 Such a fun sketch from Try a Sketch on Tuesday #689 - love that triple background! This definitely seems like a big push to show off some DSP, so I went to my Perennial Lavender pack for some pretty pieces to assemble! I can't believe we still have this beautiful pack when all the stamps and dies have retired, but I'm still game! First I set up the background on a tiny border of Blackberry Bliss - these are probably my three fave sheets, lol. Then I set up a Tailor Made Tag in Crumb Cake for a few of the Painted Lavender Dies - these stems are my favorites of those, too, lol. Last, a perfectly Simply Said happy birthday - I think I've used this set more than any other of all time! Anyway, I think it came out darling! Simply Said Stamp Set; Perennial Lavender DSP; Basic White, Blackberry Bliss, Crumb Cake, Soft Succulent & Fresh Freesia CS; Blackberry Bliss Ink; Tailor Made Tags & Painted Lavender Dies (both retired); Bakers Twine Essentials; Transparent Dots; #TSOT689. 
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 I am SUPER excited that our theme this round at As You See It #367 is PURPLE! My favorite color! After getting lost in my head for a while on all the fun things I could do with PURPLE, lol, I pulled out my A Rainbow of Thanks stamp set! Three kinds of brushes, with paint strokes and bristle tips - what could go wrong? How can I stamp all these bitty things in time? So I got to work! First up, mounting everything on blocks ahead of time, including putting all three brushes on one block! Then I opened all the inks, and set all the stamps in front of their assigned color. I dug out embellies and my Oval Punch, and started the timer! Woo! It actually went great! I even had time to add a bit of coloring on the brushes with Blend Markers, and I love how it all came out! I was shocked that my time ended at 5 minutes 55 seconds - that's pretty darn good, even for speedy me! I can't wait to see YOUR speedy purple projects, too - meet you at the challenge! A Rainbow of Thanks Stamp Set; Basic White & Blackberry Bliss CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Blackberry Bliss, Fresh Freesia & Berry Burst Inks; Smoky Slate & Crumb Cake Blends Markers; Large Oval Punch (retired); Purple Fine Sparkle Gems; #AYSI367.   Open Craft, Feb 28, 2 pm
Hope you can make our monthly "open craft" day for February! Let's get together and work on our projects, while enjoying time together, and yummy snacks! I'll have a quick make-n-take for you, otherwise, bring your "UFOs" or new ventures, and have a great time in good company! All my tools will be available for your use, and consumables at cost. I'll be there with any help you might need! $5 studio fee per person! RSVP today so I have enough snacks!  Yum! Those are some sweet lookin' cupcakes for "love" at Cupcake Inspirations #634! So it looks like THIS card will be my last Valentine for this year, lol, and I dug out 2022's Sweet Conversations to have a go! Looking at the inspiration cupcakes, I decided to pull this "XO" sheet from the Made With Love DSP pack - thank goodness I refreshed my Valentines papers this year, lol. After some fiddling, I went with the "fold-over" trick - pulling down one corner to show off the back of this sheet, too! The main sentiment went right on that slant, and I finished with a few random conversation hearts in Bubble Bath. I think I need to play with this color more - it really is fresh! Sweet Conversations Stamp Set (retired 2022); Made With Love DSP; Basic White & Bubble Bath CS; Real Red, Memento Tuxedo Black & Bubble Bath Inks; Sweet Hearts Dies (retired); Loose Valentine's Assortment; #CIC634.   Open Craft, Feb 28, 2 pm
