Natural World at Christmas IAS #103

 Hello, my friends. Happy Sunday. It's a little overcast today, but it has been warmer and mostly sunny, so that is a good day. It's nice to look forward to Spring and hope that Winter is now behind us. I hope you all are staying well.

Today I have a card to share for the International Art & Soul challenge. The theme for this  fortnight is The Natural World at Christmas (No Robins) and has been chosen by DT member Sall. I was a bit delayed in getting my card done and was trying to figure out what to make. I have a few reindeer stamps and when I pulled this one out, I thought it would be perfect for the challenge.

Materials Used:

• Image - Stampin Up - Merry Patterns
• Sentiment - Stampin Up - Merry Patterns
• Ink - Stampin Up - Chocolate Chip; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Chocolate Chip; White Glitter; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - Stampin Up - Santa & Co.
• Accessories - LaLaLand - trees die; Stampin Up fancy labels punch; SU Dimensionals

No copics were used in the making of this card! LOL!

I hope you like it and that you will pop on over to the IAS Challenge and play along with us. It's just for fun, but you could be named at the Winner or one of the Top 3. Have a great week!

Birthday Hummingbird - CCC

 Hello, my friends. Happy Saturday. At least this week has not been snowy or icey. That last week was a doozer! We are starting to warm up a bit and I'm certainly liking that. Of course, my yard looks a mess with all the dead plants and frostbitten shrubs and trees. My grapefruit tree took a real hit. It looks terrible, but they are saying to wait until late Spring to cut it back so I'm waiting. My gardenia bush also looks pathetic. I'm hoping that the roots are still good and that they will both recover. Covering the shrubs and plants even with freeze cloth did not do a bit of good. At least I did not have any damage to my house from burst pipes. 

I did get a card made for the Creative Card Chicks monthly challenge over on Splitcoast Stampers. Our hostess this month was VikkiJo and she sent us some adorable images. So far I have picked this one to make my card. Besides butterflies, I love hummingbirds. .It's almost time for them to be coming through this area on their migration. I usually only have a couplel that come to my feeder, but I love seeing them.

All the materials were sent in the kit by VikkiJo except for the cardstock. I chose to use Stampin Up Tranquil Tide for my card. The image is from House Mouse, Bird Watching stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on SU Whisper White. The lovely designer paper is also from SU - Flowers for Every Season collection as well as the sentiment from the SU Any Time Greetings stamp set. I finished it off with a bit of twine from the kit.

That's it for now. I hope everyone is staying safe and social distancing. Hopefully, we'll get through this pandemic sooner than later.

Taco Birthday - IAS #102

 Good Sunday morning. I hope you are stng warm wherever you are. I think the only warm temps today are in the deep south in Florida. It sure isn't warm here in H Town. Temp here is 35 right down and expected to go down into the teens overnight. This is all due to an arctic blast sweeping down the middle of the country. I used to think this was a warm climate and it is ---- during the summer months. At least I'm lucky that I don't have to go out in this. It does keep me from seeing my family since we only gather outside still due to social distancing. 

I was able to get my second shot of vaccine for the COVID-19 virus this past week and did not suffer from any ill side effects. If you are on the fence about getting the shot - JUST DO IT!!! There are so many things that can go wrong with long-term side effects if you contract the virus. Stay safe and help others to stay safe also.

Today I do have a card to share. This is for the International Art & Soul challenge for this fortnight. Our challenge this fortnight is Off to Dinner and has been chosen by DT member Hazel. I had a hard time trying to figure out what I was going to do for this one and then I found this cute stamp that has never seen ink before although I've had it in my stash for some time. Once I figured out the image and design, I could not think what kind of sentiment to put with it. I thought about what kids here like - Tacos! After a short search online I found this sentiment and thought it would be perfect and turned it into a birthday card. 

Materials Used:

• Image - Lili of the Valley - this is an old stamp I've had and they don't sell rubber stamps anymore. I don't see it in their Digi Shop either.
• Sentiment - Computer generated
• Cardstock - Stampin Up Confetti White, Apricot Appeal; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - My Mind's Eye - Stella Rose collection
• Copic Markers - B000, B00; E25, E27; E50, E51, E53; R20; W6; Y15, Y18; YR01, YR02

I hope you will all head on over to the International Art & Soul website and see what the rest of the Design Team has created for your inspiration and then join in the fun and show us your creations.

