Timeless Birthday

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments.  I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Oh, how I wish time would stand still.  The years, especially this one, seem to fly by!  But I digress; the title of today's post has been inspired by the Timeless Textures stamp set used in part to create the QACAS card...

Card: Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White
Ink: Daffodil Delight and Cajun Craze
Stamp sets: Timeless Textures and Butterfly Basics (sentiment)
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
#225 Soft at CASology
#226 AG at Brown Sugar
#258-259 AAG at Word Art Wednesday

I'll be back on Thursday with my latest DT creation for House of Cards, so I hope you'll join me then.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments.  I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I'm taking a couple days off for the holiday, so bringing you your Thanksgiving card and wishes a day early...

I think the three sentiments, just some of those in the Thoughtful Branches stamp set, work as well together as they do separately.

Card: Cajun Craze and Whisper White
Ink: Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight and Cherry Cobbler
Stamp sets: Thoughtful Branches
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
#258-259 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#225 AG at Brown Sugar
#192 Thanksgiving at DL.ART
#256 AG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#99 Three of a Kind at Crafty Gals Corner (sentiment is formed of 3 individual ones)

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

You're in My Thoughts

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments.  I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today's card was created for someone special on the anniversary of her husband's passing.  Both love roses and bushes he planted in their garden many years ago still bloom...

Card: Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White, Blushing Bride and Wild Wasabi
Ink: Flirty Flamingo
Stamp sets: Thoughtful Branches
Tools and embellishments: Rose Wonder and Thoughtful branches Thinlits
Adhesives: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#225 AG at Brown Sugar
#191 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#256-257 AAG at Word Art Wednesday

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one.  I'll be back on Sunday with a reminder for House of Cards, so I hope you'll join me then.

Flurry of Wishes

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments.  I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The sun may be out as we all enjoy the last weeks before the cooler weather arrives, but the holiday season will be here before we know it.  And while the leaves are starting to fall (at least they are outside my window), my thoughts have long since turned to another type of precipitation; snow!  I started creating my Christmas cards back in July, and hope to have them all finished by mid September.

The majority of them are being created using the NBUS (never before used schtuff) Flurry of Wishes stamp and coordinating punch from Stampin' Up!  Believe me, there are SO many ways to create with it.  I'll show you more nearer the time, but today's card is a QACAS creation in my chosen colors, Pool Party and Dapper Denim...

Card: Whisper White
Ink: Pool Party and Dapper Denim
Stamp sets: Flurry of Wishes
Tools and embellishments: Snow Flurry punch and Basic Rhinestones
Adhesives: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...

NBUS #7 at djkardkreations
#264 Any Holiday at HIMCR
#244 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground

I'll be back on Thursday with my latest DT creation for House of Cards, so I hope you'll join me then.

More Fresh Fruity Flowers

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Following on from Monday's post, today's is similar, but uses the smaller "fruit segment" stamp from the set...

I love the color combo of Peekaboo Peach and Dapper Denim, and love the look of the random, stamped off, QACAS card. I hope you'll agree that it shows the versatility of the stamp set?

Card: Peekaboo Peach and Whisper White
Ink: Peekaboo Peach and Dapper Denim
Stamp sets: Fresh Fruit
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
Thankful Thursday #186 at DL.ART
AG at TTCRD
#324 AAG at Craft your passion

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one. I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Fresh Fruity Flowers

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today's card will hopefully show you that I'm not completely crazy. It's another example of thinking outside the (fruit) box, with a stamp set, for another QACAS card...

As soon as I saw the Fresh Fruit stamp set, I saw the flower petals in the fruit segments and couldn't wait to try them out.

Card: Flirty Flamingo and Whisper White
Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Emerald Envy and Sweet Sugarplum
Stamp sets: Fresh Fruit
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
#262 Pastels at HIMCR
July/ August at MHK Designs
#188 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#242/ 243 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#185 AG at DL.ART

I'll be back on Friday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Pear of Balloons?

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

You're probably scratching your head right now wondering what the heck I'm on about with today's post title? A quick glance at the card will tell you that no, there isn't just a PAIR, but three, all created with the PEAR from the Fresh Fruit stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Before you take a longer look at the card, I must say how wonderful it was to spend time with Darnell and other bloggers on Tuesday.  I'll say more about that in another post.

I thought I'd continue with the flying theme from Monday and show you that the set isn't just for fruity makes.

