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Friday, November 22, 2024

White Christmas Wreath

Today I have a fun idea for a card. And it fits the Inspire.Create.Challenge for Christmas, and I think it fits the Paper Players challenge for Its Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas. Altho maybe the white on white makes me think it's more clean and simple than it really is....  

Twice this week I saw a similar idea- one was a suggested ornament card to make with your kids, and one was THIS card from a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. It's been stewing in my brain and I interrupted other things to sit down and make it! ha! I went off memory, and what I have, so it's not quite a copy, but strongly inspired by. 

I traced a "wreath" shape (and size!) using the outer die for the wood wreath in the Encircled by Nature dies. For the dots, I know I have at least one other stamp set that has a small dot but the first one that came to mind was from like the second Paper Pumpkin kit I ever got. I stamped it in four colors a bit randomly around the wreath.
Then I die cut the wreath I have not yet used, in white, to layer on top! I added just a few dot embellishments (including those elusive Peppermint dots!) randomly and stamped a greeting from the October Paper Pumpkin kit! 
And I rather love it! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Oct 2024 Paper Pumpkin, very old Paper Pumpkin
Ink: Lemon Lolly, Shy Shamrock, Garden Green, Poppy Parade, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Basic White card stock
Accessories: Transparent Adhesive Backed Dots, Adhesive backed Peppermints, Encircled in Nature Dies, big shot

What do you think? 
(oh, I did erase the penciled wreath, but the Cherry Cobbler ink wasn't quite dry and smudged. ....did it need erased? meh... maybe not.)

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Happiest Dragonflies!

Today I've got another card using those pre-cut bits. I switched the base to another color, making the card completely different. The dies were cut to make THIS card. Swapping the blue base for the retired Sweet Sorbet, and using different stamps, completely changed the card.


Supplies:
Stamps: Happiest Day
Ink: Sweet Sorbet (retired), Flirty Flamingo, Memento Black
Paper: Sweet Sorbet (retired), Basic Black & Basic White card stock 
Accessories: Circle Dies, big shot (retired) 

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Leftovers...!

Sometimes when I do a card class, there are people who don't come, or sometimes I cut too many or just different things happen that cause me to end up with a bunch of pre-cut supplies, that just collect. I really want to clean out my craft room and be able to work IN THERE (silly me...) so I pulled out these stacks of card supplies and threw some together!

So far this one is my favorite. You can see the original design HERE, which was really only September, haha. I did a pink forest this time.
Supplies:
Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Shepherd's Care
Ink: Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Pretty in Pink, Petal Pink
Paper: Calypso Coral, Basic White card stocks, Country Woods DP
Accessories: White Crinkled Ribbon (retired) 

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Father's Day x2

So last week I pulled printed photos from the box intended for the albums for my husband and I. That is usually where I scrap Mother's Days and Father's Days. 

Today I have two different Father's Day's scrapped, ha. Very simple, got it done, kind of pages. I used the same pack of DP, but they won't be next to each other in the albums so it doesn't matter in the slightest. haha!  
Supplies:
Stamps: Alphabest, Well Said - both retired
Ink: Misty Moonlight, Boho Blue
Paper: Basic White card stock, Parker's Patterns DP (retired)
Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots (retired)


Supplies:
Stamps: Beside Me
Ink: Pebbled Path
Paper: Soft Seafoam card stock, Parker's Patterns DP (retired)
Journaling Font: Artistamp Medium

Monday, November 18, 2024

Halloween, long ago.

I haven't shared scrapping in over a month, but that doesn't mean I haven't been scrapping. Last week I got a lot of pages made- both digi and traditional. I'll save the Christmas themed pages for December because I usually don't get a lot of crafty time in December, ha.
But for today, here's a couple almost identical pages I made last week, of an unexpected Halloween pic of each of my now-big kiddos. 



Supplies:
Paper: Basic Black, Halloween Night Specialty DP (2016?)
Accessories: Neutrals Candy Dots (long retired)
Journaling Font: Artistamp Medium

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Mossy Pines!

Today I have the same Pine card as last time, but this one is in Mossy Meadow! Again, taking my color choice from this awesome DP. I might need a second pack.......! 

