Monthly Archives: February 2017

Stampin’ Up! Make A Medallion Sneak Peek!

Posted on February 10, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy Friday, folks! By the time you read this – if I’ve gotten my butt outta bed – I’ll be on my way to St. Petersburg, FL – for my friend’s wedding! Yes, the one I’ve been doing projects here and there for for the past few months. I finally made a choice on which ones to use – and made a couple more things – that I’ll be sharing with you over the next couple of days!

I hope he knows how much I love him – I’m driving 8 hours each way.

And wearing “real” shoes. With heels.

Okay – they’re “trouser booties” – did not know that was a thing – and the heel is only about 1 3/4″ and nice and chunky enough that I have about a 67.5% chance of not falling flat on my hindquarters!

I wanted to show you two quick pictures of Finn. He’s growing into such a love – even more than he was just a few months ago. I finally have the dog that wants to sleep under my craft table while I make cards. We’ll even “miss” him in the evening and discover him there – it’s become his “spot”!

Of course, his other “spot” is pretty much wherever I am. No matter where that is.

Not just every card-blogger is going to show you pictures of her dog in her bathroom – that she took while taking a bath! But…he’s so danged cute! Look at that ear! He knows when mom gets in the tub with a book…might as well just kick back and take a nap.

Cuz we could be there for a minute!! 🙂

So – there’s your Finn-fix!

For my card today, I used some more of the new SAB Glimmer Paper Pack – and one of the new SAB stamp sets – the Make a Medallion set.

Take a look-see:

The layout was inspired by the challenge over at CAS(E) This Sketch.

This is a quick and easy card, thanks to the crisp 2-step photopolymer images in the stamp set.

I started by stamping the “main” image in Pool Party on a piece of Whisper White. Then I stamped the second image in Daffodil Delight.

I added the Make a Medallion sentiment in Bermuda Bay in the middle of the image and cut it out with a die in the Circles Layering Framelits. I used the Circles Framelits to cut a Daffodil Delight scalloped circle and SNAILd the medallion to it.

For the middle panel, I SNAILd a piece of Bermuda Bay Glimmer Paper to a Daffodil Delight mat. Then I used my 1″ Circle Punch to punch a hole in the panel right where I was going to adhere the medallion. Remember that Glimmer Paper is notoriously hard to stick stuff to – so this is a trick to work around that!

I SNAILd the matted Glimmer Paper to my Whisper White card front. Then I stuck a Stampin’ Dimensional in the center of the 1″ hole I’d punched and adhered the medallion to that Dimensional!

In each corner of my card front, I stamped the little “corner” image from the Make a Medallion set in Bermuda Bay. And then…there’s a teensy – teensy little stamp (seriously – don’t let this one drop on the floor, y’all – you’ll never see it again!) and I used it to add one little Pool Party image in the very corner. See it??

I SNAILd the card front to a Daffodil Delight mat and the card front was done!

On the inside – I used more of the same images as I’d used on the front – in the same colors. But I stamped everything except the sentiment off once on scrap paper. The sentiment is stamped in full-strength Bermuda Bay.

I SNAILd the panel to a Daffodil Delight mat and into my Pool Party card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got more of the corner images in Bermuda Bay and Pool Party (full strength!) on the front…

…and I added a half-a-medallion on the envelope flap!

Et Voila! Easy peasy! I love love love this Glimmer Paper!! And the stamp set – for being so very simple – has so many possible combinations of colors….it’s going to be a real workhorse in your toolbox! Hope you like!

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STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:
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Pool Party 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

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$8.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

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$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

$6.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126944]

$6.50

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

$6.50

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

$35.00

1″ Circle Punch

[119868]

$13.00

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

[107301]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Pool Party Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)

Daffodil Delight Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 2 1/4″ x 4 1/8″ (Glimmer Paper mat); 2 1/2″ Scallop Circle (mat for medallion)

Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front and inner liner); 2 3/8″ Circle (medallion/sentiment)

Bermuda Bay Glimmer Paper (available 21 Feb): 2 1/8″ x 4″ (front panel)

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Stampin’ Up! Succulents for Mother’s Day for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Posted on February 9, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy Thursday, y’all – and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! If you’ve been following along, you’ll know this is a color challenge week – I hope you’ll take a few minutes to browse all the projects brought to you by the talented ladies in our hop group! 🙂

Here’s our color scheme – definitely one that’s in my wheelhouse!

