Time Flies When You're Crafting ~ CCS

Hello friends~  Time is whizzing by and the New Year will be here before you know it.  

 

I've got a pretty easel card up on the CutCardStock blog today, featuring many quality cardstock types found at CutCardStock.

 

If you'd like more details on how this card came together, I sure would love a visit from you at the CutCardStock blog. 

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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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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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You Are So Loved

Happy Valentine's Day friends!  

Just wanted to let you know......

 

 

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

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Cupcake Inspirations ~ Red, White & Black

 

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Winter Snowdrops ~ Double D Challenge

Hi to all you crafty peeps!  It's time for a new challenge over at DD Challenges.  Is there lots of snow in your neck of the woods?  White on white is the theme for this challenge and that makes me think of snow.

 

White on white reminded me of these lovely Snowdrop dies from Marianne Design.

So pretty on a blanket of sparkling snow.  I mounted the snowdrops onto an elegant Brisbane frame from Creative Expressions.

The embossed background is from a folder that I've had forever and has no marking on it, but it sure accentuates the intricacy of the Brisbane frame and those wintry snowdrops, without overwhelming it.

 

Visit the DD Challenge blog for more pretty makes from the talented team members.

Here's the inspiration panel that Darlene has put together for you:

 

And here is the prize you could win when you play along.
 

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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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Guest Designing for A Cut Above

Good morning friends~  My dear friend Vicki Robertson started a new challenge blog, A Cut Above, on July 1st and I couldn't be more inspired and excited to see a challenge that focuses on die cuts.   

If you know me at all, you know that I love working with die cuts!

I am honored to be joining her this month as a guest designer, and since August is known for the dog days of summer I thought a relaxing beach card would be perfect for this month as the theme is "Anything Goes".

I pulled out several of my favorite beachy, summertime sets to make this clean and simple card.

All of these dies come from my years of designing for Dies R Us and they're most likely all retired now, but their timeless design make them "keepers" in my book.

Amy Design Picket Fence

Marianne Design Beach Chair

Elizabeth Craft Design Sand Castle

Elizabeth Craft Design Octopus

Elizabeth Craft Design Seaweed

I know Vicki would be so appreciative if you visited her new challenge blog, A Cut Above, become a follower and support her by playing along.  She is giving away a gift card to A Cherry On Top to the winner, which will be randomly drawn from all the participants.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Fla-mazing Flamingo

I loved the tropical vibe of the colors from the Color Hues challenge so much, I went in for round two using the darling Flamingo die from Marianne Designs.

Using the same design as my last trio of cards, I was able to use up the last scrap of design paper, but with a whole new look.

The tropical Palm Leaves are from Echo Park.

The warmth of this card makes my heart smile.  😊

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

Color Hues ~ Coral & Teal

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ All Occasions

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Fur or Feathers

I hope you're getting outside and enjoying the sunshine!  I've been working hard in the flower gardens.  

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Playing Along With Color Hues

Hello friends~   I've been working outside in the gardens when the sun is shining, but it rained all day yesterday, giving me the chance to play with paper flowers in my craft room.  So, I'm popping in with a trio of cards I made using the colors Coral and Teal, from Color Hues Challenge. 

I don't know what the trick is to getting "real" color when photographing cards.  The coral colors look more orangey to me and the teal almost takes on a forest green color.  At any rate, they really are coral and teal colors.

I cut the arch using Scrapbook.com Nested Arches and put a piece of printed scrapbooking paper behind.  That color seems to display the coral color the best.  The Hellebores flowers are from Marianne Designs and the sentiment is a premade foiled sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio.

Since I cut out many flowers and leaves, I went on to make two more cards.

Happily using up more of that printed paper and some of the Pinkfresh sentiments.  

I have a few flower gardens in my yard, but never have I grown Hellebore.  They're a super early spring flowering perennial.  I may just need to find space for them.   Until then, I'll enjoy making them with paper!

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

Color Hues ~ Coral & Teal

Cut It Up ~ Send Me Flowers

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes 

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Pre-Historic Pal

Good morning friends~  Just thought I'd pop in and share a cutie little card and two heart shaped boxes that I made for my sweet little grands.  

First up is this pre-historic dinosaur from Marianne Designs. 

 I used a Tim Holtz embossing plate for the background.  It made me think of dinosaur scales.  I used Altenew's Alphabet dies for the letters.

This card paired perfectly with the little heart shaped box I made using Concord & 9th Heart Box Die.  The image is one that I found online and printed.  I didn't plan this, but once I put the two creations together, I realized how perfectly they went together.  

I added some green Stickles to the dinosaur.  Super cute!  Little Bam-Bam and his pet dinosaur Dino.  ;0)

The second box uses another free printable I found online.  My sweet P loves kitty cats so I thought she was just purr-fect!  

She's glitzed up with a generous dose of Silk Microfine Glitter from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  Just look at that face!  💗💗💗

Both boxes are super simple but so sweet.  Now the question is what to put in them??  What would you put in for two little ones just over a year old?

I can't share the card I made for my Sweet P because it's coming up in a future post.  You'll have to stop back by soon!

Thanks for stopping by!