The photos make the Mossy Meadow card stock and ink look almost black, but it really isn't. And shiny gold is difficult to photograph... 
Supplies: 
Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Oct 2024 Paper Pumpkin
Ink: Mossy Meadow
Paper: Season of Elegance DP, Mossy Meadow & Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Dear Santa

Today's card is cute... but maybe not my favorite... The problem is I was designing for my card class, and the brown and yellow pencils are already being used. That meant I was limited to colors aside from those. It worked, it's cute, just not exactly what I was picturing today, lol. 

Today I used the latest sketch from Just Add Ink. I will definitely play with this some more! (the sketch, and the stamp set!)
Supplies:
Stamps: Dear Santa
Ink: Stazon Black
Paper: Garden Green & Basic White card stock, A Little Bit Festive DP
Accessories: Transparent Adhesive-Backed Dots, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pens

Monday, November 11, 2024

Pines in Peacock!

Happy Monday! Inching ever closer to the best holidays!
This time I used Pretty Peacock for these gorgeous pine trees. I wanted to make the DP work with it, and that determined my colors. However, I wasn't sure which way I wanted to use the card base and card front, so I tried both! 
Supplies: 
Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Oct 2024 Paper Pumpkin
Ink: Pretty Peacock
Paper: Season of Elegance DP, Pretty Peacock & Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems

And a close up of each: 

Friday, November 8, 2024

Pretty Paper

Happy Friday! I think we made it...!
Today I have another card for my upcoming class. This is such a quick card, you could crank out dozens with one pack of DP (actually, if you used this exact layout, you could make 8 cards with each sheet of 12x12 DP. That's a lot!) I like this design because it gives a chance to let the DP shine without covering the whole card. Little paper, little embellishment and a greeting and you're set! 

So first, the one we'll make at my class: 
Then another variation because I liked the paper:
Supplies:
Stamps: Oct 2024 Paper Pumpkin
Ink: Poppy Parade
Paper: Sentimental Christmas DP, Poppy Parade & Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Iridescent Striped Trim, Dimensionals

Also, a tip on how I attached the ribbon in the middle like that, ha:
Scotch Tape is my favorite way to add ribbon to anything! 

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Green Trees!

Today I have a card that is a remake of THIS one I made in August, but using the latest color challenge from CAS Colours & Sketches. Again, quick and cute- my favorite kind! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Encircled In Nature
Ink: Shy Shamrock, Shaded Spruce, Real Red
Paper: Country Woods DP, Basic White & Real Red card stock
Accessories: 2024-26 In Color Resin Dots 

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Pines in Gray!

Today has a fun challenge, and I love the result. I used the Inspire.Create.Challenge to use many shades of gray. I have five that are varying kinds of "gray", plus black, ha.  
Supplies:
Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Shepherd's Care
Ink: Gray Granite, Basic Gray, Pebbled Path, Smoky Slate, Basic Beige
Paper: Basic White, Basic Black card stocks
Accessories: Transparent Adhesive Backed Dots, Peaceful Evergreen Dies, Dimensionals, big shot

Looks like a beautiful wintery day to me!! I can't wait for it! 

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Desert Shepherd

Today I have the same shepherd as last time, but this time in autumnal colors that in this case made me think of the desert! I used the TGIF Challenge colors, plus a couple shades that are similar. 
Supplies:
Stamps: Shepherd's Care
Ink: Pecan Pie, Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla card stocks
Accessories: Earth Tones Shimmer Gems, Watercolor Pencils (Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso), Dimensionals 

Monday, October 28, 2024

Christmas Shepherd

Good morning! I think today I have my first Christmas card this year! I ordered this set several weeks ago and haven't gotten to use it til now. There are other sets I want, but I snagged this one first. It's so quick and simple to make a beautiful card with!
Once again I used a color challenge from Splitcoaststampers.com.
Supplies:
Stamps: Shepherd's Care
Ink: Pretty Peacock, Pool Party
Paper: Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock, Basic White
Accessories: Tinsel Gems Three Pack

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Trick or Treat!

