Thinking of You

Dang... it's been HOT as HOT can be around here all week. Storms yesterday evening and this morning too. Time to stay in and get inky! That's just what I did and I created this little number for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

I used a delicate leafy rubber stamp by IO for the two tall rectangles in the sketch. A scrap of patterned paper for the vertical rectangle and retired Poppystamps geraniums for the circle portion. I topped those blooms with a sweet hummingbird by PPP. I colored him to match the little ruby throated fella that has been frequenting our feeder. 

Off we go to the FMS gallery. 

Thanks so much for stopping by, I appreciate it!

Just Us Girls #830 ~ Laugh Every Day!

     

Hey there, thanks so much for stopping by today! It's a new month at Just Us Girls and we have the fabulous Bonnie Klass joining us as our guest designer! Ina has a fun challenge for DIE WEEK. She wants us to use a FORGOTTEN FAVORITE. If you're like me, you have a few of those in your stash! I went waaaaay back to my early days of blogging when I was all about Papertrey Ink. I would visit their blog daily and frequent their online store. Their challenges and blog hops were my reason for starting a blog. Today's card is all PTI, I'm still a fan! 

Remember their Flower Fusion series? This one is #10 and I think I bought it in 2012. The sentiment is from the set too but the little bees came from another oldie: Tag-it's #3! Berry Sorbet, Orange Zest and Green Parakeet for the inks with a Berry Sorbet mat added. I popped up the die cut flowers with foam tape. Cute huh! Oh and BTW, I almost ALWAYS use their white cardstock for my whites and card bases. I do use a couple of others, but their's is my go to. 

Okay, dig deep and break out some of those old favorite dies. Pop over to the blog for loads of inspiration from the team and our guest, Bonnie!

CAS Christmas ~ Let It Snow

We're sending cooling thoughts your way with a new challenge at CAS Christmas! Making a snowman in July would be impossible in Ohio with our usual hot humid temps. But the paper kind can always be done! I pulled out an old woodblock stamp for today's card. Take a look...

He's a tall skinny frosty fella from Art Gone Wild. I tucked him into a Reverse Confetti arched die cut that was adhered to a teal card base.  A sprinkling of snowflakes (also an old woodblock stamp; no company markings) were stamped with white ink. I used a simple sentiment tab by Memory Box to finish it off. A couple of layers, but still very CAS!

Okay, your turn to build a snowman. You have the whole month and can play more than once if you want to!

Just Us Girls #829 ~ Happy Birthday

Well hello there! We have our new challenge up at Just Us Girls. It's stencil week and I'm hosting! I have a cutie patootie birthday card for your inspiration. Take a look...

I started with a stenciled panel using a WF stencil set. I cut it with the largest SSS Scalloped Arches and, as you can see, left off the scallops. Next, I die cut an oval from the center of the panel. Everything went back together on a white card base. My cutie patootie little lion from Stamps By Judith is the focal point. He has a glittery chest and whiskers. I opted for an oversized sentiment tab from MB and rounded the top corners of the card base to echo the big arch. I liiiiike it!!

Pull a stencil set from your stash and come play along. 

We love it when you do!

Poppystamps

 

Brace yourselves... I've made somewhat of a masculine card and I'm sharing it on the Poppystamps blog today! Pop over for all the details!