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Hello and welcome to my blog of card crafts. I am happy that you stopped by for a visit. I hope you can visit often. Have a wonderful and blessed day! "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and my soul knows right well." Psalm 139:14

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Frames Series #19

Welcome back to my frames series. I love this frame for Fall. I also love the beautiful Fall colors even though we do not see a lot of Fall color where I live. At least it is less humid and cooler here! I hope you are enjoying the cooler weather too. On this card everything on the card was pulled from my stash. The bird was already colored and cut! The leaves, wreath and even the embossed background were bits and pieces in my stash. I just put it all together.


 Die:  Wreath - Spellbinders
 Punches:  Fern and Leaf - Punch a Bunch
 Stamp:  Winter Tweets - Stampendous
 Embossing Folder:  Leaves - The Paper Studio
 Water Color Pencils - Ranger (TH)
                            

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Bright and Colorful

Monday, October 6, 2025

House Mouse and Friends Mid Challenge Reminder #450

                   Welcome back House Mouse fans!

We are here with a Mid Week Reminder

Our ongoing challenge:


with the option of
 
Food and/or Drink


Hosted by our Talented Teamie  Sue K


        Please use any House-Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image 

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns(R)
  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.


We are  Generously Sponsored by

We are very happy to welcome back Heidi and her team at:

SIMON SAYS STAMP









Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads

Please be aware that customs duty may be payable for destinations outside of the United States

Simon Says Stamp has been in business since 2002, offering you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. Stock includes over 100,000+ items along with the latest and greatest releases from the Simon Says Stamp brand Hero Arts, Tim Holtz, Lawn Fawn, Copics, House-Mouse Designs and so much more. With such an amazing variety and awesome deals on shipping, it’s always good timing to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp store!

Many thanks to our Generous Sponsor for their continued support.


Stamp: Donut Bliss - Stampabilities
Dies:  Circle - Crafter's Companion
Happy Birthday Circle - Creek Bank Creations
Patterened Paper: Spring Fling - Echo Park
Glitter Glue: Sprinkled Sugar - Stickles
Jewels: Light Pink - Paper Studio
Dark Pink - Jolees
Alcohol Markers - Caliart

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge. Have a great day!

Challenge entered:

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Think Pink
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Think Pink

Monday, September 29, 2025

Fall Birthday

I am so ready for Fall! How about you? Fall is my favorite season and I have been making a lot of Fall cards lately. I made this one using the Memory Box Fresh Foliage die that I cut from a gelli plate pull. The background was made by patting inks over the debossed side of the birch tree embossing folder and then stamping a leaf stamp on the same side of the embossing folder using a darker color of ink. I ran the embossing folder through my machine and colored in the areas of the trees' bark with a gray pencil. 


Dies:  Fresh Foliage - Memory Box
           Fancy Edged Frame - Spellbinders
Embossing Folder:  Birch Trees - Stampin' Up
Stamp:  Oak Leaf - Rubber Stampede
Distress Inks - Ranger (TH)
Saying:  Sticker - Paper Studio

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

              Challenges entered:

Memory Box:  I Can't Be - Leaf It's Fall  #123
Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Halloween/Fall 2539

Houise Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #450

        Eeek!!! Welcome back House Mouse fans!


We are here with a new challenge for

 you.




with the option theme of 

Food and/or Drink 

 
Hosted by our Talented Teamie- Sue K 

Challenge ends October 12th

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns(R)
  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

 


We are  Generously Sponsored by


We are very happy to welcome back Heidi and her team at:

SIMON SAYS STAMP









Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads

Please be aware that customs duty may be payable for destinations outside of the United States

Simon Says Stamp has been in business since 2002, offering you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. Stock includes over 100,000+ items along with the latest and greatest releases from the Simon Says Stamp brand Hero Arts, Tim Holtz, Lawn Fawn, Copics, House-Mouse Designs and so much more. With such an amazing variety and awesome deals on shipping, it’s always good timing to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp store!


Many thanks to our generous Sponsor/s for their continued support.  

I tried a fun technique on this card that I saw recently. It is called the carved wood technique. I used it for the background. You can see the technique by clicking here.


Stamp:  Apple Delight - Stampabilities
Dots - Stampin' Up
Saying - Impression Obsession
Embossing Folder: Lattice - Paper Studio
Die: Circle - Crafter's Companion

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Can You Handle the Pressure: Anything Goes - embossing folder
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  A/G GinaK
Word Art Wednesday: Challenge 718 - 719 A/G





Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Frames Series #18

I can't believe how many frames I have in my stash! I am whittling down, but I still have a lot.This frame is an svg that I cut a long time ago. 

I pulled a background from my stash that was made by smooshing Distress inks and then embossing a vine background with white embossing powder.


Wreath - SVG
Stamps:  Scribbly Small Birds - Dina Wakley
               Vine Background - Stampabilities
               Saying - Just For Fun
Distress Inks - Ranger
Detial White Embossing Powder - Stampabilities

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a blessed day!

Challenges entered:

Double D Challenge: Make Your Own Background
Pammies Inky Pinkies: Challenge 2538
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes/GinaK


Monday, September 22, 2025

House Mouse and Friends Mid Challenge Reminder #449

                                                       Eeeeekkkkk!!!


Welcome back House-Mouse fans!

We are here with a mid-

challenge REMINDER 

for our ongoing challenge #449!



with the option of

Birthday


Hosted by our Talented Teamie Cari

 There is still time to join in the fun! 

Please use a House-Mouse Designs
®Happy Hoppers or Gruffies image
 stamped/decoupage or CD rom.




We are thrilled to be welcoming back our AWESOME sponsor,
the Official Mousey Family, House-Mouse Designs®

HMD is offering a Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the official House-Mouse Design® site!

**EXTRA Mousie News**
 Another prize is being offered to one random participant by the Host Teamie Cari

Many thanks to our generous Sponsors for their continued support.  



Stamp: Birthday Cupcake - Stampendous
Saying: Sticker - Paper Wishes
Embossing Folder: Cupcakes - Paper Studio
Alcohol Markers - Caliart
Distress Oxide Inks: Ranger
Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry
Die: Stitched Oval - Gina Marie
Glitter Glue: Yellow - Ice Stickles
Nail Art Strips - Pink

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge. Have a great day!


Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies: A/G 2538
We Love Stamping: A/G - Layers

Monday, September 15, 2025

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #449

           

Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House Mouse 

 FANS!

We are here with a new challenge

 for you!



with the option theme of  
 
BIRTHDAY


Hosted by our Talented Teamie - Cari  

Challenge  ends September 28th

  So join the fun!  Please use a House-MouseDesigns(R)
  House-Mouse Friends, Happy Hoppers, or Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

 


We are Generously Sponsored by:

We are thrilled to be welcoming back our AWESOME sponsor,
the Official Mousey Family, House-Mouse Designs(R)!

 

HMD is offering a Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the official House-Mouse Designs(R) site!

**EXTRA Mousie News**
 Another prize is being offered to one random participant by the Host Teamie Cari

Many thanks to our generous Sponsors for their continued support.  


Stamps: Birthday Wishes Stamp Set - Spellbinders
Patterned Paper: Candles - Fine & Dandy - American Crafts
Swirls - Brights - Art Warehouse
Glitter Glue: Yellow - Ice Stickles
Alcohol Markers - Caliart
Sequins: St. Cloud - Catherine Pooler

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge. Have a great day!

Challenge entered:

Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes #716-717

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