4-10-24

Hello- 

A quick share today. 

A friend sent along the leafy die with a birthday card, and I love it. It will be making many card appearances.  This card is a bit smaller than a2, once I finished the main panel I thought it was to empty at the top...so I lopped off the scallops.  It felt more balanced afterwards.  I am quite happy with it.

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04-05-24

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I got a wonderful surprise in the mail from my friend Hilary. Its a stamp and die set from Uniko, Butterflies.  She also has the set so we decided to do joint posts today each using the set to make our cards.

 

I used only the small butterfly image, stamped and embossed on vellum in silver.  I die cut them and also backers for the vellum in the turquoise/aqua card stock I used as the base. They were layered up and I added similar color pearls over the "body".  I added layers of silver and the turquoise/aqua card stock to create the focal panel.

I also silver embossed the sentiment included in the set "Butterflies drift in the gentle breeze in and English country garden. 

Please go visit Hilary to see what I am sure will be a beautiful card here.

Thanks so much for visiting!

3-26-24

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I had a lovely afternoon crafting with Peggy via face time.  I am limited on the time I am comfortable sitting at my desk crafting, part of the reason I am not posting as much.  But I had a lovely time today and played with a new stamp set from Stampin Up  Blueberry Bunches. The set has two images, and 5 sentiments.

I made a few cards for my stash.

  My thank you cards are quite depleted, so I decided each time I make cards there have to be a couple of thank yous in the batch.

  

It doesn't hurt to have a few just because Hello's in the stash either.

This one is just so busy, and uses clusters of the second image that were fussy cut and layered on the card, but I just love it for some reason...maybe because it is crazy busy.

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03-22-24

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Hubs and I got out of the house before noon yesterday to go see some cherry trees...but before that I had a play with Simply Zinnia, a new Stampin Up set.  I love that Zinnia's are pretty much a single color - meaning that shading isn't a must.

ETA- I forgot to time my card, so I have removed it from the challenge.  I'll try another card.

We found a new place to view the Cherry Trees (which peaked last week along the tidal basin). Its usually so crowded with slow moving traffic, so we headed out to Hains Point in East Potomac Park just a short distance away from the tidal basin.  Afterwards we drove to the National Arboretum to look at more flowers and trees. My favorite Magnolia tree is there.

 

This is along Ohio Drive through East Potomac Park.

 

 

 

 

The magnolia in the largest square is my favorite tree in the Arboretum. I just love those yellow blooms. Prior to visiting here, I had only seen white and pink magnolia blooms. This variety is called Ivory, but it is a lovely shade of yellow.

Tonight and tomorrow promise rain, so I am glad we got out to see the blooms.  We usually go on my birthday, but I don't think they'll be holding out til next week.

Thanks much for stopping by.

 

03-20-24

 Hello-

Got a chance to face time craft with Peggy today. I needed two specific cards to get into the mail tomorrow.  So, I dug into that pile of "new" stuff, and a panel that I had cut for my Easter cards by did not use.

 

Truly, I have had this Uniko stamp forever, and today it finally made its debut.

This Stampin Up paper has been sitting around for at least two years maybe 3... The beige is the b-side of the blue.  The sentiment is also from Stampin Up.

 Well, now its time to put my feet up a bit before I head downstairs to make our salads with chicken breasts for our dinner.

Hope you're all having a good week. Thanks for visiting.