AJVD post-But first coffee

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!!
Hope all is well?!...

Today I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a fun coffee card for the Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop. Here's a little peek...

Be sure to swing on over to the A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card. And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left a comment there too! :)

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SRM Stickers post-Mini card set

Hey y'all!
Hope all is well?!...

Today, I'm up on the SRM Stickers design blog with a fun and sweet mini card set. Here's a little peek I have to share...

Be sure to swing on over to the SRM Stickers design blog to see my full reveal. And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left a comment there too! :)

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Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge

Hey y'all! Happy Tuesday!
Hope all is well?!...

Another short and sweet post for me.
Today, I'm sharing a card for the current Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge.

I kept things simple. I started with my woodgrain background, which I used a couple different inks for. Not sure if you can really tell in the photo, though I used a grey for my base color and then added touches of a light blue-ish ink randomly here and there. Once done, I added my images in a blue ink and then finished things off with a banner and clear sequins (my sequins seem to be hiding...lol). Easy peasy, right?!...

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You're sweet

Hey y'all! Happy Monday!
Hope your week is starting off right?!...

Today, I just have a short and sweet post to share. I'm working on a few things, as well as trying to catch up on some commenting. ;)

Anyhow, my card to day is for the current Paper Smooches Challenge, which I just happened to make in time! Always nice when you make it before the deadline and not after. lol

And oh my, to make a masculine card...that took some thinking! lol Though, I was able to come up with something. Yay! 

Hopefully this is masculine enough?!...I tried my best to stick with colors that would work for a man and kept things fairly simple. No glitter/sequins/etc. here. Just a touch of patterned paper and some fun pineapples, topped off with a 'sweet' sentiment. :) 

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Sometimes the smallest things...

Hey y'all! Happy Sunday!
Hope all is well?!...

Yesterday, I shared my daughters card for the Coffee Lover's Summer Blog Hop and today I'm sharing mine...this is where the 'no line watercoloring' comes in. (If you read my post the other day, I mentioned my daughter watching me and trying her hand it at. Yet, my card the other day had no 'no line watercoloring' on it...so yeah, this is the card I made with the 'no line'.)

Okay on to my reveal...

Well, I had to go easy with the no line watercolor technique because I've tried and tried before with another image and could not get the hang of it. So I figured if I went really simple, how hard could it be?! lol I'll certainly try my hand at some more complex images as time goes by, but for now these simple images will do for me. ;)

That's all for me today!

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Life is short...Stay awake for it

Hey y'all!

I'm quickly swinging back in (as promised) to share my daughters card for the Coffee Lover's Summer Blog Hop.

She was wanting to create with me, so I had her pull up a stool and work with some sets that I had sitting out. She choose and did what she wanted. ;) She's very much into 'Kawaii' characters/drawing/etc. so needless to say her card would feature some of that. ;)

Don't you just get a kick out of her faces?!...She hand drew all those and even the coffee cozy (which she told me she messed up on it but it was okay. lol). She even was watching me try my hand at no line watercoloring and decided she'd try her hand at it too.

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Happy Everyday

Hey y'all! Happy Saturday! :)
Hope all is well?!...

Whew! Talk about MIA! I feel bad for not posting much in the past week or so...I'm not trying to make excuses for anything. Though, we had some family visiting and with the kids being out of school (since May) my days are filled. Filled in a good way, though FILLED. Also the weather is more back to 'normal' for us, so yes, we've been at the beach...daily. :)

Anyhow, enough with my rambling. The Coffee Lover's Summer Blog Hop is in full swing and I have some cards to share for it. Actually, I have two cards made so far and my daughter made one as well. :) (For today, I'm just sharing one of my cards and then I'll swing back in with my daughters card.)

Simple, yeah?!...I somehow managed to use patterned paper, too! lol (If you know me, you know that's a challenge for me.) I also mixed and matched some different stamp/die sets...just was having fun. To finish things off, I added a wood veneer piece and a touch of gold glitter paper.

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AJVD post-Cup of Love

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!!
Hope all is well?!...

Long time no see!...I'll fill y'all in later about my MIA. ;) Though, all is well.

Anyhow, I was swinging in today because I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog with a fun coffee themed tag. Annnd it's the start of the Coffee Lover's Summer Blog Hop! If you haven't checked it out, you certainly should...always sop much fun! :) So here's a little peek of my project I have to share....

Be sure to swing on over to the A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full reveal! Also while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left a comment there too! :)

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AJVD post-Focus on God...

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog with a quick and easy card. Here's a little peek...

Be sure to swing on over to the A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card. And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left a comment there too! :)

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AJVD post-Pretty Posies

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog with a little something different of a card. Here's a little peek...

Be sure to swing on over to the A Jillian Vance Design blog too see my full card and what makes this card a little different for me. Also while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left a comment there too! :)

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You are a blessing

Hey y'all! Happy Thursday, almost Friday!
Hope all is well?!...

I've managed to get my DT work done for now and had some time to play before prepping our house for company...not that our house is messy, just like to have things 'fresh' when company is over. ;)
Also, our weather has been lousy lately! Nothing but thunderstorms, which I do enjoy but usually we get them in the afternoon/evening for a bit then it clears up. Though, this all day thing...not happening. We've only been to the beach once so far because of the weather. That's unacceptable for us. lol However, after today it does suppose to be more of our routine weather forecast. ;)

Anyhow, with the little break in storms I was able to get some photos snapped and edited. So I'm sharing a card I made for the current June Altenew Inspiration Challenge.

I was inspired by the bouquet of flowers and also by Debby's card. So I based my card off of those things and came up with this...

I did some heat embossing with my flowers. (Which I used Altenew's new embossing powder for.) After embossing my flowers, I added some color with colored pencils and then topped my blooms off with a clear glitter pen. 

Wish you could see the sparkle...but trust me, it's there. ;) 

Once done, (because I don't have the matching dies to go with the set I used) I did some fussy cutting. I then layered everything together on my card, popping some flowers up with foam tape. To finish things off, I added my sentiment piece and some jewel drops. Simple, yeah?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
I'm off to do some commenting...see you soon! 

Enjoy your day! 

Be the reason that someone smiles today

Hey y'all! Happy Monday!
Hope your week is starting off right?!...

I have quite the busy week coming up! My mom and step-dad will be visiting us for a little while and I'm trying to get ahead on DT work so I can enjoy the time with family. So I may not be around too much but know I'm still here. ;)

Today, I'm sharing another quick and easy card with you. And yes, still using up those new and unloved stamps. :)

One stamp and done. To 'enhance' the sentiment piece a little bit more, I went over some parts with colored pencils. That's it. Overall, I just had fun and I'm sure this card will come in handy for someone. It's nice when the sentiments can do all the talking, right?!...

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Altenew Kids Coloring Page

Hey y'all! Happy Saturday!
Hope all is well?!...

I'm swinging in today with something a little different. Not sure if you have seen it or not?...but Altenew has a kids coloring contest and giveaway going on right now! You can check it out, here.

With that being said, I'm sharing my daughters coloring page that she colored. :)

She took her time in coloring in her page, I think a few days it took her to finish. She enjoyed coloring next to me while I was working on some things as well. 'Like mother, like daughter...' right?! ;) 

Well, that's all for me today. 

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AJVD post-Wishing you sunny days ahead

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog with a cheerful card! Here's a little peek...

Be sure to swing on over to the A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card. And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left a comment there too! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!