 So, how's your needlework? Because we'd like to see some stitching this round at Make My Monday #241! I decided to do my stitching today with dies, lol, and show off some more new products at the same time! These cool stitched shapes are from our upcoming Online Exclusive bundle, Everyday Arches, and the dies include 10 nested arch shapes in graduated sizes - it's amazing! Each layered die has a stitched edge, so polished! The stamp includes lots of sentiments running around a curve, as well as a few that can go on the straight line, like the two I used today. Just a fascinating combo, I have to say! I'm also showing off some upcoming Sale-A-Bration DSP, too, called Fruit Salad - such fresh and yummy colors! Or maybe it's more like big fruity band-aids, hmmm... I can't wait to see YOUR stitched projects this round - meet you at the challenge! Everyday Arches Stamp Set; Fruit Salad DSP; Basic White CS; Coastal Cabana Ink; Sunny Day Iridescent Dots; #MMM241. 
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 We have such a fun sketch for you for our last challenge of the year at Sunday Stamps #350! I'm super excited to slip in some more sneaky peeks for you this round, too! Here's a little taste of the Storybook Moments Suite! There's two DSPs, two stamp sets, ribbons, dies, embellies - oh my! I went with this sweet gardening theme today - here in Arizona, it's never too early to start planning, lol. My background is a pretty pattern from the Storybook Moments DSP pack, and my images come from Storybook Garden Patch! The sentiment seemed apropos from Storybook Friends - we'll bring on the bunnies next round, lol. I finished with a few Antique Pearls! Just so lovely and fresh! I can't wait to see how YOU play our sketch this round - meet you at the challenge! Storybook Friends & Storybook Garden Patch Stamp Sets; Storybook Moments DSP; Basic White, Lost Lagoon & Crumb Cake CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Gray Granite, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green & Real Red Blends Markers; Stylish Shapes Dies; Antique Pearls; #SSC350.   Yay! The next installment of In{k}spire Me #549 is up and running - it's called "O Christmas Tree!" My first job was to go identify likely trees - a tall task! In the end, I remembered that I have LOTS of pretty trees in my A Little Bit Festive Specialty DSP pack, and plenty more in all my holiday ephemera packs! Let's dig through those! I was thrilled to find this beauty, that totally matches a gorgeous tag in the Tags For The Season Ephemera pack - let's hear it for dimension! I quickly assembled my pretty tag, tying it off with some old Cherry Cobbler Metallic Ribbon I had still. Then I realized that the decorated tree branches sheet from the Festive DSP pack would be the perfect background! I couldn't resist popping on this fancy star, too! This little sentiment from Sophisticated Sled fit just right on my tag, too - so pretty! Sophisticated Sled Stamp Set; A Little Bit Festive DSP; Joyful Images & Tags For The Season Ephemera Packs; Very Vanilla & Cherry Cobbler CS; Cherry Cobbler Ink; Festive Pearls; Cherry Cobbler Metallic Ribbon (retired); #IMC549.   Oo, I LOVE Festive Friday #174's 12 Days of Christmas inspo! One of my fave holiday themes! I went pretty slim on my pickins' from the inspo list this time - it's been on my mind to try some of the two step stamping in Golden Greenery in some fun non-traditional colors - like pink and blue, lol. I started by making a pine background in Bubble Bath paired with Melon Mambo, and then I did a couple leafy sprigs in Balmy Blue and Lost Lagoon! I'm really liking how they came out. I heat embossed my sentiment in Silver onto a Bubble Bath tag, did a couple Silver bells to go with, and finished with some Silver Shimmer Gems. I think I nabbed the first four items on the list with this! Such fun colors to play with! Golden Greenery & Greetings of the Season Stamp Sets; Basic White & Bubble Bath CS; Bubble Bath, Melon Mambo, Balmy Blue, Lost Lagoon & Versamark Inks; Silver EP; Golden Greenery & Greetings of the Season Dies; Silver Cording Trim; Silver Shimmer Gems; #FF0174.   So excited I can JUST slip in to FarmQuest Challenge #65 - for things found in the woods! And wouldn't you know it, I have JUST the right pre-order set for it, too, lol. Here's a little sneak peek at Terrific Toadstools! Such a cute set, you know I couldn't let it pass by, and it comes bundled with a builder punch, too, though I didn't use it today! I made up two fancy toadstools in bright colors to go with the Toadstool Gardens SAB DSP sheet I picked - I'm smitten with these colorful stripes! We might not see them in these bright colors there, but toadstools are definitely found in the woods! Yay! Terrific Toadstools Stamp Set; Toadstool Gardens DSP; Basic White & Granny Apple Green CS; Early Espresso, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo & Poppy Parade Inks; Deckled Rectangles Dies; Sunny Day Dots; FQCB65.   