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Always on Point

6/24/2022

Oooo! We have some lovely purples and pinks to play with this week at Cupcake Inspirations #546 - I think I can JUST make it!
Looking over these girly colors, I knew I had to break in my Hippest Hippos set, an upcoming Sale-A-Bration set coming July 1! It even has dies to go with, with a few cute extras, as you can see, lol. I have to be honest, every single element of this card I ended up doing two or three times - girlie pastels are SO not my wheelhouse! I'm so glad I finally made it to something I'm actually happy with in the end - I think I need to clear my palette with a manly hippo card next, lol.
Hippest Hippos Stamp Set; Polished Pink DSP; Basic White, Fresh Freesia & Black Berry Bliss CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Fresh Freesia & Polished Pink Blends Markers; Hippo, Layering Circles & Layering Diorama Dies; Polish Pink Jewels; #CIC546.

DOUBLE Pumpkin Club June 25!
Did you check out your May and June Pumpkin kits yet? Time to catch us back up! Check out May In Color video HERE, and the June Pick of the Crop video HERE!
I hope you can join us for our special DOUBLE Pumpkin Club, Saturday, June 25, at 2 PM - RSVP to let me know you are attending, we will be all safely socially distanced at our big table downstairs!
Club is free for my subscribers, and includes any extra supplies you might need, plus drinks and snacks! I will also have a few extra spots available for club for $15 for this special double class, even if you are not a subscriber - come see what we're up to - full kit not needed, I'll supply everything you need for the projects! Just bring your own snips and basic adhesive!
Remember to subscribe here if you haven't already - sign up by July 10 and you can join us in time for next month!

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Sunny Splash

6/23/2022

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Oh gosh, Addicted to CAS #222 is featuring my favorite design element - DOTS!
Just in case, I did a quick riffle through my stack of new sets, and guess what, there's a dotty swimsuit in our new Sunny Splash set! I loved these retro swimsuits as soon as I saw them, I think they have so many fun possibilities! I had to keep things as CAS as possible today, and I really tried, but a few extras slipped in somehow, lol. And just a tiny bit of fussy cutting. I featured our new Sweet Sorbet In Color, and had to finish with a Baker's Twine bow and some Matte Dots - yum!
Sunny Splash Stamp Set; Basic White & Sweet Sorbet CS; Sweet Sorbet Ink; Sweet Sorbet Baker's Twine; Sweet Sorbet Matte Decorative Dots; #ATCAS222.

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Tulip Fields

6/22/2022

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Ah, how appropriate - The Flower Challenge #69 would like us to use blue and yellow on our cards this month, in ongoing support of Ukraine!
I haven't yet specifically done a color challenge for this, so it's good to contribute. I envisioned FIELDS of flowers today, all for Ukraine, and our retiring Tulip Fields set was just right for it! I went with Pacific Point and Daffodil Delight for my colors. I slipped in a little windmill, and the sentiment was all too appropriate for the occasion. I even found a few Pacific Point sequins to pop against the yellow! My prayers are with them, daily.
Tulip Fields & Flowering Tulips Stamp Sets; Basic White, Basic Gray & Pacific Point CS; Pacific Point & Daffodil Delight Inks; Blender Pen; Windmill Fields & Ornate Frames (retired) Dies; Pacific Point Sequins; #TFC69.

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Retro Pineapple

6/21/2022

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We're all about the "mod circles" this week at Retro Rubber #185! Hopefully I can make it tropical for SU Only #304, too!
Hm, this was trickier than I thought it would be! I finally settled on creating my "circle" background with Swirly Bird from 2019 - I'm liking the effect! I went with Tahitian Tide and Parakeet Party, my two most tropical colors, lol. I then picked a pineapple for my big tropical feature - we have a dandy one in our old Timeless Tropical bundle, and I pulled the sentiment from there as well. Whew! I was able to squeeze on my very last two Tropical Oasis Trinkets, too - too mish-mosh?? It's working for me!
I can't wait to see YOUR projects for our challenges, too - meet you there!
Swirly Bird (retired 2019) & Timeless Tropical (retired 2022) Stamp Sets; Basic White, Tahitian Tide, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry & Parakeet Party CS; Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide & Soft Suede Inks; In the Tropics (retired) & Deckled Rectangles Dies; Tropical Oasis Trinkets (retired); #RRCB185; #SUOC304.

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You Are So Cool

6/20/2022

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Yay - Make My Monday #176 wants us to show off some "summer fun!"
I KNEW I would kick myself for not getting the bathing suit set yet, lol! I finally dug out this super cute set from April 2021 for Paper Pumpkin called So Cool. I really wanted to see all these popsicles in our new In Colors - it just had to be! I did an all-over random layout of these guys, and just went to town with all my Blends - don't they look refreshing?? Too fun, and I just popped the "cool" sentiment right on top. Time for the pool now...
So Cool (Paper Pumpkin April 2021) Stamp Set; Basic White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Tahitian Tide Inks; Tahitian Tide, Sweet Sorbet, Parakeet Party, Orchid Oasis & Starry Sky Blends Markers; #MMM176.

