Watercolor Birthday

Well, more a watercolor wash, but that's okay. Today's card is a fun one. I combined the sketch from Global Design Project, along with the color challenge from The Paper Players and made this fun, happy card! 
I brushed water across the top of the white card stock, then added some color from the Blackberry Bliss ink pad, starting at the top and working down. Then I flipped it over and did the same thing with the Misty Moonlight.

Supplies:

Stamps: Well Said
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Misty Moonlight
Paper: Bumblebee, Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Bumblebee In Color Ribbon, Well Written dies, Metallic Pearls, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Glue Dots, Big Shot (retired), paintbrush 

Hot Chocolate!

This morning I looked up a bunch of challenge blogs I enjoy, gathered supplies and eventually, haha, had some time to put one of the cards together! For this one, I used the Fusion challenge, with both the sketch and the inspiration photo.
I thought it was funny that I had grabbed the Buffalo Check background stamp without even really noticing that there was a a black and white buffalo check table cloth in the photo! I just really liked how the plaid DP that retired Jan 4 looked so good with these cups, and I tried for a different style "blanket". I stamped it on an angle, and snipped around the edges (which I don't think I'll do again, haha) to make it look fringed and add some cozy texture. 
Mine is obviously a mug of hot chocolate, and the cup is "colored" with Wink of Stella, even tho you can't see it. And the inside, which I forgot to photograph and the sun is long gone, says "because adulting is hard". mmhmmm!!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Nothing's Better Than, Buffalo Check background

Ink: Memento Black

Paper: Real Red, Basic Black & Whisper White card stocks

Accessories: Love You More Than dies, Flowers For Every Season ribbon, Metallic Pearls, Wink of Stella, Fine Tip Glue Pen Circle dies (retired), Big Shot (retired)

And! This card is going out in the morning! 
Have you sent a card this month? Send some! 

Retired Scrapping!

The newest thing on this page is the photos, which are from Halloween 2018, haha! Oh, the inks are all current...
After reading, and then watching, The Outsiders in her English class, my daughter wanted to be a greaser for Halloween. Trouble was, she's tall, she was probably a bit "too old" for trick or treating, and she sure didn't look dressed up! lol.... Oh well. I picked some "edgy-er" looking things for this layout, rather than just using Halloween supplies. She's excited and that is the part that matters. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Sparkly Seasons (retired), Gorgeous Grunge (retired) 
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate, Gray Granite, Granny Apple Green, Memento Black
Paper: Smoky Slate & Basic Black card stocks, Halloween Night DP (retired), Sweet DP (retired!)

Journaling Font: Chiller

Old Scrapping

Happy Saturday! I hope you've got some plans for a nice weekend! 

This week I also managed to get a little scrappy time in! Last year's scrapping was almost entirely for my son, and a little bit for my youngest because if I was spending that much time working on scrapbooks instead of playing with her or reading to her, she wanted new pages too, lol. That meant my middle child was pretty much ignored in my scrapping last year, so this year I started with her! These photos have been printed so long, (they were taken in 2010!) they were curling along all the long sides, making the picture even more difficult to look right. But hey, it's done! 

I mostly followed EMS Sketch 95 from Cheryl for the layout, and I made my own DP for the two sections. I used two markers for the circly elements, and a very old alphabet for the title. Added a few pearls and called it good! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Lovely You, Skinny Mini Alphabet (retired)

Ink: Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather, Melon Mambo/marker, Purple Posy marker

Paper: Whisper White

Accessories: Basic Pearls 

Birthday Flowers

Continuing on with my plan to mail out more cards, I wanted to use this pretty flower again. I loved it stamped directly onto this DP for my Jan 1 blog hop, so I tried it again with a different sheet and different flower colors. I even know exactly who they're all going to! Love that!!  

