Together!

Happy Monday to you! I hope you had a lovely Easter weekend! Today is the first day of our Spring Break so I sent the kids to the park while I got a little stamping time in! 
Today's card is posted too late to participate, but I did use the Freshly Made Sketch for it! I'm trying to use my soon-to-retire supplies as well as make cards for specific people and events! This week will be full of almost-gone products! (and posts!!) 
On this card, for example, the stamps are going, the embossing folder on the card base, the ribbon, and the cute little resin heart- and this is my first time opening the ribbon or heart! I am so going to miss this cute couple, they are one of my favorite images ever! 

I added some sponging, because that's what I often do with this cute couple, haha, but this time I sponged it in Rich Razzleberry so it wasn't quite so dark. I think that worked out fantastically.

Supplies:

Stamps: Silhouette Scenes
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Rich Razzleberry
Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Blushing Bride card stocks
Accessories: Blackberry Bliss Striped Ribbon, Resin Hearts, Tin Tile embossing folder, Dimensionals Big Shot

If you're interested in having any of these cute things in your own stamping stash, you'll want to place an order very soon! 

Rainy Love

'tis the season for making cards of love and this is my first one this year! This might be my favorite stamp couple ever, and this time I put them with a sun shining thru a rainstorm.... And just like yesterday, I used a LOT of different products on this card, haha. 

For my card, I used the Color Combination from splitcoaststampers.com, the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches, and the theme from SUO Challenges! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Silhouette Scenes, March 2020 Paper Pumpkin (rain drops)

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate, Memento Black

Paper: Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Wink of Stella Pen, Stamping Sponges, Well Written dies, In The Woods dies (hill), Circle dies, Big Shot (retired)

and here's a close up so you can see the Wink of Stella a bit clearer... 

Have you started making valentine cards yet? It's getting close!! 

Vintage Love

My inlaws will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary this week. (No, I am not that old, and really, neither is my husband. He was a surprise later in life, haha.) That means they were married in 1950. I was scanning my stamp stash wondering which set to use and I really love this couple....and then I thought if I used it in sepia tones, it would totally suite a 70th anniversary! My husband loved the idea so I got to work. And I am really happy with how it turned out!
I'm entering it in this week's SUO Challenge, which is designer's choice.

Supplies:
Stamps: Silhouette Scenes, Very Versailles
Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake
Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede card stocks
Accessories: Copper Trim (retired), Lace Trim, retired Vanilla button,  Tin Tile Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Stamping Sponges

I love the subtle textures going on! I had to use a retired button, and I used a tiny scrap of Soft Suede card stock as the "thread" - an old technique but one I love!

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Don't forget- today is the very LAST DAY to order from the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog, and the 2020 Occasions Mini! You'll want to check the website to see what has sold out, because it's kind of a lot! Orders close at 11:59pm mountain time! If you don't already have a demonstrator, choose me when you place your online order.

Click HERE for the Annual Catalog Retiring Items and click HERE for the Occasions Mini. The sidebar on that website also allows you to shop by topic (available stamps, paper, ribbon, etc) or search for one specific item if you know it's name. You can even search by color! And have fun stamping! 

Texture!

I need several of all sorts of cards right now, so the other day I got seven made! That means you don't only have to see scrapbook pages when you visit my blog, haha! I pulled out the embossing paste and played with three of the Decorative Masks that are on the retiring list, and a bunch of other retiring products! Check it all out HERE, choose me as your demonstrator if you don't already have one, and place an order before it's gone!

Here are two of those cards...
This one uses the sketch from the Fusion Card Challenge.

Supplies:
Stamps: Silhouette Scenes, A Good Man
Ink: Night of Navy
Paper: Balmy Blue, Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Navy/Sahara Sand twine (retiring!), Pattern Party Decorative Masks (retiring!), Embossing Paste, Silicone Craft Sheet, Palette Knives

And then I made this stamp-less card. This one used a challenge that ended last night, but I'm posting it now. I used the colors from the card to make mine.

Supplies:
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Basic Black, Granny Apple Green card stocks
Accessories: White Baker's Twine (sold out!), Pattern Party Decorative Masks (retiring!), Embossing Paste, Silicone Craft Sheet, Palette Knives, Circle dies (retiring!), Well Written dies, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

What are you making??

Graduating Girl!

Posting today because I try to share my cards with you asap AND I wanted to post that I played with a challenge in time, haha. This card is a double challenge- I used the SUO Challenge for focusing on women, and the Freshly Made Sketch for the layout.

Also, I just checked, and this stunning DP is ON SALE so run place your order HERE now! It is GORGEOUS and so versatile! I have used it over and over and over! (I'm kinda proud that I can say that, hahaha!)

Supplies:
Stamps: Beautiful Moments, Silhouette Scenes
Ink: Memento Black, Blackberry Bliss
Stampin' Blends: Light & Dark Night of Navy, Dark Blackberry Bliss, Dark Old Olive, Bronze, Ivory
Paper: Night of Navy, Very Vanilla card stocks, Perennial Essence
Accessories: Very Vanilla Scalloped Lace Trim, Pearl Basic Jewels

This card is for my niece's graduation. SO many kiddos graduating right now!! She and my son are the same age, just a few weeks apart, so we had to get a cap and gown pic of them together.

Because like, last week, they looked like this....

We Create Blog Hop: Swing Into Spring

Happy March! It's cold and gray here again but there has been sunshine for over a week, so spring must be on it's way!

For my project today, I created this sweet little card that I think will probably end up in someone's lunch box! I used the color challenge from the Just Add Ink blog as a starting point, and I probably thought of the swinging girl image because of the theme of our blog hop, haha! I sponged a little Petal Pink on the leaves, as well as under the whole die, because I think sometimes it seems like the whole sky is pink with blooming trees! I liked the softness Smoky Slate gave to the silhouette, instead of a bold black with these shades. Finally I added just one thread of bakers twine with a simple touch to finish it off!

