With Sympathy

Hello crafting friends!

I recently had to make another sympathy card.

Here is the card I made,

simple and elegant.

The image was stamped with 

Crushed Olive Distress Ink

onto white card stock.

I then cut it to size and sponged it with

Faded Jeans Distress Ink

The image and the sentiments are from the 

Casual Comfort stamp set

from Cas-ual Friday Stamps.

The embossed piece was made using

a damask embossing folder and my Cuttlebug

I borrowed the folder from a friend and don't know

which company it was from.

There are many available online or in stores.

I also sponges Faded Jeans ink onto the

card base before adhering the front panel.

The ribbon and the pearl accents pull the card 

together nicely.

I kept the inside simple also and created this

sentiment with the Casual Comfort set.

Thank you for stopping by today,

I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

enjoy spring.

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Simple Spring Card

Hello and happy Spring!

I hope you are having some nice spring weather

in your area!

Today I've got a simple spring card to show you.

I stamped 

"Tulips"

from Biblical Impressions

twice onto white card stock 

and colored them with my 

Fantasia Colored Pencils

I fussy cut one full image,

the other I cut the flowers and some of the

leaves then layered them onto the full image

with foam tape to give dimension.

You can see some of the dimension in this picture on the 

flowers and leaves.

I used scraps papers cut and layered 

onto a white card base for

the background for this simple, but lovely 

image.

I love the simplicity of this card.

Thanks for popping in today,

I hope you'll stop by again soon.

Until then

create something beautiful.

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see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

2 Cards Same Stamp

Hello crafty people!

Today I'm going to show you 2 very different cards

made with the same stamp, which happens to be

one of my favorites.

This poppy image is 

3101AA POPPIES

from

Stacy Stamps

This first one I stamped onto watercolor paper

with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

then colored it with my 

Lyra Watercolor Crayons and

Neocolor II Crayons

I stamped this poppy again with VersaFine Onyx Black,

but colored it with my 

Fantasia Colored Pencils

I used a mask to cover the poppy and stamped 

with VersaMark Watermark Ink using

a polka dot background stamp.

I'm not sure which polka dot stamp I used,

but there are many available.

Both sentiments are from the 

Lovely Greetings Stamp Set from

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps.

I love how these 2 cards turned out,

of course, like I said, it IS one of my favorite

stamps.  So how could I go wrong?

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you're having a lovely day and

you'll take time to create something

beautiful.

Until next time,

Happy Crafting!

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see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

3 More Cards

Greetings fellow crafters!

Today I have the last 3 of the Easter cards

that I made.

For this card I used 

Cross With Flowers from 

Eureka Stamps

I stamped it with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

and colored it with colored pencils.

I used Distress Ink to add a little color around the

image.

I inked the background for this card with 

Distress Inks and stamped the grass with 

Field Grass Right

from Biblical Impressions.

I cut strips of brown card stock to make the basket.

I wove the strips then used ATG Tape to adhere it to

a piece of card stock.  I then trimmed it into the basket

shape.

The eggs were stamped, colored and fussy cut, then adhered

with Mini Glue Dots to the card.

My last card is a shaker card.

I stamped the Happy Easter onto the card base,

then added the shaker window over it.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Until next time:

Enjoy being creative!

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see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Easter Blessings

Hello all!

Today I have a few more Easter cards to show you.

I don't know what companies these stamps

are from, I borrowed them from a friend 

and have no clue.

Sorry.

I stamped this bunny onto Kraft card stock and colored

it with colored pencils.  I trimmed it down and

mounted it onto the same paper the sentiment

is stamped on, then onto white card stock.

All stamping was done with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

These 2 cards are made with the same papers, but 

from different sections of the paper.

I'm not sure if I like the one with the ribbon better

or the one with out.

I do think they both turned out very nice though.

I'm glad you stopped by and I hope you've 

been inspired in some way.

Have you started on your Easter cards?

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see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

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Somebunny Loves You

Easter is on it's way!

Hi all!

Do you make and send Easter cards?

I haven't really in the past, but this year I'm

trying to send out more cards and thought

Easter cards were in order.

Here are a few that I made that are similar.

This one is a shaker card and I think it turned out cute.

This is "Daydreaming Bunny" from 

QKR Stampede.

Another shaker card with the same bunny.

