All The Games!

This card is a bit random, but everything is random in my world right now, so its fiiiine.

Today's card is a birthday card for my nephew, using the latest from Freshly Made Sketches. I used my one (retired) sport stamp, which I bought because my son played basketball one whole season, snort. And I used the video game set. And added his age for how he unlocked the achievement, haha. And the birthday boy's favorite colors. Done. Ha! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Level Complete, Alphabest, Slam Dunk  (retired)
Ink: Blueberry Bushel, Sweet Sorbet

Paper: Basic White, Blueberry Bushel, Sweet Sorbet

Baby Card

Happy Saturday to you! 

Whooole lotta retired product for today's card, but hey! I got another one made, which I need fast! And today's card took about as long as all of yesterday's cards did, hee hee.

My cousin's wife is expecting twins- a boy and a girl. I got this very old set from a neighbor when she moved away. She wrote on the end of the box "Noah", and the copyright on the stamps say 1996. I was still in high school and hadn't heard of Stampin' Up! then, so that's what we'll call the set! I also used a bunch of retired shades of ink, so I found a bit of DP that "works" even tho it isn't the same shades. And all that to use the Global Design Project sketch, flipped. Because I couldn't hide the sheep with the congrats...! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Happiness Abounds (retired 2022), Noah (retired 1996!)

Ink: Soft Suede (retired), Daffodil Delight (retired),Crushed Curry, Lost Lagoon, Baja Breeze (retired), Rococo Rose (retired), Moody Mauve

Paper: Basic White card stock, Band Stand Simply Scrappin' Kit (retired) 

Accessories: Dimensionals

One Sheet of Designer Paper

I really have not had stamping time lately, but I also really need a BUNCH of cards this month. And the bulk of my stash is not going to work... So when you're overwhelmed, (I absolutely am!) it helps to work smarter, not harder. Ha. The gorgeous Fresh as a Daisy DP has two sheets that look like this, just before you cut them up: 

(this is only partially cut, to show you how best to do it and not cut into other images.)

After I cut them into their designed rectangles, I made a decent little stack of cards!

This first one worked fantastically with the latest As You See It challenge. I used everything, I thought, til I linked it up, and realized I used my needed "happy birthday" instead of their listed "thank you". I'm linking it anyway, because I have the patterned paper, the circle (which IS a die cut), enamel dots and some yellow!    

Supplies:

Stamps: Enjoy The Rhythm

Ink: Pebbled Path
Paper: Basic White card stock, Fresh As A Daisy DP

Accessories: Moody Mauve Textured Ribbon, 2023-25 In Color Dots, Dimensionals, Circle dies, big shot (retired)

Supplies:

Stamps: Enjoy The Rhythm

Ink: Copper Clay
Paper: Basic White & Copper Clay card stock, Fresh As A Daisy DP

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots, White Baker's Twine, Dimensionals

Supplies:

Stamps: Sending Smiles

Ink: Copper Clay
Paper: Basic White card stock, Fresh As A Daisy DP

Accessories: Brass Butterflies

Supplies:

Stamps: Enjoy The Rhythm

Ink: Pebbled Path
Paper: Basic White card stock, Fresh As A Daisy DP

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots

Supplies:

Stamps: Sending Smiles

Ink: Pretty Peacock
Paper: Basic White card stock, Fresh As A Daisy DP

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots, Sending Dies, big shot (retired) 

Supplies:

Stamps: Sending Smiles

Ink: Wild Wheat
Paper: Basic White card stock, Fresh As A Daisy DP

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots, Sending Dies, big shot (retired) 

I have three small rectangles left and nothing came to mind immediately for how to use them. So that will be for another day when I do think of something! But that was six cards in a little more than an hour, and I also typed up the info after each card so I wouldn't forget anything. They're not the most detailed cards because the DP does the work. But I think they worked out really nicely! 

Leveled Up!

The minute I saw this set I knew I was going to need it, haha.
I never got into "video games" tho I did enjoy computer games. My brothers loved the Nintendo when we were kids. My parents got a Wii early on, and I'm pretty sure my son used it more than anyone else. My husband had a PlayStation when we got married, tho he sold it after he graduated from college. But then he bought an Atari Flashback, and continued to play computer games. My husband and son each had a DS and there was a GameBoy in there too... We got a WiiU at some point. My son loves video games and also plays some on the computer but he bought himself a Switch, and my husband liked it so much that he now has a Switch too.  

None of the controllers in this set are really spot on to any of the systems I'm familiar with, (and my kids would laugh that I used the word "familiar" in the first place) but I have a birthday coming up and this has to be the set, hahaha. I colored the buttons to look like an SNES controller (thank you Google images!) even tho it is shaped like a classic controller... I used a Blender Pen and Pebbled Path ink to make the cords, which works okay. 

I tried to make it work with the color challenge from Global Design Project, and those colors are the main colors featured but not the only ones here.... so maybe I'll try again. In the meantime, here's this! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Level Complete

Ink: Pebbled Path, Boho Blue

Stampin' Blends: Dark Cherry Cobbler, Light Night of Navy, Dark Shaded Spruce, Dark Daffodil Delight

Paper: Wild Wheat, Boho Blue, Basic White

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots, Dimensionals, Blender Pen

I like you!

I keep hoping for some stamping time + inspiration and it just is not happening lately. I'm mentally preoccupied with other things that are coming up that I need to do, and I'm physically distracted with still making the most of summer time! But I did get some time today so here's something new! This is a new-to-me stamp set and like I said on my facebook post the other day- I got to try the new style of marker! 

