Rain Boots

Happy Friday to you! This week has gone so fast and I feel like there's so little to show for it...! But a lot has happened so maybe... 

Today's card combines the colors and theme (gum boots) of Inspired By... and the theme (spring showers) from The Paper Players and the theme (spring/Easter) for Inspire.Create. I found these cute floral rainboots (actually a two-step stamp) that was an additional gift in the Paper Pumpkin box, I think in March of 2020? And I used the rain drops from Umbrella Days, and a greeting from Special Moments - all long retired! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Umbrella Days, Special Moments, Paper Pumpkin
Ink: Misty Moonlight, Crushed Curry, Balmy Blue, Bubble Bath

Paper: Balmy Blue, Basic White card stock

Accessories: Classic Matte Dots 

Pink Birthday Balloons!

Today I have some happy birthday balloons for a cute little birthday girl! Altho it could totally work for a grown-up birthday girl too! I used the color combination from TGIF Challenges for this one. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Arched Wishes, 2016 Paper Pumpkin, even older Paper Pumpkin

Ink: Bubble Bath, Melon Mambo, Memento Black

Paper: Bubble Bath, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Vintage Crochet Trim 

A Valentine Layout

Hello! Lots going on around here, hardly any of it crafty. 
But just like on Monday, here's a scrapbook layout I made sometime last year and saved to share in February, ha! This one uses Cheryl's sketch EMS Sketch 121.

Supplies:
Paper: Bloom Impressions DP, Basic White, Melon Mambo & Blushing Bride card stock

Accessories: Sunny Day Dots, Sweetheart Punch, Jan 2016 PP kit (big heart)
Journaling Font: Chalk Hand Lettering, Book Antiqua, Cinnamon Cake

I hope YOU are getting time to create! 

Floral Smile

Wednesday already! 

Yesterday's card was winter and today's is spring! I used the fun sketch from SUO Challenges. I knew I wanted to use DP strips with the postage stamp die, but there were other good ideas too! 

Also, I had a different greeting in mind that came from an old Paper Pumpkin, but I wasn't able to find that one... so I used a different Paper Pumpkin stamp instead.  

Supplies:
Stamps: 2020 Paper Pumpkin

Ink: Petunia Pop

Paper: Basic White & Petunia Pop card stocks, Unbounded Beauty DP
Accessories: 2024-26 In Color Resin Dots, Perennial Postage dies, Dimensionals, Big Shot

An Apple Pie

Happy 2026 to you! I hope it's amazing for all of us!! 

This is a very late-in-the-day post (it's almost 10pm, ha!) but I haven't done any paper crafting since Dec 11 and I got to play today! After a jam-packed week, we spent a very chill day at home, pretty much doing whatever we wanted, and a lot of relaxing. Also it was alternately rainy and foggy all day, which was nice, but snow would have been even better. Anyway, *that's how you spend a New Year's Day, haha! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Just Perfect Alpha
Ink: Poppy Parade
Paper: Basic White card stock, Come To Gather DP
Accessories: July 2018 PP Kit Picnic Paradise (apples, green gingham paper)

I have been looking forward to putting this page together. My kiddo got to make the apple pie for Thanksgiving this year, and I knew I had some cute apple-y things from an old Paper Pumpkin kit. 

I haven't had a chance to set some goals or plans or directions yet, altho I definitely have thoughts swirling. But in January I am determined to get this craft room cleaned out and cleaned up! Part of the problem is our basement is mid-construction zone, and not moving very quickly. And part of the problem is the child-desk in the center that can't fit in the main living space with Christmas. Buuut a lot of the problem is the general disaster, lol. I need to get that taken care of very soon! I'm gonna want play time!  

But for now, Happy New Year to you and best wishes for the best year yet!!

EEK!

It is summertime, and that makes it difficult to get any crafting time in, no matter what else is going on. And stuff just keeps "going on"! 
But this week I went to my parents for a couple days and got to play with paper! My mom hoped to get a small stack of Halloween cards ready to go, ahead of schedule, so we did! A bunch!! They're not super fancy, but they're fun and that is the point. 

