Altenew Floral Sprig

 

For the Wednesday challenge of "Beautiful Blooms" with Altenew. I used "Floral Sprig" and the Spellbinders sentiment from Paradise Resort.

Spellbinders Fun

I have been working with the wonderful Spellbinders June 2024 club kit this week, in summer mode!

The first card is for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Add a Sentiment".  This uses the Paradise Resort stamps and dies, the Summertime Waves embossing folder. All other stamps and dies in the other cards are also from the June kit.
 

Shaped Mailbox Card

 

This adorable mailbox shaped gift card holder is from Art Impressions and contains the stamps and dies to create it. The flag goes up or down and the door opens to slide in the card. This is for the Wednesday challenge over at Simon Says Stamp.

Summertime Vacay

 

Summertime Vacay dies from the Spellbinders June 2024 club kits. 

For the Monday and Wednesday challenges at Simon Says Stamp.

Fourth of July!

Happy and safe Fourth of July to everyone who celebrates it! Various dies used to make this shaker card, Simon Says Stamp sentiment and streamers. For both the Monday and the Wednesday Challenges this week at Simon. Shaker embellishments are called "Old Glory" by Sprinkletz.

Beach Huts

 Honey Bee Stamps "Palm Beach" cover plate die and coordinating stencils set the scene here with some colorful beach hut cabana dies. 

Beach Bag

Happy Summer!! I got these dies a while back and am finally getting to them. Papertrey Ink Go-To gift card holder Beach Bag dies are a delight and sold out now. I made several cards and may do a few more since they are so much fun! 

Adventure Awaits

 

For the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge of "Transportation". I used Tim Holtz Ephemera with 7 Gypsies "Global" paper and The Paper Studio mini gears.

Sunny Smiles

 It's almost officially summer! This card uses Hello Bluebird "Beach Play" stamps. Sun and sentiment are by Hero Arts.

Father's Day

 

For both the Monday and Wednesday challenges at Simon Says Stamp with the theme of Masculine.

 I used Tim Holtz supplies dor this one, "Timekeeper" Sizzix die, stamps, stencils, and embossing pastes.

Pocket Tag

 I picked up most of the new Tim Holtz Vault dies right before I left for vacation and had to start experimenting with them when I got back home. This one is Vault Boutique #666607, my favorite dies in this one are the lace doily and the rose. I found that if you put a piece of wax paper between the die and the card stock it cuts it so much better! I used various ephemera, stencil, and embossing folder that are all from Tim Holtz (and TH Sizzix).

Floral Wishes

Variations using the same stamp set- "Sending Floral Wishes" by Spellbinders.

The blue cards are inspire by Juliana Michaels and her "Faux Bleach" technique on youtube. For one I used glitter gloss to lift up some of the distress oxide ink color and I love the sparkly shine it left behind.

The other cards on the white were just for some unwinding coloring relaxation after a month away. That was my longest vacation in a very long time and I was getting so homesick by the end of it all. It's wonderful to get away but just as wonderful to get back home. 

 

Lovely Layers Iris

 New Honey Bee Stamps "Lovely Layers Iris" is exquisite, I can't wait to make them in so many different colors. For the background I used the Salvaged Brick stencil and sprayed it through with Speckled Egg and Antique Linen distress oxide sprays. The sentiment is from "Sealed With Love" which is a must have for your handmade cards, the sequins are "Unforgettable Memories".

Challenge Cards

Some cards for my weekly Christmas card challenge with the themes of Poinsettia, Christmas Choir, and Snowy Shaker.

 

Vintage Roses

 It's Honey Bee Stamps week here at my house. This is the Bold Backgrounds Vintage Roses and it is fairly easy to assemble using the layering guide provided on their website.

More Mailbox

The Honey Bee Stamps Vintage Mailbox is slightly addicting, it goes together so easily. I used the Simply Spring paper and also the Vintage Roses, Sweetheart Roses, and Mini Postcard dies.

Vintage Mailbox and Roses

 I followed Kristie Marcotte's wonderful Youtube tutorial for making this Honey Bee Stamps Vintage Mailbox with Vintage Roses dies so I could familiarize myself with these lovely dies. 

Blue Bird

 Getting some more mileage out of the Honey Bee Stamps die cuts- Love Birds and Layering Birdcage. Really love these, endless possibilities for bird colors!

Love Birds

 Honey Bee Stamps dies for the Love Birds and Layered Birdcage. Background is various Tim Holtz distress oxide sprays and inks.

Tim Holtz Easter

I am a lover of all things Tim Holtz, especially the dies (and the inks, papers, stamps, ephemera, etc.). Here are two cards I made for spring and Easter.

 

Cherry Blossoms

 I was so thrilled to have won the March Card Kit from Hero Arts. It is so awesome with stamps, dies, transfers, ink pads, and sweet little pearlized gems in pink shades. The Japanese mountains, flowers, and scenes in this are SO lovely.

All supplies here are from the kit, the card stock is from Stampin' Up! 

Happy Easter

 Happy Easter! I hope your day is lovely.

This is Mr. Rabbit, an awesome stamp set from Tim Holtz that will get lots of use when Easter is over. I stamped and colored him with Lyra colored pencils. The background is distress oxide inks and distress spray with some Brushos color crystals. I fussy cut the rabbit and adhered him to the card base.

Darcie's

 Time for another Simon Says Stamp challenge, this one is Easter Spring, found HERE. I used Darcie's Heart and Home stamps and some Bo Bunny paper for a flat mailable card.

Peeps

Peeps stamp set and stencil are Scrapbook.com exclusives and very versatile. Lots of fun stamps and sentiments in the set. The die cuts are must haves!
 I think Peeps are a food group to go on the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge for Food Or Drink.

Authentique Jubilee

One sheet of Authentique "Jubilee" paper to create these three with some left to spare for a slimline and a tag, maybe. I loved this paper and was hesitant to cut it up, paper pieced part of it for the rabbit card. The remaining piece (not shown) is the basket weave pattern so I may use that to make some Easter baskets. Honey Bee Lovely Layers "Sweetheart Roses", Tim Holtz "Solos" for bookmark with Worn Wallpaper Scraps. I used an old technique by heating up the organdy ribbon to make it curl and shrink. I always loved doing this!