Painted Harvest Sympathy ~ Monday Montage

Welcome to an all new Monday Montage Blog Hop!  You won't want to miss a single creation from this amazing group of stampers!

Last week was a busy one and this weekend was super busy as well.  Knowing I would be gone for the weekend, I worked on a few projects throughout the week in hopes of staying caught up.  I did pretty good...but my naughty puppy ALMOST ruined the card I worked on for today's hop.  Thankfully I was able to salvage most of the pieces and finish this sympathy card for a special friend.

 Painted Harvest is still one of my favorite stamp sets.  I love that you can create a beautiful flower in ANY color...every color is beautiful!

The flowers and the fern-like leaves were stamped and fussy cut...one of my favorite crafty things to do!  I did use the coordinating Leaf Punch too.  It's hard to tell in the picture, but I used the Subtle Embossing folder, adding just the right amount of texture.  A little bit of Rose Thread and Gold Metallic Pearls were the perfect added touch to go along with the Gold Foil sympathy cut with the Well Written Dies.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Early Espresso, Rococo Rose, Mossy Meadow, Gold Foil

Ink ~ Early Espresso, Rococo Rose, Mossy Meadow

Stamp Set ~ Painted Harvest

Other Supplies ~ Gold Metallic Pearls, Rose Metallic Thread, Subtle Embossing Folder

It's a good thing this naughty girl is cute...in addition chewing up the first version of this card, she absolutely destroyed my craft room.  I'm pretty sure she had some help from our kitty or she was brave enough to jump up on my desk.  I'm not sure I want to know!  But I now know that pulling Stampin' Dimensionals from the pads of your puppy's feet and long puppy fur is NOT a fun activity!  

Happy Stamping!

We've added a list of everyone's home pages so you can hop along in any order you wish!  Just make sure you don't miss any!

Amy O'Neill - Amy's Paper Crafts - not hopping this week

Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma

Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs

Charlet Mallett - Painted Orange

Cheryl Curtis - Pomp and Sustenance - not hopping this week

Dani Dziama - Dani's Thoughtful Corner

Elizabeth Price - Seeinginkspots

Julie Warnick - Creating on the Run

Melissa Stout - The Stamp Doc

Wendy Weixler - Wickedly Wonderful Creations

Sunflower Inspiration ~ HSSIC300

Have you fallen into fall yet?  It's in full swing where I live and the colors are beautiful!  I'll admit...I'm not a huge fan of the cold, dreary weather that comes with fall, but I do love all of the color it has to offer!

This weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge is all about FALL!  And it's our 300th challenge!  How cool is that?  I am so honored to be a part of this amazing design team!

Of course I was inspired by the sunflowers in the photo collage.  Sunflowers always make me think of the last little bit of summer hanging on as fall takes over.  The beautiful sunflower stamps in Painted Harvest met Mango Melody and produced the most amazing sunflowers ever!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Gray Granite, Whisper White

Ink ~ Gray Granite, Mango Melody, Soft Suede, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake

Stamp Sets ~ Painted Harvest, Love What You Do

Other Supplies ~ Linen Thread

Yes, I fussy cut all of the flowers and leaves. I am one of the few who love to fussy cut!  It's one of those things that just feels therapeutic to me :-)

Be sure to head on over to HSS and play along with us!

Happy Stamping!

Painted Harvest Birthday - #hsssh295

Happy Tuesday stampers and hello from Pacific City, OR.  We escaped the heat back home and headed to the Oregon coast for a little family fun vacation.  We have been vacationing along the WA and OR coasts for as long as I can remember.  It's not a summer if we don't make it there at least once!

I may be on vacation, but that doesn't mean I'm not stamping. There are very few trips we take where I don't take some sort of stamping with me!   Thankfully I was able to this trip so I could participate in this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge.  I love how open this sketch is...you can do just about anything with this!

My friends sister will soon be celebrating her birthday and she asked me to make her a card. I know she loves to work in her flower beds and put together her own flower arrangements, so I pulled out an old favorite, Painted Harvest.  I used Melon Mambo and Powder Pink for the flowers...oh my!  Aren't they pretty?!?

