We're mixing it up again at this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday #440 - come join us!
I really wanted to try for both sides of the challenge this week - but what could I do with that "wet" cue word??  Something ocean?  Maybe fish?  Then I remembered the "umbrella kiss" from yesterday's Silhouette Scenes - perfect!  And I even have a (very) few sheets of the gorgeous See A Silhouette paper!  I picked this lovely swirly one in blues to be most like water for my background, and heat embossed my sweet couple in shimmer black to really stand out.  Love it!
So, what will YOU create for our Mix-It-Up?  I can't wait to see your creations, over at the challenge!
Silhouette Scenes Stamp Set; See A Silhouette DSP; Whisper White, Basic Black & Pacific Point CS; Versamark Ink; Shimmer Black EP; Circles Collection Dies (retired); Dapper Denim Glimmer Dots (retired-shhh!); #TSOT440.

Hurray!  The Library Challenge #50 is back online, with a real winner, too, Where the Red Fern Grows.  Awesome!
I remember reading this book back in my earlier school days, and I have a vague sense of sadness when I think back to it -  I seem to recall there being a loss in this story.   We love our dogs here so much - they ARE our family, lol, warts, snores and all, so I knew I wanted to include a dog on my card.  I decided to go for something pretty similar to the cover, with silhouettes, and pretty blues, and a sentiment that brings out adventurous good times with friends - THAT'S what I'll remember now!
Silhouette Scenes Stamp Set; Crumb Cake, Whisper White & Basic Black CS; Blueberry Bushel, Pretty Peacock & Memento Tuxedo Black Inks; Sweet Silhouettes Dies; Dog Builder Punch; Sponge Brayer; #TLC50.

We'll take it in triplicate this week at Sunday Stamps #222 - are you with us??
I'm having so much fun playing with this Golden Honey DSP - gotta love free paper with Sale-A-Bration!  Anyway, I decided to bring in the bees today, and I colored up these honeycomb scraps with my So Saffron Blend - I think the gold still shows through!  A pretty hive in Crushed Curry, and a fancy bee on the prowl finish us off - except for those drops of honey I spilled, lol.  Shhh, they're really Gold Glitter Enamel Dots - apparently they're my new fave his week!
So, what will YOU create?  I can't wait to check it out - see you at the challenge!
Honey Bee Stamp Set; Golden Honey DSP; Whisper White & Basic Black CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Crushed Curry Inks; Dark Daffodil Delight & So Saffron Blends Markers; Gold Wink of Stella; Detailed Bees Dies; Gold Cording Trim; Gold Glitter Enamel Dots; #SSC222.

Oo, there's a fun cue to kick off the New Year at CAS Christmas - "tag!"
I am thrilled that our new birthday set Bonanza Buddies has a gorgeous stitched tag die with it - and look how cute it works for Christmas, too!!  Lol.  Turns out that several elements from Perfectly Plaid fit wonderfully on this tag - and since I went with the plaid tree, I had to pull in the Wrapped in Plaid DSP, too.  Good - and cozy - times, lol.  Even found a scrap of Shaded Spruce ribbon to include - perfect!
Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set; Wrapped in Plaid DSP; Whisper White & Shaded Spruce CS; Shaded Spruce & Cherry Cobbler Inks; Bonanza Dies; Pine Tree Punch; Gold Glitter Enamel Dots; #CASChristmasTag.

Good times!  Joy of Sets #13's first grid of the year is UP!  Let's do this!
I always have such a hard time picking my row, lol - took me half an hour this time!  I finally settled on the diagonal Pearls - Hearts - Pink, especially after I realized could fit in my Love You to Pieces set - I love playing with the puzzle dies for this one!  I don't think I've played with the heart arrangement before, though, and it's always good to get a chance to use ALL of what I have in a set!  I couldn't settle on any particular pink, so I think I pulled most of them - and they actually look pretty nice together!  A few pearls to finish, and we are all set!
Love You to Pieces Stamp Set; Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Blushing Bride, Petal Pink & Rococo Rose CS; Flirty Flamingo Ink; Puzzle Pieces Dies; Basic Jewel Pearls; #JOSTTT013.

Birthday Cards 2020 Class Jan 9 & 11!
OK, gang, time to stock up on our birthday cards for 2020 and get ready for biz!  Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, all from the new Spring Occasions Catty and Sale-A-Bration brochure, just in time for another circle around the sun!  Are you ready??
Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25.  Class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more!  Class is still on for  Saturday, January 11 at 3 pm.  RSVP today to save your spot!

Oh, excellent!  I have just enough time sneak in 52 Christmas Card Throwdown's first sketch of the year!  Woot!  Let's jump right on restocking that Christmas box!
For this one, the sketch made me think right away of featuring some festive papers, and I went back again to the amazing Night Before Christmas pack.  It's so funny, I used the heck out of this paper, but I didn't get anything else from the suite - I found it so easy to match with other stamp sets - like today!  This fun sheet of candy canes seemed just right for this fun sentiment from Cup of Christmas - and that stamp set also has a set of dies that includes a candy cane!  It's like Christmas kizmet!
Cup of Christmas Stamp Set; Night Before Christmas DSP; Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler & Champagne Glimmer CS; Cherry Cobbler Ink; Diagonal Stripe Ribbon in Cherry Cobbler; Layering Circles Dies; Gold Glitter Enamel Dots; #53CCT1-20.

