Epic Birthday!

I know a young man who is a biiig fan of EPIC: The Musical and when this long-retired stamp set (2018) was spied, it was suggested I couldn't make his birthday card without that greeting, ha! So I combined these two rock-music styled stamps with the latest challenge from CAS Colours & Sketches, and ended up with this: 

Supplies: 
Stamps: Epic Celebrations, Grunge Rock

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Pool Party

Paper: Pool Party, Soft Seafoam, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Shades of Green Hexagons

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

Valentine's Day!

I finally got Valentine's  cards made for my big kids, but not until yesterday afternoon. Fortunately, the cards are much more "all occasion" than they are Valentine specific, so you can still find inspiration! ...even if I used some very retired supplies on these, haha.

Both cards use the latest sketch from the Clean & Simple blog.

This card for my son uses his two favorite colors, has blue headphones like he does, and a very retired star embossing folder. When he was little he loooved stars. He would point them out everywhere! And I can't seem to get away from that. I still find myself pulling out star things for his stuff. 'cause I'm a cool mom like that.... haha...
Oh, this also uses a color combo from Splitcoaststampers.com

Supplies:

Stamps; Epic Celebrations

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Berry Burst, Peekaboo Peach

Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Peekaboo Peach & Whisper White card stocks, Color Theory DP

Accessories: Big Shot, Lucky Stars Embossing Folder (retired!), White Baker's Twine, Dimensionals

This card uses the color combo from the Inky Friends blog, and again, the same sketch as above. I almost never use a color combo because I usually find them too tricky and I over think it and I rarely like the result. In this case, I planned on the Lemon Lime Twist because it is exactly my daughter's favorite color, and the Berry Burst to throw in some pink for Valentines, and then I realized it was most of this challenge already! So I added some Soft Sky! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Making a Point (retired!)
Ink: Memento Black, Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, Soft Sky
Paper: Soft Sky, Lemon Lime Twist & Whisper White card stocks, Color Theory DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Chevron Embossing Folder (retired!), White Baker's Twine, Blender Pens, Dimensionals

Anyway, when the kids woke up this morning, their cards and a little treat was at their spot on the dining table.
Happy Valentines Day to you, and I hope you have a great Wednesday no matter what!

Epic Celebration!

I ended yesterday's post saying that I was going to get creating- and I totally did! I finished planning my class!

Today I have a fun card for you. This will be part of my upcoming class, and while the design is my own and I was excited to see it turn out with these colors, the layout sure looks a lot like THIS and THIS from the same upcoming class....! haha! I must be in a left-wall mood, hahaha!

This is the first time I've used the guitar, and this time I used the Watercolor pencils to color. I thought the pop of yellow in the glitter dots would be cool, but they're placed wonky. And they're permanent. Fortunately, class attendees can stick them where they want, haha!

Supplies:
Stamps: Epic Celebrations
Ink: Archival Basic Gray, Smoke Slate
Paper: Smoky Slate, Basic Gray & Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Glitter Enamel Dots, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pens

My Last Swap...

*sniff..... yes, I had to say goodbye to my participation in the Cards in the Mail Swaps I've enjoyed for three and a half years! So this is my final swap- using new Sale-A-Bration items and a fun color combination!
And yes, it does look a lot like the last blog hop card I made! Nothing wrong with repeating what works!

Supplies:
Stamps: Epic Celebration
Ink: Memento Black, Night of Navy, Lemon Lime Twist
Paper: Whisper White, Lemon Lime Twist card stocks, Delightful Daisy DP
Accessories: Night of Navy Stampin' Blends, Color Lifter Stampin' Blends, Silver ribbon

Blog Hop: Stepped Over Sale-A-Bration!

Happy New Year to you! I hope you had a safe and happy celebration! I enjoyed a fun night at home - we always let the kids stay up late and play new games we get for Christmas and eat junk food, haha...
Anyway, a new month comes with this new year, and we are still going strong with our monthly blog hop! We have a fresh new look, and plenty of ideas to inspire your own creativity!

Wednesday is January 3rd and both the new Occasions Mini and the new Sale-A-Bration Mini become available for you to order from at noon. And so, I am featuring a Sale-A-Bration stamp set, and once again showing off the Stampin' Blends markers that have been available, and are now part of the Occasions Mini!

I had to get this stamp set first, even tho there are three sets I absolutely love...and, you should also note the fine print on the inside cover, that there will be more Sale-A-Bration items coming February 16! But let me show you why this one had to be first, haha... ignoring the half un-decorated tree, (toddler in the house!) what else stands out to you? Those hyper-green shoes in the bottom corner? I know! Seriously! haha.... That was the most-wished-for item under the tree! 

So here is my first card. I used the sketch from the new Inky Friends Design Challenge for the sketch.

Supplies:

Stamps: Epic Celebrations

Ink: Memento Black, Lemon Lime Twist, Smoky Slate, Dark Night of Navy Stampin' Blends Marker, Color Lifter Stampin' Blends Marker

Paper: Whisper White & Lemon Lime Twist card stocks, Naturally Eclectic DP

Accessories: Silver 1/8 inch ribbon, Dimensionals

And my second card is the same, just different color scheme, and I ended up using different DP. I meant to use the same pack, buuut when you create in shifts, and you got both packages of paper out in the planning phase this is what happens! hahaha..... 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Epic Celebrations

Ink: Memento Black, Berry Burst, Smoky Slate, Dark Old Olive Stampin' Blends Marker, Color Lifter Stampin' Blends Marker

Paper: Whisper White card stock, Delightful Daisy DP, Color Theory DP

Accessories: Old Olive mini chevron ribbon, Dimensionals

Same card, different look- perfect for two different people! Do you have a favorite? 

Hop on over to Cheryl's blog using the button below, and then hop thru and see what everyone made. You won't be disappointed! 

And Happy New Year!!