Merry Bold + Bright Monday

 

The Monday Montage design team is back with another blog hop!  This talented group of designers are sure to inspired you...so hop along and don't miss a single stop!

I just returned from 3 amazing days at BackStage in Las Vegas with a full heart and so many great ideas!  Spending time with my Stampin' Up! family is always so good for the soul!  Our first night in Las Vegas was dedicated to swapping with fellow demonstrators and I am sharing my swap with you today.

I LOVE bright and cheerful colors for Christmas!  The Merry Bold & Bright DSP immediately caught my attention and quickly found it's way to my craft room.  I paired these fun colors and images up with the Sending Cheer bundle to sending some bright and bold Christmas cheer!

I stamped the cute polkadot packages in Lemon Lime Twist and Poppy Parade, topping them with bows of the opposite colors.  I love these so much!

I brought in the More Wishes stamp set to add Christmas to the sentiment.  This card is full of so much colorful cheer...perfect for the upcoming holiday season!

I was sad to see our time at BackStage come to an end, but it was so much seeing old friends and meeting new friends face to face.  It was so great meeting our very own Emily of EMK Creations!

We have another fun Stampin' Up! event in Houston TX is coming in March 2024.  I can't wait!  You could join in the fun as well...ask me how!

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team creations by clicking on the next or back links below.

Happy Stamping!

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Freshly Made With Love

I am so super excited to join the Freshly Made Sketches team as a guest designer for their 600th challenge!  This lovely group of designers have inspired me for many years and this is such an honor!

I love a clean-lined sketch that is easy to follow along with and this weeks sketch did not disappoint!

I pulled some of my favorite Delightfully Eclectic DSP patterns for this sketch.  I love the Pretty Peacock pattern with hearts, especially with the softer Petal Pink patterns.  I fussy cut the daisy and die-cut a couple other patterns for an extra pop of color.

Inspired by the Celebrate With Tags layout on page 45 of the Annual Catalog, I added a few stamped hearts and the simply adorable "with love" sentiment.  The catalogs are always full of creative inspiration to case in one way or another!

I hope you will join along in this milestone challenge!  It's always so much fun to see the gallery full of so many wonderful creations!

Happy Stamping!

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Gorgeously Earthen Colors

Hello, hello stampers!  I'm back again today to share my project for the latest Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge.  I love how rich and earthy these colors are!  We still have a few weeks of summer left, but these colors sure feel like fall!

While I love these colors, they are not typically ones that I use often, so I loved the challenge to work with them!  I pulled a piece of the beautiful Earthen Elegance DSP and paired it up with the Gorgeously Made Bundle...so gorgeous!  

I stamped the background in shades of Misty Moonlight and Pecan Pie, along with a few Pecan Pie splatters. I stamped the foliage in Copper Clay and Pecan Pie and put my paper snips to work, cutting each one out.  These were layered on the die cut Misty Moonlight leaves and wrapped up with a Linen Thread bow with a simple little hello greeting cut using the cutest little label from the new Sending Cheer dies.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

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Merriest (Monday) Trees

It's Monday and that means it's time for another Merry Monday creation!  My goal is to create a Christmas card every Monday between now and the beginning of December, with a few more in between, in an effort to have a variety of cards to send out this Christmas.  Wish me luck!

I always love bright and bold colors for Christmas.  How about you?  Do you like bright and bold or are you more drawn to the traditional Christmas colors?  The Merry Bold & Bright DSP caught my eye right away and it was so much fun paired up with the Merriest Trees Bundle.

Inspired by the latest Freshly Made Sketches Challenge, I had some fun!  It's been a while since I used any of my Melon Mambo paper and I love it with Shaded Spruce!   

How cute is this tree stand and the little packages to go beneath the tree?  So festive and FUN!  And these new Iridescent Adhesive Back Discs...they are amazing!

Wishing you the Merriest Monday...in August!

Happy Stamping!

 

Birthday Walk in the Forest

One of my favorite things about the holiday mini catalogs each year is finding something fun to create for my husband's birthday. He is an avid hunter and there is always a beautiful new stamp set with deer, elk, moose or bear.

This year it happened to be paper that was the winner for his birthday card!  The brown bear in the A Walk in the Forest DSP and the pine trees helped to create the perfect card!  And it was super quick thanks to the coordinating Beary Cute Punch and Merriest Trees dies.

I'm pretty sure I've used the Wildlife Wonder birthday sentiment a time or two for his birthday card, but it's just the perfect fit!

Unfortunately, we won't be spending the day with my hubby as he is out fighting one of the many wildfires in our state.  Join me in wishing him a Happy Birthday and pray for the safety of his strike team and all of the other firefighters who are putting in endless hours to extinguish these awful fires.  Prayers also go out to those who have lost homes, barns, furry friends and so much more...

Happy Stamping!