Rainbow, happy birthday

Hi y'all! 

Happy Tuesday, hope all is well?! :)

Once again, time has slipped away from me. lol Seriously, where is the time going?!...I'm swinging in today to share a card I made using some new layering stencils and I also did a little hot foiling. This is a 'just for fun' card, no challenges or anything. ;) 

Don't you just love the oversized rainbow?!...I usually struggle with making rainbows (not sure why?) but they just never come out how I picture them. lol But the rainbow stencil from Right at Home...problem solved! ;) Looove! (just my opinion) After having my rainbow stenciled, I added some splatters of paint and then added a layered butterfly (from Tim Holtz/Sizzix)and my hot foiled sentiment (from Pinkfresh Studio). Simple, right?! 

Well, that's all for me.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day and week! :) 

Celebrate

Hi y'all! 

Happy Sunday, hope all is well?! :)

I'm swinging in to share another 'just for fun' card that I made using a new stencil set that I bought. To be honest, I haven't bought anything new in quite some time. I think I've been pretty good about that lately. lol But what did it for me was seeing the new Right at Home stencil release, also Jennifer McGuire mentioned about it in a FB group and well, that was enough for me. lol ;) 

Anyhow, here is my card...

Don't you just love the colors and stenciling?! :) I wanted the stenciling to shine, so I simply did a couple quick dies cuts and called it good. Easy peasy, right?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day and see you soon! 

Hello (shaker card/galaxy background)

Hi y'all! 

Happy Wednesday, hope your week is going good?! :)

I'm sharing a 'just for fun' card that I was inspired by quite a few craft friends. ;) I've been seeing for a while now so many playing with alcohol inks and seeing the stunning results, that I wanted to try some things. But I don't own any alcohol inks...so what was I to do?...I could go buy a few inks and paper but was trying to use things that I already have. After some thinking, I thought I'd use some photo paper (the kind you use in your printer to print photos) and I would try using it with the Nuvo shimmer powders that I have. I didn't know if things would even work for me or what would the end result would be, but I gave it go. Has anyone even done this before?!?...

I think things look pretty good...yeah?!

To get my results, I spritzed some water onto the photo paper and then sprinkled on some shimmer powder here and there and then spritzed things a few more times. I did let things sit for a bit and even dabbed the the paper with a dry paper towel to soak up the remainder of the water on top. That's pretty much it. Now, I don't know how the alcohol inks look when dried on the paper?...but when things were dry, my only wish was it looked more glossy? (if that's even the word I'm looking for?). Things dried good, but maybe I should have sealed it with something?...just to give it more of a glossy/smoother look...this is what somewhat led me to doing a shaker. Probably something I'll play around with more. ;) Though, it's always fun to try new things, right?! :)

That's all for me.

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Have a great day and see you soon! :) 

Let's party!

Hi y'all! 

Happy Friday, yay!! :) 

I'm swinging in today to share a 'just for fun' card that I made. I've been going through things and trying to use things I still have yet to do anything with. ;) (I'm certain this will be never ending with me. lol) 

So here's my card...

I couldn't tell you how long ago I bought the Pinwheel Party bundle from The Greetery, but it certainly was a while ago. lol Anyhow, I finally put things to use and had sooo much fun doing so! Don't you just love those pinwheels?!! :) 

Well, that's all for me...thank you so much for stopping by!
Have a great day and enjoy your weekend! 

Sending a happy hello.

Hi y'all!

Happy Thursday, almost Friday! :) 

I made a card for the current Unity Stamp Co. challenge on their Facebook group and thought I'd share it here too. 

Pretty straight forward and simple, right?!...I did some stamping, coloring, and a little bit of die cutting. Easy peasy. ;) 

That's all for me today.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day! 

big birthday wishes

Hi y'all! 

Happy Friday, hope all is well?! :)

I'm swinging in today to share a fun birthday card with you! No challenges or anything, just need some birthday cards for my stash. ;) 

I tried keeping things pretty simple, which I still think it is?...I just decided to add a little bit of layering with die cuts. It was also long overdue for me to use some Mama Elephant goodies I had sitting around...way too long. lol Hope my card makes you smile?! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great day and enjoy your weekend! 

Sending love & hugs

Hi y'all! 

Happy Saturday, hope all is well?!...

Once again I have been somewhat MIA...just when things seem to be getting on track. If it's not one thing, it's another. I just wish some of those 'other things' were good things rather than the not so good things. But we have to keep moving forward and stay positive, right?...

So with that being said, I did get some time to craft and I made a card for the current Altenew Inspiration Challenge. :) 

Well, that's all for me.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Enjoy your weekend! :)