Card: Sweet Sugarplum and Whisper White
Ink: Sweet Sugarplum and Smoky Slate
Stamp sets: Fresh Fruit and Swirly Bird (string and bows)
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
#240-241 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#209 AG at Brown Sugar
Thankful Thursday #185 AG at DL.ART
#160 AG at Aud Sentiments
#82 AG at Crafty Gals Corner

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one. I'll be back on Monday with my latest DT creation for House of Cards, so I hope you'll join me then.

Strawberries Anyone?

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Our QACAS fruit salad already has peaches and pears, now to add strawberries...

Card: Emerald Envy and Whisper White
Ink: Emerald Envy and Watermelon Wonder
Stamp sets: Fresh Fruit
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
#184 Summer Foods at DL.ART
#185 AG at 163 Avenue Create
#240-241 AAG at Word Art Wednesday

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one. I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Perfect Pear

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today's card is another QACAS one using the Fresh Fruit stamp set. This time I've teamed the pear stamp from the set with Pear Pizzazz ink...

Card: Emerald Envy and Whisper White
Ink: Pear Pizzazz and Emerald Envy
Stamp sets: Fresh Fruit
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
AG at TTCRD
#184 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#206 Monochrome at Brown Sugar
#238-239 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#320 AAG at Craft your passion

I'll be back on Friday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Peachy Thank You

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today's card is a QACAS (quick and clean and simple) one, pairing the 2016-2018 In Colors Peekaboo Peach and Emerald Envy with the Fresh Fruit stamp set from Stampin' Up!

I love the color combo and the dual color sentiment is the perfect finishing touch. Do you agree?

Card: Peekaboo Peach and Whisper White
Ink: Peekaboo Peach and Emerald Envy
Stamp sets: Fresh Fruit
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
#238-239 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#159 For a girl at Aud Sentiments
#183 Summertime/ Thank you at DL.ART

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one. I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Five Minute Thanks

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today's card is a very quick and easy one, that as the post title suggests, can be created in five minutes...

I'm in LOVE with the Playful Backgrounds stamp set and love the fresh look of this color combo. Do you?

Card: Pacific Point and Whisper White
Ink: Bermuda Bay and Pacific Point
Stamp sets: Playful Backgrounds and Thankful Thoughts
Tools and embellishments: Corner Punch
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
AG at TTCRD
#234-235 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#316 AAG at Craft your passion

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one. I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Not What You Look At...

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today is one I created for a friend's birthday a couple weeks ago...

Card: Crumb Cake and Watercolor Paper
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Pear Pizzazz reinker, Tempting Turquoise reinker, Early Espresso reinker and Smoky Slate reinker
Stamp set: Moon Lake (retired)
Tools: Aqua Painters and Deco Labels Framelits

Challenges...
#203 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
AAG at TTCRD
#71 CAS at Beyond Grey

I'll be back tomorrow with my latest DT creation for House of Cards, so I hope you'll join me then.

Baby We've Grown!

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

On August 31st our family grew, with the much anticipated arrival of my great-nephew, Landon Ryan. Almost as soon as we heard that my niece Tosha was expecting, I started working on a project that I'll share with you tomorrow, to celebrate the little one's arrival. As that secret project neared completion, I asked my sister Beth, who was in on it, if she wanted me to create announcement cards for the little man's arrival. She did and so I set about working on them.

I'd used the now retired Baby We've Grown and Celebrate Baby stamp sets, together with my all-time favorite Gorgeous Grunge from Stampin' Up!, for the first part of the project, so used them for the announcement cards too...

Card: Whisper White and So Saffron
Ink: Lost Lagoon, Soft Sky and Pool Party
Marker: Coastal Cabana Stampin' Write (retired, used to color in BABY)
Stamp sets: Baby We've Grown, Celebrate Baby and Gorgeous Grunge
Tools: Corner Rounder Punch
Adhesive: Tombow

The arrival of Landon Ryan redresses the hormonal balance in the house a tiny bit, because there are 5 women in the house! The little man's older sisters are 5 year old twins Brianna and Makayla and 3 year old twins Chloe and Charissa, born to proud parents Tosha and Josh in earlier relationships, so Josh isn't alone any more! Grin.

Challenges...
#200 Let's Celebrate at Word Art Wednesday
STAMPtember at Simon Says Wednesday
#241 One Layer at Less Is More

I'll be back on Wednesday with more of "Project Landon", so I hope you'll join me then.

