A Colorful CCC Card

 Hello!

Here is the card I sent to Linda G. To be honest, I tweeked an old card made a while back by changing the colors to sorta go with the color suggestion this month. See?

I also added a green (Old Olive instead of real lime) colored square with a friendly Hello Friend stamp by SU. 

I colored the flowers with SU blends Dark Calypso Coral and Dark Magenta Madness while the background was already done in green. Made this background by inking up the SU embossing folder called Sea Bed with ink and running it through my Big Shot.

I have a great stamp Rubbernecker saying "Friendship is the only flower that blooms in all seasons". I stamped that inside.  A Wonderful stamp, right?

That is all from a hot and humid Minnesota summer days and nights lately. Stay cool if you are near by and warm if far away like in Australia. 💗

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Pretty White Flowers

Hello Crafty Friends,

This is the card I've sent to Linda W for the July 2024 Card Chain Challenge. Trying to use my new card stand to photograph this, I forgot about all the mess on my desk, so now you have a peek into my craft area. 😬

To make this card I used some card parts from a kit I bought from Drucie Heinen ages ago. That is, the oval topper and the flowers and the card base. I left them white with no sentiment, liking that look. I do make CAS cards mostly even though I have oodles of bling. 

I am still learning how to do ink blending. Here I used Distress Inks in Faded Jeans, Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint for a simple background behind the floral die. Luckily I have the Picket Fence Paper Pouncers to use. Such Fun! I wanted this to look like a horizon and to make the whole card follow the sketch option shown below. 

This sketch option got me thinking about all the card parts I have. Many more lanquishing around here, I confess. You too?

That's it for this month. I really think this challenge is the best one around. You get to meet crafters from all around the globe! I really suggest you join up.

A nice cooler day here as I write this, but we still have August to get through with the heat and humidity. I prefer winter! 😉

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I Love Flowers

 Hi~

I have been wanting to make a book-binding card after watching many videos, and I finally made one. I am quite happy with this, what do you think? It was fun to make so I will make more. I am not sure which video gave me the idea to use designer paper and die cuts, but thank you whoever you are.

I used Stampin' Up! Delightful Florals dsp liking the colors. I do love purple and pink!! The card base and flower are are in Fresh Freesia with a square of Calypso Coral. I have the coordinating die set which after a struggle made the flower. It is popped up on dimensionals. 'Twas also hard to figure out where to put the stamens die cut. I am quite an indecisive person, so I kept moving it and took many pictures. LOL 

My simple hello greeting is from the Irresitable Blooms set. Inside I cut out a little flower from the dsp scraps and will write a note when I send this card.

Way too hot and humid for my liking these days, but my fans work nicely. Today two of my grandkids (college age) are coming by and bringing me a new desk chair. A happy day.

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Pup in a Wreath

Greetings Crafty Friends,

This card was made for the Woodblock Wednesday July 2024 challenge. I hope it is Christmas-y enough with the traditional colors and thank you. I think a thank you card for a Christmas gift is a good thing.

The wreath is by Hero Arts from 2011 and is just called Flower Wreath. I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink so I could use my Stampin' Up! achohol blender pens. I used Real Red and Old Olive.

I made this card for my old rescue group to sell for fund raising, so a Shih Tzu puppy stamped in the middle seemed just right. He is from a company called Snigglesloth, and is a wooden peg stamp. 

It is a beautiful summer day here in MN with mid 70's temps and low humidity. Changes coming tomorrow. :-)

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A Sailing Ship

 Hello Again!

Well, senior moments have struck again...I forgot to take a picture of the card sent to Tina for June CCC. Hopefully she will send me a picture when she gets the card. Wish me luck. 

I am pretty sure I used the Maritime and Friendship option, using a ship from my wood stamps collection. If I am right, I do have that picture and can post it here. 

Well, my card has not arrived, but I think this is the card, so am posting it. OK? edit: card arrived yesterday! 

The stamp is an old one from Stampin Up that I stamped on a scrap of white with black ink and fussy cut out. Am pretty sure the green background map is designer paper.* The greeting is from SU set called Inked and Tiled. And I used as usual, PTI white for my card base. 

When I hear Tina has her card, I'll be relieved and glad I made this post. I apologize to all about my poor memory these days. 

Happy Summer wishes to you all. It is delightful here right now.

Theme Options: Summer / Maritime / Friends

* And the dsp is SU's Take to the Sky.

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Four Pups

 Hello,

Today I am entering my card to the June Edition Woodblock Wednesday Challenge.  I made this card for my old Shih Tzu rescue group to sell at their dog adoption reunion in September. Since this challenge ends soon,  I took a picture of the card with the wood block. 

The wood block is by Rubber Hedgehog Rubber Stamps and is dated 2012. I love this stamp. 

To make the card I first embossed a Very Vanilla card front with my Darice dog print embossing folder.

I inked up the doggie stamp with Versfine Onyx Black ink onto a piece of SU Pecan Pie card stock and then die cut it out with one of the Spellbinders Fluted Classic Recctangles. The greeting is from SU's Happiness Abounds set.

After glueing this focal point onto the card base I was done. The inside is blank except for a thin strip of the brown paper.

Today in MN it is cloudy and cool, just as I like it. Happy Summer to you all.

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