B Is For Birthday.....FMS444

B is for Birthday.....Bright Balloons......and a Beautiful Baby Boy watering the garden in Bumble Bee shoes.....

Square cards are fun - and so is Jen Timko's Sketch!  Join us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Stamp Set: Monogram Messages, Bonanza Buddies

Paper: Whisper White, Playful Patterns DSP

Ink: Memento Black, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry

Fusion: Floral Cupcakes

I love the photo at Fusion this week!  I have very few food images.....no tiny cupcakes or cookies....so I decided to go with the flowers.  They are actually stamped in Petal Pink but through the magic of my camera lens the pink looks more like coral......sigh.....

Patience is not my strong suit and making all of those little rectangles was a very pottsy bit of work as my mother would say.  Therefore I did not want to redo in another shade of pink so coral it is!  But as always I love the challenge of combining the sketch and the photo at Fusion!  Hope you join us!

Greens.....FMS443

Summer is in full bloom in my part of the world so that may have inspired me to pull out all the greens for this card. So many beautiful shades of green here - hard to pick a favorite! The stamped greens in the middle of the card are (starting from the top) - Just Jade (new in color), Soft Sea Foam, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty Peacock, and Shaded Spruce.  

And Miss Emma brought her Auntie Ria this lucky green stone to celebrate the grand opening of her new store called King's Kloset in Saratoga Springs, NY.

That lucky stone must have worked because it was a great opening....resulting in another type of green for the happy owner!

I love LeeAnn's clean graphic sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Hope you join us!

Stamp Set: Forever Fern

Paper: Whisper White, Forever Greenery DSP

Ink: Shaded Spruce, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sea Foam, Just Jade, Pretty Peacock

Making the Day Brighter......FMS442

Honest I truly thought the worst of this pandemic would be behind us as we got into summer but it has certainly proved to be relentless.  New York has made great strides but we are still sticking close to home and immediate family.  So we look for ways to make our days brighter - like making a delightful purple card with these sweet parasols!  Lighthearted posts on Facebook are always a treat so I will share one with you I just saw yesterday.  You may have seen it already but it will probably still make you smile.......as crafters we can so relate......

                                  

Jacquie has a great sketch for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Hope you join us!

Stamp Set: Pretty Parasol

Paper: Whisper White, Gorgeous Grape, Playing With Patterns DSP

Ink: Night of Navy, Soft Suede, Gorgeous Grape, Copics