Awesome

 My youngest is turning 18 tomorrow, eek! I made this card for the Your Next Stamp Face Your Fears challenge #171. 

The first fear that I am facing is only having adult children. The second fear is using black ink for edging and stamping one w hime card where I already stamped the sentiment inside and not making a mess. There was one smudge which is covered with one of the enamel dots.

The sentiment inside is from the Your Next Stamp "Congrads" stamp set, I think it it's pretty suitable for 18 years.

Thanks for looking!

~Louise

Just swimming by...

 ...to bring you this fish card using stamps from Your Next stamp.

the embossing folder is from Spellbinders, and the cute fish is colored with copic markers.

And here's the inside, I will add the final word of the sentiment (day, birthday, or vacation) depending who I decide to send it to. 

I'm entering this in the YNS challenge #166 Water Play. 

Thanks for stopping by.

~Louise

Something different for Passover

 I have very few Jewish themed papers and stamps so I feel like my holiday cards come out the same every year. This year for Passover I am trying something different, a slim-line shape and a "joke" about the 4 glasses of wine we drink at our seder (dinner). 

I am entering this in YNS challenge #160 (inspired by the color scheme) and the Coffee Lovers Hop. 

Thanks for looking!

~Louise

Buongiorno

Before my Dad died several years ago, I promised him I would take care of my younger sister. But now, COVID hit and we are on opposite sides of the country making it very difficult. I try to send her little cards to cheer her up or make her laugh. Here is one I made using papers from Ciao Bella and stamps from Your Next Stamp.

I'm entering this card into the YNS challenge #153 which can be found here. 

Thanks for stopping by.

~Louise

Friendship Card

Last time I posted on this blog was 11 months ago, and it has been quite a tumultuous year. I've been sending people home-made cards to just to make them smile for a minute. And I won this fun We R Emoji Punch Board from A Cherry on Top which I used to make this card for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Paper is from Pink Paisley and stamps from Kaisercraft, macarons are colored with comics.

Thanks for looking, hopefully it won't be 11 more months until my next post.

Doggy Card

I made this card for my mother-in-law's birthday. She just got a little dog so my goal was to create a card with a dog image as close as possible to her new pet. I didn't have the appropriate stamp, so printed this image which I found at Digital Two For Tuesday. I used card sketch #148 from Sketch-n-Scrap. I used stamps from Your Next Stamp for the greetings on the front and inside and am entering this into their challenge #116. Papers are from Basic Grey, Flowers are from Prima, and the digital image and larger flowers are colored with Copic markers. 

Here is the inside of the card.

Thanks for looking!

Graduation card

My niece just graduated from a college with an orange and black color scheme, so I made her this card featuring the Clink stamp set from Your Next Stamp and I am entering into their challenge to use ombre which can be found here.

It has been raining here day after day and I couldn't get a good photo, so I scanned the card. I loses some dimension that way, but you get the idea.

Thanks for looking!