Peachy Birthday Wishes

Hello friends and happy Thursday!  I am so happy to be one day away from Friday, but I could also use an extra work day to catch up this week.  It has been a crazy start to the school year!  Thank goodness for some creative therapy with this weeks CASE the Designer at Global Design Project.  It was just what I needed!

Peaches are finally ripe enough to pick around here, which inspired me to give some love to the Sweet as a Peach bundle!

I decided to CASE Wilma de Korte's layout using the You're a Peach DSP.  The Balmy Blue stripes make me happy!  I added a strip of the juicy peach pattern of DSP across the middle and topped it off with a sweet peach and Happy Birthday sentiment.

A white twine bow was tucked behind the peach and a few little white die-cut flowers were added for good measure.  Kind of a clean and simple card...I'm loving it!

Even though it has been a super busy week at work, I am happy to report I am back to my early morning, pre-work stamping routine.  I love starting my days this way!  Now if I could just find more time to squeeze in some evening stamp time too...I'll have to work on that!

Happy Stamping!

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Farm Fresh Peaches ~ #TGIFC322 Designer Take Over

Hello stampers and welcome to an all new TGIF Challenges.  Our friend Andrea of One Stampin' Mother Trucker is taking over this week with a fun Farmhouse Chic theme.  This challenge is so Andrea!

I love some farmhouse shiplap and would have it in every room of my house if my husband would allow!  It was fun to create a shiplap background using strips of Basic White and adhering them to a piece of Smoky Slate.  Such a quick and easy technique that could be used for SO MANY projects!

What else says farmhouse chic'?  Gingham, of course!  A little die cut circle peeking out from behind the Sweet as a Peach peaches was the perfect added touch!

I die cut FARM FRESH using the Playful Alphabet dies, then arranged them using my magnetic plate and Layering Circle dies on my shiplap layer.  This was an easy way to create a guide without having to leave any pencil marks behind!

Wondering where the word PEACHES came from?  This is why I love photoployer stamp sets! I stamped the Sweet as a Peach sentiment once, then inked it up again and used my Blending Pen to remove all but one E.  I lined the E up, then inked the sentiment up again to add the S from Sweet to complete the word PEACHES.  Possibilities are endless with photopoloyer stamps!

I'm off to spend the day with some of my favorite stampin' friends, Wendy and Cheryl, in the cute little farm town, Garden Valley Idaho.  We have plans to keep cool with a river float, followed by a fun night at an outdoor amphitheater to see Mary Poppins.   I'm hoping we can sneak in a little stamp time too!

Happy Stamping!

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Peachy Birthday Wishes ~ #TGIFC320

Hi friends!  We are wrapping up another week and that means it's time for an all new TGIF Challenges for you to play along with!

This weeks challenge is a sketch challenge...my favorite!  I always love a good sketch to help get my creative juices flowing.

Speaking of juices...how about some yummy, juicy peaches?!?!  The Sweet as a Peach bundle is another Annual Catalog favorite.  I love the soft watercolor images in both the stamp set and DSP.  The 3 juicy peaches were perfect for this weeks sketch!

Each peach was stamped in Pale Papaya then sponged with a little bit of Calypso Coral for that perfect summer peach color.  The little leaves were stamped and sponged in shades of Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive and a few Petal Pink flowers were added for good measure.

I mixed two of my favorite You're a Peach DSP patterns to go along with the sketch.  If you don't have this paper yet, you're going to want to add it to your list!  It is GORGEOUS!

The Clear Epoxy Droplets were the finishing touch for this peachy birthday wish!

Our schools have one more week of school left.  Staff and students are all SO READY for summer break.  What a year it has been!  I am looking forward to a bit more stamping time and a lot less stress for a few weeks!

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend and find time to join along in our TGIF Challenges fun!

Happy Stamping!

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Sweet as a Peach ~ #TGIFC316

Happy Friday stampers!  It's time for an all new TGIF Challenges Sketch Challenge and my box of new goodies arrived just in time!

The Sweet as a Peach Bundle was a MUST have for me.  I love all of the beautiful stamped images and coordinating dies.  And the DSP is gorgeous!! 

As I was waiting for my box of goodies to arrive, I decided to create a fun background to go along with the sketch.  Using the widest Water Painter brush and the Pale Papaya re-inker, I painted stripes on a piece of Shimmery White card stock. This is such a fun and easy way to create your own DSP!

As soon as I opened up my box, I inked up the juicy peaches in shades of Pale Papaya and Calypso Coral, adding some Pear Pizzazz/Old Olive stems, then added a few Petal Pink blossoms, all hanging from a cut little branch.  You can almost taste how sweet these peaches are!

I love these sweet die cut sentiments, tying in the beautiful Balmy Blue DSP pattern.  These colors are so summery and have me longing for a peach tree in my back yard.  Hmmmm....maybe I need to plant one this weekend! 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a peachy day!

Happy Stamping!

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