OK, The Male Room # 152 has a fun challenge for us - Christmas in July, man-style! This should be interesting, lol. Lucky for me, my holiday pre-order is here and ready for inking! Let's take a peek at the new cuter-than-cute Joyful Life set, which has three adorable critter images. It's this pig that really grabbed my eye, lol, and with the return of our awesome Heartwarming Hugs DSP, I couldn't resist my "Hog Hugs" blog post title, lol. I have to also say, I'm really loving our Pale Papaya blends markers for a flesh tone - works great on my little porker here! I think he makes for a perfect guy Christmas card! Joyful Life Stamp Set; Heartwarming Hugs DSP; Basic White & Real Red CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Pale Papaya, Lt Old Olive, Real Red & Pool Party Blends Markers; Stitched Shapes Dies (retired); #TMR152. Yippee! Time to kick off my year-long obsession - Christmas in July! Here's your chance to get a sneak peek at the upcoming Holiday Mini Catalog with our first round of Christmas cards - AT LEAST 5 cards and envelopes, plus snacks, drinks, and a special gift from me, all for $25! (Bring your own fave snips and adhesives!) This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class in on for Saturday, July 24 at 3 pm, chez Heroldt - RSVP today to save your spot!
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Oo, look at this fun sketch that Retro Rubber #162 has for us this week! Love it! Now, I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love my shelves of retirement, lol. A quick glance at my blog history shows that I often approach HALF my blog posts being with retired stamps or toys, lol. So I have a sincere delight in this particular challenge blog (no, I'm NOT sucking up, I swear!) BUT, there's one day a year that I feel a little pang playing here, like I did today. And that would be the VERY DAY that my holiday catty pre-order arrives, lol. Not for the Annual, not for the Spring Mini, JUST for the Holiday Mini, lol. I'm such a Christmas nerd! So I consoled myself with at least the new Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP, which goes GREAT with my beloved 'stache-y Santa. Whew, consolation achieved! Santa Stache Stamp Set (retired 2014); Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP; Basic White, Real Red & Old Olive CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Real Red, Smoky Slate & Pale Papaya Blends Markers; Stitched Shapes Dies (retired); All the Trimmings Embellishments (retired); #RRCB162. Yippee! Time to kick off my year-long obsession - Christmas in July! Here's your chance to get a sneak peek at the upcoming Holiday Mini Catalog with our first round of Christmas cards - AT LEAST 5 cards and envelopes, plus snacks, drinks, and a special gift from me, all for $25! (Bring your own fave snips and adhesives!) This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class in on for Saturday, July 24 at 3 pm, chez Heroldt - RSVP today to save your spot! Excellent - CAS Christmas has a poinsettia challenge for us this month! Lucky for me, I even have a still-current stamp set to use in our gorgeous Poinsettia Petals! At first, I went to town, and made all these layered stacks of petal shapes, colored 'em up, added leaves - and then, I remembered! This is a CAS challenge, oops! So now I have various size ready-made flowers in my stamp box, and I pared back to one nice, that hopefully is CAS enough for going on with, lol. Now that I look at it, I should have gone with a smaller one probably, lol. Oh well, I still love the brushy look of my coloring - my grandma's fave kind were the peppermint stripe ones, and that's what I was going for! Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set; Basic White & Cherry Cobbler CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Cherry Cobbler, Mango Melody & Old Olive Blends Markers; Poinsettia Dies; Wonderful Gems; #CASChristmasPoinsettias. Eee! We're going to Bendi Town this week at Try Stampin' on Tuesday #515! I love this fold! Today's challenge gave me chance to play with an idea I've been kicking around ever since our 21-22 Catalog came out - could I make a bendi with the gorgeous dies from Inspiring Canopy? What you see is the result of my tinkering! It was a bit of a wing and a prayer figuring out how to work the slots in to for the tiny tabs, not to mention the clean-up on a partially cut tree-scape, as I tried to figure out how to make the ground below the trees "wider," lol. What a job! I promise, the sentiment is very visible in person, it's just that the final challenge here was photographing this one! Whew! I can't wait to see YOUR bendi projects this week - meet you at the challenge! Inspired Thoughts Stamp Set; Beauty of the Earth DSP; Basic White & Night of Navy CS; Night of Navy Ink; Inspired Canopy Dies; Adhesive Backed Snowflakes; #TSOT515. OK, Addicted to CAS # 201 is speaking my love language this week, lol - Christmas! What a perfect time to ink up my new Christmas set from our still-shiny catty - here's a peek at Evergreen Elegance! Now, this one can come bundled with an amazing evergreen