Embrace Life

 Hello friends ... welcome back to my blog.

Today I've created a card for the Addicted to CAS challenge #303 - Garden  (ends 3/20).
I used to make cards with a lot of layers because the CAS design style intimidated me.  In fact, I even joined a CAS design team to help me get more comfortable with this style.  Now I find myself making as many CAS as Layered cards primarily due to the cost of postage these day!  UGH ... out of control!!

Anyways ... here's what I came with for their 'garden' theme.

 

 I have several colors of roses in my garden so when I spotted the sheet of the Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) rose stickers ( Real Spring Flowers #700633) hanging on the pegboard I immediately knew what I wanted to do.

    

 To showcase my roses I die cut the largest die in the Paper Rose (#16679) Stitched Rectangle Frames die set to create a frame.  This is one of my favorite (go to) frame die sets.   The sentiment is from an old Stampin' Up wood block stamp set and the butterflies come from a Scrapbook.com clear stamp set.  White Nuvo Crystal Drops were used for added dimension.

 

 Challenges to share in:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #38 - Anything Florals w/optional mood board (3/15) 
Classic Design Feb/March Challenge - ATG w/optional blooms or butterflies  (3/12)
Daisy Chain Challenge #105 - Flowers (3/28)
Crafty Calendar March Challenge - Spring (3/31)

 Well, that's it for me today.  I'm headed out early . . . it's hair cut & pedicure day!  YAY!!  
Plus lunch with my daughter and a childhood friend!
Going to be a GREAT DAY!!!

 Again, thanks so much for stopping by!!

As always . . .

It's All About You . . .

 Morning friends ... thanks for stopping by!

 The past few days I've been spending a lot of time 'reorganizing' my crafting cave!  I needed a break so decided to put together one of the many Katy Sue 3D images I purchased last year on Amazon. This one is called 'Jug of Tulips' and it's one of 4 different (3 sheets each) images within the Floral Collection.

 

 

 These are so well done and easy to do.  I have 1 of each put together so they are ready when I am (as I was the other day!).   I use the narrower dimensional dots (purchased at Scrapbook.com) to put them together since there are several layers on this particular one.  For this card, I simply added my 3D image to a card base and added a sentiment! 

VIOLA~~!!

 Challenges to share in today . . .

Crafty Calendar March Challenge - Spring (3/31)

The Paper Players Challenge #776 - Colors of the Rainbow (3/13)


 
Creative Knockouts Challenge #566 - Birthday Wishes (3/18)

 Krafty Chicks Challenge #810 - Birthday (3/10)

 

 Again, thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful week ahead!!

As always . . .

You are my anchor!

 Hello friends and welcome back to my blog.

It's so nice to have the weather finally warming up and signs of Spring in the flower beds.  Hope you're breathing in some fresh air today ... sure helps to life my spirits and I wish that for you today!!

I created a card to share today that satisfies a couple of fun challenge out in blogland.
Here's my card . . .

 

The challenge over on The Male Room this time around is to use the colors 'brown & blue'.

 

 And I'm also joining in the CAS on Sunday challenge (runs through 3/18) where they are offering up this fun sketch.  I love a good sketch to help get me started!!

 

 

I've turned to a very old Impression Obsession wood block stamp for my focus.   It's called 'Cape Lookout Lighthouse'.  The background paper is from an old DCWV 12x12 paper pack called 'The Tradewinds'.  The EK Success (old) anchor die was cut from gold foil paper. 

I'm always in need of masculine cards and very happy with how this came together!! 

 

 Hope you have a great day today and a wonderful week ahead!  Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog today! 

   As always . . .

Love Those Pretty Papers March 2026 Challenge

 Hello Dear Friends

It's a new month and that means it's time for a new challenge over on our
LOVE THOSE PRETTY PAPERS blog.

Today, our OPTIONAL theme is

CIRCLES

Diane & I will be sharing a Themed pretty paper card as well as an Anything Goes card.

 Here's my card using today's THEME:

 

 Today I had fun playing with the old 'spotlight' technique onto this pretty P13 'Time to Relax' designer paper panel.  In the past when using this technique, I've always used white ink ... today I got brave and used purple.  The sentiment circles are dies from a Greetery set and the sentiment is from 'Inspired by Stamping'.  

 

 Unfortunately, this pretty paper pack is discontinued.

 A few coordinating prima flowers with yellow Nuvo crystal drop centers were all that was needed for embellishments.  

 

Now for my 2nd card (anything goes) ... 

 Once again I'm dipping into my OLD stash and found this pretty paper pack called 'Pink & Blue Watercolored' but it doesn't have a manufacturer name on it.  The upper panel is actually the strip I cut from the panel used in my card above (waste not - want not they say).  Even though from a different paper pack, it has the same color base so grabbed it off the scrap heap long with the scrap piece of solid paper and created my decorative top.

 The sentiment die is Cheery Lynn Designs (no longer in business) and I've used a Tutti Designs 'scallop stitched rectangle' die to back it.   

 I hope you've enjoyed what I created to inspire you today!  Please come join our fun and show us what you have created using pretty patterned papers.

Thanks for stopping by and as always . . .

 

Simply Clean & Simple (3/2026) - Baby Animals

Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

 

 Baby Animals

 

 

 Here's what I've come up with to share with you today . . .

 

 I have a lot of 'animal' images, stickers, etc but not many 'baby animals' (now that I think of it I should have looked in my BABY dies ... I know there are some little critters there ... duh!).  Anyways, while looking through images over on Pinterest, I spotted this adorable little bear and the eye to eye contact drew me in so since it didn't have a watermark I grabbed it and printed out a couple copies.

 

I spotted a couple packs of  Repeat Impressions 'Swing Card' precuts hanging on my 'what not' peg board (gosh I haven't looked at these for YEARS!) and thought one of these would make for a fun CAS card.

After printing the image twice, so I could adhere one to both sides of the swing panel, I cut & embossed 2 panels of scrap white card stock using a Sizzix tree bark embossing folder.  I hand cut my panels for either side then sponged over the embossing with TH distress oxide ink for that tree bark look.

 

 I had this cute wood block sentiment stamp in my stash that worked perfectly!

 

Challenges to share in:

Craft Rocket Challenge #134 - No Designer Paper (3/31)
Little Red Wagon Challenge #848 - Include an Animal (3/10) 
The Paper Shelter #666 - ATG or Twist of Embossing (3/10)
The Paper Funday Challenge #85 - ATG or Fur/Feathers 

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .