Thursday, July 31, 2025

That's all, folks!

Hello again and happy Thursday to you! 

Time to make a little announcement here. 
After 21 years and five months, I am choosing to no longer be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. Look how little some of us used to be when I started this journey! 
My start date fell on my birthday! You can see my friend and her daughter made me a cake, my husband brought home Taco Bell and fancy fudge, and flowers...put in the only pitcher we had at the time....weird. And the 2004 Annual Catalog! Happy birthday to me! 

So, this means I won't have the latest catalogs or deals featured here anymore, but I will keep stamping. I have way too much in my craft room to just stop! Plus I don't expect to ever stop scrapbooking (31 years of that so far...) and I haven't bought a card from the store in yeears, obviously. 

Case in point: a birthday card that has been mailed out already! It goes with the Inkspirational Challenge about "birthday"! DONE! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Arched Wishes
Ink: Bermuda Bay (retired)
Paper: Basic White card stock, Cherry On Top DP (long retired)

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Sand Hill!

Today I have another hybrid layout from the same trip. This spot was a huge hit for all the kids but especially my youngest. That girl loves dirt and sand in any form. The little dots up the hill between mine and my husband's heads in the center picture are our kids and some other people, ha. It was big and fun and sooo sandy and dusty! 

The title has been in my head since I created this page so it had to be done! It comes from a Wiggles song of the same title, haha! Some of my kids were huge fans of The Wiggles.

This page was also for a challenge to use hot colors, liiike red, orange and yellow. DONE! I actually scanned in the now-retired Delicate Desert DP for the background. Then I added digital mats in Calypso Coral, and the cardstock for the title is also Calypso Coral. 
Supplies:
Ink: Calypso Coral mats
Paper: Calypso Coral, Delicate Desert   - scanned in
Accessories: Mini Alphabet Dies

Monday, July 28, 2025

Green River

Happy Monday to you! 
We are going on a big fun trip so I wanted to scrap the last big fun trip before that, ha. I've got about 1/3 of it done so far, but that's something! 

This first layout was done in the long-retired MDS, then printed, then I die cut the letters for the title and glued it all down! I love MDS for fitting a BUNCH of pictures on a single layout.
Supplies:
Paper: Always Artichoke card stock (retired) Everybody's Business digi recolored to Always Artichoke
Accessories: Mini Alphabet Dies

The alphabet dies are new to me, and this was the first go. I have been wanting them a while...but also hesitating because how tedious is it to cut out allll the extra letters I may never use?? (this is why I haven't bought alpha stickers in actual decades...) The first run I used a sheet about the same size as the die. But this card stock is retired, which means I have a bunnnch of scraps. This pack happened to have a number of strips that were just the right width! Handy!! I tore off strips the length of the letters I needed and voila- no extras! (there were extras, lol, but not when it got down to the end) Anyway! If you're on the fence too about this die- here's my solution for you!
Also, I used the green liquid glue or the fine tip glue pen to adhere all those letters, haha! 
I hope you're off to a great new week! 

Friday, July 25, 2025

The Journey

Good morning and happy Friday! Busy weekend for me, as we prep for a fun trip! 

Today's card looks like a very similar color scheme as yesterday, but it's not. The only same color is Daffodil Delight, but I did use that for both card bases.... hmm.

But for today, I combined the colors from CAS Colours & Sketches, the theme from The Paper Players, and the theme from Hand Stamped Sentiments! You can totally do "things with wheels" with "summer vibes"! The first thing with wheels I spied in my stash was this VW Bug with road trip suitcases. Yep- that says summer to me! 
Lots of fussy cutting here! I meant to color the wheels, but I forgot. I did scuff up the car with a bit of Crushed Curry ink on a Blending Brush. I tapped it more than blended. 
Supplies:
Stamps: Beautiful Ride (retired!)
Ink: Memento Black, Crushed Curry, Garden Green
Paper: Basic White, Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green
Accessories: Blending Brush, 2025-27 In Color Flat Pearls, Perennial Postage Dies, Dimensionals, big shot (retired)

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Another Floral Thanks

(I feel like I've  used that title before...maybe a lot?)
Anyway, today I have a triple challenge card. I used the colors from Color Throwdown, the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, and it fits the SUO Challenge to make something! Simple and cute- my favorite kind! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Elements of Text
Ink: Melon Mambo, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Basic Gray, Basic White card stocks

Monday, July 21, 2025

Triple Celebration

Happy Monday! 
My first born celebrated another trip around the sun this past week, so when I had a minute, I pulled out his photo box that needs scrapped and decided to scrap this previous birthday! I started by trying to fit these pages into a specific challenge, but that didn't work out, so it's just a layout, ha. But done is done and I think this turned out fun with a bit of uniqueness for me. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Skinny Mini Alphabet (retired)
Ink: Timid Tiger
Paper: Sweet Taffy DP (long-retired), Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Blending Brush
Journaling Font: Courier New

Monday, July 14, 2025

Summer!

Happy Monday to you!
 
Today's layout looks more like today, that's for sure.

This is actually of the last two days of school this past May. I helped at what was supposed to be a beach-theme party, but I was the only parent who signed up that day (they had a LOT going on and other parents signed up for other things, just not that day). I decided to sort of "dress up" like I was at the beach to help make it a little bit more fun. That meant I had to go to the store and buy a floppy beachy sort of sun hat, and exaggerated sunglasses. I didn't find a shirt or skirt... Mostly I just felt like an idiot, but that's how I remember class parties when I was a kid, so whatever, ha. The kids were seated on their beach towels instead of desks, and we played several rounds of bingo. I had bought prizes and the teacher had some too, and I think they all got two, maybe three, lol. 

