Just Start

I hope to encourage someone with this card...

many times you just have to DIVE IN...right???

I'm submitting this CAS card to

CAS-ual Fridays:CFC131

(3 Colors/pink,orange,yellow; 3 Focal dies)

This second card  ironically was photographed on a very very gloomy day...so yellow is WELCOME!!!

This indoor sunshine is for

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Not so Mellow Yellow

~~~~It may be gloomy...but I am thankful for all the mercies of today~~~~

 CARD ONE

dies: Spellbinders (Label 25,Classic Circles,Blossom Tags and Accents)

stamps: Verve Words of Wisdom, (retired company) The Craft's Meow Welcome to the Office 

paper: Studio Calico Wanderlust,Georgia Pacific white

ink: Memento (Dandelion,Tangelo,Angel Pink),Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz

CARD TWO

paper: Fancy Pants Parkbench,kraft paper,Authentique Blissful,Studio Calico Take Note

dies: Spellbinders (Scalloped Circles,Blossom Tags and Accents),WPlus9 Quilt Cuts 1,Papertrey Ink Hello Sunshine

Grateful to Pieces

I had some fun today with patterned paper from a myriad of paper packs I've owned since 2011...

I used my PTI Hello Sunshine to get those nice, neat triangles.

Check out

Make It Monday #162: Paper Scrap Pie Charts

host:  Melissa


You'll fall in love all over again with those patterns from days gone by! ;)


dies: Papertrey Ink (Hello Sunshine, Counting My Blessings, Mat Stack 3)





 

CAS and Treasure Your Friendship

I brought out that poppy set again for

Simon Says Keep it Clean and Simple.

Here's another card for 

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #129

~~~I pray you had a wonderful day friends~~~

Card One:

stamp: My Favorite Things LJD Pretty Poppies

ink: Memento (Peanut Brittle,Toffee Crunch),Jenni Bowlin Weather Vane,Tim Holtz Tea Dye

paper: Georgia Pacific white,American Crafts Sketchbook

die: My Favorite Things Die-namics Sentiment Strips

Card Two:

stamp: Papertrey Ink (Rosie Posie,The Sweet Life),Verve Treasured Words

ink: Papertrey Ink (Hawaiian Shores, Green Leaf),Memento Peanut Brittle

paper: Georgia Pacific white,Simple Stories Color Vibe 1

die: Papertrey Ink (The Sweet Life,Rosie Posie),Verve Rounded Rectangle

Two Different Blooms

I created with a couple of blooms today.

One large...

Hip on Handwriting Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

(I love the look of Ali Edwards' handwriting)

with spring colors from...

Inspired By #112

One small...

with a missing petal for

Papercrafts April Gallery Challenge:Get Well Greetings

 Small or large...I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE FLOWERS TO BLOOM...CAN YOU???!!

Card One

stamp: Technique Tuesday Incredible,Avery Elle Rounded Diamonds

ink: Versafine Onyx, Papertrey Ink (Aqua Mist,Hibiscus Burst,Green Leaf)

other: Gutermann Sequins

paper: Prima Instrospection, Studio Calico Wanderlust,Georgia Pacific white

Card Two

stamp: Waltzingmouse Stamps Teeny Trees

die: WPlus9 Quilt Cuts 1, My Favorite Things Die-namics Sentiment Strips

paper: Basic Grey Hey You!,Georgia Pacific white,Bazzill

ink: Memento Rhubarb Stalk,Papertrey Ink Hawaiian Shores

Pinks, Blues and a Verve Sketch

I had fun making this angular card...

It's a flipped, lopsided version of the envelope looking sketch at

Viva la Verve April 2014 Week 4

I'm also loving blues(teals,navy,turquoise) matched with pinks/corals right now...

Check it...

Inspired By #112

Yummy spring inspiration, right?!

I've been super busy, but super happy lately...somehow I've squeezed crafting into these freebie pockets of time.

Like I mentioned, if you can just get a card/project STARTED...

you can pick up where you left off anytime and get 'er done!!! ;)

Card One

stamp: Verve Better Together

dies: Spellbinders (Label 25,Blossom Tags and Accents),Papertrey Ink Meadow Greens

paper: Studio Calico Snippets,Carta Bella Hello Again,Georgia Pacific white

ink: Versafine Onyx,Tim Holtz Mustard Seed

Card Two

stamp: Papertrey Ink (The Sweet Life,Rosie Posie), Hero Arts So Kind sentiment

ink: Hero Arts Soft Cantaloupe,Papertrey Ink (Enchanted Evening,Aqua Mist)

paper: Basic Grey Hey You!,Studio Calico (Wanderlust, Take Note),Georgia Pacific white

other: Basic Grey Hey Boy Die Cut Cardstock and Transparencies

Playing With Shapes

Oh my, oh my...I love me some shapes. ;)


I don't know if it's because I played

 'til it hurt...or because I'm drawn to contemporary and those angular risks.


Either way...when I got my hands on Rounded Diamonds...



I. WAS. DONE. FOR.

Good gravy Avery Elle and J.J.   ....thank you, thank you for these gorgeous shapes!!!

Avery Elle Challenge #5

stamp: Avery Elle Rounded Diamonds

ink: Papertrey (Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf,Aqua Mist)

other: Basic Grey Hey Boy Die Cut Cardstock and Transparencies