Epic Birthday!

I know a young man who is a biiig fan of EPIC: The Musical and when this long-retired stamp set (2018) was spied, it was suggested I couldn't make his birthday card without that greeting, ha! So I combined these two rock-music styled stamps with the latest challenge from CAS Colours & Sketches, and ended up with this: 

Supplies: 
Stamps: Epic Celebrations, Grunge Rock

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Pool Party

Paper: Pool Party, Soft Seafoam, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Shades of Green Hexagons

Pink Birthday Balloons!

Today I have some happy birthday balloons for a cute little birthday girl! Altho it could totally work for a grown-up birthday girl too! I used the color combination from TGIF Challenges for this one. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Arched Wishes, 2016 Paper Pumpkin, even older Paper Pumpkin

Ink: Bubble Bath, Melon Mambo, Memento Black

Paper: Bubble Bath, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Vintage Crochet Trim 

Pink Roses

Hello and happy Monday! ...still. I have a sickie home but I think she'll be at school tomorrow. I actually had two sickies home this morning but one was okay after some meds, lol... 'tis the season. And there's actually a storm blowing in, for once. I hope it brings a lot of water!!!

Today I have a card using the inspiration photo from SUO Challenges. I picked the colors and the roses. I started coloring with Stampin' Blends but I felt like that was way too bold. So I used Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens to color in just the blooms themselves. I also distressed it a little with the Timeworn Type embossing folder.

Supplies:
Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Sunny Sentiments
Ink: Smoky Slate, Flirty Flamingo
Paper: Flirty Flamingo, Basic Beige
Accessories: Antique Pearls, Crochet Lace, Watercolor Pencils (Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Cherry Cobbler), Blender Pens, Timeworn Type embossing folder, Dimensionals, Big Shot

And, I liked, and had a variation idea, so I made another for another day, ha! 

A Valentine Layout

Hello! Lots going on around here, hardly any of it crafty. 
But just like on Monday, here's a scrapbook layout I made sometime last year and saved to share in February, ha! This one uses Cheryl's sketch EMS Sketch 121.

Supplies:
Paper: Bloom Impressions DP, Basic White, Melon Mambo & Blushing Bride card stock

Accessories: Sunny Day Dots, Sweetheart Punch, Jan 2016 PP kit (big heart)
Journaling Font: Chalk Hand Lettering, Book Antiqua, Cinnamon Cake

I hope YOU are getting time to create! 

A Valentine card

Hello and happy Monday to you!
It's Groundhog Day today, but we celebrated yesterday, haha. Yep, we celebrate! We've kind of always watched the Bill Murray movie every year, more like as an indoor date night. One year my daughter heard lots of people talking about the Super Bowl food they were going home to enjoy after church, ha, so we made Super Bowl food to celebrate Groundhog Day that year. And the tradition stuck! 

But most of February, especially in the crafting world, (and the mom world) means Valentines. So today I have a Valentine-y card that I made last year and never shared! Handy! ha! I am pretty sure I designed this for a class and changed my mind. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Perfect Pairs
Ink: Memento Black, Real Red

Paper: Basic White, Real Red, Basic Black card stocks

Accessories: Transparent Adhesive-Backed Dots

Trains! Round Two...

Hello again! Two days in a row- and the same thing, just scrapped a little differently.
This layout one is for my son, and I let him select which photos to scrap, and which DP to use. The first bit of DP is so old it's single sided! ha! The second one, I cut out the part of the map that applied to this engine. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Traveler, Just Perfect Alpha
Ink: Memento Black, Crumb Cake
Paper: World Of Good DP, Timeworn DP (single sided!)
Journaling Font: Courier New

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Another big project that has been keeping me from paper crafting was that we redid our main bathroom. Nine years ago we put together this Batman themed bathroom. What you don't see here are some metal signs we put in there later, next to the shower, and Batman cabinet knobs. You also don't see the Batman trash can hiding around the corner. Astoundingly, no photos exist of these things....which boggles my brain. But it was a whole thing.

It's been fun, but the fan has never been effective and it's a very small space with no actual ventilation, so it's gotten mildewy and smelly and not great. We knew we had to repaint with Kilz, and we needed to replace some things that had started to rust, so we went all out!

The biggest reason I'm sharing it here is that the paint color was created with a scrap of Seaside Spray card stock because that's my favorite shade of Stampin' Up! blue, ever! And it worked so nicely with the shower curtain we planned to return to! 

