Disney Scrapping!

This has really been my focus since getting home from our trip. I am determined to get the entire thing scrapped ASAP, because I live with a house full of people ready to go back, hahaha! 

This layout juuust might be my favorite so far! And I've done many so far, haha... I'm 27 pages in!
(and for a quick goal check, I'm at 37 pages and 22 cards made in 2022!) As is most often the case, I used a lot of retired supplies here. All the stamps, all the embellisments and some of the colors are long retired, but it all worked SO well on this page and I just love how it turned out! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Pumpkin 7/2015 (teacups), Whimsical Alphabet Lower (2005), Fresh Vintage, Collage Curios (all long retired)
Ink: Calypso Coral, Gray Granite, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder (retired), Pretty in Pink (retired)
Paper: Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, So Saffron, Wisteria Wonder (retired), Pretty In Pink (retired), Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: White Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Calypso Coral Ombre ribbon, Subtles Candy Dots (all retired)
Journaling font: Learning Curve

and here's a close up of some of those fun details! 

What are you making? 

Note Cards of Thanks

On Saturday my daughter chose to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. {More info on that HERE.}

This is a really big deal so all of her aunts, uncles and cousins were invited, along with some other relatives who live nearby-ish, and of course her grandparents. Not all were able to come, but in addition to traveling and bringing food for a pot-luck lunch afterwards, some gave her little gifts as well. This means she needs to send out a lot of thank you cards!

I came up with two styles of thank you notes, completely inspired by Becky. These are such a great idea, especially for kids with a lot of writing to do. I've made them before for my kids to use and my daughter just loves them. So here's the bunch...

(please forgive the lighting!!)
and here are the closeups:

Supplies:
Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Collage Curios, Forever Young (all retiring!!)
Ink: Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Bashful Blue (retiring!!), Certainly Celery (retiring!!)
Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue (retiring) and Certainly Celery (retiring!) card stocks
Accessories: Sycamore Street Ribbon (retired), Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon (retired)

Bingo Birthday!

Hello again! In recent weeks we have had a lot of birthdays and my stash is seriously depleted. I decided it was time to make some birthday cards that can be used for anyone, although I especially need kids cards.  Here's my first one, which also uses the current Freshly Made Sketch:

Supplies:
Stamps: Bingo Card, Collage Curios, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Gumball Green, Basic Gray
Paper: Sunshine & Sprinkles DP, Real Red, Lucky Limeade & Whisper White card stocks

The Bingo Card can be quite overwhelming, but I thought it could be a fun little snippet, with these cute hot air balloons! What do you think?

Collage Curios & Mojo!

Both of today's cards use the current Mojo Monday sketch, which I have used already, haha, but I thought it would be great with this stamp set! This set is so fun because the tiny images coordinate with so many other stamp sets, as I show below!

This first one I added a "square" to the sketch, and managed to coordinate three butterflies! The Swallowtail image in blue is really nice! I like that its subtle, even tho that really means I needed to refill my ink pad, haha!

Supplies:
Stamps: Collage Curios, Swallowtail
Ink: Not Quite Navy
Paper: First Edition DP, Not Quite Navy & Very Vanilla card stocks
Accessories: Natural Ribbon, Scoring Blade

And this card is for a friend who has been to Paris!

Supplies:
Stamps: Collage Curios, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Basic Gray
Paper: First Edition DP, Bravo Burgundy, Very Vanilla card stocks
Accessories: Crochet Ribbon, Vintage Trinkets, 1 3/8 inch square punch

Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Stamp, Scrap, Sew, Share Create April blog hop! Michelle picked the theme of "Just Because" , so the projects I have for today are perfect for such a theme!

 

Nothing says "Just Because" to me, quite as much as scrapbooking! I take and print off hundreds of pictures and while sometimes I need to get a page done for some kind of event, usually its just because this is the set of pictures I want to scrapbook, lol! So! for a blog hop titled Just Because, I put this page together using THIS sketch....

Supplies:
Stamps: Collage Curios, Daring Adventure
Ink: Basic Gray, Lucky Limeade marker
Paper: Basic Gray, Lucky Limeade & Very Vanilla card stocks, First Edition DP, Sunshine & Sprinkles DP
Accessories: Natural Ribbon, 1 inch circle punch


This card uses THIS Freshly Made sketch, and is definitely a Just Because kind of card, just because I have a friend who could use something happy in the mail!

Supplies:
Stamps: Feel Goods, Creative Elements
Ink: Primrose Petals
Paper: Primrose Petals & Whisper White card stocks, Patio Party DP
Accessories: White Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch

Now go see what everyone else makes when they have some Just Because time! *grin

Click button to visit Julie's blog!

Colors of Spring!

Last week I was invited to join a blog hop with some Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from the same downline I belong to. I was super excited!! And then my life was suddenly too crazy for any stamping! AHHH! However, I have now completed a scrapbook page and realized I never shared my final Technique Card Class project! So here you go- some of my favorite shades of spring!

This card used a technique that flopped, so we stamped on the DP and then focused on the Soda Pop Tops and putting a stamped image inside! ...I'll let you know if I can make the technique work, haha!

Supplies:
Stamps: Nature Walk, Collage Curios
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake
Paper: Certainly Celery, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla card stocks, First Edition DP
Accessories: Soda Pop Tops, Daffodil thin taffeta ribbon, Natural ribbon, 1 inch circle punch

And this page has been sitting with the card stocks, photos and stamp set just waiting for me to get it put together! It fits the VSBN challenge #8, because I stamped, punched and embossed the card stock, and fits the Colors of Spring so nicely too!

Supplies:

Stamps: Creative Elements, Taffy Alphabet (retired)

Ink: Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip Marker, Pretty in Pink

Paper: Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink card stocks

Accessories: Syracuse Street Buttons (Sale-A-Bration), Natural Ribbon, Big Shot, Woodgrain Embossing folder

 

 

Now go check out everyone else's Colors of Spring!
Next for the hop is JULIE!