Beautifully Simple Birthday

Welcome to the last TGIF Challenges Technique Challenge of 2022!  It has been a year full of creative inspiration and I can't wait to see what 2023 brings us!

Today's challenge was all about keeping things simple.  Seems easy enough, right?  Not so much for this momma!  Let's just say this is simple in my creative world!

I have a pile of these beautiful Awash in Beauty DSP floral images sitting on my desk, waiting to be used.  I embossed a piece of Basic White with the Gingham embossing folder, popped up the floral image on some Dimensionals and added a Happy Birthday sentiment on a tag with a bow. 

Oh, and I can't forget the Seasonal Sequins.  I've got to use up every last one of these before they retire!

Be sure to check out the rest of the TGIF Design Team creations and join along in the creative fun!

Happy Stamping!

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Merry Christmas to All

 Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Happy Friday from all of us at TGIF Challenges! To celebrate our 400th challenge, we have a Product Spotlight Challenge for you to play along with this week.  Can you believe we have hit the 400 mark?!?  So many creative and inspiriting challenges!

We are spotlighting all of the awesome punches for this challenge.  I don't know about you, but the punches were one of my early WOW factors of stamping and I had to have them ALL!  They are fun for all creators of all ages!

I have had the Sweetest Cherries bundle for quite some time and today was the first time I've used it.  Why did I wait so long?!?  This sweet cherry, stamped in Sweet Sorbet, looks good enough to eat!  A simple Soft Suede stem and Granny Apple Green leaves complete the cuteness.

I stamped the SWEET sentiment in Sweet Sorbet, fussy cutting the letters...because that's what I do!  A little boldness was added by embossing Birthday Wishes in white on Basic Black.  These were adhered to a Costal Cabana piece, stamped tone on tone with the cute basket weave stamp.

I added the cute polkadot pattern from the Black & White DSP to tie in the Basic Black sentiment.  A few Seasonal Sequins and a Costal Cabana card base brought everything together for sweet and simple card!

I hope you'll join along in our fun and get punchy with us. Bring our your favorite punches and create something fun!

Happy Stamping!

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He's The Man Who's Ready to Ride

 

Welcome to our last Monday Montage Blog Hop of 2022!  We hope you've enjoyed hoping along with us as much as we have enjoyed creating all year!

You may know by now that I love any DSP that has images that can be fussy cut! As soon as I saw the Ready to Ride DSP in the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog, I knew I had to have it for my twins 17th birthday cards this year.  Paired up with He's the Man DSP, I was able to create a card that fit each of them so well!

My first born (by 11 minutes) son Aidan is currently in a Construction and Electrical program through their high school and working for a local tree trimming company. The vest, boots and gloves from the Ready to Ride DSP, along with the trees and axes from He's Than Man DSP were perfect for his card!

I mixed and matched a few other patterns of Ready to Ride DSP with a few other elements from He's The Man for a fun collage style card.

My second born son Hunter is currently in a welding program at their high school and working for a local farmer, learning so much!  Hunter can be found in his Carhartt vest at all times this time of year, so this vest from the Ready to Ride DSP was perfect for him! A couple wrenches from He's The Man DSP and some flames from Legendary Ride Bundle were a fun representation of his work and school.

It's a little crazy to think that these boys of ours are another year closer to 18...I'm not sure I'm ready for this!  It seems like it was just a couple years ago that we tucked them into their stockings for their first Christmas! Happy Birthday boys!

Keep on hoping along and see what else everyone has in store for you this hop!

Happy Stamping!

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Happy Forest Christmas Trees

It's time for a fun new TGIF Challenges Inspiration Challenges!

I just happened to have some scraps on my desk that matched up with these cheerful colors for Christmas!  Not only did I clean off part of my desk, but I have another cute Christmas card ready to go too...that's a win in my book! 

I cut some of the happy little Happy Forest Dies trees from Polished Pink, Fresh Freesia and Coastal Cabana pattern of the Sale-A-Bration Dandy Designs DSP.  That same pattern of DSP was used in the background too!

A bit of Fresh Freesia peeks out from behind the Basic White piece, which is splattered with some Coastal Cabana ink.  I brought in some black and white with the Black & White DSP from the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog, along with a black strip for the sentiment and another pop of Polished Pink.

How about some of the new Three Twine Combo pack?  The Coastal Cabana spool went along perfectly with this card!  A couple Celebration Tags Dies snowflakes and a splatter of Polished Pink 2021-2023 In Color Opal Rounds completed this whimsical Christmas card. 

It's always fun to combine bits and pieces from ALL of the catalogs in one card!

Wishing you all a fabulous Friday!

Happy Stamping!

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