![]() You get your choice of sketches this week at SU Only #256 - grab your catty, turn to page 94, and pick your fave! I decided to play with the banner element card, and I really wanted to take my newly arrived Sending Sunshine set for a spin! I am fascinated by the scene building possibilities for this gorgeous sunset or sunrise set! Just to share my own discovery - the water can be stamped in two layers - eventually, I started with the DARKER layer first, then aligned my larger stamped-off layer after - SO much easier to see! Then I added all my details, the clouds, the islands, the sponged "sand" and plants... So much to play with! I can't wait to see YOUR projects for our challenge this week - meet you there! Sending Sunshine Stamp Set; Whale of a Time DSP; Whisper White & Balmy Blue CS; Balmy Blue, Mango Melody, Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Early Espresso & Gray Granite Inks; Whale of a Time Sequins; #SUOC256. ![]() Pumpkin Club August 29! Did you get your August Pumpkin kit yet? We're calling all heroes! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, August 29, at a special time of 10 am - RSVP to let me know you are attending, we will be all safely socially distanced at our big table downstairs! For those that prefer, I will also have this kit TO GO after our live class - just let me know if you'd like that option! 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 September 10 and you can join us in time for next month!
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![]() So pretty - Less Is More #425 is back this week with a "summer flowers" challenge! I have to admit, I've really been avoiding a lot of the new flower sets these days - which is a major shift for me! I have so many pretties already, it really takes something new and exciting to draw me in, lol. I did get Grace's Garden last year, though, and it was nice to see it carry over - that little garden gate is the cutest! I actually haven't used it in a while, so it was perfect for this challenge - so fun to build a little scene and color it in! I kept things pretty spare for LIM, but couldn't resist adding these tiny pearls - you can never have too much purple! Grace's Garden Stamp Set; Whisper White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Old Olive, So Saffron & Rich Razzleberry Blends Markers; Stitched So sweetly Dies; Purple Pearls; #LIM425. ![]() Christmas Cards Part 1 Aug 15! EEEE! You know it's never too early to kick off Christmas for me, and here's our summer taste of jingle bells ahead! Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes all for the holidays ahead! 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! RSVP today to save your spot! You can also take this class in a To Go version, or schedule an individual class! See you soon! ![]() Oh my gosh, I really started cracking up when I saw today's Time Out Challenge #167 - what a fun idea for a card prompt! I went on the hunt for a "dancing" image, and finally landed on my Way to Goat set - check out this capering guy! Not sure what I was thinking, but for some reason I wanted my goat to be blue today (??) so out came my Balmy Blue Blends, which I don't seem to use much anyway, lol. Then I found this sentiment from Many Mates, and it seemed just right for the theme, somehow. I do admit, this one is weird, even for me!! Way to Goat & Many Mates Stamp Sets; Memento Tuxedo Black & Versamark Inks; Shimmer White EP; Balmy Blue & Gray Granite Blends Markers; Stitched Shapes Dies; Blue Glimmer Dots; #TOC167. ![]() Christmas Cards Part 1 Aug 15! EEEE! You know it's never too early to kick off Christmas for me, and here's our summer taste of jingle bells ahead! Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes all for the holidays ahead! 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! RSVP today to save your spot! You can also take this class in a To Go version, or schedule an individual class! See you soon! ![]() Ooo, another tic-tac-toe at this week's Retro Rubber #140! Yay! So, choosing my line today was all about staying away from that washi tape in the corner, lol. I finally settled on the center column: blue - rectangles - patterned paper. I got started by scouting out some likely DSP in blues, and stumbled across the remnants of my By the Shore DSP in the retired bin - love these water patterns so much, and I even still have the inks to go with! Looking for something nautical, I looked through my old Paper Pumpkins, and came across A Little Smile from June 2019 - just right! I kept things pretty simple with layered stitched rectangles, and a sweet little sentiment - I have to remember to go back through my Pumpkins more often! A Little Smile (Paper Pumpkin June 2019); By the Shore DSP (retired;) Very Vanilla CS; Dapper Denim, Soft Sky, Calypso Coral & Crumb Cake Inks; Rectangle Stitched Dies; Whale of a Time Sequins; #RRCB140. ![]() Christmas Cards Part 1 Aug 15! EEEE! You know it's never too early to kick off Christmas for me, and here's our summer taste of jingle bells ahead! Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes all for the holidays ahead! 