Thank you tag card

Hey everyone - I'm popping in with a quick card for my neighbors who are always so helpful to me. 

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio A2 Ivory Card and 

Glitter Cardstock; BoBunny & Lawn Fawn Patterned;

Poptone Black Licorice; American Crafts green

Dies - Lawn Fawn Circle Stitched Tags

Hero Arts Thank You Fancy Die (retired)

Other - scrap of ribbon from a Hero Arts kit

This time the sweet neighbors hauled all my yard waste to the city compost heap. We don't have automatic pick-up and I'd done a bunch of weeding as I mentioned a while back. So last week on Monday I finished up and they took everything away in their pickup! My yard looks so nice!!

As to the card, I cut the HA thank you die in glitter and twice in black then layered. Glued to die cut LF tag and added a little ribbon. My sister was making cards in the satellite studio and had the BoBunny striped paper out. I thought it went great with the Lawn Fawn plaid so I took a snippet. That's it - done & in the mail.

I'm adding this to Virginia's September Show and Share - thanks for the fun, Virginia! Thanks to you for visiting!!

Happy Anniversary - leaves in window

Hey everyone - hope you had a great weekend (including Labor Day in the USA)!! I visited my parents and my baby sister - so wonderful to see them! My poor dad was in the hospital a couple days (non-covid, thankfully) but he's home and almost good as new. 😊

When I got home yesterday I decided I'd better get busy on cards for the rest of September. I already had my September Card Chain card ready to mail and happened to have leftovers of the colors ginger and buttercup. Here's my anniversary card for a couple of friends: 

Supplies: Paper - Hero Arts; Paper Studio; Bazzill & Lawn Fawn

Dies - Creative Expressions Happy Anniversary;

Pink Fresh Studio Floral Circles;

Sunny Studio Window Quad Circle;

Hero Arts Square Infinity Dies

My Favorite Things Blueprints (banner) &

Leafy Greenery (both retired)

Other - May Arts string twine

Here's a side view of the open card & one of the inside:

I got the Sunny Studio Window Quad Circle die last week and had die cut it from a scrap of buttercup paper. It was sitting there on the craft table and I thought it would look great with the Pink Fresh floral circles behind. I backed them with a scrap of acetate alternative leftover from my print-making coloring using alcohol inks. Covered the inside with a piece of Lawn Fawn watercolor paper die cut with the window too. I suppose I could've backed the leaves with more glittery die cuts but I thought the white back looked fine. Sentiment is from Taylored Expressions The Inside Scoop - Anniversary.

Thanks for stopping & have a crafty day!!

Decorating the Tree!

Yes, I know it's only September but wouldn't it be fun to decorate our Christmas tree now?! That's what this trio of furbabies is doing  - here's my card:

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb;

Ms. Sparkle & Co Woodgrain Neutral

Paper Studio Holiday Cardstock

Stamps - Hero Arts  CL343 Holiday Sayings,

Stamps with Dies - My Monthly Hero kits: 

10/2018 & 11/2019 (both sold out)

Other - Copic Markers; Wink of Stella; 

Hero Arts red ink; Stickles

Still working the UFO boxes and found the pet trio already stamped. I die cut them and colored with Copics. The trio is from the October 2018 Hero Arts kit and I remembered having die cut the paper layering tree - sure enough found it in the same box. I stamped, colored and fussy cut the ornaments - they have no matching dies in the set, unfortunately. The star had a stamp and die; I added Stickles for some shimmer. Woodgrain paper made the floor and I added a little rug from the November 2019 MMH kit. Stamped the sentiment and done!

I'm adding this to the current Stay Crafty with Hero (Critters) and A Blog Named Hero (Cute) challenges. Also to CAS Christmas (Christmas Tree) and Christmas Kickstart (Festive Furbabies). Thanks to all for the fun challenges!! Thanks to you for the visit!!

     

Glittery Trees!

Hey everyone - I'm back today with a card for the September CAS Christmas challenge to use a Christmas tree. Here's my card:

Supplies: Paper - American Crafts Christmas A2 card;

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb; Paper Studio Glitter

Dies - cabin among pines from Hero Arts June 2020 MMH kit;

Sunny Studio Slimline Nature Border Dies

My Favorite Things Blueprints (retired)

Sentiment stamp - Hero Arts CL343 Holiday Sayings (retired)

Other - Hero Arts Intense Black Ink

I'm trying to use up things I've stamped or die cut and have piled in several UFO boxes. I found a glittery forest of pines behind a cabin and decided to make a card with it. Because the die cut was intended to be along a lake or ocean shore, I covered up the bottom with some snowy hills. Stamped the sentiment and done. Very simple and would be easy to mass produce.

Thanks to Loll and team, especially host Colleen, for a fun challenge! Thanks to you for stopping by!!

