Yellow Tulips

Good morning, Friends! It's another early morning as we head back to Montrose for the final day of the basketball tournament. We actually don't have to be there quite so early but the other Fruita 8th grade team is playing and we want to watch them. We might face them in the semi-finals! So exciting! And so much talent from these 8th graders! Anyway, it's a must win to advance kind of day!! Nick is having a blast and that's all that matters!

Today's card was one I made quite a while ago. I really liked how this one turned out!

• Card base is Naturals Ivory
• Adhere a strip of Gingham Garden designer paper down the left hand side of the card
• On a layer of Naturals Ivory, stamp the Blessed Easter stamp in black StazOn and watercolor the image with a blender pen and Pear Pizzazz and Daffodil Delight inks
• Use the Occasions paper piercing pack to pierce an oval around the stamped image
• Adhere a strip of Basic Black card stock to the left hand side of the stamped panel and then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Add three small pearls

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Blessed Easter; Paper- Naturals Ivory, Basic Black, Gingham Garden designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz; Accessories- Occasions paper piercing pack, pearls, blender pen, dimensionals

Peaceful Fancy Fan

Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is off to a fabulous start! A short and sweet post for you today as we have an early basketball game. The boys won last night in overtime! Woohoo!! A game this morning and then we will be back tomorrow with a few more games!!

Today's card was inspired by one I had pinned quite a while ago. 

• Card base is Whisper White
• Emboss a panel of Whisper White with the Fancy Fan embossing folder and adhere to card
• Stamp the stem from Peaceful Petals in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White
• Use a blender pen and markers to color the stem with Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush, and Daffodil Delight then use the markers to highlight some areas
• Cut the stem out and adhere to embossed panel with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting in black StazOn and add three rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Peaceful Petals; Paper- Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn, Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Fancy Fan embossing folder, rhinestones, dimensionals

FMS 124

Good morning, Friends! It's Friday!! Woohoo!! I took some alka-seltzer last night to try to kick this head cold in the butt. And now I think it is trying to kick my butt this morning. Boy am I all plugged up!! Yuck! I slept in a little to try to sleep off the medicine. Still groggy but I hope a shower and coffee will get it out of my system. No time to rest this weekend! Nick has a basketball tournament. He has a game tonight and tomorrow morning - early. Should be fun!!

Today's card was created some time ago using the sketch from Freshly Made. Not my favorite but I thought I would post it anyway. It is very simple!!

• Card base is So Saffron
• Layer three strips of the Retro Fresh designer paper onto a piece of Baked Brown Sugar and then adhere to card
• Use the Chevron punch to punch the chevrons from Tangerine Tango
• Adhere the chevrons to the card
• Stamp the sentiment from Geometrical onto a strip of Very Vanilla using Baked Brown Sugar and flag the end
• Add three mini brads to other end and adhere to card with dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Geometrical; Paper- So Saffron, Baked Brown Sugar, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla, Retro Fresh designer paper; Ink- Baked Brown Sugar; Accessories- Chevron punch, mini brads, dimensionals

CCMC 294

Good morning everyone! It's time for another fun Thursday challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week we have a fabulous color challenge! Check out these great colors!!

Strawberry Slush, Old Olive and Basic Black are the bold bright colors for this week! I love them!! And I don't use Strawberry Slush nearly enough so I was so glad it was part of this challenge! Check out my card!

• Card base is Naturals White
• Stamp the Blessed Easter image in black StazOn onto a piece of Naturals White and use the Oval framelits to cut it out
• Use the StrawberrySlush, Old Olive and Soft Sky markers and a blender pen to watercolor the image
• Use the Occasions paper piercing pack to pierce an oval on a piece of Naturals White then adhere this to the card base with dimensionals
• Adhere a strip of Basic Black card stock to card
• Adhere the stamped oval to the card with dimensionals
• Use the bitty banner punch to punch a banner from Strawberry Slush card stock and then adhere to card
• Add two rhinestones

Find more inspiration from the other fabulous designers at Create with Connie and Mary. I hope you all will play along with us this week! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Blessed Easter; Paper- Naturals White, Basic Black, Strawberry Slush; Ink- black StazOn, Strawberry Slush, Old Olive, Soft Sky; Accessories- Ovals framelits, Occasions paper piercing pack, bitty banner punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

Sweet Sorbet Pennant

Good morning, Friends! I'm so glad we are on the downhill side to the weekend! Nick said his first day of testing went very well! And it sounds like they had a lot of fun afterwards when a bunch of them went to a cafe for lunch! They are doing it again today, too! Wow! They grow up so fast! I'm glad that he has so many friends to hang out with! I am hoping that I can get a lot of personal stamping done today. I seem to be running out of cards for my blog! I had been doing so well and then I needed to get some swaps done, design commitments done and I have gotten myself ahead on a few projects so now it's time to get back to stamping just for my blog. So a nice stamping day it will be!!

