You Are Sweet and Lovely

Happy Monday!

I have a Sa-weet card to share this morning ---

Freshly Made Sketches this week is a Sentiment focused sketch and I pulled out this lovely old stamp by Lil' Inker Designs yesterday to play along.  Lil Inker Designs is no longer and I really miss them.  It's a good thing I still have several sets by them. 

For Following Challenges:

Card Supplies: 

Stamps: Sentiment - (Lil' Inker Designs).

Paper: Neenah 110# Solar White; Stroke of Midnight patterned paper(Catherine Pooler).

Ink: Cotton Candy, Be Mine, Pucker Up, Aquatini (CP Ink). 

Extras: Pink heart gems.

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Nance 

 

Birthday Sunflowers

Hello!

I have another evening post.  Spent the afternoon in my craft room.  It pretty much took me all that time for this card as you will see why...

I wanted to play in the Double D Challenge, which was an inspiration photo of sunflowers. I have several different stamps/dies/stencils of sunflowers and what did I do?  I chose a very old flower die from Papertrey Ink and spent the time cutting out multiples of each flower and ink blending the top layers.  Had I been of sounder mind (I was also listening to a horror audiobook, so I was distracted, hahaha), I would have cut one layer from an adhesive sheet.  Oh well. Still, I had a lot of fun putting the flowers together while listening to my book.  I already had the blended background, which made things easier. Finally, I added the inked and die cut sentiment and used a white gel pen to make the seeds in the middle of my sunflowers.

For Following Challenges:

Double D Challenge - Sunflowers

Weekly I.D.E.A.S. is from Darnell.  It is not exactly a challenge, just an inspirational jumping off point for each week. 

Card Supplies: 

Stamps: Sentiment - Perfect Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studio).

Paper: Neenah 110# Solar White.

Ink: Samba, Catching Rays, Tiki Torch, Orange Twist, In The Park, Mardis Gras, Icing on the Cake (CP Ink). 

Extras: Flower dies (Papertrey Ink - probably retired); Sentiment coordinating die (Pinkfresh Studio); white gel pen.

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Nance 

 

Merry Days with Friends

 Good Morning

and

Happy Friday!

I have a special little post this morning.  A couple weeks ago, Bonnie and I got to meet another mutual crafty friend, Michele Ferguson (I Card Everyone) when she and her hubby drove down from Michigan to Cary!

Bonnie was a doll to let me crash their crafty day and spend a couple hours having lunch, visiting and crafting with them. Michele generously shared some of her new stamps/dies with us (so did Bonnie).  So, today, we are sharing our cards made with one of Michele's purchases, Merry Days, by Penny Black.

Michele, Bonnie & I

I have to admit I'm a little nervous sharing alongside them as they both are so creative and talented.  At any rate, here is mine...

I was out of town for several days earlier this week, so I kept mine pretty CAS as I had to wait until I got home to color my image.   I used Copic colors to match my background stripes. I rooted around in my stash of foiled Christmas sentiments to find the perfect one to add a little pizzazz to that adorable bear couple.  I also shimmered up the star and the fur on the bears' hats for some holiday bling. The lovely frame was either Bonnie's or Michele's and I loved it so much I came home and ordered it!  

Now go stop by Michele and Bonnie's blogs to see what they created with those merry little bears!  

For Following Challenges:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #733- Christmas

NBUS #66

(Everything but my sentiment is NBUS and also new).

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Nance 

Hope - Word Week at Just Us Girls

Good Morning!

It's my 2nd week Guesting with Just Us Girls!

When I saw the word for this week, I had two different ideas and this was the first one.

I used alpha dies  to stamp most of my "hope" word and a sand dollar. I took some vellum trimmed to the size I wanted and ink blended on the backside of it. Next, I took the coordinating embossing folder with the Seaside Wishes set from Stampin Up and using a craft hammer, "embossed" various areas of my sand part of my vellum.  I actually did that part on the front side of the vellum for the raised effect. Then, I die cut the word from the vellum and white cardstock that I had prepped with Stick It on one side.  The white cardstock I had adhered to some double sided stick it paper so all my vellum layers would adhere nicely to the white cardstock underneath.  The back kraft layer was embossed with a 3D wave folder from Sizzix.  And the coral is an oldie from Poppy Stamps maybe?  

I do have to say this is one of my favorite cards I've made this year.  I love how it turned out!

For Following Other Challenges:

Focus on Vellum and Embossing (Dry or Wet)

Word Power #9

Card Supplies: 

Stamps: Sand dollar stamp - Seaside Wishes (Stampin' Up); Sentiment (Penny Black).

Paper: Neenah 110# Solar White; Kraft (Lawn Fawn); Vellum.

Ink: Oh Boy, Something Blue, Buttercream, Sandcastle (CP Ink); 

Extras: Letter dies - W Plus9; Sand dollar die (Stampin' UP); Coral die - Stash; Wave Emboss Folder (Sizzix).

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Nance 

 

Blended Florals

Last card for tonight.  

The Lions went into overtime!  I had to watch to see if they pulled off the win and they did!  Dave is a very happy Lions fan!