I used the Succulent Garden Suite of goodies to make my card – the Succulent Garden DSP, Oh So Succulent stamp set and the Succulents Framelits. I know it’s kind of an obvious choice with these colors – maybe too obvious – but….it’s obvious for a reason, okay?? 🙂 Take a look-see:

I used the Mojo Monday sketch challenge to help with my card layout.

To begin, I matted three different designs from the Succulent Garden DSP on Old Olive card stock, then I SNAILd the smaller panels to the card front.

Then I made a sentiment panel – stamping the Oh So Succulent sentiment in Old Olive on Whisper White. The sentiment image was too long for what I was doing, so I inked the first part only, stamped it, cleaned the stamp, inked the second half – and stamped it under the first image.

I matted it on Old Olive and SNAILd it in place.

Using a piece of 5/8″ Burlap Ribbon, I ran a length across the card, securing it in the back with scotch tape. I used a second piece and pulled all the strands out, wrapped them around the ribbon on the card, and tied a tight knot.

Next, I added the Lace Doily with the Whisper White Side up.

All that remained was to build my succulent flower! I cut two of each of the three sizes of flowers – one each in Old Olive and Mint Macaron. Then I used the little “end” stamps in the Oh So Succulent stamp set and stamped the little tips in Whisper White Craft Ink. I used my Bone Folder to lightly curl all the tips of the flowers and then stacked them up with Liquid Glue.

The center is a few Mint Macaron flowers – the ones that look a little like daisies – adhered with Liquid Glue.

Wait a hot second!! What’s that in the middle?

That, my friends, is a little flower cut with the new (available-to-customers on 21 Feb) Sale-A-Bration Glimmer Paper! That paper will come in Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay and Sweet Sugarplum!

I cut that Mint Macaron Glimmer Paper flower and added it in with a little more Liquid Glue, adhered the flower to the card front with Liquid Glue – and the card front was done!

On the inside, I stamped a second Oh So Succulent sentiment in Old Olive on a Whisper White panel. In the bottom corner, I added a couple of succulent flowers. I stamped the middle flower first, using Old Olive for the outline and Mint Macaron for the fill image. Then I stuck a sticky note mask (that I’d remembered to save from the last time I used this set!), and added two smaller flowers. Those are stamped in Tip Top Taupe for the outline and stamped-off-once Tip Top Taupe for the fill.

I SNAILd the panel to an Old Olive mat and into my Tip Top Taupe card base, SNAILd the card front on, and the card was done!

I added the same three Oh So Succulent flowers to the front of my Whisper White Envelope…

…and gave the envelope flap a little more of the Succulent Garden DSP.

Et Voila! An organic and earthy card, made with one of my favorite suites in the Occasions catalog – the Succulent Garden! Hope you like!

Now that you’ve seen my project, please take a little time to visit all the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hoppers today!

If you click on the Next Blog button, you’ll go right to Jari Francis’ page. And you can just click on the names below to go direct to all the blogs!

Amy Koenders

Shelagh Freemantle

Mary Deatherage – YOU ARE HERE!

Jari Francis

Kristi Gray

Jaime Babarczy

Have fun on the Hop!

TTFN

Mary

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STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT

Oh So Succulent Photopolymer Bundle

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$48.50

Succulent Garden Designer Series Paper

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$11.00

Tip Top Taupe 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

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$8.00

Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100702]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Mint Macaron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[138337]

$8.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

$6.50

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

$6.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

$6.50

Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad

[101731]

$8.00

5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

[141487]

$7.00

Lace Doilies

[142793]

$4.50

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

[107301]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

Tip Top Taupe Card Stock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base, score and fold at 4 1/4″)

Old Olive Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 1 7/8″ x 3 7/8″ (mat for vertical DSP panel); 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ (mat for second DSP panel); 7/8″ x 3 1/8″ (mat for sentiment); Succulent Framelits die cut flowers

Whisper White Card Stock: 3/4″ x 3″ (sentiment); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner)

Succulent Garden DSP: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); 1 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ (vertical DSP panel); 1 3/8″ x 2 3/8″ (second DSP panel); envelope flap

Mint Macaron Card Stock: Succulent Framelits die cut flowers

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Categories: Mother's Day | Tags: Mother's Day card, Oh So Succulent stamp set, Succulent Framelits, Succulent Garden DSP | 20 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Hey, Chic Stacker!

