"Punching It"

Good Monday, October 1, 2018 to everybody.
It is a nice day in my neighborhood.  We're experiencing early morning crisp air and then afternoon heat.  What about you?  Are you enjoying your weather and surroundings?
As we enter the month of October, don't forget women that this is breast cancer month.  Many shows kicked off their opening with "pink, pink and more pink".  If you have not had those "pumpkins" checked with a mammogram, this is a good time to do so.  For you, your family and your friends...I'm included.
Today's share...I'm back to using a punch...hence the title of this blog post, "Punching It".
With the projects I'm making for my  daughter, I've kept my box of punches very close for the small cuts I have to make.  This morning, I decided to use one (punch) on both sides of a piece of cardstock.  I traced out a tag and use TH butterfly die to cut out a butterfly.  Art-C ephemera was used for the sentiment on the tag and near the butterfly.
Question:  when you finish using an item and the container is empty, do you or can you find another crafty use for it?  Look at that big faux gem on the fan at the top of my card.  It actually came from one of my Nuvo Crystal Drops bottle.  One day when it fell off the top of the bottle I almost threw it away but kept it thinking I would use it later and today was that day.
Here is your view:

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Cardstock were various sheets that came from pads that I no longer have for identification.  The base is Kraft cardstock and for the punched layer and the front band, I've used Neenah white.

The butterfly top layer is white vellum.  It has gloss white Nuvo drops on the body. On the punch parts and on the band, I've use white glitter stickles.

Thanks for viewing.  Enjoy this day by living it, loving it, laughing at something funny and then repeat as many times necessary.

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Sending you a hug and love,

Lois

"Only A Mother..."

March 1, 2018...Thursday
It's another day of crafting while the weather outside is wet and cold.  We experienced spring type weather last week and now back to what it should be...winter.
I'm inside and my craft room is in chaos.  Why?  Because I made it that way.  I need to organize so I can find things without my space looking the way it is looking at this moment.  I've had ideas rolling around in my head of projects I can make but cannot find what I'm looking for in my space...when I know I have it.
I stopped for a moment and made something that was not originally on my radar.  I had a few sheets of paper left in a pad.  To finish using it, I cut out a piece from one page and the flower parts from two other pages to use for decoupage.  Okay, so that was the easy part. The sentiment was the problem.  I tried several but they didn't click with my image.   Then, I thought about my donation box for the soldiers.  Yes, that box again!   By the time I submit my cards  to go out of the country...it will be close to Mother's Day.  Therefore, I used a sentiment close to Mother's Day that I found in my collection.
Here, take a look:

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The sentiment reads, "Only a MOTHER can communicate Love without saying a word". 

Isn't that nice for us who are mothers.  It only takes a look,  a gesture, and/or  a touch, without opening your mouth to let your child know he or she is LOVED.

Enabler's List:

cardstock: paper from g.c.d. studios "Antiquities; burgundy cardstock from PaperandMore

die: ODBD Layered Lacey Ovals

sentiment from the Paper Studio stick.a.bilities mom phrases foiled

embellishment: gold Nuvo drops

Have a great day everyone.  I'm going to clean my craft space, what about you.  Be on the look out for some of the gems I hope to find in my chaotic jumble of crafting supplies.

Thanks for viewing.  Please come again.

Sending you a hug and Love,

Lois

"WIMSF"

Hello viewers, followers, visitors and friends.
Friday...Friday
What's In My Stash, Friday? (WIMSF)

Today, I'm using Tim Holtz's products or I should say...I had used his products behind the scene this week.  I had tried out a technique that Jennifer McGuire had used called "silhouette stamping". http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2017/09/silhouette-stamping.html
I tried to imitate but couldn't duplicate the technique...so as Frank Sinatra said in a song, "I did it my way".
The lady that I send cards to for "Cards For Soldiers", posted a call for 700 cards as quickly as possible on yesterday.  I'm trying to get my box ready to go postal (maybe 25-30).
Here are three cards that I put together this morning using the distress oxide inking, stamp by Ryn,  die cuts from Tim Holtz wildflower 2 dies, Studio Katia gems, and Nuvo crystal drops.   Since the distressing was done and the flowers were already cut, all I had to do was add the stamping, the sentiments and the drops.

I'm going to enter this one over at 

September Challenge – Link Party # 32

http://www.cropstop.com/blog/cards/september-challenge-link-party-32/

I'm going to enter this one over at http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

Enabler's List

Neenah white cardstock

Recollections black, aqua and pink cardstock

various pattern paper from my stash

Distress oxide #2 inks

NUVO sea breeze jewel drops and gloss white crystal drops

Sizzix wildflowers #2 dies

Design by Ryn stamps

Studio Katia gems

die cut using Cricut Design Space and Cricut Explore

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Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois