Cruisin' by to say Happy Birthday

I want a VW just like this! :)

Fab Friday - Color Challenge 210
Little Red Wagon - Happy Birthday

Stamps and road stencil by The Greetery

Birds by Repeat Impressions
Sky stencil by My Favorite Things

Happy Easter round card

Easter in the US is this Sunday and here is one more card I made over the weekend.

Crafting Happiness - Bunnies or Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Easter/Spring
Make My Monday - Easter/Spring
The Spot - Spring has Sprung

Stamps by Colorado Craft Company
Watercolors by Jane Davenport

You Float My Boat

I'm excited to be the Featured Creator with the Make the Card Challenge this week and the challenge is a color challenge.  I used this stamp set by Taylored Expressions and I just love this little dog in his "homemade boat". I stamped the background stripes using Concord & 9th's Peek Through Pattern Stamp Set and I used Catherine Pooler inks - Coral Cabana, Fiesta Blue, Lime Rickey and Grape Crush.

Stamps by Taylored Expressions
Stripes by Concord & 9th
I watercolored image with Catherine Pooler inks

Make A Wish

TGIF - Stamp Your Own Designer Paper

First hummingbird of the season!! I usually don't 
see them until after April 1st but I heard they 
were here early so I'm glad I put my feeders out.

On my walk this morning, I saw these beautiful trees.
I'm not even sure what kind they are? Cherry blossom trees maybe?
They were all over this park!!

Happy Graduation!

Here is another card using the Lift the Paint technique and you can see it here at Splitcoast. You will need the following: acrylic paints, diaper wipe, stencil and a brayer. Here, I used 4 colors: pink, orange, lime green, and purple. 

I took a piece of heavy cardstock (I did not use waterproof paper and it worked just fine) and I dripped some dots of acrylic paint onto the paper. Brayer colors together. Immediately, while still wet, place stencil on top and go over stencil with baby wipe using a swiping motion. Let dry. I, then stamped the 2021 numbers on it and had to use a black sharpie marker to fill in some of the black ink. I made this for my godchild Mindy who graduates from college in May and she will be a Kindergarten teacher this Fall.

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with die cuts
My Time to Craft - Stencil It

Happy Birthday in a rainbow

I learned this new technique at Splitcoast called 3D Sentiment with Vanishing Words. You can see Lidia's youtube video here. It's very easy and I think this would make a great masculine card that I sometimes find hard to do from time to time. Lidia used a word die cut but I literally only have 1 word die cut which I think is "HELLO" so I used a large stamp instead.

Shopping Our Stash - The Rainbow Connection
Papercraft Challenges - Rainbows

Stamps by Mama Elephant

Diamond Fold Birthday Card

This was a challenge over at Splitcoast this week and this is the first time I made a Diamond Fold card. It was easy once I watched the video and you can see it here. I will definitely be making more of these. You start off with a 4" x 12" piece of patterned paper. I have lots of those! :)

I think I will send this to our daughter who turns 29 in a couple of months. She recently closed on her very first townhouse and we are so excited for her for the next chapter in her life.

Just FYI, if you are in the US and you want to mail one of these, it will cost an additional 20 cents (due to it being "non-machineable) to mail which means it will cost 75 cents to mail. Just a heads up!

Stamping Pals - Fabulous Folds

Stamps by Taylored Expressions
Colored with Copics

Happy Easter

Here's another card with this cute rabbit by Taylored Expressions. I love the carrot paper with it :). Watercolored with Catherine Pooler inks.

The Spot - Spring has Sprung
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter/Spring

Be Awesome. Be Brave. Be You.

Another stamp set by Tracey Hey, found at Hobby Lobby

Shopping Our Stash - The Rainbow Connection
Papercraft Challenges - Rainbows
The Paper Players - CAS Animals

Stamps by Tracey Hey
Colored with Catherine Pooler Inks as Watercolors

Circles

So if you are in the US and have not been to Hobby Lobby lately, you may be surprised that they no longer offer their 40% off coupon on anything in the store. Last week, all their stamps were 40% off and I came across these new stamps (to me) by Tracey Hey. She is in the UK so I had never heard of her stamps before. Hobby Lobby had 6 sets and I got all but one set (they were out of the 1 set). I decided to use 2 sets for this card for this color challenge with Just Us Girls this week.

Just Us Girls - Color Challenge #576

Stamps by Tracey Hey
Colored with Copics

Thank You

I am ready for Spring. Flowers and trees are blooming all around us but the temps are still so cold in the mornings. I even put up my hummingbird feeder yesterday hoping to see an early bird. They've been spotted in GA and SC so let's hope they come here too :). I love my hummers!!

TGIF Challenges - Challenge #308
Creative Friday - Early bloomer
Daring Cardmakers - Spring Things
Allsorts - Spring Flowers for the first day of Spring

Stamps by Concord & 9th

Hippity Hoppity

We had a rainy 2 days this week so I was able to make a few Easter cards. This is one of my favorites.

