Sept Card Swap

I can't believe I'm finally posting the Sept card on Oct. 24. It took some time to get together so we swapped 2 months so I'm ahead of the game for next month.
Keri made a gorgeous Fall card...

She colours with pencils and I love how she is able to blend the colours so nicely.
She used the Sunny Studio Beautiful Autumn stamp set...

I used a stamp set that I wanted for a long time and finally purchased. I love the sentiment...

This is the Newton's Nook Pug set..

It also has a cute Birthday sentiment.

We are keeping up our monthly swap tradition.
My book reading is coming along, I might just hit my goal with holidays next month, but sadly, I don't think I'm going to make it with the blog posts.

July Swap card

Note to self: Don't leave too long a time between exchanging cards and posting them. You tend to forget what the cards were.

This month I was working on sympathy cards and Keri liked what I was doing so she requested that that be my swap card. I was lucky enough to get a great deal on this Altenew stamp set through a pre- garage sale sale. I just love the Iris motif and I would never have been able to purchase them at full price. So I've tried to get my money's worth and have made 20 cards so far. I loved them in purple and I loved them in yellow.

I also used the background die from Lawn Fawn for the first time. It was pricey too but I think I will find lots of uses for it. The negative is that you have to poke out the tiny holes but I was able to pass the time just fine doing that and catching up on Big Brother.

Keri used this charming set from Newton's Nook called Holding Happiness. Balloons are perfect for the Happy Birthday theme...

How cute is that?

I sent out 5 cards yesterday. I love it when I get to share some of my homemade love.

Inky Paws Challenge

This is my first time entering the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge, simply because I don't have many of the stamp sets, which is something I would like to rectify soon.

I chose this set because I make a lot of Pet Sympathy cards. This week, it was a sketch challenge which I really like. Of course, I had just lent all my heart dies to a friend but fortunately I was able to borrow one for the challenge.

Here's my card....

Based on this sketch...

This is the die set that I used..

I could have used the adorable pawprint heart but it wasn't in my "vision". Lol.