border punch, but I held back on that for the CAS, lol. But you do get a little taste of the gorgeous sentiments that come with it - not just another tree set at all! I love the simple sincerity that shines through here, and I couldn't resist a few tiny stars from last year's All The Trimmings embellies, instead of the sweet stars in the stamp set, shhh... Evergreen Elegance Stamp Set; Basic White CS; Pool Party, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz & Merry Merlot Inks; All The Trimmings Embellishments (retired); #ATCAS201. So excited to kick off a new month, which means it's time for our July Sparkles Christmas Challenge #126 - snowflakes! I have hung on to my Holly Jolly Greetings bundle since 2015, because of the lovely simple word dies - like the "peace" I feature here. But I also love the beautiful snowflake image in this set - simple and bold, it looks wonderful in silver today! I put this all together over Night of Navy for a lovely snowy evening, with a little sparkle, of course! I can't wait to see YOUR snowflake projects this month - meet you at the challenge! Holly Jolly Greetings Stamp Set (retired 2015); Basic White, Silver Glimmer & Night of Navy CS; Night of Navy & Versamark Inks; Silver EP; Christmas Greetings Dies (retired); Snowflake Sequins; #SCC126. I'm so happy to see the snowman theme at this month's CAS Christmas June '21! One of my faves! I of course had to go to my trusty Snowman Season stamp set for this one. I seriously thing this might be our longest running snowman ever, lol. This one is so cute! I think he'd be sticking out his tongue if he could here! I decided to dress him up in winter blues today, instead of my usual red and green - I like it! Snowman Season Stamp Set; Basic White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Night of Navy & Old Olive Blends Markers; Adhesive Backed Snowflakes; #CASChristmasSnowman. Ooo! This month's Sparkles Christmas Challenge #125 - "get krafty" - falls on a Tuesday! So I get to combine it with our awesome sketch at Try Stampin' on Tuesday #509! In Stampin' Up!'s world, "kraft" is called Crumb Cake now - I still remember when we made that name change - I almost had a heart attack thinking I'd lost my favorite neutral, lol - I think that was my first major color renovation! Anyway, Crumb Cake is still here, thank goodness, and look how lovely it is against these rich Christmas colors! The perfect sketch for a little poinsettia action! I can't wait to see YOUR projects, too - meet you at the challenges! Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set; Classic Christmas DSP; Crumb Cake & Basic White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Cherry Cobbler & Mango Melody Blends Markers; Poinsettia Dies; Gold Glitter Enamel Dots; #SCC125; #TSOT509. Very nice! CAS Christmas May 2021 has hit on one of my favorite Christmas themes - foliage and berries - love them together! I decided to pull out Poinsettia Petals for this one - it has so many other great holiday images in it, and the dies can't be beat! I kept things really pared down - two holly leaves and a little berry sprig to go with. I ended up tucking them behind a simple circle for my sentiment, but I couldn't resist a few Gilded Gems to add some twinkle! I really like the look of my blender pen work on the holly leaves, too, I need to use that more! Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set; Basic White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Garden Green & Real Red Ink; Blender Pen; Poinsettia & Layering Circle Dies; Gilded Gems; #CASChristmasMay2021. Let's Get Messy - May 15, 3 pm! Ah, our favorite techniques class of the year is finally here! In this class we explore new techniques, tools and goodies, that maybe make a bit of a (ahem) mess! Want to try something new, but feel a bit nervous to get started? Come make the mess at MY house! Class features 5 cards and envelopes, and includes all supplies needed (bring your own fave snips and adhesive!), snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP today to save your spot! And DON'T wear white! I'm so excited to host our sketch this week at Sunday Stamps #256! I hope you'll play along! So, even though this is MY sketch, this layout really threw me for a loop! What was I thinking? Believe it or not, this actually started out as a guy card, but then, the doily, sigh. I don't really do doilies, lol, and this one was a pretty silver, which side-tracked me into Christmas. It was even worse when I flipped it over and inked the white side in blue! Let me tell you, this card has taken some turns! For a while, the card said "Best guy ever," but I finally caved and found this sentiment to go in a holiday direction. What an adventure! I hope you can conquer this sketch more easily than I did - I can't wait to see your projects over at the challenge! Mountain Adventure Stamp Set (retired 2016); Well Suited DSP; Basic White, Night of Navy & Basic Gray CS; Night of Navy Ink; Foil Snowflakes; Basic Gray Baker's Twine; Adhesive Backed Snowflakes; #SSC256. |
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