"April Is Going Away"

 Hello friends, family, followers and viewers.   It's April 26, 2021 with only four more days left in this month.  What have you accomplished this month or this year?  With the pandemic in full bloom last year the time was in slow motion.  As soon as states were allowed to open more and more, the time seems to get back to fast movement.  This entire month has been a blur.  It was not due to going and comings...well almost...but it seems that the time changed and everything went ZOOM!, ZOOM!, ZOOM!

Today, once again, I'm organizing and cleaning out my crafting space.  I've thrown away everything and anything that I've had for over ten years.  The more I craft and give away cards to "Cards For Soldiers" and "Cards For Kindness", I've come to the conclusion that very thin paper and cardstock do not make a very good impression on your crafting.  Out goes those items ( I purchased these when I first got into crafting not knowing).

Here are some of the goodies I made from the last time I posted for your view:

The title of the card is #BE...inside it is finished with "whatever your heart desire".  I use one of TH funky insect die; a honeycomb embossing folder; homemade flowers (using an Aliexpress die); TH shadow uppercase die (alphanumeric)

This card was made from scraps while cleaning and organizing.  I had ordered some paper from Create and Craft (Hunkydory) about three years ago to do cards for children.  I took pieces from that set and paired it with cardstock from another paper pad and left over flowers from a project to make this birthday card.

The inspiration for this card came from a pendant on Pinterest.  Again, no new cardstock was used.  Before being trashed, I cut out a piece of old paper I had purchased from Michaels and added some flower stickers to the front of an embossed piece of white cardstock.  

I ended the week last Friday with a fancy card.  I intended it to be for #Mothersday.  The frame came from Close To My Heart die cut chipboard.  I covered it with some cardstock.  The leaves were cut using a TH die.  I had a few gems on my work space that matched the colors I was using.  The paper is from Prima.  This card will be added to #wordartwednesday.   https://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com 

This one was done today, April 26, 2021.  More paperpads found while cleaning and organizing.  This one came from The Little Book of floral wishes from Hunkydory.  I used three sheets of the same image and cut out the flowers to use for decoupage.  

Thanks for your viewing and time.  I hope something seen will give you inspiration to create.

Love you much,

Lois
 

"Toward The Finish Line For The February Birthdays"

Hello Beautiful People.
Guess what I'm doing and will be doing until "it" happens.   What is the "it" that I'm referring to?
If these weather people who have been reporting the weather in my neighborhood are correct, I should be seeing some "white stuff" falling out of the sky before it gets dark.  What "white stuff" am I referring to?  Well, well, my darlings, it sure isn't foam.  It sure isn't cotton.  It sure isn't paint, chalk, and neither is it the clouds falling out of the sky.  I won't keep you in suspense...it is SNOW!  Yes, that four letter word that most people don't want to hear or see especially if you have to drive in it.  Okay, I'm excited because every year I just want to see the first snowfall and then I'm satisfied.  If it happens today (just because it has not for my area this year), I will be happy and overwhelmed with "snow joy".  May I call it that...snow joy.    I just may pulled out my snowman dies to make a card for Friday.  Only if I see the snow. 
So many people I know have already celebrated their February birthday.  There are a few more before we end the month on  next Saturday.  A member of our church celebrated her 98th birthday yesterday.  I have a friend whose son will be celebrating his birthday along with my  sister whose birthdays are on the horizon.  If my mom was still alive, she would be celebrating her 100th birthday (RIP mother) on February 25th. 

Here are the cards I made for today.

I used Neenah white; Recollections black; DP from Mintay "Secret Place" for my cardstock.
Prima flowers and TH bouquet flowers were used.
I highlighted some areas with Nuvo woodlawn green drops.
TH skeleton flower dies were used for leaves under the flowers.
This will be seen at https://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com 

With a few pages left in my Hunkydory "Floral Wishes card making kit, I used the Rose Window Deco-Large to make this card.  Everything except the Neenah white and the rose floral cardstock came from this kit.  The layering or decoupage really makes a nice fun loving card for someone's birthday.

Thanks for viewing, commenting and reading this blog.  I appreciate you love so much.

Now, I'm sending you a hug and love,
Lois