God Is Love Triple Frame

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Challenges...
#49 AAG at Inspiration Destination
#199 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#71 CAS at Beyond Grey Challenges
#277 AAG at Craft your passion

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a GREAT one! I'll be back on Sunday, so I hope you'll join me then.

Faux Stitching for House of Cards

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today is my DT offering for the latest challenge over at House of Cards. Our theme this month is...

You can use either real or faux stitching on your project and I immediately knew that the Bohemian Borders stamp set from Stampin' Up! would be perfect for the job!

Card: Crumb Cake and Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzleberry and Tempting Turquoise
Stamp sets: Bohemian Borders and Tag talk
Tools: Bracket Label punch
Adhesives: Tear & Tape and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#198 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#192 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#277 AAG at Craft your passion
#34 Lots of layers at Crafty Gals Corner

I'll be back on Friday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Marble Effect Mini Cards

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I've got a special treat for you today. I'm sharing not one, not two, but three mini cards! Well, if I can't spoil you, who can? ;) Each card has been created using a left over die cut panel from a project that I can't yet show you, but I promise THAT project will be worth the wait!

Card: Whisper White and a few snippets of Lost Lagoon for the last one

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Soft Sky, Pool Party and Jet Black StazOn

Stamp set: Me = Grateful

Tools and embellishments: Deco Labels Framelits, Petite Petals Punch, Basic Rhinestones and Basic Pearls

Challenges...
#198 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
AAG at TTCRD
#276 AAG at Craft your passion
#48 AAG at Inspiration Destination
#191 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a GREAT one! I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Happy Birthday... To Me

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Yep, as the post title suggests, today is my birthday! To celebrate, I've made myself a card, using one of my favorite styles, the Framed Triple and the appropriate sentiment from Butterfly Basics...

Card: Whisper White, Crumb Cake and snippets of Strawberry Slush (retired) and Vellum
Ink: Strawberry Slush (retired)
Stamp set: Butterfly Basics
Tools and embellishments: Bold Butterfly Framelits, Butterfly Thinlits and Basic Rhinestones
Adhesive: Tear & Tape and Tombow

Challenges...
#198 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#191 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
Birthday Wishes at Incy Wincy Designs
#162 Birthday at DL.ART

Happy birthday to anyone else celebrating today too! I'll be back on Friday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Scrappy Birthday

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Ever wonder what to do with all the thin offcuts you get when creating the mats for your cards? Do you even keep them? It might not surprise you to learn that I keep all mine. Originally it was with the hope of using them for sentiments, but now I've found an even better use for them; as the focal point and design on your cards...

Card: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz and lots of snippets of Lost Lagoon
Ink: Pear Pizzazz and Lost Lagoon
Stamp set: Tag Talk
Tools: Bracket Label Punch
Adhesive: Fast Fuse and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
Paper Piecing at Night - Shift - Stamping
#162 Happy Birthday at DL.ART
#197 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#191 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#238 Sketch at Less is More

I'll be back on Wednesday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Grungy Peony with Trust God

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

If you've read my posts over the last couple weeks, you'll have already seen 3 more of these gorgeous peonies, and this is the last, for now at least! This time I've teamed it with a couple of my OTHER favorite stamp sets from Stampin' Up!, Gorgeous Grunge and Trust God...

Card: Whisper White
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Memento Black (sentiment), Blushing Bride reinker and Pear Pizzazz reinker
Stamp sets: You've Got This, Gorgeous Grunge and Trust God
Tools: Blender Pens
Adhesive: Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#197 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#275 AAG at Craft Your Passion
#33 AG at Crafty Gals Corner
AAG at TTCRD

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a GREAT one! I'll be back on Sunday with my latest DT creation for 613 Avenue Create, so I hope you'll join me then.

Bohemian Peony

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today's card brings together two of my favorite products from Stampin' Up!, the Boho Chic TIEF and the You've Got This stamp set. I think they look pretty cool together. Have a look and let me know if you think so too?

Card: Whisper White
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Pool Party reinker and Pear Pizzazz reinker
Stamp set: You've Got This
Tools and embellishments: Blender Pens, Deco Labels Framelits and Basic Rhinestones
Adhesive: Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#196 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#190 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#212d Die Cuts at HIMCR

I'll be back on Wednesday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.