"Creating From My Stash"

Hello beautiful people.  It's Friday and the beginning of the 1st weekend in August, 2019.
What are your plans?   I have nothing on my agenda.  The granddaughter is in Georgia and I can't go visit her nor will she visit me.  The oldest daughter is in Florida and a trip there takes planning...something we have not done.   Do I stay at home and play with crafts?  Maybe I will or I may hang out with all the people who are school shopping.   A good bargain will be wonderful...  house items and not craft supplies.
Friday is my busy day.  I pull from here and there in my stash supplies to make cards.
Here are two for your enjoyment:

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http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

 All of these die cuts come from Aliexpress except the grid which is one of TH latest dies.  The bow is from Michaels and the paper are pieces from my crating this week...using Prima's Apricot Honey DP.  The drops are from NUVO Vintage drops (dusty rose)

This die cut is from Cricut Cuttlebug called "flower bramble".

The background is watercolor paper using distress inks. This was saved in my stash.  The little cards are once again from the DP Prima Apricot Honey.

I think I shared this tip with you before.  I'll get out a die and cut it out using different colors of paper and put those items in a zip bag to use for later  (this prevents me from taking the time to die cut when I want to craft).  I also will take out my distress inks and paint watercolor paper and save those sheets for projects in the future.

Today, I've pulled from the watercolor papers and my die cuts to produce two cards.
I'll place these cards either in my 'box for soldier"  or in my file cabinet to be used at a later date.

To all of you...have a wonderful, blessed weekend.  Most of all, relax and spend a little time on yourself.  We deserve to be pampered often.
Thanks so much for the love.

Sending you a hug and love,
Lois

"Creating From My Stash"

Happy Friday and Welcome to the weekend everyone.
First, I would like to blow kisses all the way to North Carolina to wish my "Sunshine" a very happy, happy 11th birthday.  I'll get to tell her in person later on.  If not today, then tomorrow.
It has been a very busy week for me with some glitches in my daily routine.  We had a storm in which the electricity kept flickering on and off.  The next day the internet service was down most of the day.  When I got a chance to post, then we had a visitor who stopped by. Yesterday was another one of those days that I made cards but could not get them posted to this blog but you may have seen them floating around on Instagram and Scrapbook.com.
Today's schedule is not that crowded.  I've once again pulled items from my stash to make quick and easy cards.  Take a look at my projects:

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http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

 This card was simply made by taking paper scraps that blend well together and adhering them down in different directions.  I pulled out my bag of ribbons and laces and found this lace flower which was adhered to the center of the focal panel.  Out of my die cut words, I selected "grateful" to place as the sentiment.  Grateful is how I am feeling.  So many wonderful things have happened that I'm grateful for. The good things are outweighing the bad things and God is Good all the time.
These are scraps that I saved from being trashed this morning.  Therefore, I really can't tell you what pad they came from.

This is a Christmas card that came together from using die cuts from my stash and from stickers in my file cabinet.  When I received the Sizzix die set of circle words, I cut all the dies out using different pieces of cardstock.  I had been playing around with making cards for Christmas in July.  This was an easy one because all I had to do was cut the black and red cardstock down to size for the white card.  I added the branch die cut at the top because it would go well with the ornaments I had cut out previously.  To spruce the card up a little more, I added jolee's boutique Christmas stickers (wreath and candy canes).  This came together as a cute Christmas card.

I'm preparing to visit "Sunshine" and her family this weekend.  I hope your weekend will be enjoyable also.  Take a little time to breathe, relax and have fun.
Thanks for a little bit of your time.  Come again...you are so welcome.

Sending you a hug and love.
Lois