Treat Yourself

 

Hi, Friends.....

I am here with a fun card I made by juggling the current MFT Wednesday Sketch:

I turned the sketch on its side and added a few doodads.  Cute!!!  I used a piece of watercolor background for the panels.  The cupcakes are from the Dollar Store and the adorable buttons are from Karen Ladd.  (THANKS, Karen!)

Supplies used include:
"Treat Yourself" sentiment from Unity but I can't locate it on their site.
Hero Arts Sparkle Clear - Cupcakes stamp set
Heart background from dollar rack
Versafine ink in Crimson Red
Canson -140 lb XL Watercolor Pad
Dollar Store Felt Cupcake Stickers
Buttons and ribbon
DCWV red cardstock

Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope you have a great week. 
Stay healthy and creative!

❤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #523
2. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #473-#474 - AG
3. Creative Fingers Challenge #199 - AG
4. Hero Arts Stay Crafty Challenge #19 - Add a Heart
5. Double D 5th Anniversary Cupcakes Challenge

 

 

 

 

Christmas at Tewksbury Mill

 

Hi, Friends.....

I am here with a Christmas card I made with a lovely stamp from my crafty pal, Karen Ladd.  I have used it before (or at least its companion stamp) but it has been quite awhile.  I love these scenes done up in blue and white.  I heat embossed it and put it on one of my "strips-o'-scraps" backgrounds.  

This time I didn't emboss the background.  Sometimes I like it plain....other times dry embossed...and other times even double embossed by heat embossing the "ridges"....and still other times a full on "molten look" where it is completely covered with layers and layers of embossing powder!!!   (Oh, bliss!!!)  But I went very simple here with just the layered background die cut with a stitched rectangle. 

In my continuing attempts to USE MY STASH, I actually made four cards of this design.  I embossed with silver on a couple of them.  I think the detail shows better with the blue-violet embossing powder, but the silver has a cool shimmery effect.  Which do you like better?

Supplies used include:
Art-Kure - Tewksbury Mill stamp
Lawn Fawn - Large Stitched Rectangles die set
Simon Says Stamp - Kelly Purkey  "Cheers" stamp set (retired) 
Versamark Ink
Embossing Powders in Silver and Blue-Violet
Patterned paper scraps from my stash
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set - retired
Dollar Store Snowflakes
Silver Sequins

Well......that is four more cards for my 2021 Christmas stash!!  YAY!  I have to get a big jumpstart in January because the rest of the year flies by so fast.  I don't want to be short when I am frantically addressing them the week before Christmas!!!  Bwahahaha!!  [Hey...those of you who didn't get their cards from me until last week....that was because of COVID!!  ;) ]

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  Stay healthy and creative!!

❤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering these cards in the following challenges:
1. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #524 - AG Christmas
2. Crafty Hazelnut's January Patterned Paper Challenge
3. Pam's Inky Pinkies Challenge - AG
4. Cut it Up Challenge #216 - Winter
5. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #473-#474 - AG
6. Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #394 - Use Snippets
7. Lost Coast Challenge #113 - Something Beginning with B - Blue

 

 

 

 

 

8. Christmas Craft Creations December Challenge - Winter Blues

 

 

Great is Thy Faithfulness

Hi, Friends.....

I am here with a pretty card to share. A friend in a different state has been having some serious health problems. I wanted to make a card for her so I chose this lovely scripture verse stamp and butterflies as the theme for this slim-line card.

I was inspired by the dimension and gentle colors of Michelle's card HERE over on the Hero Arts Stay Crafty December Challenge.  Digging around in my stash, I found these butterflies I had already stamped and heat embossed and the teal foiled leaves and flowers. Teal and blush with gold is perhaps an unexpected color combo, but I really like how this turned out. 

The sentiment and background panels were scraps. The large background piece was a leftover scrap from some simple notecard sets I make from 12x12 cardstock pieces. I have tons of scraps this size and they are spot-on perfect for slim-line cards!! 

 

Supplies used include:
STAMPlorations - Great is Thy Faithfulness - Typografia in Faith
Rubber Stampede - Victorian Butterflies stamp set (retired) (Ebay link)
Versamark Ink
Ranger - Gold Superfine Detail Embossing Powder
Vellum
Lawn Fawn - Large Stitched Rectangles die set
Scrap of DCWV patterned paper for background

Hope you enjoyed my butterfly card.  As you can see I have spring on my mind lately! Thank you everyone for stopping by today. Stay well and safe.

❤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Mod Squad - Anything Goes
2. CARDZ-TV - AG Challenge #131
3. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #470-472 - AG
4. Crafty Hazelnut's January Patterned Paper Challenge
5. All Sorts Week #605 - AG
6. We Love Chocolate Baroque January Challenge - Feminine
7. Hero Arts December Stay Crafty Challenge #18- Inspired by (I chose the gentle colors and dimension from Michelle's card.)
8. Pam's Inky Pinkies Challenge - AG
9. Lost Coast Challenge #113 - Something Beginning with B - Butterflies

 

 

 

 

10.  STAMPlorations -Anything Goes Challenge - Use STAMPlorations for focal

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Spring Butterfly - You are Lovely

 

Hi, Friends......

We've been on Christmas Break from homeschooling our granddaughter, so I was able to make a few cards.  (School starts back up tomorrow, though, so who knows how many I will get blogged!!  lol....)  At least I will get my entry into the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge for the week.  :)  

Here's this week's sketch:

I must be yearning for warmer weather because I went with an all-out Spring vibe for my card.  My butterfly is a sticker that I mounted on a scrap of cardstock so I could lift the wings.

