Just Us Girls #839 ~ Thank You

It's DIE WEEK at Just Us Girls with Sue as out hostess. She's looking for THANKS die cuts. It's also a new month so that means a new guest designer. We're happy to have Julia Aston joining us!

I couldn't decide between a thanks or thank you die. Since this one was already cut, it seemed to say pick me! I popped it onto a pretty GinaK embossed card base then added some Pinkfresh flowers and a trio of Poppystamps Nordic Butterflies. A sweet and simple way to send my thanks to someone!

We do hope you'll join us this week. Remember, if you are picked as our Winner of the Week, you have a chance to guest design with us!

CAS Christmas ~ Joy

Hey there! It's my turn to host over at CAS Christmas and I've picked the theme of WOODLAND CRITTERS. I hope you'll break out those cute little animals and come play along with us. You have the whole month of September to get crafty! I knew just the cutie little critter I wanted to use. Take a look...

Sweet little Birch by Purple Onion Design was my critter of choice. I love this little fella! He's just the cutest wee rabbit in his striped stocking cap. After some Copic coloring and fussy cutting, I put him in a CAS scene with a couple of retired Poppystamps Dimpled Trees. This older sentiment from PPP worked perfectly as a place to stand or ground Birch. A trio of wintery snowflakes and it was good to go. 

We do hope you'll join us this month. Just remember to use a woodland critter and keep your design clean and simple. Thanks for spending a bit of your day with me... and Birch!

FMS ~ Peace on Earth

After a long walk with my hubby this evening, I put together a quick card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I couldn't let Michele's cute sketch slip by without playing along and I can always use an extra Christmas card!

I wanted to use my favorite Waffle Flower Poinsettia for this one. It was cut from red cardstock and popped onto two (old!) Spellbinders postage die cuts. A sentiment tab by Memory Box and it was good to go. I love this one and I hope the gals at FMS do too!

Wishing you all a blessed weekend!

Just Us Girls #838 ~ Sending Hugs To You

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls! 

I pulled out a Pinkfresh set I haven't used in quite a while.

These snippets were already foiled and die cut. All I had to do was add the color! I popped them into a pretty frame, also Pinkfresh, then onto an embossed card base. A foiled sentiment tab finished things off.

Just wanted to let you know, I might be MIA for a wee bit. I'm having surgery on my wrist Sept. 1st. Remember that fall I took in May? An MRI in late July showed broken bones in my wrist and palm along with a complete ligament tear that the x-ray in May didn't. Lots of things moving around in there that shouldn't be. Pain every day and my orthopedic surgeon said if I do nothing, I will definitely get major painful arthritis. 6 weeks in a full arm cast, then 4 weeks in a smaller one, followed by PT. A couple of months of inconvenience outweighs a lifetime of pain. 

I've been working bit by bit since this news to get my DT assignments made ahead. So, there will be posts through the end of the year and I'm pretty good at one handed typing for visits to your blogs and comments. That will help keep me sane! I hate sitting around, I'm always on the move. My hubby calls me a spitfire!

I Believe in You

I couldn't let the 800th challenge at The Paper Players get by me without playing along! I wasn't even blogging yet when they had their first challenge, but I've played along many times over the years! This one's for you ladies along with a big congratulations!

I pulled out some of my oldest patterned papers for this one. The scalloped square is a PPP tag with the tab tucked behind the scalloped rectangle piece. The rectangle was cut with a PPP border then inked on the edges for a bit of distressing. I topped these with some retired Poppystamps polka dot geraniums. A couple of Martha Stewart punched butterflies with their little wings inked are fluttering about. Finally, an encouraging sentiment by Altenew.

Off we go to the gallery. Thanks for visiting!