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!

Make a SPLASH ~ 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!

My summer boy turned 7 on Sunday and we had fun celebrating his birthday all weekend long!  We had a pool party with his buddies on Saturday, which was perfect for a 100 degree day!  Since he's still not too cool for a "mom-planned" birthday party, we went with a fun pool party theme :-) And when there is a theme party, you know I had to make him a card that went along with the theme!

Thanks to my dear stamping friend Pam, I was able to borrow her Layering Alphabet Edgelits to create a bright and colorful SPLASH!  With a cute beachball and a cannon-ball-splash of a background, this was the perfect way for Mr. Owen to splash in to 7!

 Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Basic Black, Glossy White, Granny Apple Green, Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove, Balmy Blue

Ink ~ Balmy Blue, Coastal Cabana, Soft Sea Foam

Stamp Set ~ Labeler Alphabet, Broadway Birthday

Other Supplies ~ White Embossing Powder, Glitter Enamel Dots, Layering Alphabet Edgelits

I can't believe my baby is already 7!!!  Where in the world does the time go?!?!  This boy of mine is a ball of endless energy, full of smiles and is my favorite little slumber party buddy when is dad is at work.  Happy Birthday Mr. Owen!

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 you for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

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 - taking this week off

Kaitlyn Zumbach - Create with Kaitlyn

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

Repeat After Me - #tgifc170 Inspiration Challenge

Oh my goodness...how can it be Friday again already?!?  My days of summer break are coming to an end so quickly!  I am blessed beyond all measures to have been able to spend a better part of summer off with my boys.  We haven't gone on any big trips, but we have made lots of memories right here at home.  While I am sad for my summer break to come to an end, I am also looking forward to going back to work and getting my boys back into their school routine in just a few weeks.

Speaking of school, this weeks TGIF Challenges Inspiration Challenge helped me to create a cute back to school card for Owen's teacher.  This weeks challenge is "Repeat After Me"...so we could stamp the same image multiple times without re-inking your stamp or use the same image multiple times for a repetitive look.

I chose to stamp the same image multiple times in different colors, using the amazing new Picked For You stamp set.  I was so happy to see a stamp set that was geared towards teacher appreciation!  We don't thank our teachers often enough and this set gives us an excellent reason to do so any time of year.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Brights DSP

Ink ~ Real Red, Blushing Bride, Soft Seafoam, Granny Apple Green, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso

Stamp Set ~ Picked For You

Other Supplies ~ Real Red 1/8" Solid Ribbon, Basket Weave Embossing Folder

These apples are too much fun to stamp!  It's fun play with different color combinations to come up with the perfect apple.  

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope that you'll play along with us at TGIF Challenges this week too!

Happy Stamping!

Freshly Picked Blueberries

Hello stampin' friends!  I hope you are having a terrific week and have some fun plans for the upcoming weekend.  I've been trying to squeeze in as much stamping this week as I can, and I am LOVING it!  In addition to making some cards for upcoming design team posts, I've been playing around with this Month's Picnic Paradise Paper Pumpkin kit.  Don't forget you can save 50% off your first kit when you subscribe between now and August 10th!

This weeks Freshly Made Sketches challenge immediately made me think of a fun alternative card with this months kit!

Aren't these blueberries fun?!?!  They remind me of the time we found an unattended patch of blueberries at a dog park in Portland.  We filled as many bags as we could and made the BEST blueberry cobbler...yummy!  I may have to get some to make another cobbler while we are at the beach next week!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Blueberry Bushel, Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade, Wood Textures DSP

Ink ~ Soft Suede

Stamp Set ~ Picnic Paradise Paper Pumpkin July 2018

Other Supplies ~ All other supplies included were from the kit  :)

Isn't this fun?  I was also inspired by my amazing friend Andrea Tucker...her Paper Pumpkin alternatives this month were so good!

Sadly, my stamping time is over for this morning...I must get out and mow before it gets too hot!  Triple digit temps are rolling in this week...I'm ready to escape the heat next week!

Happy Stamping!

Delightfully Detailed Smiles

Hello stampers and welcome to Tuesday!  We are back to triple digit weather again, so I'm spending lots of time in my craft room.  It's too dang hot to do much of anything outside, unless it's swimming!  I'm not going to complain about extra stamping time!

I am NOT a frilly, flowery girl...what do you expect for a momma of 3 boys?!?!  But I stepped out of my comfort zone this morning and decided to play with the beautiful Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper.  This was introduced to us at OnStage back in April and it is amazing!  But my, oh my...it is so delicate.  I was a little freaked out to cut in to it, but once I did, I fell in love!  My favorite thing about this paper is that it is Very Vanilla on one side and Whisper White on the other...perfect!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Blackberry Bliss, Grapefruit Grove, Mint Macaron, Nature's Poem DSP, Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Speciality Paper

Ink ~ Black Berry Bliss

Stamp Set ~ Detailed With Love

Other Supplies ~ Layering Ovals Framelits, Detailed Trio Punch, Faceted Dots, Very Vanilla Bakers Twine, Petals & More Thinlits

I am SO happy that Blackberry Bliss has returned to our color line-up...it's one of my most favorite purples ever!  And it's pretty amazing paired up with Grapefruit Grove and Mint Macaron.

Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope you are all beating the summer heat and getting some stamping time in too!

Happy Stamping!