 Super fun! Festive Friday #0167 is all about harvest time! Perfect timing as always! As soon as I saw "apron" on the inspo list, I knew I'd be using my Apron of Love bundle for this one - what else can I snag? I totally have gingham, and I think Grapefruit Grove is a fruity color, and I can use twine for the apron strings, and I can get a scallop layer on there - let's do it! This is what I wound up with - I don't have any Grapefruit Grove CS anymore (I actually didn't care for this color, lol) but it matches just fine with Calypso Coral! I did a nice solid background, then did a tilty scalloped panel in the gingham for my apron - so fun! At the last second, I decided to add some kitchen tools to the pocket - just the right touch! Apron of Love Stamp Set (retired 2019); Gingham Gala DSP (retired); Basic White & Calypso Coral CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Memento Tuxedo Black Inks; Crumb Cake Blend Marker; Apron Builder & Stitched So Sweetly Dies (both retired); Calypso Coral Twine; Woven Threads Sequins in Calypso Coral (retired); #FF0167.   Christmas Cards Part 2 September 14!
Time to finish up our Christmas cards ideas with part 2! So much to choose from! This class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, and include all supplies needed (bring your own favorite snips and adhesive!) Class also includes snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class is on for Saturday, September 14 at 2 pm! RSVP today to save your spot!
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 Who's ready for an end of summer campout?? We are at Retro Rubber #238! Smell that wood smoke! You KNOW I had to pull out my beloved Greatest Journey suite for this one, lol - I can't get enough of it still! Even though it retired in 2023, I have carefully hoarded plenty of the Enjoy the Journey DSP, too - perfect for my mountain backdrop here! I still have Starry Sky CS and inks, too, but for some reason I just had Blackberry on the brain today, lol, so out it came! I stamped and stamped off some pretty trees to surround my fancy tent, and set up a hiker nearby, too! The "mountain' sentiment had to be there as well, and I got to use my Transparent Dots - woo hoo! I can't wait to see YOUR "great outdoors" - and don't forget to make it Retro! Greatest Journey Stamp Set (retired 2023); Enjoy the Journey DSP (retired); Basic White, Blackberry Bliss & Fresh Freesia CS; Blackberry Bliss Ink; Greatest Journey (retired) & Rectangle Stitched Dies; Transparent Dots in Blackberry Bliss; #RRCB238.   We have a such a pretty theme for you this round at As You See It #330 - vintage or shabby chic! This is outside my usual wheelhouse! Fortunately, I still have my just-retired Season of Chic bundle to help me along! I was latecomer to this bundle, lol, it took me almost a year and a half to realize I HAD to have those dies! Today I just played with a few of the elements, double-stamping and stamping-off my shell and leaf, tucking in the glorious mesh, spattering. For the coup de grace, I even distressed the edges of my background, lol. Not too bad for not having any classically "vintage" stamps! I can't WAIT to see YOUR vintage/shabby projects for this one - you all always amaze me! Meet you at the challenge! Season of Chic Stamp Set (retired 2024); Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Distressed Gold & Oxidized Copper CS; Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral & Pretty Peacock Inks; Chic Dies (retired); Linen Thread; Gilded Gems; #AYSI330.   Snow in August Class Saturday August 17!
Woo hoo! We're kicking off the Christmas season with our first look at the Holiday Mini Catalog! I'm so excited! Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, and includes all supplies needed (bring your own favorite snips and adhesives!) There will also be snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class is on for Saturday, August 17 at 2 PM! RSVP today to save your spot!  We're seeing grids today! Time for another tic-tac-toe at Retro Rubber #237! I am always challenged by which "row to hoe" on these, lol - I change my mind a lot, too! This time, I went with the right-hand column - Patterned Paper - Twine - and my choice, I chose diecutting! Some pretty paper I haven't played with in a bit is my glorious A Little Latte pack - I love this stuff so much! I will be stretching this in my hoard for quite some time to come! I knew I wanted to diecut some of the DSP images, too, and to keep it Retro, I went back to 2017's Coffee Cafe for the sentiment! I love to pull old sentiments for current sets - so many ways to stretch it all out! Anyway, this sweet little oval was just right for my trio of cups over that swirly background - I feel a run to Black Rock coming on! I can't wait to see your tic tac toe projects - and don't forget to make it Retro! Coffee Cafe Stamp Set (retired 2019); A Little Latte DSP; Basic White & Early Espresso CS; Early Espresso Ink; Coffee Cups (retired) & Latte Love Does; Linen Thread; Swirl Dots; #RRCB237.   Snow in August Class Saturday August 17!
