining so I won't complain :)

Connie 

Double emboss

 The Let's Squash it Blog has a challenge to double emboss on your card, I am sharing a background that a fellow cardmaker sent me that was dry embossed with a snowflake embossing folder onto a Silver metallic cardstock and she also used some alcohol inks on it.  I decided to take that piece and add some embossing ink all over the background and heat emboss using Rainbow sparkle embossing powder.  I die cut and punched some purple snowflakes to go with the background added some gems and it was done!

• Embossed background from friend, I added Ranger rainbow sparkle embossing powder to the whole background
• Martha Stewart - snowflake punches
• Gemini - Frost Christmas dies for large snowflake
• Simon Says stamps - tiny words Christmas
• Gems
• Spectrum sparkle pen on snowflakes

In my stamp group our Christmas challenge for this month was to do heat embossing on our cards, so since I also had time to make another card, I took an old background I had made and stamped a house with white embossing powder and cut it out with a die.

• Embossing Arts co. - Victorian Holiday House stamp, embossed with white embossing powder
• Background from my stash
• PPD - Distressed Edge Rectangle die

That is it for today but I have more Christmas to come.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

Happy Pumpkins

 I only make one Halloween card a year and that is for my daughter, mostly because it is just another excuse to send her a card and keep in touch, let her know her momma is thinking of her :)

I picked this stamp up at the yard sales my stamp store use to have every once in awhile, so sad they are no longer in business.

Don't they just make you smile :)  I wanted something in the corner so I drew in a web. Faux gold stitching around base of card. I used a gold paint pen to go around the arch. These were quick to color too.

• Whipper Snapper Designs - Stack o' Pumpkins stamp, colored w/markers
• Sizzix - Tags Rounded die w/gold paint pen around edges
• DCWV - Old World Stack paper
• Fiskars - Essentials sayings stamp
• Hand drawn spider webs
• Gold Faux stitching

I would like to share this with the following challenges:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - anything Halloween

Retro Rubber Challenge - Fallin for Autumn - 2011 stamp

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

Connie