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

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 

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  

Fresh Flowers and a Celebration with Freshly Made Sketches!

 Hello Friends!  

If you have been around a while, you may remember that several years ago I had the pleasure of designing for one of my favorite challenges, Freshly Made Sketches.  This week, they are celebrating their 700th sketch!  Past designers have been invited to join in and of course, I was honored to say yes. 

Here is this week's sketch~

We are also sharing the very first card we made as a member of the FMS design team.  I still love this monochromatic baby card!

Back to today's card.  This floral image from Penny Black was a 'must have' and I colored it with Copics and fussy cut it out.  The background panel was embossed with a Penny Black embossing folder.  I then layered die cut squares and a die cut circle on top.  I finished off with the flowers, adding some dimension to the flowers.  The sentiment is an oldie but goodie from Creative Worship Stamps.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you get a chance to join in the fun at Freshly Made Sketches!  

Lee Ann

Blue CHRISTmas

 Hello, Hello!

Well, summer is just about over when you go by the school year calendar (I know officially we have over 4 months to go before Christmas).  Christmas cardmaking has been in full swing here since July.  

I used the sketch at Jingle Belles for this card~

I played with all the things for this card- my very favorite Christmas image-from the Born This Day Stamp Set at Creative Worship Stamps, my new die set from PTI, stenciling with the Diamond Tile Stencil from CWS and Distress Ink.  Image colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  The sentiment is from another favorite CWS set, Holly Christmas.  

I am also linking up to Stencil Fun- anything goes for August as well as the Peace On Earth Challenge-anything goes. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann   

What Candycane?

 Hello Friends! 

I have another Christmas card to share from my weekend crafty get away.  This cutie always gets a laugh! 

I've been around long enough to have many old, retired products.  That includes everything for today's card.  The stamp is retired Stamping Bella, the stencil is Stamplorations (out of business), the scalloped edge is MFT(oob) and the embellies are SU.  

I also used a stencil to emboss with for a bit of texture on the card front panel as I forgot to bring embossing folders with me to the retreat.  

I am linking up to Jingle Belles -tic tac toe.  I used animal, red and die cut.  

I am also linking up to Christmas Kickstart- challenge 100, Merry Go Round.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week! 

Lee Ann  

Girlie Colors

 Hello All, 

The school year is winding down and I am ready for summer!  We have had lots of rain and I am looking forward to sunnier days.  Hope all is well in your neck of the woods! 

Today's card color palette was inpired by the Inspired By Challenge.  

The sketch is from Sunday Stamps~

The background stamp is from Impression Obsession (now closed) and the floral image is from Creative Worship Stamps.  I stamped off once with the background image to get a distressed, vintage look.  

The image is colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  

Circle die cuts are SSS and base layer die cut is MFT.  

I am also linking up to Word Art Wednesday and The Four Seasons Challenge.  

Blue Blooms

 Me Again!  

Yep, I worked in another card this weekend, using the color palette from Color Dare~

Here is the color challenge~

Old and new.  I used both on this card- my new dies from Penny Black and an old peony stamp from The Ton and even older patterned paper from Stampin Up. The background panel uses a die from Altenew.  

I am also linking up to the Triple B April Challenge.  

Paper Pieced Faith

 Hi Again!  

A friend has requested more cards with this adorable image and sentiment (sadly, retired).  

I used a sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches for the card~ 

I am also making an attempt to use stash that I have had forEVER.  So, patterned paper it was, plus a scalloped rectangle frame that was in my bits and bobs pile sitting on my desk.  

I paper pieced the girl's clothing. used coordinating papers for the background panels and then stamped the sentiment and framed it with the orange frame.  

I am linking up to Tuesday Morning Sketches~

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As well as a brand new challenge, Love Those Pretty Papers, which is anything goes.  

Thanks for stopping  by and have a blessed weekend!

Lee Ann

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk
Gina K Connect Glue SSS | scrpbk	Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk
MISTI SSS	MFT Stitched rectangle Scalloped Edge Frame Dies SSS

Bearing Fruit

 Hello, Hello! 

I hope you are enjoying the summer months when life slows down and we spend more time with family and friends.  

I make most of my cards for a friend who sells them to people at her church, friends, etc.  She is always looking for scripture verse cards.  I pulled out a Divinity Designs Stamp Set-Strawberries- with the verse John 15:5.  It makes for a great card paired with these summer strawberries.  

The image was colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  I used a retired IO Stamps gingham background stamp and some Lawn Fawn ink in Guava for the background panel.  I framed with with a scalloped rectangle frame using MFT Stamps Stitched Rectangles Scalloped Edge Frame Dies.  

The sentiment panel was backed with red cs.  The panels were adhered to the card base.  I popped the image up on scrap cs and adhered it to the card.  I added a bit more greenery with some scraps I had on my desk- leaves and clover bits from the PTI Die Set, Into the Blooms-Clover.  

I added a few gems to the card and called it done.  

I am linking up to the following challenges~ 

Inspired By- Strawberries

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday~ the challenge was a pick your sketch; I used sketch 582~ 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week!  

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk
Gina K Connect Glue SSS | scrpbk	Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk
MISTI SSS	Strawberries Stamp Set DD
MFT Stitched rectangle Scalloped Edge Frame Dies SSS	PTI Into the Blooms-Clover Dies scrpbk