Pond Life

Hello friends~  I'm just popping in with a card I made using The Pond Postage Collage stencils from Waffle Flower.  There are so many on the market today, it's hard to keep up.

 

 

 I chose to use muted colors for this card.  Keeping things calm in my craft room.

 

 

 I didn't add a sentiment as I thought the card was busy enough on it's own.

 

 

Wishing you all a safe and happy Memorial weekend.  May we always remember those who've made the ultimate sacrifice.

I'll be entering this card into the following challenges:

Stencil Fun ~ Optional theme of "bouquets", which I did not use.

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Just Us Girls ~ Stencil Week

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Lily Of The Valley ~ Double D

Greeting friends!  Double D Challenges is at it again with a new challenge. 

Theme:  May's Birth Flowers
(Lily of the Valley and Hawthorn)

and Birthstone is Emerald

Be inspired by any of the three.

 

 

I pulled out this sweet Lily Of The Valley die from Frantic Stamper.

 

I mounted this delightful spring flower onto a stitched scalloped oval from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  There's a bit of distress ink rubbed around the stitched oval to add some contrast. The background embossing folder is "Garden Harmony" from Altenew.

 The sentiment banner is from Simon Says Stamps, which was gifted to me by my dear friend Marcia.  Super cute!

 

My hope is that you'll visit the Double D Challenge blog and see how the amazing design team was inspired by the photo prompt:

 Thanks for stopping by!

Tropical Flamingo ~ CCS

Hi friends~  I have a fun, tropical card up over at the CutCardStock blog today.

 

 You'll find more details there and a list of supplies I used to make it.

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Jewel Tone Sunshine

Hello friends!  I've been busy working outside in the gardens, enjoying all things spring, but I thought I'd pop in here and share a card I made using the beautiful colors from Beautiful Blossoms Challenge.

 

 The jewel tones are brilliant!  Don't you think?

 

I had this beautiful piece of water colored background paper in my stash. I had printed it on my home printer and it fit the color palette perfectly.

 

 

 The nest is from The Greetery and the bird is from Spellbinders.  The scale of the bird worked well with the nest, so there you go!  The flowers are die cut and then I stenciled the centers in through the holes before removing the die.  These super old flowers are from PTI.

 

 

The colors are quite brilliant, but I like it!

 

Sometimes I just need to make something really bold and beautiful.  Add in a feathered friend and it's a match made in heaven.
 

I'll also be entering this card into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~  Flowers

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Things With Wings 

Here is the printable I used.  It was a freebie I found on the internet.  You can click on the image to open it, right click and save it to your computer so you can use it too!

and here's a bonus image! 

 Happy spring and happy gardening!

 

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Use That Design Paper ~ Double D

It's the first Wednesday in May, so you know what that means?  Double D Challenges is starting a new challenge.  Our trusty leaders, Darlene and Diane are asking us to use our design paper.  What a great challenge!!  I have a stash of design paper that I'm trying to work my way through, so I'm very thankful for challenges like this.

 

 

The papers in the background were pulled out of a box of 6x6 paper squares.  Most of them were cut from 12x12 sheets at one time, long, long ago, so I have no names or company to give credit to. 

 

I printed a library card on my home printer on a piece of pale pink cardstock and added these pretty vellum painted flowers from Pinkfresh Studio.  The sentiment is a preprinted foiled sentiment, also from Pinkfresh Studio.  I rubbed a bit of Antique Paper DOX ink over the top to make it not so white.

I added a scalloped strip of gray polka dotted paper found in my scrap box and a file tab to the top of the library card.  The least bit of stamping can be found on the top of the card and file tab, using Tim Holtz Field Notes stamps.  I do love those stamps!

 I hope you'll visit Double D Challenges to see more inspiration from the amazing design team.

 

Here's the inspiration tile put together for you by Diane:

And here's the prize you could win when you play along:

 

 

I'd also like to add this card to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday  ~ Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by!

A Pretty Gift Set For A Special Occasion

Good morning friends~  I made this gift set back in February, to celebrate a dear friends special day, and I never got around to posting it.  As it turns out my dear friend Marcia, over at Color Hues is starting a new challenge using these colors, so I thought this would be the perfect time to post this project.

The deliciously sized cupcake die is from Pretty Pink Posh.  I added some sweet polka dotted lemons from Spellbinders because every project should have some polka dots.

 

The treat box is made using a die from Sizzix.

 

I found this striped gift bag in my stash which coordinated perfectly with the papers and cardstock colors I used.  A simply doily bag topper and bow was all it needed.  

And finally, a framed piece of artwork using stencils and dies from Altenew.

 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Color Hues ~ Blue & Yellow

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Floral Gift Basket ~ CCS

Happy May friends!  I've got a new project up over at the CutCardstock blog.

  

If you'd like to see more details on how this project came together, I'd love for you to visit CutCardstock.  I ask a probing question at the end of the blog post, so please stop by and tell me your ideas.

Thanks for stopping by!