Hanging Plants Birthday Card

 Today was such a beautiful day.  The temperature was over 50 degrees.  I know that spring is right around the corner! 😀

I'm displaying a card that I made for my sister.  Her birthday is next month.   I used the "Hanging Planter" die by Sizzix to make the hanging plants.  The sentiment "This Is Your Day" came from an Altenew stamp set of the same name--This Is Your Day.

I think the card turned out pretty good.  Very colorful--like spring.

Wishing For Spring

 On this very cold winter day, I decided to create a spring-like card for this sketch #674.  I was going to use a more flowery stamp or die but I decided to use this die by Impression Obsession called "Fanciful Flower".

Anyway, I like this sketch design and probably will be using it often.

Hearts of Love

 Hello everyone!                                                         

Yesterday it snowed here in Connecticut, so I spent the day working on a card for Freshly Made Sketches #672.   I was going to do banners, but then I thought, Valentine's Day is only a few days away--why not do hearts.

So this card is made with a die set by Honey Bee Stamps called Lovely Layers Heart Vine.  It's part of the Love Letters Collection.

It was a real challenge fitting the two pieces together but I finally got it.

  

Lovely Layers-Heart Vine

         
    
                    

Colorful Flowers for Spring

 I've been working on this card all day Friday off and on, the last day of January.  Trying to find just the right paper, pick out the right dies and get the panels lined up just right.  I think it turned out pretty good.  This is Freshly Made Sketch #671. 

I used three different border dies from the Heffy Doodle set called "On The Edge" to create the different panels.

The vase is from Simon Hurley's "Ceramic Vases" die set and the flowers are from Dress My Craft "Spring Flowers #2" die set.

 I really love mushrooms and this FMS 670 sketch gave me an opportunity to use this stamp & die set from Altenew called Mushroom Greetings.

I also used the "Small Brick Wall" stencil from My Favorite Things for the background and the "Small Grass Border" die by Impression Obsession.  The mug in the background is a Christmas gift from my granddaughter, Keziah, who loves mushrooms too.  And today is her 16th birthday! 😊

Trying to get back in the saddle again in 2025

 It has been so long since I've posted on my blog.  I feel mighty guilty that I have been absent so long.  I've been making cards but have not been posting them.  I've also been following Freshly Made Sketches weekly so today I am getting back in the saddle by posting a card from Freshly Made Sketch #669.

The background paper that I used was from a Carta Bella paper pad called "Sunflower Summer"

The sentiment is from an Avery Elle stamp set called "Sunflowers"

The dies that were used to create the sunflowers are from Scrapbook.com

Sunflower Die

Thinking Of You

I love Mojo Monday Sketches! I really don't remember when I discovered them, but I've been doing them for a while. I was looking at all the ones that I have and the earliest is number 232.  Not that I started at number 232, but I kind of jumped around picking out different ones once I found out about Mojo Monday.  Now at number 500th sketch, Julee is making this her final one. I've only posted twice before this so I definitely had to post this time since it will be the last time.  I'm going to miss the Mojo Monday Card Sketch Challenges, but I will always be able to go back and use the ones that I have.  Here is my card for sketch #500.

The paper I used is by Penny Black called "Gentle Whisper" and the flower embellishment is from K&Company.  Sentiment stamp is by Inkadinkado.