Hey y’all – happy Sunday! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
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!
Good morning, all! Hope your weekend is dawning bright and clear. Except for the west coast – I hope YOUR weekend is dawning cloudy, cool, rainy (or at least misty) and NOT AT ALL WINDY!! Praying for the weather to start favoring the firefighters!
So – I’ll be coming to you tonight, at 7pm Eastern on my Stamps-N-Lingers FB page, with a fun-fold. I think you’ll like it – I know I do. It’s a riff on one of my favorite fun folds. And it’s super cute for….pet lovers! Take a sneaky peek!
Can you tell what it is??
No? Well – guess you’ll need to come on over and see what it’s all about in virtual-person, huh?? 🙂
Tonight. 7pm Eastern. Right here!
Not to put too fine a point on it – but…this is your LAST day to pick up the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine AND earn DOUBLE PEPPERMINTS from me while you’re at it. AND a free embossing folder of your choice (in addition to your usual ordering Thank You gift!). I mean – you’ll still be able to ORDER the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine after today (duh!) – but you won’t be getting all those great extras when you do! So…if you have any plans to add this great machine to your tool chest – and you really should! – then this is a great time to do it! 🙂
TTFN
M
Happy Friday, y’all! Hope you’ve got a good weekend in store – mine is going to be quiet. I’m still recovering from LAST weekend’s festivities!!
If you were able to join me yesterday for my YouTube live, I appreciate you spending some time with me – if not, but you’d like to see the replay, here ’tis! 🙂
Hey y’all – it’s Thursday, so it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop!! Today’s a theme 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!
I decided to use Mr. Moose in the Merry Moose stamp set and the Moose Punch to be my “animal” for today’s birthday card – with a couple of sentiments from the Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set. Take a look-see:
Happy Happy Hawwmp Day!! And welcome to another edition of the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop. I hope you’ll sit down and spend a little time with us – regardless of where YOU are in the world! 🙂 I know you’re going to see some awesome projects!
Like most hops, we have a theme each month – and this month’s is “Tag Team”! Which means – we all created two coordinating projects!
I decided to create a little…table decor! When we have holiday meals with our friends, we usually do buffet style – with the silverware laying on the counter (on in a Red Solo Cup – TK would be proud!). I decided I’d contribute something fun to the mix (in addition to the normal two-dozen deviled eggs!). So…I pulled out a Mini Coffee Carrier and a couple of Mini Coffee Cups. Plus…the Warm Hugs bundle and some Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP. Take a look-see!
Good morning, y’all – welcome to another edition of Amy’s Inkin’ Krew Team blog hop! Each month we make projects centered around a theme – and this month our theme is Halloween Fun! We can interpret that any way we want – so…be sure to check and see everyone’s projects – we’ve got a bunch of talented ladies hopping with us this month!
I like owls. We have owls flying around our place – and we can frequently hear them in the woods. So…the Have A Hoot stamp set spoke to me from the jump! And – since it’s got something for Halloween as well as Christmas – it was a natural for today’s challenge with a little Magic in This Night DSP! Take a look-see:
Good Monday morning! Happy Labor Day! Hope you’re celebrating by NOT laboring! 😉
We’ll head home a little later today – it was a wonderful ceremony – and Matt and Katelyn looked so handsome and beautiful. It was good that I’d made it to the store for the waterproof mascara. 😢👍
Hard to believe the kids are married. Guess they’ll always be “the kids”, huh? 🥰🥰
Okay – back to the business at hand! My card for today is a pretty, feminine one that comes to you from the Forever Fern stamp set, with its bundled and gorgeous Forever Flourishing Dies! Take a look-see:
Good morning! I hope you’re waking up to the prospect of an awesome weekend!
Jan and I did a little shopping yesterday and got our nails done. We’ll leave in a few hours for the Big Event! 🙂
The card I made for you today is so smack in my wheelhouse – layers – leaves – bows! I got it done using the amazing Love of Leaves stamp set with the bundled Stitched Leaves Dies to create wonderful Fall leaves! Take a look-see:
The layout for this one is from the Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge.