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Christmas Wreath

6/19/2022

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Woo hoo! I am thrilled to see that CAS Christmas is back at it - you can never have too many Christmas challenges, lol. This month's theme is "wreath!"
I decided to go with my still-beloved Arrange a Wreath set from last year - I just love the dies still! I did a quick layered wreath in two colors, and finished with a pretty bow in Cherry Cobbler. My perfect merry sentiment fit right in the middle! Quick, simple and a fun look back!
Arrange a Wreath Stamp Set (retired 2021); Basic White, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive & Cherry Cobbler CS; Cherry Cobbler & Old Olive Inks; Wreath Builder Dies; #CASChristmasWreath.

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Inspiring Guitars (& Pumpkin Club June 25!)

6/18/2022

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WOW! We have some super cute inspiration cookies this month for If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #169! Let's play some music!
I dug out my Country Livin' set that retired in 2019 - I kept this cutie just for the guitar, well, and the cowboy boots, lol. Next I looked for a likely sentiment to go with, and settled on this one Dragonfly Garden. I think all these bright guitars ARE inspirational, lol! I had some fun coloring them up in my Blends, and finishing with a Tailor Made Tag for the sentiment. I think it came out really cute!
Dragonfly Garden & Country Livin' (retired 2019) Stamp Sets; Basic White & Crumb Cake CS; Memento Tuxedo Black &Versamark Inks; White EP; Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Basic Black, Real Red, Granny Apple Green & Pumpkin Pie Blends Markers; Tailor Made Tags Dies; Linen Thread; #CC169.

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Belated Birthday Piggy

6/17/2022

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Now THIS is when you need a speed challenge - when you're late already!! Jump in with us for belated birthdays at As You See It #277!
Maybe it's cheating a tiny bit, but I hedge my bets a little by getting all my stuff out and ready ahead of time. So I started by searching for a "belated" sentiment! I had to go to the shelves of retirement for Itty Bitty Birthdays to find this one, and since I wanted to combine it with something current, I pulled This Birthday Piggy to go with. My usual trick of letting the DSP do the talking made me pull out my Tea Boutique pack, and snag the Deckled Rectangles for the heavy lifting. I pulled my Blends ahead of time, too. Started the clock, ran to the cutting machine, layers done, whoops, forgot the sentiment, so I quick chopped it out of the center of the base layer, lol, then turned it sideways and nipped off the end to make it shorter. Back to the desk for coloring and assembly - how much time left? Enough to heat emboss the sentiment? It would look so much better! Going for it, aaaaaaand - DING DING DING! 9 minutes, 44 seconds. That was close!
I can't wait to see YOUR projects - meet you there, timer in hand!
This Birthday Piggy & Itty Bitty Birthdays (retired 2021); Tea Boutique DSP; Basic White & Sweet Sorbet CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Versamark Inks; White EP; Petal Pink, Sweet Sorbet, Crumb Cake & Daffodil Delight Blends; Deckled Rectangle Dies; Sweet Sorbet Matte Dots; #AYSI277.

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Ringed With Nature

6/16/2022

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Excellent timing - Less is More #466 is running a "masculine" theme this week!
I still have a stack of preorder items to play with out on my desk, so I did a pass through them for any likely "masculine" themes, lol. I settled on Ringed With Nature, which has so many accessories! There's dies, a hybrid embossing folder, and a DSP pack, Ringed With Love, in Sale-A-Bration. Since this is for LIM, I stuck with stamps and dies, lol. I did a little bit of corner detail backed by the tree rings stamp, and did a little paper-pieced branchlet with an acorn. Fun! At the last second, I added a few Brushed Metallic Dots to finish things off. So maybe not as "Less" as I could have been, lol!
Ringed With Nature Stamp Set; Crumb Cake, Basic White, Soft Suede & Old Olive CS; Soft Suede Ink; Tree Rings Dies; Brushed Metallic Dots; #LIM466.

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Trees For Sale

6/15/2022

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So excited, I finally get a chance to play at NBUS #39 - I just discovered this fun challenge! NBUS stands for "Never Before Used Schtuff!" And I certainly have enough of that for a challenge or ten, lol.
I decided to break into my holiday catty preorder of Trees For Sale, and Tree Lot, the over-the-top die set available in the upcoming Sale-A-Bration, that goes with it. I have to be honest, I was a little meh about the stamp set - until I laid eyes on those dies, lol. WOWZA! There is so much here, I have to restrain myself! This is the simplest first card I could come up with, lol, and I have so much more to come with these beauties!
Trees For Sale Stamp Set; Granny Apple Green, Cherry Cobbler, Basic White, Shaded Spruce, Silver Foil, Pool Party, Basic Black & Early Espresso CS; Granny Apple Green & Cherry Cobbler Ink; White Gel Pen; Tree Lot Dies; #NBUS39.

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You Are So Cool

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