Monday Feb. 27th

 Well, this will be fun, I am on hold for the second time this morning.  To make use of that time, I will share a couple cards. These are one of the 'kalidescope' series from spellbinders. Every time I get one of these dies, I don't want to quit cutting. They are so versatile and just good for any occasion. 

                    Might be called the 'floral' kalidescope.

              Makes me want to get them out and do more!!  oh no!!

                                       

               Sorry, I can't remember where the Happy Birthday is from.

                                 Thanks for looking! 

                                            Mary
                                         

Wednesday Feb 22nd.

 Just a couple 'cute' Christmas cards to share. Not sure what company made these, but they are fun characters!

   Not Christmas, but still cutey pies!

 

                                             

                                      Can I say 'cute' again??

                                           Thanks for looking!
                                                                            

                                                                            Mary

Sunday Feb 19th

 One more share for Christmas, oh, just thought of something else..... For now I absolutely love Zoska's snowflake dies! I am afraid I almost copied her colors. Not intentionally, just that they look lovely in pastels.   https://www.apocketfullofhappiness.com/store/dies/snowflake-die-set-by-paige-taylor-evans/. Here is pocketful of happiness store link... the next one is my favorite go to for ideas and inspiration ..http://apocketfullofscrap.blogspot.com/

                           

                                             Thanks for looking !

                                                      Mary

Saturday Feb. 18th

 Well, yes, we are still here and today I have a couple more 'Christmas' ideas to share. That is after I completely lost valentine day! I regressed. With all that said, lets get started. These are from Scrap diva29. There are two sets, the box and the Santa legs. Then the big bow and layers.

I started the boxes, but they are to hard to store, so I made the box fronts, or cards, if you want to leave them as is. I set aside co-ordinating paper for the boxes if I want to do them later.

                 I thought giving the 'kids' something inside the box. I am not sure yet... so I have some christmas cut outs or stickers........ I also need more ephemera on the fronts!

                                                                    
                                             Open boxes with some 'goodies' inside!

Only one more from DP. Shows they don't have to be Christmas!

       just needs some fu fu stuff!!                             

                                        Thanks for looking!
                                                                   Mary

Thursday, Feb 9th

Just did this!! What fun. I watched a video here..... https://sandimaciver.com/new-card-making-video-3d-embossing-folder-watercoloring/

Had to get up and go do it! So first off, don't use 300# watercolor paper and think you can actually run a 3-D embossing folder through your big shot. I packed, (I think), my 140#, and all I had was thick watercolor paper. I refused to use the stonehenge paper. Old, really lightweight watercolor paper. So when I was stuck struggling with the big shot.. I decided to try the lighter weight stuff. I love it!! Now because I was so excited, I didn't do the 'black' coloring. I can do that later. Here is my fast messy process......

             Nothing is pretty, just waxed paper for the table, paintbrushes, and a palette.

   The 300# paper is on the right and the 90# is already embossed and on the left. The lower right side of the 300# didn't emboss very well.

             Canon SXS40HS 5-6 years old,  much better than a cell.

                                         

                                          

                      I would say 'time to clean', but maybeee I will do another couple backgrounds while everything is still out.

                                    Thanks for looking!

                                                  Mary




                                          

Wednesday Feb. 8th

 Good morning! 3:30AM says 'early'. So lets get started! First, let me show you the two cards I made with the old rollograph! The pink one is a pretty nice birthday card, but the glare from the gold showed up everywhere I tried to take the picture.

           The black card just shows you don't have to just roll 'across' the page. Don't be afraid to use pieces!

Now, let's show the next crazy lady cards! Again, I am addicted to these little cup, spoon & hearts from Lawn Fawn. The candy cane is from Simon Says, various little bits and glitz were added. Oh, notice the little jingle bells from Tim Holtz idealogy.  

             I forgot the coffee beans and marshmallow dies in the set!

                        The rectangle frame is Photoplay.

     Crazy lady has 4 more ready to go.... just waiting for the birthday sprinkles... Below are just a couple of the 'partially done' ones! I think I need some blues.......

                                     Thanks for looking today!

                                                 Mary