Critters

 I bought another stamp set from a cardmaking magazine at Barnes and Noble. I bought it for the birds in the set but ended up not using any of them on this card. 

 I liked having this piece of paper for the background but it didn't fit across the whole card and looked like too much white around the edges so I started looking through other papers, but didn't find one I liked then I thought about washi tape and found one that went with the coloring I did on the flowers.

• Spellbinders - Labels 29 die
• Creative Stamping Magazine issue 159 - Stamps, colored w/markers, fussy but the hedge hog and the bee
• My Favorite things - Cloud Stencil
• Graphic 45 - Botanical Tea paper
• Basic Grey - sentiment rub on
• Ieebee - Fluttering blooms Washi tape

I would like to share this card with Simon Says Wednesday Challenge use Spellbinders

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

Connie

Diamond Birthday

 I needed another birthday card for a friend that I can hand deliver her card too, so I went with another Diamond dots card.

Craft Buddy - Diamond dots card

I would like to share my card with Seize the Birthday challenge Square card

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

Connie

Tea Party

 One of the ladies in my cardmaking group had a bit of a health problem not to long ago and her doctors recommended cutting out her coffee and drinking tea and that really bummed her out, so when I was looking through my stuff for something to do for her I came across this in one of my ephemera books from a long time ago and thought it would be nice for her.  I added some die cut flowers that I inked through the die after cutting and before removing the die, works just like a stencil :) I added some white gel pen to the centers. I stamped out the sentiment and fussy cut them and added it to the blank spot on the image, matted it with some foil cardsttock.

• Leisure Art Book- Savor this moment, image and papers
• Memory Box - Stitched Rectangle layer die
• My Favorite Things - Label Maker sentiment stamps, fussy cut
• Spellbinders - Flower bouquet dies inked through the die and added white gel pen 

I would like to share my card with Crafting a cut above

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

Connie

Red, white and blue Christmas

 In honor of our 250th Celebration this year, our group Christmas Challenge for July was to use red, white and blue on our cards.  I haven't done a stitching die in awhile so I thought I would do one of those.  I had picked up some already made seals at Hobby Lobby that I thought would go with my seal faux string die for Christmas, there were a lot of seals in the package so I have a feeling you are going to see a lot of those. I also used a lot of different snowman I had that were given to me from family and friends that I used.

• Spellbinders 2024 Stitched Advent calendar dies (warm wishes)
• Sizzix - Woven embossing folder
• Tim Holtz - Funky festive dies

• Creative Life - Christmas seals (Hobby Lobby)
• LDR Creative - Sealed with good wishes (Stem and Faux string dies)
• Martha Stewart - Snowflake embossing folder
• Tim Holtz - Festive Bouquet dies (Poinsettia and Greenery)

On this one I used a Library card Esther gifted me many years ago that had blue cup and sentiment on it, I added the snowman and snowflake stickers to it which were given to me by my sister in law.

• EK Success - Sticko Snowmen Stickers
• Library Card from friend
• Lilybee designs - Jingle Papers inked

This next card snowman was given to me by my sister, I believe this was from a Christmas card I believe her Mother in law had given to her, it was so long ago I have forgotten. He worked perfect for red white and blue, I just cut a background piece of paper and added a sentiment.

• Spellbinders - A2 Distressed Edges die, inked
• Daisy D's - Paper
• Hobby Lobby sentiment tag
• Image from a Christmas card

The only thing I like about this card is how I colored the snowman die cut and even that I was trying to make him look antique and it is too yellow. I used an smooshed background I had made, thinking it looked a little antique I found the sentiment charm to go with it, I think where I failed is the cardstock I used to put behind the snowman, I added dots of white gel pen thinking that might help but not really. The snowman die cut was given to me by a fellow cardmaker that isn't in our group anymore.

• Taloyer Snoman die cut, colored w/markers
• Holiday Charms - sentiment
• Spellbinders - Labels 11 die
• Background smooshed ink
• Recollections - Brad 
• Stickles - Crystal for snow and Diamond on his hat

So that is it my cards for July.

I would like to share with Peace on Earth Challenge anything goes

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

Connie

Grad 2026

 I forgot to post the graduation card that I made for my great niece who graduated from High School.  Since we were going down to Alabama a month after she graduated I waited and hand delivered it to her.

• Echo Park - Graduation Ephemera
• Best Occasions - Mixed Media Paper
• Sequins

I would like to share my card today with Word Power Challenge

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

Connie