#TGIF105 It's Time to CELEBRATE!!

Today is a day for celebrating!  Not only is it Friday, but TGIF Challenges is turning 2 today!!  I was a huge fan of the talented group of designers that started TGIFC and I am beyond honored to be a part of their design team today!  I have been inspired by every single member of this amazing team and continue to be inspired week!

 

So, to honor our birthday, we are celebrating with a party!!  We hope you'll join along in the fun!

 

I pulled out a couple of my favorite retiring stamp sets and inked them up with a couple of the new 2017-2019 In-Colors.  What do you think?!?!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Eastern Palace DSP

Ink ~ Lemon Lim Twist, Fresh Fig

Stamp Sets ~ Balloon Celebration, Endless Birthday Wishes

Other Supplies ~ Mini Tassels Assortment, Gold Metallic Thread, Confetti Embossing Folder, Gold Embossing Powder

 

I'm quickly falling in love with this Lemon Lime Twist and Fresh Fig color combo.  Be prepared to see a lot more of it!

 

Be sure to head on over to TGIF Challenges and join along in the party!

 

Happy Stamping! 

 



Congratulatins GRAD!

Hello stampers and welcome to Tuesday!!!

It's time for an all new sketch challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  I love this sketch and can't wait to see what everyone creates with it!

I had my stamp club on Sunday and have a few extra supplies leftover that I put to use no this card, which also helped clean up my crafting space.  I've been cleaning every day for a week straight in an effort to make our house presentable for showings.  We have another one today...fingers crossed that the right person comes along and falls in love with our house!

Supplies Used

Paper ~ Basic Black, Melon Mambo, It's My Party DSP

Ink ~ Mint Macaron, Crushed Curry

Stamp Sets ~ BYOP, Balloon Celebration

Other Supplies ~ Mint Macaron/Basic Black Bakers Twine, It's My Party Enamel Dots, Mini Brads, Layering Square Framelits

I can't believe graduation season is already here!  My youngest only has a week of pre-school left and my older boys have just shy of a month of school left...I'm not ready for summer break yet!!  I love my boys, but I also love the little break I get while they are away at school ;-)

Be sure to play along with all of us over at HSS!  We love to see what you create!

Happy Stamping!



Fancy Fold Flower

Happy Thursday stampers!

 

It's a Fancy Fold kind of day over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.  I've been eyeing this fold for a while now and finally gave it a try after Pinkstampagne so kindly posted her measurements for her beautiful card!

I also gave the whole "line-less" water color technique a try.  This is super simple and the end result is amazing!  All you have to do is stamp the image in a very light color (I used Sahara Sand, stamped off once).  Then all you have to do is paint over that lightly stamped image with the color of your choice and you now have an image that looks like you painted it free-hand!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Typeset DSP

Ink ~ Sahara Sand, Crushed Curry, Basic Black

Stamp Sets ~ Friends & Flowers, Balloon Celebration

Other Supplies ~ Festive Flower Builder Punch, Botanical Builder Framelits



I love how this flower turned out and can not wait to share this technique with my class!

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the Fancy Folds from our fancy design team members!

 

Happy Stamping!

Peek-a-Boo Sweet Pea



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!

I spent over 3 hours deep cleaning my craft room this week...it was LONG overdue!!!  It felt good to purge, sort and organize all of my supplies and actually have space on my craft table to work on!  It made creating todays card so much more relaxing and fun!

'Tis the season for babies...it seems to happen every year right around this time! I have two friends who are expecting their first babies in the next month, so I decided to get a head start on some new baby cards.  I've had this idea in my head for a while and finally put in on paper today. 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Vellum

Ink ~ Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Basic Gray, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz

Stamp Sets ~ Friends & Flowers, Suite Sayings, Balloon Celebration

Other Supplies ~ Balloon Bouquet Punch, Old Olive Bakers Twine, Tree Builder Punch

 

Isn't that little sweet pea adorable?!? 

  

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 for hopping along with us today!

 

Happy Stamping!

 





Look Who's Turning One!

Happy Friday stampers!

We are monkeying around over at Friday Mashup today with a fun challenge!

This week's challenge is to create a project with a monkey or a fancy fold...or you can mash things up and make fancy fold card with a monkey.

It's also Friday Favorites over at Styin' Stampin' INKspiration today, so I used some of my current favorites on today's card.  Can you guess what my favorites are?  You can head on over to SSINK to see what they are!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Real Red, Tangelo Twist, Whisper White

Ink ~ Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Real Red, Tangelo Twist, Early Espresso, Basic Black, Smoky Slate

Stamp Sets ~ Zoo Babies, Dotty Angles, Number of Years, Balloon Celebration

Other Supplies ~ Balloon Bouquet Punch, Party Punch Pack, Whisper White Bakers Twine, Large Number Framelits

I made this card for a sweet little man in our fire family who will celebrate his first birthday next weekend!  I can't wait to help celebrate his big day with him!

Happy Friday to all of you and happy stamping!

CASE of Love

Hello Wednesday!!

 

The girls over at SSINK are CASEing a fellow design team member today...love this!  It was so much fun going through all of our posts and seeing all of the awesomeness that our team creates!

I settled on this fun card that Melissa ~ The Stamp Doc made for our color challenge last month.  I love the simple, but wonky layout she use for her card!

 

I kept my card even more simple with fewer layers, but kept the general layout of the card.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, It's My Party DSP, Neutrals DSP, Blushing Bride

Ink ~ Blushing Bride, Smoky Slate

Stamp Sets ~ Watercolor Words, Balloon Celebration

Other Supplies ~ Sweetheart Punch

 

Sweet, simple little love note to send off for Valentines Day...perfect!