Today's card was inspired by a card that my friend Emily gave me for my birthday. 

• Card base is Crisp Cantaloupe
• On a layer of Basic Black, adhere a piece of Sweet Sorbet designer paper at the top and a piece of Pool Party that was run through the Big Shot with the Decorative Dots embossing folder (make sure to leave a little Basic Black showing through between the layers)
• Tie a piece of Crisp Cantaloupe twine from the Sweet Sorbet accessory pack around the panel and adhere to the card with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from Perfect Pennants with black StazOn onto Whisper White and cut out with the Banners framelits then adhere to card

Super super easy!! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfect Pennants; Paper- Crisp Cantaloupe, Basic Black, Pool Party, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet designer paper; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- Sweet Sorbet accessory pack, Banners framelits, Decorative Dots embossing folder, dimensionals

Peaceful Hardwood

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a fantastic start! Looks like it will be a busy one for us around here. Nick's school is doing their state testing this week. So he spends his morning doing tests and then they are out of school the rest of the day! He is looking forward to that! Not so much the testing - lol! He and a group of friends are going to have lunch together at a local pizza place. I thought that sounded like fun!! 

Today's card was created from a sketch that I have saved on my computer from a while ago. I really like this sketch and do plan to use it again!

• Card base is Pistachio Pudding
• Stamp a piece of Whisper White with the stem image from Peaceful Petals in Pistachio Pudding
• Adhere this to a piece of Crisp Cantaloupe then adhere to a piece of Baked Brown Sugar and then adhere to card base
• Stamp a piece of Baked Brown Sugar with the Hardwood background stamp in Baked Brown Sugar and adhere to card
• Flag both ends of a strip Pistachio Pudding and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Peaceful Petals in Baked Brown Sugar onto a piece of Whisper White and adhere to card
• Stamp leaf image onto Pistachio Pudding with black StazOn 
• Add a little color to the leaf with a Pistachio Pudding marker then cut out and adhere to card
• Add a rhinestone

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Peaceful Petals, Hardwood background stamp; Paper- Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn, Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding; Accessories- rhinestone, dimensionals

PCCCS 78

Good morning, Friends! I hope you had a fantastic weekend and are ready for a new week! Seems like those weekends just fly by! The boys lost their soccer game yesterday. And that was a real bummer! It means that we won't be in the State Cup tournament. :( I know the boys really wanted to win. I guess they will have to try it again next year. So now we just play the games for the season and hope that we win our division and can move up to the next level. And so our busy soccer season begins! The weather yesterday felt like summer almost! Wow! We were really hot and I didn't dress accordingly. I finally took off my shoes to help cool down a bit. I got sunburned on my feet - lol!! It felt so good! But now it is supposed to snow again on Tuesday (in Denver, rain in our area). Yep! It's that crazy spring weather!!

Today's card was one that I had made quite a while ago. It was inspired by the sketch at Paper Craft Crew Challenges. 

• Card base is Baked Brown Sugar
• A layer of Baked Brown Sugar was run through the Big Shot using the Arrows embossing folder then adhered to the card with dimensionals
• Run a piece of Very Vanilla and a piece of Retro Fresh designer paper through the Big Shot at the same time using the Banners framelits and adhere together (the Very Vanilla helps add stability to the designer paper)
• Add three mini brads to banner then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Geometrical in Coastal Cabana onto Very Vanilla and flag the ends then adhere to card
• Punch a circle from So Saffron with the 1/2" circle punch and adhere to card
• Stamp the arrow from Geometrical in Tangerine Tango onto Very Vanilla and cut out then adhere to card

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Geometrical; Paper- Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Retro Fresh designer paper; Ink- Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana; Accessories- Arrows embossing folder, Banners framelits, 1/2" circle punch, mini brads, dimensionals

Purple Pierced Sympathy

Hello everyone! Did you all get your clocks forwarded an hour? I am so happy that we left for Denver yesterday so that we could sleep in and not worry about getting up early to drive over the mountains. I feel pretty rested but it does seem strange to lose that hour. It will be nice to have more daylight, though! 

Today's card was created several weeks ago. Let's see if I remember how I did it - lol!

