Getting Peachy

 Me Again!  

These large florals from Altenew have always been one of my favorites.  I tend to go red with them, but this time I tried a pale peach- and with the brown leaves, I love them!  

I colored the poppies with Copics and then fussy cut them out.  

I added brown foliage using the same stamp set (Wallpaper Art).  

I darkened the centers of the flowers with a black micron pen.  The sentiment is from Creative Worship Stamps.  A few light brown sequins finish the card.  

I am linking up to the following-

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Fabulous Florals.  

Just Us Girls for their wonderful inspiration mood board this week with the peachy pinks and the vintage brown tones! 

Triple B Challenge where I used blooms, of course.  

Thanks for visiting and have a blessed weekend!

Lee Ann  

Gratitude

 Hello Friends,

I needed a few Thank You cards so pulled out some botanicals and this sweet bird image:

The background panel was made using tone on tone stamping and then adding friendship words with white ink.  The bird and floral branch are both from a set from Creative Worship Stamps called Birds and Blooms.  The images were colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  

The images were grounded with a white, circle die cut and a scalloped border panel.  The sentiment, an oldie but goodie from WPlus9, is stamped in Versafine Clair ink in black.  

I am linking up to the following challenges-

Festive Friday,

where I have used flowers, bird, pastel colors and tone on tone stamping.  

Cut It Up Challenge, Make your own background, 

Word Art Wednesday,   Anything Goes, 

The Four Seasons Summer Challenge,

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lee Ann

CAS Whale

 Hello Friends!  

I hope everyone had a wonderful and patriotic 4th of July!  We had a bit of storm damage here with a huge tree limb going down, but once power was restored, it wasn't anything to lose sleep over.  

I was intrigued by the inspiration photo for this week's Inspired By Challenge.  I came up with this CAS card.  

Here is the inspiration photo~

The whale is a Lesia Zgharda design; sentiment is from Creative Worship Stamps.  I used some Altenew Brass Shimmer Relief Paste with a stencil from A Colorful Life Designs for the background.  A few white sequins finish the card.  

I am also linking up to the Alphabet Challenge- E is for Embossing, wet,

as well as Addicted to CAS, Pattern   

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Lee Ann  

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