A Happy Mail Card

 

Hi There!

This time I am using a new die and embossing folder set from Concord & 9th called Happy Mail to make this card. I am adding the card to NBUS Challenge #88.

So much fun to make! I used SU Mint Macaron (looks too green here) and Basic White cardstock to make this. The tab and little hearts were cut from the silver lining taken from the opening of a new jar of peanut butter. Know what I'm talking about? Not sure why my picture makes them look gold.

Anyway, after cutting the mailbox shape from 4-1/2 x 5-1/4 cardstock I embossed it. Inside on the white piece I die cut and glued the phrase Happy Mail that came in the set. 

I will probably send the card which BTW, opens from the top down to my friend in CA. She appreciates my card making efforts as she doesn't do it any longer. 

The smoke from all the fires in Northern Minnesota and Canada is mostly gone now here. So sad that the East US is getting it. Take care my friends. I care about you.

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M is My Favorite Letter

 

Hi Fellow Crafters!

The back story is that two of my favorite granddaughters have names that start with "M" and one of them who is away at grad school will get this card. The card was made for the June Edition Woodblock Wednesday.

My wood stamp with the floral M on it is from Recollections by Michaels. It is quite old and I have a J also, my initial of course. I used Ranger Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry to ink up the stamp then cut it out with an really old SU floral punch.

Next I cut out a nice Night of Navy circle with another SU punch and mounted my pretty M.

The card base is Night of Navy topped with a white piece of c.s. embossed with an oldie but goodie Sizzix/SU embossing folder called Petal Burst. 

Fluffy white clouds in the sky today and nice temps in the 70's.

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I Love Butterflies: June 2026 CCC

 Hello!

I chose the Sketch Option this month for the Card Chain Challenge. My card is off to Texas this month and I hope Patricia likes it. *

I do love butterflies and when I had a garden I enjoyed seeing them visit the flowers looking for nectar, I suppose. Monarchs do have a particular flower they prefer, the Milkweed. I bet you knew that.

My card was made to look like a Monarch using new to me retired dies from Memory Box. I hunted the dies down after receiving a card with them from Darnell. The butterflies are called Vivienne and Darla. I see that I should have moved the antenna down and added three dots of bling. 

The background in white cardstock is embossed with another newbie to me, the Spellbinders 3D embossing folder called Molded Frame. I tweaked on it to make it the size I wanted. 

Stampin' Up! Pumpkin Pie orange and Basic Black cardstock were used to make the butterfly and the black for my card base. A small hello from Newton's Nook finished up my card front.

 There is a white piece of c.s. inside where I wrote a note.

* Patricia has received this card.

Sketch Option:

Opps, I posted this too early. Sorry CCC monitors. I hate to delete the whole post. 

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Christmas Birdie

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 Greetings,

After searching through my hoard stash of bird stamps, dies and stencils sets, I found this one from Concord & 9th that I have never played with before. My card will join the CAS Christmas Challenge: June that is newly returned to action by Loll. 

The SU Grey A2 base card was on my desk waiting to be used. I chose the biggest birdie stencil in the above stencil pack as I thought he was so cute. I used a soft roller brush to color him with Hero Hues Unicorn Pigment Ink. The beak, eye, wing, and feet were stamped with Memento black ink. I tweaked on the wing to highlight it.

The challenge asks for CAS Christmas cards and luckily Concord & 9th has this nice Merry Christmas and present stamps in the newer Joyful Wreath stamp and dies set that I used to complete the card. I  stamped them in SU Real Red. I thought that gives a festive touch to the card. 

Because both sets are having their first outing, I am adding this to NBUS #87.

 

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A Sleepy Kitty

 

Hello Fellow Crafters!

I made up this CAS card for the current Addicted to CAS challenge where they are asking for a critter. This kitty stamp from The Stamp Crafter a new to me company. The wooden stamp is called Sleeping Cat and I got it on eBay recently. Hey, despite good intentions, I still am adding to my collections of stamps. :-) Please ignore the date on this photo. Camera issues.

My card base is SU Basic Black with the matting in Basic Grey. The kitten was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on a rectangle of white card stock and I used a Arteza pen in red to color the bow. I have a nice set of the Arteza pens, bought on-line fairly recently. They are really juicy and new to me. So I am adding this card with all the new thing to NBUS #87.

I added the z's by hand with a black marker and the card was done. I was afraid I'd mess up if I tried to draw a mat under the kitty, so didn't add that.

I love cats and of course, dogs are my heart as you probably know. I have no pets now, but my family does so I get to see many.

Cloudy but hot these days here in MN. I prefer it to be cooler, but Minnesota is my home state, so summers here are familiar.

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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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