Hope you can make our monthly "open craft" day for February! Let's get together and work on our projects, while enjoying time together, and yummy snacks! I'll have a quick make-n-take for you, otherwise, bring your "UFOs" or new ventures, and have a great time in good company! All my tools will be available for your use, and consumables at cost. I'll be there with any help you might need! $5 studio fee per person! RSVP today so I have enough snacks!  So glad to finally get to this month's NBUS #83 - I have a little stack of new goodies just sitting here! Today's winner is Ready, Set, Go! a real cute upcoming set with Formula One race cars - sorry, we just watched F1 with Brad Pitt, and I'm a little smitten, lol. Anyway, I loved the two perspectives the artwork shows - so action oriented! There are some fun detail images as well - like the sketchy broken lines I used to fill in some background, and the cute little cone - couldn't resist that one today either, lol. So I did both cars, and painted them up with my Water Painters, in Real Red and Secret Sea. I think this coloring style really suits the line art details of the images! Now, which one of these is Brad Pitt in?? Ready, Set Go! Stamp Set; Basic White & Real Red CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Real Red & Secret Sea Inks; Water Painters; Timid Tiger & Real Red Blends Markers; Stitched Nested Labels Dies (retired); Enamel Dot Essentials; #NBUS83.   Open Craft, Feb 28, 2 pm
Hope you can make our monthly "open craft" day for February! Let's get together and work on our projects, while enjoying time together, and yummy snacks! I'll have a quick make-n-take for you, otherwise, bring your "UFOs" or new ventures, and have a great time in good company! All my tools will be available for your use, and consumables at cost. I'll be there with any help you might need! $5 studio fee per person! RSVP today so I have enough snacks!  Oo, just in time - we want to see a St. Patrick's Day card at this round of Retro Rubber #266! I have a tiny little stockpile of older St. Pat's stamps, and I wanted to dress them up for sure! And you know I like to combine old and new, too, of course! To that end, I saw a chance to slip in a little bit of the new A Wonderful Match DSP - a new pack dedicated to all things soccer, but also green, which is why I snagged it, lol. There's a sheet of some tags and tableaus, and I clipped out this cute stripey one for today! After some thought, my beloved Define Your Life set from 2007, along with the accompanying Defining Alphabet seemed perfect to go with the tag, and I added my little shamrock from 2013's Lucky Day for good measure! Plenty of retro, for sure! I can't wait to see YOUR lucky projects, too - and make sure it's RETRO! Define Your Life, Defining Alphabet (both retired 2007) & Lucky Day (retired 2013) Stamp Sets; A wonderful Match DSP; Basic White, Basic Black & Granny Apple Green CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Granny Apple Green Inks; Deckled Rectangles Dies; Layered Leaves EF (retired); Traditional Sparkling Sequins; #RRCB266.   Open Craft, Feb 28, 2 pm
Hope you can make our monthly "open craft" day for February! Let's get together and work on our projects, while enjoying time together, and yummy snacks! I'll have a quick make-n-take for you, otherwise, bring your "UFOs" or new ventures, and have a great time in good company! All my tools will be available for your use, and consumables at cost. I'll be there with any help you might need! $5 studio fee per person! RSVP today so I have enough snacks!  We want to see a guy card this round at Make My Monday #272 - for any age! I think horses could make a good guy card - what do you think? I pulled out our gorgeous Unbridled Beauty, and made this little farm scene, which was so fun to color! I stamped up all the landscape elements first, and colored everything with Blends Markers, then went back and added some Old Olive and Pool Party with a blending brush to fill in the hills and sky - I'm really happy with how it turned out! Then I featured this larger horse and fussy cut him for some extra pop. So serene! I can't wait to see YOUR guy cards this round - meet you at the challenge! Unbridled Beauty Stamp Set; Basic White & Early Espresso CS; Early Espresso, Old Olive & Pool Party Inks; Smoky Slate, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake & Pecan Pie Blends Markers; Blending Brushes; Old Olive Moody Palette Dots; #MMM272.   Open Craft, Feb 28, 2 pm