A bonus weekend post for you! 
This time I combined the SUO Challenge for "tricks or treats" with the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments.
I pulled out a long retired greeting set because its just SO perfect, lol. Annnd I think this card is a bit too busy for me, lol, which is why I added the layer of Pecan Pie. But that's okay, I'm going to send it to someone and then it doesn't matter what I think. hahaha! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Kiddin' Around, Good Greetings (retired)
Ink: Memento Black
Stampin Blends: Bronze, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light & Dark Night of Navy, Light & Dark Pumpkin Pie, Ivory, Light Flirty Flamingo, Color Lifter
Paper: Basic White, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie & Pecan Pie card stock, Full of Life DP
Accessories: Dimensionals

Friday, October 25, 2024

Pumpkin Patch

Good morning! 
I really love how today's card turned out! I combined the Freshly Made Sketch with the Color Throwdown (altho I used two shades of orange) and this is the fun, festive result! It also fits the TGIF Challenge, because this is about as Halloweeny as I'm going to get this year. The card is quick and cute and that's my favorite kind anyway! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Scenic Pumpkin Patch, Simply Said
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Peach Pie, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige
Paper: Peach Pie & Very Vanilla card stocks
Accessories: 2024-2026 Resin Dots

Then I decided to make a slightly different version, that we'll do at my upcoming card class! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Scenic Pumpkin Patch, Simply Said
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Peach Pie, Basic Beige, Lemon Lime Twist
Paper: Pumpkin Pie & Very Vanilla card stocks
Accessories: Transparent Adhesive Backed Dots

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Thank you or Christmas?

So, I have a card class this week, and since it's still "only" October, I did more of a thank you theme. I do have one Christmas card and then this one has the option of being whatever they need more of right now! 

This time I used the prompt from The Paper Players to make a tag, but I do not ever use tags so I stuck it on a card, haha! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Oct 2024 Paper Pumpkin / Simply Said
Ink: Old Olive, Real Red/Copper Clay
Paper: Basic White, Old Olive card stocks
Accessories: Iridescent Striped Trim, Exposed Brick embossing folder, Dimensionals, big shot, stapler

The line of trees is a little hard to see behind the tag, but I still think it adds something.

I think it also shows a bit of versatility in these pines- it doesn't just have to be a wintery, Christmas card.

But I'll show you something... I was struggling to decide which color I wanted to use for this class vs next month's class (because of COURSE we will use this stamp set for a Christmas card class!) so I decided to test it out. I "tested" it with all the greens, blues, grays and browns I own, plus some purples! I like a LOT of the results and I might like more if I used the right supplies, haha..... I think I need to play with this tree set more than I usually get to play with a single set! It's gonna be FUN.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Autumn Wreath!

Another day, another leaf, haha! 
This time I used another color challenge from Splitcoaststampers.com. Honestly, I haven't had a lot of luck with their color combinations, but I used a few this week! 
I am definitely using this for my upcoming card class! I love the pop of blue here! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Encircled In Nature
Ink: Cajun Craze
Paper: Crushed Curry, Basic White, Coastal Cabana card stocks
Accessories: Earth Tones Shimmer Gems, Encircled In Nature Dies, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, big shot

Just a tip for you- I add glue dots to the wider part of the dies, so in this case, on the leaves, and on the sticks in the wider sections where they branch off. You can see the part I hadn't peeled off below, and if you reeeally look closely, you might see the other one on the third leaf from the top. I only used two per die on this card and it will stay just fine.
You can also use glue dots when the adhesive just won't stick to the dot embellishments we have so many of right now. That happens sometimes...

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Leafy Thanks

Hello! Today I have a simple autumny card for you! 
I used the sketch from Inspire.Create.Challenges, along with a color challenge from Splitcoaststampers.com. 