Chocolate Looks Good - IAS #101

 Good morning, friends. Happy Sunday! It's a lovely day here although a bit chilly. 

The week has gone well except for the two days that the school online system was down. Lucky, I had most of my work done and was able to find a work-around to get some other things done. Week 4 is behind me. 

I am still working on getting my craft room organized. Trying to get a handle on all my Christmas craft supplies. I don't like to put them all away since I make Christmas cards all during the year. Just need to be more organized with them.

I do have a card to share today. This is for the International Art & Soul fun challenge.  This fortnight the theme is Hearts chosen by DT member, Chriss. Fun challenge and I used a stampt that I haven't used before. It's one of the Art Impressions stamps. Those are so funny and I love using them. I did not have this set marked, so I have no idea what the set is called and even after extensive searches on the Internet, I did not find the name. It also must be retired because it is not on the AI website either.

Materials Used:

• Image - Art Impressions
• Sentiment - Art Impressions
• Cardstock - Stampin Up Powder Pink; Xpress It Blending Card
  
• Designer Paper - CC Designs - Smoochie
• Ink - Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Accessories - Stampin Up Oval Punch, silver gel pen
  
• Copic Markers - E23, E25, E50, E51, E53; R14, R24; R81, R83, R85; W2, W4, W7

That's it. I hope you will pop on over to the website to see what the rest of the Design Team has created and then join in with your lovely hearts creations.

Just a Note With Hearts

 Hello friends. I hope you are doing well. It's a bit of a chilly Thursday here. I've been on hold for almost 40 minutes trying to schedule my second vaccine shot. I have a date for February 8, but  I need a time. I just hope they have this organized so that I can get the second one. 

In the meantime, I have a card to share. I made this card some time ago and never blogged it or used it for anything, so I'm using it for the Challenge Your Stash challenge for January. This has certainly been in my stash for sometime. I looked all through my digi stamps and could not find where it came from. I usually write down a menu for my cards, but since I don't remember when I made it, I can't find the information on it. It will have to just stand on its own.

The challenge this month is from Lisa (lovinpaper) and she asked us to make a friendship card using flowers or hearts. This was just perfect for the challenge.

You Suit Me - Creative Card Chicks

 Good morning and Happy Thursday. Today is the day we post our cards for the Creative Card Chicks Monthly Challenge on Splitcoaststampers. Each month we have a hostess who creates a kit for each of the members and sends it out. It includes some images, designer paper, and some embellishments. Then we each create our own cards with what we receive. This month our hostess is barbaralynn. Here is the card that I created.

• The image is from Two Paper Divas - Tea Cups
• Sentiment - Stampin Up Tea Shoppe
• Cardstock - Stampin Up Tranquil Tide
• Designer Paper - Stampin Up Tranquil Textures
• Accessories - Stmapin Up ribbon and blue Rhinestones; Stampin Up Small Oval Label Punch
• Copic Markers - BG01, BG02, BG05; BG72; RV32, RV34, RV66

Thanks Barb for a fun challenge.

Holiday Hello

 Hello  my friends and happy Wednesday or Hump Day as some call it. It's all downhill from here. I hope you are having a good week. 

Today I am working on my 2021 Christmas cards and have this one to share. This is for the SplitcoastStampers Fan Club Christmas Challenge. This year they are sketch challenges, so we can use whatever we want as long as we follow the sketch provided.

 

 

Materials Used:

• Image - Stampendous - Build-a-Snowman
• Sentiment - Power Poppy - Under Glass Christmas Keepsakes
  
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Gumball Green; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - Basic Gray - Juniper Berry (retired)
• Ink - Memento - Tuxedo Black
  
• Accessories - Martha Stewart Edge Punch; Stampin Up Window Punch; white applique.
  
• Copic Markers - I did not keep track of which ones I used, but reds and greens, a light blue and a light gray
  

As you can see, I used a few of the punch outs as embellishments on the image.