Bee Mine

Happy Saturday stampers!  I'm so grateful for the weekend after this past week...I'm ready for some downtime and lots of stamping time!

As soon as I saw this weeks Freshly Made Sketches sketch, I knew I needed to unbox my latest order to use the adorable Bee Mine Suite, which I was able to pre-order as an OnStage@Home 2023 attendee...one of the many perks of being a demonstrator!

Valentine's Day is months away, but this adorable suite will have us all ready!  How adorable is this sweet little bumble bee?!?

The Bee Mine DSP has the best designs and colors!  I was immediately drawn to the Petal Pink honeycomb and honey jar patterns. They were perfect for the background of the sketch!

This little bee just makes me squeal with happiness.  It is so cute, especially with a coordinating punch!  There are 4 sweet faces to choose from in this stamp set, along with the cutest little antenna and several hearts, flowers, honeycomb and sentiments that are as sweet as can bee!  And the cute little flowers you see...embellishments!  I'm going to need several packs of those!

I hope you all have an amazing weekend that includes some time to create!

Happy Stamping!

Non-Traditional Noel

It's Friday and that means it's time for an all new TGIF Challenges Sketch Challenge! Join along in the fun with us this week.  A sketch is my favorite way to start a card, even if I end up straying away from the sketch just a bit.

I'm getting lots of use from the Joy of Noel bundle and Christmas Classics dies!  It was fun to create with some non-traditional Christmas colors for today's card.

I die-cut the greenery square from the Christmas Classics dies, coloring all of the greenery in shades of Old Olive, Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon and Bubble Bath.  I strayed away from the sketch a bit by centering the square...it was a bit too big to off-set like the sketch!

I heat embossed Noel in gold, adhering it on top of a Bubble Bath Square.  I'm pretty sure I used a half sheet of Dimensionals for this card!  Nearly every layer had some, which seems to be par for the course when I make Christmas cards.  Lots of layers and lots of dimension!

I used the tiny little circle dies from the Joy of Noel dies to cut out a few little accent embellishments from the Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper.

Do you like to create Christmas cards in non-traditional colors or are you a traditional colors only kind of stamper?  I love to mix things up!

Happy Stamping!

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Joy of Noel Around the World

 

Welcome to October's Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop!  This month we have a sketch that we are all playing along with.  Be prepared for a hop full of amazing projects!

I haven't been able to put the Joy of Noel bundle away yet...it's just so beautiful and a true joy to create with!  

I brought in the Christmas Classics Dies today to go along with the sketch.  I always tend to add more layers when it comes to Christmas cards.  Do you do the same?  I used both the Joy of Christmas and Joyful DSP, along with the amazing new Adhesive-Backed Glimmer Paper. The adhesive back is perfect for the little accent dies to add just a bit of glimmer and bling.

I love the buffalo check paired up with the gold and Cherry Cobbler holly pattern.  Some Shaded spruce and Old Olive bring all of the traditional colors of Christmas to life.  I am not even close to ready for Christmas, but this beautiful suite certainly helps!

Keep on hopping along with us.  Next up is Lori Willcox of Creative Stamping with Lori!

Here is our full line-up for the month:

Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Ximena Morales - DE

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

TIna Zinck - CA

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Kelly Taranto - US

Shel Anderson - CA

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert - US

Chris Smith - US

Brenda Nelson - CA

Theresa McEntee - US

Bree Renwick - US

Lori Willcox - CA

Teri West - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US

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Making Spirts Bright

 

Whew..what a whirlwind of a crafty weekend!  My stamping heart is full after two classes AND World Card Making Day over the weekend.  I'm not quite ready for Monday, but I AM ready for another fantastic Monday Montage Blog Hop!

I'm back at it with the Merry Monday posts, featuring the beautiful Joy of Noel bundle.

If you've followed along with me for a bit, you know I LOVE any stamped image that I can color.  I sat down Sunday morning with a sheet full of stamped images and all of the Stampin' Blends in shades of green and red and colored my heart out.

With the plan of using the colored images on a Basic Black card base, I softened the edges of each image by outlining them with the Light Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blend.  I love how it turned out!

A touch of texture was added with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder.  A few white splatters added a fun effect, along with a few bits of gold bling.

I hope your weekend was full of some crafty time as well, leaving you refreshed and ready to take on a new week!

Don't stop here!  Keep on hopping to my friend Cathy to see what she has in store for you this week!

Happy Stamping!

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Colorful Courage & Faith

 

Welcome to October's Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge!  Aren't these colors gorgeous together?

Courage & Faith has been on my wish list for a while and finally found its way into my craft room.  This color combo felt just right for this stamp set!

I colored the floral images in Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss and Calypso Coral then tucked them around the sentiment stamped in Pebbled Path.

A little extra pop of Blackberry Bliss was added with the largest Nested Essentials die. This is such a fun shape!  A Pebbled Path layer added just a bit more color, stamped with some tone on tone dots. A few Ombre Matte Decorative Dots and a bakers twine bow were the perfect final touches.

What will you create with this color combo?  I can't wait to see!

Happy Stamping!

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