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Sunday at Home

12/31/2017

In{k}spire Me #331 has a New Year's challenge going, and I thought it'd be perfect for my New Year's Eve post! I am also completely thrilled and honored to debut my addition to the Sunday Stamps Challenge Design Team, with our color challenge #169 - I hope you'll join in with us!
This whole card was all about if I could find a current stamp set that would fit - and I found just the one: Hearts Come Home has a New Year's mention that I think is meant to be an "inside" sentiment, but that I thought would work just as well on a card front. I thought I could make it stand out more by highlighting on a dark background, which of course lends itself to a peaceful evening scene with party stars for New Year's, lol. Yeah, I know, pink stars?? What can I say, they work for me, and it was added fun to make the windows match! I hope you'll join us over at Sunday Stamps - can't wait to see your creations!
Hearts Come Home Stamp Set; Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Smoky Slate & Flirty Flamingo CS; Whisper White Craft & Night of Navy Inks; White EP; Hometown Greetings Edgelits; Dazzling Diamonds Glitter; #IM331; #SSC169.

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Just Add Psalm 91

12/30/2017

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Just Add Ink #391 has an intriguing challenge this week - just choose two, of twine, trees or tags. Cool!
So, I started out by thinking I'd try NOT to make a Christmas card today, AND, it's been ages since I used our longest-running set Lovely As a Tree. Today's the day! I paired it with this lovely Psalm 91 sentiment from Our Daily Bread Scripture Collection 2 - seems perfect to go with our mighty oak! A touch of twine, and I'm all set!
Lovely As a Tree & ODB Scripture Collection 2 Stamp Sets; Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Very Vanilla & Chocolate Chip CS; Old Olive Baker's Twine; Very Vanilla Candy Dots (retired); #JAI391.

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Happy Wishes

12/29/2017

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Love this panelled layout from Freshly Made Sketch #318!
Today was a good day to turn sideways, too, as I quickly realized that top panel was just about the right dimension to show the awesome level 2 Sale-A-Bration set Happy Wishes - woo hoo! I am loving this set - it has a big fancy "happy" that you can surround top and bottom with accompanying phrases - it sort of reminds me of our old various "endless wishes" sets writ large - so fun! I floated it over some pretty Delightful Daisy DSP for an elegant background...
Happy Wishes Stamp Set (2018 SAB); Delightful Daisy DSP; Whisper White, Tranquil Tide & Daffodil Delight CS; Tranquil Tide, Calypso Coral & Daffodil Delight Inks; Calypso Coral Enamel Shapes; #FMS318.

Pumpkin Club December 30!
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Club is free for my subscribers, and includes any extra supplies you might need, drinks and snacks! I also have ONE extra kit on hand for $20 if you'd like to check it out! This month is all about Pumpkin Make-Up Class - have too many kits on hand? Bring 'em along and we'll get caught up, in good crafty company! My craft room is yours!
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Mini Muslin Treats

12/28/2017

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We have a lovely holiday inspiration pic from Paper Craft Crew #273, so pretty! I think this challenge will go perfectly with TGIF #139's "last-minute Santa" challenge, too!
So, I never would have imagined how appropriate this challenge would be, but of course, I do manage to forget I live with a teenager for 5 or 10 whole minutes at a time once in a while, too, lol. Because of course, my daughter the grocery store cart-girl gets to work Christmas Eve, and about 15 minutes before her shift comes asking if I have a few little candy treats she can hand out. Sigh. How can I not rise to that challenge? I was able to combine our old Mini Muslin Bags with my last few Green Sprigs, stamped with a simple sentiment from Oh, What Fun, and stuff them with some mini candy canes. Always worth the girl-grin to drop everything for a couple minutes! It even kinda looks like the inspiration pic! Woo hoo!
Oh, What Fun Stamp Set; Real Red & Old Olive Inks; Mini Muslin Bags (retired); Green Sprigs; Mini Candy Canes; #PCC273; #TGIF139.

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Two Cups of Cheer

12/27/2017

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SU Only #190 hasn't had enough Christmas yet - yay! So happy to share my fave holiday set this year!
After giving it some thought, I think my favorite set this year was Merry Cafe - it was good for ALL the seasonal coffee sipping! The weird thing is, of course, that this wasn't my MOST USED set this year - not by a long shot! But I still love playing with all the pieces for this one the most, and combining with snazzy DSP to dress it up! Meeting at Starbuck's for a quick cup of something festive is prolly the best treat there is apart from the big day itself!
Merry Cafe & Coffee Cafe Stamp Sets; Quilted Christmas DSP; Crumb Cake, Early Espresso & Whisper White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Garden Green, Real Red & Early Espresso Inks; Coffee Cups Framelits; #SUO190.