I'll share other close ups another time, but for today, I'm sharing the one I based on the current sketch from SUO Challenges. 

ETA Supplies: (thanks Christy!)

Stamps: Ghoulish Goodies, PP Sept 2016

Ink: Memento Black, Petunia Pop

Paper: Magenta Madness, Basic Black, Basic White

I neglected to get the name of the stamp set with the witch and the "eek". I know it's not super old, maybe 2023? But the "Happy haunting" came from a Paper Pumpkin kit, I think from 2016.
That purpley paper is ancient too, ha. It was Marvelous Magenta, and was in my starter kit, 21 years ago, and clearly not my favorite shade. However, it worked well with the current Petunia Pop ink, so that's what we did! 

Paper Pumpkin for a Picnic

Well that unplanned hiatus took much longer than I would have expected... 
My father in law passed away, and even tho he was 100 (really, really) it was still a sudden downturn, emotions have been high, it involved a lot of drive time and my house is still exhausted. I did pull out stamping a few times but I just didn't have it in me. 

Yesterday I decided to make a scrapbook layout.  
This picnic blanket paper came from a 2018 Paper Pumpkin kit. I am not a fan of the kit projects but I did think the paper would work nicely with picnic photos! And, by happy chance, there were die cut apples in the kit- which goes along with the picture of my youngest not quite able to eat an apple with a bunch of missing teeth! 

Supplies:
Paper: Basic White, Poppy Parade card stock, July 2018 Picnic Paradise PP
Accessories: July 2018 Picnic Paradise PP, Transparent Dots (all retired)
Journaling Font: Century Gothic

And hopefully I'll be able to get more stamping done very soon! There are birthdays and graduations coming up that need cards!!

Latest Paper Pumpkin!

Lots going on at my house! Easter was a happy day. Now we've got college finals, a small trip coming up, and all the other life! But I really needed some crafty time, so here's something pretty! 

This Paper Pumpkin kit is called Inked Occasions, and it came last week. I actually did not intend to receive this Paper Pumpkin kit, but I missed the deadline to skip it. Annnd I like it, so it's okay. ha. Altho, I am not entirely sure what I will use the cards of congratulations for... Oh well. 

These are the nine card bases, so as I usually do if the back is printed, I started by cutting them in half for double the card fronts. 

Then I quickly put together twelve cards, instead of just nine, and here they are! 

Design 1: 

Design 2: 

Design 3:

Three bonus for today: 

And then I have all this left: 

That could make six more cards, or who knows what else? And it's really pretty! 

Monochrome Wreaths #2

Today I have some less traditional Christmas color combos with the same wreath! 

And again, some close ups! 

Altho if you call this one "gold", its pretty traditional, haha...

Supplies:
Stamps: Oct 2024 Paper Pumpkin, long-retired Paper Pumpkin
Ink: Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry
Paper: Basic White card stock
Accessories: Encircled in Nature Dies, Iridescent Foil Gems

Supplies:

Stamps: Oct 2024 Paper Pumpkin, long-retired Paper Pumpkin
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Berry Burst
Paper: Basic White card stock
Accessories: Encircled in Nature Dies, Regal Foiled Adhesive Backed Dots

Supplies:

Stamps: Oct 2024 Paper Pumpkin, long-retired Paper Pumpkin
Ink: Coastal Cabana, Summer Splash, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock
Paper: Basic White card stock
Accessories: Encircled in Nature Dies, Adhesive Backed Peppermints 

Do you have a favorite one? I loved how they turned out!

Monochrome Wreaths #1

I love that white on white colorful wreath I made in November so much, I decided to try a few variations! This is such a happy look!
I made six cards yesterday, and as I was assembling them into actual cards instead of just fronts, my daughter came to comment and was astounded I stamped each dot of color individually, haha. Thaaat's what I do......

