Pink & Yellow

Hello again! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! 

Today's card takes the inspiration very literally. I used the latest SUO Challenge to CASE the designer. Check! I didn't use the same shades, but I did use the same colors for everything. I used a different, but similar flower image. It's also a thank you card, like the one in the picture, haha! I didn't use any DP, but I did stamp a very subtle background onto the pink to make it not quite so flat. And the strip of green I found was interesting, leftover from cutting a die some other day, and I thought it added a bit of fun.

Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Elements of Text

Ink: Memento Black, Melon Mambo
Stampin' Blends: Light & Dark Melon Mambo, Dark Daffodil Delight, Dark & Light Granny Apple Green

Paper: Basic White, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green & Daffodil Delight card stocks

Accessories: Regal Foiled Dots, Dimensionals

I don't know why I torture myself fussy cutting this flower out, but maaan I do...! And it's pretty that way! 

Creche Event

This is one of my favorite events. It's a two part in the next town over. There is a walk thru a park with huge posters telling the story of Christmas. Then you arrive at a little church. This particular year, they had a candlelight singalong. Then you drive maybe a mile away to another church where they have maybe 200 nativities of different sizes and themes on display. Everyone walks around and checks them all out, while there is live music (choirs, piano, harp...) playing in the chapel. They often have a little scavenger hunt to keep the kiddos looking, but big kids can fill it out all in one shot, haha.
Anyway, it's a really nice evening, all about the true meaning of Christmas and I love it.  

Supplies:
Stamps: Family & Friends, Whimsical Alpha Lower, Whimsical Numbers (all long retired)

Ink: Memento Black, Shaded Spruce, Misty Moonlight

Stampin' Blends: 

Trees: Dark Shaded Spruce, Dark Old Olive, Dark Granny Apple Green, Bronze

Lights: Light Pumpkin Pie, Light Balmy Blue, Light Daffodil Delight, Like Flirty flamingo, Light Granny Apple Green

People: Dark & Light Blackberry bliss, Light Smoky Slate, Dark & Light Pumpkin Pie, Dark Balmy Blue, Bronze, Dark & Light Cherry Cobbler, Dark & Light Night of Navy, Dark Basic Black, Dark Berry Burst, Dark Old Olive

Paper: Shaded Spruce, Basic White card stocks 
Accessories: Red & Green Festive Pearls

Journaling Font: Aptos

I think I got this stamp set off the retired list, whenever that was, and I didn't have a chance to play with it for a long time- maybe this was the first time? But I had a lot of fun coloring it to match our family! 

Halloween Cookies!

Another late-in-the-day post, but I got a card made! This will go out next year. But I made paper cookies!!

I used the SUO Challenges inspiration photo. I didn't really have the Halloween images in the photo, but I do have a cookie cutter set, haha, and I have the shown colors. I stamped the cookies on Basic Beige hoping they'd look like lightly browned sugar cookies. They do not, but it's okay, hahaha....the colors show up better on Basic Beige than they would on Crumb Cake. I am not a coloring perfectionist and I decided to lean in to that and call it icing! And then the circles that come with punching out the gingerbread shape became sprinkles that are scattered on the table with the cookies! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Cookie Cutter Halloween, Buffalo Check

Ink: Memento Black
Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Granny Apple Green, Dark & Light Pumpkin Pie, Dark Basic Black, Dark Highland Heather, Light Blackberry Bliss
Paper: Basic Beige, Basic Black & Granny Apple Green card stocks

Accessories: Cookie Cutter Punch, Dimensionals, Glue Dots 

Witchy Halloween!

Happy Wednesday, apparently, ha. It's been a while! And I lost a day or two or something... 
But I'm back today with more Halloweeny scrapping! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Just Perfect Alpha, Greeting Card Kids

Ink: Memento Black, Soft Seafoam
Stampin' Blends: Light & Dark Pumpkin Pie, Light & Dark Highland Heather, Light & Dark Granny Apple Green, Bronze, Light Basic Black, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Petal Pink

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green card stocks, Halloween Memories Two Tone card stock, Halloween Spells DP

Accessories: Shades of Green Hexagons, Pool Party Ribbon, Blending Brush

I stamped the pumpkin girl on a post it to cover my colored image. I used the Blending Brush to surround the girl with Soft Seafoam ink. It didn't turn out perfectly, but it's fine. The Granny Apple Green Hexagons are so transparent, they don't look at all green on the Gorgeous Grape base... Oh well. This kiddo loves Halloween and will be happy to have a new Halloween Day scrapped! 

Perfect Pairs!

