cards · Penny Black

happy, happy day!

 

It’s a dreary, dreary, rainy day here,  not good for taking pictures!  BUT, at least I’m getting in a new post! woohoo!LOVE Lasting Impressions pattern papers!  I used a few I picked up in Des Moines at Outstamping Designs in Valley Junction on this card.

Then,  I had to try out the Spellbinders  scallop dot border die that’s been laying there on the desk taunting me….oh and the Sizzix button die hadn’t been used yet either!  Just kept thinking it’d make cute flowers!  The leaf is the Martha Stewart rose petal punch.  The wishing you is a Penny Black stamp.  Buttons are from a long time ago, a  Making Memories case of buttons.

And,  I better not forget the new Fiskars Apron border punch…love it,  probably because of it’s name! lol

I didn’t smear any ink on anything on this card!  I’ve been looking at some blogs where the gals use white a lot!  So,  I’m giving it a try….

happy, happy day!

cards · Published

3 Cards published!

Have you seen the new book 1000 Handmade Greetings “creative cards and clever correspondence”, by Quarry Publishing?  Well,  how fun is this?!  I have three cards published in it…the first one, on page 52,  my favorite card that I’ve ever made, (I reserve the right to change my mind).  lol   I made it for a couple really special friends in memory of their family.  The other two cards are on pages 62 and 188.  Here they are…

Family
This Way to FUN!
This Way to FUN!
Summer flip flops
Summer flip flops
ATC's

American History Month – the Civil War

Heart of Dixie

Heart of Dixie

My last swap for the month of February was last night…this is the atc I created for it…

We home educated our three daughters for nine years and I enjoyed reading their books more than they did!

Irene Hunt, her book  Across Five Aprils   is one about the Civil War,  someday I’ll read it again!

The stamps used on this atc are from Oxford Impressions

cards · Printworks

Friends of the Freezing Kind

I do love snowmen and as our new grandson would say,  “Dep,  I do!” !!!

Friends....talkin' in a Winter Wonderland
Friends....talkin' in a Winter Wonderland

Annette Allen Watkins, the artist behind the Printworks Collection rubber stamp company,  has drawn so many  snowman stamps over the years and I have loved them all!  This trio of snowmen stamp is probably going to end up as one of my faves though!  And then the white ice skates,  so fun…you’ve already read about my fond ice skating memories…*grin*

Cuttlebug snowflakes…brrrrr!

cards

Nature’s butterfly

The swap card theme for stamp club this month is NATURE….I saw Shari’s butterfly card on Hero Arts blog and had to give it a try, even though I didn’t have the new Hero stamps.  

img_1806Quickutz revolution butterfly die…first time out of the package!

Fancy Pants floral flourish

Neenah supersmooth classic crest natural white card-stock,  Cosmo Cricket paper, Bazzill raised dot paper and kraft paper

First time to use the apron lace punch from Fiskars too….hope they all kinda go together! lol

Hero Arts sentiment stamp…