Lantern Mushroom It's Your Birthday

Here is a second card that I made with the another Lavinia stamp set the Mushroom Lantern Set and the Fairy Bugs. I was just having too much fun with my Distress Oxides and had to make another background.

Cardstock: Core-dinations; Recollections
Stamps: Lavinia - Mushroom Lantern Set; Fairy Bugs
Ink: Versa Fine Black
Distress Oxide: Speckled Egg; Kitsch Flamingo; Rustic Wilderness
VersaMark
Embossing Powder: Ranger

Challenges
Incy Wincy - The Colors of Spring and/or Embossing Wet/dry
Allsorts - Wk 621 Pick 3 colors of the rainbow
the Sisterhood of Crafters - How does your garden grow?
Sparkles Monthly - Ch. 139 April showers bring.....
Pattie's Creations - Ch. 181 Birthdays
Let's Craft and Create - Ch. 170 optional add flowers
Dragonfly Journeys - April showers bring May flowers
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 273 Birthday
Creative Knockouts Ch. 398 Wings and Things

Poppy Group It's Your Birthday

I have a bunch of Lavinia stamps and I just love the silhouette images. I needed a couple of birthday cards so I just grabbed my Distress Oxide inks, painters tape and blending brushes and picked three colors. Then I stamped my flowers and added a cute butterfly from the Fairy Bugs set. I heat embossed the sentiment from Hero Arts.

Cardstock: Core-dinations; Recollections
Stamps: Lavinia - Group Poppies; Fairy Bugs
Ink: Versa Mark Black
       Distress Oxide - Stormy Sky; Scattered Straw; Twisted Citron
Versa Mark
Embossing Powder: Ranger

Challenges
Incy Wincy - The Colors of Spring and/or Embossing Wet/dry
Allsorts - Wk 621 Pick 3 colors of the rainbow
the Sisterhood of Crafters - How does your garden grow?
Sparkles Monthly - Ch. 139 April showers bring.....
Pattie's Creations - Ch. 181 Birthdays
Let's Craft and Create - Ch. 170 optional add flowers
Dragonfly Journeys - April showers bring May flowers
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 273 Birthday
JUGS - Ch. 581 Photo inspiration 

Mom rainboot with flowers

I have set a goal to use my stash of dies that has a layer of dust on them and have never been used. For this one I was encouraged by the photo inspiration for JUGS. I used Sizzix, Impression Obsession and Die Version. I dry embossed the white background with Cuttlebug folder. For the watercan I ink distressed it with distress ink of Old Paper and Tea Dye. I had fun using my scraps.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollection
Dies: Sizzix, Impression Obsession and Die Version
Ink: Distress - Old Paper and Tea Dye
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges
Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 145 Mother's Day of for a special lady
Dies R Us - Ch. 167
As You Like It - Favorite Season (Spring or Summer) and why/ Spring it's when the growing season starts anew and it's a rebirth and everything feels fresh.
Crafty Calendar - April Spring/Easter
Crafty Friends - Ch. 151 For the ladies/girls
Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 218 Easter/Spring
Do-A1(1) Kreatives - Ch. 52 Spring
Dragonfly Journeys - April showers bring may flowers
Incy Wincy - Colors of Spring and/or Embossing wet/dry
JUGS - Ch. 581 Photo Inspiration 

You deserve the royal treatment

I had this image printed out as a freebie that I had in my stash along with this sentiment from TLC, Create.  I really have to get cleaning since I want to sell my house instead I just find things to finish and craft instead. I think I just have to buy a house then I will get serious lol.

Patterned Paper: American Crafts
Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections
Image: Unknown freebie
Sentiment: TLC, Create
Dies: My Favorite Things
Spellbinder: Banner
Ribbon: Michael's
Bling: Me and My Big Ideas
Ink: Distress Broken China
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug

Challenges
Alphabet Challenge - B for Bird
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Ch. 183 M for Monochrome
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 398 Wings and Things
Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 145 Mother's Day or for a Special Lady
Crafty Animals - Ch. 49
Dragonfly Dreams- Feature a creature
Unicorn Challenge - Ch. 64 Include an animal

Some people don't believe in Superheroes

I made a Father's Day card using word art from TLC, Create. I distressed the word art and several papers. I punched out some stars and popped up two of them to make this card. I tried to keep it simple for a masculine card.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections
Sentiment:  TLC, Create
Punches: Fiskar
Tim Holtz distress tool
Bling: Paper Studio

Challenges
Sketch Saturday - Ch. 656
Krafty Chicks - Ch. 556 All occasions
Watercooler Wednesday - Ch. 314 All about occasions
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 487 - 488 Anything Goes
Always Fun - Ch. 210 Anything Goes  

Winter Wishes

In trying to keep up with my Christmas cards for the month here is number 2. And I guess that they were more Winter cards. I tried to follow a couple of themes which was to use a reindeer, house, trees, red/gold, no stamping, ribbon which just fits with my own goal of using some of my die cuts that have been collecting dust. I had fun creating this scene.

Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections
Dies: Sizzix
Ribbon: Michael's
Paint: Acrylic Folk Art
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Clear Shimmer

Challenges
CHNC - Ch. 538 Anything Christmas with optional house or building
ABC Christmas - H House
Christmas 24 - Ch. 32 Reindeer
Christmas Craft Creations - No stamping

CCAYR - Something that starts with G or H (House)
Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Oh Deer
Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 33
Sparkles Christmas - Ch. 123 Trees
The Holly and Ivy - Ch. 92
Winter Wonderland - Peace on Earth
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 682 Ribbon/twine
Allsorts - Wk. 620 Add a ribbon 

To my Wonderful Friend on Mother's Day

One last one with bright floral design and sentiment from TLC, Create.  I had to add some butterflies also with bling and pearls.

Patterned Paper: Recollection
Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollection
Sentiment: TLC, Create - To my friend on Mother's Day
Punches: EK Success; Fiskars; Tonic; Martha Stewart
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Bling: Duct Tape
Pearls: Recollections

Challenges
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Ch. 601
Crafty Friends - Ch. 151 Ladies/girls
Creatalicious - Ch. 209 Anything Goes with optional slim line
Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 144 Slimline card
CHNC Patterned - April 2021 

Thanks teacher

Well the end of the school year is fast approaching so getting a card together for that thank you. This has been such a crazy year for teachers/students.  My daughter has taught 5 days a week all year which is amazing!

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Dies: Sugar Pea and Spellbinders
Random paper clips
glue dots

Challenges
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Ch. 601
My Time to Craft - Ch. 455 Use Stationary
Sweet Stampin' - Use something not normally used for crafting (paper clips)
Dies R Us - Ch. 167 Anything Goes
Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 144 Slimline
Creatalicious - Ch. 209 Anything Goes with optional slim line

Happy Anniversary

My friend Andrea came up with an awesome sketch and I made 3 cards using it. They were so fun and I just needed a variety of cards so it was perfect.
The first one I used the color scheme from JUGS for an anniversary card. I dry embossed the white paper with hearts and sprayed it with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. I layered the colored papers us and added a ribbon on top of my border punch. I used my Spellbinder die cuts for the larger hearts and my Fiskars punches for the smaller hearts. Then the icing was to add a bling to each heart and the sentiment that I computer generated.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Sentiment: Computer generated
Spellbinders: Hearts
Border: Martha Stewart
Punches: Fiskar
Bling: Recollection
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Ribbon: Offray
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

Challenges
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Ch. 601
JUGS - Ch. 580 Color challenge
Alphabet Challenge - Anniversary
Crafty Catz - Ch. 547 Anything Goes with optional embossing
Allsorts - Wk 620 Anything Goes with optional add ribbon
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 519 Embossing
As You Like It - Favorite stenciling or embossing (I did dry embossing and I like the texture )

Thinking of You

I made this a set, and here is another card also using the Atlantic Heart Sketch. This one I added a ribbon and some punched ferns around the sentiment.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations
Cardstock:  Bazzil
Sentiment:  American Crafts
Punch: Tim Holtz; EK Success
Ribbon: Simplicity
Die: Spellbinder
Embossing Folder: Darice

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Sketch - Ch. 416
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 682 Ribbon/Twine
Make My Monday - Ch. 146 Checks/Plaids
Mix it Up - Ch. 48 No stamping (sentiment is punched out of American crafts 12 x 12 paper)
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 519 Embossing

Celebrate

I wanted to make a couple of simple cards and here is one using the Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge. CAS cards being all white freak me out so I did use color and still kept it simple.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections
Sentiment: American Crafts
Die: My Favorite Things
Punch: EK Success

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Sketches - Ch. 416
Make My Monday - Ch 146 Checks/Plaids
CHNC Patterned - April 2021
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 487 - 488 Anything Goes
Krafty Chicks - Ch. 555 CAS 

Hope your birthday is PURE MAGIC

 I just love Mo Manning images and this Wiz is no exception. I had so much fun making this birthday card and playing with all the stars. I have dry embossed the purple background, die cut the borders, and have dies of stars popped up. 

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  Mo Manning - Wiz (see above for direct link)
Ink:  Distress - Broken China
Dies: My Favorite Things; Spellbinders
Sakura jelly glitter pen
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Pop dots

Challenges
Cheerful Sketches - April 2021
Mo's Digital Pencil - Ch. 302 Anything Goes with Mo's image
Dies R Us - Ch. 167 Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 397 Add a sentiment
Crafty Catz - Ch. 547 Anything Goes with optional embossing
Fab ' n Funky - Ch. 519 Embossing Wet or dry
Seize the Birthday- Ch. 212 Anything Birthday with optional spring flowers

Happy Nurse's Day

I made another card using the Paper Shelter Cute Nurses and a sentiment from TLC, Create. Naturally as a nurse myself this is a holiday that I celebrate, lol. It's just funny since the hat is still a symbol of nursing and nurses haven't worn hats for MANY years! And now they basically are wearing haz mat suits due to Covid.