I went looking for some challenges to play with this morning, and the newest from Freshly Made Sketches just struck me! I could think of a bunch of possibilities!! I really wanted to play with my newest set, Perfect Pairs, which just like yesterday, is from the Online Exclusives section. So for today, we'll just use these ideas for the sketch, ha. 

This first card also uses the colors from CAS Colours & Sketches...almost. I grabbed Peach Pie instead of Pumpkin Pie...but I did add a strip of Pumpkin Pie....
And since I'm using a brand new to me stamp set (its only a month or two old...!) it qualifies for the Just Add Ink challenge to use "something new"! And a lot of fussy cutting! 

I added color to the puzzle pieces with the same ink-on-blocks technique I used yesterday. I like today's result better, haha....

Supplies:

Stamps: Perfect Pairs
Ink: Early Espresso, Peach Pie
Paper: Basic White, Old Olive, Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie card stocks
Accessories: Earth Tones Shimmer Gems, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Supplies:

Stamps: Perfect Pairs

Ink: Memento Black, Boho Blue

Stampin' Blends: Bronze, Dark Basic Black, Light Balmy Blue, Light Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Basic White & Boho Blue card stocks

Same set, same sketch, completely different cards. I love that!! 

Christmas Cookies!

Yesterday was just so busy and got away from me entirely. I had to try to finish wrapping (I think I have three gifts left....) before my kiddo was out of school for the break. I had to bake gingerbread bars and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. I had to do some cleaning for a kid's party, and I had to make what I hope was my last trip to the store, LOL! I am SO over shopping! 

Today I have made another batch of gingerbread bars, and I had this idea to use my regular chocolate chip cookie recipe, but chop up a Chocolate Orange instead of chips. YUM. I delivered (and had kids deliver...) a bunch of plates to neighbors and friends, and still have more... I am getting laundry done before Christmas (crazy me...) and all the other things! 

So today tonight? I have this cute card for you! I used the TGIF Challenge for cookies, and it was *inspired by the Freshly Made Sketch, lol. I just don't like the long skinny cards so I dropped an ornament for mine. haha.... 

Supplies:

Stamps: Dear Santa, Berry Christmas (long retired)

Ink: Memento Black
Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Cherry Cobbler, Light Granny Apple Green, Bronze, Ivory, Light Flirty Flamingo, Light Balmy Blue, Light Petal Pink

Paper: A Little Bit Festive DP, Real Red & Basic White card stock

Accessories: Circle Dies, big shot

Dear Santa...

A quick post today. I need to start getting some wrapping done, and I think I still have to run to a store...
Today's card uses the last of those Christmas kiddos. And the sketch from Inspire.Create.Challenges. And the other side of the candy cane striped DP.

Supplies:

Stamps: Dear Santa

Ink: Memento Black, Real Red

Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Cherry Cobbler, Dark Shaded Spruce, Light Granny Apple Green, Bronze, Light Petal Pink, SU700, Light Balmy Blue 
Paper: Basic White card stock, A Little Bit Festive DP

Accessories: Adhesive Backed Peppermints, Dimensionals

Icy Christmas!

We have only had a couple very small snow storms this year, and boy are we missing it! The only snow in our yard fell just before Thanksgiving, I think, and it's next to the side of the fence that the winter sun doesn't reach. I don't reeally want an icy Christmas, but it would be good to have some snow for my kids to refresh driving in close to home, before they go back to the 45 min freeway commute to college in a few weeks...! Plus the snow makes winter a lot more fun. 21* with dead grass and dead leaves is not super fun to play in...

And, this little guy makes me giggle. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Dear Santa    

Ink: Memento Black, Blueberry Bushel

Stampin' Blends: Bronze, Ivory, Dark & Light Night of Navy, Dark & Light Balmy Blue, Dark & Light Granny Apple Green, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Petal Pink
Paper: Basic White card stock, Bright & Beautiful DP

Accessories: Transparent Adhesive-backed Dots

Sweet!

I finally got a little time to play with the other kiddos in this cute Christmas set!
THIS is the card I envisioned as soon as I saw it, with this exact stripy DP and these super cute candies. But noooo...! the candy embellishments were sold out for AGES and would pop in and out frequently before I got my hands on it! And I was done holding classes for the year by then... rats. 
Well, I got to make the card anyway, even if my customers didn't. And I rather love it.

