A Little Sweetness

Good afternoon!

I made a little 3D 'crate' to add some Easter sweetness to.  I should have bought the little chocolate lambs, but went with my Mom's favorites, Reese's.

This will be entered into the following Challenges;

Power Poppy, Just Go 3-D.

Simon Says Monday, Beautiful Blooms.

Stamping Sensations, April Showers Bring May Flowers.

Penny Black, Springtime.

Allsorts, Blossoms, Butterflies, Bugs.

I used the Power Poppy stamp sets, Short Stacks and Potted Primroses.

Amalgam Black ink and Copic Markers.

Flowers and Pots fussy cut out.

Spellbinders Classic Oval dies.

Ribbon.

Baker's Twine.

Adhesive Pearls.

WOS.

Reese's Bunny.

Cadbury Egg.

Reese's Egg.

Simple and sweet.

Thanks for stopping by, next time I'll put the kettle on 

and offer you a sweet.

Enjoy~~

Double D, Black And White Only

Good Morning! 

A brand new Challenge is up and running over at the Double D Challenge Blog. 

Here is your Inspiration Tile:

Double D, Black And White Only

Here's my card:

I was drawn to the balloons and butterflies from the Mood Board.  

Using an Embossing Folder I dry embossed my background in a Happy Birthday Motif.

The balloons were created using the Impression Obsessions Birthday Balloon die.  

I sponged a bit of Dove Grey ink on the White ones to add a bit of dimension.

I 'planted' them into the Simple Garden Pots die cut by Memory Box, adding Baker's Twine strings.  The little butterflies were cropped using a Memory Box die, Butterfly Exhibit. 

A Vellum strip was heat embossed using Black Embossing Powder.  

Happy Birthday sentiment by Gina K Designs, Pleasant Plurals stamp set.

Inside stamp also by GKD, Happy Spring.

Amalgam Black ink.

This card came together rather quickly.  I'm somewhat amazed when that happens lol

This card will be entered into the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge, No Designer Paper.

Please come on over to the Double D Blog and join in all of the FUN!

You'll be glad you did as there is always a pretty prize up for grabs!  

Here's the prize for this Challenge:

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy~~

Hello And Birthday Wishes

Good Afternoon!

I have a couple of more cards to share with you today.....so off we go!

This first card will be entered into the following Challenges;

Simon Says Monday, Beautiful Blossoms.

Simon Says Wednesday, No Designer Paper.

Allsorts, Blossoms, Butterflies, Bugs.

Papertrey Ink, Favorite Style. (layers!!!)

I used many dies for this layered creation.

Elizabeth's Crafts, Dandelion Fluff.

Amy Designs, Picket Fence.

Memory Box, Lavender Bunch, Layered Robin.

Paper Smooches, Foliage 2.

PTI, Shakers And Sprinkles Frame dies.

I used Foiled Toner Sheets to create my Layered Robin.

Sentiment by Power Poppy, Everything's Even Rosier, stamped in Amalgam Black ink.

It was a lot of fun layering all of the different die cuts together.

Fun Foam for dimension.

I have been scouring Pinterest for some Fun Fold Cards, 

here's the first of many to come.

This card will be entered into the following Challenges;

Stamping Sensations, April Showers Bring May Flowers.  

And do you know what Mayflowers bring?  Pilgrims LOL  A little Cape Cod humor for you.  :)

Penny Black, Springtime.

Dies R Us, April Showers, 

Water Related, Rain, Ocean, Umbrella.  (I went with Dew Drops)

I used the Gina K Designs stamp set, Elegant Florals.  

Images colored with Colored Pencils and Copic Markers.

Black Amalgam ink.

Dew Drops created using Crystal Clear Nuvo Drops.

Spellbinders Classic and Scallop Ovals.

Pear Pizzazz ink.

Each page opens further.

And further.

And further.

I love this Fun Fold!

I kept each page pretty simple, but there is lots of landscape to stamp and decorate.

Thanks for popping in!

Enjoy~~

Kindness, Just Because

Good Morning!

I'm going to say that Spring has arrived here on Cape Cod....hope I just didn't jinx myself!

The air is warmer and things seem to be greening up a bit.

YAY!

This first card will be entered into the following Challenges:

Simon Says Monday, Beautiful Blooms.

Simon Says Work It Wednesday, Spring Flowers.

Stamping Sensations, April Showers Bring May Flowers.

Power Poppy, On The Grid.

Allsorts, Blossoms, Butterflies, Bugs.
Penny Black, Springtime.

I used the Everything's Even Rosier stamp set by Power Poppy.   

Stamped in Amalgam Black ink and colored with Copic Markers.  

Then I sliced the image up into 1" squares.  But, first I added a sheet of double sided adhesive to the back of the image.  Made it so much easier than using my large ATG Adhesive Gun.

Placed all the images onto a piece of pretty Blue card stock and then swiped my Versa Mark Ink pad all over, doused with Clear Embossing Powder and then heat set it.  

This shines so much, looks like little pretty tiles!

Of course, nearly impossible to capture in a photo.

Added a sentiment stamped in Island Indigo ink and heat embossed with Clear Powder.

My next card will be entered into the 

Challenge at Gina K Designs, Ombre Ink Blending.

This was a very simple and quick card to make.  

Using the Gina K Designs Bitty Blossoms stamp set, I stamped my floral image 

using Versa Mark ink and White Embossing Powder which I then heat set.

Using inks in;  So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, 

and Calypso Coral I created my ombre background.

I die cut my sentiment using the Simon Says Kindness die, 

which I also used my inks on to make the ombre effect.

Added some 'dew drops' using Nuvo Drops in Crystal Clear.

Quick and easy.  No added postage. lol

Thanks for stopping by.

HAPPY SPRING!!!

Double D, Watercolor

Good Morning! 

A brand new Challenge is up and running over at the Double D Challenge Blog. 

Here is your Inspiration Tile:

Gorgeous Right?

Here is my card:

This is a pretty straight forward card.  Nothing fancy, no frills.

BUT, I do love it.  

This Memory Box die cut, Row Of Poppies is one of my most favorite things to water color.  They are just perfect!

I did die cut a 2nd set of poppies in black and offset it on the back 

for a little bit of depth and dimension.

Scallop Frame is from PTI, Shakers And Sprinkles.

As you can imagine, this was a super quick card to create!


This card will be entered into the following Challenges;

Simon Says Wednesday, Anything Goes!
Simon Says Work It Wednesday, Spring Flowers.
Memory Box, Clean And Simple.
Dies R Us, Anything Goes!

Please come on over to the Double D Blog and join in all of the FUN!

You'll be glad you did as there is always a pretty prize up for grabs!  

Here's the prize for this Challenge:

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy~~