Patterned Paper: TLC, Create
Cardstock: Recollections
Stamp:  Paper Shelter (See above for direct link)
Sentiment: TLC, Create - Happy Nurse's Day
Dies: My Favorite Things

Challenges
Paper Shelter - Ch. 465 Girl Power
Creations in Pink - Ch. 33
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 272 Anything Goes with a sentiment
Crafty Friends - Ch. 151 For the ladies/girls
Always Fun - Ch 209 Pastel colors 

Happy Nurse's Day to my favorite nurse

 Here is a simple card that I made to honor nurses.  The image is a pre-colored image from Paper Shelter and the sentiment and patterned paper are from TLC, Create.  

Patterned Paper:  TLC, Create
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  Paper Shelter - Cute Nurses (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  TLC - To my favorite nurse
Dies: My Favorite Things; Taylored Expressions

Challenges
Paper Shelter - Ch. 464 With a sentiment
Aud Sentiment - Ch. 272 Anything Goes with a sentiment
Time Out - Photo Inspiration  (colors)
Crafty Catz - Ch. 546 Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts- Ch. 396 For the Girls

I'll bee there for you.

 I found another image that I had printed and just hadn't colored (which is now retired)....so sad. I feel that bees are so important so that they continue to pollinate our flowers and our circle continues. I added Spectrum Noir to the wings.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp: retired
Ink: Distress - Wilted Violet
       Distress Oxide - Broken China
Spectrum Noir
Bling: Recollections
Flowers: Prima
Dies: Waffle
Stencil: My Favorite Things - Clouds

Challenges
Do-A1(1) Kreatives - Ch. 52 Spring
Incy Wincy- Borders and Bright Colors
Crafty Animals - Ch. 49
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 49
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 681 Wings
Cardz 4 Galz- Ch. 144 Slimline cards

Nuts for You

 Well I'm trying to get my Christmas cards done for the month which is getting harder and harder at this time of year when I am thinking of flowers instead of snow.  I have images that I have sitting that I have been wanting to color so I have been trying to get them done. And this one just makes me smile with this cutie. Another Mo Manning image and it reminds me of my son since we have so many squirrels in our yard.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  Mo Manning - Miles in Winter (see above for direct link)
Border Punch:  Martha Stewart
Snowflakes:  Paper Studio
Stencil:  My Favorite Things
Ink:  Distress Oxide - Broken China

Challenges
Mo Manning - Ch. 302 Anything Goes with a Mo image
Cheerful Sketches - April 2021
CHNC - Ch. 537 Anything Christmas with optional snowman/woman/family
12 Months of Christmas Link Up - Ch. 76 Anything Christmas with optional red/gold
Your Next Step - Ch. 161 Sunshine and smiles
CCAYR - April Something that starts with G or H (hat, happy)
ABC Christmas - H & I Icicles 
Krafty Chicks - Ch. 554 Christmas

For the Mommy to Be

Just trying to get ready for all the spring cards that I need and here is a fun one. The sentiment is from TLC, Create. I kept it to yellow and green since they don't know if they will be having a boy or girl.

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections
Sentiment: TLC, Create - For the Mommy to be
Spellbinder
Bling: Recollections
Flowers: Prima
Enamel Dots: Paper Studio

Challenges
Sketch Saturday - Ch. 654
Sweet Stampin' - Special Woman
Creative Knockouts - For the Girls
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 485 - 486 Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments -Ch 272 Anything Goes 

Gardeners

Well I am not a gardener. My Dad was a potato farmer; however, I have no desire to have a garden, heck I can't even keep plants alive. The cat I have now I don't think would bother a plant, since she doesn't go after flower bouquets like my male cat did. She went and got a hair cut today so she had enough drama. I went out to get some groceries the other night and when I came home....my garage door wouldn't open. Today I had a repair person out and as my Dad predicted "my spring was out." Needless to say $600 later I can get my car in the garage and we missed garbage day. So obviously I did some coloring to try to help my stress and got this new image from Twistoon and a sentiment from TLC, Create. 

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp:  Twistoons - George Gnome Wheelbarrow (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Garders all day in beds
Washi Tape:  Recollections
Ink - Distress Oxides - Squeezed lemonade
Stencil:  My Favorite Things

Challenges
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Ch. 599
Scribbles Designs - Ch. 98 Spring Fling
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 680 Anything Goes
Time Out - Ch. 184 Inspired by Words
Love to Scrap - Ch. 144 Spring Forward
Do-A1(1) Kreatives  - Ch. 52 Spring
Krafty Chicks - Ch. 553 Stamp Act