Supplies:

Stamps: Dear Santa
Ink: Memento Black, Real Red
Stampin' Blends: Dark Basic Black, Light Cherry Cobbler, Dark & Light Granny Apple Green, Bronze, Light Balmy Blue, Ivory, Light Flirty Flamingo

Paper: Granny Apple Green & Basic White card stock, A Little Bit Festive DP 
Accessories: Adhesive-Backed Peppermints

Christmas Kids

Good morning! I haven't created anything new with paper since before Thanksgiving, so I was grateful to sneak some time in yesterday. Maybe now that things are slowing down, I can get even more stamping done! haha.......... its nice to dream a little. 

Today I have another card using these cute kids. I really need to use the other kiddos soon...!

This card was for the TGIF Challenge to use Real Red, Gold and White. Done. Plus a little smidge of other shades... 

Supplies:

Stamps: Dear Santa

Ink: Memento Black, Wild Wheat

Stampin' Blends: Light & Dark Cherry Cobbler, Light Granny Apple Green, Light Basic Black, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Petal Pink, Bronze, Ivory, SU700
Paper: Real Red & Basic White card stocks, Season Of Elegance DP

Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems, Dimensionals 

Trick or Treat!

A bonus weekend post for you! 

This time I combined the SUO Challenge for "tricks or treats" with the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments.
I pulled out a long retired greeting set because its just SO perfect, lol. Annnd I think this card is a bit too busy for me, lol, which is why I added the layer of Pecan Pie. But that's okay, I'm going to send it to someone and then it doesn't matter what I think. hahaha! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Kiddin' Around, Good Greetings (retired)

Ink: Memento Black

Stampin Blends: Bronze, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light & Dark Night of Navy, Light & Dark Pumpkin Pie, Ivory, Light Flirty Flamingo, Color Lifter

Paper: Basic White, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie & Pecan Pie card stock, Full of Life DP

Accessories: Dimensionals

All the pinks!

Today's card ended up more chaotic than I expected, but it will work for the birthday girl, haha. 

This one uses the sketch from The Paper Players and a whoooole lotta DP prints, lol. Three of them, in fact. I liked the strip that looks like a paint palette with this little artist, and I liked the watercolory-looking sheets too. But it's kind of a lot...! 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Kiddin' Around 
Ink: Memento Black

Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Flirty Flamingo, Dark & Light Granny Apple Green, Light Petal Pink, Bronze, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Melon Mambo

Paper: Basic White card stock, Full of Life DP

Accessories: Dimensionals, Kiddin' Around Dies, big shot

Flower Die Cut

Hello! I am so excited for autumn! It started to cool off, and then it forgot to be autumn and should be around 90 most of this week. Rude. But the mountains are turning red and yellow so that's happy! 

Today's card uses the sketch from CAS Colours and Sketches, along with the theme (wellll more the colors from the graphic...) from TGIF Challenges. It sort of looks like I took the sketch more literally, but really, I just stamped on a scrap rectangle, and then die cut the flowers out of that. Then I colored it!

Supplies:
Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Beside Me
Ink: Memento Black, Pecan Pie
Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Pumpkin Pie, Dark and Light Old Olive, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Balmy Blue
Paper: Basic White, Pecan Pie card stocks
Accessories: Iridescent Striped Trim, Iridescent Foil Gems, Dimensionals, Layers of Beauty Dies, big shot

Birthday PlayTime!

Time is going faster than I think... I thought I had time to make this, but it needed to go out before I made it, darn it. But I made it and it's on it's way! 

I used the sketch from Inspire.Create.Challenges. And I used the now ended Color Throwdown, altho it might be hard to tell.... that blue water takes up some space! Usually I choose colors as close as possible to the challenge image, and this time the shades aren't exact matches, and there's more than one shade for each color. But I promise the birthday girl will never notice. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Kiddin' Around

Ink: Memento Black, Berry Burst
Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Flirty Flamingo, Dark & Light Granny Apple Green, Dark & Light Balmy Blue, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Petal Pink, Light Basic Black, Dark Smoky Slate, Bronze, Ivory, SU800
Paper: Lemon Lolly, Basic White card stocks, Bright & Beautiful DP

Accessories: Dimensionals, Kiddin' Around dies, Subtles Candy Dots (retired), big shot (retired)

A card for a dad

Happy Friday! Two weeks in a row full of crafty posts! Hooray! 

I love these images but I sometimes don't have enough Stampin' Blends markers yet to do them justice. This time it worked out, ha. 

Also, that DP is on sale still, but only thru tomorrow!! Hurry before you miss the discount! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Beside Me
Ink: Memento Black, Gray Granite
Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Petal Pink, Dark & Light Granny Apple Green, Dark & Light Balmy Blue, Dark Pumpkin Pie, Dark Basic Black, Dark Smoky Slate, Bronze, Light Cherry Cobbler, Dark Daffodil Delight, Dark Night of Navy
Paper: Basic White card stock, Country Woods DP (ON SALE!)