Supplies:

Stamps: Silhouette Scenes

Ink: Smoky Slate, Petal Pink

Paper: Petal Pink & Soft Seafoam card stocks

Accessories: White Baker's Twine, Sweet Silhouette Dies, Big Shot

Now hop on over to Kimberly's blog, with the button below, and see what she created for you! Then hop on through and let us know what you think of our work- we all love comments!

We Create Blog Hop MARCH 2020 Blog Roll

Kimberley Morris

Anastasia Radloff

Cheryl Curtis

Libby Fens

Julie Davidse

Jeanna Kay

Tricia Butts

Tanya Harvey

Couple Valentine

Happy Wednesday! Still prepping for my card class this Saturday, so here's another card we'll be making. I think this turned out lovely, and it is SO simple! This could be for Valentines or a wedding or anniversary, or just because your sweetie needs something fun in his lunchbox or briefcase!

This card totally counts for the latest SUO challenge love-theme, and I used a previous week's Freshly Made Sketch for the layout. It's a little wonky to have the angled DP, especially for a class, but it worked out just fine.

Supplies:
Stamps: Silhouette Scenes
Ink: Blackberry Bliss
Paper: Petal Pink & Whisper White card stock, Perennial Essence DP
Accessories: Pearls, Big Shot, Sweet Silhouette Dies

We Create Regals Collection Blog Hop

Hello November! The first of the month always means a new blog hop, so here we go!

This month we're focusing on the Regals color family. I thought a while about some kind of lovely autumn project... And then it snowed. A lot. like 6 inches on Sunday and a bit more on Monday. Well, winter sunsets happen to be gorgeous around here, so okay, I settled on a sponged sunset! Somewhere I've seen this girl on a swing in front of a sunset, but I couldn't find it, so I did my own version entirely! And I love it! And yes, that is snow on the ground behind the cards!

But I also liked the dandelion die from the same bundle... So I went ahead and made another card, almost the same!

Supplies:
Stamps: Silhouette Scenes
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Memento Black
Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Garden Green & Basic Black card stocks
Accessories: Stampin' Sponges, Scalloped Lace Trim, Sweet Silhouettes dies, Big Shot, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Both cards used the current Paper Players Sketch. I am very pleased with how they turned out!
Hop on over to Cheryl's blog by clicking below and see what she's put together for you. Then hop on thru- it's pretty short today with the holiday and everything. Let us know what you think of our work!

And for those dying to know- I had one "dressed up", a panda bear and someone who was a ladybug for trick or treating at the mall (just in case it was way too cold), a witch to go grocery shopping, and a unicorn for trick or treating! haha!

Simple Stamping

I realized all of the cards for my upcoming class have a lot of layers and a lot of things. That can be overwhelming for new crafters and that is exactly why Stampin' Up! has a focus right now on #simplestamping. Funny that I learned to use lots of supplies on a project right about the time they come up with this emphasis, haha....

For this card, I let the DP do the talking, haha. It is stunning so it's easy to let it shine. Plus, this couple is so fabulous. I put them on Shimmery card stock to give it a little bit of something. Anyway, I picked this particular pattern because it looked like a stormy sky, which is why they need an umbrella.

Supplies:
Stamps: Silhouette Scenes
Ink: Memento Black
Paper: Mossy Meadow & Shimmery White card stocks, Perennial Essence DP

You could easily add some ribbon or some kind of drops or other embellishment, but it's pretty without it too!

Summer birthday!

Happy Monday! I am in need of several birthday cards right now, so I made four on this day, haha. Today I'm just sharing one.

This is actually my second attempt at this card. I totally hated the first card. I kept it for an hour or so thinking that since it wasn't for ME it was fine, and maybe someone would like it but wow, I really couldn't stand it. So I pried the tree off and added the white layer and sponged on some ground and sky and I like it SO much better now! Now I can send this off. Phew. haha....

It also qualifies for the Just Add Ink challenge to use a season. This is distinctly summer.

Supplies:
Stamps: Silhouette Scenes, Well Said
Ink: Call Me Clover marker, Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue
Paper: Whisper White, Call Me Clover & Pineapple Punch card stocks
Accessories: Big Shot, Sweet Silhouettes Dies, Glue Dots, Sponges

New Favorites

I rarely post on Saturdays, but I am excited about this one!!
As soon as I thumbed thru the new catalog (okay, okay, I browsed it online first...) I knew I had to have this great Silhouette Scenes stamp set! My mom actually purchased it first but that is perfectly fine with me! I love, love, love this couple with the umbrella!
And then I saw this stunning card by Corinne (it's a facebook link, but that's all I've got. If you know how to pin from fb, please let me know!!) and had to get the Very Versailles stamp to go with it!!
So when my order arrived, I assembled the stamp sets and made this!

Supplies:
Stamps: Silhouette Scenes, Very Versailles
Ink: Memento Black, Daffodil Delight, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Rococo Rose
Paper: Whisper White, Blushing Bride card stocks

I didn't do her method at all actually- she has a video of how she made it on her fb page. But I had an idea in my head when I saw the card, which was before the video, so I tried my way and it worked great too!
I stamped the couple, stamped the leaves, stamped off once for the scripty words to be a bit more subtle. Then I sponged on Daffodil Delight, then the three shades of pink. Then I remembered I wanted a "moon" behind them, so I die cut a circle out of a post-it note and added more sponging, haha... Then I tore another post-it for the ground. Finally I edged it all in black ink and stuck it on a card base! BAM.

This is not a simple card, and this is really a messy card, but wow, I love it.
What do you think??