May 2026 CCC: Keep Calm

 

Hi Stampers!

I was late getting into the challenge this month - Gail kept reminding me :-). So sending a card over seas was my only option. But, I've been sick with a nasty cold for over a week now so took license with the rules and used a card made before with a little tweaking to help fit the options this month. It's a card made for a stamper, don't you know. Ignore the date on this photo. My old camera's dates don't go above 2025.

So I took advantage of the Product/Technique option to use twine or thread and added this bow that matches the crown on the card. My focal stamp rectangle on white c.s. was made with a wood stamp from Hampton Art that I have had for ages; no idea how old. I found several similar stamps on-line and just one with this exact crown. I colored the crown with a gold gel pen.

SU Old Olive is my card base and a lighter shade of green paper is embossed with the Spellbinders Plaid folder. The bow was made with SU jute trim in a sort of matching color. Three green bling finishes the card up.

As I write this, it is a lovely Spring day here in MN, with temps in the low 60's F. All the trees have their leaves out and the grass is green. Makes me happy to look at it all. Hope to get outside this weekend.

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Flowers in Spring

 Almost Spring Greetings!

Here is the card that is on the way to New Jersey for April CCC. The photo was taken recently despite the date tag on it! The picture makes the word Spring look terribly crooked, they are but not as bad as my photo. To tell you the truth it is the best I could do with the die cut letters and picture taking ability. Not my best work but showing anyway. The letters are from PTI done from white cardstock.

It was fun making the card with my SU Extraordinay Flora Washi Tape. Pretty easy to put down after some practice. The base card is SU too but I am not sure which light purple color. Inside I fussy cut out one of the flowers from the tape and glued it in the corner.

Also nside I stamped a lovely sentiment from SU Easter Friends set  saying " sending warm and happy wishes this spring." That retired set is available several places online.

The spring weather here has been the usual for us in Minnesota - warm one day and cold the next. Rain expected for the next several days which will green up things. Today I saw millions of dandilions. Yuck. All the trees are showing off new leaves and some people have tulips.

Take good care and Happy Crafting and Happy Spring. 🌷

Theme Options: Long Ears / Spring / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Bookpaper / Fancy Edges (ripped, die cut, embossed etc)

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A Moose For You

 

Hello Crafty People:

I made this card for my youngest grown daughter. She calls me each day on the way home from work and the greeting is "Moooose". Not sure when we started this silliness but it is fun and this moose die is perfect for her thank you card. She does so much for me! I stamped and embossed a thank you stamp inside in red to match his hat.

This fun critter die is from Cottage Cutz called Moose-mas Moose. Not a holiday card this time, but we just got out of winter here when we both live.

Mr. Moose was die cut from all SU scraps found in my UFO drawer. Tricky to piece togther but I did it! The sentiment from a big piece, not sure what the color name is. 

The card base is my usual PTI white. I wish I had embossed the white before gluing my focal points. Oh well.

My sentiment was cut with a fun die set but I didn't label where I got it or who made it. Sorry. It's a great font. If you know anything about this die, please let me know.

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CCC March 2026

 Happy Almost Spring!

Ignore the camera date on the card. First I set the current date wrong AND then used year 2025 as my old camera doesn't go up further. Senior moments attacking too, teehee.

This flower is from retired Stampin Up set called Prized Peony. I lobbed off the leaves as they didn't stamp well.  I colored the peony with a new to me ink from Wendy Vecchi called Pink Peony then fussy cut out the flower.

My base card and the die cut leaves are from Stampin Up retired Gumball Green cardstock. The flower die is from SU's set called Poppy Moments, not sure where leaf die is from. So many retired things, sorry. But it feels good to use what I have, right?

I glued the flower on an embossed sheet of PTI white using an older SU folder called Fern. The greeting is a goodie from Stamplorations. The label shape is from a Simon Says Stamp set, I think.

Belatedly I realize I used the April CCC colors for this March card. Sigh. More old person moments, right? But I am one. 

Edited to correct a few things.

Theme Options: Gnomes / House or Home / Friendship

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Friendly Smiles

 Cyber Greetings!

I made this card for the February 2026 Card Chain Challenge.  I chose the Colour Palette Option, the Theme option of friendship, and the sketch option too. The colored cardstock is all SU matching the colors shown below as best I could. The lime looks yellow in my photo. Sorry. I like using colored carstock, do you use it?

The Smile die came from Susan R. in a box of goodies I bought from her. Once again I didn't use backing for the die cuts so used my finger and glue to paste them. Sigh. Will I ever learn.

I found the sentiment in a fairly new stamp set by SU called Perfectly Pears. Inside on a piece of white I stamped Life is Better With Friends Like You from a new to me cling set called Flowers of Friendship. These sets are available several places online. 

Colour Palette Option                          Sketch Option

                    

Inside I stamped another friendship statment saying Life Is Better With Friends Like You from SU's Flowers of Friendship stamp set. I like using these red rubber stamps, although I do know that SU is not making them any longer. Boo hoo.

As I write this we are getting ready for another blast of winter including some snow. The snow was minimal and at posting this today it is cold and sunny. OK by me either way. 

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I Love Wooden Stamps

 

Hi There!

I made this card for Woodblock Wednesday February Edition on February 26, 2024 after looking through my hoard drawer of wooden stamps. Please ignore the date stamp on the picture. My old camera doesn't have year dates beyond 2025. Anyway, here is my card:

Ignore my awful photagraphy too. I took oodles of pictures but this is the only one half decent.

My oldie but goodie wooden stamp is labled Hampton Art Signature Collection 5/8/2012. Two shades of green from Stampin Up are holding my focal point. The lighter one is embosed with Spellbinders Plaid folder. I used a gold gel pen to outline the crown and VersaFine onyx black for the words. I made and disgarded several attemps to get the crown and words done nicely. 

I added three gems from SU in a light green, but they don't show well in my photo. Tap on it to enlarge may help to see them.

Inside I stamped a fun saying from Altenew's Keep Calm & Make Cards set. It says:

                                      I made this card just for you 

                                       Because you are priceless.

                                       Even if you don't like it, act like you do.

Isn't that a hoot? I should have taken a picture. The set is available a few places online. I will most likely send the card to a fellow stamper.

Time to get to bed. Yawning. I often craft at night. Do you?

Nice spring-like weather today and tomorrow, but a cold streak coming in on Saturday. I am so ready to see flowers and trees budding. 

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