Saturday Morning

I don't think it is daylight yet. This is the best time for me to get things done, really early. So without anymore chat, lets share some ideas!

                          Penny Black stamp 'Bloomin' Boots' stamp

              The first image was 'fussy cut', these are stamped and colored with copic markers. I did use copics on the one above too.

 

Love the reds! 

Thanks for looking today!

Mary

Tuesday

Another hot day in Las Vegas! Although its been 105 degrees, it is not 118 yet! Probably July. Ugh. Thought I would share a few 'random' cards that I did this last couple weeks. The yellow/gold one with the 'sunflower vase' is a stamp from A Stamp in The Hand. Simple. The next one is a diagonal die from My favorite Things, and the flower is from Technique Tuesday.

                    The 'Thanks' cards are made with a Stampendous clear  stamp set. Fitting for summer. It is a fun and versatile set.

  These two cards feature the Beautiful day by Altenew, except I got the set from Ali Express. I think the scale is quite a bit smaller. Okay set, not okay for China to steal. Maybe we should consider our American manufactures before we buy too.  The lattice from below is a pretty new die from Penny Black stamps

                                                       Another from Ali Express. 
                                    
                                     Thanks for looking,
                                            Mary

Monday June 17th

Tonight, yes, I am late today! Usually I blog early, early (sometimes 4:00AM), and this is 6:30PM. Wow! Finally photographed the little chocolate boxes that I made last week. I wanted to do at least one more, but didn't quite get it done. Here are my newest ones. These are from a Heartfelt Creations tutorial.
 https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/blog/827/ez-step-by-step-tutorial-chocolate-box-card

This is paper from Craft Consortium. Love the tiny scale.

Could have decorated this page.

                                                                              

                                                      
                                         Linked to the others that I made https://theartisticavenues.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2018-10-25T08:15:00-07:00&max-results=7&start=44&by-date=false Have no idea if this works, if not it is in the Oct 2018 archive. And the tutorial is linked for that one too. 
                                   Thanks for looking!
                                            Mary  
 Okay it worked! I copied and pasted one of the previous chocolate box images from my own site here! I found out you have to copy and paste the links in your browser. For some reason I can't get them highlighted so you can just click! Sorry..

 One more time with a better link

http://www.ignatova-marina.ru/2016/08/2.html

Thanks again!

Pinkfresh Wednesday!

Good morning! It is so pretty here, early in the morning.  With a pretty, sweet thought I will share some ideas using the new Pinkfresh designer die.

                                    I looked all over the internet for the 'diamond' die. It impresses, only cuts the outer edges. It is from Waffle flower stamps.

                       So here is the picture that I got this idea from. I couldn't find the artist who made this card, but this is the link so you can see her (?) version. I made my own flowers.
 https://www.pinkfreshstudio.com/collections/dies/products/essentials-pretty-frames-die-set

 

 Thanks for looking!

Mary

 

One more today

I wanted a 'lap' dog, nice cuddly fuzzy sweet puppy. I got a lap dog, or psycho lap dog. Yes, she climbs up on top of you with 3-4 toys at a time. On my lap, with the dog. She does climbs on anyone. She chews frantically on her toy, on the blanket, on anything that she claims is hers. Watch out for your fingers and toes, she is nutty!! Lucy is not mean, just a crazy puppy, not the quiet little muffin I expected.

                                                       Get ready, here she comes!

                                        Those are my pajamas.

 

                                      Well thats my Lucy Lou! 
                                              Thanks for looking!              
                                                   Mary

Eight months

So today, right now, has been eight months...

                                                                           2010

                                                                             2016

                                                         2012 Gracie Cupcake & Zoeie

                                                                           2010

.                                              2014
                        

                                             2016

                                                                      2010

                                                                       2018   Perfect Precious and Yummy

Sunday June 9th

Good morning! Yes, I think, it was yesterday or friday that we had our first 100 degree day! Pretty soon it will be everyday! Today is cooler in the 90's. we will see! So with the weather announcement I will move right into sharing some cards. Another set of Favorites, of course. I think most of Heartfelt Creations stamps or dies are always my favorites! Today is a rather long post. It includes two sets of the petite  pocket dies. 

 

This one is called petite pocket accents

 

                      Not sure I like the bow, not on the side.

 

looks nice vertical or horizontal. Above is designer paper, and the image in pink is from Power Poppy.

 

. The image inside the oval is a Heartfelt creation label. 

The 'happy birthday' is a Pinkfresh (wish

I hadn't layered the colors this time) die. It is called essentials. Not to original. It is featured with the cards on future post. 

 Thanks for looking today!

Mary