It's really about the love this week, lol - The Flower Challenge #88 would like us to add a heart! I decided to look over my Shelves of Retirement for this one - and I haven't inked up Beautiful Thistle in who knows how long! Winner winner! I started by checking my scraps folders for something good for the background, and I came across this retired sheet of Soft Sea Foam in a plaid - perfect! I matched this with Highland Heather, to carry the theme, lol, and got to work on my thistles. Turns out I love this combo of green and purple, lol, and I stamped the smallest sentiment on this fun heart in the Radiating Stitches Dies. I even had some Purple Fine Shimmer Gems to finish things off! Beautiful Thistle Stamp Set (retired 2023); Soft Sea Foam DSP (retired); Basic White & Highland Heather CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Versamark Inks; White EP; Highland Heather & Soft Sea Foam Blends Markers; Beautiful Thistle (retired) & Radiating Stitches Dies; Purple Fine Shimmer Gems; #TFC88. Pumpkin Club Feb 24 at 2 PM! Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? It's hopping! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, February 24, at 2 PM - RSVP to let me know you are attending, and we will save you a seat at the table! 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 March 10 and you can join us in time for next month!
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Wow! Time Out Challenges #257 is celebrating a BIG birthday! 10 years! So we get to celebrate too, by making birthday cards for this challenge! This card turned out to be a REAL time out for me today, lol. I got to thinking, what was I stamping 10 years ago? What's on the shelves of retirement from 2014?? Turns out most of my 2014 stamps are Christmas ones, lol, BUT my beloved Skinny Mini Alphabet set was released that year! This really took me back to my alphabet addiction days, lol, I think I still have like 10 different ones, not even counting dies! I finally pulled a catty, too - what else was going on that year? Turns out I even happen to have this pack of Confetti Celebration DSP from then, too, and since I hung on to my Bermuda Bay, I can even coordinate! And so this card was born, lol - what fun it's been! What a Time Out! Skinny Mini Alphabet Stamp Set (retired 2014); Confetti Celebration DSP (retired); Basic White & Bermuda Bay (retired) CS; Bermuda Bay Ink (retired); Bermuda Bay Buttons (retired!); White Baker's Twine; Rhinestone Waves Basic Jewels; #TOC257. Pumpkin Club Feb 24 at 2 PM! Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? It's hopping! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, February 24, at 2 PM - RSVP to let me know you are attending, and we will save you a seat at the table! 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 March 10 and you can join us in time for next month! Ah ha! AAA Birthday #58 would like us to incorporate hearts in our birthday cards this month - a double whammy! Turns out the upcoming A Little Latte DSP has just the stuff I need today, though I jumped to the Something Fancy bundle for my sentiment! Love this little "belated" thought, and when better than over a couple good cuppas, lol. This fun background sheet had lots of little hearts, and I found these two cups with different barista hearts, too! Perfect! I finished with a few Swirl Dots, too. STILL smitten with this suite, obviously, lol! Something Fancy Stamp Set; A Little Latte DSP; Basic White & Early Espresso CS; Early Espresso Ink; Something Fancy & Latte Love Dies; Adhesive-Backed Swirl Dots; #AAAB58. Pumpkin Club Feb 24 at 2 PM! Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? It's hopping! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, February 24, at 2 PM - RSVP to let me know you are attending, and we will save you a seat at the table! 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 March 10 and you can join us in time for next month! We still have time for a little romance at this round's Hand Stamped Sentiments #432, lol - I picked all my favorite loving inspirations for you! Now, that romantic beach-side meal looks pretty awesome to me, followed closely by the chocolates, lol, BUT, I went with the roses today! I pulled my hoarded Hues of Happiness DSP to nab this Melon Mambo collection, and popped up this simple heart with a sentiment from our SAB set Heartfelt Hellos - definitely how I feel about my hubby - love him more each day! I'm so lucky in love! I can't wait to see YOUR romance projects from my inspiration board - meet you at the challenge! Heartfelt Hellos Stamp Set; Hues of Happiness DSP; Basic White & Melon Mambo CS; Versamark Ink; White EP; Sweet & Sassy and Blossoming Happiness Dies (both retired); Melon Mambo Glossy Dots; #HSS432. Pumpkin Club Feb 24 at 2 PM! Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? It's hopping! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, February 24, at 2 PM - RSVP to let me know you are attending, and we will save you a seat at the table! 