Simply Leaves August 2020

Hello and welcome to the 12 Kits of Occasions . I am the host for the month of August. As you will see I ended up going with mostly leaves.

 

 This  leaf above is from The Stamp Market and the patterned paper is from MFT Stamp store.Large Leaves Die  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink 

  

These two were stamped with Concord & 9th :Uplifting Thoughts Bundle for both the leave and sentiment. I also uses the new inks.

 This last one used Papertrey Ink for the Just a note and the leaf is from The Stamp Market Fantastic Foliage Die. The outer die for the panel is from Memory box: Wrapped Stitch Rectangles. 

Please stop by the blog to see what the rest of the team has done with the kit I sent out  and complete supply list 

. 12 Kits of Occasions

Thank you for the visit today, God Bless !

Keeping Christmas

 Hello! It's the 25th of the month and that means it's time for the Keeping Christmas Blog Hop. We're  trying to make cards each month so when Christmas comes around we won't have a mad rush to make so many cards at once. I LOVE making Christmas cards all year round.

I made three cards each one a little different, I used chunky glitter, the red ink is from Concord & 9th new ink:Cranberry Ink Pad 

I love the way this rubber background  

Windowpane Plaid Background Stamp Stamps and looks! 

 For Christmas, I  couldn't wait to see the watering  can in red, I am sure black would  be beautiful too!

The fires are bad here in California , most of them are to the north of us. Our SIL has been fighting them for over a week now. It's also been crazy hot . Don't know how they can work in this heat.

Praying for all of those affected by the fires.

Thanks for the visit today!

Please check out the rest of the teams Christmas Creations 

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

 Claire Broadwater

 Lori Tecler

 Nance Salkeld

 Nina Forsyth

 Marybeth Lopez

 Nancy Penir

 Carol Hintermeier 

Simon Says: Beautiful Botanicals

 The Greetery 

Winter Sketches Stamp Set

Winter Sketches Die

Windowpane Plaid Background Stamp

Sprinkled with Kindness Stamp Set

Sprinkled with Kindness Die

Market Fresh Budding Beauties

Hello Everyone! Hope all is well with you. 

I've been very busy, sewing and stamping! I couldn't wait to ink the new stamps from

The Greetery!

 I also couldn't wait to use my new ink pads again!

Ink Pads Bundle From Concord & 9th Love them !

Simon Says: Anything Goes

On my Instagram the other day

 I didn't post this on my blog only instagram so thought I'd share it here. More info on Instagram.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and enjoy many things that can keep you busy and stress free!

Thanks for the visit, God bless!

The Greetery Stamps Used :

Budding Beauties Summer Stamp Set

Budding Beauties Summer Die

Sprinkled with Kindness Stamp Set

Sprinkled with Kindness Die

Making Time for a Card

Hi there! Still busy here at my home so many things going on at once. What a blessing to have this craft for a bit of time to just think and enjoy for a bit.

I used my brand new 

Concord & 9th Filled In Florals BUNDLE   the background  stencil is from Altenew : Wavy Gird Stencil

Have to run and take our big pup to the vet. 

God bless you and I hope you are having a wonderful week.

Simon Says: Happy Hour
This was my happy hour

Grateful for a Man in a Red Truck

Challenge #25 – Color Inspiration

Hello friends! 

I needed a card to give to my daughter and her husband Tom,

Soon it marks a year since the shooting in Vegas when Tom

was shot three times. I thought this sentiment was simply 

stated and perfect . 

 My heart goes out to the families that lost a loved one, and the  

many that are still suffering . My daughter keeps in touch as they all need each other.

I heat embossed my image with gold powder and watercolored  with the inks below. I decided to fussy cut my image and pop it up 

with foam tape to the back. I love this stamp from 

Concord & 9th .  Grateful For Everything 

 

 At first I didn't think I could use the colors but I ended up liking them and so different from what I normally use.

 I won't go into the long story but some of you know immediately after the shooting a man in a RED PIKCUP gathered as many shooting victims as he could in his truck as he himself was fleeing the shooting. (My heavy heart and prayers are with the families of the six people in  the truck with them that didn't survive, my they rest in peace.)

