Ringed with Colorful Nature

It's Friday and that means it's time for another TGIF Challenges Color Challenge!  It's also September 1st, which means fall is on its way.  I love the warmness of these colors and chose the beautiful flowers and foliage from Ringed with Nature for this challenge.

I stamped the floral and foliage images on a piece of Very Vanilla, creating my own DSP.  Don't you love it when you can do that?!?  I added a Tree Rings wooden round, along with a few fussy cut flowers and a few other bits and pieces of foliage.

The Timber 3D embossing folder added a bit more texture in the back ground, along with some of my favorite Linen Thread.  The Tinsel Gems added just the right amount of glitter to a card that leaves me feeling warm and cozy.  The perfect way to let someone know you are thinking about them!

I hope you'll play along with us this week.  We always love to see your creative inspiration at work!

Happy Stamping!

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Farewell Friday ~ Lovely As a Tree

Happy Friday stampers!  I hope you have all had a fantastic week!

I was finally able to find some time to pull out my retiring stamp sets...I had to take a few moments to mourn some of my favorites that are leaving!  I'm doing my best to use them all one last time before I say good-bye...which leads me to a new string of posts that I will have on Friday's, featuring retiring stamp sets that I love.

I was absolutely shocked when I saw that Lovely As a Tree was retiring.  I honestly thought we would have this stamp set FOREVER!  It is certainly one I have used time and time again.  I had to create at least one more care with this beautiful set before we see it go!

This week's Freshly Made Sketches sketch was perfect for this card.  I love that I can always turn to their awesome sketches for creative inspiration!

I wanted to go for a more masculine look for this card and decided the Tree Rings background stamp would be a nice added layer.  Roughing up the edges gave it just a bit more rugged feel too.

Supplies Used:
Paper ~ Mossy Meadow, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Wood Textures DSP

Ink ~ Versa Mark, Memento, Stampin' Blends:  Soft Suede, Mossy Meadow, Daffodil Delight

Stamp Sets ~ Lovely As a Tree, Happy Birthday Gorgeous

Other Supplies ~ Stitched Shapes Framelits, Whisper White Embossing Powder

I'm really going to miss the Wood Textures DSP too!  I can't count how many pieces of this I have gone though the past couple years.  It has been one of my favorites!

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

Happy Stamping!

#tgifc146 Sketch Challenge

It's Friday!!!  And ya'll know what that means...it's time for an all new TGIF Challenge!  We are playing with a fun sketch this week that could be perfect for any last minute Valentine cards you need to get sent out!

Masculine Valentine cards are always kind of tough for me to come up with, but thanks to some awesome woodgrain products from Stampin' Up! and this great sketch, I was able to come up with the perfect masculine Valentine card for my hubby!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Soft Suede, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Stamp Sets ~ January 2018 Paper Pumpkin, Sure Do Love You, Tree Rings

Ink ~ Soft Suede, Real Red

Other Supplies ~ Lots to Love Box Framelits Dies, Burlap Ribbon, Circle Framelits, Pinewood Planks Textured Embossing Folder, Brights Enamel Shapes

 

I added a few tree rings that I stamped on Soft Suede to give the background a little something extra...I kinda like it!

 

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope your Friday is fabulous and you have a fun weekend planned too!

 

Happy Stamping!

 

 



#TGIFC132 Color Combo! So neutral - Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede

Woohoo!!!  We made it to Friday!!

 

Let's start the weekend off right with an awesome new color challenge over at TGIF Challenges!

I'll admit...I was a little intimidated by these colors at first and wondered what in the world I would create with these colors.  But after going through my stamp sets, I found the perfect sets to make a fun birthday card! 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand

Ink ~ Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Stampin' Blend Markers

Stamp Sets ~ Tree Rings, Country Livin', Guy Greetings

Other Supplies ~ Stitched Shapes, Linen Thread

 

I am SO, SO, SO HAPPY to have the Stampin' Blend Markers!!!  They are amazing and make my coloring heart happy! 

 

Thank you for stopping by today!!  Be sure to join along in the color challenge fun over at TGIF Challenges!

 

Happy Stamping!