Celebrate!

 Happy Sunday ... LAST day of May!  

 I have a fun sketch challenge card to share with you today!
This is the sketch I'm inspired by today which is from the
Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog.

 

 At first I was a little stumped but after looking through some of my older stash, it all came together.
Here's what I've created . . .

The product used on this card has literally been sitting on the shelf since my scrapbooking days and I'm so happy I reached for that container today!

I hope you like it!! 

 Challenges to share in:

Ellibelle's Garden Party #15 - Anything in or from a Garden (ends 6/15)
Crafty Catz Challenge #714 - ATG (ends 6/4)
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - ATG (6/3)

  Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!

As always . . . 

50th Birthday

 Hello Friends!

Well, here we are on the LAST weekend of MAY 2026 ... the time is certainly zipping by!!

I had a request for a couple personalized birthday cards from my weekly luncheon friend Sue so I thought I share one of those cards with you today.  

 

 

(Inside) 

 I spotted the card design out on FB awhile back and saved it for future inspiration and today's the day!  Here's the reel that inspired me:  https://www.facebook.com/reel/3059207407802557.  Even though the 'inside' card base looks more red, it is really pink like the front cover photo shows  as are the words/numbers.

The decorative panel was from my scrap box and the coordinating 1/2" strips are also from scraps.  The Heartfelt Creations stamped & die cut flowers are 'left overs' from several years ago when I demo'd for Heartfelt Creations at the local Adventures in Stamping convention held here in Akron every Spring.  Little by little I'm using them up lol ...   Tombow markers were used to color my flowers and I used a circle die to cut out my circle.

  Challenges to share in:

 Addicted to Stamps & More #518 - Birthdays (ends 6/9)

 

 Passion for Markers #839 - Happy Birthday (ends 6/2)
Sweet Stampin' - Flowers (ends 6/5)

  Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!

As always . . . 

Fun technique for your birthday card . . .

 Happy End of May Weekend All . . .

I spotted a fun technique called 'Split Card Design' over on the Group of Seven Cardmakers blog the other day and thought I'd give it a whirl ...hopefully I can share this card over there before their current challenge ends. 

 

I've used the Altenew Build-A-Garden: Rosa Gallica stamp & die for my floral focus.

 

 Coloring was done with Tombow Markers.  
What a fun technique ... I'll be doing this again!!

 Challenges to share in:

 Addicted to Stamps & More #518 - Birthdays (ends 6/9)

 

 Passion for Markers #839 - Happy Birthday (ends 6/2)
Sweet Stampin' - Flowers (ends 6/5)

 Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!

As always . . . 

Wood Block Wednesday Challenge

 

  Hello Friends

Amy Tsuruta has her Woodblock Wednesday challenge up and running and I've been trying to join in each month as it gives me the opportunity to play with all my old wooden block stamps which don't get the love they deserve since clear stamps came about.

  

 The wood block stamp I've used today is by Inkadinkado.   

 

The background paper used for my card is from Crafter's Companion called 'Nature's Garden ... Kingfisher Collection'.   This is 2-sided paper so I've used the 'flip side' of one of the panels.

 

  Why not pop over and check out her blog and play along ... you know you have wood block stamps that need some love just like I do!  LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day ahead!!

As always . . .

Tag:  #Woodblockwednesday #woodblockstamps

 

Sending Big Hugs

 Hello friends ... 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!
I enjoy a fun sketch to get my creativity started and the one over at the Paper Players caught my attention.  Only a couple of days left to play along so I'd better hurry!!! 

 Here's the sketch they are offering:

 

 and here's the card I came up with . . .

 

 I've had this Unity paper pack called 'Ghostly Moonlit Gardens' in my stash for awhile now and thought this might be a good time to showcase it.

 

 The floral sticker in the circle is from the Paper Studio and the sentiment panel is a fabulous stamp & die set from the TON.

 Challenges to share in:

Sweet Stampin' - Flowers (ends 6/5) 
Make My Monday #278 - Say It With Flowers (ends 5/31)

Wishing you a wonderful day ahead!

As always . . . 

CAS - Thinking of You

 Happy Hump Day All!

Today I'm playing along in the current AAA Cards Challenge #315  - a sketch challenge this time.

 

 One of my cousins has been ordering thinking of you cards for her church every couple of months so I thought I'd get started on another group of cards for her so I have them available when she contacts me next.  This sketch is a very CAS (clean & Simple) design that will make for some quick cards.

 

 I've used the Paper Studio sticker flowers for the corner focus and from my 'Doni Collection', I've used a sentiment stamp from Simon Says titled 'Sending Happy Thoughts'.

Challenges to share in:

Make My Monday #278 - Say It with Flowers (ends 5/31)
613 Avenue Create May Challenge - ATG w/optional May Flowers (ends 6/6)
Crafty Catz #714 - ATG (ends 6/4)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!

As always . . .