Party Animals

Happy Wednesday stampin' friends!  We're on the downhill slide to the weekend...YIPPEE!!!  And we are officially one week away from summer break for my kiddos!  Where in the world has time gone this school year?!?!  It feels like they just started a few weeks ago.  In years past I have half way dreaded summer break because I was always stuck at home working while my kids and hubby were having fun.  But that all changes this year because I get summer break off too :-)

We kicked off summer over Memorial Day weekend and the fun continued last weekend as we celebrated the 3rd Birthday of one of our little buddies from our fire family.  His family had a fun party that included a HUGE slip-n'-slide, which ALL of the kiddos loved!  I didn't have any birthday cards on hand that were appropriate for a 3 year little boy, so I whipped up this cute and cheerful card before we headed out to the party.  Can you tell that Animal Outings is one of my favorites from the new catalog?!?

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Real Red, Daffodil Delight

Ink ~ Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends

Stamp Sets ~ Animal Outings, Hand Delivered (hostess set), Picture Perfect Birthday

Other Supplies ~ Polka Dot Basics Embossing Folder

I think one of the reasons I love the Animal Outings stamp set so much is because you can color the images.  Coloring and fussy cutting are two of my favorite crafting pastimes...it's so therapeutic!  And aren't the balloons from the Hand Delivered hostess set the perfect little addition?  They kind of remind me of the movie Up!

Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope you are having a great week and have some fun plans coming up for the weekend!

Happy Stamping!

HSSIC#291 ~ Adventure Awaits

Take me to to the beach!!!

Good morning stampers and welcome to an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge.  This week we have a fantastic nautical theme that has me longing for a trip to the Oregon Coast!

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Confession...I was kind of in a creative funk and could not come up with any ideas when I sat down to create for this weeks challenge.  So, I decided to step away and tidy up my craft room a little bit while I waited for inspiration to hit.  As I was putting away some of my Paper Pumpkin boxes, I opened up last months You Are My Anchor kit and there was my answer!  I had only put together part of the kit and still had lots of fun things left to piece together a quick card and a cute little box, which will be perfect end of the year gifts for my sons teacher! 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Pool Party, You Are My Anchor Paper

Ink ~ Pool Party, Calypso Coral

Stamp Set ~ You Are My Anchor

Other Supplies ~ Whisper White Bakers Twine, You Are My Anchor

I am in the final stretch of my contract year at my job and am really looking forward to having some time off this summer with my family.  We are hoping to squeeze in a camping trip or two and will be headed to the Oregon Coast mid summer...I am so READY!!!

Thanks for stopping by today! Stop on by Hand Stamped Sentiments and share what you've been inspired to create today!

Happy Stamping!

Live with Zest ~ Monday Montage

Welcome back to Monday Montage!!!  We are back with another fabulous hop!  Make sure you click on the links below so you don't miss any of the creations...you are sure to love them all!

Are you all enjoying the new catalog?!?  What are some of your new favorites?  I don't know that I've really been able to narrow mine down to just a few...I love it all!  One thing I love about the new catalog coming out is seeing new life to some of the stamp sets that have carried over.  Lemon Zest was not a set that I just had to have when last years catalog came out, but after a year of seeing it and knowing it was carrying over, I HAD to have it!  It's such a great stamp set for summer fun cards!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Lemon Lime Twist, Pineapple Punch, Flirty Flamingo, Basic Black

Ink ~ Lemon Lime Twist, Pineapple Punch, Flirty Flamingo, Tuxedo Black Memento

Stamp Set ~ Lemon Zest

Other Supplies ~ Lemon Builder, Iridescent Sequins

Aren't these colors fabulous together?!?!  They make me thirsty for a yummy summery drink!

Next stop on the hop is Cathy...I can't wait to see what she has for us this week! Or if you want to hop backwards, you can hop on back to the amazing Amy...I just love her style!

Thanks you for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

We've added links to all of our home pages as well so you can hop along in any order you'd like!

Amy O'Neill - Amy's Paper Crafts

Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma

Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs

Dani Dziama - Dani's Thoughtful Corner

Elizabeth Price - Seeinginkspots

Julie Warnick - Julie Warnick Stampin' Up! Blog - taking this week off

Kaitlyn Zumbach - Create with Kaitlyn - taking this week off

Melissa Stout - The Stamp Doc
Wendy Weixler - Wickedly Wonderful Creations

Simple Saturday Birthday

Happy Saturday stampin' friends!  We are in between baseball games, so we snuck home for a bite to eat and I even got in a little stamping.  I knew I would be short on time, so I keep things simple today with some fun new colors!

I think one of my favorite new colors is Granny Apple Green!  It's so bright and cheerful!  It pairs up perfectly with one of our new colors, Lovely Lipstick.  Add in a little splash of Petal Pink and Soft Sea Foam and you have a great color combo!

I added just a bit of texture with a Layered Leaves embossed piece of Granny Apple Green and a little splash of Lovely Lipstick behind my Happy Birthday sentiment.  Not too much, but just enough to brighten things up a bit.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, Lovely Lipstick

Ink ~ Granny Apple Green, Lovely Lipstick, Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam

Stamp Set ~ Perennial Birthday

Other Supplies ~ Layerd Leaves Textured Embossing Folder

I might have time to sneak in one more card before we head back to the ballfield for Aidan and Hunter's game.  Their team is in the running for 1st place, so it should be a good one! 

Have a great day!

Happy Stamping!

#tgifc162 Color Challenge

Happy Annual Catalog Release Day!

I know you've all been anxiously awaiting this day and it is finally here.  Do you LOVE everything in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog?  I think this is one of my favorites yet!

This weeks TGIF Challenges Color Challenge was the perfect combo for one of my favorite new sets in the catalog, Animal Outing.

Isn't this chubby rhino the cutest?  And what about the little tree frog?!?  All of the images in this stamp set are so stinking cute and I can not wait to get my hands on the coordinating framelits.

Supplies Used:
Paper ~ Night of Navy, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink ~ Memento Tuxedo Black, Night of Navy, Stampin' Blends:  Old Olive, Smoky Slate, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie

Stamp Set ~ Animal Outing

Other Supplies ~ Layed Leaves Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Night of Navy Medium Bakers Twine, Stitched Shapes Framelits

Did you hear the fabulous news?  The Stampin' Blends are available again and NEW colors should hopefully be available mid June.  I am excited to add more colors to my collection!

I hope everyone has a great weekend that, of course, includes a little stamping time!  We've got another busy baseball weekend ahead of us, but I am determine to squeeze in a little creative time.

Happy Stamping!