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I See Hot Chocolate

12/26/2017

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What a fun "perspective" sketch from this week's As You See It #165!
I thought I'd see the trees that the sketch suggested, really, but then I realized - I see hot Chocolate! Lol. It works like this - we get a little retired list (this time for the Holiday Catty, sob) and I stick a colored dot on all the sets that will be leaving soon. So when I go browsing my stamps, all the dots immediately jump out and remind me - use these while you still can!! Sadly, Hug in a Mug is one of these - boo! I had to make a few mugs today to say goodbye, sigh. Put the kettle on!
Hug in a Mug Stamp Set; Crumb Cake & Whisper White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive, Pool Party & Crumb Cake Inks; Pool Party Shimmer Ribbon; Linen Thread; Basic Jewel Rhinestones; #AYSI165.

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Coming Up Rainbows

12/25/2017

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Sunday Stamps Challenge #168 has shared their last sketch of the year - lovely!
OK, I'm totally skirting the sketch edge today, I know. I just really wanted to see if I could make the new Sunshine & Rainbows set fit in here! If you squint a tiny bit, you can totally see it, right? Lol. The main thing that attracted me to this set is the set of cloud edgelits included with the Rainbow Builder framelits - I can see all kinds of cloudy borders and frames ahead! I wanted to try stamping my rainbow colors at least once - next up will be just cutting them from solid CS, I think. Still , much less fiddly than I thought it would be!
Sunshine & Rainbows Stamp Set (2018 Occasions); Soft Sky, Whisper White & Smoky Slate CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Sky, Real Red. Pumpkin Pie. Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay & Rich Razzleberry Inks; Rainbow Builder Framelits; Glitter Enamel Dots; #SSC168.

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Party Panda

12/24/2017

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Another gorgeous set of layers at this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday #352!
And another chance to reduce my "to be stamped" pile on my desk, lol... Today's winner is Party Pandas, which you just have to love even just hearing the name, don't you think?? There are three rocking pandas in the set - I went with the one in the cute party hat today, and matched him up with the bright and beautiful Picture Perfect Birthday DSP - he's totally rockin' out to some fun party tunes, I think. So happy to see more Lemon Lime Twist options in this DSP, too - I have a feeling I know which sheets will go first, lol...
Party Pandas Stamp Set (2018 SAB); Picture Perfect Birthday DSP; Whisper White, Basic Black & Berry Burst CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Lemon Lime Twist & Berry Burst Markers; Scallop Edge Border Punch (retired); Layering Circles Framelits; Black Sequins; #TSOT352.

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Hold on to Hope

12/23/2017

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Hm, we're not quite past the big day yet, but Stamp Ink Paper #130 is here to remind us of life after Christmas, lol! I'm game!
Today's choices were mostly about the paper, I'm afraid, lol. The upcoming Sweet Soiree suite is quite frou-frou, lol, but the paper is just gorgeous, and I had to have it right away! Somehow, when I wasn't looking, I think Berry Burst has become my second favorite (after LLT, of course) In Color! I paired it with the lovely Hold on to Hope set, that has a new little scripture snippet for us -and pairs with a perfect framelit set, that even coordinates with our retired Crosses of Hope set - woo hoo!
Hold on to Hope Stamp Set (2018 Occasions); Sweet Soiree DSP; Berry Burst, Old Olive, Whisper White & Silver Foil CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Berry Burst Inks; Old Olive & Berry Burst Markers; Layering Ovals & Cross of Hope Framelits; Metallic Edge Ribbon in Berry Burst; #SIP130.

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All You Need is Chocolate

12/22/2017

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Another fun landscape sketch today from Global Design Project #118!
Today turned out to be a good day to break in another new set for me - More Than Chocolate on deck this time! I finally caved and got this cutie - I've been wanting to make up my own box of chocolates for a while now, lol. I was surprised to realize that every single chocolate has two or three step stamping options - whoa! I assumed a lot of the detail I saw in the catty was added with markers, but we are WAY too cool for that! It totally went faster tan I thought it would, too - I thought for sure I'd have a hard time making it look filled in, but it was a cinch! Channeling my inner Whitman's today...
More Than Chocolate Stamp Set; Coffee Bean DSP; Whisper White, Early Espresso & Crumb Cake CS; Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Pink Pirouette Inks; Layering Circles Framelits; Linen Thread; Crumb Cake Candy Dots (retired); #GDP118.