This time I'm using the SUO Challenge, to simply make something new! I also borrowed Christy's idea to color the fussy cut flower with Wink of Stella. I was excited it shows up at least a little on all three cards! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Gorgeous Posies
Ink: Crushed Curry, Just Jade, Pretty Peacock

Paper: Whisper White, In Good Taste DP

Accessories: Flowers for Every Season ribbon, Wink of Stella Pen, Glue Dots, Iridescent Pearls (retired)

And another color combo... 

Supplies:
Stamps: Gorgeous Posies
Ink: Cinnamon Cider, Just Jade, Pretty Peacock

Paper: Just Jade, In Good Taste DP

Accessories: Flowers for Every Season ribbon, Wink of Stella Pen, Glue Dots

and still another! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Gorgeous Posies
Ink: Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Crushed Curry

Paper: Melon Mambo, In Good Taste DP

Accessories: Flowers for Every Season ribbon, Wink of Stella Pen, Glue Dots

You should mail out some cards too! People really do appreciate being thought of. 

Birthday Donkeys!

Last year I made 163 cards, and mailed out 136 of them. Oh, and 82 Christmas cards, haha.... 
and this year I'd like to do even better, and send out a birthday card to more family members and friends. I'm not always very good at that, but I've already written out a list for each month, so it should be a little easier...

I had a little time so I made this cute donkey birthday card for a cute little boy I know. I used the Color Throwdown combination and this qualifies for The Paper Players challenge to use something new! I've never used this set and it only became available to you two days ago so that's pretty new! Also it *almost qualifies for #simplestamping but I did use Blender Pens to pull the stamped color into the image, which is a super easy thing to do! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Darling Donkeys
Ink: Terracotta Tile, Early Espresso
Paper: Terracotta Tile, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Blender Pens

What do you think of my happy, celebratory donkeys? haha....

Santa 2018

During 2020, I got 207 scrapbook pages made and two mini books. I am looking forward to continuing that momentum!
So here is the last page I made last year, using all retired product, lol, but hey! It's done and in my daughter's book! The pictures are darker than I'd like, but maybe I can improve on my photo editing skilz this year too. I didn't actually take the darker photos, but I still could have tried to fix it. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Project Life Hello Dec 2016 (retired)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Dark & Light Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends, Dark Old Olive Stampin' Blends
Paper: Very Vanilla card stock, Night Before Christmas DP (retired)
Accessories: Mini Glue Dots, Olive Baker's Twine (from a PP Kit) (retired), Night Before Christmas Memories & More Card Pack (card & stickers) (retired), Hello December PL Accessory Pack (sequins) (retired)

This page was actually for a Stashbuster Challenge, and I used paper tearing, a tag, sequins in place of glitter, and, funny enough, I intended to use the back of one of the DP strips which would have given me geometric paper, but I forgot and glued it down this way, lol! 

It also fit a technique challenge to stamp on a scrapbook page. The tiny stars are stamps. 
What have you made? 

We Create Blog Hop: Crisp Creases

And just like that, 2020 is behind us! I hope you're ready to make the most of whatever 2021 brings! For a start, we have a great blog hop to get you creating so lets get on with it! 

This month we're showing off some fancy folded projects. You might have noticed I really don't do um...anything, at all, like that. I stick to a basic, fold-in-half card, haha... So this was totally trying something new for me. I pulled up Pinterest, typed in "fun fold cards" and used THIS post as my inspiration. It really was very easy. Trim the card front at an angle, then score and fold the card front in half backwards. I used this fabulous DP rather than plain card stock, and I think it turned out really fun! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Gorgeous Posies
Ink: Seaside Spray, Just Jade, Cinnamon Cider, Misty Moonlight

Paper: Just Jade card stock, In Good Taste DP

Here's a slightly different angle... 

And best of all- this card has already been mailed off to someone special! 

Now hop on over to Cheryl's blog using the button below, and see what she has created to inspire you today! Then hop on through to everyone's blog (there are only a few of us). And leave us your thoughts! Everyone loves feedback! 

