 Oh wow, check out this gorgeous photo inspo from Time Out Challenges #320! Beautiful! While I do have a couple window frame possibilities, I started thinking about our retired Full of Life DSP. The bright rainbow colors are perfect for this inspo pic, and there are several tiled and diagonal patterns as well - let's just check, lol. OK, I DO still have a this tiled sheet - how pretty! I trimmed a strip down to fit on a simple white layer, and popped a sweet sentiment over it - love it! If only the glass block in my bathroom looked this cheery, lol. As usual, I did not resist finishing with a few tiny black dots - but still very CAS, I think! Lovely Arrangements Stamp Set; Full of Life DSP (retired); Basic White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Classic Matte Dots in Black; #TOC320. 
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 This sounds fun! Papercraft Challenge #133 wants us to go "back to basics!" One of my favorite basic techniques is coloring - I just love to do it, especially with our Blends Markers, lol. This cheery new Christmas critter set was just right to create a tiny little holiday scene, with some simple Christmas DSP for a background - yay! I still have a bit of our old Take A Bow DSP, I love this pack for the basic classic designs and bright holiday colors - it will never go out of style! The Christmas Crew bundle also has a few extras in the dies I couldn't resist - my little Rudolph needed a couple trees to really set him off, lol. Christmas Crew Stamp Set & Dies; Take a Bow DSP (retired); Basic White, Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green & Lemon Lime Twist CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Crumb Cake, Real Red, Basic Black & Barely Blush Blends Markers; Stylish Shapes Dies; Peppermint Dots; #PCC133.   Oo, I love this blocked out sketch at Try a Sketch on Tuesday #702! Sketches like this are the perfect way to play with paper, lol, and I got to choose a few likely patterns of my Autumn Opulence DSP pack again! I also chose a few of the diecut shapes, but I don't care for the 1/4" bright white border on them (so weird when there's so much Vanilla on the main sheets!) so I fussy cut them all down a little, too. I pulled in this Thanksgiving sentiment from the super cute Thanks & Giving set - I had meant to get more of the stamp set onto this card, but the shapes weren't quite right, lol. Next time! Thanks & Giving Stamp Set; Autumn Opulence DSP; Very Vanilla & Peaceful Pine CS: Early Espresso Ink; Pressed Flower Motifs; #TSOT702.   Lol, I hope you all like my blocky sketch this round at As You See It #380 - it has lots of scope! When I worked out this sketch, I remember thinking what a great one it would be for showing off papers - so that's just what I did today! I wanted to give a try with the latest product of the month, the Glow of Harvest DSP. It's kinda funky - while all the sheets are single sided, they all have a simmer over them, so pretty and lustrous, especially for Fall! Since I haven't broken in my Simply Leaves bundle yet, either, I pulled that in as well, tucking in a few of the fun leaves in coordinating colors. Pretty! I can't wait to see what YOU make of my fun sketch - see you at the challenge! Simply Leaves Stamp Set; Glow of Harvest DSP; Very Vanilla & Early Espresso CS; Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Golden Glow & Cajun Craze Inks; Simple Leaf Punch; Pressed Flower Motifs; #AYSI380.   Open Craft, Aug 29, 2 pm
Hope you can make "open craft" day for August! 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 (HELLO Hot Foil!), 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! RSVP today so I have enough snacks!  Sweet! Inkspirational Challenge #374 is "garden!" Our sweet bundle Help Me Grow is perfect for this one - and I really haven't been using it as much as I thought I would, lol. I decided to break out the garden tools today, and used the dies to make a little wood-handled spade and fork set - so cute and just the right amount of wear to show that I'm a serious gardener, lol. A little leafy pot with some flowers and dewdrops shows what I'm working on, too, along with a cherry "hello" pick for visitors! I finally remembered to layer the pick to make it a bit sturdier for placement, too - wish I'd though of it sooner, lol. I also kept the woodgrain feel going with my favorite weathered white boards for the background, too. It's all so potting shed! Help Me Grow Stamp Set & Dies; Country Woods DSP; Basic White, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Smoky Slate, Old Olive, Granny Apple Green & Coastal Cabana CS; Early Espresso Ink; Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes; #IC374.   Open Craft, Aug 29, 2 pm
Hope you can make "open craft" day for August! 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 (HELLO Hot Foil!), 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! RSVP today so I have enough snacks!  Well, these are adorable, lol. The theme at Cupcake Inspiration #640 is "in the garden" this round! I fell like I've used this one fairly recently, but I had to pull out 2023's Thanks a Bunch stamp set again. Such a cutie - I can't stay away from these carrots! I went with a happy row of them across my card front, stamped in Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze, with some stamped an stamped-off tops - you can always eat the greens, too! Anyway, I also built this cute "love you" sentiment from the choices - what a cute cheer up card this makes! Thanks a Bunch Stamp Set (retired 2023); Granny Apple Green DSP (retired); Basic White & Granny Apple Green CS; Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze & Granny Apple Green Inks; Cajun Craze Painted Patch Dots; #CIC640.   Open Craft, Aug 29, 2 pm
