Strawberry Season

 

Hello again!  I'm back today with a couple of cards that I made for the Double D Challenge, that I almost forgot to post.

 

I made these two cards last week using supplies from Simple Stories, a collection called Simple Vintage Strawberry Fields.

 

The strawberries are from Elizabeth Craft Design.  They continue to be a favorite strawberry set of dies for me.  I've mounted the strawberries onto some bits of ephemera from the Simple Stories collection.

 

 

Sorry that I don't know who to give credit to for the sentiment on this card.  It's super old and not in its original packaging any more.

 

 

Here is the second card I made using more bits of ephemera and strawberries.

 

 

I'm happy to be using up more of this sweet, summer collection to add to my birthday card stash.

 

Two simple cards made in a jiffy!

 I'll be adding one of these cards to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Double D Challenges ~ Favorite Fruit

 

 

Time Out Challenges ~ Mother Nature 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

A Cherry-ful Day!

Happy Saturday friends!  I've got a card that fits perfectly into the Cut It Up Challenge using the letter "c".

 

 

CHERRIES! 

 

 I used three paper doilies and cherries from Spellbinders.

 

I added some Glossy Accents to make the cherries shine.

 

I think this card is super cheerful "cherry"-ful.

It's a dull, rainy day here so I think I'll go back in my craft room and see what kind of mess I can make in there today (on top of the mess that's already there.  ;o)

 

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

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ Anything Goes

Love Those Pretty Papers ~ Springtime

 

Have a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Apple Of My Eye ~ Double D Challenges

It's the first Wednesday of the month so that means it's time for Double D Challenges to start a new challenge.

The theme for this challenges is "Harvest", so anything that has to do with a fall harvest is going to give you a chance to win.

Apples are harvested in the fall so I brought out some older Spellbinders dies and made these three cards to send to my great little nieces and nephews.

I was also able to use up more printed paper so that's a win!

Here's the inspiration board:

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

I hope you'll pop by the Double D Challenge blog to see more inspiration from my amazing team mates and join in on the fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Dots & Stripes ~ Double D Challenge

Hello friends ~  I hope you're enjoying the fall season.  Double D Challenges is starting up a new challenge and the theme is "Dots & or Stripes".

I took some liberties on my card for this challenge.  The "dots" are represented by the oranges from Altenew and the "stripes" are represented by the words, going across the card in a striped pattern.  How's that for thinking outside the box??

The Orange Blossom Die Set from Altenew is delightfully sweet!!  Altenew is the best at adding in all those fine details we love to see on dies.

I do hope you'll stop in at Double D Challenges to see what my creative team mates came up with.

Here's the inspiration photo to help inspire you:

Here's the prize that you could win when you play along:

Thanks for stopping by!

Strawberry Fields ~ Mixed Media Monday

Hello friends ~ Welcome back to another installment of Mixed Media Monday.

Today's art journal entry features a wonderful collection from Simple Stories called Simple Vintage Berry Fields.  I just love the sun-shine colors in this collection!

I started by covering a page in my Create Happiness Art Journal with a sweet country yellow, gingham paper from Simple Vintage Berry Fields 6x8" Paper Pad.  If you look closely, you'll see the subtle image of a mason jar.  So reminiscent of farm fresh country.  I distressed the edges of the page and splattered on some Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

I layered on some ephemera bits from Simple Vintage Berry Fields Ephemera.  The strawberries are stamped using Sunny Studio Berry Bliss.  I love how real these look when stamped!

The "Oh Happy Day" stamp is from 49 & Market Vintage Artistry Dream stamp set.  The acetate butterfly, leaves and flowers were found on Amazon and the postage stamps are actual vintage stamps found in my vintage stamp collection.

Here's a list of products I used:

Simple Stories Simple Vintage Berry Fields

Simple Vintage Berry Fields Ephemera

Simple Vintage Berry Fields 6x8" Paper Pad

Create Happiness Journal

Sunny Studio Berry Bliss

 49 & Market Vintage Artistry Dream

I hope you enjoyed today's project.  Do you keep an art journal?  Let me know in the comments.  I'd love to stop by for a visit.

