Stamp Market: Watch Bands

 

Saw this stamp and die set from the Stamp Market, and being totally obsessed with 

watches, had to have it!

The bands extend across the width of an A2 card, and the set includes several options

for watch faces. 

This set is from a couple of releases back, and is called 'Watch Bands."

The watch styles are endless! So much fun to have watches for every

occasion.

Thanks for visiting!

 

All the Christmas cards are in the mail or in their recipient's hands by now,

but I thought I'd post some cards I've made.

Mistletoe Arches pairs Christmas floral greenery with the Arched sentiments. 

Hard to see, but I used the small arch stencil to whiten the arch with Tim Holtz

Picket Fence Oxide Ink. Then when dry added some Coral to the bottom corners.

The stamped the sentiment in black. The Mistletoe is stenciled onto it's die cut.

The tiny splatters are actually mica spray, and make the card shine.

The stencils allow for an easy mailer, no extra stamps.

Are your cards all mailed? Stencils are quick and easy, and so much fun!

The flower Challenge #70 CAS

 

Well hello! 

Did you see me on top of the moon? I'm there because I've been asked to join

a favorite challenge blog, The Flower Challenge!

It's a card challenge blog with the main star of the show being, flowers! 

If you happen to read my bio on the Flower Challenge Blog, you'll see

gardening is a passion with me. Which leads to the love of adding flowers to

my cards and projects, which of course leads to an extensive, ever growing

accumulation of stamps, dies, etc., that are flowers! Sound familiar?

The hardest choice here? What flower should I use for my debut? Altenew, of course!

My pick? Wallpaper Art, a favorite for coloring.

Don't tell my crafting sisters on the design team, but CAS is a hard one for me.

My instinct is to load up the layers and craft a card full of, well, full. 

Clean and Simple, lots of white space... mine is pale grey. Do you see a theme

with me? A rebel? Proudly, so! As CAS as it gets, hope my card brings all of you

inspiration to play along this month. Can't wait to see your lovelies!

Well, that's it, my friends.

Hello and Sending you all love and hugs.

If you have a minute, I'd love to hear what you think of my Clean and Simple card.

Have a great week!

The Flower Challenge #70 CAS

Bouquet of Love

 

Finally! It's been a busy month. 

I finally had some spare time to play with the new Greetery release, and

combined a few of the new goodies for this card.

I started with In Spades (the gardening tools, and decided on a darkish color. That meant

stamping the floral pattern again and again with white ink, before added colored ink.

Then I went over some of the petals with a white gel pen, and did some colored 

pencils as well. 

The handles are silver foil and Memory Box woodgrain. The Greetery's handle imprints

a spectacular woodgrain pattern, which I inked with Ranger's Oxide Walnut Stain.

The Background is the newest of the Greetery's Rubber Cling, Seed Catalog 

Background Stampwhich covers the whole A2 sized card. 

I just could'n't bring myself to die cut this beautiful stamp! Left it whole

and inked the corners.

The new Botanicuts flowers were all added, and I added some roses too. 

It's A Wrap is cut from vellum, and I added a sweet little tag from

Hug In a Mug.

Just heard there's a new Greetery release coming out at the end of this month.

It's for sure these newbies won't be put away before the new sets are on my 

worktable!

The Card Concept: Vintage Style

The Card Concept has a new challenge starting today, Vintage Style. Check out the

inspiration photo:

What inspires you? Lots of ways to go with this one, style wise.

I zoned in on the colors, and the many vintage layers, to create a Clean and Layered card.

The pink blossom on the pillow was another piece of inspiration. My flower is from 

Altenew's Peony Dream Die 3D die, and the background is Stamped from Altenew's 

Wallpaper Art.

The beautiful Alleluia is from The Greetery's latest release.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you were inspired. Hope to see your lovely

creations in the Card Concept's lineup! 

The rest of the sentiment is stamped on the inside, from the Greetery's Amen & Alleluia.

The floral decoration is from Altenew's Wallpaper Art.

Our challenges run for 2 weeks, and we love seeing how you were inspired! 

 The Card Concept #173 {Vintage Style} 

 

The Flower Challenge 2: Occasions, Part 2

 

Now if someone told me I could only create floral cards, I would laugh.. out loud! 

They're my favorite, to do and get. 

I fell in love with this Amaryllis 3-D die from Spellbinders at Christmas time, and 

needed a special card for a special lady, turning the big 5-0.