Then! make something of your own to share with someone! It's a great way to start off the new year! 

Kimberley Morris 
Jeanna Kay
Tricia Butts
Libby Fens
Tanya Harvey - ME! 
Cheryl Curtis

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to each and every one of you! I have spent the month off the blogs and making memories in this weird year. I cannot wait to scrapbook and use the almost retired Christmas supplies I've ordered, haha...! But really. I've been tracking all the holiday things we've been doing so I can do a December Daily scrapbook. I love that because scrapping Christmas for three kids plus me is overwhelming. Or ya know, probably I just take way too many pictures.   

Anyway, here is our photo card this year, with a Christmas wish for YOU too. I made it with my long retired MDS program. Thank you for reading all year and for supporting my little business. I appreciate you! I hope your day is full of love, no matter the circumstances. 

Here is a new favorite Christmas video for you to enjoy. Or this link HERE.


Merry Christmas!

Dino Christmas!

This month looks like a bust for stamping, even tho it wasn't. Just a big bust for blogging!!!
I helped my mom make 42 cards one afternoon and the next morning. Here are four of the most clever ones, haha! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Dino Days, Come to Bethlehem (lonnng retired)

Ink: Cinnamon Cider, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue, Highland Heather, Pacific Point, Real Red...I know I've missed a couple...

Paper: Whisper White, Shaded Spruce, Gable Green (LONG retired)

Accessories: Dino Dies, In The Woods Dies, Big Shot (retired), Regals Candy Dots (retired)

And here are some close ups for you! 

Also, a tip. Ahem. Please make sure your dies are OUT of the path of the machine or sandwich before you put the next one in. This one was hiding below the paper, and look what happened! 

And this is after I ran it through again, with no paper, trying to flatten it, since the dies are my mom's and I'm the one that bent it....! AHHH! 
So don't do that!! 

Still here...!

So today I was hoping to {finally} get my Christmas cards mailed out! We're doing a photo card this year, and a newsletter, altho a few lucky's get hand stamped cards too! And even fewer lucky's get a hand drawn or colored paper by my youngest! This is how many I got done before I ran out of envelopes! AHHH!!! Here's hoping the store has some when I venture out today!  

I hope you're all doing well out there, and that you are enjoying the holiday season! Mail some cards out! It makes you happier and it makes the person who receives it much happier too, knowing that you are thinking of them! 

We Create Bloggers: Happy Holidays!

Welcome to December! My next favorite month of the year! This month is my favorite holiday: Christmas! It is cold here, but most of the snow has melted, even from the mountains! But a new month means a new blog hop and we are ready to inspire you with holiday themed projects! 

My card today was a very quick one to put together- especially since the strips were actually scraps were from another crafting day! I keep my scraps of DP in the same package just incase I find a cute way to use them, and I did! My card design comes from last week's Freshly Made Sketch. And since I have a Christmas card for you, it fits the current SUO Challenge and the TGIF Challenge! So here's my card...

Supplies:

Stamps: For Unto Us

Ink: Pretty Peacock

Paper: Whisper White, Seaside Spray card stocks, Feels Like Frost DP

Accessories: Metallic Pearls, Dimensionals

annnd I decided it was maybe a bit too plain. It still needed something. So I made a second one! This time I embossed the Seaside Spray card stock, I added a bit of ribbon to the bottom of the words, and I changed the pearls I used! 

Supplies:

Stamps: For Unto Us

Ink: Pretty Peacock

Paper: Whisper White, Seaside Spray card stocks, Feels Like Frost DP

Accessories: Pearls, Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon, Subtle Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Yep, I like that one better! But they're both nice and mailable, and I really like the silver with the cool blue, makes it look like it feels outside, only prettier, haha! 

Now hop on over to Tricia's blog using the button below. Then hop on through the whole group. There aren't a lot of us. And let us know what you think, everyone loves feedback! 

And make a card to mail out to someone this week! People love paper hugs!!