Hope you can make our monthly "open craft" day for February! Let's get together and work on our projects, while enjoying time together, and yummy snacks! I'll have a quick make-n-take for you, otherwise, bring your "UFOs" or new ventures, and have a great time in good company! All my tools will be available for your use, and consumables at cost. I'll be there with any help you might need! $5 studio fee per person! RSVP today so I have enough snacks!  This should be fun! We have an "anything goes" challenge this round at Sunday Stamps #380 - but you should add some racing stripes, lol! I decided this would be so perfect for showing off some DSP - and I spotted this bold turtle sheet right off, that was all it took! I decided to pull out my Darling Duckling to pair it with - I almost never use this color, lol. I fussy cut the adorable beachy turtle from the Turtle-y Cute DSP as well, along with some suitable beachy details, lol. I love him! I added this fun sentiment from 2019's Beach Happy, and got my racing stripes with some Crushed Curry 1/8" Ribbon. Yay! I can't wait to see what YOU come up with for our fun sketch - meet you at the challenge!! Beach Happy Stamp Set (retired 2019); Turtle-y Cute DSP; Basic White & Darling Duckling CS; Shaded Spruce Ink; Crushed Curry 1/8" Ribbon; Stylish Shapes Dies; #SSC380.   Very fun - Shopping Our Stash #567 wants to see a "shaped" card - no squares or rectangles! So, I think I'm skirting the "stash" brief a little bit here, lol. As soon as I saw "shaped card," I jumped on my new Filled With Sweetness bundle - it has a jam jar card shape in the dies! I've been wanting to try it out so much! To make it "stash-y" I went to my retired colors, and did up some details in our old Seaside Spray colors - everything "blue!" First I did the card base in White, then added my stamped jar on top in Blueberry Bushel on Seaside Spray. I also found this cute Seaside Spray gingham DSP - perfect! There was also a bit of this doubled twine from Flowers For Every Season, that has a strand of Seaside Spray in it, lol - I tied that around the top layer! I did this sweet tag in White, with the cutest sentiment in Blueberry Bushel, and piled on the "blue" berries, lol. So fun! Filled With Sweetness Stamp Set & Dies; Homemade Sweetness & Seaside Spray (retired) DSP; Basic White & Seaside Spray (retired) CS; Blueberry Bushel Ink; Flowers For Every Season Twine (retired); Blueberry Dots; #SOS567.   Oo, nice! Festive Friday #203 is all for Chinese New Year! Yay! I went a little kooky for this one, lol. I was having a little moment with my Celebratory Sips DSP, trying to decide if I should nab another pack before it's all gone {SOB} when I noticed the gorgeous red water-colored splotches on one of the sheets - what a perfect fresh and fruity drink color! That got the ball rolling - I focused first on red-black-gold, and made a cute drink layout. Oh it wants a good luck sentiment - hey, there's a pretty one in Helping Me Grow - check! Hm, needs a little more gold, how about some sequins! Lol, I'm not sure this qualifies as a Chinese New Year card, but it sure was fun! Cheers & Sips Stamp Set & Dies; Help Me Grow Stamp Set; Celebratory Sips DSP; Memento Tuxedo Black & Real Red Inks; Real Red & Cherry Cobbler Blends Markers; Basic White, Real Red & Gold Foil CS; Glass EF; 1 1/4" Circle Punch; Gold Sequins; #FF0203.   Oo, I'm excited to play again at Seize The Birthday #320 - this round calls for something CAS, but with dies! I'm on it! So, my new Help Me Grow bundle has been burning a hole on my desk for a bit here - but it doesn't have any birthday sentiments! If I do a CAS card with it, of say a pretty pot with some stems and flowers - do I have a sentiment I can squeeze in there from some other set?? Why, yes, I do!! I started by building this lovely potted flowering plant, featuring Pool Party and the lighter greens. I cut in the opening for the stamped pot, so I could tuck my stems in a little bit. Then I spotted this simple birthday sentiment in Moon & Back - perfect! I finished with a few Moody Palette Glossy Dots to keep bringing the Pool Party - I think this came out pretty sweet! Help Me Grow Stamp Set & Dies; Moon & Back Stamp Set; Basic White, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green & Lemon Lime Twist CS; Pool Party, Crumb Cake & Pecan Pie Inks; Pool Party Moody Palette Dots; #STB320.  |
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