A Trio of Hearts for Sunday Stamps

When I saw this sketch, a Valentine immediately came to mind but I was certain that I needed to try something else for Sunday Stamps. Well, after 2 1/2 tries with patterned paper, stars and leaves, I just gave up.  Besides, I need to start Valentines because I mail to New York and across the state of Oregon.  Each year, I find myself rushing with the hearts.   This particular card features Honey Bee patterned paper and metallic silver cardstock. It actually inspired me to get started on Valentines again. 

It's a Bug of a Freshly Made Sketch

This cranky little bug from Unity was a challenge for me; it took three tries to get the black and white result for Freshly Made Sketches.   The sentiment fit me perfectly by the time I finished!  It is definitely an image that I will be using again. 

Color Hues in Blue and White

This is my first participation with The Color Hues Challenge,  and it was another opportunity to use one of my many Asian wood-mount stamps which have been in a drawer for probably a decade or more.  This particular image, however, is mounted on pink rubber.  I assume the birds are cranes.  The image is mounted on a piece of washi paper, also one of the "elders" in my craft space. 

 

Butterflies Are the Feature for Freshly Made Sketches

 

Trying to catch up on the blog challenges I participate in....right at the end of the week for 

Freshly Made Sketches.  It's a simple design, but DT members created some really cool cards with the sketch!  I made my first one and then decided to do a second one.  Butterflies were definitely in my thoughts today; I have so many that are years old.  

(This card was photographed on a dark background; the card doesn't have a dark border.)

Beautiful Winter Blues

Anything Goes with a Twist of WINTER BLUES (12/25)

It's been awhile since I've joined in on Can You Handle the Pressure ? and I have so many embossing folders.  As if that isn't enough, I LOVE the color blue.  It was fun designing and creating this 5x5 blue card; it will be a great one to start next year's holiday cards.  

Red and Gray in Asian Theme

I've been looking for some new challenges and I remembered The Color Hues Challenge I tried once or twice before.  I also have a drawer full of Asian images from years ago.  In this new year, I decided I'm going to go back to some of my old favorites. (If only Blogger hadn't become so difficult to work with!  Google itself has become a pain.  I need to have my phone at hand just to open my Google photos, and dealing with a blog is so frustrating!  I am seriously considering closing the blog, but it's my outlet for my card-making.)

I'll be honest, I had red and black in mind when I chose this Stampington & Co wood-mount stamp. I am certain it is more than a decade old.  However, as I said, I have a drawer of these old stamps, and I'm going to use them.  

  

 

Circles in a Line for Sunday Stamps

 Instead of separate circles or other shapes, I decided to use a die of circles for this Sunday Stamps challenge.