Monster Mash!

Today I've got a fun Halloween card I actually made last March, haha, for the design team. They asked for a dancing theme and I didn't have anything at all.....
After So. Much. Thought. haha, I remembered my mom had this stamp set from 2005! I ran up to borrow it and put this together in the nick of time.

Supplies:
Stamps: Hey Ghoul Friend (2005!)
Ink: Memento Black
Watercolor Pencils: Night of Navy, Garden Green, Gorgeous Grape, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry
Paper: Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Gorgeous Grape
Accessories: Classic Matte Dots, Dimensionals

I hope you're ready for Halloween fun! We have treats and tiny toys to hand out and jack o lanterns and a couple costumes going on!
....but it should be a rainy evening here.... so we'll see how it goes!! 

Adventure Awaits!

Hello again!! Thank goodness I played along with a design team several months ago so I have stuff to share! Some day I'll stamp regularly again... We're working on the basement and so many things are going on. So in the meantime, I'm just sharing what you haven't seen yet. 

This is the card I sent my niece when she graduated from high school this year. She had a big adventure- she and a few friends flew to Europe. I know they stayed with family in Germany and spent some time in Paris and I don't even know where all. It was a fitting image, that's for sure. 

I picked some of her favorite colors and I think it turned out fun and happy! 

Stamps: Places You'll Go, Greatest Adventure

Ink: Melon Mambo, Lemon Lolly, Memento Black
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Basic White card stock, Full of Life DP
Accessories: Regal Foiled Dots, Circle Dies, Dimensionals, Big Shot

9th birthday

Here's another card from a design team. The colors make me think of fall, but the stamp comes from a Christmas set. I used it for a birthday card, ha! I think it turned out cute! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Dear Santa, Well Said, Number of Years
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Daffodil Delight, Memento Black

Stampin' Blends: Light Petal Pink, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light & Dark Blackberry Bliss, Light Granny Apple Green, Bronze, Light Flirty Flamingo

Stampin' Write Marker: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Blackberry Bliss & Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Transparent Dots, Blending Brush, Large Numbers dies, Big Shot, Dimensionals

Autumn!

Hello again! Today I have a brand new card for you! 
I used the colors from CAS Colours and Sketches. This one perfectly fits with The Paper Players theme and the theme from Inspire.Create.Challenges, ha, as they're both AUTUMN. Done.
I thought about doing one for each, and I might....but I had a very little bit of time yesterday and didn't fit in two. But I like this one! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Artistic Leaves
Ink: Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, Golden Glow
Paper: Golden Glow, Mossy Meadow, Basic white card stocks
Accessories: Amber Gems, Dimensionals 

I had a hard time getting a picture without shadow or glare, so it looks a little artsy, ha. 
And here's the autumn view from my back door. I love those pretty trees! 

Halloween!

Hello! Late post (in the day...) here, but I got to play this afternoon and I didn't have time to blog til now. This one uses the latest challenge from Festive Friday. I used orange, black, torn paper, bats and Halloween sentiment!

Supplies
stamps: Scary Cute
Ink: Memento Black
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Gorgeous Grape, Basic White
Accessories: Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon, Iridescent Pearls, Dimensionals 

The bats are HARD to see, and slightly pointless, but they are there! They line the wide edge of the black DP, I promise! ha! 

Anyway, I know exactly who I'm sending this to, probably very soon!
Are you ready for Halloween??

Autumn Leaves

Hello again! 
Today I have a card I made in January for a design team, but it is perfect for sharing today!
I sent this out earlier this year for a nephew's birthday. 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Seasons of Fun, Bright Wishes
Ink: Memento Black
Stampin Blends: Dark & Light Smoky Slate, Dark & Light Pumpkin Pie, Dark & Light Granny Apple Green, Dark Balmy Blue, Light Night of Navy, Bronze, Dark Petal Pink, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Cherry Cobbler
Blendabilities: Medium & Light Calypso Coral

Stampin' Write Markers: Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Balmy Blue & Basic White card stocks

The leaves aren't all that vibrant around here this year, thanks to drought and extreme heat, and rain week kind of wiped them out on the mountains. But we have taken a canyon drive, and last week we went on a small field trip to a local pond. 

