Great Outdoors

 Our Pastors husband loves the great outdoors so I thought creating a scene would be perfect for his card.

Retro Rubber Challenge has a Great Outdoor challenge, this stamp set is from 2016.

• Gina K designs- Life is Good stamp set, 2016, colored w/markers
• My Favorite things - Cloud stencil
• Spellbinders - A2 matting basics A dies
• Spectrum Sparkle pen clear on water

You still have time to play along.

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

Connie

Get well soon

 A couple of the ladies in our cardmaking group are going through some health troubles.  I used some paper pads that have ephemera right in the pack you just need to cut them out, and I used some dies.

• DCWV - Primrose paper pack, paper and label
• Basic Grey - Rub ons
• Spellbinders - Baby Buntings die
• Ribbon from my sister

This next card I did not realize I forgot to add the dot on the exclamation point until resizing the pictures to post, and the card has already made it to it's destination :(

• DCWV - The Primrose paper pack, Papers and Label
• Spellbinders - Labels 4 die
• ODBD - Hello Die
• 49 and Market -  Avesta Rub on (butterfly)
• Distress inks - Antique Linen and Scorched Timber for shading

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

Connie

Stripes

 In my stamping group the Christmas challenge for this month was stripes, I went through all my things and I had two stamp sets with stripes so I made two cards of each.

• Impression Obsession - Leaf ornament stamp, colored w/markers and fussy cut and Pine Branch dies
• Anna Griffin - Christmas scrapbook cardstock
• Brad
• Starform - Merry Christmas sticker

I added a little bit of dimension behind the ornament and pine branches with foam adhesive

This second one is pretty much the same just colored differently and different sentiment sticker

• Impression Obsession - Leaf ornament stamp, colored w/markers and fussy cut and Pine Branch dies
• Anna Griffin - Christmas scrapbook cardstock
• Brad
• Elizabeth Craft Designs - Merry Christmas sticker

When I do the same stamps on several cards I always want to change something about them so this one I changed up the paper and the dies I cut the stamp image from. The first I used several strips of scrap paper I had left in the paper pack. There is only dimension from popping up the image panel on these.

• PowerPoppy - Candy Cane classic Digital stamp, colored w/markers
• Lilybee designs - Jingle papers
• Pink & Main - sentiment strip dies
• Simon says - Tiny Christmas words

With this one I used some papers that had stripes too

• PowerPoppy - Candy Cane classic Digital stamp, colored w/markers
• Graphic 45 - Christmas Emporium papers
• PPD - Distressed Edge Rectangle set
• Simon Says - Tiny words Christmas sentiment stamp
• Pink & main - sentiment strip dies

This last card I did for my cardmaking groups challenge which was to make a special fold card. Since I try to keep things really simple for my Christmas cards I only made one for this challenge.

• PowerPoppy - Wreath: Boxwood & Cranberry digital stamp, colored w/markers
• Honeybee - Holiday Cheer paper
• Spellbinders - Labels One die
• Starform - Glitter gold stickers
• Hot off the press - Inside - Acetate border to hold up easel

I realize now that I only made 5 cards instead of the 6 I wanted to, oh well only one behind isn't bad ;)

I am sharing my card today with Peace on earth challenge 

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today, hopefully the thoughts of Christmas will help to cool down us all that are going through this HOT streak today, our temps are getting up to 97 with a feels like in the 100's.

Connie

Moon Flower

 I think they named it that because this cluster of flowers is in the shape of a Crescent moon. I thought they would look best with a wreath.

•  Spellbinders - Moon Flower stamp and die set, colored w/markers and Wreath and Back to Basics Tags dies
• Tim Holtz - Crochet die
• Papercraft inspiration - sentiment stamp
• Brad

Hope you all are staying cool, we are back in the heat wave, so thankful for last week when we had cool mornings so I could get out and enjoy the outside.

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

Connie

Congrats

 Our worship team leader has recently graduated and now has her pastoral license. We had a little reception for her after the church service.  The background was very busy so I did a little inking around the edges of the die cut and also inked through the cross die before taking out the craft cardstock from the die.

• Spellbinders - Cross collection and Curvy rectangles die
• Quick cards magazine - Floral papers
• Basic Grey - Sentiment rub on

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

Connie