Coffee Klatch

This week at the Inspired By Challenge the theme is “Cute Critters” with this adorable inspiration photo...

I chose Waffle Flower’s “Coffee & Books” stamps and dies for my card...

Cute Critters galore at this coffee klatch hosted by Big Bear! I colored the images with Zig Clean Color markers and a water brush.

A big wooden desk made with the Woodgrain impression plate from A Muse Studio and Distress Oxide inks. Bits of red gingham added with a vintage backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms, and Glossy Accents on Big Bear’s glasses.

Oh how books and coffee (and stamping) are bringing me smiles these days!
Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Signed & Sealed Throwdown

I loved the colors at this week’s Color Throwdown ...red, dark gray, light gray, and white!

I am having a hard time crafting without ROSES! Used The Greetery’s BotaniCuts Rose to add a bit of red to my card...

I colored the rose and rosebud with Distress Oxide inks on Bristol Smooth cardstock. Used Signed & Sealed and Signed & Sealed with a Kiss stamps and dies by The Greetery for the envelope, sentiments, and cute wax seal which I embossed in silver.  Added leaves and sprigs from the Inside & Out Berry Branch die, too. The patterned paper is The Gingham Farm collection ❤️ which I got at Hobby Lobby. 

The background was made with Stampin Up’s 3D Woodgrain embossing folder and the little notebook paper with a background that is vintage Cornish Heritage Farms 😊❤️. Thanks so much for stopping by!

25 Days of Christmas Tags- Day 25

Day 25 at Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags brought designs from Honey Bee Stamps.I loved Bobbi Lemanski's winter foliage tags so much that I made two...one inspired by her pine cone tag and the other by her greenery tag.

I loved Bobbi's black woodgrain background, so I made mine with Stampin Up's 3D Woodgrain embossing folder, brushed with white ink. The pine cone and bough were made with The Greetery's new "BotaniCuts Pine Bough" die set. The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps.

The second tag is made with The Greetery's "Winter Sketches" pine bough and the older Gingham Backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms. The sentiment is from The Greetery's "Christmas Eve" set. One of my favorite things I learned from Bobbi's blog is that she colored a stamped woodgrain background from Honey Bee Stamps with Copic markers! I had never done that before, so I stamped a Hero Arts background with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with brown Copics. I love how it looks!

25 Days of Christmas Tags- Day 23

Day 23 of Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags featured some Jillibean Soup! I was inspired by Leanne Allinson's adorable pickup truck cards, and I happen to have Jillibean Soup's Loads of Love stamp set!

I tried some no line coloring, so I stamped the truck with Inkon3's Fadeout ink then used Prismacolor pencils. Stamped an old Weave Backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms in white ink along the bottom. At the top, stamped pine branches from The Greetery's "Winter Sketches" and some snowflakes from PTI's "Warm and Fuzzy" using white ink, too The sentiment from Pen & Ink: Christmas" is also from PTI. A tiny sprig and rusty jingle bell to finish this little rustic tag!

25 Days of Christmas. Tags- Day 19

Day 19 at Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags brought adorable, whimsical designs from Paper Smooches! Who could resist that Santa tag by Teri Anderson?!

I used a sweet Santa from My Favorite Things and the Gingham Backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms. The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps, and the impressed hills are made with a die from The Greetery.

I colored the Santa with Zig Clear Color Markers and a wet paintbrush, then a lot of clear Wink of Stella pen. Added dots with a white gel pen for highlights, then added white Nuvo Drops to his hat and beard. So fun!

Adding this to my set for Kathy's 30 Day Coloring Challenge at The Daily Marker!

25 Days of Christmas Tags- Day 12

On Day 12, Tracey took us on an exploration with Stamplorations! Being a lover of all things gingham, my eye went straight to Kim Heggins adorable gingham-topped reindeer tag!

