Hello friends. It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Nancy would like us to make it Clean and Simple With a Stencil. Of course we always have our Anything Goes if you are not into using stencils.
Thursday, September 25, 2025
STB - Clean & Simple With A Stencil
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Another Card for Color Hues
This is my second post today. I am sharing another card for Color Hues - Smokey Blue & Sage.
My card was inspired by this card on Pinterest and I made a few changes to it. I had made this card for a young man at church turning 14 and thought it fit the colors so I am adding it to the challenge. I cut strips from an older MFT paper pad and laid them on a slant to the card base. I punched the stars from the pattern paper, plus a couple of other similar papers. The sentiment is from a retired SU set and stamped in SU Misty Moonlight on a panel cut with SU Radiating Stiches dies (ret.). I added the panel with foam tape and then added 3 small gold stars to it.
Color Hues Challenge - Smokey Blue & Sage
Hello friends. I have a card for the Color Hues Challenge to share today.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
HUGS for JUGS
Hello friends. I saw JUGS challenge this week is Container so I waned to use my new Altenew Houseplants set. I have it for a little while but this is the first time I have used it.
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I cut a panel of SU Basic Beige and embossed it with SU Timber EF, then added it to a white card base. I die cut the flowers from SU Balmy Blue and blended Balmy Blue ink to the centers. I layered the flowers together, adding the small flower to center of the lager blooms and then added a rhinestone to the centers to kind of match the silver foil die cut handle and hugs word. The hanging pot is cut from SU Smoky Slate with a little blended ink around the edges (although it doesn't show much with the leaves and flowers). The leaves are cut from 2 shades of green. I mounted the pot with foam tape, gluing the hanger down. I added the greenery and then arranged the flowers how I wanted them. Hugs is cut from silver foil with a white base. I mounted it with foam tape also. I am linking to JUGS |
Saturday, September 13, 2025
New Birthday Card
Hello friends. I have a new birthday card to share today. I was inspired by a couple of challenges for my card.
I used the sketch at The Flower Challenge for my layout and lots of layers plus embossing for the Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge and Triple B Challenge (always love making floral cards).
Friday, September 12, 2025
Color Throwdown #840
Hello friends. I saw the colors at Color Throwdown #840 and of course thought of flowers so I had to make a card using those colors.
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Seize The Birthday - Embossing
Hello friends. It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Jenny would like to see embossing on our birthday cards. If you are not into our "Topping" option, the only requirement is that it has to be for a birthday.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Herd It's Your Birthday
I made this card for a friend who's birthday is tomorrow. They have quite a few cows so I usually try to make a fun card with cows.
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I used a new to me set from Sweet n' Sassy Stamps called Down on the Farm. I stamped the barn, fence, and two cows and then colored them with alcohol markers. I cut them with the matching dies and laid them aside to decide on how to display them. I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and blended Salty Ocean DOI for the sky and Rustic Wilderness DOI for the ground. I stamped the grass with the same ink. I placed the die cut fence along the blended line and then glued the barn over them. I mounted the two cows with foam tape to the right side. I stamped the sentiment on a white strip and then mounted it with foam tape. I really like how it turned out. I don't know if the sentiment is considered "snarky" but will link to AAA Birthday. and to Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time using this set. Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful day. Happy Stamping, JoAnn |
Monday, September 8, 2025
Noel for FMS #702
Hello friends. I am working on getting Christmas cards done and I thought the sketch at FMS would look good with a poinsettia for the circle element and the 2 leaves for the other elements. This is what I came up with.
ETA: My card was chosen as one of the Princess cards at FMS.
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Happy Birthday
Hello friends. I have a new birthday card to share today. I saw several challenges that I was inspired by so I made a card that fit all 4 of them.
ETA: My card was chosen as A Cut Above at The Paper Players.