Birthday Cards 2020 Class Jan 9 & 11!
OK, gang, time to stock up on our birthday cards for 2020 and get ready for biz!  Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, all from the new Spring Occasions Catty and Sale-A-Bration brochure, just in time for another circle around the sun!  Are you ready??
Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25.  Class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more!  Class is still on for  Saturday, January 11 at 3 pm.  RSVP today to save your spot!

Oo, these are always fun - As You See It #216 has another "recipe" challenge to kick off the New Year - all about the sparkle and shine!
This was a tough one to not just make straight off into a Christmas card, but then I finally remembered this awesome sentiment from High Tide, and realized it could go equally great with silvery snowflakes as lighthouses, lol.  Yay!  I found an old snowy embossing folder to use, added some gorgeous Feels Like Frost DSP and a few silver details, and finished with the lovely sentiment.  So fun to just follow the recipe!
High Tide Stamp Set; Feels Like Frost DSP; Whisper White & Smoky Slate CS; Smoky Slate Ink; Northern Flurry EF (retired); Stitched Shapes Dies; Silver Twine; Silver Sequins; #AYSI216.

Birthday Cards 2020 Class Jan 9 & 11!
OK, gang, time to stock up on our birthday cards for 2020 and get ready for biz!  Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, all from the new Spring Occasions Catty and Sale-A-Bration brochure, just in time for another circle around the sun!  Are you ready??
Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25.  Class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more!  Class is on for Thursday, January 9 at 630 pm, or Saturday, January 11 at 3 pm.  RSVP today to save your spot!

Ah, it's a banner day at this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday #439!  It'll go perfect with SU Only #240's "designer's choice" challenge, too!
When I noticed that we had a "thank you" theme also going at TSOT, I knew straight off that I wanted to use our new So Sentimental set - lots of fun sentiments, all in pretty fonts, and best of all, it comes bundled with the gorgeous new Stitched So Sweetly dies - woo hoo!  Check out that stitched AND scalloped rectangle - am I dreaming??  Love new dies, and nested shapes that I can layer are far and away my fave!
So what will YOU create??  I can't wait to see YOUR creations, over at the challenges!
So Sentimental Stamp Set; Best Dressed DSP; Whisper White, Old Olive & Daffodil Delight CS; Lovely Lipstick & Basic Black Stamp-n-Write Markers; Stitched So Sweetly Dies; Banner Triple Punch; Lovely Lipstick Glimmer Dots; #TSOT439; #SUO240.

Birthday Cards 2020 Class Jan 9 & 11!
OK, gang, time to stock up on our birthday cards for 2020 and get ready for biz!  Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, all from the new Spring Occasions Catty and Sale-A-Bration brochure, just in time for another circle around the sun!  Are you ready??
Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25.  Class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more!  Class is on for Thursday, January 9 at 630 pm, or Saturday, January 11 at 3 pm.  RSVP today to save your spot!

I'm in heaven with this week's color challenge in purples at TGIF #245!  Eeee - my faves!
I went on the prowl for something that hasn't seen ink in a while, and landed on Here's To Strong Women - I love this big bold sentiment!  I was super excited to feature it in Blackberry, too, and I pulled in these lovely petal shapes from Tasteful Textures to go with as well, and stamped them off twice to get a nice color variance.  Yup, I really am a purple girl, lol...
Here's To Strong Women & Tasteful Textures Stamp Set; Very Vanilla & Blackberry Bliss CS; Blackberry Bliss & Rich Razzleberry Inks; Rich Razzleberry Enamel Shapes; Basic Jewel Rhinestones; #TGIF245.

Birthday Cards 2020 Class Jan 9 & 11!
OK, gang, time to stock up on our birthday cards for 2020 and get ready for biz!  Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, all from the new Spring Occasions Catty and Sale-A-Bration brochure, just in time for another circle around the sun!  Are you ready??
Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25.  Class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more!  Class is on for Thursday, January 9 at 630 pm, or Saturday, January 11 at 3 pm.  RSVP today to save your spot!

Here's a pretty focal sketch from Case This Sketch #353 - love the layers!
What a perfect time to break out my new Timeless Tropical set - this is a gorgeous new super suite - stamps, DSP, dies, embossing, trinkets, ribbon - this suite has everything, lol.  I've tried to pull in a few of those items today!  I couldn't wait to try out the beautiful palm trees in the set - they were first caught my eye.  I've been doing a lot of inking up with markers letly it feels like - and I still love the look of multiple colors on one stamp!  I added my second fave stamp of the pineapple, and couldn't quite resist this hibiscus trinket to finish  Ahhh, only 88 days til I'm in Maui again - but who's counting??
Timeless Tropical Stamp Set; Tropical Oasis DSP; Whisper White, Soft Suede & Pear Pizzazz CS; Soft Suede, Old Olive & Mango Melody Stamp-n-Write Markers; Layering Ovals & In The Tropics Dies; Tropical Oasis Trinkets; #CTS353.

Birthday Cards 2020 Class Jan 9 & 11!
OK, gang, time to stock up on our birthday cards for 2020 and get ready for biz!  Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, all from the new Spring Occasions Catty and Sale-A-Bration brochure, just in time for another circle around the sun!  Are you ready??
Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25.  Class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more!  Class is on for Thursday, January 9 at 630 pm, or Saturday, January 11 at 3 pm.  RSVP today to save your spot!