Cool, huh?? It's a dark room now, darker than we intended, but the people who use it the most love it, so that's good enough for me! 

Trains! Round One...

Some of my kids love trains. lovvvvve trains.
A few years ago the Big Boy engine 4014 was on display in our area, so my husband and I took our youngest to check it out. We decided it was totally worth our son missing a little bit of school to come see it the next day, ha. That meant we got a lot of pictures, which finally got scrapped! 

On this layout, I used an old Simply Scrappin' Kit for a few bits here. It's actually more postage themed than train, but somehow, in my brain anyway, it worked. 
Oh, the journaling is typed up in a strip on the top of the second page, but I took the picture before typing it. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Traveler, Just Perfect Alpha
Ink: Always Artichoke, Tip Top Taupe
Paper: Basic White card stock, Tailor-Made Simply Scrappin' Kit
Accessories: Tailor-Made Simply Scrappin' Kit, Chocolate Baker's Twine from a PP Kit
Journaling Font: Courier New

Our fence was finished last week! Check out the change in view! haha...! 

We're all very excited. We have a gate in the back as shown, and a gate on each side, and a fully fenced backyard! No more wandering pets or visiting wildlife leaving their deposits in the yard. Even me and my internal reality-check that putting in a garden means a lot. more. work. come fall. ha. It's gonna be awesome! 

Yellow Butterfly Birthday

Hello again! It's been almost another week since I got to play! 

Today I have a fun card combining the fantastic colors from SUO Challenges, and the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches! 

Supplies:
Stamps: A Touch of Ink, Happiness Abounds

Ink: Crushed Curry, Night of Navy

Paper: Night of Navy & Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Denim Jean Ribbon, White & Crushed Curry Baker's Twine, sequins (from a Paper Pumpkin) Dimensionals, scotch tape 

I started this one by looking at what kinds of ribbon I had to make the stripes with, and I like the result! The spacing is a little wonky, but it's fiiine. haha! 

Seeing Elk!

Good morning! Today is a big day at my house! Our back view will change because we are finally getting a real back fence installed! We had a temporary one for a couple years, but it was finally time, ha. I'm excited because it means we can plant a couple more trees and have a small vegetable garden. We've wanted one for yeeears but there's so many deer here! They won't jump where they can't see they'd land, so this will be really good. Not to mention privacy........ haha. Anyway, I'm excited.

And I have a scrapbook layout for you today! This was a snowy winter, unlike the one we're living, lol. These pictures are really old, so I'm glad I got it done. 

Supplies:
Stamps: In The Meadow, Just Perfect Alpha
Ink: Pecan Pie, Gray Granite
Paper: Basic White card stock, All Is Calm DP

Floral Smile

Wednesday already! 

Yesterday's card was winter and today's is spring! I used the fun sketch from SUO Challenges. I knew I wanted to use DP strips with the postage stamp die, but there were other good ideas too! 

Also, I had a different greeting in mind that came from an old Paper Pumpkin, but I wasn't able to find that one... so I used a different Paper Pumpkin stamp instead.  

Supplies:
Stamps: 2020 Paper Pumpkin

Ink: Petunia Pop

Paper: Basic White & Petunia Pop card stocks, Unbounded Beauty DP
Accessories: 2024-26 In Color Resin Dots, Perennial Postage dies, Dimensionals, Big Shot

Cozy Winter

Today's card is a day late for one challenge, but I used it anyway. This one uses the late Freshly Made Sketch and the inspo photo from Inspired By... and now I have this very simple, but cozy card to send off! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Bundle Up

Ink: Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Gray Granite

Paper: Basic White & Crumb Cake card stock, White Velvet Sheets

Accessories: Neutral Candy Dots

Windmill Birthday!

Hello again! It was a migraine week, full of other things I needed to do, so not much crafting. So today I intend to make up for it! 

Today I have a happy card combining the {adjusted} sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments and the challenge from Festive Friday, which is why I used red, yellow, orange, gingham ribbon, tulips, a windmill and happy birthday! Ha!  

Supplies:

Stamps: Tulip Fields, Well Said

Ink: Memento Black, Sweet Sorbet, Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie
Paper: Basic White card stock
Accessories: Party Dots, Black Gingham Ribbon, Watercolor Pencils, Windmill Fields dies, Dimensionals, Big Shot