Hello Pup

 Greetings!

My Card Chain Challenge card has flown over to Greece this month. I chose to use the color options plus two of the other options. I am highlighting my love of Shih Tzu dogs. So here he is, done up in SU embossing powder Cooper, the closest I have to bronze and he has paws, right? 

 

Theme Options: Egypt / Paws / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Embossing Powder / Inlaid Die Cut

The pup wooden stamp is from Rubber Hedgehog Stamps and the hello is by SU from the Let's Chat set. I masked him and a cloud stencil then lightly sponged Distress Inks for the sky and ground. Notice his red bow. A friendly message inside completed this card.

What do you think? Another senior moment came when I realized I hadn't taken a picure, so had to redo the envelope. I opened the side 'cuz global postage was already on. That worked out fine. Whew.

We had lovely Fall weather temps the final week in September, but back to the 80's for the next week and on to October.

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A Special Card

 

Hello Stampers

Adding this card to the September Edition /Woodblock. I found an old Hero Arts wood block stamp from 2012 in my stash. It did not stamp very well as you can see. This is the best of many tries and many pictures. 

I think this is a fun stamp and the card will be sent to one of my adult grandchildren soon. 

I used VersaMark and VersaFine Onyx Black for the stamping. The little pumpkin is part of an old Hampton Art stamp. The cardstock is SU, am not sure of the color name, maybe Pale Papaya.

Hopefuly I will finish the other Halloween cards before time to mail them. The one for my great granddaugher won't be scary! 

Summer weather here is sticking around here in MN. Me, I am ready for Fall and cool temps.

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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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Flowery Thanks

 Hi~

Today I am joining a new challenge to me,  Color Hues The Color Challenge. They want pink and moss green which I have lots of both inks in my stash.

As I mentioned somewhere, I have been learning to stencil. This card is one of my first! I followed completely a Gina K video using the Layered Peony Art Stencil that I bought a while ago.

I used three colors of pink, Wendy Vecchi Pink Peony and SU Rose Red and Cheery Cobbler.  Luckily I have various sizes of blending brushes. The green leaves are colored Mellow Moss and Old Olive inks. The "thanks" is from the old Good Morning Magnolia Set 1. I embossed it with Brutus Monroe Alabaster powder.

The card base is Basic Black c.s. that I folded wrong, but the white piece inside shows okay, I.M.O.

I showed this card to my dauther a while ago and she asked me to make it again for her saying happy birthday. Mind you, her birthday is in December. LOL

It is supposed to rain some all week here, so card making and rearranging my craft area are things I can do. A messy crafter, I usually end up with just a small spot to craft in. You do that too?

Bye for now. Thanks for all the comments lately!

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A Few Lotus Flowers

 Summer Greetings!

A lot of fussy cutting went into my card today, but I don't mind. The card turned out okay, if I say so myself. See? I am sending this card to The Flower Challenge #92.

As you can see, I followed their sketch closely. I started out with a SU embossing folder called Seabed inked up in Old Olive that was in my to-use bin. I pasted that onto a top folding A2 card base.

I chose an oldie but goodie stamp set by Dee at Stamplorations called Lotus Love for the flowers. They were colored with SU Blends in shades of Daffodil Delight and Magenta Madness and cut out.  A water stamp from the set has the flowers floating. 

I left off a sentiment as I am not sure for what occassion I will send someone the card. 

Because I used snippets of white cardstock to stamp my flowers etc. I am sending the card on to the Snippets Playground Challenge #482.

First card completed in June! I almost have too much stuff to chose what to make. That's why I like challenges. Anyone else have that problem? 

 

Bye for now from a rainy day in Minnesota. :-)

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P.S. I see my card is sideways in the challenges, I don't know why. If you do, please let me know how to fix them. Thanks.

Three Colors

 Hello Crafty Friends!

My card this month is wending its way to Germany. Hope it arrives by the end of the month. 

I used all three colors chosen for this month using the closest ones I could find in my stash of craft goodies. The Glorious Gingham 6x6 DSP from SU had this paper called Blueberry Bushel.  I die cut a piece of it with the PaperTrey Ink die set called Love to Layer: Torn Edges for a background. I really like this layout and will use it again.

My flower and leaf are from the new SU Happiness Abounds stamp set. After stamping onto white scraps, I heat embossed the two pieces with Ranger Gold embossing powder.  To finish this part I used the matchiing dies. 

This challenge always has a theme of friendship and I liked the friend word from the same set. I embossed that in the gold as well then fussy cut out around it.

Lastly to get a raspeberry color, I used SU Polished Pink cardstock for my card base. I have Ranger Distree Oxide ink in Picked Raspberry that matched well, so I knew I was on the right track.

 

Lovely late spring and going into summer weather here with warm temps and rain to keep the flowers growing. I sure miss growing a garden outside, but have lots of house plants. 

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April 2024 CCC

 Hello,

This month I tried to use the suggested colors for my card that has gone to Massachusetts. For my sentiment I used one of the colors. I am happy with this card.

Theme Options: Spring / Food and drink / Friendship

So here's my card:   

The flower and leaf are from Altenew's Peony Bouquet kit. I am still learning how to use these layering stamps and dies. I heat embossed in white with Brutus Monroe power before coloring. I used SU blends in Highland Heather and Granny Apple Green to color the flower. Did you notice the white emossing became lilac? Happy accident. 

The purple card base is Stampin' Up! I am pretty sure, but am not sure of the color name. 

Done in Encore Silver ink, the sentiment is called The Only Flower by Rubbernecker. First time used, so am adding my card to NBUS #62 even though my card is for an April challenge.