• Card base is Whisper White
• On a layer of Whisper White use the Occasions paper piercing pack to pierce and oval (might be kind of hard to see in the photo)
• Stamp the greeting from Petite Pairs in Elegant Eggplant
• Adhere layer to card with dimensionals
• Cut two stems from Always Artichoke with the Little Leaves sizzlet and adhere them to the card
• Punch three flowers from Wisteria Wonder using the Petite Petals punch
• Punch three flowers from Elegant Eggplant using the itty bitty shapes punch pack and adhere these to the Wisteria Wonder flowers
• Adhere layered flowers to card
• Punch a butterfly from So Saffron using the Bitty Butterfly punch and adhere to card
• Add pearls to flower centers and to butterfly

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Petite Pairs; Paper- Whisper White, Always Artichoke, So Saffron, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant; Ink- Elegant Eggplant; Accessories- Occasions paper piercing pack, Little Leaves sizzlet, Petite Petals punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, Bitty Butterfly punch, pearls dimensionals

DS 139

Hey there, Friends! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! Looks like we will be having another super gorgeous day! Pat and Nick will do some mountain biking and then we will head over the mountains. Nick has a soccer game tomorrow on the Eastern Slope so we will spend the night over there tonight. And the soccer season begins…

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Deconstructed Sketch. It was from a few weeks ago. I thought that it would be fun to incorporate some washi tape with the sketch!

• Card base is Very Vanilla
• Round the two bottom corners of a piece of Retro Fresh designer paper and adhere to card base
• Adhere a strip of Retro Fresh washi tape over the top of the designer paper and two small pieces on the top left of the card base
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' in Coastal Cabana onto Very Vanilla and cut out using the Word Bubbles framelits then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Thread a thin piece of Coastal Cabana card stock through a Basic Metal button and adhere to card

Pretty simple! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Sayin'; Paper- Very Vanilla, Retro Fresh designer paper; Ink- Coastal Cabana; Accessories- Retro Fresh washi tape, Word Bubbles framelits, Basic Metal buttons, corner rounder, dimensionals

CMCC 8

Good morning, Friends! Are you glad it's Friday? We sure are around here! Nick didn't have school today so we all got to sleep in and that was wonderful! Looks like it rained a bit last night. Nothing major planned today. I hope to get more stamping done and then some stitching tonight with friends! 

Today's card was inspired by the color challenge at Colour Me. This challenge was from a few weeks ago but I just loved the subtle colors! I scrolled through some old cards that I had done (many) years ago and found this layout. That was kind of fun to do! I think I might use some of my favorite layouts from years past! Anyway, here are the details:

• Card base is Soft Sky
• On a piece of Whisper White, stamp the flower image from Peaceful Petals in black StazOn and color with Soft Sky, Pistachio Pudding and Baked Brown Sugar markers
• Then adhere a piece of Baked Brown Sugar card stock to the left side 
• Run a piece of Pistachio Pudding card stock through the big shot using the Decorative Dots embossing folder and then adhere to the right side of the stamped panel
• Tear the Pistachio Pudding piece to the size desired
• Tie a piece of Whisper White taffeta ribbon around the panel and then adhere to card base with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting in black StazOn onto the card base

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Peaceful Petals; Paper- Soft Sky, Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn, Soft Sky, Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar; Accessories- Whisper White taffeta ribbon, Decorative Dots embossing folder, dimensionals

CCMC 293

Good morning, Friends! Create with Connie and Mary have another fun Thursday challenge for us all! This week they have provided us with a sketch. 

Love this clean and simple layout! So many possibilities and one that will be used again for sure! Here's how I use it!

Flowers seemed like and easy way to use this sketch so I tried to challenge myself to go a different direction. And I think I like what evolved!

• Card base is Tangerine Tango
• On a piece of Very Vanilla stamp the greeting from Geometrical using Tangerine Tango and Baked Brown Sugar markers
• Adhere a strip of Retro Fresh designer paper that was cut at the end
• Adhere the panel to a piece of Baked Brown Sugar and then adhere to card base with dimensionals
• Stamp the triangle images onto Very Vanilla with Coastal Cabana and Baked Brown Sugar and punch out with the triangle punch then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the arrow image onto Very Vanilla with So Saffron and cut out then adhere to card
• Add two So Saffron candy dots

Be sure to visit Create with Connie and Mary to see what the other designers did with this sketch! I hope you play along with us this week! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Geometrical; Paper- Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla; Ink- Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango; Accessories- Subtles candy dots, dimensionals

Color Throwdown 280

Good morning, Friends! The week seems to be flying by! And I am glad we are on the downhill side - lol! I have been busy stamping each day but I am trying to get ahead on some design commitments and I need to work on a swap and more cards for my blog. So I think that I will try to focus on that today. We will see… lol! Maybe I can do a little bit of it all? I must be ADD as I can't ever seem to concentrate on one thing at a time. I really do bounce around!! It will all get done and this is why I start on projects ahead of time. Otherwise it can be stressful!

Today's card was inspired by the colors from the Color Throwdown challenge a few weeks ago. I really liked them (and still do) and pulled out a set that I haven't used in a while. Love how it came together and how it is more masculine!

