Blessed and grateful!

 

Hi! Welcome today! I have been a little busy lately, my son and his wife had their first baby (my first grandchild) last week and I have been so busy getting all the info and pics!  With all the COVID restrictions we weren't able to be at the hospital but thank you God for facetime and texting! He is 2 weeks early and still 8 lbs 11oz. A healthy and blessed baby he is and we are all so grateful and thankful! He is perfect in every way! 

I did have time to stamp a quick card and since I had so many paper scraps from the TGIF challenge a few days ago I made another background. Love this!

I stamped the artichoke with old olive and then used a dauber to sponge a little blackberry bliss. I used my aquapainter to add a little water and stamped it on shimmery white paper. Such a fun technique! I stamped the greeting with blackberry bliss.

I used the stitched so sweetly dies (love them!) and used the pinewood planks EF after I adhered the stripes of scrap paper. I think I am a little obsessed with this set now.  Thank you for stopping by today! I appreciate your patience since I have not been posting anything. Have a blessed day!

New Holiday Catalog!

Enjoy these wonderful, quick videos that Stampin' Up has put together for you to see just a few of the new fun things in the holiday mini catalog. If you would like a catalog let me know and I will send one out to you. You can also see it online at the Stampin' Up website. Have a great day and get your wish list ready because there are a lot of great things to play with!

Don't forget to order the new paper pumpkin by Aug 10th. You can order here

Artichoke card!

Hi! How are you today? I had a chance to play with the artichoke in the see the good stamp set. I was trying to put a little rich razzleberry with the old olive to give it some dimension. I love the texture these stamps show to the artichoke and the pear. So fun!

For this quick card I stamped the artichoke with the pear and then wiped the stamp clean and added the razzleberry in just a few spots with a sponge dauber. I stamped that directly on top. This step would be easiest with a stamp postioner since the stamps are red rubber and you are unable to see over them.  I stamped the greeting on top with momento black ink.

This stamp set also has a beautiful branch stamp that I stamped with versamark on old olive card stock. I am really loving this stamp set! Check it out! Stay tuned for more fun cards made with this set. Have a great day and enjoy the day! Thank you for stopping by.

Click here to order See the Good stamp set

See the Good

Hello and welcome! I am back with another pear. Isn't this image beautiful! I absolutely love the way that this one turned out. To achieve this I used my stamp postioner and first stamped with pear pizzazz and spritzed once with water. I did this 2 times with this color and then I did the same with daffodil delight. I did not reink it between and I think this helped to move the color around a little.

Give this technique a try. You will get such a fun result. I now what to try it with the artichoke in this stamp set. I stamped the greeting with mossy meadow.

The shimmery white panel was die cut with stitched so sweetly dies. The background paper is the in  good taste dsp. I am trying to figure out how I can make it look like the pears are sitting on the tile counter. I will let you know if I am able to accomplish that. Have a great day and I hope you come back soon! 

 

Sunflower returns

Hi! I am back with another sunflower card. I couldn't help myself. For this card I did a quick wash of color behind where I thought the petals would be. I did a few layers of color to try and get some dimension. Aren't the colors popping through fun?

The center of the sunflower was from another project that I hadn't used and so I thought it would look cute with this flower. The greeting is white heat embossed on mossy meadow.

I wanted to add a bow and so I put it behind the center, what do you think? I am really not sure if I like it or not. I would love any comments you would have. I think the hardest part about stamping at home during the pandemic is I have not one to ask there opinion. Who do you go to? Have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by today! You are a blessing in my life!

Have scraps?

Are you a paper scraps hoarder? I am guilty as charged. So when I saw this challenge at the TGIF challenge it is all about scraps! I used up so many of the different colors of green that Stampin' Up has. I just happened to have many strips of scraps for my background. I started with a piece of white card stock, added a little liquid adhesive at a time and arranged the strips until the entire piece was filled. I then cut the excess off and ran it through my big shot with the largest stitched rectangle die.

I stamped the pear from the new set see the good. This was  one of my favorite new sets in the catalog. I had so much fun playing with the pear and the artichoke. I am excited to create cards with the pieces that I made. This was the first one that I made. I stamped the pear in daffodil delight lightly and then stamped pear pizzazz on top of this. It helped to have a stamp positioner for this step. I really like the subtle yellow that shows behind the green.

