For Your Special Day

 

It's been a long time since I used these pretty peony stamps, Beautiful Day, from Altenew.  This set makes the perfect all occasion set especially for a birthday!  

I'm happy to be submitting my card to these fun challenges:

 

Altenew - July Inspiration

 

Double D - Basket Full of Posies

 

The Flower Challenge - Birthday

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

 

 

Sweet Scents of Summer

 

Can’t you just smell the scent of oranges?!  This lovely Orange Blossoms die set fromAltenew is perfect for creating projects for any occasion.  I coupled it with the Altenew Window Slats Embossing Folder for the background and sentiment from Honey Bee Stamps Be Still stamp set which I cut out with the Honey Bee Stamps Be Still coordinating die.

Saturday Coffee Cafe - Tea Time

 

Happy Saturday and welcome to the Cafe!  I'm so glad you stopped by to see what's brewing....

I've been itching to get inky and finally got the chance!  I like to dabble in simple mixed media and this Honey Bee Stamps Teapot & Cup dies were perfect to play with.  I used Distress Oxide Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire inks plus Distress Mica Stain Harvest Moon plus lots of water spritzing.

The pretty little flowers and leaves are from Spellbinders Delicious Decorations dies.  I used Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber for the flowers and blended the edges with Distress Oxide Gathered Twigs. For the leaves, I used Distress Oxide Peeled Paint and edged them with Distress Oxide Forest Moss.

For the background, I used Altenew Organic Linen Embossing Folder and added the sentiment from Spellbinders Sentiments For You.

 

Saturday Coffee Cafe - Books 'n Brew

 

Happy Saturday and welcome to the Cafe!  I'm so glad you stopped in today to see what's brewing...

I have a hard time just sitting to relax. I don't watch TV or take naps.  I'm always 'doing' something - even if it's 'doing' something that I find relaxing like crafting.  One of my favorite ways to relax is grabbing a fresh cup of coffee and a good book!  I recently finished reading "Washington's Immortals"  and just started "The Indispensables" - both by Patrick K. O'Donnell...and got to enjoy some awesome Kona coffee from Hawaii that my daughter brought back for me when she was vacationing there.

For my card, I embossed kraft cardstock with Altenew Organic Linen 3D Embossing Folder and adhered the piece to the cardbase.  How fun are these book, glasses and floral dies?!!  They are from SugarPea Designs Open Book dies and the cup is from SugarPea Designs Coffee Cuties dies.  The sentiment is STAMPlorations Good Books and Coffee.

 

How Are You Doing?

 

In our busy lives we can’t always find the time to call folks just to see how they are doing.  Sending them a pretty card with a handwritten note is the next best thing!

1.  For my card, layered blue cardstock to the card base then embossed white cardstock with Altenew Organic Linen Embossing Folder that I brushed the edges with Distress Oxide Ink – Antique Linen.

2.  This lovely floral wreath and flowers are from the new Altenew Sentimental Florals Stamp set and coordinating dies.  There are extra flowers and leaves in the set which I used a few to tuck into the wreath and put at the bottom.  I did put the wreath on a slant - just liked it that way! It was very relaxing to Copic color all these pretty images.

 

5.  To finish, I gold embossed a sentiment from the same stamp set with Lawn Fawn’s Gold Embossing Powder.

Supplies Used:

Altenew Sentimental Florals Stamp set and coordinating dies

Altenew Organic Linen Embossing Folder

Distress Oxide Ink – Antique Linen

Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool

MISTI Stamping Tool

Lawn Fawn’s Gold Embossing Powder

COPIC Sketch Markers:

B41, B45

R81, R85, R89

Y18

YG23, YG67

YR24, YR27