And I think this is going to be part of my next card class! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight On Nature
Ink: Poppy Parade, Night of Navy
Paper: Night of Navy, Very Vanilla & Wild Wheat card stocks
Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Wood Flowers

Today's thank you card uses this wood DP and this flower, which I have combined before. This time I focused on that blue chippy paper. I used the latest SUO Challenge, and CASED the red package actually... on the top right. But I made mine a card. 
Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight On Nature, Simply Said
Ink: Pool Party, Wild Wheat
Paper: Basic White card stock, Country Woods DP
Accessories: White Baker's Twine, Brass Butterflies, Dimensionals 

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Butterfly Birthday

Today's quick and simple card uses the latest sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches. I cut out the strip separating the corner, and added a bit of ribbon in there too. 
Supplies:
Stamps: Butterfly Basics (retired), Places You'll Go (retired)
Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Blackberry Bliss
Paper: Basic White, Gorgeous Grape card stocks
Accessories: Gingham Ribbon (retired)

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Pines at Sunset

I really need more thank you cards, so today I combined the colors from The Paper Players with the sketch from TGIF Challenges. It is also a perfect match for the Just Add Ink challenge since I used trees and ink blending!

I ended up doing the rectangles too tall to fit a standard card, so I made a slimline card- maybe for the first time? I really don't like non-standard size cards because I don't know how to cut the cardstock without wasting too much... But I'd already stamped and blended this bit so thaaat's what I had to do! haha! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Layers of Beauty
Ink: Early Espresso, Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Copper Clay
Paper: Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso & Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Earth Tones Shimmer Gems

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Cactus Scrapbooking

Happy Thursday! Still hot here.... soooo wishing for autumn to arrive on the tenth of October....! But we have Halloween decorations up now, so that much can feel like autumn. 

Anyway, I have a scrapbook layout for you today. These photos are several years old, so it was way past time to get them scrapped. This is the last time we went to my grandparents house, it was the trip for my grandmother's funeral. And then her kids went thru all the things and that was that. My grandparents lived in Arizona so these retired cactus stamps were absolutely required. I just fussy cut them all out and layered them on the page.


Supplies:
Stamps: Flowering Desert (retired), Desert Details (retired)
Ink: Pebbled Path, Mossy Meadow, Garden Green, Peach Pie, Flirty Flamingo, Parakeet Party(retired), Cucumber Crush(retired), Soft Succulent (retired)
Paper: Parakeet Party (retired), Peach Pie card stocks
Journaling Font: Garamond

I "need" to print hundreds of photos, because we just keep living life and doing things, but I also still have hundreds of photos printed from years ago for my older kids... And since I was in a scrapping mood, that's what I worked on. I did a few pages for my son and then discovered all of his books are full and his shelf is stuffed. Annnnd then after just setting the pages in one of his books to keep them flat and safe....his shelf collapsed. super. haha..... Guess what I'm asking for for Christmas? 
If you're curious, my girls share the bottom shelf, altho my youngest's current album is the sideways one at the top of this photo....
and my son has the collapsed shelf all to himself. 

Yeay scrapbooking!! 

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Autumn Leaves!

I have not yet made it up to the mountains, where the leaves are usually much more colorful, and I am totally disappointed about that. I'm afraid I have missed our teeny window of color... There are trees around me, but for some reason the trees in our park strip tend to stay green and fall off in a heavy snow storm... weird. 
But today my card is full of colorful leaves! This is for the latest SUO Challenge (rats! I'm too late for this one too!) and the colors are all pulled from their inspiration photo. Like I actually held my ink pads up to the photo to pick the right shades. HA. 
Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight on Nature 
Ink: Petunia Pop, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Lost Lagoon, Crushed Curry
Paper: Cajun Craze, Basic White
Accessories: Linen Thread, Dimensionals 

Monday, October 7, 2024

Pastel Autumn!

Happy Monday once again! So many things going on in my world right now! (too much actually, white flag is up!) But I am in need of some thank yous so here I go! 

Today's card combined the Color Throwdown with the latest Freshly Made Sketch, and the theme for Inspire.Create.Challenges to do something for Autumn! Altho I just missed the deadline for FMS... I think it's fun and something a little different. 
Supplies:
Stamps: Simply Said
Ink: Lemon Lolly, Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie
Accessories: 2024-26 In Color Dots, Encircled in Nature dies, Glue Dots, Blending Brush, Stampin' Sponge (retired), big shot (retired) 

I used a Blending Brush to ink up the rectangle shape, and I used a retired Stampin' Sponge to add Peach Pie ink to the Peach Pie leaves. 

