Lovely Garden

Hooray for Tuesday and an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch challenge.

Today I'm sharing a card created with the new Lovely Garden Suite Collection.  I love flowers as much as I love stamps and hydrangeas are some of my favorites!

These beautiful blooms were fussy cut from the Lovely Garden DSP.  In addition to the pretty floral patterns, there are some pretty awesome black and white pattens of paper in this pack.  I love black and white with a pop of color!

The Fresh Freesia Faux Velvet ribbon is so soft and pretty!  This is a suite that you won't want to miss out on!

Happy Stamping!

All The Delightful Best

Happy Friday, friends!  This week's TGIF Challenges Inspiration Challenge feels like spring!  Our weather this week has also felt like spring, which brings me hope that we are nearing the end of our dreaded winter blah's where I live.

Daffodil Delight is not a color I use very often, but I am loving all this yellow with the pop of Pool Party from the Floral & Gingham Vellum.  Isn't it pretty?

I stamped the flowers in Daffodil Delight on Basic White, along with a few Old Olive leaves.  I love the sweet simplicity!

Join along in the fun this week and share what you were inspired to create!

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Ocean of Thanks

This weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge feels like summer!  I don't know about you, but I am ready for the cold and snow to go away and make way for summer sunshine!

 A mixture of products from the Friends of the Ocean suite were perfect for this color combo!  I love how the Soft Waves 3D embossing folder makes you feel like you are right in the water at the beach!

I love that the Ocean Friends Dies coordinate with the Designer Series Paper...perfect for times that I'm too lazy to stamp!

Happy Stamping!

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Corner in Bloom Celebration

It's a Monday Montage kind of Monday!  Follow me over on Instagram @craftsomnia to see the full lineup of creations from our team!

I'm trying to get in as much creating with my Sale-a-Bration stamp sets as I can! Corner in Bloom is such a pretty stamp set, especially paired up with Mixed Media Florals DSP!  I just can't get enough of the Petal Pink stipe pattern!

The simple Celebrate die cut sentiment makes this card perfect for any special celebration..birthday, wedding, new job...the possibilities are endless!  

The layout of today's card is thanks to inspiration from Freshly Made Sketches.

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Valentine, You're As Sweet As Honey

Happy Valentine's Day!  I hope you are celebrating the day with all things you love!

Speaking of love...we all love a good sketch challenge, right?  TGIF Challenges has a great sketch for you to play along with this week!

I could't resist using a few more of these fussy cut {Cute as Can} Bee's and honey pots for one last Valentine card for the season!

I used the awesome hexagon die from Meant to Bee dies in place of the square.  I love the bold frame of black around the buzzy little bumblebees! 

Nothing but sweet simplicity for this card...that's my kind of Valentine!

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Show a Little Love

Hello stamping friends!!  Today, the 2025 Artisan Design Team is some inspiration with some projects about things we love!  Check out the full lineup of projects over on Instagram and follow me at @craftsomnia

I decided to create a scrapbook page and fill it with some of the things I love!  A cup of coffee and a good book, my favorite place to visit, my flower garden, all of my doggies and, of course, being creative!  

I used the Mixed Media Florals DSP, fussy cutting the pretty floral boarder to create a frame.  I love the black and white floral pattern in the background and of course I had to add in a few stripes to the mix!

I used a variety of dies to include some of my favorite things...can you spot them all?

Click on the fun image below to see the full lineup of projects on Instagram and get to know the 2025 Artisan Design Team!

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Lovely & Sweet Sketch - Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the February edition of Around the World On Wednesday!  This month we are sharing our creative inspiration in the form of a sketch.  Be sure to hop all the way through to see all of the beautiful interpretations.  Didn't you love Theresa's project?

I used the Petal Pink striped pattern of Mixed Media DSP for the stripe portion of the sketch to get the creativity flowing. I always love any paper with stripes!  This was layered on a Basic Beige card front stamped with a little Petal Pink splatter then embossed with the Exposed Brick embossing folder.  I used the Spotlight on Nature dies for the Basic White circle along with Elements of Text stamp set to add just a bit of Granny Apple Green.

I stamped the beautiful almond tree branch from Lovely & Sweet in Memento, coloring the image in shades of Granny Apple Green, Petal Pink and Crumb Cake. 

The sweet sentiment was stamped in Petal Pink on Basic Beige with some Petal Pink Diagonal Trim tucked behind.  I cut the ribbon into strips to make it a bit more dainty and delicate. A few gold Low Profile Dots added just the right amount of shimmer.

Want in on a funny little secret about this card?  After completing it, I picked it up to get ready to take photos only to realize I had adhered it to the card base upside down!  I know I'm not the only one who has made this mistake, right?!?

Keep on hopping along to see what Lori Willcox has to share with us!  See the full hop lineup below.

Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Kelly Taranto - US

Tricia Butts - US

Theresa McEntee - US

Bree Renwick - US

Lori Willcox - CA

Teri West - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US

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Celebrate With Cake

It's time to celebrate an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge...with cake!

I don't know about you, but it always seems like the first couple months of the year are full of birthdays!  I am grateful for this fun challenge to help create another card to send out this week.

Wildflower Birthday Designer Series Paper for the birthday card win...again!  I am loving this paper for so many of my birthday card creations.  The die cut pieces help bring cards together in no time!

