Rain or Shine

 ...or should I say SNOW or shine?!?  We are on day 3 of snow, snow, snow!  Thankfully we are all still on winter break and if the weather man is correct, warmer temps are on the way at the beginning of next week.  Hopefully this means no school closures due to snow...fingers crossed!

While it continues to dump snow, I'm dreaming of spring flowers!

If you love flowers and gardening as much as I do, you'll want to add the the Flowering Rain Boots Bundle to your January-June 2022 Mini Catalog wish list.  Only a few more days and this catalog will be live and ready for you to shop!

While you wait, I'll share this cheerful little card!  With the Flowering Rain Boots stamp set, I stamped a few of the flower pots in Misty Moonlight, filling them with Blushing Bride Tulips and So Saffron daisies.  The watering can was stamped in Smoky Slate and the cute little seed packet was stamped in Mint Macaron.  All of these bits and pieces were all die cut with the coordinating Rain Boots Dies.

These Mint Macaron stripes from the Hand-Penned DSP went along beautifully with all of the stamped and die-cut images.   The DSP and a panel of Basic White were cut out with the Stitched Rectangles for just the right amount of texture.  The raindrops from the Silver & Clear Epoxy Essentials embellishments were the perfect final touch!

Oh, and I can't forget the heat embossed and fussy cut sentiment.  Is this becoming my signature piece for every card I make?!?!

I've finished putting away all of my Christmas decorations, cleaned the house and shoveled snow several times...I think I deserve some more stamping time!

Happy Stamping friends!

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Stamp Set ~ Flowering Rain Boots

Dies ~ Rain Boots Dies

Driving By To Say Thanks

Hello stampers and happy Monday!  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!  Ours was pretty quiet, which was really nice!

I still have this week off for Winter Break and have been enjoying some time in my craft room.  I've been on a mission to get all of my Christmas thank you cards made and hopefully sent out before the New Year.

Driving By is an adorable new stamp set available for FREE during the January-February 2022 Sale-A-Bration!  This is one you are going to want to earn for sure!

I colored the cute little bug in Real Red, along with the packages as well.  Some Granny Apple Green was added in to go along with the Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP peeking out of the Picture This Dies.

I heat embossed a couple different sentiments from the stamp set on Basic Black, fussy cutting them out for the perfect sentiment for this card.

A few Matte Decorative Dots were added and this card was complete!  It was super easy and fun to replicate too.

My goal is to create at least one card every day this week...fingers crossed it actually happens!

Happy Stamping!

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Artistically Thankful ~ #TGIFC348

Merry Christmas Eve stampers!  Ready or not, Christmas is almost here!  

The TGIF Challenges Design Team is also here with an all new challenge for you.  It's time to mask up...with the masking technique!

Thank You cards are always a good thing to have on hand this time of year, right?  I inked up an Annual Catalog favorite...Artistically Inked. 

I masked off the center of the card, stamping the Night of Navy blooms on either side.  I also stamped the large bloom then fussy cut it out to use as a mask for the Granny Apple Green leaves and the smaller Costal Cabana Blooms.  Such a fun technique.  Oh, and I can't forget the Calypso Coral dots...just the right amount of color!

I stamped the Thanks sentiment on Night of Navy and heat embossed it in white. I love this font!  There was a bit too much blank space, so I added a strip of Coastal Cabana behind the Night of Navy.  But it still needed something...Metallic Mesh Ribbon was just what it needed!  

A little bit of white twine and a few Artistry Blooms sequins were the perfect final touches.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!  

Happy Stamping!

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Just a Note of Cactus Cuties ~ Monday Montage

Hello stampers and welcome to the last Monday Montage Blog Hop of 2021! We'll be taking a little break after today's hop to enjoy some holiday time with family and friends.  We'll be back again in January with more creative projects to share with you!

I think I've about wrapped up my Christmas cards and am finally diving in to my box of January-June 2022 Mini Catalog pre-order goodies.  If you know me, you know that in addition to stamps and paper crafting, I have a serious plant addiction.   So of course, as soon as I saw the adorable Cactus Cuties Bundle, I HAD to have it!

 

But guess who managed to order only the stamp set and forgot the punch?!?!  Yep...this girl, right here!  It's a good think I love to fussy cut!

I stamped these cute little cacti in shades of Old Olive, Granny Apple Green and Evening Evergreen.  They were placed in pots in shades of Calypso Coral, Petal Pink and Cinnamon Cider.  A cute little Polished Pink flower was added for good measure. 

I pulled out a fun Pattern Party DSP black and white pattern, with a little pop of Polished Pink peeking from behind and layered everything up on a good ol' Basic Black card base.  A heat embossed sentiment and a few Artistry Blooms sequins finished the card off.  Don't you just love these Cactus Cuties?!?!  

This card was inspired by the latest Freshly Made Sketches.  I love this sketch and will be using it again for sure!

Next up is Cathy of Sugar Shack Designs...

...or you can hop on back to The Stamp Doc...Melissa!

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Shiny Magical Christmas Moments ~ Control Freaks Blog Hop December 2021

Welcome to our last Control Freaks blog hop of 2021!  We are ending the year on a shiny note...bring you all things sparkly and shiny!  You may just be starting or you may have arrived from the talented Melissa Davies of Rubber Funatics...either way, keep on hopping until you've seen them all!

What do I love the most about the Whimsy & Wonder DSP?!?  All the bits of sparkle and shine, of course!  This paper is so beautiful!  Today's card just about wraps up my Christmas creations for 2021...I think!

I started out by blending little Mint Macaron on a piece of Basic White and added a little splatter of snow with the cute polkadot tree stamp from the Whimsical Trees stamp set.  

I die cut the largest tree from the Mint Macaron pattern of DSP then added some stitched shimmery Polished Pink Shimmer Vellum (say that three times fast!) for a little extra sparkle.  

A few pretty little presents were fussy cut and added with just a bit of the Blushing Bride Frayed Grosgrain Ribbon peaking out from behind.  I simply unraveled a small section of the ribbon to create a fun and whimsical twine!

When you're creating a card that's supposed to be full of sparkle and shine, you have to add a few shimmery vellum stars too.

And to make this card even MORE shiny, I used the silver and white DSP pattern for the card base.  

Next up on the hop is my stamping BFF Wendy Weixler of Wickedly Wonderful Creations!

Thanks for hopping along with us this year!  We can't wait to share more creations with you in the New Year!

Happy Stamping!

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