Doggone Sweet

 Hello Friends . . .

With Mother's Day just this last weekend, my thoughts went to my local crafting friend Donette (Doni) High (blog name was Lime Green Giggles) who sadly passed away 2 years ago Mother's Day of a heart attack.  I was fortunate enough to make her acquaintance and spend some quality time crafting, chatting & going out for lunch with her for only a couple of years but we sure made the most of our time together.  

Upon her passing, her family honored me with all her stamps and today I'm using one in her honor!

MISS YOU MY FRIEND!!

 

 Doni was an animal lover!  Primarily cats but she enjoyed the neighbors dog too!

Challenges to share in are as follows:

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #585 - Sketch Challenge (ends  5/26)

 

 Try it on Tuesday - Keep it Simple (ends 5/26)
Cardz 4 Guys #385 - CAS (ends 5/18)
Shopping our Stash #573 - Man's Best Friend (ends 5/18)

As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by!

 

Sisterhood Challenge (5/2026) - Banners

 Hello my friends!

Today I have a card for the new challenge over on The Sisterhood of Crafters!

 

Our theme today is:

 

 Banners

  

 The banner I chose to play with today is an oldie but goodie die set by Die-namites called 'Party Banners' (#DN-1277).  I've colored it using Tombow markers.  The 'HAPPY' are word stickers from my Creative Memories scrapbooking stash and the word BIRTHDAY is from an older PoppyStamps die set.  My background balloons are stickers from Hobby Lobby.

  

I hope you'll come join in our challenge fun at The Sisterhood of Crafters!

My 'sistahs' have created some fabulous creations to help inspire you ... 

be sure to pop over and check them out!

 

Challenges to share in:

AAA Birthday Challenge #85 - ATG Birthday (ends  5/31)


 

 Dragonfly Dreams May Challenge - Use Die Cuts (ends mid June)

 

  As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by!

Miss You

Morning Friends . . .

Busy day ahead but before I head out I wanted to share another one of the cards I created for my cousin's order.  You know I love the color purple (if it were up to me, all my cards would be purple lol) but these are not for me so I have to 'limit myself' when creating for others. lol

NOT TODAY!  lol

 My background paper is from a Dress My Craft 6x6 pack called 'Hydrangea Lawns'.  The top section is actually one of the 'border' panels offered on a page from that same pack.  I was going to put it across the bottom but then decided to flip it an put it across the top.

Oval die cuts are old Spellbinder that I keep extras hanging on my accessory peg board.  The pretty center flowers are a stamp/die set from the Blue Knight Stamp company that my friend Sandy purchased at convention in March and was kind enough to cut me some and send them to me from her home in North Carolina.  The sentiment is from the TON and Nuvo drops were used for addition dimension.

  

This Blue Knight stamp/die set also has two smaller flower sprigs.  I added one to the inside corner.

 Wishing you all a FABULOUS day!

 As always . . .

Butterfly time of year . . .

 Happy Sunday All . . .

Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful Mom's out there!! 

 I'm working on a card order for one of my cousins and thought I'd share one of those cards with you today.  So, since PINK is considered a feminine color and it's coming up on butterfly time of year, that's the card I grabbed to share.

White visiting the Stamplistics store a few months back, I picked up several off cuts to create some backgrounds for my cards and this is one of those backgrounds using those off cuts in this 'fractured card' technique design.

I have several ovals, squares, circles & rectangle die cuts hanging on my accessories board for days such as this where I needed something to help showcase this beautiful butterfly.   

I had a pack of these sparkly, fabric butterflies hanging on my accessories board for years (this was the last one in the pack) and before thinking about sharing this card on my blog I tossed the packaging so sadly can't provide the mfg name.  Very old and I think I actually bought them at Archiver's and they've been out of business for probably 10 years.
 

 Challenges I'd like to share in:

Fab'n'Funky Challenge #636 - Use colors pink, blue or yellow (ends 5/!2)
Hearts Quest Challenge #85 - Anything with a heart - optional / pink and/or blue hearts (ends 5/31)
Moving Along with the Times #189 - One or more Butterflies (ends 5/31)
Pearly Sparkles Challenge #119 - One or more Butterflies (ends 5/31)
Crafty Animals #105 - ATG w/animals, birds, insects (ends 5/27)

 Wishing you all a FABULOUS day!

 As always . . .

Can You Handle the Pressure - Twist - Balloons

Hello Friends, thanks for stopping by today!

We have a new challenge starting today over on our new Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge Blog and the TWIST theme is ...

Balloons

Remember, the twist is optional but you MUST use an embossing folder on your projects to qualify for the prize.  Heat embossing is also permitted but only in conjunction with an embossing folder.

 Here's what I've created to inspire you today ...

  

 Product used:

 

Lisa Horton 'Celebration Balloons' embossing folder 

 
Tombow Marker
Impression Obsession 'Balloons' DIE359

Endless Creations sentiment stamp 

 

  

 I do hope you'll come check out our challenge blog and play along.

Challenges to share in:

Creative Knockouts #570 - For the Kids (ends 5/20)
Krafty Chicks #819 - Birthday (ends 5/13)

 

AAA Birthday Challenge #85 - ATG Birthday (ends  5/31)

 

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

As always . . .