Happy Retirement

   Good Morning!

This card will be entered into the following Challenges: 

Altenew Simon Says 

 

Simon Says Monday, Stencil Fun.

Simon Says Wednesday, Beautiful Blooms.  

Paper Funday, Anything Goes!  

 Good Altenew Garden Grow stamp and dies, Hanging Flowers dies and Whimsical Tulip stamp and die sets.

 Waffle Flower Postage Collection, stencil and die, stencil used to add

a bit of light pink ink in each square/rectangle.

Gina K Designs Good Life stamp and die sets.

 Tuxedo Black and Picked Raspberry inks.

Clear Embossing Powder.

Copic Markers.

Sakura Glitter Pen.

Foam Squares.

Glossy Accents.

PFS Jewels, 12 Pack.

 Inside.

 Texture and Dimension.

Everything is die cut.

I would have loved this card for my Retirement!

Thanks for coming by!

Enjoy~~

Hello There, Darling

Good Morning! 

Gearing up for Lee....may or may not hit us.  

Perfect crafting weather as long as the power stays on!

I'll keep you posted.

This card will be entered into the following Challenges:

The Sisterhood Of Crafters, Die Cuts and Altenew Collaboration.

Simon Says Monday, Take Flight.

Simon Says Wednesday, Make It Cute.

The Card Concept, Country Style, #tcc199.

I was inspired by the wreath and the black and white gingham ribbon.

A Country Gardening Wreath!

This card measures 5" x 5".

I used the Altenew Products;

Garden Grow stamp and die sets.

Botanical Silhouettes stamp and die sets.

Darling Rose stamp set.

Tuxedo Black ink.

Clear Embossing Powder.

Copic Markers.

Score Lines.

MFT Black and White Striped Designer Paper.

Black and White Gingham Ribbon.

Foam Tape.

Foam Dots.

PFS Jewels, 12 pack.

WOS.

Inside.

And that wee bit of dimension I love so dearly!

Thanks so much for popping in!

Enjoy~~

The Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop With Altenew

 Good Morning and welcome to 

The Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop with Altenew!

So many wonderful Challenge Blogs are participating!

You should be able to find all of the information here at Altenew. 

 

 

The purpose of this Hop is to raise awareness 

of all the Challenge Blogs out there. 

 

Isn't that awesome? 

It's great to have all of that information in one spot! 

 

 

The Double D Challenge Blog  

has been invited to join the hop, 

and I'm so excited to bring you some inspiration

from myself and our wildly talented Double D team!

 

Here is what I have created! 

 

 

Plant Gift Tags

For when I pot up some of my garden and give as gifts! 

Each Tag has been hand cut, very simple to do, 

and all use bamboo skewers.

They measure 2 3/8"  by  4 1/4".

Altenew stamp sets:

Magnolias For Her and Garden Grow.

Crisp Black ink.  Copic Markers.

Sheer Ribbon.  Sakura Glitter Pen.

WOS.  Ink Splatters.

Altenew Stamp set, Wild Hibiscus.

Crisp Black ink.  Crystal Clear Embossing Powder.

Copic Markers.  Clear Nuvo Drops.

Vellum.  Ribbon and Twine.

Altenew Stamp sets:

Wild Hibiscus and Peony Spray.

Crisp Black ink.  Crystal Clear Embossing Powder.

Copic Markers.  Sakura Glitter Pen.

Vellum.  WOS.

Baker's Twine.  Sequins.

Altenew Stamp set:

Garden Grow.

Crisp Black ink.  Copic Markers.

Crystal Clear Embossing Powder.

Sakura Glitter Pen.  WOS.

Sheer Ribbon.

Blog Hop Order:

Altenew

AAA Card Challenge

Happy Little Stampers

Addicted to CAS

Perfectly CAS

Addicted to Stamps and More!

Seize the Birthday

Color Hues the Color Challenge

Time Out Challenge

Less is More Challenge

Double D Challenge Blog

The Sisterhood of Crafters

The Color Throwdown

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$250 in total prizes!

To celebrate this fantastic blog hop, Altenew is giving away

$25 gift certificates to TEN lucky winners.

Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew blog on September 5th, 2021.

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Now, Hop....Hop....Hop!

 

 

 

Love, Hugs and Flowers

Good Morning!  

It's Monday.......but the sun is shining and I just got the day off!  Yippee!  

It's been a long time since I have entered any Challenges, so let's go!

This first creation will be entered into the Impression Obsession, Tag You're It Challenge and

Simon Says Monday, Inspired By A Song.

Mr. Postman and oldie but a goodie, you can listen to it here:The Marvelettes, Mr. Postman

I used the Impression Obsession products:

Going Postal stamps.

Looped Heart Border die, I also layered the hearts from the die onto my project.

Night Of Navy ink.

Plaid Designer Paper.

Fun Foam.

Darice Hearts Embossing Folder.

Sheer Ribbon.

Heart Charm.

This next creation will be entered into the Gina K Designs, Just Add Texture Challenge.

Hugs Eclipse Card

I used the Gina K Designs Products:

Birthday Blessings stamps.

Hugs die.

Images colored with Copic Markers.

Fun Foam.

Ribbon.

Sequins.

WOS.

Sakura Glaze Pen.

Texture and dimension!

These last cards will be entered into the Altenew Challenge.

Altenew Products:

Magnolias For Her and Garden Grow stamp sets.

Images colored with Zig Water Color Markers.  

I finally broke down and got the 24 set!!  Kind of loooooove them!

White Embossing Powder.

Fun Foam.

