Braces Off!

Here's another fun layout. This one was a CASE of a page on Splitcoaststampers.com, which is where I'm part of a scrapbooking group. You can see the original page HERE. The inspiration page was digital and I used paper supplies, so I did things a little bit differently. I think it followed her idea tho, and either way, it's perfect for my son! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Capture the Good

Ink: Crushed Curry, So Saffron, Dapper Denim 
Paper: Sarah DP, So Saffron, Dapper Denim card stock 
Accessories: Blending Brushes, 2016 In Color Enamel Shapes 

Llamas at the Library!

Another day, another layout! 
We are big fans of the library. We visit at least every other week, but sometimes more often than that. And we go to a lot of library activities. I usually plan to scrap it, tho I haven't gotten all of them done. This was a crazy library event, ha. It was based off the book "Llama Llama Red Pajama" so it was a pj party. They scheduled llamas to come from a local Krishna temple so the kids could see them up close. Then they brought the llamas inside!! What?! haha!! 
Fortunately, I have some (long retired) llama "themed" DP, ha! (it's really llama looking piñatas with fiesta images) I didn't buy the coordinating stamp set, but I think the paper worked just fine. 

Supplies:

Paper: Emerald Envy card stock (retired), Festive Birthday DP (retired)

Accessories: Alphabet a la Mode Dies, 2023-25 In Color Dots (retired), big shot (retired)

Journaling Font: Alasassy Caps.

This is how I did the title:

What are you making this summer?

June Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Happy Monday to you! Hoping to have a few things to post this coming week...!

This Paper Pumpkin kit came in spite of me planning to skip it... However, it IS cute, and I whipped these two up to give my aunt, to send to her sister (yes, a different aunt, lol). My cards are not the way it was planned, (typical, ha!) but they use the same supplies for each card.

I do really like these new In Colors, which is what they featured in this kit. And the fruit is cute too. The words are sparkly, I just am not sure what I'll use the Congrats cards for, which is the third design. That's one thing I've really determined lately, going thru my box of stash- I'm tired of making cards I am never going to use, lol. And other than an occasional graduation, I really don't use "congrats!". Do you?

Backyard Campout!

 I forgot to hit publish! 
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Happy Saturday! Man, summer is busy!! 

Today I have a page I put together last month. This campout was a big request last summer, so my youngest and I slept out back! I "made my own DP" by randomly stamping the very-long-retired camping images on paper. If I didn't get this stamp set with my starter kit, it was the next thing I ordered, ha.

Supplies:

Stamps: Roughing It, Alphabest

Ink: Real Red, Gray Granite, Pebbled Path, Pecan Pie, Blueberry Bushel, Memento Black 

Paper: Bumblebee, Basic White card stocks

Journaling Font: Artistamp Medium

Here's a close up of the stamping if you're curious.

Late Night!

Since I'm not getting a lot of craft time (ha, yeay summer!) I have plenty of pages I can schedule posts for! I did this one last month for my son. These photos have been printed for ages and I finally got it done!
I think everything here is retired, which is typical for me and scrapbooking.

Supplies:

Stamps: Girlfriend Accessories (retired), Alphabet Appeal Lower (retired)
Ink: Memento Black, Starry Sky (retired)

Paper: Basic White, Starry Sky (retired)
Accessories: 2022-24 In Color Pearls, Watercolor Pencils (Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Watercolor Pencils 2 (retired): Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, 

Journaling Font: Moon Flower Bold 

Cards for a Kid

When I first started with Stampin' Up! my oldest was not yet one. Back when we had "classic ink pads" that were stacks of linen, and the stamps were on wood blocks, I let my little kids stamp. They made cards for grandparents and each other and sometimes friends... And then about the time we switched to the rubber with the labels that didn't stick to the stamp or the block, they lost interest. That was fine with me. I felt like it was more tricky with the clear mount stamps and switching them out onto clear blocks and keeping track of them all. 

This means I have really not let my youngest ever stamp! Even tho when she was born, the stamps were much more tacky and less inclined to fall off and away, ha. I don't remember if she started asking for a personal card class last summer or if it was during the school year, but! Today was the day!! She has pulled out stacks of "favorite ink colors" a handful of times, so today I told her to choose ten colors. I got the card stocks for them and we dragged it all to the kitchen table. I did ask what kind of cards she wanted to make, and she wanted to keep them for herself, so we did card fronts (with her approval), and I made them up on the fly! ha! 

First she wanted to use butterflies. This retired set is on wood blocks. We used the matching inks with the card stock, which she was amazed was a thing, haha. Her card is shown first on this set, and she wanted to add the sunshine behind the strips. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Kinda Eclectic (retired)

Ink: Tahitain Tide (retired), Gorgeous Grape, Bubble Bath, Cucumber Crush (retired)

Paper: Basic White, Tahitain Tide (retired), Gorgeous Grape, Bubble Bath card stocks

This one I thought we'd tear some card stock for the top, and I probably will for mine, (the second one) but she loved this layered look. At first she thought it was going to be "way too complicated" but she was pleasantly surprised.