I made this a fun fold card with a little extra something pretty on the inside.  It's always a fun surprise to find a little surprise when you open up a card.

Join along in our birthday celebration fun!

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Storybook Friends

Happy Monday friends!  I hope you had a restful weekend and your week is off to a great start.

It's been so cold lately in my little corner of the world...which means I spent quite a bit of time in my craft room over the weekend, where it is warm and cozy.  

I absolutely love the Storybook Moments DSP!  All of the garden images are just so cute and perfect for some spring time creating. I only have the DSP at this time, so I put my Paper Snips to work and cut out some of the gardening images for this first  card.  The little seed packets are my favorite!

I couldn't resist cutting out a few of these fuzzy little bunnies for this next card.  They remind me so much of the beloved Peter Rabbit books. I love this momma bunny working with her babies.

I was regretting not getting the coordinating Storybook Friends stamp set, but the sentiments from Heart Shaped were perfect for these sweet little cards.  

Happy Stamping!

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Sale-A-Brate the Season

We are Sale-a-Brating over at TGIF Challenges this week and sharing some of our favorite Sale-A-Bration products!  

There are so many awesome products in the January-February Sale-A-Bration offering this year!  I couldn't resist the super cute Pick A Season stamp set.  It's perfect for all of your spring-time creations!

I stamped the tree leaves in Granny Apple Green and filled the tree full of Petunia Pop flowers. Doesn't it just make you happy!

A few clouds fill the sky and a cute little picket fence peeks out from behind the tree.  The sweet sentiment from Heart Shaped was the perfect addition to complete this simple card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

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Freshly Made Birthday Celebration

It's a Birthday Celebration kind of day...make a wish! 

January and February are full of birthdays to celebrate, so I've been busy making lots of birthday cards!

This weeks Freshly Made Sketches design helped to create two pretty birthday cards for two equally beautiful women in my life!

Using a few different patterns of Wildflower Birthday DSP, this sweet banner card came together with ease.  A little bit of fussy cutting required for all the bits and pieces, but so worth it!

The birthday cake die cut image, also included in the Wildflower Birthday DSP steals the show for this next card.  A few more fussy cut elements and a golden Make a Wish sentiment were the perfect final touches!

These cards are in their respective envelopes and on their way to the birthday girls.  I hope they bring a little happiness to their special day!

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Bee Mine

This Tuesday brings us an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge!

I am absolutely loving the new color release of the Cute As Can Bee Designer Series Paper. These little bees are as sweet as can be!

I stamped the hearts to go along with the sketch design then brought in a couple fussy cut bumble bees. Some buzzy little loops were stamped in Pool Party and the Bee Mine sentiment was stamped in Petunia Pop on a little strip of Bubble Bath.

I love the striped pattern peeking out from the edges.  All of the patterns together are so much fun!

Join along in this weeks challenge and share you creations with us!

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Handmade Hugs

Rules for art...there are no rules!  This weeks TGIF Challenges Theme Challenge is a fun one!  You have complete freedom to create what ever you want!

It has been forever since I have created anything with the Crafting With You stamp set and coordinating dies.  The easel in the photo inspired me to pull this bundle out to create a cheerful and fun-loving card.

I die cut the paper trimmer and added a cute hand stamped piece of paper to the trimmer.  Did you notice I added both the cutting and scoring blades?!?  And since I love to fussy cut so much, I had to add the little pair of Paper Snips too!

I've had this piece of Friends of the Ocean DSP sitting on my desk since my card class earlier in the month.  It added the perfect pop of extra color and goes along so well with one of my all time favorite colors, Coastal Cabana.

Who will you send a handmade hug to today?

Happy Stamping!

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Mixed Media Thank You

 Happy Sunday stampers!  I hope you have had a good weekend and have found time be creative! My favorite man in brown (my UPS driver) delivered a box full of new Mini Catalog, Sale-a-Bration and Online Exclusive products on this so I've made lots of time to be creative this weekend. 

I can never turn down any stamp set or Designer Series paper that has images that can be colored.  Coloring is true therapy for me, which is why I could not wait to pull out the black and white floral pattern of the Mixed Media Florals DPS!  I took some time before work on Friday to color a section of this beautiful paper, not even knowing what I would use it for.

After going through the other patterns of paper in the pack, I found my next favorite pattern...stripes!  And the tiny hand drawn flowers on black...they are the perfect pair!

This weeks Freshly Made Sketches sketch was the perfect way to use all of the beautiful papers together.

Friends for Life bundle created the perfect sentiment for a sweet friend who deserves a big thank you.  I am beyond blessed to have so many thoughtful and caring friends in my life!

Happy Stamping!

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Floral Birthday Wishes

Woohoo...I survived the first week back after winter break!  That definitely earned me some time in the craft room to play along with the latest TGIF Challenges Sketch Challenge.

I got a little carried away and added a few more floral elements to the sketch, but I just couldn't stop fussy cutting these cheerful Floral Delight DSP flowers.  They pack a health dose of happiness, especially this time of year!

I love the splash of Pool Party from the Floral & Gingham Vellum peeking from behind the sentiment. It makes this card even more happy!

Join in the fun and play along with this weeks sketch!

Happy Stamping!

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