Life's Showers, Love's Flowers ~ #TGIFC302

Hooray...it's really FRIDAY!  I woke up yesterday thinking that it was Friday, only to be quickly disappointed to realize that it was only Thursday.  But today really IS Friday and that means it's time for an all new TGIF Challenges.

We have a pretty color challenge for you this week that could easily be used for a beautiful Valentine's Day card.  I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

I already wrapped up all of my Valentine cards, but my card is still on the love-y side.  We've had a lot of rain lately (better than snow, right?!?!), which inspired me to dust off Under My Umbrella and give some love to my Annual Catalog products!

I heat embossed some little raindrops, then brushed some Smoky Slate over the top using one of the new Blending Brushes.  Have you tried these yet?!?!  They are amazing and oh-so-soft!  I flicked a few drops from my Smoky Slate Stampin' Write for just a little something extra.

I've always loved red umbrellas, which always need a pair of matching rain boots!  I added a few Petal Pink flowers to the rain boots, then fussy cut a couple bunches of flowers to pull it all together.  And since I always struggle to have a card without any embellishments, I added a little bit of Whisper White twine and a few Elegant Faceted Gems.

 A little peek of Petal Pink Peony Garden DSP helped to pull all of these pretty colors together.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Peony Garden DSP

Ink ~ Smoky Slate, VersaMark, Memento, Stampin' Blends:  Real Red, Petal Pink, Old Olive

Stamp Set ~ Under My Umbrella

Other Supplies ~ Umbrella Builder Punch, White Embossing Powder, Blending Brushes, Elegant Faceted Gems, Snail Mail Twine

I'm hoping to catch a break from the rain this weekend and spend a little time outside.  I don't know about you, but having to wear a mask all day at work has me itching to get outside and breath in the fresh air!  

Have a fantastic Friday!

Happy Stamping!

 

Hey There, Friend

Happy Groundhog Day friends!  It looks like our furry friend Phil has predicted 6 more weeks of winter...BOO!  I don't know about you, but I am SO READY for spring!

Winter-like weather may be around for a bit longer, but Sale-a-Bration is still here and it's FULL of fun spring-time goodness! I paired up Darling Donkeys with the Paper Blooms DSP to create this adorable little card! 

I love Night of Navy and Seaside Spray together, but when you add a little pop of Calypso Coral, I love them even more!!!  Isn't the little strip of Paper Blooms DSP the cutest?  Those itty bitty flowers are just the cutest!

I added some fun texture to this card using the Pinewood Planks and Ornate Floral 3D embossing folders.  Of course I had to color this darling donkey with my Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends!!  A quick Night of Navy sentiment and a little splash of Calypso Coral and this is ready to send out to help brighten someone's dreary winter day!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Paper Blooms DSP. Seaside Spray, Calypso Coral, Night of Navy, Whisper White

Ink ~ Night of Navy, Calypso Coral, Memento, Stampin' Blends: Smoky Slate, Petal Pink

Stamp Set ~ Darling Donkeys

Other Supplies ~ Stitched Shapes Dies, Pinewood Planks and Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folders

I hope the groundhog is a big lair and spring is just around the corner!  Our county has just opened up some spring sports for our kiddos and I do NOT want to watch soccer in the snow!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a terrific Tuesday!

Happy Stamping!

 

Berry Best Wishes ~ HSSSC356

Hello again and happy Tuesday friends!  I have been busily crafting away the snowy days and have another fun card to share with you today.  I am a sucker for sketches and this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge did not disappoint!

The two smaller circles in the sketch made me think of the cute blueberries in the Sale-A-Bration Berry Blessings stamp set.  I stamped the blueberries in Pacific Point, then added a few Granny Apple Green leaves to create just a bit more of a background.

A sweet little blueberry branch took the place of the larger circle in the sketch and a white heat embossed sentiment on Pacific Point was the final touch.  Oh!  And I can't forget the gorgeous Berry Delightful DSP Pacific Point plaid behind all of the stamped images.  This pack of DSP has rekindled my relationship with Pacific Point for sure!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Pacific Point, Berry Delightful DSP

Ink ~ VersaMark, Pacific Point, Granny Apple Green

Stamp Set ~ Berry Blessings

Other Supplies ~ Stitched Rectangles Dies

I hope you will join us in our latest Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge!  We always love to see what you create!

