Good morning everyone – and…happy Fri-Yay!! Hope you’ve had a great week!
Today’s card is one that…you don’t often see from me – it’s a Shaker card! I know! Whoda thunk it? But – I was working thru the card that was in my head and all of a sudden – it was totally obvious that it NEEDED to be a shaker! It had started with the Prairie Grass stamp set – a window sheet – and some Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ DSP. And it ended up….well, take a look-see:
Good morning, y’all – I hope your week is going well so far!
My card today is a quick and easy one – using the Memorable Blooms bundle and some masking with pretty pink ink blending! It would be a great card to have on hand to send a word of encouragement or congratulations!! Take a look-see:
Happy Happy Hawwmmp Day, y’all! Today is spa day for the pony – well, just a mani/pedi – but…she likes any attention she gets. Especially if it includes a peppermint! 🙂
My card today is so so easy to make – thanks to the amazing Frames & Flowers Specialty DSP. Have you seen this pretty paper? It’s not only got gorgeous designs of full size papers – it ALSO has stunningly pretty die cuts – frames, flowers and foliage, oh my!! And – I added a perfect couple of sentiments – and some stamped foliage! – from the wunnermus You Are Beautiful stamp set. Take a look-see:
Good morning and happy Friday! Hope you’ve had a great week and have something fun planned for the weekend! We’re getting ready to go to Colorado next weekend so…we’re busy!! And, of course, we’ve been “shocking” our well. Yes – it was a whole thing. If you were on my video with me yesterday, you know what I’m talking about. If not…well. Hope you never have to shock your well. 🤦♀️
My card today uses a sweet little punch bundle called A Fish & A Wish. What? Haven’t seen it? Haven’t heard of it? It’s kind of a flyover set but it’s super cute and I really enjoyed working with it! Take a look-see:
Good morning, y’all! It’s Thursday – which means it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! We’ve got a sketch challenge to work with and I’m excited to see what everyone brings to the table – I just know you’re going to see a ton of awesome-ness on the hop today!
I made a card that we all need in our stash (and sort of hope to never need to send!). I used the Flowering Rain Boots bundle – plus the sweet Gingham Embossing Folder. Take a look-see:
Well – it’s happened. Monday. Again. Hope you had a great weekend! We stuck pretty close to home – Wayne worked on the barn, I worked in my craft room!
My card today is so clean and simple I am a little shocked that it came from my brain! It uses the pretty Strong of Heart and Quiet Meadow stamp sets – plus a couple of pretty die cuts from the Scalloped Contours die set. Take a look-see:
Happy Sunday, y’all! Hope you’ve been having a good weekend – we’re swinging between downpouring rain and sauna. It’s awesome! 😉 Thank goodness for Air Conditioning!!
If you were able to join me for my air-conditioned Facebook live video last night, I appreciate you spending part of your weekend with me! If not, but you’d like to see the replay, here ’tis on YouTube!
Good Sunday to you and Happy Father’s Day to all your Dads and Grand-dads out there! Hope y’all got them something a little better than a tie. Or…underwear! 😳😳😳
So – if you were able to join me last night for my Facebook live, I sure appreciate you spending part of your weekend with me (while baking that cake for the big dinner today….right??)! If not, but you’d like to watch the replay to see how to make this pretty card, here ’tis!
Hey y’all – it’s Sunday, which means I’ve got another fun challenge for you from the Paper Players – it’s a theme challenge from our clever Joanne this week and it’ll for sure jump-start your creative mojo! I hope you’ll come and play along. 🙂
If you were able to join me yesterday for my Facebook Live video, I appreciate you spending some of your weekend with me! If you weren’t able to watch the live version, but you’d like to see the replay on YouTube…here ’tis!
Our theme this week – and yours, too, if you come to play – is Make You Smile. I know that for so many of us, the sight of the Big Brown Truck pulling up ALWAYS make us smile (I know it does for me!). So – I pulled out the retiring You Always Deliver stamp set. And, since I alway smile at a good pun or cute sentiment – I used one of the cute sentiments from the Share Sunshine COVID-19 Digital download. Take a look-see:
And here’s this week’s Paper Players theme challenge! Hope you’ll join the fun and show us your projects! I can’t wait to see what you create! 🙂
I pulled my layout from the Global Design Project sketch this week.