Festive Furbabies

Hey friends - hope you're enjoying your day!! I'm popping in with a quick card for the current ChristmasKickstart Challenge - Festive Furbabies!! Any furry critter works for this challenge and I chose a bunny. Here's my card:

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio A2 card; Pool cardstock by unk; 

Stamp on it Heavyweight vellum; Neenah white 

Stamps - Lawn Fawn Winter Bunny (with matching die) 

Hero Arts - CG376 Music Collage Background and 

CL343 Holiday Sayings (both retired) 

Dies - Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflakes

Sunny Studio Slimline Nature Border Dies

My Favorite Things Blueprints (retired) 

Other - clear Wink of Stella; foam tape; 

Hero Arts red & soft pool inks; Copic Markers

Was reading Gail's (Crafty Nomad) post from earlier today (btw - she's Jo's elf this fortnight at Kickstart). She mentioned being diverted to a craft project whilst cleaning - I do the same thing, don't you?! Well, I wasn't cleaning this time but looking for something and instead found a couple UFO boxes needing some love. I found the bunny, a flimsy card with the collage music background, and the snowflake, among many other things. Decided I could combine the first three and create a card for Christmas Kickstart!

I colored the bunny, already stamped and die cut, with Copics. I added Wink of Stella to the scarf. Don't know what paper I stamped the bunny on but it certainly wasn't Neenah 110 lb!! To strength it, I added two more white diecuts behind. Since the background was on a flimsy card, I cut off the front and die cut it with a pierced rectangle. Wanted to do a hillside but realized my go-to Lawn Fawn die was in the satellite studio. Then I remembered I just received a Sunny Studio order with some slimline dies so used one of those for my snowy hill.

I stamped the sentiment on the back half of the card I had cut up, then trimmed it to a little banner to pop onto my snowflake with some foam tape. Added the entire panel to a silver A2 card - done!! Or was I? The sentiment stamp set had some little images, including the present. I thought a present would be cute on the sled with the bunny so stamped, colored and fussy cut one.

I spotted some more furry critters in a UFO box so will try to be back again later this week with another card. Gotta build up that Christmas stash, ya know - although I do have it up to 62 cards so far!!

Thanks for stopping by and thanks to Jo and elf Gail for a fun challenge!

 

August Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hey everyone - today we're revealing cards that 24 people sent around the world in August. I had the pleasure of sending a card to sweet Mia (Craftartista) in Greece and I received a card from the lovely GerJanne in the Netherlands! You can see the entire chain here.

Here's the card I sent to Mia - I cheated a bit because I mailed it earlier than the usual timeframe, hoping it would reach her before the end of August & it did - yay!!!

Supplies: Paper - Gina K Designs Tranquil Teal formed to A2:

Bazzill Tangerine; BoBunny Dots, Studio Calico Here & There (taupe pattern);

American Crafts Taupe (from an old Target 6x6 pad);

My Mind's Eye Happy Day (gingham)

Dies - My Favorite Things Blueprints (retired)

Our Daily Bread Designs Dresden Quilt

Stamps - Hero Arts CL342 Everyday Sayings

Other - Hero Arts flower gem (retired); Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink

I went with both the colors (loved them!) and the friendship theme.

The sentiment is from one of my all-time favorite sets and I love that quilt die - had loads of fun piecing it!! Had to laugh, I was so eager to get the card off in the mail that I forgot to take a photograph! So thanks to Mia who sent me one she took after receiving the card. Thanks again, Mia!!

And here's a photo of the wonderful card GerJanne sent me - just love it!! And it only took 6 days in the mail - couldn't believe how quickly it arrived!!

How did GerJanne know that I love hearts and cats? Really - this was perfect for me; many thanks, GerJanne!!

You have until September 6th to sign up for the September exchange so please check it out, if interested. We have a lot of fun with the different themes and meeting sister card makers!! Thanks to Deborah, Jo & Gail for a fun challenge and thanks to you for visiting!!

Crazy for Swiss Dots

 Back again with some more paper piecing on cute critters - I went crazy for dots!! Here's my card:

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio kraft A2 card; Bazzill brown;

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Doodlebug Rainbow Swiss Dots;

BoBunny Enchanted Harvest; Lawn Fawn Let's Polka

Stamps - Hero Arts CM355 From the Vault Cute Animals (hippo), 

CL155 Playful Animals (monkey & sentiment) - retired, 

CL438 Let's Chill (palm tree) - retired, 

and CL377 Be Happy (sun) - retired

Other - foam tape; Darice googly eyes; Copic Markers;

Hero Arts reactive inks; Distress Inks - Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn

After finishing yesterday's cute critter scene, I watched a Barbershop Harmony online contest - top 10 high achieving quartets over 6 decades who'd never won their International Championship. Very fun and they'll announce the winners on Monday. Check it out on YouTube here if you want to watch a bit. When it ended, I was sucked into making another cute critter card - couldn't resist a darling Hero Arts From the Vault set, appropriately named Cute Animals. I've had it about a year and am just now getting to use it!! I chose the hippo image and built my scene from there, paper-piecing with various dotted papers. The sun isn't paper pieced - I just stamped and cut it out. Parts of the monkey and palm tree, the hippo and the coconuts were all paper-pieced. Thought the monkey would be cute with googly eyes.

My card is going to the following challenges: Stay Crafty with Hero (#14 Critters), A Blog Named Hero (Cute), Sweet Stampin' (Paper-piecing), and NBUS Challenge since my Cute Animals set is getting its first use. Thanks to all challenge holders for the fun!! Thanks to you for stopping by and have a crafty day!!