Father's Day

A quick share with my Father's Day cards.

Remember last week's Merry Monday sketch?  I tried to use trees as the banners and it didn't work out.  I might add that several of you did use trees and they worked out beautifully!  You can check out the gallery here.

Have I mentioned that DH thinks there needs to be a tree and/or duck or goose on all his cards?  Yeah, I thought so.  So he see's these geese a lot!  There's 3 for our 3 daughters.  He's such a wonderful Dad and Pop Pop!

And I hesitate to even share this one.  I bought this set of stamps at a sale and I had some trouble getting this chickadee to look right.  If nothing else you can see what not to do.

This is the second one I did.  LOL, the first one looked like he had a broken wing.  I sent this one to my Dad who loved getting the mail but didn't notice the imperfections.  What a blessing that I've had such a wonderful Dad!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Lovely as a Tree, The Pines

Ink:  Old Olive, Cool Caribbean, Certainly Celery, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Paper:  Naturals White, Handsome Hunter, Whisper White

Other:  Simply Scored

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Birds (MS), Sanded, Something to Celebrate

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, SU Markers (Basic Black, Basic Gray, Peach Parfait, Handsome Hunter)

Paper:  Whisper White, Handsome Hunter

Other:  Ovals Framelits, Woodgrain EF

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Merry Monday Holiday Peace

There's another great sketch at Merry Monday this week!

 

I pulled out an old stamp set.

The dove was stamped on Midnight Muse and Whisper White and embossed with silver.  I fussy cut the white dove and adhered it over the blue dove with dimensionals.  Someone asked what fussy cutting was.  It's just a fancy way of saying I cut it out with scissors.

The shaped bottom was also fussy cut.  In this case freehand.

After I die cut the circle from the Midnight image, I used the leftover piece for another card.

Two more Christmas cards for my stash!

Be sure to check out the other fabulous cards by the design team. 

Lesley Croghan

Allisa Chilton

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Sue Joyce

Sherry Eckblad

Margaret Moody 

Vicki Burdick

Debbie Marcinkiewicz (FD)

Kim Badelt (GD)

Then grab  your stamps and join us at Merry Monday.  I'll be looking for your card in the gallery!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  To You and Yours, Good Cheer Builder Wheel* (card 1)

Ink:  Encore Silver

Paper:  Midnight Muse, Whisper White

Other:  Silver EP, Silver Cord (card 2-non SU)

* I removed the rubber from the wheel and added Clear Mount Cling foam to use on a clear block.

Thanks for the visit! 

Enjoy!

Yellow

I've got to be quick.   I've had this card made for several days but couldn't get the photo edited. 

The CASology challenge this week is

If you haven't been over there, you've missed the sunniest, most cheerful gallery ever!

CAS-Colours and Sketches has a sketch this week that worked wonderfully for this card.

When I saw it, I immediately thought of the daisies I made a couple of weeks ago.  Directions and another daisy card are here.

And I used some of the leftover paper to make another card.

I'd better get over to CASology.  They're about to close the door. 

Edited to add:  In my haste I forgot a challenge.  Hope it's not too late.  Addicted to Stamps and More #49 is ADDICTED TO CAS.  This is a favorite of mine. 

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Made for You (retired)

Ink:  Daffodil Delight (card 1), Pear Pizzazz (card 2)

Paper:  Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, DSP (retired)

Other:  Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Itty, Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Crystal Effects, Daisy Punch (Paper Studio), Rose Leaf Punch (MS)

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you'll come back soon.

Enjoy!

Black, White plus One

The challenge at CAS on Sunday this week is Black, White plus One.

A black flourish from Baroque Motifs and a flower left from a flower making class, along with an embossed snippet go together perfectly for this challenge.

And I'll take another trip to Pixie's Playground to see what the gang is up to.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Baroque Motifs (retired), You're a Gem (retired)
Ink:  Jet Black StazOn
Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo
Other: Big Shot, Flower Fusion Sizzlit, Adorning Accents EF, Basic Black Brad, Basic Black Ribbon

I'm glad you could stop by today.  Hope you'll come back soon.

Enjoy!

Spring Garden for Queen Phyllis

This is the card I made for last week's Queen for the Day, Phyllis (aka tater), at SCS.  I used this card to CASE.  I really enjoyed exploring Phyllis' gallery.  So many new ideas for me there.

The image came from my UFO box.  This box is getting so full that I need to concentrate on making cards just from this box for a while!

The stamp set is a very old set called Spring Garden.  I have a lot of images that I stamped from the set.  I can probably make at least 20 cards from these images alone!

Shopping our Stash has asked us to use our oldest stamp.  This is probably the oldest image in my UFO box too!

Pixie's Crafty Workshop is always looking for cards made with snippets.  All but the main card were snippets. 

I did a second card with another of the same image.  I had stamped it twice on the same scrap of paper.  So I thought I'd get it on a card too.

I had this piece that I had cut off the Simply Sent Happy Hello card sets that was in the Sale-a-bration catalog.  I cut the cards up to get more mileage out of them.  This was a card back that I had embossed and didn't use.  This one went together really fast.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps: Spring Garden

Ink:  Not QUite Navy, Old Olive

Paper:  Whisper White, Midnight Muse, DP (from a friend)

Other:  2 1/2" Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, White Taffeta Ribbon (card 1), Nestie Lacy Scallop Circle (Spellbinders; card 1), Basic Pearls (card 1)

I think I'm going to challenge myself to only use images from my UFO box for a while and see if I can get the contents down.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Enjoy!