Little Patch of Life

It's always fun when I get to use bright colors. This card was made with a specific child in mind. This soon to be 9 year old seems to have taken a special liking to me, so I am hoping this will help brighten her day.  This card was made with stamps sets from Kindred Stamps, The Alley Way and Taylored Expressions. 

My mother loves to watch the birds as she drinks her coffee each morning. Of course she looks nothing like the "Old Bird" in this image, yet it reminds me of her.  I imagine her each morning walking around coffee in hand, checking her birds feeders and pulling a random weeds from the flower bed.  There were two stamps used on this card front. "Old Bird" by Unity Stamp Co. and a wooded background stamp. The background stamp was purchased a few years back before I realized the importance of keeping record of where it was purchased or who designed it. It's been colored over a couple days and I failed to keep track of the variety of distress oxide inks and Copic markers this time around as  I wasn't initially planning to post it on here to share. 

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month #pinkfreshstudio #pinkfreshchallenge #sugarpeadesigns  #MyFavoriteThings I just received the Pink Fresh Studio Color Block Rainbow Die this week and couldn't wait to use it. I received it in perfect time for Pride month too! I love my LGBTQ+ friends and family. This year's celebrations may be a bit different than years past but the PRIDE is still there, get creative and make it happen. I paired the Color Block Rainbow Die with Sugar Pea Designs Kindness Word Die and My Favorite Things Cloud Stencil. 

  Over this last year I have struggled with keeping up with birthday and various other celebrations. This particular belated birthday card will be making its way to my nephew "E" who I don't get to see nearly often enough. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY "E" sorry it's a little late. I have submitted this card in # MFTWSC490 with My Favorite Thing s.  The colorful card below was delivered to a friend and classmate of our son.  I try to get him to make the cards when it comes to his friends birthdays but he insists that I do it yet requires his approval before it can be delivered. This one made the cut and was received with a smile.  Products used for the two shown cards include:   MFT Spotlight Sentiments ,   Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Birthda y &  Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes . Inks include the following Distress Oxides: Hickory Smoke, Stormy Sky, Spiced Marmalade and Ripe Persimmon. 

We all know that Graduation for our seniors this year is different. Many grads are not getting the traditional school recognition ceremonies or able to hold celebrations with their extended families.  It's an important event and I feel it's more important this year to be sure that we take the time to recognize their achievements and years of hard work.  The stamp set used in the above noted card is from Colorado Craft Company LL234- Graduation .  The tag applied to the front of the card is a Silhouette Studio Cutting File #179395 Class of Tag by Jamie Cripps.