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Friday, April 17, 2020

Playing with Plaid

The craft cave has been getting a huge clean-up and reorganization over the last few weeks.  With the lockdown going on it was the perfect opportunity!  I have gone through much of my 6 x 6 and 12 x 12 designer series papers and pulled, packaged, marked and sold some of it, but there are still piles I have either not gone through or just can't part with.  Some of the paper I could not part with were a couple of 6 x 6 plaid packs from Lawn Fawn. I pulled some sheets out and decided to make some cards with them.  Here's a couple of the resulting cards :


These were such fun to make and color.  I stamped up the critters from the Welcome Easter stamp set, cut them out with my Brother Scan n Cut machine (more on that super fun device coming up soon) and colored them with my Stampin' Blends.  Added a couple of sentiments and flowers and I was good to go.  The colors for the card bases and layers are swapped for each card. I used Soft Sea Foam and Rococo Rose.  The flowers were stamped from the Thoughtful Blooms stamp set and punched with the matching punch (both were items free during Sale-a-Bration).  The sentiments come from Welcome Easter and Birthday Jubilee.

 Here are some of the products used:
If you want more information about the blends I used, just let me know and I can figure that out and send it to you.  There's an email link in the sidebar or you can just leave me a comment.

 The Lawn Fawn papers were from a Perfectly Plaid pad and I just love them.  I have some papers pulled from the fall pack too and will be playing with those very soon.

 Thanks for visiting and stay safe and heathy! 

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

Another card with the Ornate Garden Suite

I have not been able to resist playing with the wonderful elements in this bundle.  Here is one of the cards I have made:


I got the inspiration from this card and re-created it because it was just so very beautiful! The card base is white with the top and bottom die cuts from the Ornate Borders dies cut from the Ornate Garden Specialty dsp and the center panel made from Mint Macron and embossed with the Ornate Floral 3D embossing folder.  I used the Ornate Labels dies to cut some white card stock and then stamped it with stamps from Ornate Thanks in Versamark, embossed it with gold embossing powder and adorned it with 3mm gold accents from my stash.

 Here are some of the products I used:
I am currently investigating the possibilities of putting glue into "lip gloss" containers to use on these kinds of die cuts.  You want them to stay put, but not have glue all over the place.  Several years ago I picked up some glue in a tube that looked very much like lip gloss.  I still had it and when I unearthed it in my craft cave clean up, I decided to try it.  And ... it worked! We shall see how it all pans out, but I am hopeful

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

A Challenge from the Girls

I am friends with a wonderful group of demonstrators.  We do card camps and classes together and we also get together every Monday morning for breakfast (at least those of us who are retired).  With the current situation though, we have been forced to get together via the messaging app on our phones.  While not as much fun as getting together to teach others or just to socialize with each other, it still keeps us in touch with how everyone is doing.  One of the gals thought she had lost her mojo and one of the other gals decided a challenge was in order.  We each had to make and share via messenger two cards.  This is one of mine:


 I absolutely love daisies and when the smaller daisy stamp and punch came out, I was thrilled.  When the new Ornate Garden suite of products came out, I was in 7th heaven!  This card was made using an Early Espresso card base with a Mint Macaron layer that was embossed with the Coastal Weave embossing folder.  I had some scraps of the gorgeous Ornate Garden dsp on my desk, so that was put to use as a layer too!  I stamped off the smaller daisy image from the Daisy Lane stamp set in Early Espresso on white and So Saffron and punched them out.  I had my Happy Birthday sentiment from Peaceful Moments on my desk and stamped that with Early Espresso on a piece of white and punched it out using the Label Me Fancy punch and layered that onto an Early Espresso punched piece using the Label Me Lovely punch.  I had not used these punches before, but expect they will get some use once camps and classes start back up.  I finished it off by putting a lovely Gold Faceted gem in the center of the daisy.  This was a quick and simple card to put together and I really like the combo of the daisy punch and this lovely dsp!

 Here are the products I used on this project:
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The Fun Continues

Well I am still having fun creating with the Ornate Garden suite of products.  These are absolutely gorgeous products and it makes it hard to not create something fun with them.  Here is another:

Even the reverse side of the gorgeous papers in this dsp pack are fun!  For this card I used one of the sentiments from the Ornate Thanks stamp set and one of the beautiful dies from the Ornate Borders die set.  I have seen so many different ways to use this die and am really excited about exploring the possibilities! The dsp is the reverse side of one of the great flower papers and I used an angled strip of Old Olive to cut it out.  The card base is Soft Sea Foam, one of the new subtle colors introduced in the 2019-2020 catalog and I just love it's soft color.

 Here are some of the products I used:
This card is a great example of how you can use just a few items and make something very elegant!

 The gals in my local demo group have been challenging each other to create new projects and it is so much fun.  We usually are able to get together at camps and weekly breakfast meetings and we are all missing that wonderful camaraderie that those events give us.  Thank goodness for our messaging apps on our phones!

 I hope you are all following your local pandemic guidelines and staying home and staying safe!

 Thanks for visiting! 

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Monday, April 13, 2020

Playing with paper on a fine snowy Monday

SU has given us a sneak peak into the new Annual Catalog!  The suite of products called Ornate Garden is really beautiful and contains lots of really fun things to create with.  Here's one of my first creations with these beautiful new toys:

I used some of the gorgeous new dsp and one of the beautiful dies on this project.   The designer series paper is especially lovely in this set and I love all of the papers!  The stamp set has lots of sentiments to choose from and I also used the Stone 3D Embossing Folder on this that came as a Sale-a-Bration item.  I think everyone is really going to like playing with these products! There's also a sneak peek at one of the new in colors but since I don't yet have that, So Saffron had to suffice.

 Here are some of the products used:
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Sunday, April 12, 2020

Just Checking in to say Happy Easter!


I hope everyone is safe and healthy as we muddle through this pandemic.  I have been using my time away from camps and classes to get the craft cave sorted and have been creating as well.  My 13 year anniversary with Stampin' Up! is this month and we shall see whether I can "get back on the horse" so to speak.  No promises, but it is a goal to work toward!

 In the meantime, stay safe and healthy everyone and remember to follow all your local and national pandemic guidelines.

Thanks for visiting! 


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Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

As I approach the anniversary of this blog, I am contemplating letting go of it.  I am still crafting and creating, but not taking pictures as much as before and health and family obligations weigh heavily these days.  I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season celebrating with family and friends.  I will be back at least one more time, if only to let you know where things are going from here. 

 As always, thanks for visiting! 


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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Happy Thanksgiving!


I am still here, just not blogging at the moment but wanted to send best wishes this Thanksgiving to everyone!  Thanks for visiting! 


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