Our Superhero

Good Evening!

I have a short post tonight.  I almost forgot to share this for the Inspiration Challenge at Altenew for June.  I'm down to the wire! I made this for my Hubs for Father's Day.  Actually, it's a late Father's Day card. It's been a very busy June. He knows.  He still enjoyed it even being late.  

I used Altenew's Healthcare Heroes stamp set, stamped and masked the hero nurse then fussy cut him to pop him up over the background I ink blended then stenciled with the Altenew Aztec Motif stencil.  I also stamped the heart beat stamp across the bottom in Icing on the Cake.  Lastly I added some heart dies cut from some ink blended cardstock.

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Our Superhero

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Healthcare Heroes - Altenew

Paper: Neenah Solar white; Chocolate cardstock - stash.

Ink: Tiara, Something Borrowed, Over Coffee, Icing On The Cake - Catherine Pooler Inks.

Extras: Aztec Motif Stencil - Altenew. Heart die - Catherine Pooler.

SuperHero Blessings!

Summer Veggin'

 Good Morning, Sunday!

I finally am getting to spend more time in my craft room.  It seems like my cats spend more time in there these days than I do!  I'm just thankful they don't try and get all inky unchaperoned.  LOL.  I have a non DT card to share this morning.  I'm playing in the Global Design Color Challenge today before it closes.

I decided to go veggie for my card.  I'm using the Veggies Please stamp set by Catherine Pooler Designs, stamped in Green Tea, Sweet Sixteen and Royal Treatment inks also by Catherine Pooler.  In fact, everything on my card, stamps, dies, ink are all Catherine Pooler Designs.

The inner panel is a stencil I made from a Trellis Cover plate by CPD inked in Sweet Sixtenn.  The scallop die is inked in Royal Treatment.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will return again.

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Card Supplies:

STAMPS: Veggies Please; Good Times Bits and Borders (Catherine Pooler Designs)

PAPER: Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock

INK: Green Tea, Sweet Sixteen, Royal Treatment (Catherine Pooler Designs)

EXTRAS: Trellis cover plate - cut to use as stencil (Catherine Pooler Designs); Sunshine mini cover plate outer dies (Catherine Pooler Designs); Coordinating dies for Veggies Please stamps. Basket die (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Summer Blessings!

KCC#565 - All Occasions

Hey there!  Welcome to my crafty space!

It's Krafty Chicks Thursday so time for a new challenge in the Hen House! 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #565 - All Occasions

It's our All Occasions week, which means birthday, sympathy, thank you, anniversary, whatever holiday you are celebrating soon, etc.  Last Sunday was Father's Day and so I'm sharing the card I made for my Dave's dad.  I recently purchased the apron die, BBQ and gardening die accessories from Honey Bee Stamps and so I spent one afternoon cutting lots and lots (AND LOTS) of bbq and gardening tools and aprons out of various different patterned paper.  Now I have many to create some quick cards later.  

Please stop by the KCC blog and check out the rest of my fellow teammates' projects for this week. Then come play along!

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Krafty Chick Blessings!

Honors Received for this card:

KCC #564 CAS

Good Morning!

It's Thursday all ready!  WOW!

Well that means, Krafty Chicks Thursday.

This week our challenge is CAS (Clean & Simple)

Krafty Chicks Challenge #564 CAS

My CAS card started with my colorful background from my stash.  It's one I created by adding alcohol inks to glitter cardstock. I cut the sentiment out of it and then trimmed a panel to fit behind the die cut panel. I thought the swirly emboss folder made a nice touch to tie it all together.  

Check out my fellow Chicks' CAS projects over on the challenge blog and come play along with us. 

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Krafty Chick Blessings!

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #563 - Christmas

 

Good Evening!  TGIF!  I'm late posting for this week's Krafty Chicks Challenge, which I'm hosting.  Have been out of town this week for our 31st anniversary and didn't get a chance to photograph my card before I left.  I thought I packed it so I could photograph it on my trip, but things were packed and repacked and it ultimately got left behind.

Anyway our challenge this week is Christmas ---

Krafty Chicks Challenge #563 - Christmas

Stop by the Hen House and check out the rest of the team's projects and then come play with us and add to your Christmas stash.  Just six months away ya'll!

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June - Anything Goes

Geometric Christmas Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #562 - Stamp Act

Good Morning!

Wow, this week blew by really even quicker with a holiday!  We enjoyed more time out and about this past weekend than we have in the past 15 months.  Spent most of it outside but Dave and I did venture into a couple stores and even dined INSIDE once!  <gasp>. We went kind of early since we had been shopping and there weren't many inside, so we opted for the cool indoors. Dave still has a hard time venturing out and with due cause as they still are getting Covid patients in the ER every week.  Not big numbers but he and his colleagues know this will be a norm now for hospitals. And since he was vaccinated back in December, he's coming up on the halfway point til a booster. So I've chosen to also wear a mask inside wherever we go still.  Well, enough of that, let's get to today's post!

It's the first Thursday of the month, June. JUNE! WOW! Year is half done!  <gasp again>!  Being the first Thursday, it's Krafty Chicks' Stamp Act challenge with Leanne hosting.  You must use stamping on your card this week.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #562 - Stamp Act

I went for a bit of a tropical vibe for my card today.  I used the Pineapple Accents and Lovely Greetings by Catherine Pooler Designs and stamped in Catherine Pooler Inks.  My blue background strip is a piece of alcohol inked glossy cardstock paper I've had in my homemade background stash for a while.  It was perfect for this card.  I also used some gold mirrored cardstock and gold polk dot patterned acetate paper for a little more gold pop with those gold tops.  I stamped the sentiment in the same color as the dark pineapple (Daydream) on the background paper very carefully.  I used my Misti to get a good stamping first try since the glossy paper is slick.  While the ink was still wet, I sprinkled clear embossing powder on the sentiment and heat set it.  Again, I did this very carefully and in short spurts after heating up my heat tool initially.  The finishing touch was small pearls on the flowers.

