Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Flirty Flamingo, Light Old Olive
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Grateful for Spring
Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Flirty Flamingo, Light Old Olive
Monday, February 27, 2023
Birthday Owl Again!
Tuesday, Feb 28 is the LAST DAY of Sale-A-Bration 2023! I don't want you to miss out on these fun freebies so I managed to make a couple last minute cards using the exclusive products! You can view the whole FREE selection right HERE.
First up, this cute little owl again, and the very fun DP! This card uses the latest sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches.
Supplies:
Stamps: Adorable Owls (Sale-A-Bration)
Ink: Memento Black, Poppy Parade, Poppy Parade marker
Stampin' Blends: Dark Basic Black, Dark Smoky Slate, Dark Balmy Blue, Dark Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, Dandy Designs (Sale-A-Bration)
Accessories: Dimensionals
I even know exactly who this is going to! Love that!
Saturday, February 25, 2023
December 2023 Calendar Pages
Almost done with the calendar pages this year! Today, even tho spring is now coming, we're going to check out December's pages, haha! And these are extra special, haha, because they always feature the previous December. So you're looking at 2021 there. .
Have a happy Saturday!Thursday, February 23, 2023
Meet Raya!
Back with some more of Disneyland! Or, technically, California Adventure in this case...
The newest character to meet while we were there was Raya. This was not a huge movie in our corner of the world (our house...) but we did watch it a few times when it came out. And once again, my mom bought this stamp set a long time ago and it was a perfect match for waiting in line to meet Raya. The colorful photos are paper lanterns. So I used the stamps of lanterns I think are Japanese! I found a font that worked to my kids and I for Raya and there's the page!
Stamps: Kimono KidsInk: Memento Black, Fresh Freesia marker, Bermuda Bay marker, Magenta Madness marker, Bumblebee marker, Cucumber Crush marker
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Magenta Madness, Whisper White
Journaling Font: Artistamp Medium
The girl they cast didn't look anything like Raya actually. But she sounded exactly like the character, so it worked for me! She was sweet and it was nice that she just took a moment to talk to my kiddo. It was perfect "Disney magic" to me.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
It's a Small World!
I know a lot of people have intensely strong opinions on this ride, haha... But we were trying to 100% the park and hit everything we could. And this is the kids' first trip so it has to be ridden! haha!
If you look at the very first photo, you can see the sun is still UP. My husband was handed the timer lanyard and told to give it to the person at the entrance. At that time, it was supposed to be a 35 minute wait. It was over an hour, thanks. And dark when we finally got on the ride. And, if you're curious, they didn't update the time, they left it at 35 minutes. We were tired, lol, and did a lot to deal with the long wait. And maybe some of us were rethinking the decision to wait for a ride with a hotly divisive reputation, haha!
But to scrap THIS many photos and capture this iconic ride is actually a bit tricky. There's 28 pictures on this layout. I asked my kids what colors come to mind, and what about it. So of course the music, and then we all kind of thought light colors... maybe the pink is the lighting? maybe the blue is the water since it's a boat ride? So I "stamped" the music in yellow on to pink "paper" and then I scribbled the blue randomly over it and this is what I got. It kind of adds to the chaos, and also works really well to me, hahaha!
Monday, February 20, 2023
Desert Fun
Happy Monday to you! I got a card made that I can share with you! This one uses a brand new bundle that actually my mom purchased.
The layout for today's card comes from the latest SUO Challenge, which comes from the Sale-A-Bration brochure. I CASED the layout from the card that says "it looks like spring" but I changed the bundle, the colors, and I made my stripes wonky and stacked.
And! I stuck it right in the mail for someone who I think will really love it.
ETA: Yep. I made it, took a picture, stuck it in the mail....! Guess which step I forgot? That's right boys and girls- the card arrived completely blank. Wow. That's a new one for me.....
I used the colors from the coordinating DP pack, even tho I didn't use any of the paper this time. It is gorgeous tho, so I will.... and I might buy more!! Seriously, click HERE to see it all! (you can order it there too.
And if you buy this bundle before Feb 28, or the whole suite, you can choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration item too!
Saturday, February 18, 2023
November 2023 Calendar Pages
Happy Saturday to you!
The November page for my in-laws mostly features the birthday party for my father in law. When you get to be his age, every year is a big celebration, and this year was a good one.
Thursday, February 16, 2023
Mickey & Minnie!
I'm not making much this week, but I am mailing a lot off...
So today I have another Disneyland trip layout for you.
This page is totally full of retired product, even the colors of marker I used to color in "Mickey" and "Minnie", haha! But this is another time I can't get over how amazingly the products in my stash work with what we saw in the parks! This is how Mickey and Minnie look in California Adventure, and this was such a fun moment!
