AAA Cards #248 has a cool challenge this round - add a tag or a ticket! I decided to go with a tag for this one - it feels like forever since I've had my Tailor Made Tags dies out! The second largest one was a perfect size for our super adorable Trucking Along truck, too - love this cutie the most out of all our trucks so far! I did up a pretty red truck with all the works, detailed the tag, and added the sentiment to my card base. I couldn't resist 3 matte dots for just a tiny pop more color! Trucking Along Stamp Set; Basic White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, Smoky Slate & Old Olive Inks; Pool Party Blends Marker; Tailor Made Tags Dies; Old Olive Baker's Twine; Cherry Cobbler Matte Dots; #AAA248. All About Autumn Focus Class Sep 16! I'm so excited to show off our gorgeous new Fall suite, All About Autumn, from our fresh new Holiday Mini Catalog! We'll make 5 cards with envelopes, AND a new shadow box insert, all to celebrate our Autumn season! Class includes all supplies (bring your own fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me all for $25! Class is on for Saturday, September 16, at 2 pm! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP now to save your spot!
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Now THIS is something to celebrate - Festive Friday #0142 is featuring World Gratitude Day! Let's play! I pulled out my Vertical Blooms set for this one - love that big vertical "thanks to you" sentiment! I'm still working on building the stacked flowers - the one you see is my second attempt, lol. I do like the little trick of adding that tiny bloom trio to the top to finish it, though - closure is so good! Checking over the inspo list, I made my flowers in Daffodil Delight, and added some pretty Lemon Lime Twist ribbon, too! So I managed to hit yellow, ribbon, flowers and thank you for this one - not too bad! I finished with a few Parakeet Party Matte Dots, that match the ribbon spot on! Anyone else loving Lemon Lime Twist & Granny Apple Green together?? Yum! Vertical Blooms Stamp Set; Basic White & Lemon Lime Twist CS; Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist & Daffodil Delight Inks; Lemon Lime Twist Ribbon (from the Ribbon Duo Pack); Parakeet Party Matte Dots; #FF0142. All About Autumn Focus Class Sep 16! I'm so excited to show off our gorgeous new Fall suite, All About Autumn, from our fresh new Holiday Mini Catalog! We'll make 5 cards with envelopes, AND a new shadow box insert, all to celebrate our Autumn season! Class includes all supplies (bring your own fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me all for $25! Class is on for Saturday, September 16, at 2 pm! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP now to save your spot! Time to pick up the pace! We're having another speed round at As You See It #307 - with a "hobbies" theme! I did another hobby challenge recently, and I talked about my love of baking, so I knew this time I had to talking about the crafty bug, lol. Crafting With You is of course PERFECT for it, but how to play while keeping this in a speed challenge?? I have been all about the dies for this one until now, but then I saw this beauty by Sam Hammond Donald in the UK! The squiggle coloring idea was just what I needed, with my own twist, of course, lol. I really wanted to use this sentiment, and not quite so many images, AND, I wasn't sure I could scribble in Blends quite as artfully as she, lol, so I pulled some "blobs" from our recently retired Painted Poppies, and the slightly older Dressed to Impress. Just right! I picked my colors, and was off! Start to finish clocked at 5 minutes and 15 seconds - yes! So fun! I can't wait to see YOUR speedy creations for this one - meet you at the challenge! Crafting With You, Painted Poppies (retired 2023) & Dressed To Impress (retired 2022) Stamp Sets; Basic White & Basic Black CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Fresh Freesia & Lemon Lime Twist Inks; Fresh Freesia Tinsel Gems; #AYSI307. What a gorgeous quote from Time Out Challenges #246! It reminds me of one I have, too, hmmm... I still love this set from 2010, Plant Hope! I think I originally got it for the pretty bonsai tree image, but it's the sentiment I have returned to, again and again, lol. Today I matched it with (of course!) the Enjoy The Journey DSP pack - I find a way to squeeze it in most everywhere, don't I?? Anyway, I was struck by how similar the trees on this gorgeous mountain sheet were to the lovely pines in the stamp set, so I went monochrome with Starry Sky, too - such a cool effect! Plant Hope Stamp Set (retired 2010); Enjoy The Journey DSP (retired); Basic White & Starry Sky CS; Starry Sky Ink; Deckled Rectangles Dies; Starry Sky Baker's Twine; Starry Sky Matte Dots; #TOC246. Lol, I laughed out loud when I saw this round's theme at Shopping Our Stash #504 - "welcome to the jungle!" I knew right away I wanted to pull out my Rhino Ready bundle for this one! I first tried my hand at a little sunset sky behind some purple mountains with Blending Brushes, and then immediately covered most of it up with the rest, lol. I DID try! I brushed up a little green on my torn-edge foreground, and colored in my rhino of choice - love this one with the