Blue Bunny Easter

It's always fun to make cards with the cute Impression Obsession bunny dies (DIE043-G) & for the current challenge I decided to use 3 shades of blue glitter.  

The bunnies are die cut from fun foam for a bit of dimension & it was great to make use of a doily scrap left over from another project.  

I've become addicted to adding splatters--love the look no matter the style of card.  My favorite black ink for sentiments has become Brilliance Graphite Black--one of my oldest!  I find it covers completely & doesn't feather.  This IO sentiment is from Easter Eggs, MC121--I just cut off the flourish. Brilliance inks (I have most of the beautiful colors) are a great option for splatters, too.  I'm also entering AAA Cards, CropStop, HLS Anything Goes with Dies & Word Art Wednesday.  

We're having typical Pac NW Spring weather--rain & showers alternating. Fritz takes a sunbath every chance he gets! Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Merry Christmas Eve!

Wishing everyone a lovely holiday.  Fritz got his wish--a brief sunbath on the deck.  Nice to have sun even though it's kind of chilly.  Here's the card I'll give hubby tomorrow.

I was inspired by the inspiration board for Ellen Hutson Pin-Sights Challenge.  I used the red & white color combo in many of the pictures as well as the pine cone wreath. Couldn't resist ordering a few 40% off items in the EH sale including the wonderful deer die.  I stacked 3 cut from kraft cardstock so that there was a shadow.  The top layer also has some shading done with Memento Rich Cocoa. Fun to use a Tim Holtz jingle bell brad with a bit of red sparkly twine.  The same brown ink was used to stamp the card front with the pine cone from Winnie & Walter Frenchy's Festive Florals.  The sentiment is from EH Merry & Bright dies.  I stacked them 2 high & white embossed the top layers.  The deer & the red circles are mounted with foam tape.  I'm also entering SSS National Christmas Card Day, CASual Fridays, Christmas Card Challenges, HLS Anything Goes with Dies, Die Cut Divas & Word Art Wednesday. 

Here's my very simple card for PTI MIM Photo Cards.  I had already printed some other photos of Fritz, so used one for a circle card with PTI Snowflake Flurries stamped in Delicata Silvery Shimmer.  Added some snowy dots with Nuvo Ivory Seashell Crystal Dots.  May use this for the Vet's card next year or it can be a winter note card.    

"Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift." II Corinthians 9:15

Birthday & Christmas

Just had to have the beautiful new Winnie & Walter stamp set called In Bloom: Frenchy's Festive Florals.  

It's not just for Christmas & in fact, I made a birthday card which I need to mail next month.  Vanessa's gorgeous card for W&W Rerun No. 17 inspired my card.  

All my stamps are from the new set, as I don't own In Bloom: Hollie's Festive Florals--another great stamp set!  I used Vanessa's layout with different colors & for a square card.  The inks are Delicata Silvery Shimmer, Brilliance Graphite Black, PTI Vintage Jadeite, Limeade Ice & Blueberry Sky.  The sequins are from the little stash included in every W&W order.  Here's a close-up so you can see the smaller ones actually have a bit of a green tint to tie in with the greenery.

Had to add a few silver splatters--adds just the right touch, I think.  I don't hoard my printed paper--just have trouble using it. However, when it comes to my favorite gold & silver metallic paper I admit to only using it for very special people!  A craft store in my town that went out of business many years ago carried this double sided text weight paper & it wasn't even very expensive. Now I wish I'd bought tons of it as I actually like it better than anything else I've found. Another card in the Fresh & Clean style I really love. I'm also entering at The Playground, SSS Monday & Word Art Wednesday.

I also wanted to share the cards I made for the Vet & Groomer this year.  I always take them some goodies for the holidays.  It was fun to be able to take a picture of Fritz in the snow this year for a more festive look.  

