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

Simple Birdhouse Thank You Card

Hello, hope you are all hanging in there. 

My turn over at the Poppystamps blog today!

You can see all the details HERE

TAKE CARE

Christmas Die for Anytime

Hi there, my turn over at the Poppystamps blog today! You can go HERE to find out all the info on this card.  

Hope you have a wonderful week! 

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

Christmas In July

Hello! It's the 25th of the month and that means it's time for the Keeping Christmas hop. We are 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.

 Kelly Lunceford will be having a give a way on her blog for this hop. 

 I couldn't wait to use my new Concord & 9th inks.  As you can see I kept my card very simple and used red and gray. I was so tempted to add glitter to the rooftops but I refrained . 

Thanks for the visit during these unbelievable times!

I pray for peace for all!

God Bless!

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Marybeth Lopez

Nancy Penir

Carol Hintermeier

Wplus9

Holiday Houses

Holiday Houses Die

The Greetery

Crimped Frame Die

Poppystamps 

Christmas Time CL473

sentiment

 Memory Box 

Dashing Holiday patterned paper .

Embellished Patterned Paper

Hello, I hope you are all hanging in there and hope you each have a joyful day.

 I wanted to make a simple and fast card before I switched to quilting the top of my quilt.

After seeing Betsy's( from The Greetery) beautiful new peach set I wanted to create something with the set I have from Papertrey Ink . Pretty sure it's a Betsy design .

I used the patterned paper image fussy cut it down then lightly shaded it with Copic Markers and added some extra white dots and bit of outlines then some Glossy Accents. 

I added the Simple Things sentiment trying to cover up what was printed. So not my own design just embossed and cut and added new striped background  .... fun and fast!

God Bless

Make It Market Mini Kit: Still Life: Summer

Bitty Big: Soft Stone Color Collection 

Simple Things Word Die

Simple Things Stamp Set 

Birthday Card Set

Hello! My turn over at the Poppystamps blog again today! I am sharing this simple set of birthday cards.

HERE

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Playing With Patterned Paper

Hello friends! My turn over at the Poppystamps blog today.

For the details you can go HERE

Love Is In the Air

Michelle has a special give -a- way over at 

:12 Kits of Occasions Blog

 

Hello and welcome to the 12 Kits of Occasions for June!

Michelle Is our host for the month of June, not sure how she put the kit together as she has so much going on in her life right now.

Michelle, you did it! 

I woke up early one morning and made all five cards in a row as I enjoyed this kit so much!

I took the pictures a little early in the morning and they are kinda dark, sorry.

Simon Says: Anything Goes

I cut some of the cardstock included in the kit with Halfsies Diamond Die from the Greetery! I cut the patterned paper down and added a bit of glossy accents.

For the card above I used Papertrey Ink Wood grain impression plate, cut and added the included gold embossed tree!

 Don't forget to stop by :The 12 Kits of Occasions  for a list of supplies and the links to the designers for a peek to what they made with the kit. 

Thank you Michelle !

Peace be with you all my friends!

  

Keeping Christmas

Hello, I hope you are having a happy day!

 I was so busy last month, the time to post just slipped my mind.

I made up for it with seven Christmas cards ready to mail!

This Christmas group is a group of card designers trying to get ahead of making Christmas cards before we get too busy with all the Holiday preparations.

Hopefully we can inspire you to get ahead as well, trust me it feels nice!

I used the Bountiful Wreath stamp and die set from The Greetery!

Its more of a fall stamp set but I think stamped with different shades of green and red it works pretty well. The sentiment is from Poppystamps

The inks I used are all pictured above. I tried many red and I always end up going back to Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy. I also added Glossy Accents to each berry.

Please hop along and be inspired!

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

Claire Broadwater

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Nancy Guse

Marybeth Lopez

Nancy Penir

Carol Hintermeier

Simon Says: Anything Goes

Bountiful Wreath Stamp Set: The Greetery
Perfect Match Pure Poppy - Inkpad: Papertrey Ink 
Altenew Inks

Quilted Thank You Card

Simon Says: Anything Goes

Simon Says: Shoot For The Stars

The Card Concept #138 {Summer Fun}

In all fairness, I did make this card before seeing the photo

(not a back link) 

I am linking it because both my card and the photo are summertime fun and red, white and blue.

Hi there ! Hope all is well with you. 

My husband had a week off so not much crafting. We were blessed to spend a few days at our daughter and her husband's lake house in beautiful Lake Arrowhead.

A few weeks ago I received the most beautiful patriotic quilt from my sister (brother's wife) . I made this card to say thank you. 

I used the Papertrey Ink die ( that I use often) to cut material! It was almost perfect until I changed last layer of the frame to a lighter in color and fabric, material. I do love how easily the material cut with the die and a metal shim.

I will try post a picture of the quilt that I was given on July 4th.

Thanks so much for the visit !

God bless!

Papertrey Ink - Tag Sale: Quilted Die

Papertrey Ink - Quilted: Summer Die

The paper is from MFT

Birthday Blooms and a Quilt Top

CAS(E) this Sketch #376

Hello,  hope you are doing well. 

 I have been quilting lately as I have a brand new sewing machine! Trying to learn my new machine has taken a lot of time, as classes cannot start until next week. ( 🦠 )

This beautiful stamp came last week and I couldn't wait to use it, so I got up early this morning and made this simple card. I guess I chose orange ( usually go pink) because I wanted it to look like a California poppy ( state flower)

Birthday Blooms Stamp Set

Birthday Blooms Die

Just a peek at the quilt top. I made a few mistakes 

but I have learned from them so they stayed in the quilt.

Take care sweet friends ! 

God Bless

Butterfly Birthday

Poppystamps Blog

Hello! My turn over at the Poppystamps blog today with a challenge reminder and a chance to win a $20 certificate to the store! All the information can be found HERE

Take Care