Down for the count. Pneumonia.

Well..  Pneumonia sucks!  lol.  It started with the Flu as I mentioned last post, and after about 24hrs of feeling better, I went on a downward spiral and just kept getting worse.  Then I ended up in the ER and had X-rays and blood work done to find out I had Pneumonia.

(ps.  my autocorrect made it say bloodworm instead of work.  Glad I saw that or that would have been weird. ;)

I am finally, finally starting to feel like my normal self.  Summer is here, and I can't wait to spend more time in my craft room!

I made this card yesterday with some older, yet favourite stamp sets. I loved making the bottom half of the card with my stamp-a-ma-jig.  It's not perfectly stamped, but I don't mind.  I tried to make it gender friendly.

I made the sentiment simple with a "happy" die from Simon Says Stamp, and cut it out of vellum.  Vellum is sometimes tricky to adhere but I just used the tiniest dabs of glossy accents on some of the letters and it's not visible thankfully. Phewf! :)

For an added detail above the stamping I used a Lawn Fawn arrow die, and just inlaid it back with the white cuts.  Then finished the card with some enamel dots.

Also wanted to share the photo of my growing little man…  how sweet is he? :)

Anyhow, Thanks for stopping by!

Hope your summer is starting off well :) :) :)

Some Fancy Pants cards

Hello Friends! :)  I have two cards to share today, I made these using lots of Fancy Pants Designs product,  and a couple different dies.  

I kept the general layout of them the same, but made one more feminine, and one more masculine.  In fact it's for my new nephew due in Nov.  He will live on a farm where there are 8 other kids, so I thought the "welcome to the circus" was truly appropriate! ;)  lol

This angle shows all the different textures on the card.  I just love using corrugated card stock on my projects, and it worked perfectly with the tag die from Lawn Fawn.

How darling is that bow button??  Seriously, I love love love it! :)

Another fun detail that you might have missed is the Paper Smooches dies I used on the bottoms of the cards.  I love those tiny circles, and faux stitching.  So much fun, and a great way to really make your cards a little more unique.

Here are the supplies I used as available from Simon Says Stamp! :)

Fancy Pants EVERYDAY CIRCUS Brag Cards	Fancy Pants BURLAP & BOUQUETS Collection	Fancy Pants EVERYDAY CIRCUS Ephemera	Fancy Pants BURLAP & BOUQUETS Ephemera	Fancy Pants BURLAP & BOUQUETS Buttons
ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR	Paper Smooches DOTS AND DASHES Dies	Paper Smooches STITCHED Dies	Lawn Fawn TAG YOU'RE IT Die	SSS Baby Die

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Dream Big

Here is a card I made with some Pebbles supplies.  A mix from the Basics line, and the Love you More Boy line.  I also added an adorable little cake with candles that is a Lawn Fawn stamp I coloured with colic markers.

Thanks for looking.  Sorry for such short posts lately, life if the summer is busy!! :)

Home Sweet Home

I told you guys I was in love with this woodgrain paper! :)

I really wanted to colour something so I pulled out some older much loved stamps from October Afternoon and put them to use here.  I grounded them on the Lawn Fawn stitched journaling card, and used a pair of good old deco scissors to make the scalloped trim on the bottom and inked it with some Distress ink.

I also coloured the houses and clouds with Distress Ink and an aqua pen.  So easy, and so fun.

It's a little hard to tell, but I also used Glossy Accents on all the windows, and a Wink of Stella glitter pen on the clouds.  Then I used my Faber-Castell Big white pen to give tiny white detail marks to the clouds.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, here are the links to some of the products I used on my card :)

Lawn Fawn STITCHED JOURNALING CARD	Uni Ball Signo Gel Pen	Faber-Castell WHITE Stampers Big Brush	ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR
October Afternoon 6 x 8 ALL BOY Paper Pad Daily Flash	Ranger GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK WALNUT STAIN
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK BARN DOOR Red	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PEACOCK FEATHERS

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Dude, u rock!

Mou had a great challenge on the October Afternoon blog the other day and I made this fun card to go with it.  It's really simple, and sometimes that's all you need, right? :)

I can't seem to put down that woodgrain patterned paper, and will be using every last scrap I have of it. I have another card to share tomorrow with it too.  It's just the perfect mix of light and dark tones to it.

I made the focal star by simply stamping the "dude" stamp in coloured rows, and then creating the star cut out with my puffy star Lawn Fawn dies, and layered it over it.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and here are the products I used for this card :)

October Afternoon 6 x 8 ALL BOY Paper Pad Daily Flash	October Afternoon TO THE POINT 6 x 8 Chipboard Stickers	October Afternoon NIGHTFALL Shop Front Alpha Stickers Daily Flash Vol. 2 SS-1121	October Afternoon DUDE Stamps
Uni Ball Signo Gel Pen	Puffy Star Stackables

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Flying By to say Hi!

 Hey guys!  Just "flying by" to share a sweet little card I made today :)

I just LOVE the Bella Blvd papers, and knew right away I wanted to pair them with this adorable Lawn Fawn stamp set.  It's an older one, but still one of my fav's.

I also used the Winter Gifts stamp set with the Tag You're It die, to get that sweet tag to ground my sentiment.  I stamped it in navy ink, and used a colic marker to colour in the edge a soft blue.

I cut out a few clouds and adhered them with some foam adhesive and brushed them with a Wink of Stella glitter pen.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day! :)

Summer Squeeze Collection Kit by Bella Blvd	Wildflower 12X12 Summer Squeeze Paper by Bella Blvd	Summer Breeze	Lawn Fawn WINTER GIFTS Clear Stamps
Lawn Fawn TAG YOU'RE IT Lawn Cuts Dies	*Lawn Fawn FLYING BY Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn FLYING BY Lawn Cuts Dies	ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR
Circles Foam Tabs	Navy Shadow Ink Pad by Hero Arts	CORNER CHOMPER

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