Sharing Hugs and Kisses - 'Social Distance' style

Hello my friends 😊.
As I am home a lot now during the corona virus pandemic, I've got more time than usual to photo-edit pics of cards I've made.  I've got a parade of cards to show you in this post, a wide variety of styles and occasions.

Without further ado...

Stampin' Up! Heart To Heart punch (with blue glitter paper from DCWV), Paper Pumpkin Heartfelt Love Notes sentiments; Altenew Build A Flower: Rose leaf cluster stamp

Flourishes Let Them Eat Cake cupcake stamp; My Favorite Things Four Corners flourish die; Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles die; Papertrey Ink The Skinny sentiment (partial stamping; it's actually a longer sentiment)

Inspired By Stamping Oh Baby! dress stamp; Hug Snug Sistine Blue seam binding, tied into a 'Colleen Bow'; Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles die; Papertrey Ink Daily Designs Sentiments sentiment, Tiny Tags die; pearls

Stampin' Up! Bella Toile background stamp; My Favorite Things Friend die; Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty Accents flower punch; Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch; DCWV blue glitter paper; textured blue paper scrap; pearls

Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin Blissful Blooms sentiment; pearls; K & Company blue hydrangea stickers; Gina Marie Designs Eyelet Elegance die

Top Dog Dies Doily Hearts die; Spellbinders Ribbon Banners die; Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch; My Favorite Things Love You More sentiment, Stitched Mini Scallop Rectangle die 

Stampin' Up! Full Heart punch; My Favorite Things Love You More sentiment, Dizzy Border die; Papertrey Ink green button; Prima packaging (background paper)

Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles die; poppy picture from a calendar; Iamroses-dot-com orange paper rose; Martha Stewart Rose Leaf punch; Papertrey Ink Birthday Basics sentiment 

Inspired By Stamping Delicate Doilies, Summer Post Card Add On stamp that says 'cherish'; My Favorite Things Cheerful Blessings sentiment; blue and white pearls; Martha Stewart cream rick-rack trim

Erin Lee Creative Koko Girl Cocoa sentiment; Maya Road kraft and black snowflake die cuts; My Favorite Things Pierced Traditional Tags die; Stampin' Up! Endless Wishes small snowflake die; Papertrey Ink Silver White Winters snowflake die (in white, stacked between the kraft snowflakes)

Stampin' Up! Heart To Heart punch (with blue glitter paper from DCWV), Paper Pumpkin Heartfelt Love Notes sentiments; small heart and arrow jewelry charm; Altenew Build A Flower: Rose leaf cluster stamp

And we're done!  Thanks so much for the comments you've left here the last few days!  So nice to see my long-time crafting friends again.  God bless you all!

Be My Valentine(s)

Hello there!

We haven't met up with each other here in a while.  I hope you are doing well in your little corner of the world. 😀    How is it that, as the years roll by, we feel busier than ever before?  I wonder about that sometimes.  Do I truly have more on my plate than I did before, or am I just slowing down and am not able to keep up as well?  LOL

With some of the free time I have, you'll find me up in the craft studio making cards, versus blogging about them.  And I have kept myself plenty busy with art therapy, aka card making!  The creations you see here today were actually from last year; that's how behind I am in the realm of photo-editing and blogging about cards.

So glad you came by for a visit, and I hope you enjoy seeing these belated Valentine cards.

PinkFresh Studio cat - Playful Animals 2; Papertrey Ink sentiment - Daily Designs Sentiments;
MME Kiss and Tell patterned papers

Stampin' Up! truck, hearts, sentiment - Loads of Love; Papertrey Ink - Cloud 1 & 2 die

Essentials by Ellen sentiment, bear, heart - All Inside; L'il Inker Designs - Stitched Rectangles die

Essentials by Ellen sentiment, bear, heart - All Inside; Papertrey Ink sentiment - Daily Designs Sentiments

Simon Says Stamp Large Doily Heart die; Inspired By Stamping sentiment - All Year Wishes I; Prima flowers; Cuttlebug Love is in the Air conversation hearts embossing folder

Stampin' Up! Heart to Heart punch, window die (unsure of name); Papertrey Ink sentiment - Tag Its #11 and Tiny Tags round tag die; MME Lost and Found patterned paper

Top Dog Dies Doily Hearts die; Spellbinders Ribbon Banners die; My Favorite Things Essential Sentiments 

MME (My Mind's Eye) Union Square patterned paper; glitter heart sticker

Paper Sweeties Pennant Party banner and sentiment; My Favorite Things Mini Delicate Doilies die; pink glitter heart sticker

Verve Happy Phrases sentiment; red glitter heart sticker;
Stampin' Up! patterned paper

Stampin' Up! A Happy Heart sentiment, Round Tab punch; My Favorite Things Pierced Heart Stax dies;
Stampin' Up! retired patterned paper

Stampin' Up! A Happy Heart tic tac toe sentiment / image; Hug Snug Mottle Brown seam binding

It's 4:30 on a Sunday here, and it's been a wonderful sunny day, with church and then a nap. 😃  I'm washing bed sheets, vacuuming, and of course - visiting here with you.