I decided this would be a great card to try out the Scrappy Strip technique that I learned from the wunnermus Bruno Bertucci (yes – of the Kylie/Bruno super-duo!!).
I started with a larger-than-I-needed piece of Basic Black cardstock to create the card front. Using Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso and Sahara Sand paper from the Neutrals 6″ x 6″ DSP (which I just now at this very moment realized is SOLD OUT – I’m so sorry!), I adhered the strips to the panel with Liquid Glue. I eye-balled the spacing and used three of each color to create to ombre effect of the sketch!
Once I had all the strips where they belonged, I used my Paper Trimmer to cut the panel down to size. Then I adhered it onto a Basic Black mat.
I tied a loose figure-eight from a doubled up length of the 3/16″ Braided Linen Trim and adhered it to the card front with Liquid Glue.
On a piece of Whisper White, I stamped the You Always Deliver delivery dude in Tuxedo Black and colored him with my Soft Suede and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend Combos. I added the heart image in Poppy Parade – and cut him with an oval Stitched Shapes Die.
Using the Share Sunshine PDF that I downloaded (get yours right here!), I printed the page I wanted on a piece of Whisper White. Then I used a Stitched Rectangle Die to cut out the Black version of the fun sentiment I wanted. I decided it needed another heart, so I used the Poppy Parade Stampin’ Write Marker to color one onto the die cut.
I popped the two die cuts onto the card front – over the Linen Trim – with Black Stampin’ Dimensionals. And the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped the perfectly perfect sentiment from You Always Deliver in Tuxedo Black on a Whisper White panel. In the corner, I added the sweet pooch from the set in Tuxedo Black and colored him in Crumb Cake and Soft Suede. I added some more hearts in Poppy Parade.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Basic Black Mat and into my Poppy Parade card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got another You Always Deliver pupper and hearts on the front…
…and some Soft Suede paper on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! It’s kind of a shame that the You Always Deliver is going away – cuz…it SO represents us as crafters, doesn’t it?? Without the guy in the big brown truck….sigh. No big brown boxes of Stampin’ Up! goodies to see arrive in the driveway!
I hope you like!
If you want to recreate this card – all the Stampin’ Up! products you need are listed down below along with the card cuts!
Now – before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:
The Paper Players Design Team
TTFN
M
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Poppy Parade Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
Basic Black Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (card front); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)
Whisper White Card Stock: Next to largest Stitched Shapes Oval Die cut (art); Stitched Rectangle Die Cut (sentiment); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner)
Neutrals 6″ x 6″ DSP: Strips – 5/8″ at top and 1/4″ at bottom; envelope flap
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Finn Fan Fix
So – as the child of an Air Force pilot, Finn was….disappointed…to not get to go with us yesterday!
We went to Costco. Cuz…after looking at the planned flight path for the Thunderbirds/Blue Angels joint fly-over, it was pretty obvious we’d never even see them from here. But – we knew we’d be shopping after – and…too hot for fur kids! 🙁
It turned out we were far from the only ones there!
This is what AirShows-in-the-Time-of-COVID-19 look like, I guess!
We did have some special spectators – I was happy to see them and get a chance to thank them for what they do for us every day.
As they drove in – everyone got out of their cars and gave them a standing ovation. There might have been some whoo-hooing going on, too!
They had AWESOME seats!!
Finally – after I had a chance to run into Costco to get a couple of lavender plant/trees – here they came!!
They actually made two passes….to be honest, thru the camera, I could never find the Thunderbirds. Their F-16’s are predominantly white and were very very hard to see in the bright afternoon sun – and thru the camera? Nope.
Also? Only the Angels – in their Navy Blue livery – were easily visible. They’re also the only part of the formation that popped smoke on their passes.
On the second pass, I tried to take some video.
But…that really didn’t work out at all…. 🙁
It was really cool to see them – it’s almost unheard of for both teams to fly together like this, so…pretty amazing to see! And they quite obviously took great pains to give as many folks in the metro area a chance to see them as they could. Kudos and a virtual salute to our men and women in the skty
Finn?
