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. 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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An Eclipse Card

 Hi Again!

Here is my first try at making an eclipse card and I like it. It is not CAS or else I would have linked it to the new CAS Mix up Challenge. Next time.

A bit ago I was playing with inking up embossing folders. This one used Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry. I think - I don't really remember. Anyway, I do know the embossing folder is an old one retired from Memory Box called Breezy Bouquet.

I took my new Waffle Flower's Just a Note Word Die to do the eclipse. It is new, so am adding this card to NBUS #88. I appreciate Waffle Flower for making such wonderful designs! 

The white A2 size card base is embossed with an oder SU folder called Painted Textures. Available many places online.

I layered another Just a Note die cut underneath the main one for some dimension.

Making my eclipse card was fun and I will do another soon. I have oodles of embossing folders, I bet you do too. :-)

More hot and muggy days here in Minnesota, typical July. I sure am glad to have air conditioning and a big fan too.

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A Pretty Paper Card

Hello!

This Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge is a new one for me. What a good excuse to use some of my hoard er stash. I have a huge amount of lovely papers but never use them. Why? Not sure, but maybe because I use dies so much.

So here is my card, pretty paper and a die.

Isn't this pretty paper? It is from an oldie DSP set by Stampin' Up! called Inked Botanicals. The main color is Crushed Curry, a color that is still available.

My card base and the attached die cut are done with Very Vanilla cardstock. The card is an A2 side folding one.

The flower die is an older one (2013 again) from Elizabeth Craft Designs called Daisy. I used liquid glue to glue the flower onto the DSP, as that paper is really the star of this card. The flower die gives a bit of texture to the card.

I've left off a sentiment for now but the card will probably turn into a birthday card when I need one.

Our days and days in the 90 degree F temps here are coming to an end tomorrow. Yay. Heard they are coming back this weekend, though, big sigh.

Hope you are all well, staying cool and dry or warm where you are. Horrible news of the flooding. Take care. I care.

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

Caroling Snowmen

 

Greetings!

I really wanted to use this pretty new to me set from Spellbinders but it was difficult to make my card CAS for Loll's CAS Christmas July 2026 challenge. I just had to stop and not add anything more. What do you think? 

This set is called The Snow Notes. Isn't it adorable? I had the SU Night of Navy card base on my desk ready to use. Scraps of white were used to cut the snow bank but the three carolers were cut from one quarter of a new sheet. More leftovers! Yay!

It was tricky trying to figure out where to put the snowmen's noses and to glue down them. More scraps in pink, pale purple, tan and blue were used for the scarves and hands. I have a whole drawer + of pieces ready to use. I bet you do too! 

The trees were cut from an oldie (2013) die set from Poppy Stamps called Fremont Pine Landscape. To finish, I used the included die saying Falalalalala in red and put inside with a few more white trees.

Hope you like my card, I do. It was fun to make and good to have another Christmas card done.

Update: I needed to fix the nose for the snowman on the right on the original card. Too bad it is so weirdly crooked on this challenge.

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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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