Sunflower Postage

Hi friends ~ I'm bringing you a little sunshine with this bright and cheerful sunflower postage card featuring Sunflower stencils from Waffle Flower.

 

I honestly can't get enough of all these fantastic WF stencils!  For it's first use, I stenciled both the rectangle and the circle images not knowing if I'd use them both on a single card, but as you can see I did.

  

I don't have the coordinating dies for this set, but I found that the Elizabeth Craft Designs postage stamp fit the rectangle image perfectly.  I also rummaged through the circle dies and found this Stitched Pinked Circles from Impression Obsession that fit pretty well.

 

I used the WF postage stamp stencils around the edges of an A2 card base, giving it the look of an air mail envelope and then stamped a couple of the postage stamp images from their postage stamp set.  
 

 I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

A Cut Above ~ Anything Goes September

Triple B Challenge ~ Yellow

 

I hope this is Clean and Simple enough for the CAS Mix Up Challenge ~ Sunflowers.  If not, I'm sure they'll let me know.

 

Time Out Challenge ~ Seasonal Colors Where You Live

 

 I chose these colors because we've had beautiful blue skies to set off the lovely yellow sunflowers growing in our garden right now. 

 

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Time To Shell~ebrate

I'm using the last of the die cuts that my dear friend Marcia sent me.  Goodness, they were all so fun, but this crustacean is a hoot!

 

The Happy Lobster die from Waffle Flower was cut from white cardstock.  I colored him with a coral colored Copic marker and then rubbed on Candied Apple Distress Ink.

 

I added some seaweed from Elizabeth Craft Designs that was colored using DOX inks as well.  I placed this little fella on a piece of design paper from Stampin' Up, and gave the whole thing some white gel pen accents and a healthy dose of white ink splatter from Spellbinders.

 

I am so pleased at how cute this turned out.  He truly looks like a happy lobster would look!

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes using Waffle Flower

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes 

A Cut Above ~ Anything Goes without the Option 

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Masculine 

 

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Rust & Yellow Postage Stamps

Good morning friends ~  I'm popping in with a card I made yesterday for the Color Hues color challenge.  I couldn't let the colors go by, plus my dear friend Marcia is hosting so it's  inspiring me all around!

 

 

 A "go-to" die for me is the postage stamp die from Waffle Flower.  I'm a bit late jumping on board with the Wildflower stencils, but I'm so glad I finally caved and bought them.

 

 

 I wasn't sure if the colors would work well with these stencils, but I kinda like the fall feel.  I would buy stamps like these!  ;0)

 

I left off a main sentiment, so this could be used for just about any occasion.  

I'll be linking this card up to the following challenges:

Color Hues ~ Rust & Yellow

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes 

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Anything Fall 

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Oh Crab!

Hello dearies!  A few weeks back, my sweet friend Marcia shared some cutie little crabs from Waffle Flower with me.  She's so good at sharing her toys.  Anyway, they've been sitting on my desk just waiting for me to get back in to my craft room.  When I saw the colors from Color Hues this week, I just knew I had to put those little crabs together and do something using their colors RED & BLUE.

 

The background dp is from Stampin' Up and the alphabet letters from from Scrapbook.com

 

I think I used the smallest crab in the bunch and made him look like he was grabbing the letter "b" from my sentiment.

 

The rest of the sentiment is inside the card.

 

I added a little red balloon from Elizabeth Craft Designs to add to the birthday message.

 I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Color Hues #116 ~ Blue & Red

 

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge ~ #643 

 

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Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July friends!  I'm celebrating our independence with a couple of cards for the occasion.

 

This card using this cute Patriotic Bear and Bunny image is from Miss Ink Stamps.

 

I purchased it last year and hadn't used it until now.  I colored the image with Copics and added white gel pen details.

 

I then die cut the image out using a postage die from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I blended in a bit of color before removing the image from the postage die.  This card has made its way across the country to my sweet little "P".

 

 

 This next card uses the ever popular postage die from Waffle Flower.  

 

I discovered that these patriotic dies from Frantic Stamper fit into each of the spaces perfectly.

 

I don't send out a lot of cards for this occasion, but found myself playing around with these supplies that seldom get used.  

I'll be entering one of these cards into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Red, White and / or Blue

A Cut Above ~ July Anything Goes 

 

Have a safe and happy 4th my friends!

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Pond Life

Hello friends~  I'm just popping in with a card I made using The Pond Postage Collage stencils from Waffle Flower.  There are so many on the market today, it's hard to keep up.

 

 

 I chose to use muted colors for this card.  Keeping things calm in my craft room.

 

 

 I didn't add a sentiment as I thought the card was busy enough on it's own.

 

 

Wishing you all a safe and happy Memorial weekend.  May we always remember those who've made the ultimate sacrifice.

I'll be entering this card into the following challenges:

Stencil Fun ~ Optional theme of "bouquets", which I did not use.

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Just Us Girls ~ Stencil Week

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Spring Has Sprung At The Pond

A good chilly mornin' to ya!  We woke up to 4 degrees this morning, but the sun is shining and it's warm and toasty in the craft room.  

I picked up the Postage Collage "The Pond" stencils from Waffle Flower during an after Christmas sale and surely couldn't wait to get my fingers inky.

The Pond With Lily Pad dies were an extra that happened to hop right into my cart, as if they had a mind of their own.  I think that happy bullfrog might have had something to do with it.  The lily pads, flowers and cattails add a nice bit of dimension on this otherwise flat card, don't you think?

The colors make me think of the warmth and colors of spring. 

I say bring it on!

 

I think I'll add this card to the following challenges:

Cut It Up ~ Something New

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Time Out Challenges ~ Your Favorite Thing To Do In January 

(make cards)

 

A Cut Above ~ Anything goes with the option of "New" 

 

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Color Hues Color Challenge ~ Pink & Aqua

Hello crafty friends~  

I'm so forgetful!  Honestly, the older I get the more I forget.

 

I made this card using the colors from Color Hues that my sweet friend Marcia is hosting and I almost forgot to post it.

 

I used some sweets from Marianne Designs and cut them in pink and brown (as a neutral) and added them to this every popular postage die from Waffle Flower.

The tin canister is a die from Joy Crafts.  I was so pleased how these yummy chocolates filled the spaces.  

There's still time to join this challenge using Pink and Aqua over at Color Hues.

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Sharing Christmas

Hello friends~  Are you all recovered from the busy-ness of the holiday?

Our Christmas turned out differently than we had planned.  Our son, daughter-in-love and sweet P all came down sick just before they were to fly home.  Allison contracted a bronchial infection and our sweet P had RSV.  Our son Christopher was the healthiest of them all, having had just a cold.  Needless to say, they didn't make it home for Christmas.  

"A man's heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps."

Proverbs 16:9

Perhaps The LORD has a better plan in store for us in His good timing.

Just thought I'd share some cards I made this season, that I never got around to sharing.

The Waffle Flower Postage Collage die and stencils have been such a hit this season.

I used up some bits and bobs that have been sitting in my die cut box just waiting to be used.

Various companies and so many possibilities.

This one is my favorite.

I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week!  Looking forward to the new year!!

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