Autumn is my favorite time of year, probably because it lasts like a week and a half. But I am making a point to enjoy it anyway!

Pumpkin Check

Hello again! Back so soon? Yes! Yes I am! The temp dropped by about 40* and it has been a fabulously rainy week with snow on the mountains AND I've had some time to play so here I am again! 
Today I have a three-fer! And I used three stamp sets... interesting... 

I cased the blue card from SUO Challenges, used the items from As You See It, and the colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments! And I super love how it all came together!
I do wish I'd adhered all the bits a little lower so the leaf was lower, but it was too late, and it's fiiine.
I was a little stuck on the die-cut for As You See It... I don't have any pumpkin die cuts that came to mind or surfaced in my quick search, and that's where my brain fixated. But as soon as I thought of a shape to stamp on, I was set! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Scenic Pumpkin Patch, Buffalo Check, Spotlight on Nature

Ink: Cajun Craze, Timid Tiger, Misty Moonlight

Paper: Timid Tiger, Cajun Craze & Very Vanilla card stocks

Accessories: Misty Moonlight ribbon, Tinsel Gems, Autumn Accents Bigz Die, Dimensionals, Big Shot

CAS Pumpkin Patch!

Today's card is crazy simple, but hey- I got some play time! 

I played with the latest sketch and colors from Inspired By... and made this cute little scene. For my colors, I chose Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Cinnamon Cider and Copper Clay. Then I made them in a little brown rainbow of pumpkins! haha! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Scenic Pumpkin Patch, Truly Grateful

Ink: Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Cinnamon Cider, Copper Clay

Paper: Basic Beige

The colors photographed pretty dark, but it is a fantastically cloudy, rainy day, so that's what I got. And that was that! 

Silly Old Bear...

...is my selection for the Paper Players "bear" challenge. altho it is not very CAS... hmm.
I also used the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments...as a starting point... ahem. That oval shaped image kind of threw it off a little.
Look, ha, I made a card. It didn't fit the challenges as well as I'd usually aim for, but I made something. 

My new item is the embossing folder. I wasn't going to get that and I didn't when I ordered the stamps, DP and some new colors... buuut then I did. lol. I added some ink to the folder before running it thru, and I'm pretty sure I did it backwards, but I really like how the inked embossing turned out! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Sweet Old Friends, Sending You Thoughts

Ink: Hydrangea Hue, Golden Glow

Paper: Very Vanilla & Golden Glow card stock, Silly Old Bear DP

Accessories: Hundred Acre Wood embossing folder, Circle dies, Dimensionals, Big Shot

Well that's me fitting in two crafty times in the same week, snort, and I shared it in the same week too!
I hope this weekend is crisp and happy! 

Sunflowers and Braces

Happy Monday! How was your weekend? All I really know is I was so excited to finally scrap something new! I got to play with new products and newly printed photos and I got some creative time! All wins! 

The DP arrived last week, the rest is long-retired stash, ha. 

The colors were a journey. They are partly because of her clothes and partly because of a color challenge I was playing with to use fall colors- at least one of burgundy, burnt orange, deep yellow, chestnut, mossy green or plum. I got a burnt orange, deep yellow, and chestnut kinds of shades in there.
Initially I matched her shirt to the red shades and decided it was Riding Hood Red. But I don't own that ink pad and I wanted to stamp the flowers...so I switched to Cherry Cobbler. Then I read the challenge and threw that shade out entirely, ha. I don't know that it works *so well with the Cajun Craze but the images work annnd I just went for it anyway. It's fine. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Cheerful Daisies, Capture the Good, Snuggles & Smooches

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Pecan Pie, Bumblebee 
Paper: Bumblebee, Basic White cardstock, Sunflower Fields DP

Accessories: Neutral Candy Dots (Chocolate Chip), Cheerful Daisies Dies, Dimensionals, Big Shot

I'll add the journaling another time. But I will add this commentary- she wants braces, but not today. Just later, when she's older. Like when she's an awkward teenager would be better. haha! You get braces when you need them, and awkward tweens are fine. 