So please check out my fellow Chicks - - - Leanne, Lori and Diane's projects.  Also be sure and give a warm welcome to our June Guest Designer, Carol Gill!  Welcome, Carol!

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I used the sketch as well as the colors and the pineapple in the photo for inspiration. 

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Lovely Greetings and Pineapple Accents (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Paper: Glossy cardstock; White cardstock (Neenah Solar White); Gold polka dot acetate (Recollections); Gold mirrored cardstock.

Ink: It's A Girl, Mint To Be, Cummerbund, Daydream (Catherine Pooler Inks). Alcohol ink (Tim Holtz)

Extras: Pineapple coordinating dies (Catherine Pooler); Clear embossing powder (WOW); pearls.

 Krafty Chick Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #561 - All Occasions

Welcome!

It's Krafty Chicks Thursday!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #561 - All Occasions

I used another Altenew flower die cut from watercolored and inked homemade backgrounds.  I placed them on a grunge background stamped in the same color as the leaves.  I trimmed the background down and added a black striped patterned paper.

Leanne is our hostess this week so be sure and stop by the challenge blog and see everyone's projects, including our Guest Designer, Kim.  This week is Kim's last week with us.  We've been thrilled to have her with us!

 Everyday Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #560 CAS (Clean & Simple)

 Good Morning!

It's a Krafty Chicks Challenge Day!  Diane is our hostess this week and our challenge is CAS (Clean and Simple).

Krafty Chicks Challenge #560 - CAS (Clean and Simple)

My card began with that cutie cat face by Picket Fence Studios stamped on a rainbow stenciled background using a stencil by Honey Bee Stamps and Catherine Pooler inks. I chose the stitched wonky square die by Lil' Inker Designs to frame her in with an outer black trim.  I finished her off with a word die by Papertrey Inks that I cut twice in black and once in white which I smooshed in Versamark and embossed with silver embossing powder.  The other sentiment is by Catherine Pooler Designs.

Be sure and stop by the Krafty Chicks blog and check out the rest of the team's cards including our Guest Designer, Kim.  Then come play along with us this week with a CAS card!

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 Feline Shine Blessings!

Less Is More Guest Spot

Good Morning!  I am so excited and thrilled to be the Guest Designer at Less Is More this fortnight!  CAS cards are sometimes a challenge for me, although I have been doing more of them.  So I like challenges like LIM that give me a reason/chance to improve upon that technique as well.  This week is a sketch challenge:

 

I wracked my brain as to what to create for the sketch.  I had several ideas and then decided to use this cute little hedgehog.  I colored him in Copics.  The back panel is a raindrop mini plate die by cut from watercolored cardstock.  I stamped the cloud in a coordinating blue then stamped the sentiments in Midnight ink and then clear embossed it so it would stand out better.  I popped both the back panel up as well as the cloud and critter for more definition.  All products are by Catherine Pooler Designs.

I had a lot of fun creating this card.  This sketch is so versatile!  I know I will use it again in the future.

So come play along with Less Is More's sketch and let's see what you create!

Thank you again to Anita and the entire Less Is More team for having me guest spot!  

Less Is More Blessings!

Mom and Friend

Hi again!  

Another Mother's Day card, this time for my mom.  It's been a year and a half since I saw my mom.  She only lives about three hours from us but with the Pandemic and the fact that she is in her mid 80s, we have only visited via video chat and texts.  Now that we all have our vaccines, hopefully we will see her this summer.

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Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you return again.

Mother's Day Blessings!

Beautiful Day!

Hello there! 

Here's another Mother's Day card I made for my hub's stepmom, who loves flowers and gardening.  She is English and has a beautiful English garden in SC.  So I always try to make her nice floral cards.  

I used the Altenew tulip dies, cut from homemade watercolored backgrounds I had in my stash.  The very back background also is a watercolored piece.  The sentiment is from the 'Beautiful Day Floral' set by Catherine Pooler Designs.

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 Thanks for stopping by for a visit!  Stay safe and healthy! 

Beautiful Day Blessings!

"Hoop"la For Mom

Good Evening!

Sharing some cards I made last week. Here's the first one ---

This one I used the Altenew Embroidery Hoop die with a flower swag stamp by Catherine Pooler colored with Copics. The background is a linen background stamp stamped in white pigment ink. 

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Card Supplies:
Stamps: Sealed With A Kiss (Catherine Pooler); Sentiment (Stash).
Paper: Kraft cardstock (Bazzill). White cardstock (Neenah Solar); Gold foil cardstock (Stash).

Ink: Copics; Midnight, Something Blue (Catherine Pooler); Unicorn White Pigment (Hero Arts).

Extras: Embroidery Hoop Die (Altenew).

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #559 Christmas

Good Morning!

It's Krafty Chicks Thursday!

I'm hosting this week's challenge, our Christmas Challenge ---

Krafty Chicks Challenge #559 Christmas

I gold embossed stamps from 'Peace, Love & Holly' (CP Designs) and then used my Zig markers and a water brush to color them then cut them out with the coordinating dies.  I also cut three of the 'Merry' mini die plate, one in white, one in the light green watercolored background and one in gold foil cardstock to create the background. Then stamped the 'Christmas'.

Stop by and check out the rest of the Team's cards at the Hen House, including our Guest, Kim!  Then come join us for some holiday crafting!  

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 Christmas Blessings!