Woo hoo! We're kicking off the Christmas season with our first look at the Holiday Mini Catalog! I'm so excited! Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, and includes all supplies needed (bring your own favorite snips and adhesives!) There will also be snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class is on for Saturday, August 17 at 2 PM! RSVP today to save your spot!  Such a fun layered sketch at this round's Sketch Saturday #756, and so many great spins on it by the DT! I decided I really wanted to turn this sketch - I feel like I've been on landscape a lot lately, lol, time to bring back the portrait! With these layered blocks, I knew I could feature a bold DSP, too, so straight to Flowering Zinnias I went! These are SUCH bright colors - they are sure to cheer up the gloomiest day! I started by picking a gorgeous feature zinnia to fussy cut, then added in these bright Melon Mambo panels behind. I didn't quite have enough room to add my sentiment directly to the background white, but this gave me the chance to heat emboss it over a nice Blackberry strip. I think I need a nice melon berry spritzer now, lol! I finished with some Fine Shimmer Gems for the fizz! Yum! Simply Zinnias Stamp Set; Flowering Zinnias DSP; Basic White & Blackberry Bliss CS; Versamark Ink; White EP; Blackberry Bliss Fine Shimmer Gems; #SS756.   Snow in August Class Saturday August 17!
Woo hoo! We're kicking off the Christmas season with our first look at the Holiday Mini Catalog! I'm so excited! Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, and includes all supplies needed (bring your own favorite snips and adhesives!) There will also be snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class is on for Saturday, August 17 at 2 PM! RSVP today to save your spot!  I am SO excited to guest at this round of The Male Room #189 - "mixed media!" Something new for me - eee! I had to really think this one through for a bit - what is "mixed media" exactly? I dug deep and decided it just meant different media to produce the final result - translation - how many toys can I use?? I opened up all my bottom craft drawers to see what I had that I just don't pull out very often, and I came across my old box of Brusho Crystal Colors, AND several unopened jars of White Embossing Paste. Turns out the one I grabbed had SHIMMER, too, lol, but I decided to go for it! I started by pulling a scrap of water color paper, and liberally dotting it with Blue Brusho - you can even see the little pierced holes if you look close, lol. I swirled it around with an Aquapainter for this really deep color, cut it out with dies, then went through some decorative masks to overlay in paste. At the last second, I added some Red Brusho to my paste dab - I think it looks cool against the blue, though my desk might not ever be the same! I layered up this diecut Thanks in Black, finishing with an Oxidized Copper sheet for even more color. I also versamarked some leaves on my Crumb Background, stapled on some twine, and distressed my edges. Hopefully this isn't too foo-foo for a guy! Changing Leaves Stamp Set; Basic White, Crumb Cake & Basic Black CS; Watercolor Paper; Oxidized Copper Foil; Versamark Ink; Brusho Blue & Red Crystal Colors; Shimmer Embossing Paste; Plenty of Patterns Decorative Masks; Stitched Nested Labels & Greetings Dies (both retired); Linen Thread; Stapler; Distress Tool; Crumb Cake Earth Tone Shimmer Gems; #TMR189.
 What a fabulous bright array of colors we have for you this round at Sunday Stamps #341! Seeing all these colors together (!!!) really reminded me of our fabulous Thoughtful Journey DSP - it really runs the gamut of these colors, and has so many glorious nature scenes to choose from! I leaned more on the Autumnal side today, and went with this pretty Fall grass sheet - no hay fever for me this way! It seemed a natural pairing with our Changing Leaves bundle, too - I just can't seem to stay away from this leafy stem! I inked it up in Crushed Curry, then daubed on some generous Cajun Craze to get this two-tone look. I LOVE how it came out! I finished up with some twine and gems from our upcoming Winterly Treetops collection - so perfect with this! I can't wait to see YOUR projects with these gorgeous colors - meet you at the challenge! Changing Leaves Stamp Set; Thoughtful Journey DSP; Basic White, Cajun Craze & Crushed Curry CS; Crushed Curry & Cajun Craze Inks; Changing Leaves Dies; Copper Clay Twine (Natural Tones Linen Thread); Crumb Cake Shimmer Gems (Earth Tones Shimmer Gems); SSC341.   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!  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!  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.
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