WISH YOU THE MOST beautiful day

Recently I've been shopping my stash more. It's easy to be distracted with new products and ignore purchases not yet inked or cut. As the adage says, I'm a crafter and therefore I hoard! The Hero Arts Paper Layering Neighborhood die D1535 caught my eye last fall. I have an older large HA village stamp that I've neglected but it didn't prevent this die from joining my architecture collection. Using houses and city buildings varies card designs from my go-to florals and is appropriate for many situations and individuals.

Card #1

Card Supplies:

HA Paper Layering Neighborhood die, Altenew Beautiful Day (sentiment)

Altenew Pan Watercolor 36 Pan Set, PTI kraft card stock, Bristol paper

Card #2

Card Supplies:

HA Paper Layering Neighborhood die, Altenew Beautiful Day (sentiment)

PTI rays? die (dry-embossed)

Entering Card #1 in JUGs Word Week #482: Houses 

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Thanks so much!

Spring has arrived on our hilltop with yellow buttercups, lavender phlox, and tiny white daisies. The focus on Laurie's Fabulous Favorites Challenge is our favorite PTI color combinations. My card uses my current faves: yellow, pink and lavender.

Card Supplies:

Brushed Blooms stamps/die, Shape Shifters: Square 4 die

Hope to see you around the blogsphere!

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Balloons

This evening as I was looking at photos of recent card projects, I realized that two of my cards met this month's Twofer Card Challenge using balloons. Due to our winter retreat in San Diego, I had not used the January My Monthly Hero Kit until last week. I made three cards and used the balloon stamp/die on two. The store front with a bicycle was sent to encourage an ailing friend and the blackboard easel card celebrates a birthday!

The group of three

 This birthday card was sent to a young 90 year old!

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Grateful

This week Laurie's Fabulous Favorites Sentiments March 13-20 inspired me to use a PTI word die from Counting My Blessings. Gratefulness has been a hot topic on many blogs and podcasts in recent years. 

I stamped a couple of panels in various bright inks with

the Amazing stamp set from the March Simon Says kit. 

The PTI "grateful" word was die cut from one of the panels and stacked with two more cut from white cardstock. Two cards were then created from the die cut by using the word die stacked on a pattern paper mat and the negative glued directly to colored panel. 

     Card #1

Card Supplies:

PTI dies: Counting My Blessings, Shape Shifters: Oval 3, Linen Impression Plate

Sentiment: SSS Amazing

PTI cardstock

                     Card #2

Card Supplies:

PTI dies: Counting My Blessings, Pierced Feature Frames, 

Noted Scalloped: A2

SSS Amazing 

PTI cardstock

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Hang in There

With the current SS Monday Challenge: Feminine/Girly my mind went old school.  From 2002-2006 my son lived in West Seattle.  I regularly visited a LSS and the enormous Paper Zone warehouse to purchase many wood stamps. A particular group of vegetable stamps from Lockhart Stamping Co in Redmond, WA amused me and I bought the three in the photo above.  They were each stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics.  A PTI Noted: Scalloped A2 die cut the rectangle panel. It impresses a light scallop on both sides of the stitching, difficult to see in the photo. PTI's Infinity Frames Sentiments provided the perfect sentiment for these hanging veggies. The die cut panel was mounted with foam tape providing contrast on the card front. 

I'm linking this card to SSMC and AAA Cards: CAS Game #135

 

Thanks for your visit! Have a wonderful day!
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Saturday Assortment

At last, a sunny day to enjoy my stamping nook and enter a couple of challenges after two weeks of unexpected snow and power outages. I recently purchased the original MISTI because my Concord & 9th turnabout stamps and wreath building sets were not getting out of the bin often. Using a mini Misti is awkward with these larger sets. After watching Kristina Werner's Friday series on ink blending with Distress Oxide inks, I also wanted to experiment with color and turnabouts make that fun!  This first card fits the current Color Throwdown #353 challenge using gray, purple, lavender and kraft.

 Card #1

Card Supplies:

Concord & 9th Wreath Turnabout 

Papertrey Ink Penned Elegance II stamp/dies, Pierced Feature Frames die, Tinsel & Tags die

Card #2

Card Supplies:
Concord & 9th Wreath Turnabout
PTI Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical die

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The next card was created before Christmas but never posted. "Just Us Girls" #478  Trend Week using a background stamp works well for sharing it today.

Card #3

Card Supplies:
Hero Arts Cling Sunburst Bold Print
PTI Words to Live By: Gratitude stamp/die
SSS Meadow Rue die (retired?), Stitched Rectangles

Thank you for visiting my blog today. 

Simple Joys

It's time for Laurie's Fabulous Favorites Challenge.

Actually I'm squeaking in under the wire. 

My favorite accessory to use after stamps, dies, and inks is embossing powder! 

My card uses Ranger Fine Gold and Detail White embossing powders. 

The blossom and stem are stacked three deep for depth.

Distress Oxide inks mowed lawn, scattered straw, and tumbled glass 

were blended over the gold embossed grid panel.

Everything else is Papertrey Ink:

Cover Up: Grid, Doodlie-Do, Noted Scalloped: A2, Rosie Posie and Stemmed Statements

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