Hello Friend

 

Hello Friends,

Here is my card partially made at my demo's house (she designed it) and finished at home changing some of the colors and adding a greeting here and inside. The friendly hello stammp is from the older SU set called Friendly Hello. The card was sent to my September 2026 Card Chain Challenge recipient in Connecticut.

The card is a fun-fold, something I haven't done much before, but it was fun to make. I notched the left bottom edge to show how to open it. I did that after I took this photo.

Inside is stamped the phrase "if friends were flowers, I'd pick you" using a very old Hero Arts stamp.

The flowers were colored with SU markers and some of my Arteza Real Brush pens. The cardbase and white c.s. are from Stampin Up too.

Fall has definetly arrived here. Temps in the 50's in the mornings. I love it.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will come by again.

Deer Friends

 Greetings Friends

My card this time was made to join the Christmas Kickstart Challenge #114. The challenge is asking for Reindeer Games. 

This tree frame is an oldie die from Stampin Up called Aspen Trees. It was on my desk just waiting to be used. I mounted it on an A2 Very Vanilla cardbase then added the deer. Do they look like reindeer? I think so.

These cuties are from a retired Greetings Farm stamp and die set. After stampin and cutting them out, I colored them with SU Blends using Christmas colors.

The sentiment is also from this same set. I had trouble figuring out where to stamp it, but it worked out okay.

I've been busy lately making cards at my demo's house and a birthday card for my daughter and great-granddaughter. It's been fun.

Cooler weather here in MN and a lot rain expected tomorrow. That makes me happy as we have been in a drought this summer.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will come by again. I love seeing your comments. Thanks!

I Love Purple

 

Hello Crafty Friends!

I do love purple so the challenge at Addicted to CAS #316 is right up my alley. Years ago I wore purple and red with the Red Hats Society, but that's a story for another day.

New to me is this retired Stampin UP stamp set called Because I Care. I love the flower so made this simple card. I am CASEing Jaydee with my card. Thanks for the inspiration, friend.

I wanted an embossed background but after several tries, and failing, gave up. I am fond of making CAS cards so this one will be okay for this challenge.

Luckily my friends and family are all well, so I will save this one until needed. 

On a black cardbase I cut a piece of white c.s. so a nice border showcases the flower. I used Distress Oxide in Wilted Violet ink and Versafine Onxy Black for the rest. I supose I could have used green, but I ended up liking the simplicity of the card.

Gotta run now, my daughter and great-granddaugher are coming over soon.

Another warm day in the 80's again but I notice some leaves are showing their Fall color. 

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Great Colors Together

Happy September!

As you know by now blue is my favorite color. True story...my mother wouldn't let me wear blue as she did not like it with my coloring. Now, with white hair, it doesn't matter. Right?

My card was made for the September Color Hues #40 challenge asking for dusty blue and brown. So here is my card.

I started with embossing a cardbase of SU Seaside Spray cardstock with an old woodgrain folder. By SU, you can see it better if you enlarge my immage. 

This wonderful vase stamp was a gift from Loll Thompson called Berry Blossoms by Penny Black. Done in brown, I guess the berries are about to fall off. Just saying. SU Soft Suede ink is the color I chose.

The sentiment is from a Honey Bee stamp set called Squeeze the Day. It is popped up with dimensionals. 

My daughter loves the card, but not blue, so I will remake it with a different cardbase for her birthday which is soon.

We are still having summer-like days with temps in the 80's. I am ready for Fall and winter for cooler temps. I hear we will have lots of snow this winter so that will be welcome.

Sending Smiles

 Hey There Friends!

Showing this time a card using an oldie but goodie stamp from Stampin Up. This Swallowtail stamp is originally from 2013. My card is a CASE of a card by Claire Creates Cards. I had saved a pictre of her card from a long time ago. 

I stamped my butterfly on white c.s. with Memento black ink and proceeded to color with SU Blends in many colors. I fussy cut out the stamp then placed it on an A2 top folding black cardbase. I had to draw in the antena.

A lot of yellow for some reason, so when it came time to add a sentiment, yellow seemed best. In real life there is quite a bit of orange that doesn't show in this picture. That makes it better, I think. Next time I want to do a card with more purple and green colors.

I really thought I had a wood version of this stamp, but couldn't find it anywhere. So I bought on-line another one, this time a cling stamp.

The front sentiment is from Penny Black set called Paper Hugs. Inside I used another stamp from there saying "Lots of Hugs to My Dear Friend." The card will be going to my friend in California.

A lovely top-ten day here in MN, temps in the mid 70's with low humidity. My kind of summer day.

Sending you smiles too! Thank you for visiting and I hope you will come by again.

A Hyacinth For July 2026 CCC

 

Hello!

A newbie stamp arrived the other day and I had to ink it up right away. Hyacinth by Newton's Nook is a flower kind not yet in my collection of flower stamps. I've seen many crafters use this so I just had to have it. In retrospect, I should have bought the matching die. I like the card I made, but fussy cutting the flower was horrendous. Forgive my photo...I just noticed the tip of the flower came unglued. The card is on the way to Germany!

For entering my card to The Card Chain Challenge for July, I chose this Color Palette Option. The kraft cardstock is by SU, the Hyacinth stamp is colored with Distress Oxide in Wilted Violet. On the vase I used Encore Gold ink. The sentiment is from the SU set Sunshine & Tulips. The color I chose for this blossom suggestion doesn't match but that's ok. The rules say that exact matching isn't required. 

The vase die is an oldie from Spellbinders that I have had for years. To anchor the vase, I cut a piece of white with a NBUS Honey Bee die set called Lovely Layers: Wrap it Up.

To finish, I again used one of my favorite embossing folders on the card front. It is called Petal Burst and after adding my focal items I was done.

 Inside I stamped a single flower like the ones above and wrote a little note to Imke.

It had been hot and humid and a little rainy here in MN for July so far. I am ok and glad to spend time at my craft desk in air conditioning. 

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