Makin' Music!

Happy Thursday!
Really, all I've made lately is scrapbook pages. I'm going to need to make cards soon, maybe even today, but at the moment all I have to share is pages. This is a fun one I did for my son. I used THIS sketch, but I flipped it. The piano and drum stamps just retired, but the guitar is a few years old now.

Supplies:
Stamps: Enjoy The Rhythm, Epic Celebrations, Whimsical Alphabet Lower (all retired)
Ink: Memento Black, Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green, 

Stampin' Blends: Light Old Olive, Dark Balmy Blue, Dark Smoky Slate
Paper: Balmy Blue & Basic White card stock, Dandy Designs DP (retired)
Accessories: Circle dies, big shot

Floral Birthday

Sale-A-Bration is fast coming to an end! Have you placed your orders and gotten your freebies? Don't forget the extra's they added in February! Let me know if you need help placing an order, so you don't miss out! 

This is my favorite of the Sale-A-Bration exclusives this year- making this card perfect for the latest TGIF Challenge. It is also a gorgeous floral, making it perfect for the SUO Challenge, ha! And the colors make it perfect for a special person's birthday card! Maybe you can see the dragonflies stamped in Blackberry ink on the Blackberry card base? It is dark and trying to storm today so taking a decent picture was a trick.

Supplies:

Stamps: Detailed Dogwood, Enjoy the Rhythm (the birthday greeting)
Ink: Memento Black, Blackberry Bliss
Stampin' Blends: Bronze, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light & Dark Blackberry Bliss, Light & Dark Old Olive
Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Early Espresso, Basic White
Accessories: Real Red & Burlap Ribbon Combo, Glue Dots

Daisy Birthday

Here's a sweet and quick card I am considering for an upcoming class. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Enjoy The Rhythm 

Ink: Moody Mauve

Paper: Basic White, Wild Wheat card stock, 
Accessories: Moody Mauve textured ribbon, 2023-25 In Color Dots, Dimensionals, Glue Dot, retired circle dies, big shot (retired)

Tip: It's one small strip of ribbon, folded in half. I stuck a glue dot between the ribbon folds, then used scotch tape to attach the folded ribbon. I usually use scotch tape to attach ribbon, haha. Then I stuck a dimensionals on either side of the ribbon.

Treblemaker!

This is a stamp set I really liked in the catalog, but I struggle to make it work... As in, I have only used the "happy birthday" in the 4.5 months I have had it. I really wanted it to work for this card class, so after a lot of stewing, I finally came up with this.

It may have helped that the SUO Challenge is to make it masculine, which really does simplify things. The words make it feel more masculine to me too, ha! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Enjoy the Rhythm

Ink: Misty Moonlight

Paper: Dry Brushed Metallic DP, Pool Party & Basic White card stock 
Accessories: Tinsel Gems  

One Sheet of Designer Paper

I really have not had stamping time lately, but I also really need a BUNCH of cards this month. And the bulk of my stash is not going to work... So when you're overwhelmed, (I absolutely am!) it helps to work smarter, not harder. Ha. The gorgeous Fresh as a Daisy DP has two sheets that look like this, just before you cut them up: 

(this is only partially cut, to show you how best to do it and not cut into other images.)

After I cut them into their designed rectangles, I made a decent little stack of cards!

This first one worked fantastically with the latest As You See It challenge. I used everything, I thought, til I linked it up, and realized I used my needed "happy birthday" instead of their listed "thank you". I'm linking it anyway, because I have the patterned paper, the circle (which IS a die cut), enamel dots and some yellow!    

Supplies:

Stamps: Enjoy The Rhythm

Ink: Pebbled Path
Paper: Basic White card stock, Fresh As A Daisy DP

Accessories: Moody Mauve Textured Ribbon, 2023-25 In Color Dots, Dimensionals, Circle dies, big shot (retired)

Supplies:

Stamps: Enjoy The Rhythm

Ink: Copper Clay
Paper: Basic White & Copper Clay card stock, Fresh As A Daisy DP

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots, White Baker's Twine, Dimensionals

Supplies:

Stamps: Sending Smiles

Ink: Copper Clay
Paper: Basic White card stock, Fresh As A Daisy DP

Accessories: Brass Butterflies

Supplies:

Stamps: Enjoy The Rhythm

Ink: Pebbled Path
Paper: Basic White card stock, Fresh As A Daisy DP

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots

Supplies:

Stamps: Sending Smiles

Ink: Pretty Peacock
Paper: Basic White card stock, Fresh As A Daisy DP

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots, Sending Dies, big shot (retired) 

Supplies:

Stamps: Sending Smiles

Ink: Wild Wheat
Paper: Basic White card stock, Fresh As A Daisy DP

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots, Sending Dies, big shot (retired) 

I have three small rectangles left and nothing came to mind immediately for how to use them. So that will be for another day when I do think of something! But that was six cards in a little more than an hour, and I also typed up the info after each card so I wouldn't forget anything. They're not the most detailed cards because the DP does the work. But I think they worked out really nicely!