Inspired by Sunflowers for Friends With Flair

Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you've had an enjoyable week.  We've been working short-staffed at work.  No, I've been working short-staffed, so I'm very glad for the weekend.  I hope to catch up on some rest and some crafting this weekend.
I painted some sunflowers last weekend, and they've been sitting on my craft desk.  I had some other things on my desk I put together to make this card:

The "Fall" word shape is a cutting file from The Cutting Café, found HERE. It comes with a word shaped card also. I cut the word shape out on my Silhouette. The sunflower stamp is a retired one from Close To My Heart.  I used Creative Inspirations Paints in Mellow Yellow, Sunshine, and Mocha Latte on the flowers, and Evergreen, and Emerald on the leaves. The "Celebrate" sentiment is from the Unity set I use the most, "Happy Everything".
Papers are by Little Yellow Bicycle, Acorn Hollow (both 12x12 and 6x6 papers).  I used two different colors of Viva Décor Pearl Pens on this card -- Sunny Yellow and Copper.
I hope you enjoyed my Fall inspiration.
Do you like pirates? Looking for some inspiration for the upcoming Halloween season?  I'm hopping tomorrow with the Pinque Peacock Artists and Creators and I'd love it if you'd stop in for a visit.  I'm showcasing Unity stamps again.  And, there's prizes to be won!

I'm entering this in the following challenges:  Creative Inspirations Paint -- Inspired by Fall

Sister Act Card Challenge -- anything goes

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday -- anything goes

 

 

Best Fishes, Dad!

My brother took my 82 year old father fishing yesterday.  He uses a walker, so even getting him in a boat is interesting.  But they caught some fish, and they spent time together on the water.  It sounds like it was a great day of father/son bonding.  Life is good when you're on the water, the fish are biting, the sun is shining, and the wind isn't blowing.

 

Knowing that my father loves to fish, and with Father's Day just around the corner, when I was asked to make a masculine card for Joy's Life, I knew a fishing card was in order.  Here's what I came up with:

 I used the Joy's Life Pun in the sun stamps set for the "Best Fishes" sentiment on this card. Isn't it punny?

 

 

and, a bit of a side view so you can get the easel effect of this card.  I cut the card out on my Silhouette.  It made for a very easy easel card. The fish image came from the Silhouette store.  It can be found here.  I used some Distress Stickles in Forest Moss to make it look a little more like a Northern or a Musky. All paper is Close To My Heart. I used a Viva Décor Pearl Pen for the eye on the fish.

And, that's it for this card.  Please check out my other post for today, too.  I have a Print and Cut card for the Silhouette Challenges blog. Come play along with us! Win great prizes!

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

 

Raisin Boat -- Father's Day challenge

Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog -- masculine/Father's Day

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday -- Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge blog -- anything Goes

Crafty Creations -- one for the boys
Creative Inspirations Paints -- Father's Day challenge

 





Hap-Bee to be here!

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I hope it's truly spring where you are.  We're looking like it's for real here in NW WI.  The leaves are budding out on the trees, birds are building nests and singing their hearts out, and the wildflowers are beginning to bloom.  It's my favorite time of year!

I'm so happy to be posting today! It's my first post for the Joy's Life Stamps design team! Yea!  You can find today's post here. It's a great blog to visit everyday, with some awesome inspiration from a talented team!

My card for today uses the Joy's Life stamp set, Punny Animals. It's a very fun set to work with!  The theme this week at Joy's Life is dimension. Here's what I did.

 

Isn't that bee so cute?  I used the Create-a Critter II Cricut cartridge to cut it out, added some Stickles for dimension and pizazz, and used a Viva Décor Anthracite Pearl pen on his eyes. See that adorable honeycomb chipboard?  That's from my friend DeeDee.  She has a new company, selling chipboard called UmWow Studios.  You definitely need to check it out.  So cool! I used papers from Jillibean Soup Blossom Soup 6x6 paper, some chocolate cupcake Trendy Twine, a hexagon punch by Creative Memories, and some Close To My Heart Kraft paper for the tag.

 

I'll leave you with a close up of the bee and sentiment:

 

 

Hope your day is hap-bee!

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Cocoa Creations Challenge #1 -- Let's Celebrate

Crafty Creations Challenges -- keep it simple

Oozak blog -- anything goes with earthtones

Sister Act Card Challenge -- anything goes

Ribbon Carousel -- Celebrations

Trendy Twine Challenge -- Kraft and twine

D.L. Art thankful Thursday -- anything goes

Creative Inspirations Paint -- anything goes 



Card for Sarah

Card for Sarah, take 1

I just finished this card for my niece, Sarah.  Her birthday is coming up the beginning of April.  We have that occasion to celebrate, plus she just placed third at the National Ski Championships for Paralympic athletes in Aspen, Colo.  She is paralyzed from the waist down and uses a mono, or sit ski, but is unstoppable!  I'm proud of you, girl!

 Now, back to the card. There's actually 2 takes of the card in this post.   I used the March Kit of the Month from Unity to stamp the banner, stamping it a few times on different patterned papers (American Crafts Confetti), cutting them out, then piecing them on the banner I stamped on the yellow paper. I blinged it up a bit with a paper flower, some glitter and pearl pens by Viva Decor.Inside the card, I simply stamped the sentiment, "Happy Birthday to you".  In take 1, I glued the yellow paper to the base, dot paper and thought I was done. But, while taking picture of it.  It seemed lacking. 

Card for Sarah, take 2

So, back to the studio I went, added a piece of paper I had used in the banner, got out one of my favorite tools -- the Corner Chomper -- and in no time flat, I had a card I liked much better. So, this is the one I'll send her.  What do you think?  Did the patterned paper behind save the card?  Leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention:  at an antique show at a mall in a town about 15 miles from us, I found a floral frog last Saturday.  If you look closely, you can see it holding up the card in these 2 pics.  I'm so excited!  I feel like a real card maker now! For $3!