The grass under him is
"Field Grass Right"  from 

Biblical Impressions

For this card, I used Distress Inks to make the 

background inside that oval cut out.

I have stamped
Somebunny Loves You

 from QKR Stampede inside these cards.

And last, I made this card.

The sky and ground were sponged with 

Distress Inks

and I used the Field Grass stamp again to 

stamp the grass, also with Distress Inks.

The bunnies were all stamped

with VersaFine Onyx Black ink, 

colored with colored pencils and fussy cut.

The sentiments were also stamped with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

I hope you enjoy my cards and will 

think about making some yourself.

Come again soon and see some

more of the Easter cards I have ready to 

send to some family and friends.

Until next time:

Get Creative!

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see what the products are.
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except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

2 Layouts

Hello crafty friends!

Today I have 2 layouts to show you.

On Christmas Eve my daughter, Kelsie, and I got a

little silly taking selfies together.

This layout is the result of that.

I love the relationship that I have with her,

mother, daughter and best friends.

Having an adult daughter is absolutely wonderful!

I'm so glad I have these pictures that show our

 silly side.

This layout is from Kelsie's 27th birthday.

We were out to dinner for her birthday, my hubby's birthday

and our anniversary.

Kelsie took a selfie with each of us.

The Mickey bracelet was a gift from her boyfriends

parents.

This page is about her birthday with her boyfriend,

Jason.  He made it very special for her.

I used their posts from Facebook for the journaling.

I love how this layout turned out,

I think it was her best birthday ever.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll stop by again soon.

Until then,

Happy Crafting!

Annual Souper Crop

We recently held our

Annual Souper Crop.

For this crop my friend Danielle and I 

make soups for our dinner.

We add a nice salad and bread and butter

and it's one of our favorite crops of the year.

We made squash bisque and chicken enchilada soup,

both back by popular demand.

We also give out some goodies, have a couple games

and prizes and always have a lot of fun.

Each cropper receives some little goodies,

one of the goodies included is always a 

ticket for a free drink.

This is the ticket I created for this crop.

We also played a bingo game.

I printed up these boards for everyone,

with a list of crafting "items" printed on the

back of the board.

Everyone filled out their board from the 

items on the list.

Then we told them that to cross off the

item on the board, they had to use it on

a project.
So if they chose 'ink' they had to use

ink on their project, not from a pen, but 

either stamping or distressing etc.

The cropper that won, really wanted to 

win and did enough on one single layout

to get a bingo.

Now that's determination!

I wish I had some kind of pictures 

of our other game.

We took 10 paper lunch bags, put some kind of

crafting item in each one and stapled them shut.

Our croppers had to feel the items in the bag and

guess what they were.

Some of the items we put in the bags were:

pencil sharpener

circle cutter

roll of magnetic tape

jar of embossing powder

Xyron X refill

You get the idea.  They all really enjoyed

this game.  The cropper that won this game

had 8 of 10 correct items.

Pretty darn good, I'd say.

It was a great crop.

The soups were yummy,

the games were fun,

and the company was fabulous.

Thanks for stopping in today.

Maybe if you're organizing a crop one day

you'll be able to use our ideas.

Until next time,

make something fun!

Love Layout

Hello blog friends!

Today I'm showing you a layout that I did of

my daughter and her boyfriend.

A while back I found a pad of 12 x 12 coloring pages

on clearance at Michael's and had to have it.

I wasn't sure when I'd ever find a layout that I would use them

for, but the pages were so beautiful that I just had to have that pad.

I'm so glad I picked it up.

There are 2 of each design in the pad and that worked out

perfect for this layout.

I started out by coloring the full page with colored pencils.

I chose purple because it's Kelsie's favorite color

and the red because it's Jason's favorite.

I knew I wanted to use this picture,

because it was their first picture together and the one

that he had printed and framed for me.

I had a 5x7 printed and wished I had it done bigger,

now I'm so glad I didn't, I think the 5x7 works perfectly.

I colored and fussy cut the flowers from the 2nd page

and decided where I wanted them.

Then I decided on their names and the date for a simple

title for the page.

When I was happy with where everything was, I adhered it all with 

ATG tape and called it done.

I am thrilled with how this came out.

It is my first page for my scrapbook about

Kelsie and Jason and I think it's 

beautiful.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then, think outside the box,

if you like something, give it a try,

maybe you'll end up loving it!