August 30th

 Quick quick, another easy card. I posted one card when I got the die, but since then I made a dozen more. 'Thinking of you' is always nice for any occasion. Die is from Concord & 9th.

      Used patterned & watercolored paper that was just laying around waiting for the right time!

Thanks for looking today!

Mary

Monday

 Monday, that means Lucy is busy barking at the garbage trucks today. Oh, fun. Its early, so maybe I can do a quick card share! I didn't do the card below, but it is a good showing for the flower die cut. Into the Bloom from Paper Trey ink.

Scrappy tails 'brick wall' die

Looking at the words on this they look too big. However, on this slimline, they really do fit well. Add a little something to the inside.

                                       Thanks for looking! 

                                               Mary
                       

Wednesday

Today I want to share with you some cards made with OLD stamps. Yes, at least 15 (maybe even 20) years old. They were red rubber on the wood mounts. I say were because I took all of the stamps off of the wood, and added the cling so that it would stay on my misti. Some of my stamps are really old /like the PSX stamps. Wow that was a long time ago. Anyway they are drying out, so they have to be positioned on the misty and stamped more than one time. 

FYI : I can't do anything without my Misti!

So lets get started! The first stamp is the tulip from A Stamp in the Hand. Remember they were the company that sponsored the rubber stamp convention in Carson, Ca. How we looked forward to that! Remembering their demos with Joyce. She was so good.

The tulips look funny off the mount, but they work! I used ink
pads to ink up the different colors then I used versamark and clear embossed. 

                           

 The next two below are from Judikins. They were known for their beautiful big backgrounds. They also had fabulous demos at the conventions, and both companies just generated excitement!!

                 Any pretty paper will work & add some extra butterflies!

The bouquet and frame are from Pinkfresh Studio.

I gold embossed the Judikins beaded background, and then paper-clipped a couple ideas! Or you could add some color......

Of course now I can't get rid of them ever.....

Hope you had fun looking!

Mary

                    Oh, wait there is one more 'lovely' thing. These are the flowers I got for my birthday from Doug. They are stunning!

                                                                   

                                                           They smell so good!

                                                                    Thanks again, Mary

Friday

 It is later than I usually share, but I am tired of the TV.... Yes, reruns or repetition. So, maybe some pretty cards will be nice! I used an Altenew die. I think it is called layered poppy, but it looks more like a rose to me. This is one of the dies I didn't want to stop making. So easy. The smaller flower is only 3 pieces. Love it.

                You know I love this little 3 1/2x 6 inch size. I even made my own envelopes! And the scallop die is from a Taylored Expression 'mini' slim line set. 

        Designer paper with the 'poppy' pattern.  And most of the words are the Spellbinder 'mini' sentiments with the hot foil technique.

                The card above is A-2 size. Just a little different, but the same flowers! Too fun!! 

                                Back to the re-runs..............

                                  Thanks for looking, 

                                           Mary

     

Sunday

 Good 'early' morning! Today I want to share another idea/die that I couldn't stop doing! Love these little Swans from Spellbinders! There are lots of pictures so hope you enjoy.

                            

 

          Look at these 'pretties' they are so versatile. Wedding, anniversary, birthday, amazing friend, you brighten my day! The list goes on. Yes, I used the 'mini' sentiments with the hot foil for most of the little word strips on the cards.

                                                

                                                    

            Love the little bit of foil in this paper, sorry, it was just one piece. Wish I had more! Aren't they pretty?

               One more photo, yes these square ones are 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 so I had to make the envelopes.

                                    Thanks for looking!!

                                              Mary