Yay! New month, time for a new NBUS #62! SO many new goodies to play with! I've actually had a few stamp sets sitting on my desk for a bit, waiting for some ink! The Textured Timber set from our Online Exclusives looked so cool - and then I didn't use it, lol. Well, today's the day! I did one long plank along one side, and then smudged it a bit with a Blender Pen! I also snuck in the very cool Beside Me set - this one has actually been around a while, but it took me a while to come around to it, but it DOES make for great guy cards! I had fun coloring this seaside duo, and figuring out a layout that would fit everything in! Good times! Beside Me & Textured Timber Stamp Sets; Basic White, Early Espresso & Crumb Cake CS; Early Espresso Ink; SU900, Misty Moonlight, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight & Balmy Blue Blends Markers; Blender Pen; Nested Essentials & Stylish Shapes Dies; Linen Thread; Rustic Metallic Dots; #NBUS62.
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I am REALLY liking Shopping Our Stash #521's theme - "water water everywhere!" I turned again to my amazing Under The Moon set for this one - I just can't resist that big reflection ocean to play with, and the different ways to color that moon! I went landscape this time, too - everything fits perfectly this way, and it inspired me to add some clouds to either side of the moon, too! I cut a quick mask from a sticky note before adding the clouds - perfect! I also broke out the dolphins this time - you can see they're having fun! I added my sentiment, and floated it all over this first-run DSP of Misty Moonlight - I love the look of the texture on this side! Under The Moon & Unbounded Love Stamp Sets; Misty Moonlight DSP (retired); Basic White CS; Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry & Smoky Slate Inks; Misty Moonlight Tinsel Gems; #SOS521. We have a stunning image collection for your inspiration this round at Hand Stamped Sentiments #438! These beautiful colors and the leaves reminded me so much of our new Frames & Flowers Specialty DSP that I knew I needed to use that for today's card! The scripture quote from Revelations cinched that I'd add some scripture, too - yay! I chose this verse from Psalm 34, and finished with the diecut pieces from the DSP pack, along with some tiny silver pearls - I LOVE how it came out! I can't wait to see YOUR choices from our lovely inspo board this round - meet you at the challenge! Stamp Simply Blessings/Beatitudes 1 Stamp Set; Frames & Flowers DSP; Basic White, Lost Lagoon & Soft Sea Foam CS; Early Espresso Ink; Rectangle Stitched Dies; Silver Pearls; #HSS438. Lol, I am tickled by Cardz 4 Guyz #346's "welcome to the jungle" theme! This one was almost a stumper for me - I hadn't really thought that I didn't have much "jungle" stuff, lol. I thought at first I'd go with our just-retired Little Monkey set, but there were already enough monkeys! I liked the rhino, too, but... then I remembered my lion image from the Zoo Crew DSP - yay! Hubby got me a very cool Scan-N-Cut machine for my birthday, and the very first DSP sheets I ran through were from this pack - I've been hoarding them just for this! I have fussy cut so many of these critters - it was crazy to see a whole sheet get cut all at once! So I get to use this awesome lion right away! I matched him with this fun jungle-y sheet from the Forever Greenery pack, and added this sentiment from Rhino Ready - a little bit of everything! Rhino Ready Stamp Set; Zoo Crew & Forever Greenery DSP (both retired); Basic White & Crumb Cake CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Cajun Craze & Daffodil Delight Blends Markers; Stylish Shapes Dies; Pretty Peacock Foiled Gems; #C4G346. Oh wow, I'm loving our gorgeous muted colors this round at Sunday Stamps #335! I decided to try these colors with our gorgeous Country Flowers set this round - I thought if I used my Water Painters, I could get even more of a soft wash, too, and I love how it came out! When I looked over the greens, they looked like my fave retired Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen, so I used those, along with Petal Pink in a blended background, Calypso Coral and Highland Heather. I went for a CAS look today, though I did tousle on some Gold Thread behind my teapot, lol. Had to have a BIT of sparkle, lol. Anyway, a pretty little card for a friend! I can't wait to see what YOU make of our pretty colors - meet you at the challenge! Country Flowers Stamp Set; Basic White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Succulent (retired), Evening Evergreen (retired), Calypso Coral, Petal Pink & Highland Heather Inks; Blending Brush; Water Painter; Country Flowers Dies; Gold Metallic Thread; #SSC335. So excited that I can squeak in to this round of Farm Quest Challenge #51! The theme is laundry or ironing, lol! I'm not much of an ironer, lol, but I remember fondly those times in my life I hung out laundry - what a way to do sheets! Really great for collared shirts, too, once you learn a couple tricks! Anyway, I thought right away of this one, even though stuff on hangers is cheating! These cute onesies are from my old jumbo wheel, Baby Tees, from 2010 - still adorable! These cuties spoiled me for almost all other onesies SU! has ever produced, lol. After a couple experiments on inking it up, I was rolling away (thank goodness I don't have to show a pic of my hands after this, it's embarrassing, lol! I might have made a bit of a mess!) Anyway, I had fun coloring these up, and floated them over this pink cloudy sky - breezy day for laundry! Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel (retired 2010) and Cuddles & Kisses Stamp Set (retired 2013); Lighter Than Air DSP; Basic White & Crumb Cake CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, Balmy Blue, Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight & Fresh Freesia Blends Markers; Pretty Pillowbox Dies; Linen Thread; Petal Pink Foiled Gems; #FQCB51. Yum! We have a tasty recipe for you to try this round at As You See It #323! White, black and one other color is a really classic color challenge, how cool that we're adding dies and texture, too! So, what a great way to show off a new In Color, too - and so far, my favorite is Summer Sky, lol - can you tell? This is the only In Color ribbon I got this time, and it was fun to make up these playful paint brushes in the inks! They really pop against that textured Basic Black background, too! I haven't played as much with Trusty Tools as I normally would - for some reason I've been putting it off for Man Cards next month, lol, but that little paint brush, I just can't resist! Love how this came out! I can't wait to see what YOU cook up with our recipe this round - meet you at the challenge! Trusty Tools Stamp Set; Basic White, Basic Black & Summer Sky CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Summer Sky Inks; Trusty Tools & Tailor Made Tags (retired) Dies; Metal Plate EF; Summer Sky Bordered Ribbon; Summer Sky Resin Dots; #AYSI323. Critter Class 2024, Saturday May 11, 2 PM Yay! One of my favorite classes of the year! Time to bring on all those cute critters we've been seeing! This class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, for all occasions, and includes all your supplies (bring your own favorite snips and adhesive!), plus snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class is ON for Saturday, May 11, at 2 PM! RSVP now to save your spot! Nice - Cupcake Inspirations #593 has a vibrant color challenge for us this round - yum! I thought at first I'd do some crazy flowers for this one, but so close to the catalog rolling over, I didn't really see any sets I liked for it, lol. BUT, I spotted the rain boots in my Garden Meadow set - I can't believe I've never used them before! Don't they look cute in these bright colors?? I dug through my scrap folders, and found this dotty sheet of Flirty Flamingo for a background, so I layered it up on Pumpkin Pie with a layer of White in between to set them apart. I actually found this sentiment already stamped and cut in my dies - I think leftover from a class, lol. It still works! I next stamped and colored three pairs of wellies - in Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie and Poppy Parade - I think it's growing on me! I left the little white trimmings alone to pop against the colors! What a fun card! Garden Meadow Stamp Set; Flirty Flamingo DSP; Basic White & Pumpkin Pie CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie & Poppy Parade Blends Markers; Garden Meadows & Tasteful Labels (retired) Dies; Pumpkin Pie Baker's Twine; Orange Shiny Sequins; #CIC593. Critter Class 2024, Saturday May 11, 2 PM Yay! One of my favorite classes of the year! Time to bring on all those cute critters we've been seeing! This class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, for all occasions, and includes all your supplies (bring your own favorite snips and adhesive!), plus snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class is ON for Saturday, May 11, at 2 PM! RSVP now to save your spot! Gorgeous! AAA Cards #264 has a lovely sketch for us this round - yay! I have to confess right up front - it took me three tries to get this card to a place that made me happy, lol, and I almost never design that way either! I've always been a warts-and-all kind of blogger - when something doesn't quite go how I imagined, I tend to forge ahead anyway, and then call out some things I might have done differently on retrospect - because I want you to see that it's ALWAYS a process, and sometimes the process is bumpy! Not today, though... I first started with a white-on-white Stitched layer for the stamping, then tried the twiggy wreath in a couple browns. Sigh. Cutting down for a layer was too tight - it didn't look right! But first I tried it on a colored layer, in Fresh Freesia, still no good, sigh. So then I went for stamping straight onto the card base, and then, I stamped off two more times with the wreath to sort of soften it up a little. Then I was able to pop dot my flowers, and add the sentiment stamped on Freesia - whew! I did finish with a few Brass Dragonflies just because - maybe perhaps a little overboard for the AAA brief! But I made it, lol! Encircled in Nature Stamp Set; Basic White & Fresh Freesia CS; Early Espresso Ink; Granny apple Green, Daffodil Delight & Fresh Freesia Blends Markers; Brass Dragonflies; #AAA264. Critter Class 2024, Saturday May 11, 2 PM Yay! One of my favorite classes of the year! Time to bring on all those cute critters we've been seeing! This class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, for all occasions, and includes all your supplies (bring your own favorite snips and adhesive!), plus snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class is ON for Saturday, May 11, at 2 PM! RSVP now to save your spot! Ahoy, matey! We want to see your nautical themes this round at Retro Rubber #230! I totally couldn't resist pulling in my all-time favorite sentiment from 2015's Adventure Awaits for this one (even IF I maybe already even did a Retro card this year using it, shhh, lol!) Just the ultimate nautical sentiment, and good encouragement to boot! I matched it with my equally favorite nautical DSP pack By The Shore, which I have been carefully hoarding since 2016, lol. I just love this stuff, and it's so lovely over the Very Vanilla! This is the very last bit of these pretty stripes, and I even snuck in the very last bit of the awesome fishies on the envelope! The end of an era, though I still have some other scraps and three full un-cut sheets left of the pack, bwahahaha! I also gave this card one of my two remaining Sail Away Trinkets - getting close! I can't wait to see YOUR nautical themes this round - meet you at the challenge, and don't forget to make it RETRO (at least a year old or more!) Adventure Awaits Stamp Set (retired 2015); By The Shore DSP (retired); Very Vanilla & Night of Navy CS; Night of Navy Ink; Circle Collection Dies (retired); Night of Navy Baker's Twine; Sail Away Trinkets (retired); #RRCB230. Critter Class 2024, Saturday May 11, 2 PM Yay! One of my favorite classes of the year! Time to bring on all those cute critters we've been seeing! This class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, for all occasions, and includes all your supplies (bring your own favorite snips and adhesive!), plus snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class is ON for Saturday, May 11, at 2 PM! RSVP now to save your spot! |
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