Monday, September 30, 2024

100 Years!!!

In just a couple of weeks, my father in law turns 100. Really, really. I shared about his 90th birthday celebration HERE, and there will be a celebration once again. 

I had discussed an idea with my husband and selected the paper and stamps I wanted to use to make him a birthday card, but hadn't sat down and done it. Then I saw the Color Throwdown colors and knew that was a match, so I got to work! Ordinarily, I probably wouldn't call Copper Clay a shade of red, but on the top strip of DP I think that looks red, so that makes it fit! These were the DP sheets I had planned to include! 

The stamps and dies are long retired, but the DP is in this catalog, haha... We do have current number dies (which I own, but they were too small for this design), and a current airplane stamp available, but this is what I used. 
Supplies:
Stamps: Sky Is the Limit (retired)
Ink: Copper Clay
Paper: Boho Blue, Night of Navy & Basic White card stocks, Take to the Sky DP
Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots (retired), Dimensionals, Large Numbers Framelits Dies (retired), big shot (retired) 
Font: Courier New

I actually stacked three sets of the 1-0-0 to make it bolder. The plane is popped up on Dimensionals, and the banner the plane is pulling was typed on the computer. I put a lot of time and thought into this card and got a couple other opinions too, ha. My FIL will simply love the thought, but I think the pressure was on because I've never made a 100th birthday card before! Have you?

Friday, September 27, 2024

Pink Pumpkins!

Happy Friday! I hope your day is better than mine.... I get to have some dental work done which I am dreading. Maybe that's an understatement.....

Anyway! Today's card combines the latest Festive Friday challenge (pink, brown, cream and ribbon) with the latest SCS Sketch Challenge. I'm not actually loving how the wreath turned out, stamped in layers, but it works and it's another needed Thank You on it's way to the mailbox! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Encircled In Nature, Scenic Pumpkin Patch, Simply Said
Ink: Crumb Cake, Bubble Bath
Paper: Bubble Bath, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla card stocks
Accessories: Iridescent Striped Trim, Iridescent Foil Gems

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Colorful Forest

This is from the Inspire.Create.Challenges to CASE the designer. CASE in today's case, means "Copy And Selectively Edit". I used the sketch, but altered the angles, and I used the same colors for the trees, and changed the greeting. I could have die-cut them, but I wanted to stamp it instead. But you can definitely see the inspiration.

Supplies:
Stamps: Encircled In Nature, Beside Me
Ink: Misty Moonlight, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil delight, Soft Seafoam, Fresh Freesia
Paper: Basic White & Misty Moonlight card stock, Country Woods DP
Accessories: Tinsel Gems Three Pack, Dimensionals, Circle Dies (retired), big shot (retired)

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

All the pinks!

Today's card ended up more chaotic than I expected, but it will work for the birthday girl, haha. 

This one uses the sketch from The Paper Players and a whoooole lotta DP prints, lol. Three of them, in fact. I liked the strip that looks like a paint palette with this little artist, and I liked the watercolory-looking sheets too. But it's kind of a lot...! 
Supplies: 
Stamps: Kiddin' Around 
Ink: Memento Black
Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Flirty Flamingo, Dark & Light Granny Apple Green, Light Petal Pink, Bronze, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Melon Mambo
Paper: Basic White card stock, Full of Life DP
Accessories: Dimensionals, Kiddin' Around Dies, big shot

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Flower Die Cut

Hello! I am so excited for autumn! It started to cool off, and then it forgot to be autumn and should be around 90 most of this week. Rude. But the mountains are turning red and yellow so that's happy! 

Today's card uses the sketch from CAS Colours and Sketches, along with the theme (wellll more the colors from the graphic...) from TGIF Challenges. It sort of looks like I took the sketch more literally, but really, I just stamped on a scrap rectangle, and then die cut the flowers out of that. Then I colored it!

Supplies:
Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Beside Me
Ink: Memento Black, Pecan Pie
Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Pumpkin Pie, Dark and Light Old Olive, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Balmy Blue
Paper: Basic White, Pecan Pie card stocks
Accessories: Iridescent Striped Trim, Iridescent Foil Gems, Dimensionals, Layers of Beauty Dies, big shot

Monday, September 23, 2024

Friendship Flower

Happy Monday! Ready for a new week? 