The petals assemble to form the 4 flowered Amaryllis, with stamens. My flower is

cut from Poppystamps' watercolor cardstock. I watercolored the petals and leaves, 

and glued the flower to a panel of Altenew stamped background (Dot Art).

The finished flower is long, so I chose a 5x7" base for the card.

The marvelous numbers are from The Greetery. I love their extra special detail!

The finished card is too dimensional for a regular envelope. My plan is to create my own 

box with my We R Memory Keepers tool.

The Flower Challenge 2 runs through the 25th, still plenty of time to join.

Have a good one!

The Flower Challenge #65 Occasions

Happy Valentines Duo

 

Hello, and Happy February, the month for all things LOVE!

Before my hubs and I left for a vacation/visit of our oldest daughter, I ordered The Greetery's

newest release, featuring all things Valentine, called, 'Confections.' Betsy also included a new 

Botanicuts... Strawberries.

I finally got to play with my new order, and created a couple of valentine cards.

The dies have it with these 2 cards. So much fun to assemble, and layer!

With the look of a box of chocolates, and a few dipped strawberries, it's all sweets and

treats for the recipient of these cards. 

The new sentiments dies are Happy on steroids! All different fonts which I doubled die-ed. 

Hope you're doing well. I know it's been a rough couple of months starting this new

year. 3 of my grands and their mom and dad all had covid right after Christmas. 

Thank God, all came through, and all's well now.

Take good care!

The Card Concept: Fresh New Year

 

Welcome back to the Card Concept, and a Fresh New Year!

Complete with color swatches, our photo inspiration is both elegant and a bit sassy!

Black & White & Pink and a soft gold? What could be better for a fresh new start

to a brand new year!

I didn't stray far from the inspiration photo, keeping the b/w bold stripes, and and the bright

pink forefront on my card. My birthday bouquet is set in a glass vase, cut from polka dot 

vellum. 

I chose the Rose Flurries 3-D Die from Altenew, and paired it with The Greetery's

Inside Out Berry Branch.

I call my design choice, Clean and Layered, my favorite of all the card designs.

Hope you are inspired to play along, our challenges run for 2 weeks, plenty of time

to add a card or 2 to our lineup! We love seeing how you use the inspiration photo and

design styles.

Blessings for a wonderful, craft filled New Year!

The Card Concept #166 {Fresh New Year}

Altenew:

Watercolor Stripes Cover Die, Rose Flurries 3-D Die, Versatile Vases

The Greetery:

Inside Out Berry Branch

Christmas Cards

 

Loved this Tim Holtz set of ornaments from Sizzix, and the fun festive script of the Merry 

Christmas! Kept the colors traditional and paired it with the Nordic Frames from 

The Greetery.

Easy to mail too!

Liked it so much, made 3!

Hope your Christmas is a merry one!

The Greetery's Winterberry set

 

Merry Christmas friends!

I'm sharing a set of cards made with The Greetery's Winterberry set, my favorite from

this year!

Very traditional colors on my card, with vintage vibes. Being a lover of all things colorful,

 I kept theberries bright and vibrant. The pink and aqua blue remind me of the 30's 

retro kitchens. I love the sweet happy vibes from all things retro!

I made a total of 5 cards with this design, keeping the layout the same, and changing 

the sentiments from The Greetery's Opposites Attract.

I also made matching envelopes for my cards, using the largest single berry for the

front of the envelope.

Just set your stamps in the Misti and stamp each envelope in the same position.

Such a fun card to make over and over! 

Time to address envelopes. Do you set a day in December to get your cards out?

My day is the 10th. We'll see if that holds true this year. Have a few sets that I just got

calling me, in their packaging, staring at me on my worktable...

Have a wonder filled holiday!

C9's Card Stacks Base

 

Merriest of Holidays to you all!

I made 3 cards with the new Concord & 9th Card Base Die and Home for the Holidays

Die set. Just too cute! Saw Wanda Guess's spectacular card during the release, 

Christmas Magic with Concord & 9th! and had to 

have the sets!

The nighttime background with dark blue cardstock really lets the snowflake embossing

stand out. 

So I made 2 with the dark background, only changing the roofs from white to red.

It's so much fun putting the little houses together!

A top view shows the 3 stacks the houses attached to, the bases, with a few of the trees

glued on the background.

The 3-D diorama folds and fits perfectly inside an A2 envelope. 

Such fine detail, with a jolly result! 

Speaking of jolly, hope your holiday is a jolly one!