Today's card uses the latest Color Throwdown Challenge, which is so calm and pretty! Just tricky to photograph the shade of green I chose... 

Supplies:
Stamps: Stamped With Love
Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Seafoam, both markers too
Paper: Soft Seafoam, Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Festive Pearls, White twine, Timeworn Type embossing folder, Blending Brush, big shot (retired)

I used a Blending Brush to very lightly add a bit of Crumb Cake to the embossed part of the front panel. I cut out the post box, and popped it on Dimensionals. I will admit, the greeting panel feels just a bit 'out of no where' but it kind of works so it's fine. HA. 

Thoughts on the new markers? The lids are different- shorter, maybe thinner, and they don't stick to the other end. I used the "bullet" point side of the markers to color in a bit of the flourish above the word "post" and also the hole the letter goes in to. I never, ever use that point except to very occasionally add journaling in the matching color, so that's a good change for me. I like how it colored and I will do it again. 

Are you making anything pretty this week? When you're done admiring your work, send it to someone! 

Pixar Pier at Night

Happy Saturday! 

Here's another quick layout from our Disney trip! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Capture The Good
Ink: Memento Black
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Color Me Autumn DP
Accessories: Glitter Enamel Dots, Memories In The Making PL Accessory Pack

I hope you get to make something fun today! 

Lazy Days

One of *my favorite things about being a demonstrator is that when my mom places an order, I get to play with her stamps and dies to see if I can create a way to use it in an upcoming class. haha... I have eleven current stamp sets in my possession and three belong to my mom. Most of the time we have the same taste in things, but sometimes we get a new catalog and have totally different interests. This set is one of those. I actually like the set a lot as a concept, but in use it's quite a bit more tricky. However, I love the little chairs and lemonade so that's what I tried to play with first. 

All three cards use the latest from Freshly Made Sketches, 

This first card is not my favorite, but it has a few of the latest In Colors, and it's just fine, haha. Not every card will be my favorite. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Lazy Days

Ink: Wild Wheat, Copper Clay, Boho Blue

Paper: Boho Blue, Basic White, Wild Wheat card stocks

Accessories: Lazy Days Dies, Blending Brush, Dimensionals, big shot (retired)

And this card uses colors that to me, scream "August!" which is when lemonade would be the best, haha! And I'm thinkin my new In Color ink pads are too juicy......! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Lazy Days

Ink: Pebbled Path, Crushed Curry, Light Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends

Paper: Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla card stocks

This last card is my favorite of these, haha... I colored these with the Watercolor Pencils, and scrubbed Balmy Blue ink very lightly all over the top panel with a Blending Brush. I also drew the string the bird house hangs from with the Basic Gray Watercolor Pencil. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Lazy Days

Ink: Smoky Slate, Flirty Flamingo, Balmy Blue

Paper: Basic White, Smoky Slate card stocks 
Accessories: Watercolor Pencils, Blending Brush

What do you think of this set? There are so many other things to do with it too! 

Birthday Wishes!

I made a card!! Yeay!! This one does not use a kit- just a sketch and some pretty colors! I used the sketch from The Paper Players, which has more layers than I typically play with, but I like the result! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Sending Smiles

Ink: Fresh Freesia, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist

Paper: Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia, Basic White, Bright & Beautiful DP

Accessories: Brushed Brass Butterflies, Circle Dies, Dimensionals, big shot (retired)

The photo isn't great- it's overcast and I kept getting weird results, but this is my first time playing with the new Lemon Lolly and I really like it! I'm gonna need that ink pad too! 

Random Characters

This is Princess Elena, a less popular princess we weren't necessarily expecting to see. She comes from a tv show that is a spin off from another tv show, ha.... The one episode my younger daughter has seen is all about sisters, so the sisters talked to her, haha. 

Paper: Poppy Parade, Everyday Enchantment DP
Accessories: Gold Gems (pp kit)
Journaling Font: Mystical Woods Smooth Script

Then these two were in Fantasyland, which we didn't expect, and not exactly "connected" either, haha. Everything Pixar is in California Adventure, but okay. We absolutely were of the "take what we can get" attitude, so why not? This was made with existing items in the long-retired MDS but they fit perfectly! 

I am hoping to make something with actual stamps and paper today, but we shall see. And if not, I have more Disney, haha! 

Periwinkle!

There wasn't a lot to see or do with Pixie Hollow on our trip, and that was disappointing for my daughter who has been a fan of all things Peter Pan /Tinkerbell related her whole life. But on our last morning, while we were waiting for a ride, she spied this little statue of Periwinkle (from a direct-to-video Tinkerbell movie) and ran to get pictures! 

Also, I never use DP like this, but! This particular sheet of DP is from the very first package of DP I ever bought as a demonstrator, sooo it's probably as old as this daughter is. haha.... And it was fine to use up like that! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Alphabet Appeal (says 1998, bought in 2004)
Ink: Orchid Opulence, (retired in 2005)
Paper: Basic White, Sweet DP (bought in 2005)
Accessories: Metallic Sequin Assortment, Glue Dots 
Journaling Font: Moon Flower

Iron Man!

This layout was fun, even tho it looks so simple. I had gear stamps and shiny gold card stock and that was exactly perfect for Iron Man! And, my son was wearing his Iron Man shirt the same day he had a chance to talk to him!
This interaction was hilarious and I kept trying to get video of the conversation, mixed with taking photos, haha! Yeay for fun characters! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Sense of Time
Ink: Gold Delicata
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Gold Foil
Journaling Font: Incised901 BdCn BT

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