Friday, August 28, 2026

Attic Ornaments for Friday Fun

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

This week has flown by.  It seems like they go faster and faster.

I started out with this card....


cutting each ornament out of two kinds of glimmer or foil cardstock.

So I had leftover pieces and needed to put them on cards.  So...


and this...


There might have been a couple more, but I'll save those for later.

Have a great weekend.  I hope you get some crafty time.


Card Recipe
Stamps:  
Ink:   
Paper:   Neenah Solar White, various foil & glimmer cardstock
Other:  Vintage Ornaments EF (SB), Greetery Curio  Divider & Details, Attic Ornaments, Ribbon Frame, Pine Bough and Shortbread Shapes Tag


Enjoy!


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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Sunflower Garden

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

When I saw the mood board at Just Us Girls, I really zeroed in
on the sunflowers.  They are such a happy flower!


Here's the board...


Sunflowers and butterflies make me happy.  Hopefully this card will 
make someone else happy.

I used a stencil that does a whole background.  I even got it lined up right
on the first try!  I added some stamped splatters too and just one butterfly today.

Let's go over to Just Us Girls and enjoy the Design Team's lovely inspiration
pieces and that luscious gallery!


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Botanical Silhouettes (ret PTI), Splatters (?)
Ink:   Buttercup, Parsley, Eucalyptus, Rain Forest, Pimento (C9), Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry (SU), Sweet Mango (GKD)
Paper:   Hammermill, Neenah Solar White, Buttercup
Other:  Sunflower Garden stencil (PTI), Decorative Sentiments die (Emily Moore), Stitching Butterflies dies (SSS), White Gel Pen


Enjoy!


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Monday, August 24, 2026

Good Luck

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I have something I think will make you smile.  It made me smile and
I hope my brother will smile when he opens it.


This fun guy was stamped with Memento ink and colored with Ohuhu Alcohol Markers.

I cut the image with a deckled die and used a smaller stitched deckle die to
emboss on it to draw the eye in to the image.

I found this random piece of patterned paper.  I think it's the last of a package
of paper that came with a kit.  All those candles helped me to decide which of
the fun sentiments to use.

I punched some dots from the stripes on the reverse side of this paper.

Challenges:
NBUS #89 - Never Before Used Schtuff (stamp)

 






Card Recipe
Stamps:  Still Kickin' (Unity)
Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White
Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Pumpkin Pie, Patterned Paper (?)
Other:  Ohuhu Markers (WG01, WG10, E44, YR19, Y19, BG114), Deckle & Stitches dies (Unity), 1/8" Circle Punch, White EP


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Sunday, August 23, 2026

Freshly Picked Just for You

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I hope you're having a nice weekend.  Even though I'm retired, the weekends
are still something to look forward to.


This week Cécile gave us this sketch to work with...


I used a new die set from Papertrey ink to die cut this flower and the leaves.  I cut
the flower from a light coral pink cardstock and ink blended around the edges with
some darker shades of ink.  The leaves were cut from Eucalyptus cardstock 
and also ink blended.

I arranged it all on a piece of die cut mesh.

Challenges:
NBUS #89 - Never Before Used Schtuff (flower die)



Card Recipe
Stamps:  Simple Holiday Mini Sentiments (Grtry)
Ink:   Grapefruit, Pimento, Poppy, Sunbeam, Eucalyptus, Parsley (C9), Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Nectar, Eucalyptus (C9)
Other:  Into the Blooms: Freshly Picked (PTI), Burlap Texture die (Alt), Subtle EF (ret SU)


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Saturday, August 22, 2026

Embossed Daisies

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

A few weeks ago I received an unexpected gift from a sweet, sweet friend.


She had cleaned out her craft room and I was lucky enough to receive the
benefit of her industriousness!  This embossing folder was in the box
along with several others.  I do love embossing folders!

I embossed a piece of my new favorite yellow cardstock and patted my
white inkpad over the raised parts.  I kept turning the piece and patting until
I was happy with the coverage.  Then I took a tiny blending brush and after inking
it, I tapped it on the centers.  Some twine, a sentiment tucked among the flowers
and a die cut bee finished it off nicely.

Challenges:
Can You Handle the Pressure - Use an embossing folder/twist of bees
Double D - Used the colors of the lemons
Triple B - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms 

 


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Just Sentiments: Summer Mini (PTI)
Ink:   White, Pumpkin Pie (SU), Nocturne (VC)
Paper:   C9 Buttercup, Neenah Solar White
Other:  Fresh Daisies EF (SSS), Buzzing Bumblebees die (MB), Sharpies (to color bee)


Enjoy!


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