Supplies:

Stamps: March 2024 Paper Pumpkin bonus stamp

Ink: Memento Black, Melon Mambo, Sweet Sorbet (retired), Emerald Envy (retired), Daffodil Delight
Paper: Basic White card stock

Finally, I suggested this new-to-me set because I thought she'd enjoy the rainbows. She definitely did, and she said that "even tho rainbows don't have brown, Cinnamon Cider just needed to go with this!" So it did! This time hers is the second card...
The other thing that made me laugh is that this girl is all about texture in most aspects of her life. You should have seen the side eye she gave when I showed her how to tear the edge. And then I had the nerve to just leave it torn?! Ugh. She "likes her art to be neat." hahaha!

Supplies: 

Stamps: Happiest Day

Ink: Cinnamon Cider, Melon Mambo, Bubble Bath, Daffodil Delight

Paper: Basic White, Daffodil Delight card stocks

And the very proud little card maker!

We just might do this another hot summer day...! 

April Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Recently I assembled some of the April Paper Pumpkin kit.
If there are full printed card bases, I *am going to cut them in half and make more stuff. In this case I haven't used the other halves yet, but here is how the kit was designed, minus one that I'm still debating on: 

I did switch these up very slightly

and these didn't get all the mini butterfly die cuts, just some. 

This kit really features the new Basic Beige color, and turns these subdued colors into something elegant. I really like how they turned out. 

If you missed out on this one, the refill kit is available, which means everything but the stamps and ink spot. It's only available for subscribers, but you can always subscribe, order it, and then drop your subscription......

Soft Thanks

Less than a week in and today is the first day that feels like summer- it's 89* out there! It does make it easier to play in the water, but that is not on my agenda today so it's just hot. 

Today I combined the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches with the colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments. I love how it turned out!! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature

Ink: Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam, Lost Lagoon
Paper: Soft Sea Foam, Petal Pink, Basic White

Accessories: Tinsel Gems Three Pack, Spotlight On Nature Dies, Dimensionals, big shot

Bike Rodeo

This is a fun page, I think. Everything except the colors are long retired, but the photos are pretty old too, haha! 

I used a challenge for this one, to choose from a list of accessories. From the suggested list, I used 

- enamel dots

- die cuts

- twine

- staples
And I'm really happy with this one! 

Supplies:

Stamps: ABC Alphabet Upper & Lower (retired!)

Ink: Blueberry Bushel 
Paper: Basic White, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Pink Passion (retired)
Accessories: White Baker's Twine, Glue Dots, White Perfect Accents (retired), Windmill Fields dies (retired), My ABC's Stampin Wheel (retired!) 

Journaling Font: Modern No. 20

Campy Birthday

Happy Memorial Day to you! 

It isn't often I play with a challenge more than once, and certainly not before it ends, ha, but I really liked the sketch for this idea so here I am! So once again, this is the latest from Freshly Made Sketches. Almost everything here is retired, but this is what I needed for this card. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Campology (retired)

Ink: Cajun Craze, Evening Evergreen (retired)

Paper: Evening Evergreen & Basic White card stock

Accessories: Regals Candy Dots (retired)

For a Birthday

It's summer vacation over here, (HOORAY!!!) but I got this done before school ended! 
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Sometimes you use a color challenge you don't love to stretch your creativity. And sometimes you end up loving the result anyway! ha! 

Today's card combined the colors from Color Throwdown with the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches.
This challenge looked more like Wild Wheat to me, than what Stampin'  Up! calls "olive". Wild Wheat is not my favorite color, but I do have a couple kids in my house who really like it, so I know other people do too. I *do like Pebbled Path and it seems to go well with most colors. But really, I think the DP is what pulled this card together.

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Simply Said

Ink: Wild Wheat, Pebbled Path
Paper: Wild Wheat, Pebbled Path & Basic White card stocks, Traditions of St Nick DP (online exclusive!)
Accessories: Transparent Adhesive-Backed Dots, Dimensionals

I might even know who will get this one in the mail! 

Bright Paper!

This is a bright, happy card that is going out this week. 

This time I combined the Freshly Made Sketch with the SUO Challenge to mix things up!  DP makes it easy to mix things up and I hope this is good enough. Either way, I'm pretty sure the recipient will appreciate it. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Simply Said

Ink: Melon Mambo

Paper: Melon Mambo & Basic white card stock, Full of Life DP
Accessories: 2024-26 In Color Resin Dots

And just because this paper is SO fun and happy, here's a quick view at all the prints: 

This is going to be fun! And there's four of each sheet!