 

Be sure to head on over to SSINK to see who CASE'd who...you'll love what you see!

 

Happy Stamping!



Sending You Love

Hello happy stampers!

 

I finally had some early morning stamping time and had this idea brewing in my head since I pulled out the Lovely Amazing You stamp set to create yesterday's card.  If you haven't guessed, The Balloon Celebration stamp set and coordinating punch are a favorite of mine at the moment.  I just can't bring myself to put them away and use something different!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Perfectly Artistic DSP (SAB)

Ink ~ Basic Gray, Blushing Bride, Watermelon Wonder, Calypso Coral, Soft Sky

Stamp Sets ~ Balloon Celebration, Lovely Amazing You, Watercolor Words

Other Supplies ~ Balloon Bouquet Punch

 

I love how the clouds look so soft in the sky and the word "love" looks to be written in the sky...just what I was hoping for!

 

Thanks for stopping by again today!  Be sure to check back again this week...I got in some good stamping over the weekend and have some fun creations to share with you.

 

Happy Stamping!



Cozy Coffee

TGIF stampers!!!

 

It has been one heck of a week for me and I am so, so, SO happy that it is finally Friday! 

 

And what makes every Friday awesome?!?!  An all new Friday Mashup Challenge, that's what!

 

 

This week's Mashup Challenge is to:

 Create a project featuring at least 3 of the colors above

or Create a project featuring Snow/Snowflakes

or Mash It Up and create a snow themed project using the colors above

 

I decided to {kind of} mash things up...I used the colors and the Softly Falling Embossing Folder for the snow.  That works, right?

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Pool Party, Night of Navy, Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Schoolhouse DSP

Ink ~ Night of Navy, Pool Party, Wink of Stella

Stamp Sets ~ Balloon Celebration

Other Supplies ~ Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Cups & Kettle Framelits, Smoky Slate Thick Bakers Twine

 

This sentiment is very fitting as I have a coffee date with two of my favorite friends tomorrow...I can't wait!

 

Be sure to head on over to Friday Mashup and check out the rest of the design team creations and join along in the fun!

 

Happy Stamping!

 



Hello Birthday Boy

Happy Thursday stampers! 

 

We are more than half way through one of the hardest weeks of the year!  I don't know about you, but the week after New Years is always rough...you know the holidays are over and those lazy days of Christmas break are a thing of the past...I think parents should get an extra week off after their kids go back to school!

 

The one benefit of having the kids go back to school is getting back into our regular routine, which means early morning stamping for me...yay!  I am in pure bliss playing with all of my new stamping goodies!  I am so, so, SO happy we finally have a balloon punch!  I've been using it like crazy, so consider yourself warned!

 

We are creating masculine cards over at SSINK today, so I chose my beloved Seahawks colors, which two of my boys LOVED!  My other was quick to tell me I needed to make one in Broncos colors too...I'll have to make that soon!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Night of Navy, 2015-2017 In Colors DSP Stack

Ink ~ Night of Navy, Cucumber Crush

Stamp Sets ~ Balloon Celebration, Hello

Other Supplies ~ Balloon Bouquet Punch, Starburst Thinlits Die, Whisper White Bakers Twine

 

I love the bold contrast of the colors against the bright white starburst!  I'm in the process of recreating this card in different colors with the other sentiments from the Hello Sale-a-Bration Stamp set.  I will try to share those once I have them finished.

 

In the mean time, back to prepping for my January Stamp Club...I'm so happy to be back in session after taking last month off!

 

Happy Stamping!



Let's Celebrate the New Year...

...and drink champagne!

 

Happy New Years Eve stampers!

 

I don't know that I will be sipping on champagne tonight...I think I would get funny looks from everyone at the hockey game that we'll be going to.  But I couldn't resist using this fun sentiment for a New Year's card!

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Vellum, Typeset DSP, Gold Glimmer

Ink ~ Soft Sky, Pool Party, Basic Black, VersaMark

Stamp Set ~ Balloon Celebration

Other Supplies ~ Balloon Bouquet Punch, Banner Punch, Baker's Box Thinlits (Starburst), Linen Thread, Sahara Sand Lace, Trim, Venetian Crochet Trim, Gold Sequin Trim, Gold Embossing Powder, Metallic Sequins, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Home for Christmas Enamel Dots

 

Holy smokes...it has been a long time since I have used so many different embellishments, punches and dies!  My craft desk was a little scary looking after I was done with this card!

 

I wish you all a safe and Happy New Year!!!

 

Happy Stamping!

Balloon Celebration ~ 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!

I hope you all had a wonder Christmas and were able to spend some time with those you love most over the holiday weekend!  We had celebrations at our house on Christmas Eve and Christmas day, so it was a bit busy, but still so much fun.  My youngest has been pretty sick since the middle of last week, so we were happy to be home and have everyone come to us.  He is still feeling pretty crummy and wants lots of snuggle time with momma, so my stamping time has been a bit limited, but I did manage to get a quick and easy card put together while he slept for a bit.

I love the new Balloon Celebration stamp set and coordinating Balloon Bouquet Punch...so much fun to be had with this bundle! 

Supplies Used:
Paper ~ Whisper White
Ink ~ Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Mint Macaron, Basic Black, Smoky Slate
Stamp Sets ~ Balloon Celebration
Other Supplies ~ It's My Party Washi Tape and Enamel Dots

The colors in the It's My Party suite are the BEST!  I love how fun and cheerful they are!

 

It has been so much fun hopping with all of these ladies this year and I look forward to another year of it!

 

Happy New Year and Happy Stamping!

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 for hopping along with us today!