Pink Trellis

 Hello All and Happy Fourth of July Week! 

With it still being furnace-like outside, I am once again inside crafting.  It has been quite some time since I participated in an Altenew Challenge, but since I just got some Altenew goodies, I wanted to play along.  

I was inspired by several parts of this picture.   Of course the pink flowers, but also the pale blue curtain and the Moroccan style white lattice.  I was also inspired by the brass items and embossed the 'thanks' in brass.  

I used the following products~

Altenew Cascading Flowers Stamp Set

Altenew Dainty Leaves Die Set

Altenew Sulfur Cosmos Stamp Set

Altenew Rustic Charm Propject Kit

Sizzix retired cover plate die

Copic Markers

Tim Holtz Speckled Egg Distress Spray

I am also linking up to the following 

-Just Us Girls Challenge- die week

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed July 4th!  

Lee Ann  

 

Fly Away

 Hello and Happy Summer!  

While I should be organizing my craft room, I am crafting in it instead.  It's good getting back into crafting and with the hot steamy weather, I 'd rather be inside.  

Today's card is a vintage birthday card for a boy.  I used this sweet old Penny Black image and colored it with Copics, then fussy cut him out.  

I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts Challenge~

I embossed the background panel with an old Spellbinders embossing folder.  The decorative background panel was die cut out with my Penny Black Classy Frames Die.  A couple of flag die cuts ground the image.  

The sentiment was pieced together with two sentiments, the first one being from PTI.  Other brand is unknown. 

I am also linking up to the Krafty Chicks Challenge~

I am also linking up to Just Us Girls Challenge, as I used my 'must have' Classy Frames Dies from Penny Black.  I'm guessing they are from 2 or 3 years ago. 

Thanks for stopping by!  

Lee Ann 

Tiffany Blue and Blessed

 Hello Friends!  

After a few weeks of travel, I am trying to get back to card making.  Today's card uses the Freshly Made Sketches sketch.  

Here is the sketch I used.  

The sentiment is from Unity Stamps, Ginko foliage is a retired set from Impression Obsession and the bird is from Creative Worship Stamps.  Images were colored with Copics and fussy cut out. 

I am also linking up to -

Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

Triple B's June Challenge 

and Colorful Options Challenge, where I was inspired by the tiffany blue color.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed weekend!

Lee Ann  

Celebrations

 Hello Friends! 

It's been quite some time, but I am hoping to finally be back to some steady crafting.  June is celebration month- graduations, showers, weddings, and for me, retirement!  I am so excited to enter this period of my life.  First up, I needed a graduation card for my nephew, who just graduated with his master's degree in social work.  

Loving how this turned out- I dug through my stash and used an old Spellbinders stamp set.  Collage style cards have always been a challenge for me, but this set makes then pretty easy.  

The truck is colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  The 'Bravo' die cut is a retired die from Stamplorations.  

I used the sketch from TGIF Challenges (I rotated the sketch)

I am also linking up to Cut It Up Challenge- masculine card 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog- Add a Sentiment

Tic Tac Toe Challenge- 

I used Graduation, Free and word die.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog- Masculine

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Lee Ann  

New Year 2026

 Hello All and Happy New Year!  

It is hard to believe we are closing out 2025 (wasn't it just Y2K??).  I am trusting in God's faithfulness and looking forward to big changes in 2026.  

I am finishing up my month of guest designing with Creative Worship Stamps and the year 2025 with this card, which uses my most requested sentiment on it.  

As I so often do, I watercolored a single layer panel; I used the roses from the Sketched Roses Stamp Set and my Ken Oliver Colorbursts.  And, as I often do, I did not like the results so fussy cut around a portion of the rose to make a partially die cut panel.  I stamped a background with one of the leaf images from the set using a light grey ink.  The sentiment is from the Precious Poppies Stamp Set.  

Happy New Year, Everyone! 

Lee Ann  

Fluttering Cup

 Hello Again!  

I can't seem to get away from the I Like Big Cups Stamp Set.  I really enjoy filling the cups with unique things.  For today's card, I kept the card very CAS with just a bit of stenciling on the background panel.  

This time I filled the cup with butterflies!  I used the ones in the Vintage Nature Elements Stamp Set, colored them with Copics and fussy cut them out.  After stenciling a few dots from the Blotchy Dots and Hearts Stencil from Creative Worship Stamps, I adhered the cup and saucer and added the butterflies in various positions flying out of the cup.  

I added the sentiment (from the Timeless Hymns Stamp Set) and some sequins to finish off the card.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lee Ann  

Bouquet for Valentines

 Hi Friends!

With Christmas over, I am moving on to Valentines cards.  I used the Creative Worship Stamps Sketched Roses stamp set for this card.  

The flowers were colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  For the vase, I repurposed the cup sleeve in the I Like Big Cups Stamp Set and turned it into a vase for my floral arrangement.  The simple sentiment is from the Love Wordfetti Stamp Set . 

I am linking up to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge,  Add a Sentiment.  

Sketch and Scrap~ Throwback sketch challenge

Color Dare- Pastel Color Challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Lee Ann