Just Us Girls #807

Bobby is hosting STENCIL WEEK for us at Just Us Girls. Any stencil you have works for us. You can use it as a background, a focal, whatever you decide. I picked a pretty stencil set by Pinkfresh Studio for my card. Take a look...

This is only the second time I've used this stencil in a year ~ OY! I bought it on sale for a steal. I think I wasn't thrilled with the colors I used the first time around, so it got pushed aside. I'm much happier with this version. I also love that I have the dies to go with the set. A pretty Pinkfresh sentiment was added along with a sprinkling of rhinestones. 

I can't wait to see what stencil you pick out for our challenge this week. You are planning to play along, right?

Poppystamps

I'm sharing more birthday fun on the Poppystamps blog today!

Vroom Vroom... see you there!  

Signs of Winter!

Brrrr.... is it cold in your neck of the woods? It sure is here. It's was a crazy morning weather-wise too. One minute there were white out conditions, the next the sun was shining, then more snow! And now... WIND! Seemed like the perfect time to take advantage of Joanne's CAS Signs of Winter Card Challenge at The Paper Players.

I brought my sweet Impression Obsession Snow Baby out to play today. Copic colored and added to my favorite PPP tag die. I added a large DeNami snowflake to the background that was paired with a smaller Hero Arts image. No sentiment. I'll add it when I decide what to use this one for.

Off we go to the gallery. Stay warm!

With All My Heart

As the snow falls and the laundry tumbles, I had thoughts of summer and our yellow knockout roses on my mind! Seeing the bare bushes on either side of our little Max's grave had me longing for warmer days and those gorgeous yellow blooms. So, I put this together using this week's challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. Take a look...

I stamped an IO Fairy Rose with Versa Mark ink, gold heat embossed it, colored it with Copics and fussy cut it. It was added to a card base with a sweet Amy Tangerine embossed panel, a strip of PP and a little gold border snippet. The sentiment is by The Stamp Market.

I'll set this aside for our anniversary. You see, my guy planted those roses for me two years ago as a Mother's Day gift. More than once he's mentioned to me, "Those yellow roses are quite lovely, babe."

Have a great weekend!

Just Us Girls #806

Hey there! It's time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls! Vicki is our hostess and she's given us a Mood Board with so many possibilities. 

I have to admit, I was a bit stumped on this one! I finally settled in on the pine trees and that little log cabin in the bottom center to create a simple masculine card. 

The Purple Onion trees were stamped on a postage die from The Stamp Market. As a nod to the log cabin, I stamped a woodgrain background (POD) and die cut it with a MFT Wonky Rectangle die. All of the postal elements are from the PRS Happy Mail set. I added the trio of little gold hearts to cover a boo boo. The trees were stamped with Altenew ink and it was not Copic friendly!

Not thrilled with this one, but hey, you can't win 'em all! I'm sure I'll be much happier with what you add to our gallery!