Posted on February 8, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy Hawmp Day, y’all – we’re racing towards the weekend once again. This time, I’m not really ready for the weekend to arrive. Going out of town for three days and…do you think I have my cards ready for the weekend?? Nope. Not even close! So – keep your fingers crossed that my creative juices flow the next couple of days, okay? 🙂

Finn is very fast.

Perhaps you didn’t know that.

He’s a speed demon!

I have proof!

He raced around that pile of logs about 5 times, as fast as he could go, carrying that danged stick!

And then…

The natural result of racing around like a fool! Excessive panting.

Followed by his new favorite thing – ponding! He drinks and wades and tries to get sticks out of the water. And this morning, he added – dunking his belly in! Just a quick little lay-down to cool off quicker!

And make mom get the towel out!

My card for today follows a trend you can see all over Pinterest. Stacking chickens.

I don’t know why people are stacking chickens so much – it just ain’t natural! – but they are. So I thought I’d give it another shot. The Sale-A-Bration stamp set called Hey, Chick gave me the whole cast of characters. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Any Occasion, Everyday, Friendship, Just Hello!, Life Event, Thinking Of You | Tags: Butterfly Basics stamp set, Everyday Friendship card, Hey Chick stamp set, In The Meadow Stamp Set, Star Blast Edgelits | 20 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Birthday Blast Happy Birthday card!

Posted on February 7, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy Tuesday! Hope your week is going well!

So…Finn-Chewie has finally found a critter that will yield to his superior herding skills. This critter is completely mesmerized by Finn’s charm and hypnotic stare, driving it where he wants it to go (mostly around the driveway!). He often just freezes in the vain hope that if he holds very very still….Finn will go away and leave him in peace.

Actually – that frequently works.

LOL! That’s our new “goose” – courtesy of my mom this past Christmas! He’s pretty low maintenance – no food, no poop, no squawking! And he minds Finn way better then the kitties do, for darned sure! 🙂

My card for today uses the fun Birthday Blast bundle in the Occasions catalog. And – not surprisingly – I made a…birthday card with the Birthday Blast! Take a look-see:

My color scheme was inspired by some cupcakes! Take a look at this week’s Cupcake Inspirations challenge.

I also got a little inspiration from a card in the Occasions Catalog. 🙂

To begin, I stamped the large, bold image from the Birthday Blast stamp set in Mint Macaron on a Whisper White panel. I stamped it twice – making sure I reversed the orientation for the second image. Then I SNAILd the panel to a Sweet Sugarplum mat.

Next up, I cut a couple of Stitched Shapes circles – one in Daffodil Delight and one in Sweet Sugarplum. I adhered the larger, Daffodil Delight circle, to the card front. Over that is a Lace Doily with the white side up. Then comes the Sweet Sugarplum circle.

I used a couple of Glue Dots to wind a few loops of Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine.

My sentiment is a piece of Mint Macaron card stock with banner ends punched using the Banner Triple Punch. I inked the Birthday Blast sentiment with Versamark Ink and then sprinkled it with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat embossed it. Then I popped it over the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I used a little Liquid Glue to adhere a few Daffodil Delight stars – they’re the leftovers from a Star Blast Edgelits die cut that…you’ll see in just a minute!

On the inside, I started with a Whisper White panel and added…yes. The Daffodil Delight die cut that I made using the Star Blast Edgelits set!

I SNAILd the panel to a Sweet Sugarplum mat and into my Daffodil Delight card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

On the front of my Whisper White Medium Envelope, I added a few of the little fleur-de-loopies in the Birthday Blast stamp set, in Mint Macaron…

…and then added a bunch of Daffodil Delight stars to the envelope flap.

Et Voila! This is fun bundle – both the stamp set with it’s big and beautiful images and sentiments and the Star Blast Edgelits definitely give a card a big wow! Hope you like!