Well. HE was upside down, legs akimbo – sawing logs when we got home. I guess the movie I left running wasn’t interesting enough to keep him awake!!
My fierce guard dog…
TTFN
M
Hey y’all – it’s Thursday, so it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop!! Today’s a nice color challenge – and I’m excited to see what everyone brings to the table! I just know you’re going to see a ton of awesome-ness on the hop today!
The color challenge headed me straight at the Tropical Oasis DSP. And, of course, the wonderful Timeless Tropical Bundle – and…the Perfectly Framed stamp set (I thought the sentiment was pretty spot-on right now!). Take a look-see:
So – our color scheme…
And, I pulled the layout from this week’s Global Design Project challenge.
I started with some paper from the Tropical Oasis DSP – I embossed it in the Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder and then matted it on Real Red to make the card front. From an Old Olive design, I cut a banner with the Triple Banner Punch, embossed it in the Coastal Weave folder and adhered it to the card front with Liquid Glue.
I used my Stamparatus and the Marker-to-Rubber inking technique to stamp the tops of the Timeless Tropical palm trees in Old Olive on Very Vanilla. I cut the image with the matching die in the In The Tropics die set.
I stamped the large flower from the Timeless Tropical set in Real Red. Then I colored it with the Real Red Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack – and the Blends Color Lifter. I stamped three leaves in Old Olive and colored them with the Old Olive Stampin’ Blend Combo Pack. Then I cut all of the pieces out with the matching dies in the In The Tropics set.
I spritzed a piece of Old Olive with water using my Stampin’ Spritzer and cut two palm leaves.
I stamped the sentiment from Perfectly Framed in Real Red on a piece of Very Vanilla and cut it with a die in the Ornate Frames die set. I also cut a larger – more ORNATE (see what I did there!) frame from a piece of Vellum Card Stock.
I laid out my collage – adding in a length of 3/8″ Braided Linen Trim…and took my picture!
I picked up the sentiment and….took a second picture – this really helps put the collage “back” once you’ve gotten it to the “yep! This is it” stage!
I adhered the trees and the stamped and die-cut leaves with Liquid Glue. Then I laid down the braided linen trim. I used Dimensionals to pop up the big red flower. The last leaf is adhered with Liquid Glue – as is the Vellum frame and sentiment.
I tucked the Old Olive palm trees and a few Tropical Oasis Trinkets in amongst the florals with Glue Dots, added some Old Olive Noble Peacock Rhinestones and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped the leaves in Old Olive on Very Vanilla and colored them with the Old Olive Blends. I stamped a second sentiment on Very Vanilla in Real Red, cut it with its die from the Ornate Frames die set and popped it on with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I added another Noble Peacock Rhinestone.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Real Red panel and into my Soft Suede card base, adhered the card front with Liquid Glue and the card was done.
My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got more Timeless Tropical leaves on the front…
…and more of the Tropical Oasis DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Timeless Tropical – and the entire Tropical Oasis Suite is for sure one of my favorites in the 2020 Jan-Jun Mini Catalog. And I love the framed sentiments in the Perfectly Framed stamp set – which coordinates with the carrying over Ornate Frames Die Set (remember it from the holiday catalog??)
I hope you like!
If you want to recreate this card – all the Stampin’ Up! products you need are listed down below along with the card cuts!
Now that you’ve seen my card, take a minute to hop thru all our projects today If you click on the Next Blog button, you’ll go right to Kristi’s page. And you can just click on the names below to go direct to all the blogs!
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Have fun on the Hop!!
TTFN
M
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Get the whole Suite right here!
Soft Suede Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
Real Red Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)
Very Vanilla Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner); Ornate Frames die cut label (sentiment); In the Tropics die cut trees and flower
Old Olive Card Base: In the Tropics die cut leaves
Vellum Card Stock: Ornate Frames die cut frame
Tropical Oasis DSP: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); 2″ x 3 1/2″ (banner on front); envelope flap
If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Order Stampin’ Up! Online Now button on the right side of the screen to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions. Happy Stamping!
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Finn Fan Fix
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TTFN
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