Just a wee bit of dimension on the sentiment.

Liked it so much I made 2!

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy~~

Hugs, Smile, Anniversary and New Home

Good afternoon!

I have a few cards to share with you today!

This first card will be entered into the Challenge at Gina K Designs Flag! You're It .

I chose the colors from Germany's Flag, I needed a masculine card 

and thought these colors would be perfect.

I used the Gina K Designs Hugs Stamp and die sets.

Amalgam Black ink.

CuttleBug Honey Comb Embossing Folder.

MFT Border Notch and Party Banner dies.

Fun Foam.

Enamel Dots.

This next card will be entered into the Challenge at  Impression Obsession, Things That Fly.

I used the Impression Obsession stamp sets;  Raven Silhouette and Hanging Basket.

Inks in; Amalgam Black, Real Red and Wild Wasabi.

After stamping the silhouette I added Clear Embossing Powder 

and heat set it, I also did the sentiment in this fashion.

Flowers were fussy cut.

PTI Scallop and Stitched Rectangle dies.

Fun Foam for dimension.

This next card will be entered into the Challenges at;

Stamping Sensations, The Earth Laughs In Flowers.

Penny Black, Summer Colors.

Today is our 31st Anniversary.

Typically I make a more masculine beach themed card, 

but these Beautiful Day flowers just spoke to me!

I used the Altenew Beautiful Day stamp and die sets.

Amalgam Black and Fossilized Amber inks.

Copic Markers.

Heidi Swap Color Shine in White and Gold.

Black Paint Splatters.

Hard to see but the flowers are all arranged on a large die cut, as is the sentiment.

MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangles.

Black and Blue Sakura Glaze Pens on flower centers.

Wood Grain Embossing Folder.

Mini Gold Sequins.

WOS.

Fun Foam.

Sentiment by Gina K Designs, Heart stamp and die sets.

This last card will be entered into the Challenge at Scrapy Land, Anything Goes!

I used the Altenew Garden Grow stamp and die sets.

Amalgam Black ink.

Copic Markers.

Tutti Designs Cross Stitched Rectangles die.

Sweet little pots.

Sakura Glitter and Glaze Pens.

Gina K Designs Home Tweet Home stamp set.

That's it for today! 

Better put the Champagne on ice!

Thanks for popping in!

Enjoy~~

Assorted Cards

Good Morning!  

I have a bunch of cards I have been working on.  So, let's get right to it!

This Book Mark will be entered into the Challenge at Stamp TV, Anything But A Card.

Gina K Designs stamps; Bitty Blossoms, Fill It With Flowers.

Paper Smooches die; Foliage 2.

Eyelet 

Ribbon

Button and Twine

Copic Markers

Rhinestones

Amalgam Black Ink by GKD

Lace

Foam Dots

This does have some dimension, so it may not be good for a book spine lol.

This card will be entered into the Challenges at; Penny Black, Autumn Splendor and Stamping Sensations, Shades Of Autumn.

PTI stamps and dies; Friendship Jar Fall Filler.

PTI Designer Paper; Canyon Clay.

Amy Design die; Picket Fence.

Doohickey die; Grass.
Spellbinders die; Labels 8.

Cheery Lynn die; Fall Leaves 8.

Amalgam Black Ink.

Copic Markers.

This card will be entered into the Challenges at; Altenew and Crop Stop Party #44, Optional Plaid.

Altenew stamps and dies; Garden Grow and Beautiful Day.

Cheery Lynn die; Fall Leaves 8.

Tutti Designs die; Cross Stitched Rectangle.

Created my own Plaid using Copic Markers and a Sakura Glitter Pen.

Gold Foil Paper.

GKD Amalgam Black Ink.

These Christmas cards will be entered into the Power Poppy , It's Your Birthday.

My birthday happens to be Christmas Day so I chose to create a few cards.

I actually had the very good fortune of winning the Power Poppy Holiday Release back in 2016 so I used several of those sets....they are FUN and put the MERRY in Christmas!

Power Poppy; Glistening Paperwhites.

DCWV Designer Paper; Glitter Basics.

Spellbinders dies; Classic and Scallop Ovals.

Copic Markers.

WOS.

Sakura Glitter Pen.

Amalgam Black and Dove Grey inks.

Power Poppy; Holly Golightly.

Spellbinders die; Labels 4.

Copic Markers.

GKD Amalgam Black ink.

Sakura Glitter Pen.

Ribbon.

Rhinestone.

Power Poppy; Simple Joys.

Tutti Designs dies; Cross Stitched Rectangles and Nesting Stitched Banners.

GKD Amalgam Black ink.

Copic Markers.

Ribbon.

Sakura Glitter Pen.

Enamel Dots.

3 down only 2,000,789 to go lol

This card will be entered into the Challenge at;  Simon Says Stamp Monday, Take Flight.

Stamping Up stamps and dies; Dragonfly Dreams and Detailed Dragonfly.

Background is a piece of Heidi Swapp 'Invisibles', 

which is an easy way to create the Emboss Resist Technique.

Bermuda Bay ink.

Gold Foil.

Sakura Glitter Pen.

This card will be entered into the Challenge at; Scrapy Land, #100 Celebration.

Stamping Up stamps and dies; Oh So Succulent.

Spellbinders dies; Standard and Lacy Circles.

Cheery Lynn; Ivy Corner Flourish.

Wood Grain Background.

Ribbon.

Brad.

Inks in; Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry and Tempting Turquoise.

The succulent adds so much dimension!  Love it!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enjoy~~