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STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Birthday Blast Clear-Mount Bundle

[144716]

$34.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$30.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[119683]

$8.00

Sweet Sugarplum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[141418]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Mint Macaron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[138337]

$8.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

$6.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

$5.00

Lace Doilies

[142793]

$4.50

Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine

[134586]

$3.00

Banner Triple Punch

[138292]

$23.00

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

[107301]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Daffodil Delight Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″); 2 7/8″ Stitched Shapes Circle (under sentiment); Star Blast Edgelits die cut

Sweet Sugarplum Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 2 3/8″ Stitched Shapes Circle (under sentiment)

Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front and inner liner)

Mint Macaron Card Stock: 1 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ (sentiment)

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Categories: Happy Birthday | Tags: Birthday Blast stamp set, Birthday Card, Star Blast Edgelits | 14 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Wild About Flowers Aussie Sympathy Card

Posted on February 6, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Good day-after-SB LI, y’all! I’m suspecting if you watched the whole game – you’re a bit on the sleepy side this morning! As I type this, we’re smack in the second quarter and Atlanta has just posted the second score of the game! Atlanta came to play, folks! But Tom’s no slouch – looks like it’s going to be a good one! (Monday morning addendum….Oh My Goodness! What a game! What a crushing defeat for Atlanta. You have to feel bad for the Falcons – it was a heartbreaker, for sure. But – say what you will about Tom Brady. He is just one helluva quarterback. And the Patriots showed real heart, didn’t they? To come back after such a deficit – a record breaking effort. They earned this one, for sure! I have to say – it was one of the best SBs I’ve ever watched! Wow. 🙂 )

I don’t have any stories about Finn today – well, I do, but I’m going to save them for another day. I got a little bit of sad news on Sunday morning – a friend of Finn’s – from where he was born – has died. His name was Cody and he was only 10 years old. Not related to Finn, but certainly his friend for the first 5 months of his little life. And he’s the reason they got into Aussies in the first place so…he’s kinda the reason that Finn….is!!

So I made a sympathy card for Cody’s parents. I used the pretty flowers in the Wild About Flowers set and some sentiments from the Flourishing Phrases and the Better Together stamp sets. And – cuz my mom sent it to me last year when we brought Finn home – I was able to add a little non-SU! Aussie image. Until you get to the inside, where the dog image resides, this card would be perfect for any Sympathy Card need. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Sympathy, Sympathy for Loss of a Pet | Tags: Better Together stamp set, Flourishing Phrases stamp set, Sympathy Card, Sympathy for Loss of a Pet, Wild About Flowers stamp set | 14 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Sending Love and Sunshines Wishes

Posted on February 5, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Mornin’, y’all! Here we are on Super Bowl Sunday! I don’t understand why the game is so danged late! What do people do at Super Bowl parties all day? Well – I know they drink a lot of beer. But…what else? There’s no game to watch until after dinner. So…? Do folks eat nachos and wings for dinner? Why isn’t the game at 1? That time makes a lot more sense for a big game.

Besides. By the time one-hour of game play is crammed into 5 hours…I’m going to have a heckuva time staying awake! It’ll be like trying to stay up to see New Year’s come in!

Finn isn’t interested in the game. Although, if he watched, he’d probably see that it’s sort of like keep-away! One of his favorite games. The only thing better than keep-away is a solid game of tug! Which he’s really good at playing! He can set his 60 pounds back against a stick and lock those pearly whites around his bumper or a frisbee or a stick and….you’re not getting it until he gives up.

And he doesn’t give up!!

Ever…

My card for today is a study in Red, White and Silver/Gray. And, while it uses hearts from the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits and the Sending Love DSP – it’s not a Valentine’s Card. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Congratulations, Life Event | Tags: Sending Love DSP, Sunshine Sayings stamp set, Sunshine Wishes Thinlits | 22 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Special Reasons and Carousels

Posted on February 4, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, y’all! Welcome to the weekend! I hope you’ve got something fun on your schedule – are you planning to watch the Super Bowl??

I wanted to tell you that….we’ve had a death in the…”family”. I can’t really tell you his name or all that much about him. He pretty much kept to himself – not too cuddly, either.

