In My Heart

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card made using one of the images I had colored while my husband was in the hospital.  He is slowly making progress.  Slowly.  My card uses a retired Creative Worship digital image called Melody of Love.  

 

I started out by printing it onto Neenah white card stock before coloring using my Castle Arts Watercolor pencils and a blender pencil before lightly blending some left over tumbled glass distress ink from a previous project using a blender brush before layering and adding silver brads.  I then added it to a dry embossed green card before creating my own floral spray underneath using Martha Stewart punches and a paper crimper. The final touch was color spritzing some green galore ink and adding some bling to the flower centers on the main image panel.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #76 - Use Your NBUS (main image)

Triple B July 2025 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (birds, blooms)

Can You Handle The Pressure July 2025 - Anything Goes Using Embossing Folder (musical score)

Cupcake Inspiration #622 - For The Birds ( see pic below)

Word Art Wednesday #708 to 709 - Anything Goes Family Friendly 

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday July 2025 - Anything Goes 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Creative Worship

Ink: Leftover Tumbled Glass Distress

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bling, Glue, Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Color Spritzer, Green Galore Ink, Brads

 

 

  

Garden Gnomes

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Short post today as I've been dealing with a nasty migraine and a fibromyalgia flare since the weekend, to the point of crying, but that would have hurt worse.  So I forced myself to do something creative just to keep my sanity and used some images from Conjurer of Dreams along with this week's progressive freebie.  After adding the gnomes from a special set Kim made me, I added the butterflies, dragonflies and saying digitally so all of my layers would already be there for a one layer mailing since postage continues to go up like everything else. I'm really happy with how it turned out.  You can find out more about the COD progressive challenge in the Inspiration Group.

 

Challenges entered:

Word Art Wednesday Wks 698 to 699 - Anything Goes Uplifting (Just Because)

CD Sunday Plus #157 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

The Four Seasons May 2025 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by the flowers)

Beautiful Blossoms #28 - See Mood Board (inspired by flower colors)

Triple B Challenge May 2025 - Anything Goes Blooms, Butterflies, Birds (blooms, butterflies)

 

Four Seasons

 

Beautiful Blossoms

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

 

Just Because Tulips

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a mini slimline card made using the Angie Blom Just Because stamp set from Unity Stamps. 

I started out by stamping everything in Memento tuxedo black ink onto Copic white card stock, before coloring the tulips using my new Ohuhu Honolulu markers before blending tumbled glass distress ink left over from a previous project.  Once that was finished, I layered the image, added brads before adhering it to a red card base. I then added some fire bling, red bow and two wooden ladybugs.  As an afterthought, I added some "trail dots" using a black 3D glaze pen for the ladybugs.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #73 - Use Your NBUS (image, saying)

Triple B Challenge April 2025 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms)

The Four Seasons April 2025 - See Insp Pic Below (inspired by ladybug, flowers)

Double D Challenge April 2025 - Springtime Flowers (inspired by tulips)

Beautiful Blossoms April 2025 - Anything Goes Flowers 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 694 and 695 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Triple B

 

The Four Seasons

 

Double D Challenge

 

Beautiful Blossoms Optional Insp Pic

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Unity

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress

Card Stock: Copic X-Press It; Stampin Up

Accessories: Ohuhu Markers, Ladybugs, MISTI, Glaze Pen, Bling, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots, Bow, White Gel Pen

 

 

Stained Glass Florals

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a couple of cards I've been working on for the past couple of weeks.   It's taken me this long to finish both because I've had a nasty migraine that just wouldn't go away or even ease up a bit.  Both cards use the Stained Glass Beauty and Stained Glass Nature Jewel It collage sets from Gecko Galz.

