 Ooo, pretty! AAA Cards Challenge #270 has an ombre element in it, too! I decided to go for some DSP to carry my ombre for me this time - I'm not that great at ink blending yet - but I'm getting there! This pretty sheet from the Bright & Beautiful pack looked nice and ocean-y to me, so I pulled in a single pretty sand dollar, and added a few Opal Rounds for some gentle shine. I think my entrenched addiction to embellishments will always be the despair of CAS challenges, but I can never seem to stop myself! Anyway, I love the clean look of the finished card here - I can almost smell the ocean breeze! Seaside Wishes Stamp Set; Bright & Beautiful DSP; Basic White & Basic Beige CS; Pretty Peacock & Basic Beige Inks; Seaside Wishes Hybrid EF & Dies; Opal Rounds; #AAA270. 
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 Oh gosh, we have a tough one at this round's Retro Rubber #236 - a slimline sketch! I don't make a lot of these! It took me a while to think my way through this one, AND I've been on a bit of a Christmas kick, lol. I've been looking at my Penguin Place set for a week now and decided NOW is his time! A cute little guy sliding along his snowy hill is just the thing for a landscape slimline! I even fussy cut a sentiment to fit in the remaining space, lol, look at me go! AND I still have the Penguin Playmates DSP! Wee! I can't wait to see your slimlines, too - and don't forget to make it RETRO! Penguin Place (retired 2022) & Greetings of the Season Stamp Sets; Penguin Playmates DSP (retired); Basic White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Crushed Curry Inks; Snowflake Sequins (retired); #RRCB236.   Your mission, should you choose to accept it, from Make My Monday #231, is to color, in any medium! Yay! I'm excited that I have the chance to work in my new Christmas bundle for this one - introducing the Sophisticated Sled bundle! This gorgeous classic Christmas set has a lovely sled image, along with some fancy skates, a wreath and a swag - all with amazing dies, too, of course! You can even build a diecut sled if you don't feel like stamping (shh!) I paired my sled up with the gorgeous Season of Green & Gold DSP, and got to work coloring all my details with my beloved Blends Markers - love them so much! I finished with this sweet sentiment, and some Cherry Cobbler "berries" - just the right touch! I can't wait to see YOUR coloring projects, too - meet you at the challenge! Sophisticated Sled Stamp Set; Season of Green & Gold DSP; Very Vanilla & Pecan Pie CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Pecan Pie, Cherry Cobbler & Old Olive Blends Markers; Sophisticated Sled & Deckled Rectangles Dies; Cherry Cobbler Berries; #MMM231.   Oh so fun! I'm loving this round's theme at Time Out Challenge #268 - "on vacation!" I can't help but think of the seaside when I think vacation these days - Seaside Wishes to be exact, lol! To get me started I pulled a nice "wave" sheet from the Bright & Beautiful DSP pack, and went to town on sand dollars, starfish, and a little seaweed for decoration, lol. I love these calm ocean colors! I finished with a few Opal Rounds, too - just the right amount of shimmer! Salt water heals all wounds, right? Seaside Wishes Stamp Set; Bright & Beautiful DSP; Basic White & Basic Beige CS; Crumb Cake & Calypso Coral Inks; Seaside Wishes & Tasteful Labels (retired) Dies; Opal Rounds (retired); #TOC268.   Such a fun theme this round at Shopping Our Stash #526 - "summer!" When I was a kid, working in the garden was our MAJOR summer job. At a certain point, we harvested every day, and it was a lot, lol. My grandpa was a genius at planting our big quarter acre for big production, and he had our dirt floor basement all decked for storage for the winter, too - good times! Tomato canning week was endless, lol. Anyway, I got to borrow my friend Sarah's Filled With Fun bundle to try (!!), AND I had a bunch of veggies left over from my Summer Fun class last week, so a wagon of veggies was just what I needed to help with my stash! I might have to pick up this bundle after all, now, darn it! Filled With Fun Stamp Set; To Market DSP; Basic White & Blackberry Bliss CS; Garden Green, Crumb Cake & Memento Tuxedo Black Inks; Filled With Fun, Market Goodness & Rectangle Stitched Dies; Transparent Dots; #SOS526.   Woo hoo! FarmQuest Challenge #56 was MADE for me here in Arizona! The theme this round is for things found in a desert or dry land! You KNOW I had to go straight to my totally adorable Musical Jamboree set, right? Nothing says desert like a banjo-playing coyote! I love this guy, lol. It was so fun to also bring back my Flowering Cactus DSP - this saguaro sheet is my all-time favorite from this pack, and makes for the perfect backdrop for his jam session! I finished with a few night stars, too! Yay! Musical Jamboree Stamp Set; Flowering Cactus & Mint Macaron DSP; Basic White & Mossy Meadow CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler & Smoky Slate Blends Markers; Stylish Shapes Dies; Adhesive Backed Stars; #FQCB56.   Pumpkin Club July 27 at 2 PM!