• Card base is Soft Sky
• Adhere a panel of Night of Navy to card base and then adhere a strip of Old Olive
• On a panel of Very Vanilla, stamp the plant image from By the Tide in Old Olive
• Stamp the lines and splatters from Gorgeous Grunge in Soft Sky then sponge the edges in Soft Sky
• Stamp the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Night of Navy and add two mini brads then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the fish image onto a piece of Very Vanilla with Night of Navy ink and cut out
• Adhere fish to card with dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- By the Tide, Gorgeous Grunge, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Soft Sky, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Very Vanilla; Ink- Soft Sky, Old Olive, Night of Navy; Accessories- mini brads, dimensionals

Freshly Made 123

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week has started off super! We are having the most gorgeous days! I love it! I can open the windows and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine as I stamp during the day! We are supposed to get some rain today and later this week but that makes it feel even more like spring! It definitely is coming! Nick has officially started soccer practices and our first game over the mountains is Sunday. I do hope that the weather in the mountains holds up so that we will have decent roads!

Today's card was inspired by a sketch at Freshly Made. It was a few week's ago and I thought it would be fun to use my Geometrical set. 

• Card base is Baked Brown Sugar
• On a layer of Very Vanilla, stamp the greeting from Geometrical in Baked Brown Sugar
• Adhere a piece of Retro Fresh washi tape to across the top and two brads under the greeting then adhere panel to card
• Stamp the triangle images onto a piece of Very Vanilla with Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar, So Saffron and Tangerine Tango then punch out with the triangle punch
• Adhere triangles to card with dimensionals

Super simple especially with the triangle punch! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Geometrical; Paper- Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla; Ink- Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango; Accessories- Retro Fresh washi tape, mini brads, triangle punch, dimensionals

Stamp Review Crew: Fabulous Florets

Good morning, Friends! It's time once again for a fabulous Stamp Review Crew blog hop!! Woohoo! For this hop we are featuring the stamp set Fabulous Florets! I was so excited to be using this set once again! I got this set when it first came out but with all the new goodies I have gotten recently, Fabulous Florets seemed to get pushed to the back of my shelf. So I hope you enjoy all the wonderful ideas you will see from all the fabulous designers! To continue on to the next blog, just click the icon below. If you get lost or there are broken links, click the icon above to go to the home page with a list of all the blog hop participants. Now to the card...

The colors of my card were inspired by a bouquet of daisies that my husband got me for Valentine's Day! So bright and vibrant they were! I just had to use them for a card! Here are the details:

• Card base is Wisteria Wonder
• Stamp the outline flower image from Fabulous Florets in Wisteria Wonder onto the card base
• On a piece of Whisper White stamp the solid flower image twice in Wisteria Wonder and the leaves in Old Olive then stamp the sentiment in black StazOn
• Adhere the panel to the card with dimensionals
• Stamp the solid flower image again onto a scrap piece of Whisper White with Melon Mambo and the leaves twice in Old Olive and cut them out
• Adhere leaves to the back of the cut out flower and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Punch a banner from Melon Mambo with the bitty banner punch and adhere to card
• Add two rhinestones

And there you have it! Click the link below to advance to the next blog where you will see more wonderful ideas on how to use this stamp set! I hope you are inspired to dust off this set and use it again! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Fabulous Florets; Paper- Wisteria Wonder, Melon Mambo, Whisper White; Ink- Wisteria Wonder, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, black StazOn; Accessories- bitty banner punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

TSOT 156

Hello Friends! I hope you are all having a super start to your weekend! Today looks to be another wonderful day, too! Nick has a basketball game today. If they win then he has two more and if they lose then they are done. So we will see. I just want him to give it is all!! Then I have some stitching time with some very wonderful friends and then we will all have dinner! So excited!!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch from Try Stamping on Tuesday. It was from a few weeks ago but I wanted to try it with the Geometrical set and the washi tape. I love those triangles!!

• Card base is Baked Brown Sugar
• Adhere a piece of Retro Fresh designer paper to card base
• Adhere two pieces of Retro Fresh washi tape to card
• Punch a 2 1/2" circle from So Saffron and sponge edges with So Saffron ink then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Geometrical in Baked Brown Sugar onto a strip of Very Vanilla and flag the end then adhere to circle
• Stamp the triangles onto Very Vanilla with Coastal Cabana and Tangerine Tango ink then punch out with the triangle punch and adhere to card
• Add three So Saffron candy dots

Pretty simple! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Geometrical; Paper- Baked Brown Sugar, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, Retro Fresh designer paper; Ink- Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango; Accessories- Retro Fresh washi tape, triangle punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, Subtles candy dots, sponge, dimensionals