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 March 10 and you can join us in time for next month! OK, I think I detect several themes at this month's If You Give Crafter a Cookie #189, lol - love cows, anyone?? This seems perfect to finally ink up my new Cutest Cows bundle, lol. So fun! I love all the different choices of cow poses and heads there are, and there are some fun cow sentiments, too! I started pretty simple with this one, and made a background from my hoarded Day At The Farm DSP. I decided a Stylish Square would be good for adding a row of flowers, then I built two cows having a meet-cute! So adorable! My sentiment fit perfectly on this little banner, too! Cutest Cows Stamp Set; Day At The Farm DSP; Basic White & Daffodil Delight CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Copper Clay, Basic Black & SU500 Blends Markers; Stylish Shapes & Tasteful Labels (retired) Dies; Cutest Cow Builder Punch; Daffodil Delight Glossy Dots; #Cookie189. Pumpkin Club Feb 24 at 2 PM! Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? It's hopping! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, February 24, at 2 PM - RSVP to let me know you are attending, and we will save you a seat at the table! 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 March 10 and you can join us in time for next month! Yum! I'm loving our plum cozy colors at this round of Sunday Stamps #329! Today I needed a super quick (and super simple!) card to send out to a friend who just got some bad news. Don't you just hate to hear about that? I wanted to send a little note of encouragement along, and it just happened to fall on our color day at Sunday Stamps! What a challenge! I decided to keep thing fairly stripped down, and brought in Delicate Forest, which has WONDERFUL sentiments for giving a friend a hand up! I stamped off a tiny bit of stem-scape for the background, then did two layers of these pretty stems in two of our colors. The sentiment floats above in a third color, and I finished with some Solid Gems. I still have time to make the mail, I think! I can't wait to see YOUR projects with our pretty colors - meet you at the challenge! Delicate Forest Stamp Set; Basic White, Pecan Pie, Blackberry Bliss & Moody Mauve CS; Moody Mauve & Pecan Pie Inks; Delicate Forest Dies; Solid Gems in Pecan Pie; White Baker's Twine; SSC329. Pumpkin Club Feb 24 at 2 PM! Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? It's hopping! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, February 24, at 2 PM - RSVP to let me know you are attending, and we will save you a seat at the table! 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 March 10 and you can join us in time for next month! So excited to play something "never-before-used" again at NBUS #59 - as usual, I have CHOICES, lol. This round, I managed to fit in TWO new sets - yay me! I'm finally inking up Doggone Friendly - such a fun new background stamp! There's so many ways I can envision using this one, but I went for the basic background today, and picked out a few color spots in Moody Mauve! Next up, is another new preview set from the upcoming release of the next round of Online Exclusives - Sweetly Scripted! This set features 6 scripty sentiments, all long and flowing, and they'll be great for layers! I vaguely remember something similar from years ago, hm, Wonderful Words from 2004? This might actually still be on my shelves, lol. Anyway, the Scripted fonts are tighter and narrower, and definitely more playful! Doggone Friendly & Sweetly Scripted Stamp Sets; Basic White & Moody Mauve CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Versamark Inks; White EP; Moody Mauve Blends Markers; Moody Mauve Glossy Dots; #NBUS59. Time to get cookin' with our fun new "recipe" at this round's As You See It #317! I'm thrilled to say that I have another chance to play with my new Latte Love, and all because I spotted this "plaid" sheet in the DSP pack, lol. From there, it all rode on rails! Dots? Check! Die cuts? Check check! Twine? No problem! And for the embossing folder? Our Spatters EF from the Stripes & Spatters Duo is perfect! I had so much fun with this one! I can't wait to see what YOU cook up with our tasty recipe - have a hot cuppa standing by! Latte Love Stamp Set; A Little Latte DSP; Basic White & Pecan Pie CS; Early Espresso Ink; Smoky Slate & Lost Lagoon Blends Markers; Latte Love & Stylish Shapes Dies; Spatters EF; Linen Thread; Adhesive-Backed Swirl Dots; #AYSI317. Very fun - Aloha Friday Challenge #7 is all about our "Favorites!" I'll have to pick a theme to narrow it down, I think, lol. Turned out it wasn't hard at all, because I am totally SMITTEN with our new Latte Love suite, coming out March 1 in our next release of Online Exclusives! This suite is just gorgeous! The DSP is amazing, the stamp set is perfectly and thoughtfully designed, AND the dies are amazing and go with both! I even love the little Swirl Dots embellishments - perfect for coffees, lattes, or hot chocolates! I couldn't resist showing off the amazing papers today - so super yummy! Latte Love Stamp Set; A Little Latte DSP; Basic White & Early Espresso CS; Early Espresso Ink; Latte Love & Autumn Leaves Dies; Adhesive-Backed Swirl Dots; #AFC7. Nice - AAA Cards #258 has a sweet sketch for us this round - and we gotta keep it CAS! To get my little side element going, I decided to use Vertical Blooms - my only vertical set ever, lol. I still wanted bright fresh colors, but not too much, so I stamped off all my images, both the Granny Apple Green and the Berry Burst. I like the softer look! I stamped my "hello" full strength, from our Sale-a-Bration set, Heartfelt Hellos. As usual, I couldn't resist a little trio of Berry Burst Tinsel Gems to finish things off, lol. Hopefully, I'm still CAS enough! Heartfelt Hellos & Vertical Blooms Stamp Sets; Basic White & Granny Apple Green CS; Granny Apple Green & Berry Burst Inks; Berry Burst Tinsel Gems; #AAA258. |
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