Peach & Blue

Today's card was just an idea I had while playing last week. Just a tiny bit different than other cards I've made with this set. 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Simply Said

Ink: Memento Black, Balmy Blue
Stampin' Blends: Light & Dark Granny Apple Green, Light & Dark Balmy Blue, Light & Dark Petal Pink

Paper: Balmy Blue & Basic White card stocks

Paper full of flowers!

Hello again! Today I have the stamp set from the bundle mentioned yesterday. I used the TGIF Challenge for a card front covered in something - in my case, flowers! And that makes it a perfect match for the Paper Players challenge of spring flowers! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Layers of Beauty

Ink: Memento Black, Flirty Flamingo
Stampin' Blends: Light & Dark Flirty Flamingo, Light & Dark Pumpkin Pie, Light & Dark Old Olive, Dark Daffodil Delight 

Paper: Flirty Flamingo, Basic White card stocks

Birthday Girl!

I needed a happy birthday card and I've had this DP sitting with this little girl since January, so clearly it was time to put them together!
However, in my attempt to "use all the pinks!" on this card, they don't actually work, ha... I used Berry Burst card stock to go with the DP, but I don't have Berry Burst blends, I have Melon Mambo, so I just grabbed that... hmm. There's a reason we sell so many items in each color! But, since I was already breaking all the color rules, I grabbed a super soft pink shade that has retired, to blend onto the piece with the girl. haha! it's fiiine. The birthday girl won't mind! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Kiddin' Around
Ink: Memento Black, Powder Pink (retired)

Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Melon Mambo, Light Petal Pink, Light Flirty Flamingo, Bronze, Color Lifter, Dark Daffodil Delight
Paper: Basic White, Berry Burst, Bright & Beautiful DP
Accessories: Blending Brushes, old Paper Pumpkin gems, Circle dies, Dimensionals 

Wizard Birthday

Ugh- it has been a month of sickness around here. A week of migraines for me, a week of two sick kiddos, and then a week of me sick! RUDE. Hence a lack of doing anything at all, especially creating.

I did get one card made yesterday, using the latest CAS Colours & Sketches. Well... it says to put the sentiment in the middle, and I did...with a bunch of other things too. But I am seriously loving this bundle and I love what I made here:  

Supplies:

Stamps: Kiddin' Around
Ink: Memento Black, Blackberry Bliss, Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia
Blends: Dark & Light Blackberry Bliss, Dark Daffodil Delight, Dark & Light Flirty Flamingo, Dark Petal Pink, Ivory, Bronze
Paper: Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Blueberry Bushel, Daffodil Delight & Poppy Parade card stocks, Gold & Rose Gold Metallic paper (retired)
Accessories: Blending Brush, Kiddin' Around dies, Glue Dots, big shot

Horse & Sleigh

A favorite old Disney animated movie at our house is called Melody Time. It's a calmer movie, so we watched it a lot when my kids were little and needed a bit of quieter time with distraction. The first short in it, is so similar to this stamp set that when it was released I showed my son and said "We've already watched that one, right?" haha. He knew exactly what I was talking about. The couple in the sleigh, that particular horse, the bunny, seriously. I feel like it was inspired by that cartoon, ha! And that is the story of why I had to have this one. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Horse & Sleigh

Ink: Memento Black, Old Olive

Paper: Basic White card stock, One Horse Open Sleigh

Accessories: Horse & Sleigh dies, Dimensionals, big shot (retired)

But that DP...! Oh my goodness, there are some star paper packages across the years that are just my very favorite and this is on that list!! I kiiiinda wanna frame some of these. And I have done that before! ha... But for this card, I decided to share. just a little bit. ahem.
This card uses the sheet that is 7th here, cut in half horizontally. Both ways, the sleigh looks like it's going thru a beautiful wintery forest! 

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And for my own note keeping, and if you want to copy it, haha, here are the Stampin' Blends I used for this one. 

Light Basic Black- horse hooves

Light Smoky Slate - horse body

Dark Smoky Slate - horse mane & tail, shading on body

bronze - horse hardware

Light Cherry Cobbler- sleigh

Dark Cherry Cobbler - sleigh top, back edge

Light Old Olive - man's hat and top of jacket

Dark Old Olive - man's coat, ball on hat

Dark Petal Pink - woman's hat, jacket, muff

Dark & Light Night of Navy - blankets
SU800 - faces, hand