Tic Tac Toe # 255

I chose the 1st column - Leaves, Ink Blending, Multiples

I chose Texture on my background and Foliage for trim

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Nance 

 

Dragonflies and Thank Yous

Hello again!

Another card for this evening.  The hubs is busy watching his Lions play football so I got some blogging done. 

These dragonflies are some of my favorite stamps. I don't use them enough.  I actually stamped them on the background layer and then decided to stamp and color them again and pop them up a little.

For Following Challenges:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #732 - Stamps

Card Supplies: 

Stamps: Dragonfliy Dreams (Stampin' Up); Leaves (Altenew); Sentiment (Catherine Pooler).

Paper: Neenah 110# Solar White; 

Ink: Midnight, Pucker Up, Fiesta Blue (CP Ink); 

Extras: Dragonfly coordinating dies (Stampin'Up); Sequins.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a creative day! 

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Nance 

 

You're One In A Minion

Happy Sunday!

And 

Happy Birthday to my hubs, Dave!  It's his last year in the 50s.

He celebrated early last week with our kids and today (his actual birthday) he gets to celebrate in Myrtle Beach while we are visiting my mom.  Also, along with loving Pooh Bear, he's even more a fanatic about the Minions, particularly Dave the Minion (I wonder why). So, you know what kind of birthday card I made for him...

I very accidentally stumbled upon (that's my story I'm sticking to 😉) some really cute minion stamps a few weeks ago and of course, I had to order some just for my hubs. It's a new to me company, Crackerbox Stamps.  They have several different movie character stamps besides the Minions.  I colored him with Copics and fussy cut him then popped him up on the top of the background. The background stamp I've had for several months and finally used it.

For Following Challenges:

Addicted to CAS #266 - Pun

TicTac Toe Challenge #255

I chose the middle column: Birthday, Rectangle, Die  Cuts

NBUS Challenge #66

My NBUS - Minion stamp and background stamp

Card Supplies: 

Stamps: Minion (Crackerbox Stamps); Background -Celebrate (Honey Bee Stamps).

Paper: Neenah 110# Solar White.

Ink: Oh Boy, Suede Shoes, Dress Blues(CP Ink); Versamark; Copics. 

Extras: Frame dies (My Favorite Things); Banner die (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Dave with our 2 kids - Ben and Arrow

Sept. 1, 2024

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Nance 

 

Boba Cheers

Good Afternoon!

A quick post to enter The Paper Players Challenge. Again, I'm at the last minute.  It's been a busy week recouping after traveling and traveling again this weekend.  

But first, a card...

For Following Challenges:

Card Supplies: 

Stamps: Boba with my Best-Tea (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Paper: Neenah 110# Solar White; Bubblebery patterned paper (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Ink: It's A Girl, Pucker Up, Limoncello, Lime Rickey (CP Ink); 

Extras: Coordinating dies for Boba with my Best-Tea(Catherine Pooler Designs); Sentiment Die (CP Designs); Bubblin' die (Catherine Pooler Designs)

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Nance 

 

Thankful for Just Us Girls

Good Morning!

Today I am thrilled to say I am the Guest Designer at Just Us Girls for the whole month of September! Woohoo! This week's challenge is their color challenge and I have to say, it put me a little more into the fall mood. We also got some nice cooler weather the last couple days, but I'm not holding my breath that the Carolina swelter is gone just yet. September is peak hurricane season so don't think we're done with humidity yet.

I pulled out a floral stamp/stencil/die combo from Altenew because I knew it had to be a floral card and I knew the background was going to be blue. I stamped the flowers in Versamark and embossed them with gold embossing powder. Then, used the coordinating stencils to color them with dye inks and blending tool. I used the coordinating die to die cut it and two white dies to layer it up and glued them all together. I cut some blue cardstock and stamped it in Versamark and the Arched Background stamp by Simon Says Stamp and embossed it in the gold embossing powder. I trimmed that panel down and adhered it to some gold cardstock for some gold trim.  I adhered it to a white card base then attached the flower panel and cut off excess.  Finally, I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and embossed it gold, cut it out and two others in white for layers with the coordinating sentiment die.  I glued it on top and added a couple of gold gems to the flower centers.

So now it's your turn! Stop by the JUGS blog and check out all the team's creative inspiration and come play along! 

For Following Challenges:

JUGS-Color Challenge - see above

September Stencil Challenge-  Optional Fall Frenzy (Anything Fall)

Card Supplies: 

Stamps: Blooming Delight(Altenew); Sentiment -Joyful Thanks (Catherine Pooler Designs); Arched Background (Simon Says Stamp).

Paper: Neenah 110# Solar White; Blue cardstock (Recollections); Gold cardstock (Lawn Fawn).

Ink: Versamark; Goldenrod, Ginger, Spiced, Terracotta, Suede Shoes (CP Ink); 

Extras: Coordinating dies for Blooming Delight(Altenew); Sentiment Die (CP Designs); Fine Gold embossing powder (WOW); gold gems from stash.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a creative day! 

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Nance