Sept 1, 2021- Life Plants

Cutting Dies w/ matching stamp, Dull Glossy Paper, flowers, Friendship

September is here! Amazing. The months and years seem to fly by. September brings knee replacement surgery to me. Little nervous but my knees were what took us off the road but of course then along came covid and changed everybody’s world.

Today’s card was made for a young friend who is moving to Michigan that I am going to miss! You might notice that I cut the flower out several times and stacked them instead of using 3-D-Dots. Love that trick.

Enjoy your first day of September! Fall is coming.

Just a note – Aug 23, 2021

Dull Glossy Paper, Just a Note

Good morning and happy Monday! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.

On this card the white paper is dull gloss (link below) and the key to using it is making sure the ink dries before coloring! It’s so disappointing when it gets smudged. Alcohol ink markers were used to color the images. Loving these cheerful sunflowers right now!

Links to stamps: D371 Just a Note, CC97 April’s Bees Small, EE85 Single Sunflower w Bee, CC98 Single Sunflower w Bee Small

To see all of the 2021 stamps, click on this link – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/categories/2021-new-releases

Link to dull gloss paper – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/dull-glossy-paper

July 15, 2021 – Bee Better Soon

2021 Releases, Dull Glossy Paper, Frogs & Bugs, Get Well Soon, Thinking of You

Good Morning! The days just seem to move along quickly. I finished work a little early yesterday and was going to get busy with invoicing and sending orders out only to lose the internet! It’s hard to believe how dependent we are on the internet. One thing we can do – is stamp even when the internet is down!

I needed a card to send to a friend in the hospital so I went digging in my stash and was happy to find this card. The pictures just don’t do it justice! The colors are so pretty- orange and yellow.

Have a great day!

Stamp Links;

CMO119 Bee Better Soon

CMO116 Bee Thinking of You

CC97 Single Bees Med

J016 Honeycomb Large

C320 Handmade Card Inside

Bee with you – July 14, 2021

Dull Glossy Paper, Frogs & Bugs, Thinking of You

Good morning! Sharing another bee card today. Looking forward to when we’ll see old friends again. For now, back to work!

Links to stamps:

J16 Honeycomb Large

CC97 April’s Bees Small

CMO122 Can’t wait to bee Set

Link to dull gloss paper: https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/dull-glossy-paper

Friendship – July 9, 2021

Dull Glossy Paper, flowers, Friendship

Happy Friday! Used the same words as on yesterday’s card. Paper is dull gloss. Colored images with alcohol ink markers. Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

Links to Stamps: E294 Not Together Smile, CC97 April’s Bees Small, EE85 Single Sunflower w Bee, CC98 Single Sunflower w Bee Small

Flowers – July 8, 2021

Dull Glossy Paper, flowers, Friendship

Hope everyone had a good holiday weekend! We planted more flowers and are loving all the colors. See below for some of the flowers in the garden.

Also, here is a quick card with experimental colors. White paper is dull gloss. Colored with alcohol ink markers. Happy Thursday!

Links to Stamps: E294 Not Together Smile, GG40 Potted Susan, CC97 April’s Bees Small

July 2, 2021 – Thinking of You

2021 Releases, Dull Glossy Paper, Frogs & Bugs, Thinking of You

How is it that it is July??! Half of 2021 gone. We have been busy with orders and work. I have a couple days off of work so hoping to get some things caught up. Kids coming tonight! So Excited! Have a save 4th of July!

Yes! I do love polka dots!

Stamp Links:

CMO124 Thank you for BEEing you

June 30, 2021 Happy Birthday

2021 Releases, Birthday, Cutting Dies w/ matching stamp, Dull Glossy Paper, flowers

I’ve been using a polka dot stencil that you see showing up on some of my cards. Any one who knows me know that I like polka dots! I stole this card layout from one of a Karissa’s card. I like the simplicity of it. Enjoy your day!

Stamp links;

GG51 Daisy with Triangle Vase Lg

CC97 April’s Bees Small

D366 Happy Birthday

F316 Celebrating You

Our thoughts – June 24, 2021

2021 Releases, Dull Glossy Paper, With Sympathy

A sympathy card today. I love these flowers and bees! Can you tell? This is a good card for mailing because it is flat and will fit into a regular envelope nicely. The words can easily be changed to fit other occasions too. Links are below!

Stamps: F255 Our Thoughts, EE85 Single Sunflower w Bee Med, CC98 Single Sunflower w Bee Small

Thank you flower vase – June 23, 2021

Dull Glossy Paper, Thank You Cards

Good morning! This is a fun way to use white card stock and patterned paper. I’m having trouble deciding whether to add ribbon or not. The card folds at the top. What do you think?

Links are below.

Links to Stamps:

C332 Thank You

BB68 April’s Bees Sm

FF60 Daisy

CDFF60 Daisy in Triangle Vase Cutting Die

Thank You – June 22, 2021

2021 Releases, Cutting Dies w/ matching stamp, Dull Glossy Paper, Thank You Cards

So this is how my cards start off generally. I will make lots of flowers and color and cut them out. I will stamp and punch out words. Then I’ll build kits of cards. Then when I need a card – I grab a kit and put it together with the words that I want! Then the rest gets put back into the kit pile.