Monday, March 4, 2024

The Flower Challenge Make a Square Card

 


Hello March! For this month, the Flower Challenge wants you to create
a square card.


We leave winter for a peek at summer with the Hibiscus flower from The Greetery.
With the basket weave stencil in the  background, I inked die cuts and added a
birthday greeting.


Hope you're thinking square with this month's challenge. Can't wait to see
what you create!




Thursday, February 15, 2024

The Flower Challenge Reminder: Add a Heart

 


Just a reminder, The Flower Challenge reminds you, your challenge for February...
Add a Heart


Altenew's Fairy Tale set is the floral used for my card. My heart dots the 'I" in 
beautiful.


The color was applied with stencils, and deepened with Prima pencils.
Are you playing along? 
You have until the 25th! See you in the lineup!






Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Toaster Valentines


I have always had a thing for all things vintage, and loved The Greetery for 
spotlighting the sweetness of aged goodies. Their toaster die has just the  
right 'kitchy' vibe for a couple of valentines.


Using mirror cardstock, the aqua toaster is 'poppin' with love!
To make the heart background, I created a stencil using Greetery's Falling Hearts
 background die. 


I used the reversed dies for the 2nd toaster card, this time my toaster's hot pink, still
popping with love.
The sentiments are a combo of Tear Strip Tags Valentine,  and Hearts at Home
Sentiments.


So much fun to create, they're off to a couple of special grands!


 

Sunday, February 4, 2024

The Flower Challenge #88: Add a Heart

 


It's the month of hearts!
Welcome dear crafters. The Flower Challenge celebrates all things love
for the month of February. 
'Add a Heart' is your challenge. 


I went with a Valentine theme, and began with The Greetery's Falling Hearts bg die,
and filled Heart Leaf Posey Pocket with Wildflowers.
I've had  a love affair with Loopy Bow ever since the Greetery released it.
Signed and Sealed  heart with sentiment over bow.

Play along all month. Remember challenge ends on the 25th!


Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Happy Birthday Christina

 


Good morning!
Finally  had a chance to get inky with The Greetery's newest, Love Letters PS.


Celebrating Christina Marie's birthday today, with Flourished Phrases Love.


A Journalism graduate, Christina has a gift for choosing and putting together
words and phrases. Just had to throw in the pen! 

Happy Birthday, daughter!





Friday, December 22, 2023

Christmas Greenhouse

 


One of my Christmas cards this year was this festive greenhouse, made with several
older Greetery sets. 

Fortunate to have been on the start of The Greetery's releases, these early sets,
especially holiday themed, are still some of my favorites.


Built on a striped paper my little greenhouse is first stamped before adding
the die cuts. The actual greenhouse frame is 3 die cuts thick, and the Christmas
trees are popped up with foam. 


Do you have plant lovers on your Christmas list? This one goes to one of dear
friends who rescues dying plants from nurseries and gives  them a second life...
true story!

Merry Christmas!





Monday, December 18, 2023

Hatchback Treat holders


Merry Christmas Crafty Friends! 
It's time for our annual Favorite Things Christmas Party with my gal pals, and 
this year I'm featuring The Greetery's Holiday Hatchback. It's a 3-D hatchback 
treat holder, complete with add ons to decorate the car.


Anything but subtle for my favorites, I chose red mirror cardstock for the car base.
The sides are a green stripe glitter paper. The wheels are black glitter paper, and the 
tree is green with 3 different mica sprays. 


I chose to leave the hatch open so I could add a treat, and a tiny bag filled with
'ornaments' so the recipient could decorate her tree if she chooses.


I found these sweet tiny balls at Hobby Lobby, in silver and red, and added a star from
The Greeterys Twinkle Background. They're what are the 'outs' when you die cut the
Background die, but so cute, I save them.


One of my favorite things I chose to share this year is Hammonds Christmas Candy.
I celophaned the car and candy tin, and added a bow and paper Magnolia, also
from the Greetery.


A fabulous bow needs a blinged out centerpiece, and my magnolia is just about as 
blinged as I could get! Silver mirror cardstock, white glitter paper and dotty vellum,
with a mica sprayed magnolia leaf.


Tag making was easy with the Greetery's 4 at a time tag die.


Another look at the 7 tree totin' hatchbacks tied with gold cord for hanging.


Had to try assembling the tiny cases. They're not added to the gift, but oh so cute!


I love sharing my paper crafting skills with my favorite gal pals. So much joy in
making them, I hope you enjoyed seeing them too.

May this blessed season bring hope and joy to you and yours!




 

Friday, December 15, 2023

The Flower Challenge Reminder: Use Gold

 


Reminder time! The Flower Challenge is challenging us to 'Use Gold'. 





Lots of gold on my inspiration Christmas card! The Greetery's Magnolia is first
cut with reds, and sprayed with Ranger's Mica spray, and finally 'touched' with
Golden Rod Stickles.


Almost 2 more weeks to add your golden creation... 
are  you in? Choose your favorite flower and play along!



Monday, December 4, 2023

The Flower Challenge #87 Use Gold

 


Perfect timing to Use Gold at the Flower Challenge!
Happy Holidays crafters, and welcome to a new card challenge at TFC,
featuring a favorite flower on a card.


My card to inspire you features the magnolia wreath from The Greetery, 
die cut twice: once from green, and once again from a striped paper.
The green started it's life plain and dull. I used Tim Holtz mica sprays to 
bring out the shine!


The magnolia is also a new die from The Greetery, but I only used the smallest petal die
for my flower.

Let's see what you do with the challenge to 'Use Gold'. Our challenges are all month,
and end on the 25th. Enjoy, sweet friends! 

Merry Christmas!



Wednesday, November 15, 2023

The Flower Challenge 2 #86 Black, White and Yellow

 


Hi Flower fans! If you love to use your flower stamps and dies, the Flower
Challenge is for you!


I used flowers from The Greetery's Wildwood Collection, stamped in yellows.  Opposites
Attract provided my birthday sentiment, and all mounted on a twice cut Cathedral Die.


Hope to see what you do with these colors for the month of November.
Remember, challenge   ends Nov. 25th.



Saturday, November 11, 2023

Christmas Sampler

 


I've been enjoying the stencil sets that came with my Greetery order, and played
with Christmas Sampler done with several color ways.


Redwork is a favorite. I have done quilts in red  and white, and even collected red and
white transferware. Decided to put it on a card, and the sampler was a perfect way to see
if I could keep to all reds. With the exception of the cabin, I came pretty close!


I put the sweet little fir die cuts in the top corners, just to dress the card up a bit. The 
frame is from an old PTI die that cut a much more detailed edge. I only used the 
very outside edge, not wanting to hide any of the sweet detail.


Once I got started with this stencil set, I couldn't stop!


There's a blue one...


One done on some textured Kraft, with white ink for stencil one...


...and one die cut  withAida cloth die, which simulates embroidery cloth.

Betsy included some shaker elements in her release, and they fit perfectly on the
sweet little cabin.

4 Christmas cards to add to my stash, but honestly, still way behind!

Happy Holidays my friends!