Thanks for stopping by!

House Mouse Eat Blueberries

Good morning friends ~ I'm popping in with a quick post of a card I made for the House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge.

These little guys and this challenge have captured my heart!

I printed the image that I found online on my Canon printer and colored these little fellas just like the colors I found online; except for the ground I colored brown instead of green.  Their blueberry stained mouths are just too much!!

I added a few die cut blueberries that I made using an older Spellbinders die set.

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

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge ~ Fruit

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Fresh Picked ~ Double D Challenge

Hello crafty friends ~ It's the first Wednesday of the month, so you know what that means?  Double D Challenge has a new challenge starting today and the theme is "Fresh Picked".  That's right!  Anything you can pick that's fresh, from flowers to fruit or use your imagination and come up with something wild.  

I picked some fresh strawberries for you today, using Elizabeth Craft Designs Strawberries.  

I filled the Elizabeth Craft Designs Barrel Bucket full to overflowing, just for you!

The sign is made using Concord & 9th Friendship Farms die & stamps.

What are you going to pick for this new challenge, starting over at Double D?
Here's the inspiration board to help you get started:

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

Thanks for stopping by!

Things That Fall ~ Double D Challenges

Hello everyone!  Today's card is fresh and sweet, and it was made for the new challenge starting up over at Double D Challenges.  The theme of the challenge is "Things That Fall".  

My inspiration came from the falling apples in the top right corner.

I used Sunny Studio Stamps Layered Basket and filled it with apples, peaches and pears from their Fruit Cocktail stamp set.

I absolutely love how the dimension shows up in the stamping, giving the fruits such a realistic look.  

I used Spellbinders Lattice Die for the background.

Here is a list of links that will bring you directly to the products I used today.

And great news!  The Fruit Cocktail sets are currently marked down.

Layered Basket

Fruit Cocktail Stamps

Fruit Cocktail Dies

Sunny Studio Stamps

I hope you enjoyed today's card.  Please visit Double D Challenges to see more amazing inspiration from my talented teammates and join in on the fun!

Here's the prize that will go home to the lucky winner:

Thanks for stopping by!

Fruit of the Spirit ~ Dies R Us

Good morning and happy September 1st!  Wow!  I can't believe it's September already.  Summer whizzed by!  I have some sad news. Today's Dies R Us challenge is the last challenge.  Dani has decided to close the challenge blog.  I'm so sad!  I've been with Dies R Us since 2016 and I've just loved representing their company as a designer, on both the inspiration blog and recently on the challenge blog.  The theme for the last challenge is "Anything Goes".

I picked up the Lawn Fawn Zesty Lemon dies earlier this summer and wanted a chance to use them before the summer "fruit" season was over.  

I made a set of 5 cards, using different fruit dies that I had in my stash, like the watermelons from Spellbinders Market Fresh "I'll Have a Slice".

 

The blueberries are also from Spellbinderss Market Fresh, "Aren't You Sweet".

Lawn Fawn Zesty Lemons turned into limes...

and the oranges were made using Zesty Lemons as well!

I cut stitched scalloped rectangles from coordinating plaid design papers for each card and then used Scripture stamps that fit nicely onto each design.

I really like the fresh colors of these cards, and the CAS design.  

Here's a list of products I used that can be found at Dies R Us:

Lawn Fawn Zesty Lemons

All Spellbinders Dies

All Scallop Rectangles

I want to end by saying a big thank you to Dani Dafflin, for allowing me to be part of his team for so long.  I also want to say thank you to Anne Temple, who's been an amazing team leader, as well as Darlene Pavlick who was my original team leader when I first signed on.  I've met so many amazing people that I consider to be my friends, even though we've never met.  This has been one of the most supportive design teams I've ever been on.  I'll miss our great team!

Please be sure to visit the DRU Challenge blog to say a fond farewell to the team, and join in on the fun, one last time.

I'll be adding one of these cards to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!