More Butterflies!

Good morning! 
Sale-A-Bration ends THIS FRIDAY (Feb 28) so today's card features two things I've gotten FREE with Sale-A-Bration! The pretty DP is exclusive, and the butterfly stamp was added on later. 
I used the latest sketch from Inspire.Create.Challenge and made a pretty card, perfect for spring! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies, Elements of Text

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Blackberry Bliss

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Blackberry Bliss & Basic White card stock, Bloom Impressions DP (Sale-A-Bration!)
Accessories: Transparent Dots, Dimensionals, circle dies (retired), big shot (retired)

Flowery Hello!

Late crafting time today. I've had a sickie, again... But she's on the upswing now so I felt like I had enough time to make something.

Today's card definitely works for the TGIF Challenges to use Sale-A-Bration items (the DP) and Just Add Ink with the bling! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Umbrella Days, Simply Said

Ink: Memento Black, Melon Mambo

Paper: Basic White, Basic Black card stocks, Bloom Impressions DP (Sale-A-Bration!)
Accessories: Regal Foiled Dots, Umbrella Days dies, Dimensionals, big shot

Rainy Days

At this point, I would take rain! I know lots and lots of places are enjoying snow, but we have not had much... If we can't play in the snow, we could still play in the rain...! 

I don't often play with a sketch more than once, but here we are again, with round two of the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch! Again... not so much CAS, but very simple...

This one might end up for a card class too. I don't *love the marker coloring, but it kind of looks wet and messy like one would in the rain, ha, so somehow it works.

Supplies:

Stamps: Umbrella Days

Ink: Memento Black, Smoky Slate
Stampin' Write Markers: Coastal Cabana, Pretty Peacock, Blackberry Bliss, Basic Black, Crushed Curry

Paper: Basic White card stock, Bloom Impressions DP (Sale-A-Bration freebie!)

Accessories: Dimensionals

Just a quick tip on adding the DP to the back... I really hate wasting pretty paper, so I drew lines to mark the size of my rectangle onto the back of the card front

Then I tear within that space: 

Line up both edges along those marks, and use a smidge of scotch tape to attach it.

Super simple! 

Yellow Dragonflies!

Good morning! Today I have a card that uses the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches. Maaaybe mine isn't CAS enough.... but it is happy! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Happiest Day

Ink: Crushed Curry, Peach Pie, Daffodil Delight

Paper: Basic White card stock, Bloom Impressions DP (Sale-A-Bration freebie!)

Accessories: Dimensionals

Storms and Sun

Seems to me that across the US, including family living in unlikely areas, are getting way more snow than we are. It was a very dry December and we've only had one good storm the whole season, and that was January 4th, and what you see there, and this picture is deceptive, ha. But it was only good the first day, since then it's dried out and is hard, and not fun to play in. The last couple of days it has "snowed" most of the day, but we're not accumulating anything... Hopefully the mountains are, because that's what impacts the "water year" the most. 

The other thing about the snowfall since Sunday, is that a lot of the time, the sun is shining as it's flurry-ing. Like this: 

I got this new stamp set called Umbrella Days (in the Online Exclusives section!) and I love the sentiments it comes with! I can think of so many people who could use a card reminding them that the storms (of life) will end and the sun will shine. Also, I love these umbrella people! 

I also got this new DP from the Sale-A-Bration brochure and it might be my new favorite! Every sheet, both sides, are so pretty!!

So when I saw that one of the sheets matched a color challenge from The Paper Players, I knew what I was making! I actually thought I'd make a little set and color the girl slightly differently, but that only kind of worked, ha..... 

This first one did not work. I just laid the die cut girl on the card to show the idea that might work better for someone else, hahaha..... I was going for a more abstract look, instead of perfection. I used blocks to ink up the image. The boots worked, ha! But the umbrella made it a mess... 

and then I didn't line up the die quite straight, so that one got tossed. HA. 