I started with a piece of Crumb Cake card stock – and along the long left side, I used the stitching die in the Stitched Leaves Dies to “emboss” a stitched pattern. Note: even though this die “embosses” – you use the die cutting sandwich in your Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine – not the embossing sandwich! I matted the panel on a Crushed Curry panel.
On Crumb Cake card stock, I stamped the medium leaf from Love of Leaves in Pumpkin Pie ink. I used a Sponge Dauber to add some Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry to the middle of each leaf. Then I cut them with their die from the Stitched Leaves Dies.
I also cut some wheat grasses from the Autumn Essentials Die Set and berries from the Poinsettia Dies in Brushed Metallic Card Stock.
I added all the leaves and wheat and berries in an arc – using Liquid Glue. Hint – for this kind of arrangement – build the collage from the bottom up. So…start with one leaf near the bottom of the arc and then build up towards the top of the card! 🙂
On a piece of Very Vanilla, I stamped the sentiment from Love of Leaves in Cajun Craze. Then I cut it with the banner die in the Tasteful Labels Die set.
I adhered the sentiment with Liquid Glue.
I doubled a length of 3/8″ Embroidered Ribbon and tied a double-loop Linen Thread Bow to it – then I adhered it with a Glue Dot.
I added a couple of Antiqued Corners with Glue Dots and some Bumble Bee 2020-2022 In Color Enamel Dots and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped a second Love of Leaves sentiment in Cajun Craze on a Very Vanilla panel. I added the leaf over top in Pumpkin Pie. Hint: my ink pad is relatively dry – so I was able to stamp it full strength and achieve this look. If yours is new or real “juicy” – you might want to stamp it off on scrap paper once before stamping your panel. Never hurts to do it all on a piece of scrap paper first to be sure you like it! 🙂
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Crushed Curry mat and into my Cajun Craze card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got a Pumpkin Pie leaf on the front…
…and some Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Can’t tell you how much I love the Love of Leaves bundle – especially the wunnermus Stitched Leaves Dies! They cut and emboss your leaves in one pass thru your cutting machine! Whoo-hoo!
And the added elements from the Poinsettia and Autumn Essentials Die sets just fill it out perfectly, don’t they??
I hope you like!
If you’d like to recreate this card, the products used and all the card cuts are down below!
TTFN
M
Happy Friday, y’all! Hope you’ve got a good weekend in store – mine is BIG!
Tomorrow, I’ll head up to the Gainseville area to attend Matt and Katelyn’s wedding. Jan and I have been discussing what we’re going to wear and when. We’ll go this afternoon and get a manicure.
Well – two. One each. 😉
I’m looking forward to the whole thing – been a while coming!
If you’re doing the math, you’ll have realized I probably won’t be on my Facebook video tomorrow evening – the rehearsal dinner is then. I am…touched beyond measure that we were invited to that – especially given then we’re neither parents nor wedding party! I guess we’re honorary parents!
Shoot. Let the tears start! 🥰😢
Anywho – sniff – let’s talk card!
If you were able to join me yesterday for my YouTube live, I appreciate you spending some time with me – if not, but you’d like to see the replay, here ’tis! 🙂
Hey y’all – it’s Thursday, so it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop!! Today’s a sketch 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!
I need a birthday card for a tiny human. Actually – by rights it needs to be a BELATED birthday but…he’s like..TWO. So I feel confident he’ll give me a pass. Hopefully his parents will, too! I pulled out the So Much Happy bundle from the Annual Catalog and paired it up with some party-on-paper Playing with Patterns 6″ x 6″ DSP. Take a look-see:
Inky Bee Stampers
KarensCardCorner
Stamp with Amy K
Stamp With Nel
Stampin With Shirley G
Tarabeth Stamps
TL's Bright Spot