Today I have a fun and quick card. I chose two of the newest In Colors for this idea. After I glued it down I remembered I had these in a set of three markers I got on my 12th birthday (plus pink), and now all I can see is the early 90's..... hahaha! It's fiiiiine, I'll just send the card to the friend who gave me the markers, ha! She won't remember, but if she sees this, she'll laugh too.
Supplies:
Stamps: Cheerful Daisies
Ink: Summer Splash, Petunia Pop
Paper: Summer Splash, Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Cheerful Daisies dies, Dimensionals, big shot 

Friday, September 20, 2024

Thanks Pumpkin!

Happy Friday! We made it, again! Yeay! 

Today I have a three-fer! I used the sketch from As You See It, with the colors from Color Throwdown and the theme from Hand Stamped Sentiments! And I really like the result! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Scenic Pumpkin Patch, Simply Said
Ink: Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow
Paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze card stocks
Accessories: Dimensionals, Vintage Crochet Trim (Retired 2017?) 1 3/8 Circle Punch (retired)

That strip of Cajun Craze card stock was in my scraps, already torn, so that's why it doesn't go the full length of the card. And that is why I keep scraps! ha! But it still fits the sketch beautifully! 

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Bold Birthday!

Today's card combines two challenges and I think the result is happy and fun and perfect for someone's birthday next year, ha!
I used the sketch from TGIF Challenges and the One Stamp challenge from SUO Challenges. I think it's a perfect match. Simple, but not subtle. 
Supplies: 
Stamps: Simply Said
Ink: Petunia Pop
Paper: Petunia Pop & Basic White card stocks, Unbounded Beauty DP
Accessories: Dimensionals 

What are you making today?

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Sunny Flowers!

They're not exactly sunflowers in this case, they're way too bright, haha. But I really like how today's card worked out! And what a perfect greeting for this one!
This is the final card in my upcoming class.
Supplies:
Stamps: Cheerful Daisies
Ink: Lemon Lolly, Night of Navy
Paper: Lemon Lolly, Basic White card stocks, Take To The Sky DP
Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems, Dimensionals, Cheerful Daisies dies, big shot

The strip of DP comes from the airplane set, but I think it works beautifully with these flowers, don't you? Look at your supplies a little differently and see what you've got! 
  

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Pumpkin Patch!

Hello again! Today I have a card with some new stamps! This is one of the Online Exclusives sets. I used the colors and sketch from the latest Inspired By Challenge.  
Supplies:
Stamps: Scenic Pumpkin Patch
Ink: Peach Pie, Lost Lagoon, Soft Seafoam, Crushed Curry & Pecan Pie
Paper: Peach Pie, Soft Seafoam & Basic White card stocks

Monday, September 16, 2024

Trains!

To say that my son has been obsessed with trains his entire life is a gross understatement. My youngest tends to like a lot of the same things he likes and we have seen a lot. of trains. in our time, ha. As soon as I saw this train stamp, I wanted it, but I think between my mom and I, we own every single train Stampin' Up! has released in the 20 years I've been a demonstrator...and there is a similar one to this particular train. So similar in fact, that I pulled out my old train stamps to compare, and my son told me not to worry about it, ha! Buuuut...... I really kind of love it..... sooo here it is! Ready for classes! HA. And lots of scrapbooking!! 

Anyway, my first card today comes from the latest Color Throwdown. This is the one we'll make at my upcoming class. The colors are slightly Christmasy on my card but I think also autumnal and that's what I'm going for right now. 
Supplies:
Stamps: Greatest Adventure
Ink: Copper Clay
Paper: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler & Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Transparent Adhesive Dots


This second card uses the already ended TGIF Challenge colors. But I like the pop of Berry Burst with the train. I thought I had Berry dots, but I guess not...so I used these clear ones instead.
Supplies:
Stamps: Greatest Adventure
Ink: Night of Navy, Berry Burst
Paper: Crumb Cake, Berry Burst, Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Transparent Adhesive Dots