Cuz…he was a fish. A grass carp, to be exact. We got him a couple of years ago for our back pond – he was the only fish back there. We’re not really sure what did him in – maybe the big rain caused a really large influx of water and changed the temperature of the pond? Maybe a bird – one of the big gray herons? – tried to get him and killed him but he was too big to carry off?

I don’t know.

What I do know, is that Finn – with every speck of his giant doggie heart – wants to get that dead and rotting fish. He wants him bad! To toss in the air….to chew and gnaw….to roll in!

Bleh!!

So far, he’s minding me when I call him away from the pond – but…I don’t know how long my wishes will overcome his overpowering need to douse himself in the sweet parfum of eau d’poisson! If it does happen…the bath that, so far, has been a theoretical thing of the future….well. 😉

For my friendship card today, I went back to one of my favoritest bundles in the Occasions catalog…the Special Reason bundle! I put it over some Cupcakes & Carousels DSP. Take a look-see:

This one was inspired by the sketch at Fab Friday this week. Continue reading →

Categories: Any Occasion, Friendship, General, Just Because, Valentine's Day | Tags: Friendship Card, Special Reason stamp set, Stylish Stems Framelits | 18 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Iconic Occasions Sealed with Love

Posted on February 3, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy freakin’ Friday, y’all! I am so so glad it’s the end of this week – work’s been all feast and no famine all week! Sheesh!

So today, while I was sitting in the kitchen on the phone, computer on my lap…I saw a blur out the back door. While continuing to chat with my boss, I craned my neck to see what it was.

You guessed it – it was Finn! Racing hell-bent-for-leather around the pond, little wiggle-butt tucked up underneath him. And he was…soaked! He hadn’t been all the way in, but he was sopping wet up to his shoulders.

Apparently he’d been having just an awesome good time! He came flying to the back door – and I made him go around to the other door to get toweled off. He was panting like a steam engine and just a-laughing and a-laughing! A very happy boy, indeed! 🙂

And then he came in to eat the rest of his breakfast and have a huge nap! A very tired boy, indeed! 😉

My card for today is a bright and cheery Valentine’s card or a card for…almost any day! I used the Host-Exclusive Iconic Occasions and the fun Sealed with Love stamp sets. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Feminine, Love, Valentine's Day | Tags: Iconic Occasions stamp set, Sealed with Love stamp set, Valentines' Day Card | 10 Comments

Stampin’ Up! That’s a Timeless Tag for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Posted on February 2, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, y’all – welcome to another edition of the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! We had a clean-and-simple sketch to work with this week – I hope that you’ll spend some time hopping thru all our blogs and check out everyone’s projects!

Here’s the sketch:

I used a new-to-me bundle from the Occasions catalog called That’s The Tag! It’s got a beautiful stamp set of the same name and a matching die set called the Timeless Tags Thinlits. I think it’s gorgeous and it’s what I used for this week’s project. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Happy Birthday | Tags: Birthday Card, Seaside TIEF, That's The Tag stamp set, Timeless Tags Thinlits | 28 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Basket Bunch Bundle Thanks

Posted on February 1, 2017 by stampsnlingers

Happy Hawmp Day, y’all! The week is almost half over! And Super Bowl is this Sunday!

Why did I use an exclamation point? I only half care about the Super Bowl – I guess I’m obligated by virtue of my current home address to care about the fact that Atlanta is playing, and to cheer for them to win. But…I also kind of think it would be cool for Tom Brady to get his 5th ring. So…I’ll probably swing all sorts of ways on Sunday. I really just hope the commercials are good! 🙂

So. I have official proof that Finn-chewie is a goofus.

This is a gumball. They fall out of …gum trees. When the horses manage to pick them up in their manes or tails, it takes me 30 minutes to get them out.

Mostly cuz I’m trying not to poke the stink out of my fingers. Cuz…they hurt!

Finn was chewing on one of these today. This exact one, in fact. With great relish!

Uhm….owwwww!! But he didn’t seem at all concerned. Well, he was a little perplexed about why I told him to drop it – but that was about it!

Also – he discovered the joys of the back pond this morning…

I wish I could have gotten a video of his crazed racing around and thru the water. He was having a grand old time!! 🙂

So – my card for today uses a cute little bundle in the Occasions catalog called the Basket Bunch. I paired it up with a little Blooms & Bliss DSP. Take a look-see:

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