For this one, I used Watercolor Pencils, and Blender Pens. But the green pencil we have is not the same shade as the one in the DP so I don't love it as much.... And this is why it's nice that Stampin' Up! offers SO MANY products in the exact same shades, ha. It really does make a difference. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Umbrella Days

Ink: Memento Black, Smoky Slate

Paper: Basic White & Melon Mambo card stock, Bloom Impressions DP (Sale-A-Bration)

Accessories: Transparent Adhesive-Backed Dots, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pens, Umbrella Days Dies, big shot

So this one is my favorite- I used ink pads and blender pens to color this one, so the colors are "correct". 

Supplies:

Stamps: Umbrella Days

Ink: Memento Black, Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo, Shy Shamrock, Peach Pie

Paper: Basic White & Melon Mambo card stock, Bloom Impressions DP (Sale-A-Bration)

Accessories: Transparent Adhesive-Backed Dots, Blender Pens, Umbrella Days Dies, big shot

But, I'm going to use them both because I still like them! 

And if you're having a week too, remember the sun will shine, no matter what it is. It might take some real time, but it will come. 

Postage Thank You!

Happy Monday! 
I'm back with more of that Detailed Dogwood stamp set, (because we're even closer to the end of Sale-A-Bration 2024) but this time I chopped it up with postage stamps! I used the colors from Color Throwdown for this one and it's already gone out in the mail! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Detailed Dogwood (Sale-A-Bration), Perennial Postage

Ink: Sweet Sorbet

Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic White

Accessories: Linen Thread, Perennial Postage Dies, Dimensionals

I did scoot the cut paper in the die, to trim off one of the edges from the top larger rectangle, to make it fit better in this grid. It's not perfect, but I like it anyway.

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

Valentines + Sale-A-Bration!

I made a few cards yesterday, so here we go! 

This DP was the first thing I got with Sale-A-Bration and I played with a few variations of the patterns until I settled on one. 

here's the winner, haha...

For this one, I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches, along with the challenge from Festive Friday, with red, foiling, {gold}pearls, love sentiment and hearts! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Stamped with Love

Ink: Real Red, Memento Black

Paper: Flirty Flamingo & Basic White card stock, Most Adored DP (Sale-A-Bration only!)

Accessories: Red & Burlap Ribbon, Festive Pearls, Dimensionals

And, I think I'll use this one at an upcoming class, and maybe let people choose which papers they want to combine! 

Want to see them all? 

30!

Happy Monday to you! I hope you had a lovely Easter weekend! Ours was good. Except winter abruptly ended and summer arrived and now its hot! 

Today's card uses retired and retiring products, lol, but worked great for someone special having a birthday soon! I liked the color combo from Inspire.Create.Challenges and I put it with the Freshly Made Sketch, and juuust missed getting it in before the deadline. You can't tell here, but I used a Blending Brush to add some swirls of Bermuda Bay ink under the die cut "30".

Supplies:
Stamps: Number of Years (retired)
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Polished Pink (both retiring)
Paper: Bermuda Bay (retiring), Basic White card stocks, Dandy Designs DP (retired Sale-A-Bration 2023)
Accessories: Blending Brush, Glitter Enamel Dots (retired), Large Numbers Framelits (retired), big shot

And hopefully this one arrives on time! I keep running behind! 

Grateful for Spring

And my final Sale-A-Bration project before Sale-A-Bration comes to a close is this happy card. Honestly, I like Granny Apple Green a lot, but I struggle to use it. I bought it as soon as it came out and I don't know that I've ever used it in a class. This paper made the card come together so easily! This paper is one of those Sale-A-Bration exclusive items, so you really don't want to miss out! 

I used the sketch from The Paper Players, and it fits the theme for both Global Design Project and Inspire.Create.Challenge so that's fun. Even if we woke up to another two inches of snow... haha!

