 Well these are some cuties! Cupcake Inspirations #586 is running a "fairy tales" challenge this round! Well, I don't know about a specific fairy tale, but I spotted that pirate cupcake, and decided to take my cue from there! I realized that my little-used On The Ocean set has skull-and-crossbones in it - just what I need! I came up with this lovely pirate ship one some pretty waves pretty quickly, and played with a blending pen to get the effect I wanted on my ship, even though it's only stamped in Crumb Cake - good trick! I pulled in my beloved Waves of the Ocean DSP for some extra waves, and finished with a few Fine Sparkle Gems in Pacific Point. I'm so happy with how this came out! On The Ocean Stamp Set; Waves of the Ocean DSP (retired); Basic White, Pool Party & Azure Afternoon CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Crumb Cake, Gray Granite & Azure Afternoon Inks; Blender Pen; On The Ocean Dies; Pacific Point Fine Sparkle Gems (retired); #CIC586. 
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 Get your blender brushes ready - we'd like to see a Winter Blue Ombre this round at Retro Rubber #223! This was a tough one for me - I have to put right out there - I think I'm rubbish at ink blending, lol. I gave it a good go, though! I decided to blend over a mask, and this fractured design from 2022's Plenty of Patterns is one of my favorites! All the blue had me thinking nautical, so I went with THIS favorite from 2015's Adventure Awaits, and stamped an anchor on my envelope from 2022's Sailing Home to go with (no naked envelopes!) I do like how this came out! I can't wait to see YOUR ombre projects, too! Meet you at the challenge! Adventure Awaits (retired 2015) & Sailing Home (retired 2022) Stamp Sets; Basic White CS; Night of Navy, Blueberry Bushel & Azure Afternoon Inks; Blending Brush; Circles Collection Dies; Plenty of Patterns Decorative Masks (retired 2022); Blueberry Bushel Tinsel Gems; #RRCB223.   Let's see you show off your pattern paper this round at Make My Monday #218! I have a little bit of my gorgeous Countryside Inn DSP left to play with, so I figured I'd see how much more I could use! I combined it with the wonderful Filled With Happiness set, too - still a few more sentiments I can ink up in that one, too! I tried combining two - the "you're wonderful" shape that goes with the punch, and then I heat-embossed this Thanks over it to double up the fun, lol. I little Night of Navy twine and a few Misty Moonlight Tinsel Gems, and I am set! I can't wait to see YOUR patterned paper projects - meet you at the challenge! Filled With Happiness Stamp Set; Countryside Inn DSP; Basic White, Misty Moonlight & Night of Navy CS; Misty Moonlight & Versamark Inks; White EP; Modern Label Punch; Night of Navy Baker's Twine; Misty Moonlight Tinsel Gems; #MMM218.   My favorite! AAA Cards #257 has an anything CAS goes challenge on this round, and we can add Valentine's if we want! I decided to go for it, because I still have the Sending Love bundle on my desk waiting for some ink, lol. I so wanted this mailbox for my collection! I tried to keep it simple, and just focused on the mailbox, a few hearts, and that sweet little bird - today was definitely a good coloring day! I snipped up this long LOVE sentiment to align with the post more, and finished with a few Pool Party Adhesive-Backed Flowers - so cute! Time to check the mail - for some love! Sending Love Stamp Set; Basic White & Real Red CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Real Red Ink; Blender Pen; Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake, Pool Party & Real Red Blends Markers; Sending Love Dies; Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers; #AAA257.   Yay! Festive Friday #151 has a new inspo list for us - and it's all about Valentine's Day! I feel like I was able to pull together a wide range of elements for this one, a challenge for me because I don't often get much in the way of Valentine's stuff, lol. Like, I was thrilled to use my old PS. I Love You set from 2012 - still a fave of mine - I love this "heart of hearts" image! I also still had some Sweet Talk DSP left - I think this was from a Valentine's suite from 2022? You could have knocked me over with a feather when I spotted this sheet with red and purple hearts on it! Score! And my stamp set even has a cupid, too, which I HAD to include, lol. Hard to believe I still have these punches, too, shhh! So I covered red, purple, pearls, love sentiment, hearts and cupid - not too shabby! PS I Love You Stamp Set (retired 2012); Sweet Talk DSP (retired); Basic White & Highland Heather CS; Real Red & Highland Heather Inks; 1 1/2" Circle, Full Heart (retired) & Modern Label (retired) Punches; Sweet Sorbet Iridescent Pearls; #FF0151.   This is nice - Time Out Challenge #255 has a wonderful haiku to inspire us this round! This haiku seems to me to be really calling out for a monochrome card, lol. And with the Winter theme - I just couldn't resist playing with my old Jingle All The Way bundle from 2015. The set is bundled with a set of landscape dies to be layered for gorgeous winter scenes! I kept it all in shades of White, with Smoky Slate accents, and finished with a few tiny silver pearls, too. I feel like this card is speaking the haiku for me! Jingle All The Way Stamp Set (retired 2015); Basic White, White Glimmer & Smoky Slate CS; Smoky Slate Ink; Sleigh Ride Dies (retired); Snowflake Sky EF; Silver Pearls; #TOC255.   Pumpkin Club Jan 27 at 2 PM!
Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? It sure smells sweet! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, January 27, at 2 PM - RSVP to let me know you are attending, and we will save you a seat at the table! 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 $10, 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 February 10 and you can join us in time for next month!  Such a cute theme at this round's Shopping Our Stash #513 - "Once upon a time!" I'll have to think of a good fairy tale! As I looked over my stamp shelves, I got to thinking about my Apple Harvest bundle - I sure haven't used that one in a while! In honor of Snow White, I pulled it out! I went for this simple layout using a "red" DSP I have on hand - this pretty flower pattern from the Bee Mine pack, that's actually Sweet Sorbet, shh. Then I laid my apple branch over it, and added a few diecut blossoms and leaves for that little bit extra. I really like all the spare black details for this one, too - makes the reds pop! Apple Harvest Stamp Set; Bee Mine DSP; Basic White, Basic Black & Granny Apple Green CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake & Petal Pink Blends Markers; Apple Blossoms & Nested Essentials Dies; Timber EF; Black Baker's Twine; Matte Black Dots; #SOS513.  Pumpkin Club Jan 27 at 2 PM!
Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? It sure smells sweet! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, January 27, at 2 PM - RSVP to let me know you are attending, and we will save you a seat at the table! 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 $10, 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 February 10 and you can join us in time for next month!  This should be good - Farm Quest #44 is ready with the next challenge - winter sports! I pondered for a while if a one-horse open sleigh could be a winter sport, lol, and finally decided to pull out my trusty Alpine Adventure set again - I've been leaning on this one hard lately! I stamped a set of snowshoes (have you ever tried it? I did once in Banff - it's WAY harder than I thought it would be!) to go over this gorgeous perspective sheet from the One Horse Open Sleigh DSP, at least, lol. Since I was all Misty Moonlight all over, I dropped a few spots of pretty Cherry Cobbler Matte Dots around to finish things off - but maybe those give the wrong idea? I was thinking BIRDS, like cardinals against the snow, lol. A pretty contrast, anyway! Alpine Adventure Stamp Set (retired 2018); One Horse Open Sleigh DSP; Basic White & Misty Moonlight CS; Misty Moonlight Ink; Alpine Sports Dies (retired); Cherry Cobbler Matte Dots; #FQCB44.  Pumpkin Club Jan 27 at 2 PM!
Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? It sure smells sweet! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, January 27, at 2 PM - RSVP to let me know you are attending, and we will save you a seat at the table! 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 $10, 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 February 10 and you can join us in time for next month!  Yum! I love our bright colors this round at Hand Stamped Sentiments #430! Whew - I'm really getting hit with the color challenges this week, lol. I mulled this one over for a bit til I remembered my gorgeous Masterfully Made DSP, part of the Gorgeously Made suite! Just the thing! I floated a lovely torn edge panel of Pretty Peacock over a Night of Navy base, then added some detail sin Berry Burst and White. It was fun to play with some of the edge dies in this one - I got both the spiral bound edge AND the deckled curve on my piece of Berry Burst DSP. I lightened things up by cutting my stem in White, but I couldn't resist heat-embossing my sentiment in White onto Berry as well. A few Berry Burst Tinsel Gems finish things off! I can't wait to see YOUR projects in our bright candy colors - meet you at the challenge! Gorgeously Made Stamp Set; Masterfully Made DSP; Basic White, Night of Navy & Berry Burst CS; Versamark Ink; White EP; Gorgeously Made Dies; Berry Burst Tinsel Gems; #HSS430.  Pumpkin Club Jan 27 at 2 PM!
Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? It sure smells sweet! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, January 27, at 2 PM - RSVP to let me know you are attending, and we will save you a seat at the table! 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 $10, 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 February 10 and you can join us in time for next month!  Another cute combo at this round's In{k}spire Me #525 - check out those colors! This card ended up being quite the challenge for me, lol. Including the Copper Clay in that color line-up - yikes! It was a struggle, I admit, lol. AND, those colors plus that swoosh spelled floral to me - not my best medium, either! I finally settled on our SAB set, Softly Sophisticated. I was able to snag this one during a pre-order window in which I had a LIMITED selection of items to choose from - and this was one! I've actually used the embossing folder that comes with it a few times now, but not today. I built my floral sprays, and finished with my sentiment in the dreaded Copper Clay - whew! And I know JUST who I'm going to send this to! Softly Sophisticated Stamp Set; Highland Heather DSP (retired); Basic White & Melon Mambo CS; Mossy Meadow, Melon Mambo, Highland Heather & Copper Clay Inks; Melon Mambo Solid Faceted Gems; #IMC525.  Pumpkin Club Jan 27 at 2 PM!
Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? It sure smells sweet! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, January 27, at 2 PM - RSVP to let me know you are attending, and we will save you a seat at the table! 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 $10, 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 February 10 and you can join us in time for next month! |
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