   

Supplies used include:
Dollar Store Butterfly sticker
Prima and Petaloo flowers
Verve - Sprightly Sprigs die set (retired)
Darice - Interlocking Circles embossing folder (retired)
The Ink Road - Majestic AF stamp set
Versafine ink in Onyx Black
Patterned paper and cardstock scraps

I know it is only January, but does my card give you spring fever?  It does me!!  Thank you so much for stopping by today.  Stay warm and safe, everyone!

❤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #522
2. CARDZ-TV - AG Challenge #131
3. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #470-472 - AG
4. Crafty Hazelnut's January Patterned Paper Challenge
5. All Sorts Week #605 - AG

December Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 

Hi, Friends.....

I am here with a quick post to reveal the card I sent to Robyn in Australia for the December Card Chain Challenge.  This is such a fun group......and it's not too late to join in for January.  Sign up HERE, but hurry....you only have a few more days!  (But sign-ups for February will begin soon, so don't despair if you miss January!)

Last month the themes were in a Tic Tac Toe grid:

I went with the middle row:  Torn edges, Friendship, and Blue. 

I die cut some flowers from an old piece of border wallpaper....love the arty look of them against the navy tag.  I did some background stamping on the yellow torn piece and used a friendly sentiment.  I topped it off with a few stray hearts I found floating around on my craft table.  :)

Supplies used include:
Sizzix - Thinlits TH Wildflowers #1 die set
Hero Arts background stamp - Forest Floor Bold Prints - retired
Distress Ink in Vintage Paper
Tag from Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set - retired
Sentiment from Cardz-TV -  Banners & Bubbles stamp set
Versafine ink in Majestic Blue
Hearts from the Winnie & Walter - Essentials:  Audrey Cutaways die set - retired
Scraps of patterned paper, cardstock, and wallpaper border paper

Thank you for stopping by for a look at my card.  You can join in the Card Chain Challenge, too.  It's fun and easy.  Sign up HERE.  Hope to see you there!!

❤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. December Card Chain Challenge
2. CARDZ-TV - AG Challenge #131
3. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #470-472 - AG
4. Crafty Hazelnut's January Patterned Paper Challenge
5. All Sorts Week #605 - AG

Thank You Cards with Upcycled Gift Wrap

Hi, Friends......

Time to write thank you notes for all those wonderful Christmas gifts we received! I used more of the gift wrap pieces I scavenged from opening presents to make some simple thank you cards. I really love this teal snowflake gift wrap. As you can see, I am still trying to use up my 7-pointed foam snowflakes! Ha.

 Here's a set from a different gift wrap piece.  I added a bit of ribbon to these. 

 

Supplies used include:
Winnie &Walter - In a Word: Thanks Cutaway die - retired
Scraps of Gift Wrap
Scraps of solid cardstock
Dollar Store foam snowflakes
Ribbon from stash

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you are enjoying a quiet week after the excitement of Christmas.  I love having some down time to craft.  Stay safe and healthy!!

❤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering these cards in the following challenges:
1. Crafty Hazelnut's December Patterned Paper Challenge
2. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #470-472 - AG
3. CARDZ-TV Challenge #130 - AG
4. Die Cut Divas Challenge #222 -- AG with a Die Cut or EF

My First Christmas Card for the 2021 Season

 

Hi, Friends.....

I feel like I have been underwater for so long I almost forgot how to get crafty and make a blog post!!  But after Christmas I always have a surge of crafty motivation.....so heeeeeeeere I am with my first Christmas card for the 2021 season!!!  YAY!!!

Do you ever wish you could make use of some of that pretty wrapping paper tossed aside after gifts are opened?  At my house, it usually just gets burned after the festivities, but I always try to save some to make a few backgrounds for Christmas cards.  That's what I did for the card I am sharing today.  

I chose some rich red and gold tissue salvaged from the trash pile and decoupaged it onto some scrap card stock.  The decoupage medium gives a subtle texture from the foam brush strokes and stabilizes the paper so it doesn't tear.  I added a beautiful die cut made from scraps on a dry embossed background for added texture.  Some gleaming gold photo corners give a tailored and elegant finish to complete the card.

Supplies used include:
Creative Expressions - Festive Collection Joy 2 pc die set (retired)
Darice - Honeycomb embossing folder (retired)
Royal Coat - Satin Finish Decoupage Medium
Scrapbook Adhesives - Photo Corners in gold
Scraps of tissue gift wrap
Scraps of solid cardstock from stash
Distress Ink - Walnut Stain for edges of tissue panel
Fun Foam from Dollar Store for under the embossed panel
 

Hope you liked my card.  I made three of them just alike to get me going on my Christmas stash for 2021!!  Ho ho ho!!

Thank you for stopping by today.  Have a restful time between the holidays this week.

❤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Let's Squash It! Challenge #3 - Embossing Folder + Die Cut or Fussy Cutting

 
 

 

 

 

 

2. Christmas Kickstart Challenge #45 - AG Christmas Cards

 
 

 

 

 

 

3. Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #393 - Use Snippets
4. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #522 - AG Christmas
5. Crimbo Crackers Challenge #222 - AG Christmas
6. CARDZ-TV Challenge #130 - AG
7. Die Cut Divas Challenge #222 -- AG with a Die Cut or EF 
8. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #470-472 - AG