With Love and Prayers

Good Morning! 

This card will be entered into the following Challenges:  

Gina K Designs, Sympathy.  

Simon Says Monday, Favorite Technique.

Another Favorite Technique of mine is to Stencil, it is so soothing!

Gina K Designs Sending Love and Elegant Florals stamp sets, 

Ocean Minded Scallop Stencil and You Being You stamp and die sets.

Tuxedo Black and Starlight Silver inks.

Copic Markers.

Clear and Silver Embossing Powder.

Vellum.

Foam Strips.

Inside.

Lots of dimension!

Thanks for coming by!

Enjoy~~

 

Easter Blessings Wreath

 Good Morning! 

This card will be entered into the following Challenges:

Gina K Designs February 2023, Wreaths.

Simon Says Wednesday, Anything Goes.  

Allsorts, Anything Goes or w/ matching pairs-optional (envie, tag etc).

 I used the Gina K Products: 

Count It All Joy, Always Delightful, Elegant Florals

 and Spring Greetings stamps and die sets.

Gingham Embossing Folder.

Hand cut a circle for the base of my wreath.

Added stamped and die cut foliage from different sets.

Inks in;

Pear Pizzazz, Tuxedo Black and Wild Wasabi.

Clear Embossing Powder.

Copic Markers.

Fussy cut florals.

Foam Dots.

Jewels.

Inside.

That little dimension I love so much!

Thanks so much for coming by!

Enjoy~~

Thinking Of You

Good Morning!

I have been lucky enough to spend some time in my craft room creating cards.

And I have been fortunate enough to send out the ones I have made.

Mailed 10 the other day and only 1 was a birthday card.  

The others were just to let people know I have been thinking about them.  

These 2 cards will be entered into the following Challenges:

Hero Arts, Creativebug Inspiration, I chose Day #12, Heat Embossing.

Simon Says Wednesay, Anything Goes.

I created my backgrounds using the Gina K Designs sets, Elegant Florals and Stately Flowers #12.

Heat Embossed in White on pale blue card stock.

Paper Smooches Foliage 3 dies.

Hero Art Everyday Sayings heat embossed in Silver on Vellum.

Adhesive Rhinestones.

Basically the same card.

Font is different on the sentiment but it is also from the Everyday Sayings set.

Really fun and easy to create.

Same.  Same.

Thanks so much for coming by.

And remember not only is it fun to make a card 

it's really delightful to pop them in the mail.

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~~

Mini Houses And Flowers

Good afternoon!  Happy Spring!  

We had a beautiful sunny day, still a bit cooler than I would like, but hopefully we are heading in the right direction! (although we did wake up to snow yesterday.....sigh)

Each year I try to play along with that Pay It Forward Game.  

You post on Face Book and try to have at least 5 people sign up.

I offer up a bit of craftiness and request that anyone who signs up with me, must post the same on their page.  What you send is totally up to you.  It's fun and you spread JOY across the country!

This year I made these little mini wooden house ornament thingies. lol

They were so fun to decorate and VERY affordable.

I made 9, but forgot to take a picture of the red and green ones.  

They have already moved on to their forever homes.

I am entering them into the following Challenges:

Simon Says Monday, Miniature / Tiny Things.

Scrapy Land, Anything Goes!

MFT Flourish die.

Spellbinders Hearts die.

Paper Smooches Foliage 1 & 3 dies.

Stampin' Up! Botanical Builders Leaf die.

Memory Box Homespun Heart (small open heart on sentiment banner).

Sizzix & Darice Embossing Folders.

Embossing Powders; Black, Green, Clear and Rose Gold.

Gina K Designs The Journey stamp set.

Buttons.

Mini Sequins

Wire.

Beads.

Ribbon.

Distress Inks.

Twine.

Heart Key Charm.

Super FUN!!!

This next card will be entered into the Challenges at;

Papertrey Ink Win It Wednesday, Use 2 Or More PTI Ink Colors.

Penny Black, Going Round In Circles.

PTI; Daydreamer stamp and die sets, Mix And Match Flourishes, 

Fabulous Frames dies, Shakers And Sprinkles stamp set.

PTI Colors; Ocean Tides, Scarlet Jewel, Bright Buttercup, New Leaf, Black and White.

I stenciled the background using a Heidi Swapp Diagonal Lines Stencil.

Amalgam Black ink.

Thin Ribbon.

Mini Sequins.

These cards will be entered into the Challenge at Gina K Designs, Flower Power.

Gina K Designs; Elegant Florals and Rustic Autumn stamp sets. 

Amalgam Black and Wild Wasabi inks.

Copic Markers. 

Darice Basket Weave Embossing Folder.

MFT Dotted Scallop Border die.

Thin Ribbon.

Happy Spring!

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy~~

Floral Card Set

Good Morning!  

I loved creating these pretty and easy AND flat cards.  So easy to mail!  Lately I have been making a lot more flat cards, great to have on hand and I can just pop them in my mail box.  YAY!

These will be entered into the Challenge at Simon Says Monday, Flower Power and Simon Says Wednesday, Anything Goes!

With each card I just sponged off an area using a Rectangle die.  I used the Gina K Designs stamp sets; Elegant Florals, Sending Love and You Get Me. 

I also colored in the flowers using Copic Markers.

Raven Black ink.

Spiced Marmalade Oxide ink.

After sponging the Oxide ink on I lifted some of it by dropping water on to it.

Black and White striped Designer Paper.

Nuevo Drops in Clear. (which take on the color of ink beneath them)

Candy Dots.

Peeled Paint Oxide ink.

Iced Spruce Oxide ink.

Love how fun they were to make and how nice they turned out.

Thanks for popping in!

Enjoy~~

Love And Sympathy

Good Afternoon!

A couple of cards to share with you today.

This first one will be entered into the Papertrey Ink Challenge, Spot Color Word Dies.  Betsy has a wonderful video you can watch HERE.

I made this into a little gift card and I know the perfect little girl to give it to, I also have  gifts stockpiled for any and all occasions, YAY!  I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set, Ballerina Beauty, stamped in Raven Black ink.   Then using the Big Basics Love You die I cut out my 'hidden sentiment'.

I colored the Love You die cut in 5 different shades of Pink using Copic Markers.  Then I placed it back into the negative space.  Added a few Pink Sequins in different shades and sizes and a bit of Baker's Twine.

My next card will be entered into the Challenges at; Simon Says Monday, Flower Power and Simon Says Wednesday, Sparkle And Shine.

Using the Gina K Designs stamp sets, Elegant Florals and Sending Love I created this Sympathy card.  I stamped the leafy vine stamp in Versa Mark and then Heat Embossed in Gold Embossing Powder.  This became my 'hidden' panel.  

My top panel I dry embossed using a Sizzix Embossing Folder.  I then cut it down a bit so I could have a bit of the heat embossed panel peeking out.  I also added Copper Foiled paper to each edge.   This was popped up using foam dimensions. 

I stamped my Calla Lily 3 times with Versa Mark ink and then heat embossed in Gold Embossing Powder.  These I fussy cut out.  Stitched Traditional Tag die cut for my heat embossed sentiment.  Natural Twine.

  

A little bit of depth and dimension.

Hoping this brings love and comfort.

*and for the record I made this card with a fever and sinus infection  ;)  

Thanks for popping by.

Enjoy~~