![]() 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!
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![]() 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! ![]() I am so stoked about all the layers on our awesome sketch at Sunday Stamps #340 this round! I started this design by browsing my DSP first - what haven't I used in a while? The clear winner was the Countryside Inn pack, lol, but I decided to mix it up with the new Changing Leaves bundle - it was so fun this week to play with that hybrid emboss! To that end, I quickly realized I was going to need to "turn" the sketch to get my sentiments to work right - does it look too crazy? I've decided that I really like how it came out, and the Changing Leaves look just as lovely in this colorway, too! I can't wait to see what YOU make of our fun sketch this round - meet you at the challenge! Changing Leaves Stamp Set; Countryside Inn DSP; Basic White & Boho Blue CS; Night of Navy & Boho Blue Inks; Changing Leaves & Deckled Rectangles Dies; Changing Leaves Hybrid EF; Boho Blue Glossy Dots; #SSC340. ![]() 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! ![]() What beautiful cookies at this month's If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #194! Aloha! This sent me straight to my old Timeless Tropical bundle from 2022 - I even still have some Tropical Oasis DSP! I decided to try my hand at a bold Hibiscus, to set off this sweet layered aloha included in the dies - I'm pretty happy with how it came out! I started with Lemon Lolly layered over the stamen, then added some bolder accents of Dark Melon Mambo to the petals, I then went over it all with a layer of Petal pink to soften up the darker accents, then continued to blend both shades of Mambo til I felt done. I did lighten a few edges with more Petal Pink to finish. I floated my "cookie" over a background of smaller hibiscus and plumeria - I can smell the islands now! I'm having quite the tropical weekend - yay! Timeless Tropical Stamp Set (retired 2022); Tropical Oasis DSP (retired); Basic White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Lemon Lolly, Melon Mambo. Petal Pink & Crumb Cake Blends Markers; In The Tropics Dies (retired); #Cookie194. ![]() 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! ![]() Lol, it's time for another fill-in-the-blank challenge here at As You See It #328, and we want to know what your favorite beach activity is! For me, my favorite thing to do at the beach is definitely to LOAF! Especially if I can slip my kindle in there, too, lol. I am a super lazy beach goer, and I tend to stay under cover to protect my pale complexion, and knock out as many novels as I can. Maybe with a tall and frosty foo-foo drink! Now THAT is the way to take in island life in my book! I couldn't resist bringing in my Les Nageuses dies for this one, and float them all over this gorgeous ocean-y sheet from the Thoughtful Journey DSP pack. This sentiment from 2021's Seaside View was perfect for the mood I strive for, too. Bring me a cabana boy! I can't wait to see what YOU love to do most at the beach - meet you at the challenge! Seaside View Stamp Set (retired 2019); Thoughtful Journey DSP; Basic White, Crumb Cake, Blush Blossom (retired), Pool Party, Lost Lagoon & Petunia Pop CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Deckled Rectangles & Simply Graphic Les Nageuses Dies; Whale of a Time Sequins (retired); #AYSI328. ![]() Ah ha! This is always fun! To celebrate their 13th birthday (woo hoo!) In{k}spire Me #538 is letting us choose any combo of all their past sketch & color challenges! So hard to choose! In honor of their 13th birthday, I went all the way back to October of 2011 to pick up their thirteenth challenge - a sketch! Wow! While it was fun to reminisce over the stamps and colors they used back then, time to update this cutie! Lucky for me, I have a new leaf bundle that needs some inking! This is the Changing Leaves bundle, now available in our latest release of online exclusives. As you can see, it has some gorgeous leaf shapes, along with a hybrid embossing die set - starting to love these! I did a simple embossed background with the EF, and couldn't resist hybridizing my feature Lemon Lime Twist leaves - though with the stamping, the emboss isn't that noticeable, oops, lol. Still gorgeous, though! Happy birthday, IMC! Changing Leaves Stamp Set; Basic White, Basic Beige, Lemon Lime Twist & Granny Apple Green CS; Granny Apple Green Ink; Changing Leaves Hybrid EF & Dies; Linen Thread; Lemon Lime Twist Tinsel Gems; #IMC538. ![]() Time for NBUS #64 - yay! Always good to have a little help inking up our neglected stuff! Today I have a brand new set that I haven't inked YET, lol. I was smitten by Racing By as soon as saw it - such cute little builder go-carts! I kept it bright and quick today, choosing a gorgeous sheet from the Full of Life DSP pack, and doing up a couple race cars in matching colors. I even added in the little driver, which I hadn't noticed til I actually open up my set, lol. I fussy cut the cars out, and added a quick racing sentiment to go with, then finished with some Shiny Sequins. Quick and fun! Racing By Stamp Set; Full of Life DSP; Basic White & Basic Black CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red & Berry Burst Inks; Berry Burst Shiny Sequins; #NBUS64. |
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