![]() We have some fantastic holiday inspiration for you this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments #379! I decided to focus on the pine cone corner - I am determined to master the two-step pine cones we have in our Christmas Season set! I also still had plenty of this pine cone sheet in my beloved Painted Christmas DSP pack, too - so pretty to feature today! I'm really happy with how my stamped cones came out - I finally figured out: make the detail stamp the darker color, and stamp that one FIRST, then finish with your lighter color, so you can see to line everything up just right! Yay! I finished with some tiny Cherry Cobbler details to go with my sentiment, yum! I can't wait to see your holiday inspirations - meet you at the challenge! Christmas Season & Christmas to Remember Stamp Sets; Painted Christmas DSP; Basic White & Early Espresso CS; Early Espresso, Crumb Cake & Cherry Cobbler Inks; Seasonal Labels Dies; Cherry Cobbler Linen Thread; Cherry Cobbler Matte Decorative Dots; #HSS379. ![]() Spring Mini Preview Class Dec 18! I'm so excited to share a little preview of what's ahead in our upcoming Spring Mini Catalog! SO MANY NEW TOYS! Class will feature 5 cards and envelopes, all from the upcoming catty (and a couple Sale-A-Bration items, too! Yay!) Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and basic adhesive), snacks and drinks, and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! ! RSVP now to save your spot! Class is on for Saturday, Dec 18, at 3 pm - see you there!
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![]() Beautiful! Time Out Challenges #202 has this cozy scene to inspire us this week! So, this didn't come out nearly as dramatic as I had hoped, or maybe it just doesn't photograph so well - this one was a super heat-emboss exercise for me, lol. My eyes went straight to that pretty pillow in the picture, and this is my homage to that! To make sure it all fit correctly, I stamped it all on there one letter at a time, starting from the bottom right corner, going backwards, lol. I can't tell you how many la's I counted out on my fingers! I finished with some tiny embellies and called it good - off to deck our halls some more here! Brushwork Alphabet (retired 2019) & Frosted Gingerbread (inside) Stamp Sets; Trimming the Town DSP; Basic White CS; Versamark & Poppy Parade (inside) Ink; White EP; All the Trimmings Embellishments; White Baker's Twine; #TOC202. ![]() Spring Mini Preview Class Dec 18! I'm so excited to share a little preview of what's ahead in our upcoming Spring Mini Catalog! SO MANY NEW TOYS! Class will feature 5 cards and envelopes, all from the upcoming catty (and a couple Sale-A-Bration items, too! Yay!) Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and basic adhesive), snacks and drinks, and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! ! RSVP now to save your spot! Class is on for Saturday, Dec 18, at 3 pm - see you there! ![]() I am so pleased to host our sketch this week at Sunday Stamps #272! As you can see, I'm all about the layers today! Next time I'm the sketch host, someone stop me from going so crazy, lol. I finally came up with this clash of papers to set off my cheery pooch! He looks Very Merry, right? I was trying to stick to Old Olive, Real Red and Crumb Cake for a team challenge, so my papers definitely make a statement, lol. On the other hand, look how that naughty pup chewed on my twine! Good thing it's Christmas! I can't wait to see YOUR takes on our sketch - meet you at the challenge! Sweet Little Stockings Stamp Set; Painted Christmas & Sweet Stockings DSP; Basic White & Crumb Cake CS; Real Red Ink; Stitched Shapes & Stockings Dies; Real Red Heavy Baker's Twine; Real Red Epoxy Dots; #SSC272. ![]() Spring Mini Preview Class Dec 18! I'm so excited to share a little preview of what's ahead in our upcoming Spring Mini Catalog! SO MANY NEW TOYS! Class will feature 5 cards and envelopes, all from the upcoming catty (and a couple Sale-A-Bration items, too! Yay!) Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and basic adhesive), snacks and drinks, and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! ! RSVP now to save your spot! Class is on for Saturday, Dec 18, at 3 pm - see you there! ![]() Woo hoo! Time for another speed challenge this week at As You See It #265 - hope you can keep up with us! So first, a tiny little confession from me: I have been a little bit anti-snowflake the past couple of years, lol. We have new ones Every. Single. Year. So it's hard for me to get attached, lol - and I live in the desert! That said, there's a beauty in the Gingerbread dies, and I wondered if I could pull it off in Silver Glimmer! And I could part with one of my precious retired Feels Like Frost sheets, and use the gorgeous "Joy to the World" from 2019's Hearts Come Home! Let's grab a dryer sheet and give it a go, lol. Even with a dryer sheet, these silver lovelies took a full 5 minutes! Luckily, the rest of the card was a chop-and-plop! I took a minute or so to fiddle with the placements and barreled on through. Final time is 9 minutes, 5 seconds. A real close one, lol! I can't wait to see yours! Hearts Come Home Stamp Set (retired 2019); Feels Like Frost DSP; Basic White & Silver Glimmer CS; Night of Navy Ink; Gingerbread Dies; Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes; #AYSI265. ![]() Spring Mini Preview Class Dec 18! I'm so excited to share a little preview of what's ahead in our upcoming Spring Mini Catalog! SO MANY NEW TOYS! Class will feature 5 cards and envelopes, all from the upcoming catty (and a couple Sale-A-Bration items, too! Yay!) Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and basic adhesive), snacks and drinks, and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP now to save your spot! Class is on for Saturday, Dec 18, at 3 pm - see you there! ![]() Oo, what a great color challenge this week from Cardz 4 Guyz #285 - shades of brown! I couldn't resist keeping up with Christmas for this one, too - I Knew I had some great gingerbread sheets left in my Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP pack! And who could resist this pretty cookie?? If only I could decorate REAL cookies like this, lol. Anyway, I pulled in all the browns I could, and held myself to one tiny rhinestone on the cookie - but I think hubby would still eat it! Frosted Gingerbread Stamp Set; Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP; Basic White, Early Espresso & Crumb Cake CS; Early Espresso Ink; Gingerbread & Potted Succulents Dies; Faux Suede Trim; Rhinestone Basic Jewels; #C4G285. ![]() Very fun - we have an unusual chance at Less is More #457 this week - a "photo inspiration!" Pretty! I decided to tie up a "gift" for my card front, too! I cut a little chunk of Crumb Cake and embossed it with my pine needles folder from the Wintry duo - I did the envelope flap, too since I don't have any image stamping on this one. I added some nice Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twin for a nice robust "ribbon" treatment, and used this gorgeous sentiment from For Unto Us - the fonts are just dreamy! A few Wonderful Gems, and I'm done! For Unto Us Stamp Set; Basic White & Crumb Cake CS; Cherry Cobbler Ink; Wintry EF; Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine; Wonderful Gems; #LIM457. ![]() We have a lovely landscape and banner sketch this week at Try Stampin' on Tuesday #536! Perfect for our next Christmas theme at SU Only #290, too! I think I can squeeze one last card out of this gorgeous blue pine sheet from the Beauty of the Earth pack. I used these papers all year long! I couldn't resist putting up this most loving admonishment for the season - the scripty font is just so lovely to me! I kept it all in blue, silver and white, to evoke that miraculous night, hopefully. God's peace, everyone, this season and always! For Unto Us Stamp Set; Beauty of the Earth DSP; Basic White CS; Misty Moonlight Ink; Tailor Made Tags Dies; Banner Pick a Punch & Merry Mini Star Punches; Misty Moonlight 1/4" Cotton Ribbon; White Baker's Twin; #TSOT536; SUOC290. ![]() Perfect - CAS on Friday #219 is running a "winter" challenge this week! I can't believe I haven't pulled out my beloved retired "Santa's Suit" set this year! This cutie is from 2017, and I STILL love seeing Santa's laundry, and him in his little Union suit, lol. And since I have a hard time separating Winter and Christmas... Anyway, I think this is after Santa is done for the night, and we just have clear Winter ahead, lol. Good night, Santa! Sleep well! Santa's Suit (retired 2017); Basic White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red & Crumb Cake Inks; Pale Papaya Blend Marker (on the envelope); Rhinestone Basic Jewels; #CASOF219. ![]() I'm excited to try my hand at a new-to-me challenge today - this is Festive Friday #98! I get to pick at least 3 things from their inspiration list to feature - here goes! Looking over the list, I knew I could pick tinsel, I have an ancient roll of tinsel twine from who knows when, lol, and I think this locks me in to a Christmas theme (twist my arm, lol!) The list is inspired by Christmas Jumper Day (Dec 10!) and even though we don't really wear sweaters here in AZ (yeah, it's 85 degrees here today still, we still have our AC on!) I really wanted to give a nod to the day. Luckily, one of my cute doggies in the Sweet Stockings DSP has a sweater on! Yes! I'm adding red AND some tiny green details, too! Fun! Sweet Little Stockings Stamp Set; Sweet Stockings DSP; Basic White & Old Olive CS; Cherry Cobbler Ink; Tinsel Trim (retired); Old Olive Enamel Dots; #FF0098. ![]() For their final challenge of the year, Fusion has this pretty "gray-white Christmas" theme. Fun! Looking over the sketch, I first went hunting for some images I could do a cluster of and still look festive in Gray. Then I spotted the stockings in the inspiration pic - and straight to Tidings & Trimmings I went! There are actually two stockings in there, so I layered up a trio in all three of our grays, and floated everything over this beautiful woodgrain sheet from our upcoming Heart & Home DSP pack. Don't tell anyone, I actually don't care terribly for the colored sheets in this pack, BUT the back side of every sheet is a different woodgrain! Woot! Looks lovely here for my gray theme! Tidings & Trimmings Stamp Set; Heart & Home DSP; Basic White, Smoky Slate, Gray Granite & Basic Gray CS; Gray Granite, Smoky Slate & Basic Gray Inks; Christmas Trimmings Dies; Rhinestone Basic Jewels; #FusionGrayWhiteChristmas. |
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