Supplies:
Stamps: Scenic Garden (Sale-A-Bration), Lovely You

Ink: Memento Black, Melon Mambo

Paper: Basic White, Dandy Designs DP (Sale-A-Bration)
Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Flirty Flamingo, Light Old Olive

Accessories: Brass Butterflies

I hope you can snag the items you want for FREE! See them all right HERE! 

Birthday Owl Again!

Tuesday, Feb 28 is the LAST DAY of Sale-A-Bration 2023! I don't want you to miss out on these fun freebies so I managed to make a couple last minute cards using the exclusive products! You can view the whole FREE selection right HERE. 

First up, this cute little owl again, and the very fun DP! This card uses the latest sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Adorable Owls (Sale-A-Bration) 
Ink: Memento Black, Poppy Parade, Poppy Parade marker
Stampin' Blends: Dark Basic Black, Dark Smoky Slate, Dark Balmy Blue, Dark Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, Dandy Designs (Sale-A-Bration)
Accessories: Dimensionals

I even know exactly who this is going to! Love that! 

Owls again!

Happy Friday! Today I've got a couple more almost-matching birthday cards for my stash. This time I used the sketch from The Paper Players and kept them simple one layer cards.
I didn't realize til I linked it just now, that I swapped the position of the owls.... but it does work better with their line of sight, so it's probably fine.... 

(Winter afternoon sunlight is tricky to photograph with... my phone kept casting a shadow, and the snow drifts did too... hence the super funky angles in these shots. I promise the cards are the usual rectangle...!)

First up, this happy yellow owl, and these were colored with Stampin' Blends.

Supplies:

Stamps: Adorable Owls

Ink: Memento Black, Balmy Blue

Blends: Light Daffodil Delight (body), Light Pumpkin Pie (beak/talons), Light Balmy Blue (eyes), Light Old Olive & Light CHerry Cobbler (hat) Light Pumpkin Pie (body), Dark Daffodil Delight (beak/talons), Dark Balmy Blue (eyes) 
Paper: Daffodil Delight & Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Red & Green Pearls

And then this bolder, blue card, I colored the owls with the Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens. Both ways look good to me! 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Adorable Owls

Ink: Stazon Black, Pacific Point

Watercolor Pencils: Cajun Craze (body), Granny Apple Green (eyes), Crushed Curry (beak/talon), Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy (hat), Pumpkin Pie (body), Daffodil Delight (beak/talon), Old Olive (eyes)
Paper: Pacific Point & Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Classic Matte Dots 

Two more cards to mail out soon! Yeay! What are you making? 

We Create Blog Hop: Sale-a-Bration Sweetness

Happy February to you! Every month we hold a fun little blog hop to help inspire your creativity! 

This month we're focusing on Sale-A-Bration! If you don't know, this is Stampin' Up!'s biggest promotion! For every $50 (US) you spend, before tax and shipping, you can choose an item for FREE. Many are exclusive, but today, Stampin' Up! announced additional freebies you can choose from! You can view the entire selection by clicking HERE. And it's only available until products sell out, or until February 28! 

For my projects today, I used the new sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, and some fun, exclusive Sale-A-Bration products that arrived yesterday! This new stamp set, Scenic Garden, is free to those who host a workshop that reaches $300 (that's 6 people placing a Sale-A-Bration order!) or if you place an order over $300, you'll get it too! The DP strip on my cards is also an exclusive Sale-A-Bration item you can choose with an order of $100 or more. The prints are happy and fun and I'm excited to play with it more! I only featured one sheet of DP today- but you can see both sides! And here's what I made!  