First up is a tri-fold card.  After cutting out the birds/floral stained glass image that I had printed out for another project and never used, I layered it on scrap Recollections blue trio card stock before adding brads then running a finger nail along the edges to distress it before setting aside.  I then cut out one of the bird/floral images from the Jewel It set before layering, adding brads and distressing again using my fingernail.  I did the same for the third panel using the butterfly/floral image.  Taking some pacific point card stock, I added blue digital paper from the Seasons of Hope paper pack then added my layered image panels using glue dots.  I then pulled out all of my scrap card stock, Martha Stewart punches and paper crimper, and created my own floral sprays underneath each of the panels adhering them using Ranger's glossy accents.  To the flower centers, I added tiny blue bling crystals to finish my card off before stamping my greeting using a retired Stampin Up set called "Mixed Greetings".  I'm really happy with how this turned out.  Here's the other two panels:

 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #62 - Use Your NBUS (stained glass image)

Triple B Challenge May 2024 - Anything Goes Birds/Blooms/Butterflies (all three)

Crafty Gals Corner #255 - Anything Goes Optional Lace/Pearls (anything goes)

CD Sunday Plus #134 - Anything Goes Digital (Gecko Galz)

Digi Choosday Wk21 - Anything Goes 

Gecko Galz Facebook Fancy Folds - See Below (tri-fold)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 649 to 650 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

 

 

My second card is using the stained glass flowers/sun image paired with another digital page from Seasons of Hope paper pack.  Once again after I edged the main image using a memento tuxedo black "cat eye" ink pad, I layered and added brads before setting aside.  I then took a more mustard card stock scrap and dry embossed it using a Cuttlebug floral/paisley (don't have original package to see name) and my Big Shot before lightly sponging more mustard ink over the embossed images.  After popping up the main image panel using pop dots, I added some tan fibers I've had in my stash for years, and I mean YEARS, along with a couple of prima flowers.  The only embellishment was adding a single bling gem to the center of the flowers.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Can You Handle The Pressure May 2024 - Anything Goes Embossing Twist Fruits/Veggies (anything goes)

Gecko Galz Facebook May 2024 - Floral Fantasy (image/primas)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (tan fibers, brads, prima, bling)

Shopping Our Stash #522 - How Does Your Garden Grow (flower garden)

Paper Funday #65 - Anything Goes Optional Twist: Flower Shoppe (anything goes & floral)

A Place To Start May 2024 - Anything Goes Optional For A Lady (both)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Tri-Fold Card

Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  

Card Stock: Gecko Galz Digital Paper Pack; Stampin Up; Scraps; Neenah White

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Fingernail, MS Punches, Brads, Glue Dots, Bling, Glossy Accents, Paper Crimper

Mustard Floral

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: Stampin Up More Mustard

Card Stock: Gecko Galz Digital Paper Pack; Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Fingernail, Computer, Printer, Brads, Primas, Fiber, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Bling, Pop Dots, Sponge

 

Dare To Get Dirty 2023 Day 5

 

 

Hello everyone and welcome!  Today starts the annual Dare To Get Dirty (DTGD) challenges over at Splitcoaststampers.  The DTGD challenges are a special thank you to Splitcoaststampers Fan Club members.  For info on joining the fan club, see the details here.  My cards for today's challenges are below.

 

 

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamp, fibers, ladybugs)

613 Ave Create July 2023 - Anything Goes Optional Nautical 

The Crafty Addicts #3 - Anything Goes
Jan's Digital Stamps July 2023 - Anything Goes

Mix It Up Challenges #66 - Anything Goes Optional Aperture

 

Tulip Frame Supplies:

Stamps: Magenta

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire, Mowed Lawn

Card Stock: Copic X-press It

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Wood Ladybug Stickers, PFS Blending Brushes, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ice Stickles, Q-Tip, Castle Arts Pencils, MS Punches, SU 2-hole Punch, Frame, Sanding Block

 

 Challenges entered:

Shopping Our Stash #501 - No Stamping Allowed (chipboard letters, die cut flowers)

Let's Craft and Create #197 - Anything Goes Optional Add Flowers

Stamps: None

Ink: Tim Holtz Walnut Stain; Tattered Angels Gold Glimmer Mist; Seth Apter Blue Moon Mist 

Card Stock: None

Accessories: Notebook, Alpha Letterz, Glue, Crop-A-Dile, SU Jumbo Eyelets, SU Close To Cocoa Ribbon, Cloud 9 Vellum Flower Kit, Glue Dots, Recycled Packing Paper From Chewy Box

 

 

 

 This card was made using the "negative" from a Sizzix flower I had die cut, so I made my own stencil.