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! RSVP today to save your spot! You can also take this class in a To Go version, or schedule an individual class! See you soon! ![]() I'm so loving the theme at this week's Sisterhood of Crafters - "something ocean or beachy!" Yes! Do I NEED any more excuses to use my new fave suite for Whale Done? I just can't get enough of the gorgeous DSP, lol. Today's card is pretty much all DSP - I only used a sentiment stamp, and fussy cut these beautiful turtles to go over this colorful sea floor sheet - eee! I just love it all! I even love the sequin pack that goes with, lol. Take me to the ocean, please! Salt water cures all wounds! Whale Done Stamp Set; Whale of a Time DSP; Whisper White & Just Jade CS; Just Jade Ink; Whale of a Time Sequins; #TSOCOcean. ![]() Very cool - we have another chance to play with our new In Colors over at Inspire Create Challenge #074 this week! I really wanted to pull out all the inks for this one - I think what I've done so far for the new In Colors, I mostly stuck to DSP, lol. And since I just got Today's Tiles, a 2-step set that looks SO snazzy, I decided to try that out! I did two sets of two colors, and used the last color for the sentiment. I even snipped apart my tile blocks and did a little mix and match, lol. This came out so geometric! What a fun way to play with colors! Today's Tiles Stamp Set; Whisper White & Basic Black CS; Magenta Madness, Bumblebee, Just Jade, Misty Moonlight & Cinnamon Cider Inks; 2020-22 In Color Enamel Dots; #ICC074. ![]() Oo, we have a very fun sketch this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments #344! In my opinion, if you look REALLY closely, you can practically SEE the words "any shape" written on that circle. Can't you?? Well, I can, lol. Which makes this a perfect chance to use my new Whiskey Business set! It didn't come out in time for our Man Cards class, but boy is it a shoe-in, lol. I decided to go for the big beautiful decanter, and colored up some whiskey with my Water Painters - my new favorite tool, it's looking like, lol. I'm also thinking this card would be good for a whiskey-drinking sistah, too! Whiskey Business Stamp Set; In Good Taste DSP; Whisper White & Crumb Cake CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Suede, Mango Melody & Pool Party Inks; Water Painters; Elegant Faceted Gems; #HSS344. ![]() Oh wow, what a cute cover for this week's The Library Challenge #424! I'm afraid we don't get many RHS books here in Arizona, lol, but it sure looks fun! I mulled this one over for a while - how could I get at the feel of this awesome cover?? It took me quite a few combos of a lot of things that just DON'T go together to get where I finally landed, but I do love the whimsy, finally, lol. I've always wanted a cool terrarium, but alas, the cats have always had other ideas about that! A succulent in a teacup is about all I've ever been able to manage! Grown With Kindness Paper Pumpkin (Feb 2019); Whisper White, Mossy Meadow & Pool Party CS; Mossy Meadow, Memento Tuxedo Black, Old Olive, Soft Seafoam, Rich Razzleberry & Pool Party Inks; Water Painters; Call Me Cupcake & Special Day Dies; Seabed EF; Whale of a Time Sequins; #TLC64. ![]() Eee! As You See It #230 is back with another speed round, with the added theme of "elements of three!" Woop woop! One of my all-time fave occurrences is when a new order arrives just when I'm getting ready to tackle a card challenge - I can never resist diving in with a brand new set! Today I pulled out the upcoming Love of Leaves set, and thought, hm, we could do three leaves! That was all she wrote, lol. I assembled my supplies, got the stamp set ready, and started the clock! I decided to go with Vanilla for my neutral today - I really haven't been using it much, but I thought it'd be great to add an even softer touch to my leaves. I quick cranked a couple layers with my Rectangle Stitched Dies, and then had to revise my leaf plan to a smaller leaf so they would all fit, lol. Quick stamping, then running through the Big Shot AGAIN to add the leaf details. Assemble the layers, add the twine, throw on some Gold Glitter Dots, pop dot to card base - DONE! 6 minutes, 22 seconds. Whew! Love of Leaves Stamp Set; Very Vanilla & Crumb Cake CS; Pear Pizzazz & Soft Suede Inks; Stitched Leaves & Rectangle Stitched Dies; Linen Thread; Gold Glitter Dots; #AYSI230. ![]() Oh, excellent - love Retro Rubber 139's challenge this week - to use buttons! I ran straight to my embellie drawer to see what I had on hand, and found these old Galvanized Buttons - I think these were first released with our Farmhouse Christmas set back in 2018? Not positive, lol, but today, they make me think "man card," so I went looking for a likely guy set to use. I had a hard time settling on anything, but then I spotted our old Suite Sentiments from 2017, and knew I was saved! I love this set, because it has a bunch of extra sentiments that match like eight different sets from that year, which I think I got probably five of, lol. So a great little bonus investment for me! I decided to go all scrappy for this card, and let those pretty buttons shine! Suite Sentiments Stamp Set (retired 2017); Night of Navy & Pumpkin Pie DSP scraps; Whisper White CS; Night of Navy Ink; Rectangle Stitched Dies; Galvanized Buttons; White Baker's Twine; #RRCB139. ![]() Pumpkin Club July 25! Did you get your July Pumpkin kit yet? Let's light up the night! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, July 25, 3 pm - RSVP to let me know you are attending, we will be all safely socially distanced at our big table downstairs! For those that prefer, I will also have this kit TO GO after our live class - just let me know if you'd like that option! 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! |
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