bird! Then I got to play with the gorgeous dies - a banyan tree, and some bright leaves! It's a jungle out there! Rhino Ready Stamp Set; Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather, Crumb Cake & Lemon Lime Twist CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight & Melon Mambo Inks; Blending Brushes; Gray Granite, Bubble Bath & Daffodil Delight Blends Markers; Rhino Ready & Nested Essentials Dies; Rustic Metallic Dots; #SOS504. I LOVE our sketch this round at Hand Stamped Sentiments #422 - we're banded AND framed, lol! Further along those lines, I decided to feature this colorful stripey sheet of DSP from our Bright & Beautiful pack - I love all these colors together! I floated my DSP over a background of Bubble Bath, and added a deckled frame in Berry Burst - all about "B" today, lol. I finished with this cute "hello" from the Hello Kiwi stamp set, and a few Berry Burst Tinsel Gems. Did you see how I have a deckled circle to go with my deckled frame?? Eee! I can't wait to see your ideas for our fun sketch this round - meet you at the challenge! Hello Kiwi Stamp Set; Bright & Beautiful DSP; Basic White, Bubble Bath & Berry Burst CS; Berry Burst Ink; Deckled Rectangles & Deckled Circles Dies; Berry Burst Tinsel Gems; #HSS422. This is so catchy, lol - The Sisterhood of Crafters would like us to "make a scene!" So fun! As I went hunting for good scene setting sets, Grassy Grove caught my eye. I think I've only stamped with it once, and even worse, I don't think I've EVER used the gorgeous dies I actually got the bundle for, lol. Today's the day! It struck me that I could do an amazing silhouette scene, against the right background. Rather than ink blending my own fiery sunset sheet, I cheated (a little, lol) and cut this panel from my beloved Enjoy The Journey pack! I have found so many ways to use this paper, I hope I never run out, lol. Anyway, I finally used the cool tree die to create my landscape, and I tucked these two deer in there, too. Love it! Grassy Grove Stamp Set; Enjoy The Journey DSP (retired); Basic White & Basic Black CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Grove Does; Large Oval Punch (retired); Iridescent Pearls; #TSOCScene. Check out our inspiring landscape colors at Sunday Stamps #317! With such a gorgeous lake view, I couldn't resist getting in on a little scene-building myself, lol. I haven't played with Oceanfront in a while, and it seems a natural fit with these outdoor colors! I stamped and stamped off in blues and browns, and finished with my greens - I even snuck in a little retired Evening Evergreen for the really dark one! I custom cut the sentiment layer with my Deckled Rectangle dies, since that was what I used for my layering, too. A quick dig and I pulled out some old Pebbles Enamel Shapes - they match so well, you almost can't see them, lol! I can't wait to see YOUR takes on our gorgeous colors this round! Meet you at the challenge! Oceanfront & Happy Labels Stamp Sets; Basic White & Boho Blue CS; Boho Blue, Night of Navy, Pecan Pie, Evening Evergreen (retired) & Old Olive Inks; Deckled Rectangles Dies; Silver Thread; Pebbles Enamel Shapes (retired); #SSC317. Oh yum! Check out the book for the next round at The Library Challenge #84 - Jane's Patisserie - Celebrate! Time to start baking, lol! For today's card, I focused on that pretty rainbow cake, and I pulled out an old Paper Pumpkin set to put one together! Our February 2020 set, called Lovely Day, conveniently has a cute three-layer cake slice, that looks a lot like the one on the book cover! I stacked up two of those to make my six layers, and colored it to match the cover! I'm pretty happy with how it came out, and you know I always like to fussy cut, lol... Lovely Day Paper Pumpkin Stamp Set (Feb 2020); Bubble Bath DSP; Basic White & Early Espresso CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Bubble Bath, Poppy Parade, Mango Melody (retired), Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party & Fresh Freesia Blends Markers; Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins in Pink; #TLC84. I am so thrilled with our theme this month at Sparkles Christmas Challenge #152 - snowmen! My favorite! For my chummy snow dudes today, I went back to my old The More The Merrier, a hostess set from 2009. I love these guys! They're so cute, standing around together, have a nice Christmas Chat, lol. I think my set might be missing the sentiment that goes with this image (bought it used an age ago, lol) but how cute is it with this one from our new Beary Cute set? They are perfect together! I kept the design VERY simple today, BUT, I played some more with our Snowfall Accents Puff Paint! I am loving this stuff, I'm so sorry I came so late to it, now, lol. What a blast to heat set this stuff - exciting times! I can't wait to see YOUR snow people this round - meet you at the challenge! The More The Merrier (retired 2009) & Beary Cute Stamp Sets; Beary Christmas DSP; Basic White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Real Red Inks; Real Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Balmy Blue & Smoky Slate Blends Markers; Deckled Rectangle Dies; Snowfall Accents Puff Paint; #SCC152. |
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