This one is super simple and almost entirely monochromatic. It might be just a bit too plain, but that's okay. The greeting came from Ranunculus Romance and I felt like it was a good match. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Scenic Garden (Sale-A-Bration only), Ranunculus Romance 

Ink: Petal Pink, Smoky Slate

Paper: Petal Pink card stock, Dandy Designs DP (Sale-A-Bration only)

Accessories: Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

Supplies:

Stamps: Scenic Garden (Sale-A-Bration only), Ranunculus Romance 

Ink: Memento Black, Smoky Slate, Fresh Freesia marker 

Stampin' Blends: Light Smoky Slate, Dark Petal Pink, Dark & Light Old Olive, Ivory 

Paper: Petal Pink & Basic White card stock, Dandy Designs DP (Sale-A-Bration only)

Accessories: Classic Matte Dots, Lovely Labels Pick A Punch, Dimensionals

Supplies:

Stamps: Scenic Garden (Sale-A-Bration only), Ranunculus Romance 

Ink: Memento Black, Smoky Slate, Fresh Freesia marker 

Stampin' Blends: Light Smoky Slate, Dark Petal Pink, Dark & Light Old Olive, Light Daffodil Delight

Paper: Petal Pink & Basic White card stock, Dandy Designs DP (Sale-A-Bration only)

Accessories: Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon, Lovely Labels Pick A Punch, Dimensionals

And here they are all together! 

Now, hop along over to Tricia's blog using the button below, and see what she's made for you. 

Then continue on and see what everyone has made to inspire you today! Let us know what you think of our work. And then I hope you get to make something pretty today too! 

We Create Blog Hop February 2023 Blog Roll
Kimberley Morris
Tanya Harvey
Tricia Butts
Cheryl Curtis
Libby Fens

But don't forget- if you love any of the Sale-A-Bration items, you'll want to place your order soon so you don't miss out! 

Sale-A-Bration scrapping!

I hope your Friday is off to a great start! I am working on scrapbooking today. I've gotten three pages done so far today for three different books so I am excited! And this time, the page I made is 100% current product (What?!) so I have to share it, hahaha!

In spite of all current product, these pictures are almost twelve years old, which is crazy, but there you go. My daughter has recently discovered she loves the look of lavender plants and this paper is kind of perfect for that, thus, a page was born! It also worked out perfectly for a challenge to use the newest-to-you products! 
Bonus tip - if you bought the supplies to recreate this exact page, that would qualify for the free DP!   

It's a bit snowy out, so the photo of the page isn't great, but that's what I can do. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Alphabest
Ink: Blackberry Bliss ink & marker
Paper: Fresh Freesia, Dainty Flowers SAB DP
Accessories: Brushed Brass Butterflies

Birthday Class Owl

Happy Tuesday morning! We had an extra long weekend here and now I am excited to dive into prepping for my classes later this week! 

So today I have another birthday owl (again with the Tweety Bird look....hmm...) with this cute Sale-A-Bration freebie, but this time for my upcoming class. Once again I colored him with Stampin' Blends (more colors are on my list, really!) and again he's on a circle die cut. For something a little different, and totally easy for anyone to do- I just stamped off the greeting repeatedly. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Adorable Owls
Ink: Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Balmy Blue & Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Black Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals, Circle Dies, big shot

and here are the Blends I used, if you're curious: 

Face/Tummy: Light Daffodil delight
Back/Head: Dark Daffodil Delight
Eyes: Light Balmy Blue sparkle, Dark Balmy Blue iris
Talon/ Beak: Bronze
Hat: Dark Pumpkin Pie

...and, just a thought, but five sets of Stampin' Blends markers will earn you this owl set for free! 

Peaceful Colors

I have needed to mail out an unreasonable number of sympathy cards over the last 8 or so weeks, so this time, my card class has a pretty and peaceful looking sympathy card. This uses one of the beautiful papers that is a FREE choice from Sale-A-Bration. It coordinates with a lovely bundle in the Jan-April Mini, but I just really liked the prints. This shows both sides of one sheet. Then I just added a sweet sentiment and a bit of ribbon and voila- done! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Inspired Thoughts 
Ink: Old Olive
Paper: Fresh Freesia & Basic White card stock, Dainty Flowers DP
Accessories: White crinkled seam binding ribbon, Dimensionals, 

A Sale-A-Brating Owl

Happy Monday! 

