In Case No One Told You Today...

Hello, Friends. 

Today I am using the wonderful sentiments 

from The Project Bin to cheer up a friend. I am using  a set called  #bff.

I used an embossing folder with a cut out heart and colored it with bold colors.
Then I dry brushed with gesso to add texture and soften the colors.
Inserting the stamped sentiment and adding the arrow completed the process.

See you next Friday!
kReN@afourthlife


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HB Pretty Lady

Hello, Friends. 

I love to mix embossing folders with sentiments and embellishments.

Today I am using  Birthday Girl and a fancy embossing folder
and a sentiment from The Project Bin.

Inking up the inside of the embossing folder creates a beautiful background and then I sponged Distress Oxide Ink on the sentiment.

See you next Friday!
kReN@afourthlife

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Tulip For You

Hello, Friends. 
Do you love tulips?  We don't have tulips in Florida 
unless we purchase them at the grocery store.  
I am happy to share a project with you today

 using the wonderful sentiments 

from The Project Bin and a tulip.
Today I am using Spring Zen.

See you next Friday!

kRen@afourthlife


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A Rose

Hello, friends!  It's Tuesday and I am still

kReN@afourthlife creating with Cheapo Dies.

Today, I am sharing an easel card

using the bold colors of red, black, and white.

I chose the Rose die for my focal point.

See you next Tuesday!

kReN@afourthlife

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My Sweet Yellow Rose

Hello, friends!  

It's time for another Craftaholics R Us Challenge.  

This week the theme is yellow.
I chose a StarsStampz image called My Sweet Rose
and used a yellow card blank with dry embossing.

To inspire you to join us, I have created this project. 

Won't you join us this week?

Tool Box Card--PDE Linky Challenge #15

Hello, Friends.  It's time to make more masculine cards for my stash.  For the PDE Linky Challenge this week, it's "anything goes."  So here is my take on a tool box card with bright, primary colors for someone special I know. I think the embossing folders and die cuts just make this card!  Join us this week! 

Thinking of You

Second only to birthday cards, thinking of you cards have to be in my stash.  This type of card fits so many occasions and seem to fly off to the post office.  Today, my card is a little different for a Florida girl. We don't have Winter Crocus in Florida.  I have some daffodils on my kitchen table right now, but I don't remember ever seeing a Winter Crocus so it's fun to do a card with one.  Mr. Google had to help me with the colors.  Flourishes had just what I needed.  It's part of the Year of Flowers sets and is called Year of Flowers 1.

Flourishes supplies:  Classic Card Stock, Year of Flowers 1
Other supplies:  sentiment die, ribbon, Promarkers, Copic Markers, Chameleon Markers, Tombow Adhesive, Momento Dye Ink

Don't forget to follow us on the Flourishes Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/Flourisheslc/    and 
Check out the other Friends DT members with their Flourishes projects:

Davi,  Gloria ,  Kren (You are here!), Shirley,  Toni, Vickie  and the Flourishes blog.  

And now for my challenges:  Mod Squad Challenge, Word Art Wednesday, 

Faux Patina

Have you ever tried Faux Patina? 

It's fun and the effect is awesome.

Join us this week at the MFPS blog challenge.

I would like to share my Fashion Diva project and support the following challenges:

Amusing 

The Corrosive Challenges 

Crafting from the Heart 

Craft Your Passion 

Crafty Boots 

Dream Valley Challenges 

Lemon Shortbread 

Robyn`s Fetish 

Retarte 

Sparkle N Sprinkle 

Through The Craft Room Door 

Tuesday Throwdown 

Where the HeART is 

Need Coffee?

Hello, Friends! It's time for another challenge at

MFPSS.  This week, we're asking you to make a vertical,

mountain fold card.  Hope you will join us!

Here's my card, celebrating my need for coffee

RIGHT after we walk each morning.
So this morning, it was sprinkling.  Yay!  
I got to have my coffee BEFORE walking.  Double yay!

I will be sharing my card at the Spring Coffee Lovers Challenge.

Java Time Stamp Set

You Are Tweet!

It's Wonderful Wednesday.  I love to share images from Just For Fun Stamps, and this month, it's all about the birds and backgrounds for my cards.  In Florida, we don't have snow and we still have greenery so our birds keep arriving all winter from the North to share our milder temperatures.  If only we could keep the squirrels and raccoons out of the feeders!  So here's the Small Warbler image with a direct to paper technique and dry embossing to make those winter blues FLY away!

Fashion Small Warbler E3848

Keep It Simple; Keep It Fun

That's my blog description and at the

MFPSS blog this week, the challenge is CAS--

Clean and Simple.

Add a second criteria--snow--

and you are in for some winter fun.
Join us, won't you?

I will enter this in a challenge and visit all my friends at 

Tuesday Throwdown

Word Art Wednesday

Purple Passion

We're creating monochromatic cards at the

MFP/SFF challenge this week

and the color is purple.

I used the Small Flowers stamp set and

a Sizzix card kit die to frame them.

It's definitely a card for purple lovers.

Hope you can join us!

Stockings and Flamingos

Hello, Friends! 

 It’s Kren from A Fourth Life, 

here again to share a holiday card with you.

My first card should bring a smile.
I call myself a "flamingo" because I am a native Floridian who flies north 
for a period of time.  I am not a "snowbird" that flies south for the winter.
Plus, in Florida, we celebrate Christmas different from you northerners.
My card today tries to capture that spirit.

G3716 Stamptangle Tri-Circle Block
F3854 Follow Me Flamingos
UMS 7018 Sentiments 1 Unmounted Sheet

And for you northerners, here is a more traditional image.  