I used the deer from "Folk Art Christmas Additions"and a sentiment from"Vintage Christmas," both from Waltzingmouse Stamps, and the "Gingham Backgrounder" from Cornish Heritage Farms.

I stamped the deer in VersaFine black ink then colored the folk pattern using Nuvo Drops in Autumn Red, Bottle Green, and Simply White. Added a little piece of wire with two jingle bells, and this tag is ready to go!

Canvas Throwdown

This week at the Color Throwdown, there were fruity summer colors for us to try...

I thought these would be perfect for a little still life scene...

I stamped the oldie "Canvas Backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms in Black Soot Oxide ink, then brushed across the bottom twice with a wet square foam brush. Added  images from The Greetery's  "Robin and Wren," "Oopsie Daisy, and "Just Mason Around."

I splattered white gouache and watered down black acrylic paint over the images to add to the 

hand-painted look.

A little twine around the jar, and that's a wrap! 🤗

Spring Butterfly Throwdown

This week's challenge at the Color Throwdown is all about the spring colors...mint, aqua, dark pink, and green!

I chose to use The Stamp Market's Papillon set with its big, bold butterfly!

Stamped and die cut the butterfly and then made a background with their Crisscross Background set by heat embossing in white on mint paper. I also heat embossed my favorite sentiment from Have a Nice Day on vellum, and adhered it only at the top with a bit of glue so it would stay "wispy!"

Die cut the butterfly from the background, and backed it with some green paper, then bent the wings so you could see the color showing through a bit more.

Stamped the antennae with black ink, added Glossy Accents to the body, and added a tiny aqua dots with Nuvo Drops. Quit while I was ahead with this clean and simple card!

Perfect Pear Sketch

This weekend, I used Freshly Made Sketches' fun sketch and the "green and gold" color challenge at Simon Says Stamp's Work it Wednesday challenge for February!

Here is the FMS sketch by Cécile Ribon...

Here is my green and gold card with it, using Pinkfresh Studio's Fruitastic set...

I made the background by clear embossing the Open Plaid Backgrounder, an oldie from Cornish Heritage Farms, then using a watercolor wash over it with my Zig Clean Color markers and a waterbrush.

Added the Fruitastic fruits and some flowers from the Fleur set, also by Pinkfresh Studio. 

Heat embossed the sentiment with gold powder. Added some small gold-ish rhinestones, Nuvo Drops, and Glossy Accents to finish it off! A fruit card with some St. Patrick's Day flair! 😊

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Bonus Day 26 Inspiration

This is it, my last tag! I managed to make 26 tags during Tracey's extravaganza, and have never been so stocked before Christmas 😊!

Tracey hosted A Jillian Vance Design on her bonus Day 26, and I was inspired by the hostess herself...Tracey McNeely! Loved her beautiful cascading poinsettia tag with its lighter shades of color!

This tag was all about older "vintage" stamps. For the poinsettia, I layered four flowers stamped with an old Stampin' Up set (Something like Sew Seasonal?) and the background has a layer of Gingham Backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms, and flourishes from Close to My Heart.

The poinsettia petals also have SU's Linen Background stamped on them in a light ink. The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps' Alpine Christmas.

I curled the petals under with a paintbrush handle, so there are two square dimensionals under there!

Such a BIG thank you to Tracey McNeely for putting this fun stamping event together each year! Also many thanks to all the generous sponsors, to the fabulous designers for all of their beautiful, inspiring samples, and to everyone who stopped by to share a sweet comment.

Now only 11 plus months of sleeps until next time 😉!

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 5 Inspiration

On Day 5, Tracey had a showcase of sweet designs from Newton's Nook! I was inspired by
Zsofia Molnar's adorable kitten tag with its red gingham background and scalloped sentiment panel at the bottom.

I couldn't find a cat stamp (I don't have a cat stamp?!), so this furry polar bear from Papertrey Ink's Holiday Folk had to step in. Also used Cornish Heritage Farm's Gingham Backgrounder. 