Today I've got the final owl I colored last week. This one used brighter shades and I thought that was fun with the party hat. And this is fun because today is my childhood best friend's birthday. Her card has already been sent, but this could have worked too! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Adorable Owls

Ink: Memento Black, Melon Mambo, Stampin' Blends

Paper: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Opal Rounds, Circle Dies, Dimensionals, big shot

And then the Blends details on the cute little owl, if you're curious: 

Beak/talons: Dark Pumpkin Pie

Eyes: Light Old Olive

Tummy/face: Light Daffodil Delight

Back/Head: Dark Daffodil Delight

Hat: Light Melon Mambo

altho now I'm thinking this little owl is colored just a biiit like Tweety Bird..... 

What are you making this week? 

Sale-A-Bration Owls!

If you don't get my emails, or follow me on facebook, you might have missed that Sale-A-Bration began yesterday! (it's on my sidebar for you!) Sale-A-Bration is so much fun, because for every $50 you spend (before tax and shipping) you get to choose a FREE gift! This year it's all stamps or beautiful DP! You can also earn gifts with every $100, or by hosting a $300 workshop, or if you place a $300 order or more! 

The first free item I picked was this fun owl stamp set. The other day I took a little time to try coloring them in with the Stampin' Blends I own (not enough!) and see what I might like. 

And then another day I made them into cards, but today I'm just sharing two. These use the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, and I'm putting it with the Inspire.Create.Challenge for something new to me. And it totally qualifies for the SUO Challenge too which is to make whatever you want! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Adorable Owls

Ink: Memento Black, Soft Suede, Balmy Blue, Stampin' Blends

Paper: Petal Pink, Balmy Blue, Basic White cardstocks, Hues of Happiness DP

Accessories: Circle dies, big shot

Do you have a preference on the card? 

How about the owls? haha.... 

Here's exactly what I did for each of these guys:

Owl 1:
beak & talons: Light or dark pumpkin pie

Eyes: Light Petal Pink
tummy/face: Ivory

back/head: Bronze

Owl 2:

Beak/talons:  Light or dark pumpkin pie

eyes: Light Balmy Blue

Tummy/face: Light Petal Pink

Back/Head: Dark Petal Pink

             

Owl 3: 

beak & talons: Light pumpkin pie
eyes: Light Daffodil Delight

tummy/face: left plain
back/head: Light Petal Pink

Owl 4: 

Beak & Talons: Light Pumpkin Pie

Eyes: Light Old Olive 

Tummy/face:

Back/head: Ivory

bowtie: Light Balmy Blue, Dark polka dots

But there are more coloring tools and this is going to be a fun little set! 

Purple Paris Birthday!

It isn't very often I show cards here with retired product, but this one turned out really pretty and I used a sketch, so I'm sharing it. 

I used the latest Freshly Made Sketch, and two retired sets, retired DP, retired ribbon, and the only thing you can still purchase is the card stock and ink!

Supplies:
Stamps Artistic Etchings (2010), Special Moments (Jan 22 SAB)
Ink: Blackberry Bliss
Paper: Blackberry Bliss & Very Vanilla card stocks, First Edition DP (old enough that SU! still had copyright info printed on the paper)
Accessories: Blackberry Bliss striped ribbon (retired), Dimensionals

Shelter

Another evening post... lol! But I got some stamp time today so I'm going to share it! 
Tonight's card uses the sketch from the latest Fusion Card Challenge, and features this fantastic print from the Sale-A-Bration DP. This paper coordinates with all the stamps in the Ringed With Nature bundle, and purchasing that earns you this paper FREE! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Inspired Thoughts
Ink: Evening Evergreen
Paper: Basic White, Mint Macaron, Rings Of Love DP (Sale-A-Bration only!)
Accessories: White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon, Dimensionals 

This card is simple but I feel still impactful. I thought this sentiment worked well with cute, welcoming cottages and houses. Annnd I might even know exactly who to send this to. So hooray for making it just in time! sigh...