The second page was the last day of school which was done at noon. I had bought some surprise treats to kick off summer, and I also went to the thrift store several times during May looking for some new-to-her books (contributing to incomplete series' we own) that she enjoys. She got 21 chapter books that day, ha! That would make a serious impact on summer reading! And I always let my kids choose a special treat after the first and last days of school. I used to make a treat, but this week was too busy, so she got a donut and "special" milk, and was more than happy with that, ha. 

Everything on this page is long retired, except a couple markers, and the white card stock, ha. 
Supplies:
Stamps: ABC-123 Sketch Alpha (retired), Sunny Fun (retired)   
Ink: Bermuda Bay (retired), Memento Black
Markers: Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay (retired), Cucumber Crush (retired), Watermelon Wonder (retired), Tip Top Taupe (retired)
Paper: Bermuda Bay (retired), Basic White card stocks, Cherry On Top DP (retired)
Accessories: Misc Paper Pumpkin

Friday, July 11, 2025

Thinking of Flowers

Happy Friday! I hope you have a relaxing weekend ahead! 
Today I have a quick and simple card that I am really happy with.  I combined the colors from Color Throwdown and the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches
Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Simply Said, Elements of Text
Ink: Berry Burst, Timid Tiger, Crumb Cake
Paper: Basic White card stock
Accessories: 2025-27 In Color Flat Pearls, Dimensionals 

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Winter Wonderland!

Yesterday hovered at 99* for hours. Then I ran an errand and it was 104*. Of course it was. YUCK. My parents arrived at their destination where it was 116* at dinner time. NOPE. 
So today I played with snowy pictures! So there!! 

Actually, this was for the current SUO Challenge to CASE Christy, and she is a scrapper, so that's what I decided to CASE. I didn't scroll back too far thru her pages, really I was looking for something I had printed the the same direction and quantity as she used. So I picked THIS POST from June. I changed the colors, DP, stamps and added a couple little dots.  

Supplies:
Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Whimsical Alpha Lower
Ink: Basic Gray, Smoky Slate
Paper: Basic White, Soft Sky, Basic Gray card stocks, Peaceful Place DP
Accessories: Neutrals Candy Dots

And actually, this is the second time I scrapped these photos, ha. The above layout is for my older daughter, and the one for my younger daughter was done in April and hasn't yet been shared. I used the same pack of paper, but differently, and I used different stamps. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Roughing It (1998), Berry Christmas (2009), Just Perfect Alphabet (2010)
Ink: Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, 
Paper: Basic White c/s, Peaceful Place DP
Accessories: Metallic Pearls

I always like that you can use the same layout or supplies and make something quite different from the last.

Monday, July 7, 2025

Softball!

I hope you had a safe and happy weekend, and if you live in the United States, I hope you had a great Independence Day! 

Today I have a softball layout! And some memories.
The year I was 10, my mom signed me up for softball and my brother up for baseball. Same city league. He had an actual grown up coach and got a shirt and a hat and this style of picture. I got three 8th graders as coaches (big sisters of some of the team..) They wrote bubble letters in puffy paint on tshirts for our team. The contrast was stark, to say the least. But that was our only year playing this kind of sport. Actually...I took dance a few times but that was the only paid sport for me (that was FINE!). The only thing I remember "learning" was that forfeit meant you have to have enough players, otherwise your team loses by default. (we lost every game except the time the other team had to forfeit.) Also, I don't enjoy anything about softball. Please don't ever throw the ball at me, or expect me to throw it back. I'm not good at batting and I am a *slow runner, ha. 

Several months ago, my kiddo informed me she wanted to try baseball. We don't sport at our house, other than some soccer. She never seen a game, we didn't own a single baseball related thing. She has seen the movie Sandlot, but not for a few years... haha! We bought her a ball and glove, and she was on a team that got a tshirt and a hat, ha, and pre-named teams. Her coach was a real grown up, (ha- altho he was younger than I am...) and he did a great job. My kid learned a lot! She improved at all of it! But she didn't love it. It was a HOT season and most of her games were played between 95* and 98*, with the late afternoon sun beating down on all of us. I don't know that she'll do it again, but it's good to try new things! 

I created these in the long-retired MDS. I knew I had a softball image there, ha. I "filled" them in with a dot image that honestly looks like scribbled gum drops. I added a little stitching, and the Texture overlay, which makes the edges look like canvas. And I took my colors from her team shirt and her ball. And the season is scrapped!


Supplies:
MDS
Stamps: Great Sport, Lemonade Stand dots, Texture
Ink: Basic Black, Barely Banana, Night of Navy
Accessories: Stitching Thread
Journaling Font: Brush Script title, Book Antiqua notes

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Farm Field Trip

Happy Thursday!
Today I have a quick post and a quick scrapbook layout for you, using all retired product. 
Supplies:
Stamps: Countryside, Alphabet Attitude Lower
Ink: Pebbled Path
Paper: Wild Wheat, Pebbled Path, Very Vanilla card stocks
Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots
Journaling Font: Courier New

Have a safe and happy 4th! 

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Big Butterfly!

Good morning!
Today I have a card using the latest colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments, combined with another sketch from Splitcoaststampers. The stripes on the side are a fun idea. Other than fussy cutting the butterfly, it was a quick card! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies
Ink: Strawberry Slush
Paper: Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Brass Butterflies, Dimensionals 
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