Under the Weather Mouse

I joined a Get Well swap , so I pulled out an oldie from 1999! ... Mice Messages

The colors are for Brandy's Color Challenge 

Merry Merlot, Night of Navy, Smoky Slate and Whisper White

For the Use it Challenge 2019, I dusted off a retired stamp set

 and an embossing folder., Square Lattice

The colors, dies and thread are all current though. 

Can't have too much dust in here.. haha

I colored it with a Blender Pen using 

Granny Apple Green, Soft Seafoam, Merry Merlot, Pool Party, 

Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral and Petal Pink inks

From the new catalog I used the Braided Linen Trim

Thanks for looking!

SUOC 221: Sketch Challenge

#SUOC221

The moment I saw the sketch, beautiful Promande was on my mind.

The colors I picked are from Mackenzie Makes, Color of the week.
Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green and Coastal Cabana. Sh ealso had Pineapple Punch and Mango Melody on hers,but I didn't need that many colors.

This card can also be for a beginner, so i stepped it up with a couple of layers.

For the front panel I used Granny Apple Green on Flirty Flamingo Base

On the inside I used Coastal Cabana. 

Now that I am looking at the photo, I think my sentiment is crooked! LOL

Then I made another stepping it up with some Dies....

I really love the  Beautiful layers and Stitched Rectangles!!!

I put the little rectangles with the images on with Dimensionals

Thanks for looking!

For the alphabet Challenge

 I combined the letters O and T.

For O I used Old Olive and printed out the music to O Christmas Tree. 
For the letter T I used Perfect Pine TREE, Dani double challenged us to do something time related so I put a print inside the story or meaning of the Christmas Tree and how they ended up coming indoors for Christmas
.

O CHRISTMAS TREE!

Perhaps the most beloved of all Christmas traditions is the custom of the Christmas tree.  

Christmas trees have been a part of celebrations worldwide for thousands of years. 

Ancient Romans viewed the trees as a sign of life in the midst of Winter.  In Great Britain in 

Victorian times, trees were decorated with candles to represent stars.  In Germany, the first 

Christmas Trees were decorated with edible things, such as gingerbread and gold covered 

apples. 

The first person to bring a Christmas Tree into a house, in the way we know it today, may have

 been the 16th century German preacher Martin Luther. A story is told that, one night before 

Christmas, he was walking through the forest and looked up to see the stars shining through 

the tree branches. It was so beautiful!  He went home and told his children that it reminded 

him of Jesus, who left the stars of heaven to come to earth at Christmas.

One thing is for certain.  Whether big or small, wide or tall, Christmas trees bring the magic

 of Christmas into our hearts and our homes.

Get Well for Jan

Found a challenge to make a get well card.

SUO Challenges 

 I didn't need 1, but figured I could make it up and just toss it int he stash.

So off to find a color combo idea I liked. Stumbled on someones board on Pinterest (of course)

Then from there over to a new blog Dynamic Duos. The Challenge there was for Subtles, but I really liked a card Halley had made, So here is my CASE of her BABY card.

Used my new DSP Afternoon Picnic, it coordinates with Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz and Very Vanilla 

I tried out a new Debossing idea I found on You Tube for Karen Burniston, using her Framelits she created for SU.. I can't believe I did it! LOL

Not happy with my sponging, but that Crushed Curry seems so BAM to me anyhow.

The  5/8" Organza Ribbon seems to work well 

Then when I found something else I liked, and clicked on Like Me on FB, I learned one of my good friends is having heart trouble, so I guess this card gets  a home after all.

Not happy to need it now. 

P.S. BTW my table isn't so cleared anymore!

Language of Friendship

I forgot to post this card a few weeks ago....

Not the best photo, but I just could not seem to get the sun to work with me. Either it came out so dark you'd think I had used Basic Black instead of Lucky Limeade! LOL

A very sweet friend (stampinspooky aka Sue)  used her Impressions Folder...Petals A Plenty (she sent me enough for club)
On Lucky Limeade
I cut them down to  4 1/4 x 2 1/2
Punches are Bird Builder (we stamped on Whisper White, Bird is Bashful Blue and Branch is Always Artichoke)
Boho Blossom (Whisper White Card Stock, using Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight)
The 2 5/8" Scallop with Chocolate Chip and 1 3/4" Scallop with a piece of Regals DP
The sentiment is stamped with Always Artichoke


Here's 3 more using Language of Friendship

I made this one for SUO Challenge #40 - It's Fun Being Green

I did this to show off at my workshop yesterday too! All of the ladies have Lovely As A Tree, but are stumped for ideas.
I am trying to make a card a week just to show them and I think this worked out alright!

The layout came from a calendar I bought from Annie's Attic. there is a layout for month.
I really liked this one, its January's sketch

Always Artichoke Card Stock and DP from Regals Stack
Not sure if the Sahara Sand is gonna get this one booted from the challenge, it seems like a green to me.
Then again it is kinda like a chameleon.. no matter what I put it next it looks good!

I used Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip Marker for the tree.
Some Linen Thread and the Corner Notch Punch

Monochromatic

My first attempt at this technique