 

 Challenges entered:

Triple B Challenge July 2023 - Anything Goes Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (I went blooms)

Stamps: SU Wonderful Words

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Fired Brick, Mowed Lawn

Card Stock: Hammermill White

Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, Bling, Big Shot, Glue, Sizzix Daisy Bigz Die, PFS Sequins

Summer Collaberation Rainbow or Floral

 

 

Hello and welcome. It's week 2 of the #summeraspired2023 collaboration hop over on Instagram where we're given two prompts for the week and we choose which one to use or combine them.  For my card today, I pulled out a GinaK Designs stamp set called Vintage Rose Mini (now retired) I had won last year and just hadn't used yet.

 

I started out by stamping my image in Memento tuxedo black ink onto scrap Hammermill white card stock before stamping the saying right underneath.  I then pulled out my Castle Arts pencils to color the rose bouquet using rainbow colors since I needed a pet sympathy card. Once my coloring was finish, I then color spritzed a long retired Stampin Up Only Orange marker then layered.  My only embellishment used were some small black brads before adhering the layered panel onto a white card. On the inside I stamped a Scrapbook.com sympathy sentiment with a paw print from a retired Papertrey Ink pet sympathy set stamped underneath.

 

I'm really happy with how it turned out.  I've been dealing with some bad migraines again.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #52 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamp set)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 603 to 604 - Anything Goes Uplifting (sympathy, pet sympathy) 

Try It On Tuesday July 11th - Use 3 Colors (I went with rainbow colors)

Triple B Challenge July 2023 - Birds, Blooms, Butterfliles (I went with blooms)

Simply Clean & Simple July - CAS Optional Roses Are Red Violets Are Blue (I went rainbow)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your week.

Stamps: GinaK Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Scraps

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Brads, Color Spritzer, SU Only Orange Marker

PIP Challenge 2322

 

    Sponsored by 

Varada Sharma

Blog

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins another challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Varada Sharma.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card today is featuring the set Pretty Little Tulips.

I started out by printing the vase three times and the tulip flowers five times before coloring them using both prismacolor and copic markers the fussy cutting everything out.  I then took a trimmed Hammermill white panel and stippled my background using a retired Picket Fence Studios brick wall 6x6 stencil and my blending brushes using some fired brick distress ink before adhering the vase and two of the colored tulip spray before cutting apart a third tulip spray to add additional pieces throughout my vase bouquet.  I then took a dusty Martha Stewart punch and created the thank you saying then adhering it to the vase.  The final touches were a small bow and then adding some Meraki Sparkle Midnight Illusion bling.  The final two floral sprays and vases were used to make two additional cards.

Here is another card made using the same image, and layout, a little differently.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 June 2023 - Use Your NBUS (images, stencil, bling)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (MS punch)

A Place To Start June 2023 - Anything Goes 

CD Sunday Plus #111 - Anything Goes Digital (main image)

The Flower Challenge #81 - Use Your Favorite (mine is tulips) 

Triple B Challenge June 2023 - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies (mine flowers)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join the challenge this week at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: Varada Sharma

Ink: Tim Holtz Fired Brick Distress Ink

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, PFS Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Glue, Crafty Meraki Bling, Bow, MS Punch

 

Woodblock Wednesday On A Thursday May Edition

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I have another card to share for the Woodblock Wednesday challenge.  For this one, I used the same Stampin Up background as yesterday's card but a different Hero Arts stamp called Garden Flowers Sketch.  I also received this stamp as a RAK from a friend and hadn't used yet (NBUS).  Thank you Amy so much for starting these challenges.  So many of my woodblock stamps are seeing love again.

I started out by stamping the Hero Arts flowers in memento tuxedo ink on to scrap Hammermill white before coloring using my prismacolor watercolor pencils with alcohol blender again.  Once the coloring was finished, I blended some Tim Holtz tumbled glass and mowed lawn distress inks before layering and adding some white brads.  For my card, I again stamped the dots and posies background in mowed lawn before adhering my layered image using glue dots.  I then added some green/white baker's twine from my stash before adding a wooden wheelbarrow I picked up from the dollar store using mini glue dots.  The finishing touches were some Meraki Sparkle Green Illusion bling I won earlier this year (NBUS) and my saying stamped in memento tuxedo black directly on to the wheelbarrow from a long retired Stampin Up Fancy Flexible Sayings wood stamp.  The inside again uses the retired Helen Keller saying from A Stamp In The Hand.

