More whimsy!

 

Another whimsical house scene using Spellbinders' Whimsical Village.  I love the crooked houses and tree-sized blooms.

It took me 15 minutes and 2 rabbit holes to find my old white ink pad. I used it to highlight the spiral swirls in the sky but since I hadn't done that kind of technique in years it came out really messy. Oh well, it's meant to be imperfect, right? I was lucky the ink pad hadn't dried out in all those years sitting in a box on the shelf.

I also found some plastic "gems" to enhance the circle shaped flowers, and that was a lot of fun, too.

Here in south Florida we are under a heat advisory, what fun! It is 96 degrees out there and I don't even want to go out to the mailbox.

Whimsical houses among the blooms

 

I loved making the little houses that are slightly bent out of shape.  They are part of the Whimsical Village collection from Spellbinders. I found some old, patterned paper to cut the houses from, as well as the background.

The card base (A7, or 5: x 7") is bright orange.  The inside has a white liner and another blossom stem to decorate it. 

Whimsical Blooms, for the win!

 

I had to play with these delightful flowers from Spellbinders, Whimsical Blooms. They are from the Whimsical Village collection.

This 5x7 card also has a panel embossed with a very old Fun Stamper's Journey embossing folder, and uses a sentiment from Honey Bee Stamps.

I've got a brand new toy!

 

Another Chompster card, using the "Just Add Cake" kit Chompster dies, and papers from Michael's. I love this glitter paper, but the glitter layer does not die cut well.  This card is 5 x 7 inches, the preferred size my people like to receive!

Speaking of die cutting, my newest addition to my craft table is this beautiful Platinum 6 die cutting machine from Spellbinders.  This is the Scrapbook.com exclusive pink version.  I've seen them in several different colors and they are all cute. My 16 year old Big Shot finally gave up, RIP. I guess I forced one too many embossing folders through it.  

Chompster monster

 

It's the Chompster Monster from Spellbinders' Just Add Cake card kit, all ready to devour her birthday cupcake.

It's been an uphill slog to try to get my craft room into usable condition. I recently replaced my old Big Shot with a new pink Platinum 6 die cutting machine, from Scrapbook.com.  It's so pretty!

I love this kit, which has several die sets in birthday themes, but they are all A2 centric. This card is arch shaped at the top to echo the Color Blocked Arches die set. I'll be experimenting with A7 cards before this kit is done!

There's a pill for that!

This is using Spellbinders' die and stamp set called "Favorite Side Effect".  

Before you come at me, I've been on antidepressants for many years and probably will be for the rest of my life. I am a big fan.

 

This year is a dumpster fire and even I'm surprised.

 

I didn't expect 2026 to be even more disastrous for our country than 2025, but here we are, shaking our collective heads and wondering how in the heck has it come to this?  I urge you to resist what our government is currently trying to pull off and make your voices heard.  Now is not the time to remain silent.

So, even after I'd taken a whole year off of cardmaking, when I saw this Dumpster Fire stamp and die set from Spellbinders, I had to have it.

The dumpsters are up on action wobbles, which seems appropriate.

I'm working on my own sentiment for Mr. Dumpy that reflects current events, so watch this space for more personal entries. Also, if you pray, please pray for our country.