So today we have the more traditional Christmas colors:

and a close up of each: 

Supplies:

Stamps: Oct 2024 Paper Pumpkin, long-retired Paper Pumpkin

Ink: Balmy Blue, Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight, Blueberry Bushel

Paper: Basic White card stock

Accessories: Encircled in Nature Dies, Transparent Adhesive-Backed Dots

Supplies:

Stamps: Oct 2024 Paper Pumpkin, long-retired Paper Pumpkin

Ink: Poppy Parade, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Basic White card stock

Accessories: Encircled in Nature Dies, Earth Tones Shimmer Gems

Supplies:

Stamps: Oct 2024 Paper Pumpkin, long-retired Paper Pumpkin

Ink: Granny Apple Green, Shy Shamrock, Shaded Spruce, Garden Green, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow

Paper: Basic White card stock

Accessories: Encircled in Nature Dies, Adhesive-Backed Peppermints

I didn't erase any of the pencil lines this time, ha. It's fiiiiine.....

Paper Pumpkin round #2!

Soo since I had the Paper Pumpkin kit out the other day, and I was chopping it up and doing my own thing anyway, ha, I finished three cards and here they are! 

(this one above? The bird and both pine boughs are all one peice. I fussy cut them apart and rearranged them in a way I liked better. ha!)

Supplies:

October 2024 Paper Pumpkin

Fancy Fold Paper Pumpkin

Happy Monday!
Today I have the October Paper Pumpkin kit. I've used the words a number of times, haha, including in my last two classes, but I finally sat down to make the kit. 

But...I don't like fancy folds...
Annnd I like the alternate ideas better than the designed ideas. (for alternate ideas, go to the Paper Pumpkin facebook page)
Annnd I usually cut the pretty paper card bases in half anyway to make more cards, haha... It makes me crazy to use pretty paper on the back of a card! It feels wasteful. 

So for today, here is one of each design as it was intended. ha. 

Almost. I made one a sympathy card, because I needed one of those...

Supplies:

October 2024 Paper Pumpkin, Special Moments stamp set (retired)

Gingerbread House

Happy Saturday! Still trucking along on this very busy week! I hope you're enjoying the festivities too! 

Once again, I have old photos for today's scrapping. And once again, I have almost identical pages for my two kids. This time I used a Paper Pumpkin kit from 2020 to add to the gingerbread house theme. 

Supplies:

Stamps: ABC Alphabet Lower (retired)

Ink: Cinnamon Cider (retired)

Paper: Shaded Spruce, Basic White, Powder Pink(retired) card stocks

Accessories: November 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit
Journaling Font: Janda Elegant Handwriting

The only thing I changed was the color of the card stock base. In fact, I had printed a photo of them with each side of the house, and let them each choose which two to use on the page, and they chose the same ones! hahaha....

Supplies:

Stamps: ABC Alphabet Lower (retired)

Ink: Cinnamon Cider (retired)

Paper: Soft Seafoam, Basic White, Powder Pink(retired) card stocks

Accessories: November 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit
Journaling Font: Janda Elegant Handwriting

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.)

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

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: 

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! 

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.

Birthday Balloons!

Here's a happy card, using the birthday girls' favorite colors. Goodness- always ask if you can. I would have done her card in black and purple, ha! 

I think it works perfectly for the Festive Friday challenge too, if I understand it correctly. My choices from their list is Blue, Rhinestones, Balloons and Celebratory Sentiment. The solid balloon, curly string, and words are old Paper Pumpkin stamps, and the polka dot balloon comes from a bonus PP stamp set. The straighter string came from another long retired stamp set, Beautiful Ride. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Ride (retired), Paper Pumpkin (old!)

Ink: Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Blueberry Bushel, Memento Black

Paper: Basic White card stock

Accessories: Rhinestones (long retired)

June Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Happy Monday to you! Hoping to have a few things to post this coming week...!

This Paper Pumpkin kit came in spite of me planning to skip it... However, it IS cute, and I whipped these two up to give my aunt, to send to her sister (yes, a different aunt, lol). My cards are not the way it was planned, (typical, ha!) but they use the same supplies for each card.

I do really like these new In Colors, which is what they featured in this kit. And the fruit is cute too. The words are sparkly, I just am not sure what I'll use the Congrats cards for, which is the third design. That's one thing I've really determined lately, going thru my box of stash- I'm tired of making cards I am never going to use, lol. And other than an occasional graduation, I really don't use "congrats!". Do you?