Wow, the September challenge for If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #184 looks super YUM! Look at all that chocolate! I really did almost make a box of chocolates, lol, but I went instead for Wildlife Wonder - I haven't used it in a bit, and I LOVE this bear, lol. I was also psyched to see I stuck a mask for his feet inside the case, so I could stamp his ground image without any overlap - yes! I did up my bear in Pecan Pie, and added lots of Early Espresso details, except for my Pecan Pie Solid Gems - pie and a coffee, mmm, now I need a snack! Wildlife Wonder Stamp Set; Early Espresso DSP (retired); Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla CS; Early Espresso & Pecan Pie Inks; Deckled Rectangles & Radiating Stitches Dies; Faux Suede Trim; Pecan Pie Solid Gems; #Cookie184.
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Yay! With a new month, AAA Birthday #53 is back, and they want to see animals on our cards this round - my fave! I decided I haven't been using my Zany Zoo enough - especially not the DSP I'm hoarding! I picked out this cheery elephant from the party sheet and added a little extra color with my Blends Markers - so easy! After fussy cutting him, I decided to dress up my background with my newly acquired Cheery Patterns embossing folders, too. For this first time out, I used them both! I finished with a few Fine Sparkle Gems for some low-key shine - love it! Zany Zoo Stamp Set; Zoo Crew DSP; Basic White, Basic Black & Pool Party CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Smoky Slate & Petal Pink Blends Markers; Cheery Patterns EFs; 1 1/4" & 1 1/2" Circle Punches; Fine Sparkle Gems; #AAAB53. All About Autumn Focus Class Sep 16! I'm so excited to show off our gorgeous new Fall suite, All About Autumn, from our fresh new Holiday Mini Catalog! We'll make 5 cards with envelopes, AND a new shadow box insert, all to celebrate our Autumn season! Class includes all supplies (bring your own fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me all for $25! Class is on for Saturday, September 16, at 2 pm! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP now to save your spot! So glad to have a new round at NBUS #54 - always fun to play with something new! I don't think I could get a better straight line to finally break in my new Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks! The layered sunflower images have really been calling me, so that's what I'm trying first - so easy to use! The layering stencils themselves are notched to make them easier to align, but I'm not sure you even need that, they're so well designed! Love how nice and heavy the stencil material is! After I blended on my flowers, which I tried to keep a little on the brighter side, I finished with this cute "thank you" from Something Fancy - just right! So happy with how this came out! Something Fancy Stamp Set; Basic White & Granny Apple Green CS; Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks; Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Pie, Granny Apple Green & Versamark Inks; White EP; Something Fancy Dies; Linen Thread, Rustic Metallic Dots; #NBUS54. All About Autumn Focus Class Sep 16! I'm so excited to show off our gorgeous new Fall suite, All About Autumn, from our fresh new Holiday Mini Catalog! We'll make 5 cards with envelopes, AND a new shadow box insert, all to celebrate our Autumn season! Class includes all supplies (bring your own fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me all for $25! Class is on for Saturday, September 16, at 2 pm! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP now to save your spot! I'm super excited to get in on this round of Cupcake Inspirations #577 - bears! As soon as I saw the theme, I ran straight to my Beary Christmas set! After looking through the fun coordinating DSP, I decided to focus on fussy cutting some cuties from that this time, and the only stamp I wound up using was the sentiment, lol. The bear balancing a bunny on his head for the Christmas Tree star is just adorable, and I found this other handsome fellow looking calmly on, lol. So sweet! I played some Arctic starry sky for my background, and the back of that sheet had this fun flurry pattern, too - SO MUCH in the DSP pack! Finishing with some Rhinestone Basic Jewels seemed the right touch! Beary Cute Stamp Set; Beary Christmas DSP; Very Vanilla CS; Night of Navy Ink; Nested Essentials Dies; Rhinestone Basic Jewels; #CIC577. All About Autumn Focus Class Sep 16! I'm so excited to show off our gorgeous new Fall suite, All About Autumn, from our fresh new Holiday Mini Catalog! We'll make 5 cards with envelopes, AND a new shadow box insert, all to celebrate our Autumn season! Class includes all supplies (bring your own fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me all for $25! Class is on for Saturday, September 16, at 2 pm! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP now to save your spot! We're ready to see your retro Fall this round at Retro Rubber #215! One of my favorite tree sets is STILL 2019's Sheltering Tree - so much fun! It has lots of little extra details, for all seasons, really, and pretty sentiments to match! Today I stamped up my leaves in pretty autumnal colors, and added a swing and a rake. You just know you want to rake up a big pile of crisp leaves and then jump into them off that swing! Well, that's what I'd do, anyway, lol. I can't wait to see YOUR Fall projects this round - meet you at the challenge! Sheltering Tree Stamp Set (retired 2019); Rings of Love DSP (retired); Basic White & Soft Suede (retired) CS; Soft Suede (retired), Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie & Poppy Parade Inks; Cajun Craze Linen Thread; Gold Brushed Metallic Dots; #RRCB215. All About Autumn Focus Class Sep 16! I'm so excited to show off our gorgeous new Fall suite, All About Autumn, from our fresh new Holiday Mini Catalog! We'll make 5 cards with envelopes, AND a new shadow box insert, all to celebrate our Autumn season! Class includes all supplies (bring your own fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me all for $25! Class is on for Saturday, September 16, at 2 pm! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP now to save your spot! So cool! Our theme this round at Make My Monday #209 is "in the city!" I couldn't resist pulling in our new Let's Go Shopping suite for this one - so fun, and perfectly highlights all the best of city life! Today's card is a pretty shaker, inspired by the catty, and designed for a special shaker class I have coming up! So much fun building this cafe, and setting it on it's street - my little details pieces are actually cut from the DSP, though you can also stamp them! And do you like that cobblestone DSP? Just perfect! I think the class ladies will like it, too! I can't wait to see YOUR adventures "in the city!" Meet you at the challenge! Let’s Go Shopping Stamp Set; Les Shoppes DSP; Basic White, Smoky Slate & Granny Apple Green CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Misty Moonlight & Smoky Slate Blends Markers; Let’s Go Shopping & Stylish Shapes Dies; Window Sheet; Loose Silver Sequins. All About Autumn Focus Class Sep 16! I'm so excited to show off our gorgeous new Fall suite, All About Autumn, from our fresh new Holiday Mini Catalog! We'll make 5 cards with envelopes, AND a new shadow box insert, all to celebrate our Autumn season! Class includes all supplies (bring your own fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me all for $25! Class is on for Saturday, September 16, at 2 pm! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP now to save your spot! AAA Cards #248 has a cool challenge this round - add a tag or a ticket! I decided to go with a tag for this one - it feels like forever since I've had my Tailor Made Tags dies out! The second largest one was a perfect size for our super adorable Trucking Along truck, too - love this cutie the most out of all our trucks so far! I did up a pretty red truck with all the works, detailed the tag, and added the sentiment to my card base. I couldn't resist 3 matte dots for just a tiny pop more color! Trucking Along Stamp Set; Basic White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, Smoky Slate & Old Olive Inks; Pool Party Blends Marker; Tailor Made Tags Dies; Old Olive Baker's Twine; Cherry Cobbler Matte Dots; #AAA248. All About Autumn Focus Class Sep 16! I'm so excited to show off our gorgeous new Fall suite, All About Autumn, from our fresh new Holiday Mini Catalog! We'll make 5 cards with envelopes, AND a new shadow box insert, all to celebrate our Autumn season! Class includes all supplies (bring your own fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me all for $25! Class is on for Saturday, September 16, at 2 pm! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP now to save your spot! Now THIS is something to celebrate - Festive Friday #0142 is featuring World Gratitude Day! Let's play! I pulled out my Vertical Blooms set for this one - love that big vertical "thanks to you" sentiment! I'm still working on building the stacked flowers - the one you see is my second attempt, lol. I do like the little trick of adding that tiny bloom trio to the top to finish it, though - closure is so good! Checking over the inspo list, I made my flowers in Daffodil Delight, and added some pretty Lemon Lime Twist ribbon, too! So I managed to hit yellow, ribbon, flowers and thank you for this one - not too bad! I finished with a few Parakeet Party Matte Dots, that match the ribbon spot on! Anyone else loving Lemon Lime Twist & Granny Apple Green together?? Yum! Vertical Blooms Stamp Set; Basic White & Lemon Lime Twist CS; Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist & Daffodil Delight Inks; Lemon Lime Twist Ribbon (from the Ribbon Duo Pack); Parakeet Party Matte Dots; #FF0142. All About Autumn Focus Class Sep 16! I'm so excited to show off our gorgeous new Fall suite, All About Autumn, from our fresh new Holiday Mini Catalog! We'll make 5 cards with envelopes, AND a new shadow box insert, all to celebrate our Autumn season! Class includes all supplies (bring your own fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me all for $25! Class is on for Saturday, September 16, at 2 pm! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP now to save your spot! Time to pick up the pace! We're having another speed round at As You See It #307 - with a "hobbies" theme! I did another hobby challenge recently, and I talked about my love of baking, so I knew this time I had to talking about the crafty bug, lol. Crafting With You is of course PERFECT for it, but how to play while keeping this in a speed challenge?? I have been all about the dies for this one until now, but then I saw this beauty by Sam Hammond Donald in the UK! The squiggle coloring idea was just what I needed, with my own twist, of course, lol. I really wanted to use this sentiment, and not quite so many images, AND, I wasn't sure I could scribble in Blends quite as artfully as she, lol, so I pulled some "blobs" from our recently retired Painted Poppies, and the slightly older Dressed to Impress. Just right! I picked my colors, and was off! Start to finish clocked at 5 minutes and 15 seconds - yes! So fun! I can't wait to see YOUR speedy creations for this one - meet you at the challenge! Crafting With You, Painted Poppies (retired 2023) & Dressed To Impress (retired 2022) Stamp Sets; Basic White & Basic Black CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Fresh Freesia & Lemon Lime Twist Inks; Fresh Freesia Tinsel Gems; #AYSI307. What a gorgeous quote from Time Out Challenges #246! It reminds me of one I have, too, hmmm... I still love this set from 2010, Plant Hope! I think I originally got it for the pretty bonsai tree image, but it's the sentiment I have returned to, again and again, lol. Today I matched it with (of course!) the Enjoy The Journey DSP pack - I find a way to squeeze it in most everywhere, don't I?? Anyway, I was struck by how similar the trees on this gorgeous mountain sheet were to the lovely pines in the stamp set, so I went monochrome with Starry Sky, too - such a cool effect! Plant Hope Stamp Set (retired 2010); Enjoy The Journey DSP (retired); Basic White & Starry Sky CS; Starry Sky Ink; Deckled Rectangles Dies; Starry Sky Baker's Twine; Starry Sky Matte Dots; #TOC246. |
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