The other thing that really stood out to me on this set was the sentiments. I love the fonts and the says are so sweet. I am so excited to play more with this set. I would love to know what you do with paper scraps? Do you also keep all little pieces thinking you will need them someday? I could probably make about 50 cards with all the green scraps I have. Check out the amazing ideas for what to do with your scraps over at the challenge. I know that I will use some of the ideas I have seen.  Have a blessed day and I will be back soon! Thank you so much for stopping by!

World's Greatest Paper Pumpkin

Check out the new fun paper pumpkin! If you are interested in purchasing let me know.Have a great day!

Stampin' blends on Crumb Cake

Hello and welcome! I hope you are having a great week and that you are able to sneak in a little time to craft. For today's card I stamped on crumb cake and colored with my stampin' blends. I did a quick color with very little highlights. I wanted to see what it looked like coloring in crumb cake with the blends. 

I like the subtle color that you get. Kinda of dreamy to me. After I splattered a little white and black ink, white heat embossed the image and cut out the stitched so sweetly dies. This card was so quick and easy. I love how it turned out.  Do you like quick cards or do you prefer really fancy, lots of layer cards? I would love to hear what is your favorite.Have a great day and know that you are loved today!

Blessed!

Hi! Blessed and grateful is how I am feeling today! Especially because you are here! Also for my family continuing to be safe and healthy! I love the sentiments from the to a wild rose stamp set. So I wanted to make a card with them as well as the beautiful rose in the set.

Isn't this rose gorgeous in blushing bride? I stamped all 3 layers in the color. Make sure to let each layer dry before stamping the next layer, it really makes a difference in the dimension. (Jennifer McGuire always talks about that) She is a wealth of knowledge!

The wood grain in the designer series paper really makes the rose pop on the paper. Thank you for stopping by today and have a great week! Take time to think of what you are blessed and grateful for this week! It will make your days so much more worthwhile. I would love to hear what you are grateful for in my comments. 

Not my favorite!

Hi! This is going to be a quick post. I was not crazy about how this card turned out but I wanted to share the part that I did like. I love how the flower turned out. The sentiment was not straight when I stamped it and so I re-stamped it and cut it out to place on top. Nope, didn't like that . But I still wanted to share. I know many times people think that all cards are a masterpiece well this was not one of them. Which did make me sad at first because I liked the rest of the card until the greeting. Does this happen to you? Let me know what you do with the card that you don't like. Thank you for taking your time out of your day to check this out. Have a wonderful and safe day! Stay healthy!

Color Therapy

Hello and welcome! I hope you are all ready for the weekend. Today I made some time for a little color therapy. I don't know about you but I have been so grateful for my craft of stamping and coloring during this pandemic. It has really been great therapy for me. Coloring really relaxes me. What about you?

The stampin' blends are so fun to play with and they come in so many different colors now. I used a few of my favorite on this card.

After cutting the image out I used the crumb cake blends so that the white card stock between the flowers wasn't so stark. I wanted to make it look like the designer paper that I mounted it on.  Have a great weekend and take some time for yourself. Color, paint, draw or whatever craft you like and just savor the moment that you get to spend in peace and quiet. Stay healthy and have a blessed weekend!

Hi! Just when you thought that I had moved passed my sunflower obsession I have created another card. This card was quick and simple. A quick little watercolor wash on water color paper, stamp, color and cut out the image and white heat emboss and cut out the sentiment.

Simple cards make me happy! Coloring makes me happy! Speaking of coloring have you been joining in with the 30 day coloring challenge? It is going on now and not to late to partake.  You can also follow on facebook and instagram. It is a wonderful group that enjoy coloring and are so supportive of each other. Plus coloring is so relaxing!

Did you notice the little clear water drop looking embellishments? Aren't they fun! The are in the flowers for every season gem set. They have clear and just jade gems in 2 sizes, 75 of each so that is 300 pieces! For only $6.50!  I will need a new pack of these soon! I use them on everything!! Have a wonderful day! Visit tomorrow to see if what stamp set I use. Will it contain a sunflower?  You will have to check back and see! Stay safe and keep praying for the end to the virus!

Wild Rose

Hello! Can you believe that I have created a card without the celebrate sunflowers stamp set? It is true taking a short little break and using the to a wild rose stamp set. I really enjoy the 2 step stamp sets. You can get so many different looks from the set. For today's card I used 2 of the steps (this flower actually has 3 steps) I didn't use the outline stamp. 

The leaf also has a 2 step which is fun! I used the matching dies to cut out the images.  The sentiment is from the a grand kid stamp set and cut out with the stitched rectangle dies. I love how the flower pops on the white embossed panel. Have a great day! Be safe and craft a little today!