Christmas Sketch

 I totally forgot to post the last 3 cards I made for our April Christmas challenge that was a sketch yesterday, it was a busy day.  For this sketch I used stamps from a magazine with stamps included, that I won from Flowers, Ribbons and Pearls blog.

• Simply cards & Papercrafts magazine - Christmas flowers and Foliage stamps, fussy cut and  colored w/markers
• Spellbinders - Labels 29 die
• ODBD - Christmas paper 2014
• Simon Says stamps - Tiny words Christmas sentiment stamp
• Pink & Main - Sentiment strip die
• Nuvo Crystal Glaze - on berries
• Spectrum clear sparkle pen

• Simply cards & Papercrafts magazine - Christmas flowers and Foliage stamps, fussy cut and  colored w/markers
• Spellbinders - Labels 11 die
• ODBD - Christmas paper 2014
• White gel pen on berries
• Simon Says - Tiny words Christmas stamp
• Pink & Main - Sentiment strip die

• Simply cards & Papercrafts magazine - Christmas flowers and Foliage stamps, fussy cut and  colored w/markers
• PPD - Distressed Edge Rectangle die
• ODBD - Christmas paper 2014
• Simon Says - tiny words Christmas stamp
• Pink & Main - Sentiment strip die
• Nuvo crystal glaze on berries

So there, April Christmas cards are made :)

Wow can you believe it is May already, we are supposed to have some dry weather coming up so we hope to get our garden planted in the next week.

Hope you are all well and enjoy your weekend,

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Connie

Today is the day

 It had been awhile since I have played with my 49 and Market goodies so I got them out for the birthday card I needed. I find I love putting together, these papers, rub ons and ephemera as much as I like stamping and die cutting.

• 49 and Market - Vintage Artistry Essentials 6x8 paper and Nature Study General Laser Cut Elements
• Crystal Dots

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Best Wishes

 Time to do some more stamping and add a bird of course :)  I hadn't used my Gina K Wreath builder template in quite some time so I broke it out along with some stamps I had found at the Dollar store, this set had 11 stamps in it, and they stamp well too. I stamped colored and fussy cut 3 of the flowers and popped them up on the wreath.

• Crafter's Square - Stamp set
• Gemini - Torn Edge Circle die
• Gina K - Wreath builder template
• Crafter's companion - Advent calendar 2022 - Paper and sentiment tag
• Poppystamps - Nordic Bird Bunch die
• Ribbon

I would like to share my card today with Double D Challenge Springtime flowers 

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Christmas Bunnies

 In our cardmaking group, Cindi who posts our Christmas challenges, always posts on the first of the month.  So on April 1st she said she wanted us to use Bunnies on our cards, she also gave us a sketch to use if we wanted.  At the end of her post she said April Fool's but said if we actually did have bunnies to go ahead and use them.

So I went looking through my Christmas stuff and came across another cardmaking magazine from the UK that had these decoupage pieces that you punch out and sure enough there were bunnies with the snowmen :)  I will be hand delivering them to my local friends since there is so much layering and dimension.

This first one as I was going along the way they had cut them they just were not lining up well so I would go in and try to trim to the one below, it was a bit of a pain.

• Quick cards magazine - Somebunny  to Love Decoupage pieces and papers
• Stickles - Diamond for snow fall 

On this next one before putting it together I fussy cut around each image so that I could line them up better and that worked very well.

• Quick cards magazine - Somebunny  to Love Decoupage pieces and tag
• Stickles - Diamond for snow fall 
• My Mind's eye - Winter papers for background
• gems

The magazine also had bunny stamps, so I picked this one with them all in a stocking, too cute. I was able to bend the sentiment stamp just enough to go around the arch of the oval. Paper was given to me by my Sister in law.

• Quick Cards magazine - Somebunny to Love stamp, colored w/markers
• Spellbinders - Lacey Ovals die
• Simon Says stamps - Tiny Words Christmas sentiment stamp
• White gel pen for details on the stocking

I will be doing 3 cards with the sketch she provided too in another post :)

I would like to share my card with Peace on earth Challenge. 

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Smoosh Technique

 Our group got together for another on line card making session. This time we did a little ink smooshing, using our acrylic blocks, adding some water base ink pens to the acrylic block, misting with some water and then applying to the card.  We got our measurements a little off, I should have went in farther from the outside of the card, like 3/4 of an inch instead of 1/4 inch, but it still worked out I think so I went with it.

Since I don't mail square cards since that costs more I will be hand delivering this card to my friend.

• Inkadinkado - Birds Galore stamp and Victorian Inchie bundle for the sentiment
• Spectrum Aqua pens applied to acrylic block misted and stamped on card base

Inside of card:

• Spellbinders - Decorative Labels Eight and Anemone Flower die
• Memory box - Woodland Branch die
• Impression Obsession- Spring bird die
• Stampendous - Birthday Assortment sentiment stamp

We were given the measurements for the inside pop up and this is how I decorated it.

On the second card I did a 5 x 6 1/2 inch card instead of square so that I could mail it. As you see I did both panels wrong, the squares should be closer together. I like this one more because I used my favorite colors.

• Inkadinkado - Garden Delight stamp set
• Ink Smooshing by inking acrylic block, misting with water and stamping on background
• Simon Says - Tiny words Birthday sentiment stamp
• Paper Studio - Silkscreen Embossing folder
• Lace
• Queen & Co. - Pink Petite Posies (gems)

I would like to share this last card with Can you handle the pressure Twist of Rainbow, the smooshing kind of has a feel of rainbow colors

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie