TSOT 609

 No card today from me my mother in law suffered another stroke….. let me see yours 😊

 

Optional Theme: Butterflies

TSOT 608. Fishing

Stamping and handling cards has been a passion of mine.       I have been doing another form of card making with watercoloring lately. I have really enjoyed the Art Impressions Stamps that you watercolor with. I designed and made this water colored it and I’m sending it to a friend in Florida who loves cats and fishing.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day. It’s always better if you can get a little bit of time in stamping 😁. 

Optional Theme: Create a Scene

TSOT 607 flower power

Here’s a quickie card for you following the sketch and the theme. Oh I know I flipped the card but that was to fit my flowers it’s still the same sketch just turned sideways. I’m going to be an Aunt again and I’ve been working very hard on getting a baby blanket done. It hasn’t been going so well I’ve had to rip out and start over about four times now, Just wasn’t liking what I had done. I’m well on my way now but I sure am not going to be done by the baby shower!!

The card base is a returning color called Musty Moonlight, I paired it up with a couple of small pieces from some new designer series paper. I love daisies so I turned these into some Lazy Susan’s —  Yellow with a black center they are always so pretty.

Flower cards are really easy I do hope that you give this sketch and theme a try. I better get back to my crocheting need to have that baby blanket done before the baby arrives.

TSOT 606 New products!😊

New cutting dies and new colors! They are always fun to get and create with! When I saw the sketch for this week I knew I wanted to try the Timeless Arrangements dies on it. They are different than some of the others that we have had. This lovely new bundle has 20 sentiments and 6 images!! The dies cut out the images and has 4 other dies that have a “bar” connecting the different sprigs that way you can layer them a little bit easier, It also has three stitched rectangles.  I used a strip of Boho Blue paper yes that’s right that blue strip is a new In-Color Boho Blue and my elements are Wild Wheat and Moody Mauve some stamped and some die-cut.  Three of the new in colors for 2023- 2025 I’m looking forward to creating with the Copper Clay and Pebbled Path the other 2 in the set of 5. 

This is a mini slimline card, I have some envelopes and just don’t make this size of a card often. I believe it measures 

6 1/4 x 3 1/2. When I saw the sketch I immediately thought of a slimline card. I think it turned out rather nice.

Now I’m wondering what you will do with a sketch, I so appreciate you stopping by and looking. Maybe I have inspired you to try a different sized card.  Have a lovely day!

Optional Theme: Use Dies and/or Punches

TSOT 605 Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is a bittersweet one for me. My mother has been gone for over 20 years and I miss her so very much. But as I think about her and remember her and her love for all of her children and her grand children it makes me smile. I know she would have enjoyed all her great grandchildren, showering love on them.   This card is for my mother-in-law whom I take care of in our home. She had a stroke seven years ago, is paralyzed on the right side can’t speak legibly but it’s still going strong at 99 years old! I hope it’s not too busy for her she has trouble with her eyes and her hearing isn’t the greatest either.

I received some of my new Stsmpin up products in my demo pre-order and wanted to try them out. This is the Countryside Corners bundle . I picked the DSP then matched the Colors to it, I used the die four separate times and only used one piece from each. I taped the dies together over one of the stamped pieces, it was then easy to run them through the big shot. Of course I saved all of the extra pieces to be used on another card. If you’re wondering this is the texture chic DSP, the flowers and leaves from the stamp set. No new colors…I’ve used soft succulent and petal pink to match the DSP.  

Optional Theme: Mother's Day