Berry Basket Throwdown

This week at the Color Throwdown Challenge Blog, Lori chose a palette that is just perfect for summer (and anytime, really)! You can never go wrong with aqua, red, and yellow…

I made a shaped card using the sweet “Berry Basket” by Julie Ebersole from Ellen Hutson. You can use this die to make cards or 3D projects! The berries are cut with “BotaniCuts:: Strawberries” from The Greetery. I made my berry tops aqua, too, to stay consistent with the color scheme. I stamped Impression Obsession’s “Screen” Cover a Card background stamp on the berry basket. The sentiment is vintage Waltzingmouse Stamps :).

Come play along with us this week, and use the color inspiration to make something s little summery of your own! ☀️

Top 10 Favorites of 2017!

I had fun looking back at my blog for my favorite cards that I made from the year.
So here they are with a countdown from 10...

#10

Papertrey Ink's Petite Pots and Headline Alphabet 

#9

Papertrey Ink's Enclosed: Apple, Petite Places: School, and Headline Alphabet, Impression Obsession's Cover-A-Card Screen background

#8

Papertrey Ink's Still Life Summer, Plaid Builder, Ways to Say: Birthday

#7

Papertrey Ink's Tulip Time

#6

Magic Slider Card with Papertrey Ink's Believe set

#5

Papertrey Ink's Rustic Wreath, Holiday Folk Mini Kit, Bitty Background Squares, Winter Village

#4

Papertrey Ink's Shaker and Sprinkles Kit, Sparkle & Shine 

#3

Reverse Confetti's Fall for You 

#2

Betsy Veldman's Fan Brush Watercolor Tree tutorial and Winter Village sentiment

and #1 from way back in January, 2017!

WPlus9 Studio's Freehand Florals, Concord & 9th's Sophisticated Script, 

Cornish Heritage Farm's Perfect Plaid Backgrounder

So there you have it!  Makes me want to stamp all over again :)!  

Here's to a very stampy 2018!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Krafty Scarecrow

Ooo I love these Color Throwdown colors for fall!  Soft, sweet, and oh so fun!  

I have not used my adorable Autumn Scarecrow from PTI enough, and thought she would be perfect with this week's challenge colors...

I used the brand new Wonderland Scenes Stencil Collection from PTI for the background, blended with Memento's Toffee Crunch ink.

I glittered up the trees with my glue pen and more Stampendous Crystal Snow glitter.  The pumpkins are stamped onto the background, then paper-pieced with patterns stamped with Stampin' Up, Cornish Heritage Farms, and Impression Obsession backgrounds.

I say that my scarecrow is a girl because who else would wear a white barn coat on the job? :)  I stamped an old Stampin' Up plaid background with Versamark onto white paper, then heat embossed with detail white powder.  That coat makes me happy :)!   

ABC Apple Sketch

Another really fun sketch by Linda Callahan this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

I chose to make a card for a teacher since school will be out in a few short weeks!

Used PTI's Petite Places: School stamps and dies, as well as the Enclosed:  Apple die.  I cut off the "Thanks" sentiment on the die and used the apple as a frame.  Also from PTI are the letters cut with the Headline Alphabet die set.

The little trees are from Teeny Trees by Claire Brennan.  The background is made with the Impression Obsession Cover-A-Card background called "Screen."  Love their 6x6 cling backgrounds!