Ink: Regal Rose & Baroque Burgundy markers (for the names Mickey and Minnie)
Paper: Whisper White, Soft Suede, Berry Bliss DP
Accessories: Soft Suede polka dot ribbon, True Gentlemen Buttons, Glue dots
Journaling Font: Minnie, Mickey
Saturday, February 11, 2023
October 2023 Calendar Pages!
Hello again! Today I have the October calendar pages and that means all types of Halloween festivities! Simple, fun, done!
Friday, February 10, 2023
Paper Pumpkin Birthdays!
I still need a few birthday cards real soon so yesterday I pulled out an old Paper Pumpkin kit (June 2017 as a matter of fact) and put together five of these. And sent one off in the middle of making them!
This kit also had little gift sacks that look like watermelons. I think my daughter used one to give a gift to a friend. Maybe I'll use them, or maybe I'll take them apart and use them as DP at some point.... but in the meantime, there's a few more birthday cards for my stash!
What are you making this weekend?
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
A Carousel
With this page, I remembered an old 6x6 pack of carousel themed DP I owned, and sure enough- it was a great match! That's all it is- some DP and photos! And I think it's a pretty page just like that!
Paper: Pool Party, Cupcakes & Carousels DP
Journaling Font: Chalk-hand-lettering
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Bookmarks!
About 17 years ago I bought a pack of bookmarks that Stampin' Up! carried at the time. I have been packing them around all this time and I knew that would make a perfect gift....but now they are lost somewhere in my craft room... So I ended up having to make my own, lol. It worked out tho, and here are the first round I have made.
Stamps: Rejoice In Him
Ink: Memento Black
Accessories: 1/8" hand punch
1. Stampin' Blends: Dark Petal Pink, Bronze; Seaside ribbon original, White Grosgrain ribbon
Then I wrote a little note on the back and that was that!
Monday, February 6, 2023
A little sunshine!
Last Sunday morning (Jan 29), around 1045 it started snowing, and the snow fell for at least 30 hours. My family shoveled three different times, even tho there wasn't a ton of accumulation. Spots varied from 5-10 inches, in my own yard. But we had snow on the ground before it started, so its hard to say just how much we got. And then when the storm stopped, the temperatures tanked. Tuesday morning it was -4* on the drive to school. Everyone was posting on social media just how cold it was at their house, and it was crazy. Yes, it gets that cold here and sometimes we've had a week stretch of extremely cold temps, but this was the most significant drop we've had this winter, and the first it's gone below 0* this winter for sure.
So when I was thinking of a friend who needed a birthday card, I figured it was a great day to break out Waves of Inspiration and go warm! I haven't used this bundle as much as I thought I would, and this is the first time I used both wave dies on one card, and I gotta say, I love it!
The sunshine mask/stencil came from a Paper Pumpkin kit I think last March? I also used a Blending Brush to pull Daffodil Delight across the whole sky, and Tahitian Tide into all of the water.
Stamps: Waves of Inspiration
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Tahitian Tide, Starry Sky
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Basic White, Starry Sky card stocks, Gold & Rose Gold Metallic paper
Accessories: 2022-24 In Color Decorative Dots, Waves dies, Blending Brushes, Glue Dots, PP Kit stencil, big shot
And if you wondered, it started snowing yesterday (Sunday) around noon and hasn't stopped again, haha.... Still wintertime here!
Saturday, February 4, 2023
September 2023 Calendar Pages
Back again with a couple more calendar pages for your Saturday! I usually love the September pages because I do a little back to school sprinkled in. This time I used some fun pics from a photo session I did to get my kids' portraits for the year.
And for my parents, I just do one pic of each grandkid, in birth order, which is fun. Lots of back to school, but of course not everyone goes to school yet, haha...I hope you get to make something this weekend!Friday, February 3, 2023
Owls again!
I didn't realize til I linked it just now, that I swapped the position of the owls.... but it does work better with their line of sight, so it's probably fine....
(Winter afternoon sunlight is tricky to photograph with... my phone kept casting a shadow, and the snow drifts did too... hence the super funky angles in these shots. I promise the cards are the usual rectangle...!)
Paper: Daffodil Delight & Basic White card stocks
Paper: Pacific Point & Basic White card stocks
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Rosey Birthdays
Blends: Dark & Light Flirty Flamingo, Dark & Light Old Olive
Blends: Dark & Light Melon Mambo, Dark & Light Old Olive
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
We Create Blog Hop: Sale-a-Bration Sweetness
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