Love how these turned out using the SSS Holiday Frames die & MFT snowflake dies.  I really like both versions, but hubby prefers the silver. What do you think?  I'm entering SSS National Christmas Card Day.  Hope you're enjoying the holiday season & travel safely if you're not staying home. Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Wildflowers

Really wanted to use my new MFT stitched sun which was perfect for the MFT Sketch Challenge. Last minute, so this will be quick.

I colored the stamps with Distress Markers & spritzed before stamping. Then stamped in VersaMark & embossed with an irridescent sparkle powder.  The sentiment is from the same set--MFT Peaceful Wildflowers.  The sun is covered in WOS & I added a few purple splatters.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday.

Haven't had pictures of Fritz on my blog for awhile, so thought you might enjoy seeing him before & after his haircut.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

After

Before

Christmas Card for Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!  I volunteered to work so the nurse with little kids can be off.  I don't have kids, but I am a doggy momma.  It's been awhile, so thought you might enjoy seeing Fritz enjoying the sun while he's on Squirrel Watch.  My bird feeders have attracted a couple squirrels that drive him crazy!  He's so good, though, & stops barking when I tell him no.  We're having summer weather already & the roses love it!  Last night I saw the first rose of the season on my "Mother's Rose" tree rose--just in time for Mother's Day.  

The buds are gorgeous, although it's not my favorite once they open. Better get to my card which happen to be for Christmas.  Merry Monday's theme is Ombre & Glitter--which I actually did last week & was honored to get HM. As soon as I saw the theme I had an ombre glitter tree in mind--hoping I had 3 shades of green glitter.  Sure enough, I did, & the Impression Obsession tree was perfect for the technique.  I used self adhesive 

fun foam which works great for glitter or foil.  The background is done with SSS Falling Snow stencil & Heidi Swapp white Art Screen Ink--beautiful glimmer. The very old sentiment is stamped in Delicata Shimmery Silver which I also used to ink the circle frame.  A dark green scrap was cut for the card front & called it good.  I'm also entering Country View Challenges, Little Tangles & SSS Wednesday.  Thanks so much for stopping by.
  

New Foil for a Birthday

I'm still loving foil on self-adhesive fun foam, so used a coupon to get one more color. Actually, there are still a few I don't have, but not many--haha! This one is called Opal & I thought it was white.  Actually it's iridescent with pink & green--very pretty, I think.  My blossoms are MFT Layered Rose & the flourish is MFT Large Flourish.  One of the items I bought recently wasn't on sale or part of a prize, but I just couldn't resist the WP9 Lattice die after seeing a card made with it.  The sentiment is from an older Penny Black set & I stamped it in Brilliance Starlite Black on a white panel cut with Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Rectangles.  Hope my blogging friend will enjoy this.  Now that I have one WP9 product, I'm entering Throwback Thursday #10--hoping this qualifies.  I'll also add this to Word Art Wednesday. Tomorrow I cross off one more shift in the Countdown to Retirement & there will only be 3 left!  I'm calling it retirement, even though I may work a few shifts in 2016.  No set schedule & no obligation pretty much means retirement! We're so grateful to have dry weather now, even though it's 20s-30s at night.  As you can see, Fritz still thought it was sunbath weather!  

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Papertrey December Blog Hop Challenge

Hope everyone enjoyed Christmas--very quiet at our house.  Fritz & I were thankful for a break from the rain allowing some longer walks.  We watched Christmas movies including a couple I'd never seen or had forgotten.  I loved the musical version of A Christmas Carol with Kelsey Grammer! By then I was too tired to write my PTI Blog Hop post which I'd put off doing even though the card was made & mailed several days ago.  
I used the inspiration to make a circle thank you card using PTI Twig Wreath & Autumn Adornments. Fun figuring out how to put my little arrangements together.  Added Stickles to the berries die cuts & tried to add some sequins, but I really liked it better without them.  Lots to see & I imagine some of you are bargain shopping. Just checked my recent receipts & decided I've spent my limit (& where would I put anything else?!) but I'll let you go with our pictures from yesterday. I'm also entering at The Playground as I used all scraps. Thanks so much for stopping by.