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Ink ~ Melon Mambo, Powder Pink, Granny Apple Green

Stamp Sets ~ Painted Harvest, Happy Birthday Gorgeous

Other Supplies ~ Linen Thread, Iridescent Sequins, Subtle Embossing Folder

That Subtle embossing folder...I'm pretty sure it's my favorite!  And when you rough up the edges of the card stock (I use an older pair of paper snips), it gives it some amazing detail!

Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope you are having a great week!  I may be stamping on my vacation, but I don't know how much blogging I will be doing...but I'll be back soon!

Happy Stamping!

Thankful for You

Happy Thanksgiving stampin' friends!  I hope this day finds you thankful for all that you have and spending time with those you love most.  For those of you who may have to work today...thank you! 

 

I am thankful for each and every one of you!  The friendships I have formed in my years of stamping are something I am so very thankful!

 

I put together a sweet and simple card to share with you today...

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Painted Autunm DP

Ink ~ Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green

Stamp Set ~ Painted Harvest

Other Supplies ~ Linen Thread, Layering Circles Framelits

 

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and find some time to do some stamping over the weekend!

 

I plan to spend a better part of my Saturday in my craft room getting inky!

 

Happy Stamping!



#TGIFC130 It's Theme Week at TGIF

Happy Friday stampers!!

 

It's Theme Week at TGIF Challenges and this challenge is perfect for the fall season!

We've had a few sweater weather days here over the past few weeks and I'm kind of loving it.  I am a summer girl at heart, but I do love to pull out my sweaters when the weather starts getting cooler!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Painted Autumn DSP

Ink ~ Soft Suede, Lemon Lime Twist, Crumb Cake

Stamp Sets ~ Painted Harvest, Butterfly Basics

Other Supplies ~ Leaf Punch, Cable Knit Textured Embossing Folder, Seasonal Layers Thinlits

 

Once again, a pretty simple card...that kind of seems to be my thing lately!  Probably because everything else in life has been crazy...I need to keep something simle ;-)

 

Be sure to head on over to see the rest of the amazing design team creations and join along in the creative fun!

 

Happy Stamping!



#tgifc126 Technique Week - It's a Fancy Fold!

Happy Friday stamping friends!

 

We are getting fancy over at TGIF Challenges with some Fancy Folds!

I'll be honest...my cards are typically the standard fold and far from fancy.  But I was reminded with this card just how fun the different folds can be!

 

I made this card for my momma's birthday, which is coming up on Monday.  I made a little gift card holder inside the second fold of the card so I can tuck her birthday gift card inside :)

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Garden Green, Very Vanilla, Painted Autumn

Ink ~ Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Cajun Crazy, Early Espresso

Stamp Sets ~ Painted Harvest, Rose Wonder

Other Supplies ~ Leaf Punch, Soft Sky Ribbon

 

I absolutely LOVE the sunflower image in this stamp set! The two step stamping almost makes it look 3D!

 

Be sure to see what the rest of the amazing TGIF design team has created and join in the fancy fold fun with us!

 

Happy Stamping!

 

 



#TGIFC120 Sketch Challenge

It's Friday!  It's Friday!  Woo-hoo!!
Friday means it's time for an all new TGIF Sketch Challenge and I love this sketch!

 

 Our week has been consumed with watching the Little League World Series Regional Tournament. Our Walla Walla Valley 12 year old team has been playing their hearts out and are fighting so hard to make it to the Championship game and on to Williamsport for the Little League World Series.  It has been so amazing to watch this group of boys play.  They are the most humble and kind group of boys and have the best attitude both on an off the field!

I am a total pacer baseball games and it is so hard for me to sit and watch these games on TV.  Thankfully I had my box of new Holiday Catalog items to help keep me in my seat as I watched the games this week!  I absolutely LOVE the Painted Harvest stamp set and coordinating Painted Autumn DSP.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Painted Autumn DSP

Ink ~ Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Garden Green

Stamp Set ~ Painted Harvest

Other Supplies ~ Burlap Ribbon, Leaf Punch

Be sure to join us over at TGIF and play along with our sketch challenge...we love to see what you create!