TGIFC #256

Welcome! So glad you are here! How is everyone holding up. So weird that this is the way of life for all of us throughout the world. We can learn so much from this experience. 

Today I have made a card for the TGIF challenge. See what their amazing designers created here!

All of the paper in this suite are so beautifully illustrated! The colors are so fun and girly! It was a tough decision which paper to use. I thought that the purse paper would go great with this classy lady from the beautiful you stamp set. 

I went with the bright and gorgeous color of blackberry bliss for my focal image as well as the purse that I fussy cut. 

I stamped the sentiment on vellum with the blackberry bliss ink. Make sure that you give the ink a long time to dry on the vellum or is will smear. I wrapped it around the nested stitched shape die so that I could hide the adhesive. Thank you so much for stopping by! Play along with the TGIF challenge blog. Stay healthy and together we will beat this! Enjoy the time you have been given to do all the things you have wanted to do around the house. Have a beautiful day!

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CAS(E) this sketch #364

Hi! Is everyone staying healthy? I sure hope so! Is anyone tired of being inside all day? What a crazy time we are all living through right now. I am taking advantage of all the amazing stamp challenges out there. CAS(E) this sketch is one of my favorite.

Isn't this a fun new sketch? Love it!  This is what I created with it.

I will find any excuse to play with the bonanza buddies stamp set. I am especially particle to this adorable koala. I gave him a little bundle of balloons to give the card a little more color.

I white embossed the sentiment from the so sentimental stamp set and the confetti as well. Then I ran the piece through my die machine with the subtle embossing folder. 

I also added a little blush (stampin blends) to my koala's cheeks. If you are looking for inspiration check out the designers from the blog. Play along! Have a great day and stay healthy and creative. Thank you for joining me today!

Stay inside and stamp!

Hi Everyone! I hope you are doing well and keeping busy in your day. My heart goes out to all the families with young children at home, keeping them on track with school work has to be a struggle. This isolation will make us all stronger humans. Since my kids are all adults now I have time to myself. So lately I have been having the debate, should I clean or stamp?  Well stamping continues to win most of the time. I have spent some time cleaning but not as much as I should. Today Stampin' Up announced that they are releasing a 3rd set of items for sale a bration. Can you believe only a week left for sale a bration?

Check out all the fun new additions. My favorite is the to a wild rose dies. There are so many great dies in this set.

Also, so excited for the announcement of the new paper pumpkin. Family! I love the idea of creating cards for my family. What a great time to sign up for paper pumpkin. Easy kits to create cards that you can send to people you are not able to see right now. So if you have time to create right now, remember to send your cards. 

I made this quick and easy card as an example that you don't have to make elaborate cards all the time.  Use your paper, ink and stamps to create beautiful works of art. (With the addition of the sequins)

This card took me just about 15 minutes or less to create. I find simple cards kind of a challenge, but when I make them I remember that simple can be beautiful.  Have a great day and thank you so much for spending some of your day with me.  Stay healthy and take care of those around you!

Freshly Made Sketches #427

How is everyone doing with all the craziness in our world these days? I hope you are all staying healthy and enjoying time at home to finally get done all the things done we always say we don't have time for.  I have been enjoying stamping and all the challenges online. One of my favorite is the freshly made sketches website. Check them out here!

This is such a clean and simple sketch! One that I know I will use over and over. It is especially good with little strips of dsp scraps that you might have on your desk. (I have way too many!) 

I thought I would make a card for healing today since so many now a days are getting sick. Also, some are needing spiritual healing going through these trying times.  I had fun coloring with my stampin blends. That is one way of healing therapy for me. Plus I love the color challenge of the daily marker!  Thankful for coloring and my stamp hobby at this time. Time for me to do something that I feel is rewarding, making and sending cards to those in need.  Have a beautiful day, find things to be grateful for and stamp and color a fun card today! Don't forget to send out a few of those cards also! Make someones day, especially those elderly! Stay healthy and wash your hands!

Father's day

Hi my friends! So glad you are here! Today I wanted to play with the country club designer series paper. I love plaids and argyles, this paper does not disappoint. The colors are great for masculine cards. A nice Father's day card is what first came to mind. Since I did not have a stamp for Father's day I used my stash of paper pumpkin stamps.  These stamps come in handy when I need a greeting that I don't have. Most of the kits have a few different sayings, so it is a great variety.  I keep them stored in a few of the full wide stamp cases. I have them labels with holiday, birthday and thank you. That makes it much easier when trying to find a stamp.

The koala from the bonanza buddies stamp set is one of my favorite and so I thought he would be cute on the card and went well with the grey argyle paper.

Order your own paper pumpkin today and you will be so happy you did. It comes with all the supplies to make adorable cards, an ink spot and a cute stamp set.  The next kit promises cards for those you love. Check it out below. If you have any questions let me know and I would love to help you.

Have a great day and I hope you visit again soon. Remember sale a bration is wrapping up at the end of the month and so place your orders soon!

Watercolor flowers

Hi! I hope everyone is staying healthy and taking good care of themselves. I have been having fun coloring with the https://www.thedailymarker.com/  Check out Kathy's website she has so many wonderful tips for when coloring. She is so talented. For my coloring today I choose to watercolor this adorable little jug and flower bouquet. It was a little bit of a struggle but I do like the way it finally turned out.

Some of the highlights got lost when I was water coloring and so I had to add them with my white chalk marker. I stamped the greeting with my stamp positioner because it is hard to get a solid image while stamping on water color paper. That really helps when you need to stamp an image several times. Both the sentiment and the images are from the country home stamp set. Thank you for stopping by! I hope you come back soon! Have a great weekend!

Bird ballad dsp

About a week ago I saw this sketch on the freshly made sketches website and thought it was so fun. I had made a ink blended panel with night of navy, that I ran through with the high seas embossing folder. I used the opposite side of the folder, like I did in a previous card, because it reminds me of clouds.  

For the bird I just fussy cut a piece of the bird ballad dsp.  The birds on this paper are gorgeous!  If you are ever in a creative slump check out one of the many stamp challenge blogs. They always have amazing sketches or color combos to get the creative juices flowing.  Have a great day and I hope you come back and visit soon!