easter cards....

I do love creating with punches!!  This used a few circle punches and some oval dies.  the tie is a die from My Favorite Things and the whiskers are waxed linen.  Found the egg stamp in a very old Maggie Holmes set.

Went right back to my roots with this one - lots of stamping!  I used a few stamps from Red Lead, Maggie Holmes, and Hero Arts, dies from Memory Box, punches from Martha.  Painted the clouds with Twinkling H2Os, so they have a very iridescent quality. Ripped the green paper to make grass.  

and good bye to an old friend.  it served me well for many years.

I've had a Big Shot Plus in reserve for this moment so no time was lost.

And we are starting to talk and plan for a trip to Michigan!!  Hopefully things will get continue as vaccinations roll out.  

Patience...... we seem to be soooo close to getting to some normalcy.

margie

 

finished!

watched a tutorial on how to make it and thought I would give a try.I started this Birthday card about a month ago.  

finished it today.

closed - had the paw stamp for years!

measures 5 1/2 square so it will fit into an existing envelope

the belt closure 

the invitation!  see where I got the components?

copied and cut the little dogs apart after gluing them to a piece of cardstock.

did the same with the Paw badge at the top for the closure.

turned out pretty cute!

And in a completely different direction......

a little pocket folder made with the dyed papers I posted earlier.

a few folds and collaging...

inside page/pockets

Working on another project so come on back for more!

thanks for stopping by.

 Here are some dyed papers.  They are much more vibrant in person!  I used avacados for some, curry for another batch and coffee for the last.

a pop up birthday card!  Let me know if you would like to know how to make it.  Easy!!

And my St. Patrick's Day cards.  I do struggle with shaker cards but they turned out fine!

Remember this paper from Gr. 45?  It's over 5 years old.  No, I didn't have the paper, but I had the cards and it's time to use them up!

I finished a little Flip book, too, but that will be in another post!

By the way, I do not like DST.  Three hours difference is just too crazy!!  Of course that is from my end.  Having that extra hour of light  is a good thing, as long as the mornings are light too.

stop back again for more!

still here....

 still here and doing some crafting but my room is in design/build mode.  I may soon have everything on shelves and in labeled containers.....no more working from packing boxes....

just watched some or T. Holtz new crayon/distress glaze video.  My head is spinning....so happy to have some of the new embossing dies.  Now I just have to look for my crayons.  Any I knew there was a reason I had 2 jars of the crystal embossing powders (the name is close to that).  hahahahahahahahaha

oh, how I wish I was still doing demos back at Scrappy Chic!  His samples were so beautiful and all my style.

I will be back very soon to show you what I have been up to and I can still say I struggle with shaker cards but the sequins I found at Dollar reminded me of a Pot of Gold and I have the shamrock embossing/die cut folder so I did make a few St. Patrick's Day cards.  After all, my last name is Donovan and I am Irish on March 17th!