Brewin' Up Some Fun

 We are halfway through our challenge this month at
Two Old Bats and have a 'reminder' post in hopes
that you will join in with us!
Below is our fun JULY inspiration board
but you can create anything Halloween themed!

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I had purchased lots of new

Halloween goodies last year in the fall and this card front is

one of them. Whimsy Stamps came out with 10 A2 Lil Friends
card fronts, 8 images, each different and 2 sentiment sheets.

Each of the eight designs is different and all are little cute witches!
I was once again inspired by the bottom left corner and went

with the witch theme.  I trimmed the panel to 4" x 5 1/4"
so I would have an edge left around the sides.  the sentiment is
part of the Whimsy Stamps pack.

We have a couple weeks left for the challenge
so come on over to Two Old Bats and have some

spooky fun with us!

Sweet Birthday

 It's time for our second challenge at Double D and our new theme is
Your FAVORITE FRUIT
meaning we want to see some sort of fruit on your card.

We have a 'fruit-y' mood board for inspiration but you can create
with any fruit of your choice!

I don't think I have 'met' a fruit yet that I don't 'love',

but I chose CHERRIES for my card.
Michigan is known for their sweet AND sour cherries

and has a cherry festival each year in Traverse City,

a festival during my high school years that I never missed,

oh, the memories LOL!!

For my card I pulled out a never been used before Avery Elle
Cherry On Top stamp and die set.  It's a fun die that cuts out

an outer edge separate for the cherry's.  I opted not to use
the cherry stamps other then the sentiment
 but just the dies and to die cut my cherries

from a polka dot paper, cut them apart and inked the front most

cherry to give a bit of definition. 
A small posy and twine bows were added.
The background paper is Echo Park A Slice of Summer (2021).

Let's see YOUR 'citrus' over at Double D and check our all the

beautiful inspiration from the design teams.

Crocus In July

It's Beautiful Blossom challenge time
and we have a mood board for inspiration. 

I know it July and the Crocus has long since bloomed but I had this image

done and colored and it seemed to work perfectly for this challenge

and who doesn't love a House Mouse??

The stamp was purchased from Spellbinders House Mouse Bouquet for You (2023).

I left a sentiment off for now, making it useable for any celebration.

We would love to see YOUR floral creations at Beautiful Blossoms.

USA Birthday

At Can You Handle The Pressure our OPTIONAL theme is
STARS AND/OR STRIPES.

July 4th was also the 250th birthday of our great country
so I went that way but got my inspiration from Pinterest from
a  2013 card I saw HERE.  I loved the design of her card and
changed it up a bit with what I had to make it.
I used several different things starting with a Spellbinders
Striped Slimline embossing folder.  I just had to emboss it
then line it up again and emboss the other side of it, it worked out
pretty good.  The stars are Tutti Designs Stitched Nested Stars.
The strip is part of The Greetery's Bow die,
it does have stitching on it though it is hard to see,
and the scallop strip is a SU Scallop punch. 
The sentiment is Hero Arts Yay Birthday
stamped in Dew Drop Nautical Blue.
It was VERY hard to get a clear picture of the embossing
but trust me it's there.

If you have a love of embossing folders
then our challenge is for you.
We have plenty of fun inspiration too, at
Can You Handle The Pressure!

Happy Anniversary

A new challenge is starting today at The Sisterhood of Crafters
with the theme of FLOWERS.
We also have a mood board for inspiration.

I had put together this card front a while back using
Concord & 9th's Primrose Garden die set, cut totally from paper scraps of white
card stock and colored in with various inks.
The perfect time to make it into a card. 
The sentiment is Spellbinders Betterpress.

Come and hang out with us at The Sisterhood for some floral fun!

 

Sending Strength

New month, new challenge at Stencil Fun with an OPTIONAL theme of
PATTERNS, but we are an anything goes challenge as long as a stencil is used.

For my card I used a Pink & Main Garden Gate stencil
with Distress Mowed Lawn ink to create a sympathy card. 
The floral is from Stampendous and the sentiment is Betterpress. 

For my Anything Goes card I used an older stencil I have had for
a very long time, Memory Box (2014) Splatter Spray inked with
Distress Villainous Potion.  The image is a Dress My Craft Peacock Transfer.
The sentiment is a Betterpress.

  

Get your stencils out and come and join us at Stencil Fun.

July Happy Birthday

 This year the USA celebrates it's 250th birthday so I decided to make a 'July'
birthday card using older products I have quite some time making it a
perfect card for our The Neglected Stuff challenge.
Our challenge asks that you use your old neglected stuff, you know
that 'stuff ' you have or haven't used for quite some time.
Now is the time to get it out and put it to good use,

My neglected stuff features a Sparkle N Sprinkle stamp set that I used once
for a DT project when I was part of the SNS DT back in June of 2018.
This poor puppy stamp Baxter Pup was so neglected I had to use him again.
I also used a Cherry Lynn Designs Fishtail Banner along with 
Doodlebug Yankee Doodle paper (2017).  I added a tiny die cut star
and a Spellbinders Betterpress sentiment.

Come over to our challenge and show us your
Neglected Stuff.

Entering the following challenges:
{PIN}spirational #339 .... Red~White~Blue

If You Gave A Crafter A Cookie #218 .... See Board