Tropical Fun!

Hello friends~  Today's card is full of tropical fun!

 

  

I have a dear friend who loves pink flamingos and she just celebrated her birthday at the beginning of this month.  

 

Every year I make her a pink flamingo card.  Sometimes it's a challenge to come up with fresh new designs for her, but this card ended up turning out super cute. 

 

I used Marianne Designs Pink Flamingo Floatie paired with this leafy Sylvan Frame by Poppystamps.  I made it into an easel card for something slightly different.  I'm so glad to say she loved it.

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

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Four Seasons ~ Summer Challenge

 

AAA Cards ~ Summer Activity

 

 

Hope you're enjoying some beautiful weather in your neighborhood.  It's been gorgeous here on the east coast.  Summer if fleeting by way too quickly.

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Glittery Happy Birthday Card ~ CCS

Hello friends ~ I have a lovely floral birthday card up over at the Cutcardstock blog today.  

 

 

Today's card uses a plethora of pretty colors and textures, all found at CutCardStock.

 

 If you'd like to see more details on how this card was made, please visit the cutcardstock blog today.

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Starfish Wishes ~ Double D

Good morning friends ~  It's time for a new challenge over at Double D Challenges and the theme is "For the Kiddos". 

 

I'm not sure why I dragged my feet so, while deciding what I wanted to make for a card.  Perhaps because the inspiration tile was all Disney characters and I don't own anything Disney related.

 

I went out on a limb and cut these starfish shapes out of white cardstock, which I then colored using DOX inks, adding the spots with a copic marker.  The faces are stamped with my favorite faces from Peachy Keen Stamps.  Seriously folks, these faces can be used on just about everything and they're so cute!

 

These happy little starfish are all sunning themselves on a stenciled beach.  

 

 Here's an inspiration tile to help you on your way:

 

Don't let the Disney characters throw you off course.  The cards can be anything for kids, so have fun with this challenge.  You'll find more amazing inspiration at Double D Challenges.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

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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Flower Pots ~ Double D

Good day crafty friends!  Double D is back with a new challenge using Flower Pots.

 

 

 I knew right away that I needed to use these darling plant pots from The Greetery. 

 

 

Their Modern Planters and Planter Pets came out in June of 2023 and I think you can still find them at The Greetery. 

My daughter and I are both working on growing our green thumbs.  We love house plants!

 

 

We share cuttings from each others plants and if something needs to be cut back, we plop it in some water to see if it will grow roots, then we share them with friends.

The Planter Pets are all so cute when filled with house plants.  I sure wish I had some of these cute planters in my house.  

 

 

I mean, seriously???  So cute!

So come on over to the DD Challenge blog and join in on the fun!  Be inspired by the work of all my talented team mates and get your green thumb on.  

Here's the inspiration tile to help you get started:

And here's a prize that you could win when you play along.

Thanks for stopping by!

A Trio of Ocean Themed Cards ~ CCS

Hello friends~ I have three ocean themed cards up on the Cutcardstock blog today.

 

Using multiple colors of quality cardstock from Cutcardstock, I made three different backgrounds using one die from Bluebird Studio.  

 

The crab, whale and lighthouse are all from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

 

The sentiments are from Elizabeth Craft Design and PTI.

If you'd like to see more details, please float on over to the Cutcardstock blog for more details.

Thanks for stopping by!

Simple Designer Paper Cards

Hello friends.  I've been keeping quite busy working outside in the gardens and haven't spent a whole lot of time indoors, let alone in my craft room.  We recently had a couple of rainy days that kept me inside, so I set to work in my craft space to add a few cards to my stash and perhaps put a small dent in the massive pile of design paper I've held on to for years.

I also recently purchased a few dies from Honeybee Stamps.  This Lovely Layers Birdbath was one of them.  I love feeding the birds and was quite taken by this recent release.

 

 The embossed details on the birdbath, and the layered details give this a wonderfully realistic feel.  

 

 

The printed papers came from various packs.  I went through and pulled out papers that I thought complimented each other and made up a few backgrounds and then added the die cuts to the card fronts.

 

This Lovely Layers Topiary somehow made it into my cart as well.  Funny how that happens.  It's hard to see on the vase, but there's a pretty embossed detail.  I used a textured cardstock to cut the vase out of, so it lost some of the detail.  On smooth cardstock, the design really stands out well as you'll see in the photo below. 

 

 

 The sentiments were also pulled from various sets from PTI and Pinkfresh Studio.

 

I believe this sentiment is from an older Sweet N' Sassy Stamps set.

 I'm happy to have put a small dent in my patterned papers and added a few cards to my stash at the same time.

 

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

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ Anything Goes

Love Those Pretty Papers ~ (I did not use the option of "Wedding")

Thanks for stopping by!

Love & Gratitude ~ CCS

Good morning friends ~  Today's card is a quick and easy, elegant A2 sizedgate-fold I made for Cutcardstock.

 

I pulled out these pretty flowers from Pinkfresh Studio called "Delighted For You", and did a bit of soft stenciling.

 

I placed the flowers over a Decorative Circle, also from Pinkfresh Studio, to act as a doily.

 

Everything was glued onto the left side of a gate-fold card, which I covered with printed paper from my stash. 

 If you want to see more details on how this card came together, you can visit the Cutcardstock blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

You Had Me At Aloha ~ Double D

Aloha friends~ My friends Diane and Darlene are inviting us to the beach for their next challenge.

 

 

 I have many "ocean" stamps and dies, but not many for the beach.  Then I remembered about this sunbathing beauty from Whimsy Stamps.  

Penguin Beach Chair is the name of the stamp and I think he's just adorable, sunning himself while drinking a cool cocktail!

 

I colored him with copics and framed him using a polaroid snapshot frame from Lawn Fawn.  The sentiment from Honeybee Stamps fits him to a "T".

I do hope you'll visit DD Challenges to see how the team was inspired.  Here's the photo board to help inspire you further:

 

 There's a prize that could be yours to take home when you play along.

My friends at DD Challenges and I would love to see your card in the linky. Aloha, my friends!

Thanks for stopping by!