 I wrote a note to Julia inside. I like making new friends with being in this challenge!

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Woodblock Wednesday April 2024

 

Hello Fellow Stampers!

This is my first entry to this challenge yet I have oodles of wooden stamps and still love them. I added this card to the Woodblock Wednesday challenge for April. Oops, not my first entry. I did one in February. 

Here's what I made last night and this afternoon. 

Onto SU Basic Black top folding card, I added a layer of Basic Gray emboseed with retired Print Texture embossing folder. Next I stamped my two woodblocks on a rectangle of cream cardstock.

The lovely feather and inkwell stamp is by Inkadinkado #60-0027. I have no idea how old it is. Because I need sympanthy cards, I used the SU stamp from 2002. Inside is just more of the cream c.s. ready for a message.

I found several unloved wooden stamps that I need to use. Watch for them coming soon. 

Lovely spring day here in MN, with temp in low 70's. Rain expected for the weekend, so good stampin weather. Bye for now.

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A Few Cards

 

Happy April!

First up is a sympathy card I made to have on hand in case one is needed. It's the only one in my stash at the moment. 

I have the Stampin' Up! Painted Lavender stamp set, but this time used a new die set from Memory Box called Lavender Bouquet. As usual I did not think to use sticky back paper before die cutting, so used my green glue to glue the pieces. It wasn't easy, but it worked out ok.  Senior moments coming too often these days. LOL  Because this die set had its first outing, I am adding this card to NBUS #61. 

My card base is Gina K and is embossed with my retired SU/Sizzix folder called Brick Wall.  Leftover cardstock for the flowers and stems arealso SU, Gorgeous Grape and green that I cannot recall its name. The vase holding the stems is not really a vase, but a toadstool from The Greetery's BotaniCut Toadstool Gardens die set. Snippets of tan are used for that and highlighting the sentiment from retired SU Peaceful Moments stamp set. Because of all the snippets used, I am also entering this card in the Snippets Playground #477.

Next up are two of the Easter cards I made for my grandkids who are away at college. I know they both like getting mail.

This Easter Gnome is from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped and cut him out of white cardstock and colored with SU Blends. Stamped the sentiment from this same set onto a square of white making this a simple guy card.  My cardbase is SU Basic Black.The card on the right used an unloved set called Bunny Border from Impression Obsession. The Happy Easter is a 2002 stamp from SU all put on a nice piece of the Gorgeous Grape cardstock done with SU Fancy Fan embossing folder.

Spring seems to be here and my allergies attest to that! But am going to a spring flower show next weekend showcasing tulips, Fun. 🌷🌷

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My March 2024 CCC Card

 Hello!

This month I chose to do the color option and made my card black, white, and pink! Once upon a time I hated the color pink, but after having two daughters, two granddaughers and now with a great-granddaughter, I LOVE pink. 

Pretty in Pink, a retired Stampin' Up! color is my one color choice. I have two stamp pads of this, both pretty dry. Unluckily, I don't have a refill, but I persevered. I do have refills for most of my stamp pads (from several companies) but goofed this time. Oops.

The many words of hello strip sentiment is from Taylored Expression.

 Inside I used a friendship stamp from SU's retired set called Friend Like You. Intrestingly, this set is for sale several places online and some are quite expensive. Go figure.

Spring seems to be here in MN, but we cannot rule out snow in March. Me, I am ready for spring and flowers blooming. ⚘

Theme Options: On The Farm / Postal / Friendship

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I Love Tulips

 Happy Spring!

I am joining for the first time a Retro Rubber Challenge, doing #226 which is all about Spring and our  favorite flowers. 

It was difficult to decide between lilacs, daffodills and tulips, but tulips won out. Here is my card:

The tulip stamp is by Rubber Stampede, a wooden one I have had for many years, I bet 10 or so and never used. I catelogue my stamps in Evernote but the year bought is not mentioned. 

My card is a top folding A2 card made with SU Basic Black cardstock. I embossed it with a retired folder called Framed Tulips which does not show well in my picture. I should have snapped a close-up. Sorry.

After stamping the image in Memento Tuxedo Black, I colored it with SU Blend markers in Pink Piourette and regular markers in Cucumber Crush and Soft Suede. I have not colored anything in ages, so it was fun to do this.

The greeting is from the Taylored Expressions set called Simple Strips. There are several friends who have birthdays soon and it is Spring! I am also adding this post to NBUS #60.

A windy but lovely day here in Minnesota with fluffy clouds and blue sky. I sure love that the trees are budding, a sure sign of Spring.

 

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CCC February 2024

 Greetings~

This time I used the suggested colors and the friendship theme to make my card. It took me a while to come up with an idea, but wanted to use some neglected items.

See:

The bright lemon yellow is from an old paper pack called Textures by Sizzix Little Sizzles. I've had this pack for years, but I see it is being sold several places of eBay.

 The lime color leaves and stem that are gracing the flower is made with the Memory Box Luxe Peony die set. This set is available several places too. The yellow heavily textured paper added a lot of dimension, I think.

I ran a light blue cardstock from my stash through the Subtle SU Dynamic Textured embossing folder for the background.

To finish up, I cut out a sentiment from the new Cathy Z's Bestie sentiment strips pack. The ends I flag cut just for fun. 

The card base is my go-to PTI Basic white and I added another leaf inside along with a note for my new friend.

I thoroughly enjoy joining this international Card Chain Challenge and highly suggest you join up.

Theme Options: Balloons / Flowers / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Twine / Stencil

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