When I saw this pillow it just seemed happy and of a time most of us love (fall) So I bought it for Nicole and Tom and I searched for one for myself as well. 

Thank you for the visit .

Hope you have a wonderful day 

Simon Says: Pop It Up

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all my crafty friends and family .

Loving my new Bold and Brushy Bundle Alphabet set: from 

Concord&9th and pretty new jewels from Pretty Pink Posh.

I am grateful for my own mother that gave me the gift of life and faith, for my mother in law (may she rest in peace) that brought up the man I fell in love with and my daughters that made me a mother and grandmother.

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

 Bold & Brushy BUNDLE 

I love this new set!

A Few Valentine's

Hello! 

 I have a few Valentin's Day cards using : Concord & 9th

 stamps and dies.

 One card is for one of my granddaughters and the other for my sweet husband. 

I used Barnwood Background  stamp on my husbands card to help it

look a bit masculine. It was my husband who encouraged me to

get the entire  Monogram Collection BUNDLE  , so happy I did!

I am also grateful! The heart came with the bundle. I used the letter X and the & for my sentiment.

 

Challenge #18: Watercolor

Simon Says: It Must Be Love

The Card Concept #86 {Old Fashioned Love}
I think my card is CAS.

On the card below I cut then watercolored the pieces with pearl colors from Kuretake watercolors .

 I used Magnolia Wreath Dies,  Cozy Up for the heart and Happy Words for the sentiment.

 Thanks for the visit. Hope you have a nice week!

 Ash Wednesday ( the beginning of Lent and a day of fasting) falls on Valentine's Day this year.

 We don't go out that day, any day but :)

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Silent Night Holy Night

Challenge #13: Ink Only

Simon Says: Clean And Simple

Hi there! I had a chance to play with my new Concord & 9th Magnolia Wreath Stamp Set, early this morning.

When I was getting ready to put it all away I quickly put together this simple Christmas card. 

The sentiment is from : Holy Night Stamp Set.

Thank you for stopping by again today!

 God bless you and yours!

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Welcome Home

Happy Birthday to You Concord &9th

Anything Goes Challenge

Thanks to the very fast shipping over at Concord & 9th I was able to make this card Saturday night! 

I used, Peerless water color sheet pack from Birch Press Design, (link on sidebar). I stamped this in a light color then heat embossed in clear. I wanted to kinda keep the colors of a pineapple for my first card, using this amazing stamp! Next will be lots of colors.

I fussy cut this out as it is very easy!

The envelope is also from Birch Press Design and I just love the color! I added some Glossy accents. 

The welcome banner is cut from Happy Day dies !

Hope you had a nice weekend. We spent another ,beautiful day at the beach!

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 Pineapple Perfection 

God bless you!

Best of the Best!

Camp Create Day 3: Spectacular Shakers
Laurie has a video full of fun tips for creating a shaker with fun foam!

 MFT Camp Create – Spectacular Shakers

Hello there new and dear friends!

 Don't ask me why I chose the alligator, not sure other than I like it a lot! :)

Sorry I couldn't get a clearer picture for the life of me, posting it anyway! 

We have been so busy around here, not much craft time.

The sentiment is from Concord & 9th :Kindhearted 

and the alligator is MFT: Die-namics Jungle Friends

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

God Bless you!

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Two Cards and a Few Challenges

Create Along With Us: June 2017

Happy Monday to you all! 
I made two cards, one this morning and the pineapple card over the weekend. 

Challenge #10

Simon Says: Touchy Feely

For my layered pineapple card I used:

 Pop Art Pineapple BUNDLE,  Happy Day BUNDLE and Barnwood Background all from Concord & 9th

For my mostly green card, I used Pen & Ink Stamp Set

Make It Market Kit: Don't Forget to Write both from Papertrey Ink.

I used the card above from Nichole, for my inspiration.

I love the all green in Nichole's card!

 I stamped the flower cluster in all greens, then last minute added the printed top bloom 

to soften the look of the cluster! I could use this flower cluster over and over and over again :)

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and have a blessed week!

Thank you for the visit today!

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