"Peace Hope Love"

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers on this beautiful morning.
It's October 27, 2017 and it's also Friday...
We are ending our work week, our vacation week (Sunshine and her family) and retirement week.
"Sunshine" (granddaughter), spent this week in LA, California with her parents.  Her school was on Fall Break.  While out there, she sent me a picture of her name in the "Sidewalk Walk of Fame" and her trophy.  Most of my peers and friends who are still working, are looking forward to a two day break.  Nine or more weeks with the classroom screams for a weekend break.  I'm retired and I need a weekend break.

Because it's Friday...this lady usually looks into her box of stash goodies to challenge herself to make a card.
Take a look at some of the things I took out of my box this morning:

 

an entry for

http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

and

http://www.cropstop.com/blog/autumn/october-challenge-link-party-33/

The die cuts have been previously cut out and saved. They were adhered on top of a piece of white cardstock for the focal image.   The only thing that required some work today...I cut out the layers to adhere to the card base and added the gems.  

Enabler's List:
cardstock: Neenah white; red Bazzill
Designer Paper: Recollections Christmas Noel; Graphic 45 The Olde Curiosity Shoppe
dies: Spellbinders As Tranquil Moments; Spellbinders Nestabilities; Spellbinders foliage
embellishments: Recollections flowers; Prima flowers; Studio G adhesive gems
tools: big shot black die/embossing machine; Fiskars paper trimmer; Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive; Tim Holtz scissors;

Have an enjoyable weekend.  Do something fun and exciting.
Come back again and don't forget...your comments are appreciated.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

What Do You Really Like About Spring?

Hello Friends, Followers and Viewers,

One more day before Friday and then we will be headed to fun and excitement for the weekend.  On yesterday I titled my post, “SPRING…good, Allergies…BAD”.  Spring is good and there are many things that you and I love about this time of the year.  When winter is over and it stops releasing its icy grip, we all begin to remember why we like spring and or summer so much.  There is nothing like sunny mornings, lighter evenings and the thought of summer to cheer us all up. We also think about warmer temperatures, spring flowers, opening up windows, cleaning and sprucing up the house and garden. We cannot forget those blossoms that are beautiful; (even though they cause havoc for me), the cherry, pear, and plum as well as spring flowers; forsythia, hyacinths, daffodils and tulips.

I would love to get a comment from everyone who reads this post.  Please let me know or answer this question:  “What do you like about spring?”

Today’s share is a Happy Easter card.  The supplies used are: beige and brown Bazzill cardstock; patterned paper from Colorbok Sunset glow; Martha Stewart dogwood stickers; computer generated sentiment; Spellbinders Opulent Oval die; faux rhinestones; hand drawn bird; prima flower

Technique: Cut card base 4 ¼ by 5 1/2; brown mat is cut 1/8” less than base and the patterned paper is cut 1/8” less than brown mat.  Dogwood sticker was place on patterned paper and the hand drawn bird was placed on the sticker (backed with pop-up). Place prima flower on the tail of the bird. The opulent ovals die was used to cut out the generated sentiment.  4 faux rhinestones were placed around the sentiment.  Here you have another Clean and Simple Card.

Send your comment letting me know what you like about spring.  Enjoyed having you view today.  Come back again.

Sending you a hug and Love

Lois

Crafting, Why Celebrate?

Hello Viewers, Friends and Followers,
This is National Craft Month.  Yes, you already know this and have been celebrating or buying since March 1.  Let's answer some questions today.  Have you stopped to think or stopped to answer this question, "Why are you a crafter or why do you call yourself a crafter"?  What is your crafting forte or strong point?  Where do you get your motivation to do what you are doing?  Do you keep or sell your projects  or what happens to the finish project?  Have you ever looked at your work and started laughing wondering what were you thinking or drinking at the time?
When I take a closer look at myself and why I love to craft, first and foremost, I thank God for giving me this gift that has turned into a hobby of something I've done for years.   I actually started crafting in high school and it advanced to exploring my creative side over the years.  Areas of crafting I've dabble in are, drawing and painting pictures and objects, sewing, making floral arrangements, making dolls, making objects out of metal, making jewelry, making objects out of clay, etc. Today,  I enjoy preserving memories through scrap booking, mini-albums and cards.  I don't have one forte but the general perception as of this writing would be card making because that's what most people see me doing.  Because of my entrance into Embrace Your Art 365, some of my old techniques are coming back (drawing and painting).

Today I'm sharing a little bit of this and a little bit of that.  My thoughts were directed into many directions and trust me, I adhered to all of them:

Happy St. Patrick's Day
white and green GP cardstock; Spellbinders die; Recollections floral embellishments: Pebbles pearlescent chalks
Card base was cut 3X.  Two of them were adhere together to form card and on the third another spellbinders oval die was used for the opening.  Pebbles pearlescent chalks in yellow and green was used in the opening.  The green cardstock was cut down to resemble flower stalks and adhere to the opening along with floral embellishments.  The computer generated sentiment was die cut using a spellbinders circle die and adhere to card.

He Did It For Me

brown Bazzill cardstock for card base (4 1/4 by 5 1/2), DCWV cardstock beige and striped (2" by 4 1/2" each), corrugated cardboard (2" by 4 1/2"), bronze cardstock cut in oval shape using Spellbinders Elegant Oval die (3"), 3 TPC Studio gold metal accents (studs), Little Occasion cross sticker, computer generated sentiment, small piece of Offray ribbon:  Stagger the three (2") pieces of cardstock onto base; adhere cross with ribbon to oval; cut out sentiment using heart shape die and place on card along with the 3 gold medal accents.

Kindness
white American Craft card base; 3 x 3 piece of black material; red burlap hearts (2); red button; Recollection floral embellishment;  corrugated card board; piece of American Craft black string;  computer generated sentiment: Adhere all pieces to card base as seen in the picture.

Inside of Kindness

I've enjoyed your time today.  Come back and visit again tomorrow.

Sending you a hug and LOVE

Lois