Inspired By......

 ...Lawn Fawn's own Chari Moss!!

Yes, Chari is one who inspires me often - I've learned so much from her.  And we share a similar background with our studies and careers in architecture. I love her design ability and of course, the fact she also does not use glitter - we are both "Stickles gals"! She also does great "lives" with Jenn - they are so fun together!

Anyway, I love her take on Lawn Fawn's "Silly Goose, Rain or Shine". And, because I know that Chari does lots of stitching, I decided that I would add a stitched frame to my card.

Here's my inspiration by Chari:

And, here is my version. I've been trying to improve my cloud stenciling, so I used this as an opportunity to practice and, of course, I added Stickles. This is such a fun and versatile set.....I only wish that we had more rain to play in here in California!

I plan to enter this into the Lawn Fawn Challenge Blog. Thanks, as always Chari, for your inspiration and thank you for the visit.

Have Faith

 Sometime ago I made some cards for a fundraiser at our church. I needed something fairly simple and quick to make in multiples and visually impactful. This is what I came up with.

The butterfly is a widely recognized symbol for resurrection, transformation and the soul.  And I happen to have several random (and very old) butterfly stamps.

I made the background with an embossing folder, some sparkly Perfect Pearls and watercolor splatter. The sentiment is also from a very old set, no longer available.

This is headed for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge which is "With Wings"

Thanks for the visit, 

A Stitch in Time...

 Makes this card MINE!!!

Hi, crafty friends!

Having not done it in quite some time I've returned to stitching on cards. I find it is something I can do while watching the news in the evenings.

I used Concord & 9th cardstock for which I have some closely matching embroidery thread. The die is Spellbinders Layered Sitched Background (an oldie!). The sweet butterfly is die cut from vellum with Simon Says Stamp Whirl Butterflies wafer dies  and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Simple Sentiments

This stitching took only about 45 minutes and was very relaxing!

This will be on its way to a special mother and to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for which the theme is Mother's Day/Feminine. 

Have a great day and thanks for the visit!

Maureen

 One More For Monday!

I've recently been playing with Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and have enjoyed it - sometimes we need a little kick in the pants to think outside our comfy boxes.

This week's challenge is "Whatever the Weather" and I decided to make a shaped card, something that I rarely do. I love rainbows and this one is from Honey Bee called Rainbow Dreams.

This is certainly a sparkly rainbow - I used some terrific glitter paper (glitter flakes are not allowed in my house!). I don't see a bucket of gold anywhere, do you? Ha! I guess that happens next month for St. Patty's Day.

Have a colorful day and thanks for the visit!

 Whatever the Weather

Good morning! I have another post for the current Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This stamp is a very old, long retired stamp from Hero Arts. I was one of that wonderful company's first customers (Yes, I am old!) and I have never been able to get rid of this stamp. I've always loved cities and, in fact, my career was city planning.

I thought it would be fun to add some silliness to the cloudy sky. The rainbow is watercolored and so happy!

Have a great day and thanks for the visit!

 All Kinds of Weather

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is "Whatever the Weather". it sure has been a year of crazy and problematic weather in so many places.

This little fella makes my heart happy and I enjoyed coloring it with Copic markers. I used both some inking techniques and some patterned paper for the background and added some clouds with "silver linings".

Have a sunny day and thanks for the visit!

With Wheels

 This week’s Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is “Things With Wheels”. This gave me the perfect excuse to get out my new Elizabeth Crafts Dogs Dies and stamps. The detail on these dies is amazing and the cute dogs are such fun to put together.

I blended Distress Inks onto the background and the dog. The Lawn Fawn Brick Stencil and Simon Says Stamp Flashy Flare 3D Embossing Folder (with touches of Sizzix Luster Wax) add depth and texture to the background.

My dog is a skater dude with a baseball hat, reflective sunglasses and an attitude!

The heat-embossed gold sentiment is from the Dog Days Sentiments.

 These sets have so much to offer and endless possibilities.

Thanks for the visit, 

With Wings 3

Hello again!

Here I am with my third card headed to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, "With Wings". I didn't realize that I need a separate blog for each entry. 

This is a fun min-slimline card made with a simple canary and some fun paper strips.

Thanks, 

With Wings 2

 Hello again!

I just learned that I need a separate blog post for each entry so here is this again!

My bright and cheery bumble bee with fun colors and some interesting dimension.

This is headed to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, "With Wings".

Thanks so much, 

 With Wings

I was inspired to resurrect my blog with the current Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. I'm not an instagram person, so this is my only format for posting cards. It has been about a year since I've posted....I decided that I really didn't need a job, which is what this became. But here I am!

I have 3 cards to share consistent with the challenge "Things With Wings". As my friends know I don't do floral cards. I am a critter gal, but I also love doing bugs, butterflies, birds and airplanes so I thought this would be fun to enter. And revisiting my blogging skills isn't a bad idea.

This first card is a clean and simple one with an adorable water-colored birdie, a simple sentiment and some splatter.

This bumble bee is bright and cheery! I rarely use yellow, but I love the way color works on this card and it has fun dimension.

Again, I rarely make a mini-slimline but this design, using strips of cute paper, just needed to be this shape and size. Another fairly simple image and design.

I am happy to share these. I hope you are having a good New Year - we are one month closer to Spring!

Thanks for the visit,