I hope you have a terrific day, what's left of it!  God bless you!

A collection of cards

Hello again!

With a few hours of free time today to photo-edit these pictures, I am happy to share these cards I've made in the past several months.  Thanks for looking, and enjoy!

Butterflies by BoBunny - flowers by Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch - sentiment by Momenta 'Hello'

So Sweet and Donut dies by Sizzix 'Donut Phrases' - sentiment by Papertrey Ink's 'Just Desserts' - polka dot paper by Stampin' Up!

sentiment and house stamps by Stampin' Up! - Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die - Martha Stewart hydrangea punch

Love / anniversary card using coffee cup sleeves & heart dies by My Favorite Things

Collage card using Altenew 'Label Love' sentiment, Stampin' Up! 'French Script Background' - leaf by Top Dog Dies - clothing tag

Papertrey Ink 'Keep It Simple: Home' & 'Home Made' stamps, 'Topiary Trio' die (for a bush) - Unity Stamps 'Helping Me Grow' (hydrangea seed packet stamp used as background)  

Power Poppy 'Olive & Oak Expanded' sentiment - Top Dog Dies 'Fall Foliage' leaves & acorns

Bizarro 'Fish' - glittered chipboard star made from cardboard - sentiment Inspired by Stamping 'Chalkboard Birthday'

Thanks so much for taking a look today, and visiting me!  God bless you, have a wonderful day!

From My Heart

Hello there!  I delivered this Valentine card to Arts Plus Gallery this past weekend for sale. It's got an elegant feel, a bit of drama (red, black, silver and white), and a slight nod to nostalgia (remember handmade fancy-cut hearts?) too.

I used Top Dog Dies Doily Hearts here as the focal point (red for the fancy part, brushed silver in the background), and topped it with:  Gunmetal sequins (M & J Trimming), Sparkling Clear sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), a Mini Delicate Doilies die (My Favorite Things) behind a Spellbinders Ribbon Banners die cut.  The sentiment is from 7 Gypsies Trousseau.

Thanks very much for visiting here today!  God bless you!

Beaded pumpkin on a table

Available at Arts Plus Gallery 

How gorgeous is this beaded pumpkin sticker?  Yes, it's a sticker! I added a Baked Brown Sugar twine bow to it, and set it on a "wooden table" in front of some plaid "wall paper". (I like to envision a scene as I create, and translate it with my papercrafting supplies)

The sticker is from Jolee's Boutique, which I bought at a JoAnn's store a few years ago.  I love it! So much texture with all those microbeads.

On the top corner of the card, I added a paper maple leaf and a die-cut acorn (Top Dog Dies Fall Foliage), to which a little bit of gold paint was dabbed on.  Oh, the plaid paper was from a bit of packaging from a Pier 1 Imports candle, and I mounted it on a white cardstock panel. That panel received the gold treatment too:  I ran my Krylon 18kt Gold Pen along the edges before adhering to the card base.

The interior of the card was left blank, so it can be used for an autumn birthday, or Thanksgiving, or 'happy fall', or whatever!

Thanks so much for joining me here today.
May your day be filled with blessings!

Happy Birthday Heart

This birthday card was inspired by Spring itself....which is when I created it!  It's taken a while to get it up on the blog.

Lots of fresh white, and a dose of spring green....You see what I mean? :-)

The heart doily die is from Top Dog Dies (they went out of business earlier this year, I believe), the sentiment banner is from Spellbinders, the sentiment from Power Poppy, and those sparkly clear sequins are from Pretty Pink Posh. 

Glad you came by today; have a terrific, blessed day!

Little Boy Blue

Hello there!  I hope you've had a good week since we last got together here. :-)

This last week at work was very, very busy for me. Business seems to have picked up, and that's a good thing!  I had NO energy left by the time I'd get home.  Instead of heading up to my craft studio, I succumbed to the lure of Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune on TV. It was my feeble attempt to have a little fun.  Ha!

I'm working on getting my Etsy shop open, little by little. I've already got a shop -- https://www.etsy.com/shop/CDietrichDesigns -- but there are no listings in it yet. 

There are many things to consider, with 'branding', packaging, shipping, etc. I need a shop banner, too, and it's taking a little while to create. My darling 14 year old daughter helped me with it last weekend, using GIMP (a free editing tool, very similar to Adobe Photoshop). It needs a bit of tweaking, but wow, what a great help she was to me!

The card I'm sharing today really has my heart. Yes, it's intended for a little baby boy, with all that blue, but it is rather frilly. In my opinion, baby cards are really meant to appeal to mom and dad, anyway, so I'm sure this would be appreciated by a special couple who are blessed with a new little boy. :-)

If you have any questions on the materials I've used, please feel free to email me (look for the "Contact Me" tab at the top of the blog) or leave a comment and a way to reach you.

Thanks so much for taking a peek today, and hope you have a great day!