A Harry Potter Party

My kiddo is half-obsessed with Harry Potter, ha. She has read the first book and listens to it on repeat, almost nightly. She has gotten to about half way thru the second book...and is apprehensive that it gets scarier and creepier...
We did go to Universal Hollywood in March, and we all loved their Hogsmeade. Some of us only enjoyed one ride (ME. It's ME), but the area was really cool. 
Aaannyway, this kiddo has a birthday this month, so a friend-party was in order. 
This will definitely be scrapbooked, but in the meantime, here's something we made, thanks to the smart people on the internets, ha! 

Decor: 

Clusters of potion jars and candles and who knows what, haha

The food: 

Sugar cones set on Keebler Fudge Striped cookie, with mnm's inside- red, yellow, blue or green!

(and a smidge of chocolate frosting to hold it together)

Because of COURSE Professor Sprout grows finger grapes and pineapple in England!

(not quite... two assortment small bags of Jelly Belly, thanks. No ick.)

(these are red powder and crystals, so that was slightly disappointing)

We used this recipe for the butterbeer, and no cream. 
https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/12973/harry-potters-kidsafe-butterbeer-recipe/#mv-creation-73

Here I had to hide the name, but trust me that it totally worked. Also, she wanted it spelled correctly as it is in the book, AND she didn't want anyone to sit on it first, haha. 

Activities:

Painting wands with black, brown or silver, on dowels I wrapped with hot glue and twine.
annnd then the wands were grounded to the table to avoid stabbing. Kids are rough. 

A scavenger hunt.

Activities not shown:
Bludger Bludger Snitch (you might call it duck duck goose...)
Would You Rather

And her friends reciprocated the theme with gifts including the Flying Ford Anglia lego set, the Fawkes lego set, a Harry Potter craft kit, a chocolate elder wand and Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. Ew. haha!

Daisy Duck

Today I have another Disneyland 2026 page for you, but a different character. Same kit of paper and stickers too.

Supplies:

Stamps: Alphabet Appeal Lower

Ink: Pacific Point 
Paper: Basic White, Echo Park Magical Adventure
Accessories: Echo Park Magical Adventure Stickers

Journaling Font: Minnie

Minnie Mouse

Well, a week in and homeschooling is going really well, but the adjustment of school + life might be keeping me busier than I actually expected... But honestly we've had some good fun!  

So this week I'll share some Disneyland pages I've gotten done from our trip earlier this year.
Our trip was the same week as my birthday, and my sweet friend gifted me a Disneyland themed scrapbook kit with paper and stickers from Echo Park. So I used it! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Alphabet Attitude Lower

Ink: Real Red
Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, Echo Park Magical Adventure DP
Accessories: Echo Park Magical Adventure Stickers

Journaling Font: Minnie

Paper for birthdays!

And happy Saturday!! 

Today I have the latest SUO Challenge, twice! I CASED the bottom card and used up some DP from my stash and have two cards ready to go out!

My DP rectangles are just trimmed out with the paper trimmer. I looked for dies but I have misplaced the one I was thinking of and I did add dots, and I made them both birthday cards. But! the inspiration is there.

First, I made this tool card. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Special Moments

Ink: Pebbled Path

Paper: Crushed Curry card stock, Trusty Toolbox DP
Accessories: Classic Garage Metal Elements, Iridescent Pearls

And then this anyone-birthday card. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Grunge Rock

Ink: Bermuda Bay

Paper: Pool Party card stock, Cherry On Top DP
Accessories: Classic Matte Dots

And now I have two more ready to be mailed out! 

A lighthouse!

Happy last Friday of summer 2026! We're all set to start home school next week, and she wants to start the same day her friends go back to school. I'm really excited and she is too! I hope your summer has gone well and you've done something fun! 

