Peace On Earth

Good morning friends ~ I'm popping in with another card I made for WCMD for last weeks festivities over at A Cherry On Top. 

 

The challenge was to use faux stitching so I created the background using faux stitched dies, crossing them over in the center of a cream colored card stock.

 

I added greenery and pine cones from The Greetery and a chickadee from Honeybee Stamps.  You can see that I added some clear glitter to the pine cones to give them a frosted look.  They shine much better in real life.  The sentiment is pre-printed from Memory Box.

  

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Christmas

A Cut Above ~ October 

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A Welcome Breeze

Good morning stamping friends ~ 

 The temps have shifted here on the east coast and fall is on the horizon.  I've been enjoying having the windows wide open.

 The Greetery's "Fresh Air" beckons the fresh, crisp fall air.

 

I cut the window out of the front panel and when you open the card, the scene is pretty much the same.

 

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

The Paper Players ~ CAS 

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ CAS

 

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

  

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Honeycomb Sea Creatures

Good morning friends ~ The cards I'm sharing with you today are compliments of my dear friend Marcia, who sent me these adorable "Hey Honeycomb Fish & Crab" die cuts and the honeycomb balls that she got from The Greetery.  

 

These sea creatures were so much fun to make, and I simply mounted them on this fun underwater printed paper from Stampin' Up.

 

Now, there is a stamp from The Greetery that says "Peel ~ Open ~ Stick!", but I don't have that stamp so I simply wrote it myself with a fine tip copic marker.  The sentiment I used on the other half of the circle is from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I was so pleased that the sentiment fit perfectly on that half circle. 

Here is the fish card with the open honeycomb.  Is that cute or what??

 

 

 Here is the card I made using the Hey Honeycomb Crab.

I ended up having to hand write both sides of the circles.  My handwriting isn't that great, but it works in a pinch.

 

 

Eeep!  So cute!!  Thanks so much Marcia for the fun dies and honeycombs.  These were a blast to build!

 

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

AAA Card Challenge #320 ~ "S" for Sea or Sea Creatures

 

Just Us Girls ~ Die Week 

 

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes 

 Four Seasons Challenge ~ Anything Goes Summer

 

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Easter Peek-A-Boo Book Card

Good morning friends.  I'm back again, with more Easter cards. 

I know.... two days in a row!  Right? 

 

I enjoyed making these book cards so much!  I purchased the Have A Spine die from The Greetery before Christmas and made a few Christmas cards using it, but I just had to make more Easter cards. 

 

I cut an oval out of the center of the book cover and framed it with the lovely medallion from a set called Frames & Tags: Zoe, from Creative Expressions. The lily is from Papertrey Ink.  You can see the vellum layer through the oval, which I'll get to in a short minute.

 

I heat embossed the spine of the book using the same stamp I used on the previous book cards that was recently posted.  That is a super old stamp from Crafty Secrets.  

 

Here is the vellum page, stamped with the Hymn Song stamp from The Greetery.  I love how you get a dreamy view of the next page through the vellum.

 

And here is the stamping on the back page. 

 

All together, I think it's a wonderful card to celebrate our Savior and His victory over the grave.

 

I made the same card using a different color for the spine of the book. 

 

 

And two more cards using different lilies.

 

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

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Double D Challenges ~ Easter / Church / Cross

 

Simone Says Monday Challenge ~ Beautiful Blooms 

Time Out Challenges ~ In The Clear 

 

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He Is Risen

Good morning friends~ I found some time to spend in my craft space, finishing up some Easter cards I had started weeks ago.  I made six of this same design.  That's something I never do!  I like my cards to be different.

 

It turned out to be a lot of work cutting all the pieces for this lovely book die from The Greetery called "Have A Spine" and the empty tomb from Cottage Cutz.  Not to mention inking all the rocks.  

 

I stamped the Hymn Song: Christ The Lord Is Risen, also from The Greetery, and made it as a separate page inside the book.

 

 In the end, I like how they turned out.  While bunnies are cute and often used as a symbol to celebrate Easter, I wanted to commemorate the real reason we celebrate this Holy season.  I do however, have some cute bunny things coming soon.

 

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

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ March / Anything Goes

Double D Challenges ~ Easter / Church / Cross

 

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A Timeless, Shaped Birthday Card ~ CutCardStock

Good morning friends ~ I have my last card as a design team member up over at the CutCardStock blog.  

 

My term has come to an end but I couldn't be more grateful to CutCardStock for giving me this opportunity to design for them this past year.  It's truly been a pleasure working with their top quality cardstocks.

 

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Elegant and Slightly Vintage Valentine

Hello friends~  I found a bit of time to play with some new dies from The Greetery and made this sweet little card.  It has a very elegant and slightly vintage look to it.

 

I fell in love with the Coquette Hearts Embossing Folder and coordinating Filigree Hearts die from the recent release over at The Greetery.  The embossing is so crisp and dimensional on these hearts and the best thing is, you can emboss an entire panel of hearts and then cut them out all at once using the coordinating Whole Hearted Die.

 

I lightly rubbed over the embossed Kraft cardstock with DOX ink and added the Filigree Heart border, cut out of gold cardstock.  You can also just barely see that I embossed the center of the background, which is mentioned below.

 

The pretty background is a retired die set from Spellbinders called Filigree Marquis.  The beautiful flowy bow is called Regency Bow #1, and that is also from my recent visit to The Greetery.  The flower is from Concord & 9th.  
 

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

Just Us Girls ~ Word Week:  Valentine 

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 Cut It Up Challenge ~ This Makes Me Happy (vintage style, working with dies, flowers.... all these things make me happy.  ;0))

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Fall Colors ~ DD Challenges

Good morning.  Are you gearing up for Thanksgiving day?  My friends and I over at DD Challenges have a new challenge starting today, and the theme is "Fall Colors".

 

I was scrolling through Instagram one day and came across a lovely hourglass card made by Kelly Schirmer using this die set from The Greetery.  I just had to recreate my own version of it using printed papers from my stash. 

 

The printed paper is from the "Fall Break" collection from Carta Bella.  It's quite retired by now, I think.

 

The leaves and acorns are from Lawn Fawn, tied with a twine bow and the sentiment is from Honeybee Stamps.

 

The paper collection is 6x6, which allowed me to cut two images from one sheet of paper.  Two cards for the price of one.  I love it when that happens.  

 

 

The gals at Double D Challenges have some lovely cards for inspiration for you, but here's an inspiration tile to get you started:

 

 

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

 

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