Happy Stamping!

Happy Birthday Spring Chicken

Happy Monday friends! I'm back today with another super cute chicken card...can you tell how much I love these sets?!?

Today's card was inspired by the latest Freshly Made Sketches sketch.  

I created the background by stamping the adorable little chick egg from Hey Chick in Crumb Cake, then added some Pool Party Pinewood Planks 3D strips.  Say that fast 3 times!! 

I stamped the Hey Birthday Chick baby chick in Memento, then colored the little cutie in shades of Pool Party and Daffodil Delight, with a Granny Apple Green and Magenta Madness party hat.  Oh, and I can't forget the tiny Pumpkin Pie feet and beak! The little guy was popped up on top of some Magenta Madness confetti.  What's a birthday without confetti?!?!

I heat embossed the Happy Birthday sentiment on Magenta Madness and "you're still a spring chicken" on Granny Apple green.  I fussy cut each word out and arranged them in a fun little pattern under the party chick. 

I can't wait to share this card with my club next month.  They are going to love it!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Magenta Madness, Granny Apple Green, Whisper White

Ink ~ Crumb Cake, Magenta Madness, Memento, VersaMark, Stampin' Blends:  Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Magenta Madness, Pumpkin Pie

Stamp Sets ~ Hey Chick, Hey Birthday Chick

Other Supplies ~ Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, Birthday Chick Dies

After doing school from home for over 10 months, my youngest was finally able to go back to in person school for half days today.  He was so excited and happy to see his teacher and some of his classmates!  They are doing an AM/PM scheduled, so only have of their class is in the building at a time, which is kind of a bummer.  We hope that by next fall ALL of our students will be back in the classroom ALL day!

Happy Stamping!!

Party In The Hen House ~ Monday Montage

Hello and welcome back to an all new Monday Montage Blog Hop, with an all new look!  What do you think about our new badges?!?  Our fearless leader, Wendy, spruced things up for us and I LOVE it!  Be sure to hop all the way through so you don't miss any of the great projects we have in store for you!

Being the crazy-chicken-lady that I am, of COURSE I had to get the adorable new Birthday Chick stamp set. You can only imagine how excited I was when Stampin' Up! released coordinating dies for this stamp set AND brought back the Hey Chick stamp set with coordinating dies.  There's a party in the hen house!  I had to have it all!

I love these fun and festive party chickens!!  I was so happy to see the crazy, fuzzy head chicken make a comeback to help celebrate birthdays, along with a cute little chick and a big fluffy hen with her birthday balloon.  All of the chicks were colored with my Stampin' Blends and popped up on a Granny Apple Green Oh So Ombre piece of DSP stamped with some fun bits of confetti.  A couple Happy Birthday die cuts and a couple Bermuda Bay Oh So Ombre banners finished things off!

I loved the Hey Chick stamp set the first time it came out, and I love it even more now with the fun coordinating dies that include some super cute cornstalks and chicken coop.  I die cut 3 chicken coops in Poppy Parade, Whisper White and Soft Suede, then snipped away to create a farm friendly chicken coop! Aren't the corn stalks super cute?!?  Some of the pieces are pretty tiny, but were easy to put together with my trusty Glue Dots.

I'm hoping that I can talk my hubby into building me a new chicken coop like this one this spring or summer.  Our current coop certainly needs a facelift...gotta keep the hens happy!!!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Oh So Ombre DSP, True Love DSP

Ink ~ Granny Apple Green, Memento, Stampin' Blends:  Smoky Slate, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay

Stamp Sets ~ Hey Chick, Hey Birthday Chick

Other Supplies ~ Birthday Chick Dies, Chick Dies

Thanks for stopping by!

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

Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma <-- You are HERE

Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs

Charlet Mallett - Painted Orange

Cheryl Curtis - Pomp and Sustenance

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