Let Hope Be Your Anchor

"Hope is a strong anchor and trustworthy anchor for our souls."

 - Hebrews 6:19

This is one of my favorite bible verses and one of the reasons I was so drawn to the awesome new Sailing Home stamp set.  I love all of the images in this set, but this sentiment is my favorite!

I used some of the pieces from the make and take from OnStage, as well as a few other pieces from the Come Sail Away suite to complete this card.  The ocean always calms me and this suite has the same effect...love it!

We visited Pacific City OR over spring break and I snapped a picture of my boys praying together on one of the rocks.  This picture speaks a million words and warms my heart in so many ways. As soon as I saw this suite in the catalog, I knew I would use it to create a page for this picture.  Again, this sentiment was meant to be...

Scrapbook pages are not something that come easily to me and it took me FOREVER to create a layout.  Even after I had all of the pieces laid out, I still wasn't totally happy with it.  It wasn't until I crumpled up with Crumb Cake layer that I was content with the page.  It's always so amazing how crumpling up a piece of paper can add just the right amount of texture to a project!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Come Sail Away DSP

Ink ~ Night of Navy, Soft Suede

Stamp Set ~ Sailing Home

Other Supplies ~  Smooth Sailing Dies, Night of Navy/Sahara Sand Bakers Twine, Sail Away Trinkets

I'm so excited to share this suite with my customers in June.  We will be making this card in one of my classes and I know they will all love this stamp set as much as I do!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

Beach Life

Happy Friday stampers!  I hope you have all had a great week and have some fun weekend plans to look forward to!

This was my first full week back to work after having the summer off...and I survived!  But that doesn't mean that I wouldn't love to still be on summer break and living the beach life again!  Our family was able to spend a week at our favorite ocean spot in Pacific City OR.  We have been going there for several years and look forward to our trips every year.  Going to the coast is always a special treat for me...it's a place where I can refresh and rejuvenate and let all of my worries and stress go.  I love to go down to the beach early in the morning before everyone else starts rolling in.  The tide is almost always out, leaving miles and miles of perfect sand to walk on with my pups.  It's also the best time to find sand dollars!  I found several whole ones this trip...I think it's a new record!  It's always fun to empty my pockets and let my boys explore each shell.  

Given how much I love my time at the beach, it only seemed fitting to create a new scrapbook page with one of my favorite photos from our trip.  This will be going in a frame very soon to hang up in my craft room.  

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Sahara Sand, Gray Granite, Soft Sea Foam, Pool Party, Tranquil Textures DSP
Ink ~ Gray Granite

Stamp Set ~ Make a Difference 

Other Supplies ~ Under the Sea Framelits, Silver Bakers Twine, Pinewood Planks EF, Subtle Dynamic Texture EF, Corrugated Textured EF, Layering Alphabet Edgelits

I sure do love all of the textures of our new embossing folders...they are all so amazing! The embossing folders I used for this page were perfect with the wood bench that the sand dollars were on.  

As much as I'd love to be living the beach life, I must jump back in to reality and get myself off to work.

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

Happy Stamping 

Garden Impressions ~ OnStage Las Vegas Display Samples

Good morning stamping friends!  The sun is shining hereand my heart is happy!  We have not had the snow like so many others have, but we have had our fair share of cold winds and rain the past few weeks.  I am beyond ready for warm, sun-shiny days!

Speaking of sun-shiny days, the new Garden Impressions DSP featured in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog is like a packet full of sunshine!  I love all of the bright, flowery colors and was so happy to have the chance to play with this paper while making my OnStage display samples.  I have the last of my projects to share with you today, mainly featuring the beautiful Garden Impressions DSP and Love What you Do stamp set.

I am so happy to see So Saffron used in this DSP!  It is a color I love, but dont use very often.  Mixed with the blues, greens and shades of pink, it's the perfect pop of color!  

My next card is super simple, but one of my favorites.  I used the lareg watercolor background stamp from Love What You Do in Soft Sky, which I am super sad to see leave.  I stamped the floral image in Memento Tuxedo Black, then stamped the image again on a scrap piece of Whisper White and cut just the flowers off after coloring them with my Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends.  A simple sentiment, which is my all time favorite, and a few sequins and this card is done!

My last project is a pretty scrapbook page with my friends little cutie.  Being the mom of 3 boys, I needed a girl to borrow and this one couldn't be any cuter!  In addition to the Garden Impressions DSP, I created some flowers using the new Four-Petal Flower Punch and added some Petal Pink Rhinestone Gems to the centers.  With a bit of ribbon, a doily and a fun title, the DSP really makes the page so pretty!

Thank you for visiting my blog these past couple of weeks!  It was a lot of fun to create these display samples and I hope they were inspiring and have you excited for what is coming in the new 2018-2019 Annual catalog!

Now I can finally dig into my pre-order box and have some fun with MORE new stamps, paper and ink.  Stay tuned for more projects coming your way!

Happy Stamping!



Farm Fresh Eggs ~ 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!

We added 18 new baby chicks to our little farm last week and my youngest is SO, SO HAPPY to have chickens again.  They are all so cute and fluffy!  We lost most of our chickens last fall to a mean ol' fox so its great to have a full hen house again!

We try to handle our chickens as much as possible to help keep them tame and happy.  Owen checks on them several times a day and takes turning holding as many of them as he possibly can.  I captured this cute picture of him with one of the chicks on the day they came home and just knew I had to create a page with it!
 

Supplies Used:
Paper ~ Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Wood Textures DSP
Ink ~ Night of Navy, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake
Stamp Sets ~ Wood Words, Wherever You Go
Other Supplies ~ Large Letters Framelits, Burlap Ribbon, Linen Thread, Starburst Punch, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Hexagons Textured Embossing Folder

Thanks for hopping along with us today!
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!

 

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

Kaitlyn Zumbach - Create with Kaitlyn

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

 

 

Thankful, Grateful, Blessed

Happy Thanksgiving friends!

 

As I sit here early this morning while the rest of my family still sleeps, I am reflecting back on all that has happened in our lives this year and just how truly blessed we all are.  Our lives may be crazy at times, but it's our crazy and I love it!

We got our family pictures back a few weeks ago and I knew I wanted to do a few scrapbook pages with some of the pictures.  My plan is to frame them and hang them up in my office once we get it painted...which will hopefully happen after the holidays!

 

This was one of my favorites, especially since it was in our very own front yard.

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Kraft Cardstock, Very Vanilla, Copper Foil Sheets, Petals & Paisleys Specialty DSP

Ink ~ Night of Navy, Versa Mark

Stamp Set ~ Paisleys & Posies

Other Supplies ~ Paisley Framlites, October 2016 Paper Pumpkin Sequins, Mint Macaron 3/8" Sheer Linen Ribbon, Very Vanilla 1/2" Lace Trim, Gold Metallic Thread

 

I love the copper foil in this DSP...it is simply stunning!

 

Looking at my sweet family in our yard makes my heart so incredibly happy!  Having the opportunity to moved to our new home with the surrounding property is a blessing to all of us and I look forward to the many years of memories to be made!

 

I hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving and are grateful for all of the blessings in your life.