Did you get your July Pumpkin kit yet? It's bloomin' beautiful! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, July 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 August 10 and you can join us in time for next month!  Check out the new sketch at Sketch Saturday #755 - seems like a lot going on! How to tame this one? I decided to focus on the papers, lol - how many could I get on there and still keep it calm enough?? AND throw in Christmas in July?? Yes, please! I just happen to have a newly-acquired stash of our old Dashing DSP (from 2006!) that fits the bill! And adding in the Nested Essentials dies really broke down the sketch for me! I layered on some hexagons vertically over another striped pattern, and I love all the designs together! I finished with a lovely sentiment from our new Online Exclusive Greetings of the Season, and tucked on a tiny two-step tree from Iconic Imagery over that. Perfect! A few Gilded Gems add a bit of sparkle for the season! Greetings of the Season & Iconic Imagery Stamp Sets; Dashing DSP (retired); Very Vanilla & Old Olive CS; Old Olive Ink; Nested Essentials, Greetings of the Season & Iconic Imagery Dies; Gilded Gems (retired); Very Vanilla Twine; #SS755.  Pumpkin Club July 27 at 2 PM!
Did you get your July Pumpkin kit yet? It's bloomin' beautiful! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, July 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 August 10 and you can join us in time for next month!  Oo, one of my favorite kind of challenges! This month's The Male Room #188 is all about animals! Yay! I decided to stick to current sets today, and one I don't use too often is Bird's Eye View - these guys are so fun to color! I did a little pair of them, with an extra studious one on the book stack, in muted manly colors. This thanks sentiment from Sweetly Scripted worked perfectly! After some fussy cutting, I finished with a few tiny first-run Misty Moonlight Dots, and I did up my envelope flap in first-run DSP, too. I also experimented with using the color lifter behind the glasses for a more faded look there - sometimes I don't even color that in, lol, but I'm happy I tried this, too! Bird's Eye View & Sweetly Scripted Stamp Sets; Misty Moonlight DSP; Basic White & Misty Moonlight CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Misty Moonlight, Copper Clay & Wild Wheat Blends Markers; Misty Moonlight Dots; #TMR188.  Pumpkin Club July 27 at 2 PM!
Did you get your July Pumpkin kit yet? It's bloomin' beautiful! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, July 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 August 10 and you can join us in time for next month!  We have my favorite kind of layered sketch for you to play this round at Hand Stamped Sentiments #443! This sketch seems to just cry out for some gorgeous DSP to show off, and I am happy to oblige! One of our stunning new Online Exclusive suites is Golden Greenery, and it has it all! DSP, stamps, dies, embellies - just beautiful! The DSP is especially pretty, with lovely gold foil accents! I showed off a few of them for you today, including a sheet that has shapes that fit the dies! I LOVE that! I matched it with our wonderful new Greetings of the Season stamp set, and foolishly didn't think to show off the amazing tag dies that come with THAT - I was pretty stuck on our sketch shapes, lol. Soon! I can't wait to see what YOU make of our sketch this round - meet you at the challenge! Greetings of the Season Stamp Set; Season of Green & Gold DSP; Very Vanilla & Old Olive CS; Old Olive Ink; Golden Greenery Dies; Cherry Cobbler Berries; #HSS443.  Pumpkin Club July 27 at 2 PM!
Did you get your July Pumpkin kit yet? It's bloomin' beautiful! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, July 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 August 10 and you can join us in time for next month!  So glad I still have time to slip into this month's Critter Crazy Challenge #88! Looking over my critter shelves, I decided I haven't inked up my old Nine Lives set in far too long! Such a cutie, I went with my striped cat today: I think this Smoky Slate over Crumb Cake looks a little tortoiseshell! I couldn't resist pulling my old Playful Pets DSP for it - I've used a lot of the dog sheets in that one, but still have plenty of cat details to use! This texty-kitty background was just right! I gave him a little cat dish, and popped up my favorite sentiment to go with. So handsome! Nine Lives Stamp Set; Playful Pets DSP (retired); Basic White & Real Red CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Smoky Slate Inks; Crumb Cake Blends Marker; Cat Punch (retired); Stylish Shapes Dies; Playful Pets Trim Ribbon (retired); Playful Pets Trinkets (retired); #Critters88.  Pumpkin Club July 27 at 2 PM!
Did you get your July Pumpkin kit yet? It's bloomin' beautiful! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, July 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 August 10 and you can join us in time for next month! |
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