Hope you can make "open craft" day for August! 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 (HELLO Hot Foil!), 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! RSVP today so I have enough snacks!  Eee! Our "anything goes" challenges are always among my favorites at Retro Rubber #279 - let's go to the vault! Since it looked like a lot of my teamies were leaning towards flowers, I started perusing my botanicals shelves, but nothing was really jumping out and grabbing me, lol. Then I realized, I don't often go through my shelf of old Paper Pumpkin sets, and I know we've had some fun florals in there! Score! I pulled out All About Everything, which I think was a bonus set for Paper Pumpkin's 3rd Anniversary in 2016! It's still so fun, with all kinds of little scribble shapes and "everything" sentiments to mix and match, I had a good time with this one today! I even threw on my last four Brass Butterflies to enjoy the garden - but kinda hoping I have another pack hiding somewhere, lol. I can't wait to see YOUR "anything goes," such a fun way to pull out your keepers! And don't forget to make it RETRO! All About Everything Paper Pumpkin (retired 2016); Basic White & Lemon Lime Twist CS; Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist & Granny Apple Green Inks; Brass Butterflies; #RRCB279.   Open Craft, Aug 29, 2 pm
Hope you can make "open craft" day for August! 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 (HELLO Hot Foil!), 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! RSVP today so I have enough snacks!  We have a fun color challenge for you this round at Make My Monday #285 - yellow and white, plus one color of your choice! I started thinking right away about yellow, white and brown together - mostly because I can see my gorgeous new Sunflower Fields DSP from the corner of my eye while I type, lol. But what could I do with those colors and NOT show sunflowers? Lucky for me, my now-retired Aspen Grove set is the one facing out in my retired bin of new-style stamp sets with the sleeves. Aspens in Fall are gorgeous! So that's just what I did! Since there's no sentiments in that set, I pulled in this one from our Scalloped Blooms set - love these beauties! I can't wait to see YOUR take on our colors this round, too - what color will you add to the mix? Meet you at the challenge! Scalloped Blooms & Aspen Grove (retired) Stamp Sets; Basic White & Early Espresso CS; Early Espresso, Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry & Versamark Inks; White EP; Earthy Matte Dots in Early Espresso; #MMM285.   Open Craft, Aug 29, 2 pm
Hope you can make "open craft" day for August! 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 (HELLO Hot Foil!), 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! RSVP today so I have enough snacks!  So gorgeous - check out our beachy color vibes this round at Sunday Stamps #393! When I saw these colors, I instantly thought of that gorgeous upcoming DSP - Painted Patch! It totally has the same vibe as these, lo, so I set out to recreate these gorgeous surfboards in pumpkins! Yeah, baby! I chose this sweet plaid sheet to float over Timid Tiger, and pulled some blends to color LOTS of pumpkins, and a few leaves, with: Timid Tiger, Pool Party, Lost Lagoon, Light Crumb Cake (I SO wish we had a Blend for Basic Beige!) and our retired Mango Melody, my all-time favorite orange!! I did the full set of 6 pumpkins, which went a snap with the two trio dies for them, and tucked around a few leaf sets, too. I also hit on stamping my "hey" directly on a pumpkin - snicker. I can't wait to see YOUR takes on our fresh colors - see you at the challenge! Painted Pumpkins Stamp Set & Dies; Painted Patch DSP; Basic White & Timid Tiger CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Timid Tiger, Lt Crumb Cake, Mango Melody (retired), Pool Party & Lost Lagoon Blends Markers; Painted Patch Dots; #SSC393.   Open Craft, Aug 29, 2 pm
Hope you can make "open craft" day for August! 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 (HELLO Hot Foil!), 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! RSVP today so I have enough snacks!  Such a fun theme at Farm Quest Challenge #85 - we're planting vegetable gardens this round! I was pretty sure I have a couple vegetable sets at least, but then I spotted the Storybook Garden Patch bundle from 2025, which I had TOTALLY forgotten about! THIS is what I've been keeping it for, lol, and I rescued the DSP from the sale basket, too, though I didn't use it today after all. When I was looking over all the little veggies, I was really struggling with a layout for them, and then I thought of my Waffle Flower Postage Collage die! Very handy, lol. Before I started laying everything out, I went and found this sentiment from Dragonfly Garden - perfect gardening theme! After that I placed all the vegetables in their spots, and finished with some water drops and ladybug - THAT'S how my garden grows! Kinda funny, I'm everything garden on this one, lol. Storybook Garden Patch Stamp Set & Dies (retired 2025) & Dragonfly Garden Stamp Set (retired 2023); Basic White & Pool Party CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Pumpkin Pie, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Real Red, Smoky Slate & Crumb Cake Blends Markers; Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die; Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes; #FQCB85.   Open Craft, Aug 29, 2 pm
Hope you can make "open craft" day for August! 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 (HELLO Hot Foil!), 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! RSVP today so I have enough snacks! |
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