Oh this is a good one! Shopping Our Stash #536 would like to see "winter but not Christmas" cards! Fun! So the other day when I had my old Storybook Gnomes DSP pack out, I was considering another sheet that was a gorgeous Winter scene - I think I decided it didn't feature snowflakes enough, but I thought it would be perfect for today's card! I also remembered that there were a bunch of already fussy cut critters - another score! I pulled my Winter sentiment from my retired Above It All set, and in THOSE dies, I found the snowbank and some sparkly trees already cut, too. I even had the extra rectangle already in that die sleeve, lol. This whole card was pretty much diecut findings, lol, I've never had it work out quite that well before... And how cute are these moose?? Above It All Stamp Set (retired 2023); Storybook Gnomes DSP (retired); Basic White, White Glimmer & Early Espresso CS; Night of Navy Ink; Deckled Rectangle & Above It All (retired) Dies; White Loose Snowflakes; #SOS536.   Check out our glorious holiday mood board for our last challenge of the year at Hand Stamped Sentiments #453! I totally had to go with that cute gingerbread house at the bottom left - it goes so well with all the Food Network baking shows I watch this time of year, too, lol. Anyway, our Humble Home bundle was just the ticket for this! I heat embossed in white onto Early Espresso and Pecan Pie, set up a little landscape, then finished with Puff Paint snow and some Peppermint Dots - I can't get enough of these cuties! I love how festive they are! I can't wait to see YOUR holiday beauties for this one, what caught your eye? I'll meet you at the challenge! Humble Home Stamp Set; Take a Bow DSP; Basic White, Early Espresso & Pecan Pie CS; Versamark, Early Espresso & Real Red Inks; White EP; Snowfall Accents Puff Paint; Humble Home Builder Punch; Nested Essentials Dies; Real Red & White Peppermints; #HSS453.   This will be a fun one - Inspire Create Challenge #182 would like to see a Christmas Anything But a Card! One of the things we do in my neighborhood is share little treat gifts for the holidays - so super yummy! Cookies, candies, brewing spices - we get a little bit of everything, lol. I myself make a Christmas Toffee that folks are always anxious to get a share of! I make SO MUCH of this stuff for giving, I almost never eat it myself anymore, lol. Anyway, this year's treats will go out packed in these cafe bags, with tags I popped together using our Holiday Ephemera packs - so many fun combinations - such cute images, and even TAGS! It was fun to crank out a bunch of these, and even enlist hubs to pitch in, lol. Time for the yum! Cafe Bags (from Webstaurant.com); Tags For the Season, Joyful Sayings & Joyful Images Ephemera Packs; Peppermint Dots & Cherry Cobbler Berries; #ICC182.   Lol, Sketch Saturday #765 has a great plan for the dreaded "5th Saturday!" Bane of ushering teams and bloggers everywhere - choose from the archive - brilliant! They helpfully suggested looking over 2014, lol, no problem! I decided this would be an AWESOME sketch to play with for our upcoming Ocean Friends suite - and I think I was right! I started by picking my DSP from the gorgeous and bold Friends of the Ocean pack, and got my basic layout squared away. I settled on the crab for my ocean critter - the lobster was too big! Lol, I also followed some color combo suggestions right in the catty, and stamped the crab in Melon Mambo with Bubble Bath for his fill-in. Just so cute, and I snuck in the coral die, and a few tiny starfish, too. Love this suite! Ocean Friends Stamp Set; Friends of the Ocean DSP; Basic White, Pumpkin Pie & Melon Mambo CS; Melon Mambo & Bubble Bath Inks; Ocean Friends Dies; Melon Mambo Glossy Dots; #SS765.
 Yay! It's time to kick off In{k}spire Me #548 - for a month of holiday specials! So fun! First up - "let it snow!" I knew I wanted to pull in my Sophisticated Sled bundle for this one - what better way to play in the snow?! I dug through my paper stash, and came up with this lovely snowy sheet from my old Storybook Gnomes DSP pack - so many blues! Inspired by those, I did up a blue wreath to hang on my awesome sled, with, of course, the perfect sentiment, lol. I finished with a few Pacific Point Fine Sparkle Gems that I keep in this retired pack of paper, too - they came out at the same time, as I recall! Sophisticated Sled Stamp Set; Storybook Gnomes DSP (retired); Basic White & Pecan Pie CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Pacific Point (retired) Inks; Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, Azure Afternoon, Tahitian Tide (retired), Balmy Blue & Blueberry Bushel Blends Markers; Sophisticated Sled Dies; Small Oval Punch; Flowers For Every Season Twine (retired); Pacific Point Fine Sparkle Gems (retired); #IMC548.  |
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