Hydrangea

 I do not have one of these trees but the person that received this card does and I didn't realize I hadn't made her a card using my stamp yet, I have had this stamp for awhile now so it is always nice to get an oldie out and let it shine again :) Before I took the cardstock out of the die I did a little inking in the open spots of the frame.

• Rubber Stampede - Hydrangea stamp, colored w/markers
• Spellbinders - A2 Divine Eloquence die, inking through die cut
• Stamps of Life - Postmarks2stamp sentiment stamp
• Martha Stewart - tag punch
• Recollections - Gem

 I am sharing my card today with Sisterhood of Crafters Birthday

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

Connie

Pop out card

 I don't know if that is the name for this card that is just what I named it for the blog post, we did this card together in our Teams meeting with my stamp group.  I was a little late getting my supplies around and couldn't think of what stamp or dies to use so I just got out one of my Ephemera packs from Hobby Lobby and used that for all my images.

Now I got this wrong the first time around so had to do mine again real quick, so hopefully I have this straight and you can understand my instructions :)  You take two 4 x 5.25 inch pieces of white cardstock, you cut a rectangle frame from the center of one of them and lay that aside.  Put your frame you made and add it to the top of the other piece of cardstock, then add your ink (we used Oxide inks) to the frame and inside the opening. Then add the pieces to your embossing folder,  run both pieces together through your machine (we added a little washi tape to keep them together) and then separate them after embossing and you now have a frame that is embossed (which I used later) and a piece that is white framing your colored area.

We added a Belly band, I didn't have a big enough piece of the colored cardstock that I used for the card back and front left to make mine so I used white cardstock and added some washi tape to it.

• Cuttlebug - Victoria embossing folder, w/Oxide inks, Cracked Pistachio, Vintage Photo and Jaded Jeans
• My Favorite things - Cross - stitch rectangle die
• Belly Band - White cardstock with Ieebee washi tape on top
• Paper Studio - Ephemera pack

With Belly band off

When Opened, we took a 3 x12 inch strip of white cardstock, scored every 3 inches and then added the 2 3/4 inch squares to each panel before adding the sentiment and ephemera. Both inside panels were embossed with same embossing folder before gluing in the scored piece.

So we had the left over frame from earlier so I made another birthday card with it. This time I did do some stamping, Hubby and I had recently went to Barnes and Nobles and I picked up this cardmaking magazine with  tons of stamps inside, I went with the Dragonfly that I fussy cut after coloring and stamped the leaves, directly onto the piece I cut from the first card to make the frame :)

• Creative Stamping Magazine Issue 149 - Summer Florals stamps, colored w/markers
• Spectrum Noir - Clear sparkle pen on wings
• Cuttlebug - Victoria embossing folder
• My Favorite things - Cross - stitch Rectangle die
• Stamps of Life - minis3circles sentiment stamp

You can see a little of the sparkle on the wings there :)

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

Connie

Sparkle

 Our Christmas challenge in my stamp group was to have sparkle.  I had already done a bit of that last month but I did come up with a little sparkle on some of these :) I finally got around to watching THIS VIDEO from Simon says stamps with Tim Holtz, using his Christmas goodies, I already had a few things in my stash so I thought I would check it out and see if I could make some cards, although they don't look anything like what he came up with I did use some hints and tips he had to come up with my own.

On this first card, this was a piece that I had sponged white paint around the edges of my pattern paper for another card but hadn't used it. 

• Pattern paper sponge with white ink
• Tim Holtz - Pocket cards and cello tape
• 49 and Market - Christmas spectacular Ephemera bits (star, tab) and Ticket Essentials, Grove

I added a little sparkle to the next one with glitter, Tim did mention that if you use glossy accent to add your glitter that it will leave a bit of shine too. I added it too the snowy bits in the bird image.

• Tim Holtz - Pocket cards and Christmas botanical layers 
• Crafter's Companion - Iridescent glitter from advent calendar
• 49 and Market - Christmas Spectacular Postage washi tape

Glitter was added to the tree through the window on this next card

• Graphics Fairy - Tree image, added Crafter's companion glitter to the tree
• Poppystamps - small madison window die
• 49 and Market - Christmas specatacular ephemera bits (Santa & sentiments)
• Tim Holtz - Vintage Labels die that I stamped on

I picked this next ephemera piece for this card because of the sentiment that was already on the wreath, and added some stickles to the candle.

• Sparkle on the paper
• Simple Stories - Simple Vintage, Tis the Season Chipboard Cluster
• Stickles - Yellow on candle flame

These sleds take a long time to put together so I have decided to make two a year, and start by giving them out to family members first.

• Tim Holtz - Vintage Sled die
• Penny Black - wood floor die
• Craft Consortium - Wood Texture paper
• Brown Cardstock for floor
• Spellbinders - Lacy squares die
• Newtons Nook - Holiday Posh (sentiment stamp)

• Tim Holtz - Vintage sled die
• Penny Black - wood floor die
• Paper Studio - Distressed Floral paper
• Elizabeth Craft designs - Starform black Text stickers (Merry Christmas)

That's it for the month of September, wow we are getting close to Christmas, so glad I make them throughout the year now and not try to do them all in November and December anymore, much less stress :)

I would like to share my card today with Peace on Earth Challenge

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

Connie

Wish

 I am using another bird I cut from pieces of washi tape, if you missed my other card all the info is HERE about how I went about making them.  I used an old goodie that I had with this die for the background, it reminds me of an old garden gate. An embossing folder was used for the very background. I inked the raised areas.

• Tim Holtz - Feathered Friends  die cut from a torn washi tape background
• Spellbinders - Swirl Lattice Panel die and Delicious Decorations dies (flowers) Foliage die
• Darice - Crackle embossing folder inked
• Stamps of life - Minis 4 circles sentiment stamp
• Martha Stewart - tag punch
• Pearl

I would like to share my card with the following challenges:

Can you handle the Pressure Twist of Layers

Seize the Birthday embossing

Triple B Challenge Birds Blooms Butterflies

We have finally received rain, I think people and animals a like are enjoying having rain!

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

Connie

Happy Thoughts

 Another card I hand delivered so I was able to get as bulky as I wanted, so I made a bouquet for my friend. I tried making another frame for the sentiment and added it all on a die cut shelf.

• The Greetery - Market Basic Dies
• Spellbinders - Be Bold Blooms dies
• Penny Black - Autumn Decor dies (shelf)
• Spellbinders - Labels 23 dies (frame)
• Taylored Expressions - Many Minis Occasions sentiment stamp

I would like to share my card with the following challenges:

Beautiful Blossom Challenge

A Cut Above

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

Connie