A few things

Well here it is almost six months since I last posted, don't know why, just didn't.
Anyhow here are some of the cards I have made during this time.  Not all of them Di
just a few I remembered to take pictures of.

Second post for today!

A couple more pictures one for a (almost) Christmas birthday...

And a December wedding...

I've made this card previously and liked it so much decided to make it again.  I like the look of the white on white with just a touch of gold, the embossed background makes it elegant looking I think.

YIKES!

It has been months since I visited my blog, my friend Diane of Rubber 'n Rafters has inspired me as she recently posted on her blog, guess we've both been in some kind of funk!

I'm just posting a few cards that I have made over the last several months, here they are:

A cute little hand sanitizer gift box for Halloween, so fun to make and give.

A simple thanksgiving card...

Retro wood wagon Christmas card for my brothers...

 
 How about these adorable Christmas tags.  Guess I was over ambitious as I thought I'd make quite a few tags, but time got away from me and I only managed these two.  Don't you just love the sweet little deer...

 

 Almost forgot these adorable coffee mugs, with a package of Chocolate chips melted using an ice cube tray with added wooden spoon, mini marshmallows and a cute tag with directions ...

(yes I stamped on the handle of the spoon, so cute) 

 

That's it for now, thanks for looking Di!

THE PAPER PLAYERS 400th THEME CHALLENGE

Wow, that's a lot of challenges The Paper Players have challenged all of us devoted crafters to make.

Thought I'd join in the festivities with my latest birthday card taking inspiration literally from the theme picture showing balloons which I stenciled as my focal point.  I added a sprinkling of tiny stars in silver ink for a bit of glam.  Printed a sentiment on a strip of CS and done!  A very CAS almost one layer card, cept for the sentiment.

That's it for today, thanks for taking the time to visit.
Hugs,
Nancy

THE PAPER PLAYERS - CLEAN & SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 398

Thought I'd enter my "bird" card for Jaydee's challenge at The Paper Players blog, so here it is.  I just happened to be making this card for my son-in-law's birthday and thought it fit the challenge nicely.

I borrowed this stamp set from my good friend Diane Oliver over at Rubber and Rafters.  She must have at least a thousand stamp sets, dies, etc.,  and when I'm here for the summer she allows me to go pick and  choose to my hearts content.
The stamp set is from Papertrey Ink called Feather Finery, I love the detail in the gorgeous feather.  I used Stampin' Up's new Blueberry Bushel ink, which is a gorgeous blue along with some gold embossing powder for the dots amongst the feather as well as the sentiment and a strip of gold foil paper along the side.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink called Just Desserts. The little blue bird is also from the Feather Finery stamp set, I think he/she's adorable!
Thanks for looking and hope you have time to leave a comment, I'd love to hear from you.

Nancy

PS
Here's a peak at the inside of the card, also embossed with gold powder and another smaller bird.

TEXTURED ROSES

Just a line or two to show you one of my new cards.  The stamp set is from Papertrey Ink's May release.  It is a two-step stamp unlike some of their others, this one is a little more subtle I think.
Anyhow here it is...

For the background I used just the first stamping with Soft Stone ink in an all-over pattern.  The focal image was stamped first in Amethyst Allure ink and the second stamping with Royal Velvet ink.  I used a frame of Amethyst Allure cardstock before adhering to the base, stamped the sentiment and that was it.

It's definitely a different (for me) card image, but it's growing on me.
Thanks for looking and hope to hear from you.
Hugs
Nancy

New color combo for me!

I'm making an effort to use up some of my paper that I seldom use.  This time it is Stampin' Up's Pacific Point  card stock.

Since we always seem to need many birthday cards I decided to make a few using this color and some of my floral dies.

Here is the result...

 

If you know SU colors this blue doesn't look like Pacific Point, it must be the outdoor light that makes it appear different.  Anyhow my flowers are a two-step stamp, the first stamp I did in Pool Party and then stamped over it using the 2nd stamp in Pacific Point.

I added a few sprigs of leaves using first Lucky Limeade followed up with the 2nd stamp using Gumball Green.  I think the leaves and flowers have a lot of  line detail that really adds to the stamps.

Speaking of stamps the floral stamp I used is an older one from Papertrey In (PTI) called "The Sweet Life" .  The sentiment is also from PTI, it is called "Birthday Cheer".  I used two stitched die frames the blue just a little larger than the white one and adhered them together, I then splattered a little of the pool party color on both cards for a little added interest.

Here's a close-up of the flowers you can see the pool party color peeking through, in real-life the flowers are quite lovely and in the close-up the Pacific Point color looks more like it's true color.

 

Thanks for visiting, hope to see you soon,
Hugs,
Nancy