 The polar bear is embossed with white powder on kraft paper. The sentiment is from Verve Stamps.

The greenery is also from Holiday Folk, and the stitched hill is cut with a Lawn Fawn die. The star was coated with Glossy Accents. 

Tomorrow I will post my last tag for this celebration, can't believe how prepared I am for Christmas! What a blast this has been...🎁🎄!

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 20 Inspiration

Today is Day 21 of Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags, and she is featuring Lawn Fawn products! I chose Francesca Vignoli's adorable otter tag...I loved the buffalo plaid, snowflake, and colors.

I used Lawn Fawn's Love You a Latte set and Stitched Hillside Border dies.

The plaid is stamped with an old 6x6 background from Cornish Heritage Farms. Stamped the coffee cups and colored with Copics. Added mini die cut hearts cut with the Hearts & Stars die from Simon Says Stamp, shined up with Glossy Accents.

Heat embossed the sentiment with white powder and added a Lil Inkers snowflake. The Stitched Circle tag is from PTI.  (PS...I really want that otter set now, SO cute)!!

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 3 Inspiration

More tags inspired by Day 3 of Tracey's "25 Days of Christmas Tags." The sponsor was Concord and 9th and I chose to use their Sophisticated Script set to make a "Cheers" tag like Emily Midgett. I loved her gingham/plaid background, neutral colors, and script sentiment.

I cut the little houses using the Neat & Tangled Winter Village die and the trees from one of the dies in  PTI's Tinsel and Tags kit. They are actually cut from some wood tape! Found some adorable woodgrain sequins I've saved forever, too.

The gingham is an old Cornish Heritage Farms Backgrounder and the mini sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps. Had to add a clip and twine like, Emily, too 😊!

25 Days of Christmas Tags- Day 14 Inspiration

For Tracey's Day 14, sponsored by Muse Christmas Visions, I chose Ardyth Percy-Robb's lovely and sparkly mistletoe tag!

I wanted a long tag, too, so I used PTI's Bookmark die. Made my mistletoe out of sprigs cut with PTI's Rustic Wreath die again. Colored them with Zig Clean Color markers and a waterbrush. Think I went a lot overboard with my Nuvo Drop berries and Crystal Snow glitter! The background has an old Ticking Stripe Backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms, embossed clear, then sponged with Distress inks.The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps Festive Foliage stamp set.

Tracey McNeeley's 25 Days of Tags-Day 9 Inspiration

Today is my first day to play along with Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags!  She has oodles of wonderful sponsors and prizes...and the best part? Loads of inspiration from Tracey and so many guests and designers!

My first tag is for Tracey's Day 9, sponsored by Pink & Main. I chose Kathy Schweinfurth's tag for inspiration, with its sweet treats, paper bow, and gingham "tablecloth," so sweet!

I used WPlus9's adorable new Cookies and Cocoa stamp and die set. Love how those cookies look three dimensional, and the mug has a slot for marshmallows!

Good Day, Sunshine!

This week at the Simon Says Stamp blog, the Monday Challenge was to make a project inspired by a  song. These Lawn Fawn "Hello Sunshine" images made me think of the Beatles' song, "Good Day, Sunshine." I was also inspired to try Jennifer McGuire's "Stamped-Fold Card Designs" shown HERE. SO amazing!

Not quite what I had pictured in my mind, but still cheery!

Here is a close up of my little flap...next time, I think I will go a little bigger like Jennifer did in her tutorial! Added PTI's Picket Fence die and Simon Says Stamps' "Artsy Flower Parts" to the scene.

 Inside a few more images and a sentiment from Lawn Fawn's "Hello Sunshine."

The inside has some cloud patterned paper while the outside is stamped in yellow with the Gingham Backgrounder, an oldie but goodie from Cornish Heritage Farms!

I just loved this technique, can't wait to try it again...maybe tomorrow!