Fab 'n' Funky - No square cards
Mod Squad - Springtime Bunnies
Addicted to Stamps - Make Your Mark
Inspired by - Bunny Roll (Inspired by bunnies)
Tic Tac Toe - Challenge #105 (Bunny/Pastel colors/Die Cut)

Stamp by Colorado Craft Company
X Stitched Oval die cut by Gina Marie Designs
Watercolor with Jane Davenport watercolors

A Mother's Love is Precious Indeed

I won the last challenge at CAS on Sunday so I was picked to be this week's Guest Designer. The challenge is music so here is my card. I recently bought the newest stamps by Anita Jeram that are sold at Colorado Craft Company and decided to make a Mother's Day card using this stamp set. Mother's Day in the US is May 9th this year. I hope you'll enter this fun music challenge.

Stamps by Colorado Craft Company
Colored with Jane Davenport watercolors

I am also entering this in the following challenge:

Animal Friends Challenge - Hare/Rabbit
As You Like It - Fave way to cut your image and why (I like to fussy cut my images with scissors. I have a Scan 'n' Cut but having to pull it out each time to cut something out, it's just as easy to get out my handy dandy scissors, like I did with this cute bunny)
Krafty Chicks - CAS
Stinkin' Inkers - Hop to It

Here's the Scoop

I can't wait to make more of these ice cream cones for the summer. This digi came out at the end of last summer (I think) and I didn't make very many of them but will definitely make them this summer. I made this into a slimline card. Colored with my Copic markers. I sure could use a waffle cone right about now :). 

Global Design Project - Challenge #283 (Treats)

Digi by Angie Blom

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

It's St. Patrick's Day in the US today and this is our grand-dog, Tino. Isn't he the cutest leprechaun? This was taken a few years ago. He's almost 10 now. Our daughter rescued him when he was 8 weeks old from an animal shelter and he has been the best dog! I am part Irish so I will be wearing my green all day long :). 

Now onto my card for the day. This set continues to be one of

my favorites by Concord & 9th. I love to enter it when I 

do color challenge cards. I have an ongoing

list of who I have sent this card to in 2020 and now, 2021. It

keeps me on track so I don't send the same card to the same person again.

Make the Cards Challenge - Challenge #8

Stamps and die cuts by Concord & 9th

Happy Easter

Sunday Stamps - Getting Blocked
Cutie Pie - Easter or Spring 

Stamps by Whipper Snapper
Sentiment by Taylored Expressions
Tree stencil by The Greetery
Grass punch by Martha Stewart
Colored Eggs with Jane Davenport watercolors
Tree inks by Catherine Pooler

Hello Spring

Hand Stamped Sentiments - Sketch #359
Sweet Stampin' - Spring Mood Board

Stamps by Taylored Expressions
Watercolored with Catherine Pooler inks

Make a Wish

I love all these Gus & Gertie stamps by Taylored Expressions. Ever since I used them on my Christmas cards for my dog lovers, I had to get these additional 3 sets. They are so adorable and no coloring is needed except for the bird :).

Inkspirational - Challenge #234

Stamps by Taylored Expressions
Square Masking stencil by Taylored Expressions
Colored with Copics
Stickles glitter on candle

Just Wanted to Say Hello

I tried a new technique called Lift the Paint and you can see it here at Splitcoast. You will need the following: acrylic paints, diaper wipe, stencil and a brayer. Here, I used 4 colors: pink, orange, lime green, and purple. 

I took a piece of heavy cardstock (I did not use waterproof paper and it worked just fine) and I dripped some dots of acrylic paint onto the paper. Brayer colors together. Immediately, while still wet, place stencil on top and go over stencil with baby wipe using a swiping motion. Let dry. Add your image and sentiment. 

A Place to Start - Pick a Shape (I chose Ellipse)
Beyond the Blue - Use What You've Got (I had made this background waiting for the perfect little image to add to it and I decided to add this cute mouse by Unity)

Stamps by Unity Stamps
Colored with Watercolor paints

Happy Easter

I finally got a few Easter cards made. I've had a few comments on my Instagram page and someone thought this was strips of ribbon, but I actually used patterned paper for the strips. I just glued them down and cut them to the edge of the paper. 

Freshly Made Sketches - Sketch #476
Allsorts - Stamped Image
Sweet Stampin' - Spring Mood Board
Animal Friends - Hare/Rabbit

Stamps by Taylored Expressions
Wonky Stitched Circle Die cut by Gina Marie Designs
Watercolored with Catherine Pooler inks

Flower Power ?

I love her eyes as "flowers".

C.R.A.F.T. - Feminine
Creative Friday - Girl Power

Digi by Angie Blom

Our son took a day off work yesterday and asked if I wanted to go on a hike with him. Well, of course I do. 

We drove about 55 minutes to Crowders Mountain outside of Gastonia, NC and we hiked 6 miles UP and down rocks and wooden stairs. Took us almost 3 hours and I was feeling it on the last mile!! Here are some pics. It was a beautiful 73 degree day!!

Yes, we had hiked all the way to the top and back down. Whew!!

Not too great selfie of us but the
best I could do.

15,000 steps later and I was exhausted!!