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.

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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!

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Frames ~ A Mini Album ~ Double D Challenges

It's time for a new challenge over at Double D Challenges.  This week the theme is "Frames".  This challenge had me stumped, so I started looking through my vast pile of scrapbooking papers and found this kit from Mintay called "Home For Christmas".

"Where are the frames" you say?  I'll get there, I promise. Because Mintay papers are so beautiful, it's hard to narrow down to make just one card, so I opted to make a mini album.

 

 Lets start with this handsome nutcracker.  He filled the cover of the mini album perfectly.

Open the album and now you'll see where the "frames" came into play.

This paper pack had an entire sheet filled with frames, perfect for adding photo's or captions, to preserve some beautiful Christmas memories.

Each page holds a different surprise.  From flaps that lift to add more space to removable tags for journaling.

The paper has the most beautiful scenes which easily made into a tri-fold flip out panel.  

This page has a hidden pocket....

Which reveals another wonderful tag!  Just look at how gorgeous these paper are!!

A few more frames to find on this tri-fold pull out.

A little pocket at the back of the album makes for a great spot to save more of those lovely frames.

The album in its completion, tied closed with a vintage lace ribbon.

I hope you enjoyed today's project and will be inspired by this wonderful inspiration panel:

Please do stop by Double D Challenges to see more amazing designs from the entire talented team.

 

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A fun Shaped Hot Air Balloon Card ~ CutCardstock

Hello friends~  I've got a fun shaped hot air balloon card up over at the CutCardstock blog.

 

 If you'd like to stop in and take a look at the process of how it came together, I sure would appreciate your support.

CutCardstock blog.

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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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Lily Of The Valley ~ Double D

Greeting friends!  Double D Challenges is at it again with a new challenge. 

Theme:  May's Birth Flowers
(Lily of the Valley and Hawthorn)

and Birthstone is Emerald

Be inspired by any of the three.

 

 

I pulled out this sweet Lily Of The Valley die from Frantic Stamper.

 

I mounted this delightful spring flower onto a stitched scalloped oval from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  There's a bit of distress ink rubbed around the stitched oval to add some contrast. The background embossing folder is "Garden Harmony" from Altenew.

 The sentiment banner is from Simon Says Stamps, which was gifted to me by my dear friend Marcia.  Super cute!

 

My hope is that you'll visit the Double D Challenge blog and see how the amazing design team was inspired by the photo prompt:

 Thanks for stopping by!

Tropical Flamingo ~ CCS

Hi friends~  I have a fun, tropical card up over at the CutCardStock blog today.

 

 You'll find more details there and a list of supplies I used to make it.

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Jewel Tone Sunshine

Hello friends!  I've been busy working outside in the gardens, enjoying all things spring, but I thought I'd pop in here and share a card I made using the beautiful colors from Beautiful Blossoms Challenge.

 

 The jewel tones are brilliant!  Don't you think?

 

I had this beautiful piece of water colored background paper in my stash. I had printed it on my home printer and it fit the color palette perfectly.

 

 

 The nest is from The Greetery and the bird is from Spellbinders.  The scale of the bird worked well with the nest, so there you go!  The flowers are die cut and then I stenciled the centers in through the holes before removing the die.  These super old flowers are from PTI.

 

 

The colors are quite brilliant, but I like it!

 

Sometimes I just need to make something really bold and beautiful.  Add in a feathered friend and it's a match made in heaven.
 

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

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~  Flowers

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Things With Wings 

Here is the printable I used.  It was a freebie I found on the internet.  You can click on the image to open it, right click and save it to your computer so you can use it too!

and here's a bonus image! 

 Happy spring and happy gardening!

 

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Use That Design Paper ~ Double D

It's the first Wednesday in May, so you know what that means?  Double D Challenges is starting a new challenge.  Our trusty leaders, Darlene and Diane are asking us to use our design paper.  What a great challenge!!  I have a stash of design paper that I'm trying to work my way through, so I'm very thankful for challenges like this.

 

 

The papers in the background were pulled out of a box of 6x6 paper squares.  Most of them were cut from 12x12 sheets at one time, long, long ago, so I have no names or company to give credit to. 

 

I printed a library card on my home printer on a piece of pale pink cardstock and added these pretty vellum painted flowers from Pinkfresh Studio.  The sentiment is a preprinted foiled sentiment, also from Pinkfresh Studio.  I rubbed a bit of Antique Paper DOX ink over the top to make it not so white.

I added a scalloped strip of gray polka dotted paper found in my scrap box and a file tab to the top of the library card.  The least bit of stamping can be found on the top of the card and file tab, using Tim Holtz Field Notes stamps.  I do love those stamps!

 I hope you'll visit Double D Challenges to see more inspiration from the amazing design team.

 

Here's the inspiration tile put together for you by Diane:

And here's the prize you could win when you play along:

 

 

I'd also like to add this card to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday  ~ Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by!