It uses the Stamptangle Stocking image E3855.  

Heat embossed with black EP and then

painted with Twinkling H20’s.  

It is mounted against a brick embossed background

that was wiped with weathered wood distress ink.

The mini mantel is a window sill die 

from Poppystamps.

Do you have stockings hanging on your mantel this year?
Not as many Floridians will!

E3855 Stamptangle Stocking
UMS 7018 Sentiments 1

A Hunting We Will Go

It's Kren with a monochromatic green card to share

for the MFP/SFF challenge this week.

I used the set called Bow Hunting

to create a masculine card all in greens.

Hope you can join us this week!

Counting My Blessings

Thanksgiving is a perfect time to count your blessings.  The Autumn Words embossing folder by Cuttlebug captures my list.  Hope, Thankful, Faith, Love, Harvest, Autumn...and too many Blessings to list.  I used the Stitchy Fall set.  Deedee's Digis sponsors many challenges and we're giving away prizes for the Outlawz challenge right now.  You should join in on the fun and share what you are thankful for.

Stitchy Fall

MFP BH Day 3 and Romper Fun

It's time for Day 3 of the MFP Stamp Shop blog hop.  
Our theme is cards for children.
My card today is a romper card and I used Zoo Friends.
The romper lifts up for a birthday sentiment 
and the card opens up for more birthday wishes.

Zoo Friends 2013

And now on to the blog hop!

•••••••••••••••••••• WELCOME TO MFP STAMP SHOP

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS
  BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, OCT. 27-30 FOR SOME CHILD LIKE FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the OCT 30 POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Child related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post. The winners will be announced on Nov. 14, 2015 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday Nov. 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
OCT. 27- GIFT CARD HOLDER by Vickie
OCT. 29- A FUN FOLD by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie, Jane, Karen, Kren (That's me!),  Lois , Marilynn, Pat, Pam, Sandy ,Shirley, Toni, Vickie,MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day for more Kiddo fun. We hope to inspire you to start your own Kids projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Nov. 13 and check back on Nov. 14, 2015 to see if you are a winner. 

MFP Blog Hop Day 2 and the Cutest Giraffe

It's blog hop time at MFP, and I am here to share a 
card for a small child.
It's a flip card and uses one of my favorite color combinations.

Zoo Friends 2013, Bundles of Joy 2014

And now let's get on to Day 2 of the blog hop!

•••••••••••••••••••••• WELCOME TO MFP STAMP SHOP

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS
  BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, OCT. 27-30 FOR SOME CHILD LIKE FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the OCT 30 POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Child related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post. The winners will be announced on Nov. 14, 2015 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday Nov. 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
OCT. 27- GIFT CARD HOLDER by Vickie
OCT. 29- A FUN FOLD by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie,  Jane,   Karen, kReN (That's me!),  Lois ,   Marilynn,  Pat,  Pam,  Sandy ,  Shirley,  Toni,  Vickie,  MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop.  Come back each day for more Kiddo fun. We hope to inspire you to start your own Kids projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Nov. 13 
and check back on Nov. 14, 2015 to see if you are a winner. 

MFP Blog Hop Day 1 and Welcome, Little One!

Hello, Friends!  It's Kren here again
to share MFP Stamp Shop images and blog hop information.
My card today is for a newborn and is a flip card.

And now, let's get to the blog hop!

••••••••••••••••••••••

WELCOME TO MFP STAMP SHOP

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS
  BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, OCT. 27-30 FOR SOME CHILD LIKE FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the OCT 30 POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Child related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post. The winners will be announced on Nov. 14, 2015 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday Nov. 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
OCT. 27- GIFT CARD HOLDER by Vickie
OCT. 29- A FUN FOLD by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie,  Jane,  Karen,  kReN (That's me!),  Lois ,  Marilynn, Pat,  Pam,  Sandy ,  Shirley,   Toni,  Vickie,  MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day for more Kiddo fun. We hope to inspire you to start your own Kids projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Nov. 13 and check back on Nov. 14, 2015 to see if you are a winner. 

Let's Go Trick or Treating!

Thanks for stopping by A Fourth Life so I can share some Halloween cards

using a darling Just for Fun Stamps silhouette image called 

C346 Trick or Treaters as my focal point. 

Where we live in the mountains, we don't get cute, little munchkins

holding bags and proudly displaying their costumes.

So when I saw this silhouette image, I knew

it would find a home at my house.

The cards started with designer paper, a tree die cut, and a moon silhouette idea.

I ended up with two cards with the same layout because I liked parts of both.

And wasn't it great that my new alphabet dies came just in time!

You can let me know which of the cards you like best.

And card two...

Thanks for stopping by to see my spooky creation!

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Weaving with Fall Cards

Hello, Friends.  Here I am with a card in fall colors.  I know it's the middle of summer and the temperatures are hot, hot, hot, but we can dream of fall, can't we?  Plus, everyone is thinking beach cards, have several underway, but I am longing for fall!  Today's criss cross card uses a weaving technique on the MS border-punched belly band.  It's a ribbon that I just love because it has lots of lovely colors in it. and I am happy to say I have a whole ball of it.

The heat-embossed tag is a lovely sectioned collage with fall items and the names of the months going around the outside. There is room to include a message at the bottom of the tag.  The whole card is dry-embossed with a plaid embossing folder.

 I will enter it in the following challenges:

Make It Monday--anything goes

Mark's Finest Papers--weaving

Craft Room Challenge--heat embossing

Dream Valley Challenges--fancy folds

Sparkles Forum Challenges--fall colors