 

inside

 

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday May 2023 - Use Those Wood Block Stamps 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #50 May 2023 - Use Your NBUS (hero arts stamp, wheelbarrow, bling)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash  (wheelbarrow saying)

Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero May 2023 - Dance Of The Flowers (main image, background)

The Four Seasons Spring May 2023 - See Mood Board (inspired by the flowers)

Triple B Challenge May 2023 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (I used the blooms, colors of mood board) 

Retro Rubber #207 - Anything Goes Using Stamp Over 1 Year Old (floral 1yr, background 1.5, saying in wheelbarrow 10yrs old, inside saying also 10 yrs old)

The Four Seasons

Hero Arts

Triple B Challenge

Retro Rubber

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your week.

Stamps: Hero Arts; Stampin Up; A Stamp In The Hand

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holt Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass Distress 

Card Stock: Hammermill White Scrap; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Alcohol Blender Marker, Bling, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots, Baker's Twine, Wooden Wheelbarrow, PFS Blending Brushes

 

 

Woodblock Wednesday - May Edition

 

Hello and welcome.  Today is another Woodblock Wednesday challenge.  If you're any way like me, then you have lots of woodblock stamps that have been collected over the years, so today, we are being challenged to pull those old woodblock stamps out and show them some love.  My card today is uses a few oldies but goodies. 

 

I started out by stamping an old Hero Arts Pansy Sketch (no longer available) that I received from a friend a few years back and haven't used yet in memento tuxedo black ink on to a watercolor paper panel.  I then pulled out my dusty prismacolor watercolor pencils, colored the image, then blended/water-colored it using an alcohol marker before layering and adding some brads.  My card base is stamped in Tim Holtz broken china distress ink using a long retired Stampin Up background (I think it's Dots n Posies) then added my layered image using glue dots.  As an afterthought, I added a couple of purple silk flowers I've had in my stash for years.  I then blended some tumbled glass distress ink around the image panel before adding a small blue bow, bling and faux stitches to finish the card off.  I really like how it turned out.  The inside has the following saying from A Stamp In The Hand "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows" by Helen Keller.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #50 May - Use Your NBUS (Hero Arts vase)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps, silk flowers, watercolor pencils) 

The Four Seasons May 2023 - See Mood Board (inspired by flowers, colors)

Double D Challenge May 2023 - Flowers (inspired by the flowers) 

Triple B Challenge May 2023 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (went with blooms)

 

 

The Four Seasons

 

Double D Challenges

 

Triple B Challenge

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Hero Arts; Stampin Up; A Stamp In The Hand

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China, Tumbled Glass Distress Inks

Card Stock: Watercolor Paper; Stampin UP

Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Blender Marker, Brads, Black Gel Pen, Silk Flowers, Glue Dots, Bow, Bling

 

 

PIP Challenge 2320

 

 Sponsored by

Jan's Digi Stamps

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenges

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins another challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Jan's Digital Stamps.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card today features the Sing A Song Of Spring digital set.

I started out by combining the image, and saying, using a watermark program before printing on to Hammermill white card stock then colored using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz broken china and walnut stain distress inks using my blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios then layered my image and added vintage copper brads.  I then adhered everything to a pacific pointe card base using glue dots.  The final embellishments were punched photo "holders", a white gel pen highlighting the bird's eyes and some copper bling from I had picked up last year and never used yet. I'm pretty happy with how this turned out especially since I've been dealing with migraines again thanks to the weather whiplash my part of California is having.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #50 May - Use Your NBUS (image/bling)

Jan's Digital Stamps May 2023 - Anything Goes 

Triple B Challenges May 2023 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (I went with birds)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (bling, punch) 

Digi Choosday Wk 19 - Anything Goes

CD Sunday Plus #110 - Anything Goes Digital

 

 

Triple B Challenges

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great week and don't forget to join us at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

 

Stamps: Jan's Digital Stamps

Ink: Tim Holtz Walnut Stain, Broken China Distress Inks

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Bling, Brads, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes, Glue, SU Photo Frame Punch, White Gel Pen