Soak Up The Sun

 Our monthly challenge for June begins today at
The Sisterhood of Crafters
with a theme of Fun In The Sun.

Living in the Great Lakes state and about 25 minutes from
Lake Michigan, my idea of fun in the sun is 'beach time'.
Since I'm (ahem) 'older'  I am more into walking the beach and
looking for beach glass then I am being a 'sun bunny' 
but my card today is more about lazy days sunbathing!

I used for the first time a Sizzix die set Beach Day.
I cut all the pieces out of a white card stock scrap and then
colored each little piece in with alcohol markers,
when I popped the flower center out it flew across the room,
so, instead of cutting a new one, I just replaced it with a gem.
The background wavy paper is from LDRS, You Are My Sunshine
paper pad.

Just a fun little summer card.
Thanks for stopping by and happy creating!!

To A Special Couple

 Hello friends, at Love Those Pretty Papers challenge we have an
OPTIONAL theme of WEDDINGS.
I don't know about you but I can certainly use some wedding cards on hand.
You can create anything goes but we do require you to use designer papers.

I started with an old 12x12 paper pack from The Paper Studio called Pearl
that I picked up a long time ago (2011) at Hobbylobby.  It is full of  pretty pearl like shiny papers
slightly embossed with  a pearl like look.  The perfect papers for a wedding.
I used a Tutti Designs Dove Circle, a sentiment from Heartfelt Designs stamped on a first time used Stampin' Up framelets die 
and a few pearls.

For my anything goes card I figured as long as I had a wedding card
I might as well make an anniversary card too.
It's a simple card but it sure shows the pretty designer paper well.
The paper is Mintay's Antique Shop.  I used a frame from IO to frame some of the gorgeous roses on the paper, added a sentiment
I created using a Spellbinders Betterpress plate and die,
added some Pink Fresh Studio Pixie gems for sparkle.

Come on over and join us for some pretty paper fun!!

Entering the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday....ATG

Welcome Little One

Hello friends, at Simply Clean & Simple we have an OPTIONAL theme and it is
PRETTY PINKS.

You can however create anything as long as you keep it CAS!

In trying to use up things from my 'spare parts' bin I had this cute
giraffe already die cut and ready to be used.
He, (or she as the case may be) is a Cheery Lynn Designs die.
I used another Cheery Lynn die for the fishtail banner underneath,
cut with a pretty gingham Prima paper.
The sentiment is one of my Spellbinders Betterpress plates.

If you like CAS then come and join us at SCAS.

Word Power June 2025

 Hello friends, today is our new challenge at Word Power
where our challenge is all about those BIG words or sentiments,
-they should be the FOCUS or eye drawing element on your card.

For my card I used a big Happy Birthday sentiment by Sizzix, the flowers are part
of the die set.  I die cut a Waffle Lacy Layer for the base, then used a stitched
oval from my 'spare parts' bin.
That's it, an easy peasy card for a birthday!

Get those big words or sentiments out and come and join us for some Word Power!

My Dear Friend

 Hello friends, today at Double D we have a new challenge theme and it is
FRAMES!

We have a fun inspiration board full of pretty frames to inspire!

For my frame I created one from my Cottage Cutz Wonky Stitched Rectangle dies.
I had an already stenciled and die cut Spellbinders Hello Blooms flower
just waiting to be used.  I popped it up on my frame and added a Spellbinders
Little Hello sentiment.  For the background I had an already embossed floral
panel.  All of the things used on this card came from my 'spare parts' bin
and it felt good to put them to use.

This is an easy challenge so find yourself some frames and
come and join us!!

Soar

 Hello friends, at Triple B for June we have an amazing colorful 
inspiration board, but you can create anything in any color as long as it
has birds, blooms, or butterflies on it, one, two or all three.

For my cards I used a very favorite and colorful 6x6 paper pad by
Little Birdie Artsy Blooms.  This pad is full of beautiful and colorful blooms
and seemed to fit the inspiration board perfectly!

I created a couple of cards using not only the papers but Graphic 45 press-ons as well.

The first card I used the press-ons on a few punched circles.

The second card I used the press-ons on vellum.

I just love these pretty papers and don't think they needed much more
and chose to let the papers be the 'shining stars'!!

Come on over to Triple B, it's a super fun and pretty challenge!

Summertime Fun

Hello friends, We have a fun OPTIONAL theme this month at
Stencil Fun and it is SUMMERTIME.
However, you can create anything NEW as long as a STENCIL
has been used.

I am sure you are all familiar now with the Waffle Flower postage
dies and stencils, I have to admit I have been quite addicted to them myself
and seemed to order with every release they have.
This stencil and stamp set  is Beach Days stenciled with mostly Altenew inks.

I had so much fun with it I created a second card as well.

For the anything goes portion of our challenge I created a graduation
card I made quite some time ago for a grandson that had graduated from
University of Michigan, which in another year I'll be making
him another card as he is back at UOM getting his masters.
The stencil I used is a Brutus Monroe Grad.
Pretty simple as no layers like I normally do.

Come and have some stenciling fun with us
at Stencil Fun!