The most recent color challenge from The Paper Players had to be beachy, and this lighthouse set was a perfect fit! I put it together with the latest sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches and voila! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Unchartered Territory
Ink: Memento Black, Lost Lagoon, Basic Beige, Real Red, Pool Party
Paper: Basic White, Lost Lagoon & Pool Party card stocks
Accessories: Antique Pearls, Blender Pens, Dimensionals 

Bold Birthday Rose

Hello again! 
Today I've combined the colors from TGIF Challenges and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

The flower is BOLD, but here it is, ha! I really like the idea here, but I think I would choose a different shade for the flower. It's fine. Someone will get a birthday card anyway! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Happiness Abounds, Elements of Text

Ink: Berry Burst, Memento Black, Crumb Cake

Paper: Crumb Cake, Lemon Lolly, Berry Burst
Accessories: Brass Butterflies, unmarked stitched ribbon, Blossoming Happiness dies, Dimensionals, big shot

A froggy birthday!

Happy Wednesday to you!
I got some stamping time so I have something to share for a couple days, ha. 

First up, I made this cute froggy card. I used the latest challenge from Inspired By... and I'm happy with how it turned out. I used their colors and their card sketch. I love these colors together! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Toy Box (2002), Simply Said

Ink: Soft Succulent, Pebbled Path

Paper: Basic Beige, Pebbled Path, Soft Succulent

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots 

Last Day!

Happy Monday to you! 

I got to scrapbook this weekend! I made six new pages and finished a handful of pages I started earlier this summer and hadn't gotten back to. Yeay!! 

This one is brand new. It fits two totally different challenges, haha. 

First- Festive Friday is celebrating World Photography Day. From their list, you're supposed to choose three things. Technically, I have a couple more... Obviously I have Black, White, Memory Keeping, Camera and Smile! I also kind of have Corners, because I used the Blending Brush on the two opposing corners! But then I hid it with the top photo, lol, so it's not so obvious.... 

And the second challenge is from the Splitcoaststampers scrapbooking goals June challenge to do something about a less common "holiday". National Donut Day is in June, and we went to Pink Box Donuts! 

The page is actually of the last day of school in May. And the short version is that we are about to begin a year of homeschooling. But she was happy on this day and that is what matters. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Capture the Good

Ink: Melon Mambo, Memento Black
Paper: Melon Mambo, Basic White
Accessories: Sunny Days Dots, Blending Brush

Journaling Font: English Essay 

Scrapping with Butterflies

Happy Friday! We made it thru the first week of August! Now if only this migraine would take a hike so I can get some things done!
Today I have a scrapbook page that I submitted for the design team last fall.

This is a collection of the favorite shots for my daughter's portraits in 2020. The one we put on the wall is the one on top. I take them myself and have for yeeears. We take a ton, and this one likes to model so we take way more of her, then whittle it down to a favorite. Also she loves butterflies so it fit the theme perfectly. 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Papillion Potpourri

Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Boho Blue

Paper: Smoky Slate, Basic White, Flirty Flamingo, Boho Blue

Accessories: 2016-18 In Color Enamel Shapes

Purple Butterflies

Good morning! Today I have another of my design team cards for you.

Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies

Ink: Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape
Paper: Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Basic White & Fresh Freesia card stocks
Accessories: Gorgeous Grape sheer ribbon, Wink of Stella, Perennial Postage Dies, big shot, Dimensionals

The Wink of Stella is a fun touch, just tricky to photograph. 

Three-fer bouquet!

Happy Monday to you! We had a long weekend for a state holiday so we had some bonus family time, and project time. I even got to stamp! 

I needed a specific card and I was thinking about this stamp set for it, so I went looking for some color challenges that ended up working so nicely! 

First I played with the color challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments. I liked the Golden Glow for the bouquet and the Lost Lagoon for the recipient. And I made the same card twice, just switched the flower and bow colors. That Powder Pink ink pad could stand some more ink but I didn't do that on Saturday. Note to self....! 

You can barely see the pink flowers here, but I promise they're in there.

