ATSM #444 - Any Occasion

Are you ready for this fortnight's Addicted to Stamps and More #444 Any Occasion challenge?  I am!  But, I'm so not ready for Christmas 2023 so decided to make a holiday card to add to the stash.  

I'm entering this in Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round Four Calling Birds (four of something or a bird). 

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• Honey Bee Layering Holiday Bells (SBC | HB | SBP)
• Honey Bee Winter Birds (SBC | HB | SBP)
• Honey Bee Let Nature Sing (SBC | HB | SBP)
• Honey Bee Winter Greenery (SBC | HB | SBP)
• Birch Press Design Mixed Berry Contour Layers
• Versafine Clair Glamorous (SBC)
• Distress Oxide Vintage Photo, Salvaged Patina, Uncharted Mariner, Chipped Sapphire, Pine Needles, Rustic Wilderness (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Copic Opaque White (Blick)
• Sizzix Big Shot Machine (SBC | ACOT | Sizzix)
• Sizzix Big Shot Switch Plus Machine (SBC | ACOT)

SOSS #232 - Z for Zodiac

You all ready for a new Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge?!  This time our code word is "zodiac."

I was born in the year of the dog so featured one on a birthday card. I love the look on its face--"damn, that's old."  LOL.

I'm entering this in AAA Birthday #48 Layer It Up and Seize the Birthday #259 Alcohol/Anything Goes.

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• Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Man Myth Legend
• Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs (SBC | Sizzix | ACOT)
• MFT Dog House (MFT)
• MFT Mini Cloud Edges (MFT)
• Lawn Fawn Slimline Simple Grassy Hillside Stencils (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn
• Zigs:  029, 065, 068, 072, 092 (ACOT | Blick)
• Versafine Clair Nocturne (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Sizzix Big Shot Machine (SBC | ACOT | Sizzix)
• Sizzix Big Shot Switch Plus Machine (SBC | ACOT)

Birch Press Design - Phlox, Hugs and Smiles

 Do you like floral cards?  Me too!  Read more about my latest on the Birch Press Design blog.

ATCAS #235 - Garden

It's time for another Addicted to CAS Challenge.  This time we're up to #235 - Garden.

I used the Concord & 9th Garden Grown set. You know I can't resist a pun, good or bad. :)

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• Concord & 9th Garden Grown (SBC)
• Concord & 9th Garden Grown Dies (SBC)
• Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina, Picked Raspberry, Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Versafine Clair Nocturne (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Ranger Alcohol Inks

Simon Says Stamp - Spring Days

My latest Simon Says Stamp Golden Ticket package contained some products from the Beautiful Days release. My products have a very how does your garden grow theme so I worked up a scene with a tabletop of floral vases accented by the Leafy Sprig die used to make a stencil.  It's not often that I use Distress Oxide Old Paper but its yellow-green tint was perfect on top of the Lost Shadow.

I love the gray days of spring where it might be rainy but the blooming flowers and peeking greenery really pop.

• Simon Says Stamp Garden Fresh
• Simon Says Stamp Botanical Jar Stencil
• Simon Says Stamp Leafy Sprig
• Distress Oxide Lost Shadow, Speckled Egg, Old Paper, Salty Ocean (SBC | ACOT | SBP | Ranger)
• Kuretake Zig Real Brush Markers (ACOT | Blick)
• Versafine Clair Nocturne (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Copic Opaque White (ACOT | Blick)

ATSM #443 - Birthdays

Are you ready to join us for the latest Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge?  This round we're asking for birthday cards. I hope to see you there!

I was in the mood for a shaker card--weird, I know.  Best check me for fever!

I wanted to use up some paper from my stash (all I recall about it is it was a 12x12 originally) and thought it would be so cute to make it rain glitter.  Can you imagine how pretty that would be? And how very irritating.  We all know how that stuff gets everywhere!

I colored up the LF Beary Rainy Day images using inspiration from the designer paper. The iridescent glitter works so well with the colors too.

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• Lawn Fawn Beary Rainy Day (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Scent with Love Add-On (SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Den Sweet Den (SBC | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Scripty Birthday (ACOT | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Square
• Copics (ACOT | Blick | SBP)
• Versamark (SBC | SBP)
• Ranger Super Fine Detail White Embossing Powder (SBC | ACOT | Ranger)
• Memento Tuxedo Black
• PTI Kraft Cardstock (PTI)

HLS Christmas - Jingle Bells

Are you ready to get your jingle on for the latest Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge? Of course, the jingling is completely optional but it's a fun option.

I watercolored the Honey Bee St. Nick image with Kuretake Zig Real Brush Markers. I then masked the image and used a touch of Distress Oxide Salavaged Patina to add some background color.

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• Honey Bee St. Nick (SBC | HB)
• Honey Bee Deckle Edge Rectangle (SBC | HB)
• Kuretake Zig Real Brush Markers: 010, 024, 040, 063, 072, 091, 092, 207, 220, 260 (ACOT | Blick)
• Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Versafine Clair Nocturne (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Copic Opaque White (ACOT | Blick)
• Sizzix Big Shot Machine (SBC | ACOT | Sizzix)
• Sizzix Big Shot Switch Plus Machine (SBC | ACOT)