Celebrate

 Our challenge at Can You Handle The Pressure has a new OPTIONAL
theme of CELEBRATIONS.
You can create anything as long as you have used an embossing folder.
as that is what our challenge is all about, if in doubt please see
the DT samples and read the rules.

I used for the first time an embossing folder stencil combo
from Lisa Horton's Spring Bloom.  I found this stencil a bit
tricky to get it lined up properly and it definitely has some 'booboo's
on it, not only with the colors I used but also getting it lined up as the
way the stencil was designed.  Don't look too closely LOL.
All inks used were Altenew.  The sentiment is
Tutti Designs that I die cut three times then stacked 
one on the other.  The butterfly is Sue Wilson,

Come on over to Can You Handle The Pressure and have some
embossing fun with us!

You Are The Best

 I took a break today from working on my 2027 cards
(yep, I really am working ahead lol) and also since most of my July
DT cards have been posted for the month I wanted to have some fun
while I had some FREE days.

I created this card for the challenge at Try It On Tuesday which
the theme is SUMMER FLOWERS.
Certainly not a hardship to create for this challenge as I LOVE flowers!

I saw the layout for this card on Pinterest and changed it slightly a bit
to make it my own.  The polka dot strips came from a Ziploc bag
of just small pieces left that I just couldn't toss.
The flowers are made with a Spellbinders die, also made from scraps
and the foliage is Cheery Lynn Designs, a die so worn that the paint is falling off!!
The sentiment is Simon 'U' Too.

This was a fun layout to use scraps, I may have to make a few more of these!

Also entering in these fun challenges:
Snippets Playground #537 .... Snippets

Special Day

Welcome to challenge #7 at Pick 3,
the challenge that has you choose 3 of the elements below. 

My Pick 3 are:

Fruit~Sequins~Chevron

Products Used:
Doodlebug Hello Sunshine paper (chevrons)
Pink Fresh Studio (lemons stamp)
Pink Fresh Studio Folk Edge Circle
Random Sequins
Altenew Buttercream Card Stock

I finally used up a 6x6 pad of paper, other then scrap pieces left
from this pad, only 200 more to go LOL!!
But I was quite pleased when the last sheet left happened to be
chevrons and in colors that worked perfectly for my berries and lemons image.

Come join us at Pick 3!!

Sending Warm Wishes

It's July at Peace On Earth and here I am sending 'warm wishes' lol,
but we ARE a year round Christmas challenge blog so
July or not we must go on!
We have a cute 'inspiration' board that can inspire you or not
as we want to see your Christmas creations.

Being I always try to follow the inspiration board in my eyes I had
the choice between mittens and stockings but there are plenty of other
things to inspire you as well, just take a peek!

I had a stocking die in mind to use but when I opened my Christmas (one of 5)

die books I saw this much neglected Poppystamps (2015) 
Stacked Stockings die so it seemed to call to me and here we are!
I die cut the die several times to paper piece in each stocking different from

one another.  All papers seen on this card are from my Christmas paper
scrap bag, and believe me there are lots and lots of them to use up!
I add a Cheery Lynn Designs trim from my 'spare parts' bin and a sentiment
from The Ton's Styled Christmas Sentiments stamps and die, 

I love the big size of these.
I also added a bit of bling for interest, yes, I know it adds to the postage but

I don't much care about that,  I just think it makes my card complete!

Hope you join our Christmas in July over at
Peace On Earth!

Entering the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create .... Any Holiday

Dragonfly Dreams .... Christmas in July With Sparkle
Girlz Creative Christmas ....Socks
Inkspirational #372 ....Christmas In July

Die Cut Diva's ....Christmas In July
Pearly Sparkles #121 .... Christmas In July

 

Brewin' Up Some Fun

 We are halfway through our challenge this month at
Two Old Bats and have a 'reminder' post in hopes
that you will join in with us!
Below is our fun JULY inspiration board
but you can create anything Halloween themed!

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I had purchased lots of new

Halloween goodies last year in the fall and this card front is

one of them. Whimsy Stamps came out with 10 A2 Lil Friends
card fronts, 8 images, each different and 2 sentiment sheets.

Each of the eight designs is different and all are little cute witches!
I was once again inspired by the bottom left corner and went

with the witch theme.  I trimmed the panel to 4" x 5 1/4"
so I would have an edge left around the sides.  the sentiment is
part of the Whimsy Stamps pack.

We have a couple weeks left for the challenge
so come on over to Two Old Bats and have some

spooky fun with us!

Sweet Birthday

 It's time for our second challenge at Double D and our new theme is
Your FAVORITE FRUIT
meaning we want to see some sort of fruit on your card.

We have a 'fruit-y' mood board for inspiration but you can create
with any fruit of your choice!

I don't think I have 'met' a fruit yet that I don't 'love',

but I chose CHERRIES for my card.
Michigan is known for their sweet AND sour cherries

and has a cherry festival each year in Traverse City,

a festival during my high school years that I never missed,

oh, the memories LOL!!

For my card I pulled out a never been used before Avery Elle
Cherry On Top stamp and die set.  It's a fun die that cuts out

an outer edge separate for the cherry's.  I opted not to use
the cherry stamps other then the sentiment
 but just the dies and to die cut my cherries

from a polka dot paper, cut them apart and inked the front most

cherry to give a bit of definition. 
A small posy and twine bows were added.
The background paper is Echo Park A Slice of Summer (2021).

Let's see YOUR 'citrus' over at Double D and check our all the

beautiful inspiration from the design teams.

Crocus In July

It's Beautiful Blossom challenge time
and we have a mood board for inspiration. 

I know it July and the Crocus has long since bloomed but I had this image

done and colored and it seemed to work perfectly for this challenge

and who doesn't love a House Mouse??

The stamp was purchased from Spellbinders House Mouse Bouquet for You (2023).

I left a sentiment off for now, making it useable for any celebration.

We would love to see YOUR floral creations at Beautiful Blossoms.