Supplies:

Stamps: Wishing You Well, Canvas

Ink: Golden Glow, Powder Pink, Lost Lagoon

Paper: Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Brass Butterflies

Then I made the same thing with a different color challenge, This time from CAS Colours & Sketches. I think it's CAS enough! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Wishing You Well, Canvas

Ink: Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Lost Lagoon

Paper: Basic Beige card stock

Accessories: Earth Tones Shimmer Gems 

And one of these went out in the mail today! Hooray for happy mail! 

Orange Butterflies

Last fall I was invited to be part of a design team, and now I can finally start sharing the projects that I created with that group!
Here is my first - a summery butterfly card! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Simply Said, God's Beauty

Ink: Timid Tiger
Paper: Very Vanilla, Timid Tiger, Pebbled Path card stocks
Accessories: Brass Butterflies, Dimensionals 

All the happiness...

Happy Monday to you! Just gonna hop right in today. 

Today's card combines the latest Freshly Made Sketch with the beautiful colors from Inspired By... I was going to color in the flower, but I really liked it as it is, so that's how I left it! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Amazing You, Happiness Abounds

Ink: Pear Pizazz

Paper: Soft Seafoam, Pear Pizazz, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon, old Paper Pumpkin pearls

Pink & Yellow

Hello again! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! 

Today's card takes the inspiration very literally. I used the latest SUO Challenge to CASE the designer. Check! I didn't use the same shades, but I did use the same colors for everything. I used a different, but similar flower image. It's also a thank you card, like the one in the picture, haha! I didn't use any DP, but I did stamp a very subtle background onto the pink to make it not quite so flat. And the strip of green I found was interesting, leftover from cutting a die some other day, and I thought it added a bit of fun.

Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Elements of Text

Ink: Memento Black, Melon Mambo
Stampin' Blends: Light & Dark Melon Mambo, Dark Daffodil Delight, Dark & Light Granny Apple Green

Paper: Basic White, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green & Daffodil Delight card stocks

Accessories: Regal Foiled Dots, Dimensionals

I don't know why I torture myself fussy cutting this flower out, but maaan I do...! And it's pretty that way! 

Make A Wish!

I got some stampy time! Hooray!! And it looks like they're all "due" at the same time, so I'll just blog them in the order I made them, ha. 

First up, a blend of old, very old, and 2026, ha. 

For this one, I used the inspiration board at Hand Stamped Sentiments and used the die cut part of Just Add Ink! It might not look exactly like the inspiration board, but the top center has a very similar background as my swirly DP, and then the palm trees in the sunset at the bottom, plus some black and white polka dots! It counts in my book! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Perfect Pennants

Ink: Memento Black

Paper: Basic Black card stock, True Love DP, Full of Life DP

Accessories: Neutrals Candy Dots (the last black!), Boardwalk Fun Dies, Dimensionals

The palm trees are a perfect example of why Stampin' Up! sold black dimensionals, at least a few years ago. I didn't get them, but my mom did. Smart. Very smart. ha. 

Tulip Birthday!

Hello again! A morning post this time, just like 97% of my posts, ha. 

Today I have a fun floral card for you. This one uses the sketch from Just Add Ink and the color challenge from Inspire.Create.Challenges.

And it uses a pack of DP I have never opened. I didn't know I could even say that!! It's not even new- I bought it when it came out a few years ago. 2022? It's about time I use some of it! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Gorgeous Posies

Ink: Melon Mambo

Paper: Daffodil Delight card stock, Flowering Fields DP

Accessories: Peach Parfait Stitched Poly Ribbon, Dimensionals

I cut the section of tulips that fit the color challenge.....
I'll just show you. ha.
Sorry about the glare. 
anyway, I cut off the bottom strip of purple tulips, but don't worry, I know a lot of people who's favorite color is purple. That will be put to use. Then I cut the first bit of the pink-orange-yellow section into strips, and then a few more strips from the next section, ha. I stacked them, but put the pink in the center, and voila! A card! 

Pretty sure I know who is getting this one too. Yeay for sending love!